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The indie trio’s new video for “Forward Thinking” is their third single to be released on the renowned student-run label, Electric Honey Records. The label has helped launch the careers of many acclaimed bands from Belle & Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub to Billy Clyro and many more. “Forward Thinking” will be released on July 15th and... (Read more)
Despite their name sounding like a potentially ransomed young female horse of Irish origin, Filligar are instead one of the most consistent, hardworking line ups making their sound and way across America.
Touring is the aim and come... (Read more)
Florida-based trio Beach Day are set to release their debut album ‘Trip Trap Attack‘ on Kanine Records on the 18th of June. You can hear an exclusive album stream a week before the proper release date using the link below.
The album was recorded in South Florida and mixed in Detroit by Jim Diamond (of... (Read more)
| Giant Fang is Glasgow musician and producer Douglas Wilson. Having spent several years touring the world as a tour manager and session musician, Giant Fang is a product of both the inspiration and boredom of life on the road. Debut single Aqualung is to be... (Read more)
The one-of-a-kind duo The Uncluded (Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson) premiers new music video for ‘The Aquarium’, their second single from their debut album Hokey Fight (released via Rhymesayers). Watch The Uncluded “The Aquarium”on MTVu: http://www.mtvu.com/music/the-uncluded-the-aquarium-video-premieres/ Fifth Element: http://bit.ly/hokeyfrightFE iTunes: http://bit.ly/hokeyfrightitunes Amazon: http://bit.ly/hokeyfrightamzn Google Play: http://bit.ly/hokeyfrightgp The... (Read more) My Gold Mask are to tour with California Wives. If you pop over to Soundcloud check out My Gold Mask’s remix of California Wives’ ’Marianne’. The Band set out to to create an “Intentionally minimal and synthy (sound), we sort of thought of our remix in the context of a movie soundtrack….where you sometimes hear the... (Read more) Out 25th June on Ribbon Music the Light Heat Album will be released. The video for ‘And The Birds…’ premieres at Philebrity. ‘Light Heat’ Tracklist: 1. Dance To The Cosmos Light 2. Brain To Recorder 3. Are We Ever Satisfied? 4. Elevation 5. And The Birds… 6. The Mirror 7. Lies 8. Chasing Dragons 9.... (Read more) I was racking my brains to try and recall what a mood ring was to no avail, so I had to consult the Great Oracle (ie. Wikipedia). Apparently, it’s an item of jewellery that changes color in response to the body temperature of its wearer. Who knew? Turns out that ‘Mood Rings’ is also the... (Read more) ‘Don’t Try’ is the fourth studio album from Jetplane Landing. Released on the 30th August. Buy... (Read more) Let’s flashback to the past (date unknown – to me). Bad Cop are on their way to a gig in Chicago. Front man, Adam Moult, and guitarist, Alex Hartness, have been experimenting with opiates and mixing drugs. It’s 6am. Moult awakes to the sound of Hartness gasping for breath. When Moult get’s to him his... (Read more) Belfast Music Week comes to Sea Sessions this summer, Europe’s best surf, skate and music festival, on Saturday, June 22 with a line-up featuring five of Northern Ireland’s finest artists – Rams’ Pocket Radio, Axis Of, VerseChorusVerse, Robyn G Shiels and Our Krypton Son. Moderat will release their new album II via Mute on August 6th. The first single to be released will be ‘Bad Kingdom’; a song that perfectly unties the two main elements of the collaboration; Pop and Club. Modeselektor, consisting of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, are bass music legends. Together with a veritable army of... (Read more) After having released their critically acclaimed debut Native Speaker in 2011, and hot off the heels of their 12″ single In Kind // Amends, BRAIDS have returned with their new LP Flourish // Perish out August 20th on Arbutus Records. Flourish // Perish showcases the strength of the band as a collective, and explores their burgeoning... (Read more) On May 28th Paperhaus released their second album Lo Hi Lo. Recorded in DC’s legendary Inner Ear Studios with producer Ivan Basuri this album reflects the band’s poppier nature whilst still keeping true to their psychedelic makeup. A full-length LP of more blues and funk influenced psychedelic music is already in the works and will... (Read more) Love your American post-punk with a dark core and dramatic edge? Partial to your female vocalists doused with spectral reverb? If aye, the box-ticker release of the month is Wax Idols second record, Discipline & Desire. Out now on Slumberland Records, this is... (Read more) New York based rockers Born Cages have annouced a tour and release date for their new E.P The Sidelines. The band are currently putting the finishing touches to their debut album which is penciled in for later this year. As if all this wasn’t enough they have also been tollerating Axel Rose after opening... (Read more) Now go out and buy it! You hear me? Buy it damn it! There we go, nothing like a bit of forceful persuasion on behalf of a band I’ve only just discovered, and know very little about. The maddened eyes and teeth of a dog superimposed onto a background of strawberries. “Is he describing... (Read more) You know that feeling you get when you’re on a train and one half of a Canadian electronic duo starts singing at everyone? Nah, me neither. But you can get a sense of what that’s like by watching the video below. It makes for slightly odd viewing and certainly wasn’t what I was expecting from... (Read more) June 3rd saw the release of Arrows of Love’s new single ‘The Knife’ in preparation for their upcoming debut ‘Everything’s Fucked’, released within the month. The band, made up of Nima Teranchi and Lyndsey Critchley, both on vocals / guitar, Nuha Ruby Ra playing bass, with Michael Panayiotis on the drums, have... (Read more) CHVRCHES new single “Gun” is to be released on 15th July. Listen to the song that was chosen as Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record In The World here: Currently touring in the States, CHVRCHES a due to play a number of European festivals this summer: 14 July : T in the Park, Balado Department M are set to release a second single, double a-side ‘The Second Prize’ / ‘Absentia’ throughToo Pure on the 24th June. On 17th June, Leeds band Dinosaur Pile Up release their second album ‘Nature Nurture.’ The press release for this new long-player invites us to ‘Get ready to be kicked in the face all over again.’I don’t know about you, but I find this proposition both quite frightening and mildly arousing. ‘Hanging By A Thread’ firstly evokes... (Read more) On July 22nd, American band Night Verses will release their debut album ‘Lift Your Existence’ with producer Kris Crummett. In the meantime they have offered up new single “Time Erases Time (Strung Out)” to tease fans into anticipation before the main release. After already receiving positive, promising reviews from Kerrang!, Rock Sound and... (Read more) In follow up to Post-Breakdown Blues, Harry George Johns is due to release new double A -side single End Of Days / All You Can Do on the 8th July. In the off... (Read more) Multi-instrumentalist Kate Nash has announced a return to Belfast this October 16th to play the Stiff Kitten. With a platinum selling album and a BRIT Award tucked firmly under her belt, Kate is known across both the music and fashion industries as a forthright songwriter, unabashed feminist and front row style icon. Kate released her... (Read more) The Naked and Famous are set to return to the UK and Europe in November. The 23 city tour includes stops in Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Milan, and Amsterdam before stopping off in Ireland at Limelight 1 Belfast on Tuesday 26th November. The Naked and Famous last performed to a sold out Stiff Kitten in 2011... (Read more) This music really needs to be listened to with the accompaniment of a bottle of whiskey, a dark room, and a self help book. Maybe even a nice picture of a sunset to look at afterwards to make you feel better. Because the music on its own, well, I don’t know if you’ve ever been... (Read more) Luke Rathborne has announced the release of his new album “Soft” on July 2nd through Dillettante records. The 22 year old New York based singer songwriter produced his first album “After Dark” at the age of 17 when he would sneak into his local college radio station and hijack the equipment to record... (Read more) Following a sold out show at the Lexington last week and a triumphant turn at Primavera, Cayacus have announced a European tour for September including a return to London. The Californian five-piece have also revealed a new video for their latest single ‘East Coast Girl’, out this week, check it out below: Cayucas European Dates: Photo Review : Rush at The SECC, Glasgow May 2013 The heavy tones of Subdivisions kicked off Rush’s return to the SECC at Glasgow introducing a first set dominated by tunes from the bands synth laden 1980’s albums, running through The Big Money, Force Ten, Grand Designs and Limelight, the latter being a variation from... (Read more) Before I begin my review, I would like to apologise for the lateness – I’ve been an extremely busy little bee of late, with working at BBC Radio 1′s Big Weekend, which was fantastic – but more about that later. Anyway. I would be lying if I said I was a huge fan of Meat... (Read more) Much hyped Sydney duo “What So Not” have released a new E.P “The Quack” and announced a slew of tour dates across Australia. Comprising of Chris ‘Emoh’ Emerson and Harley ‘Flume’ Streten the duo have a been getting serious radio play over the last year. Lead single “The Quack” is causing a... (Read more) Nashville poplettes The Features have released their new self-titled album on Serpents and Snakes / BMG this month, followed by a national tour. The album was arranged with intense drive and focus from the band, who spent just two weeks getting ideas together, before invading Vancouver based Ripchord Studios. There, they hunkered down and began... (Read more) If you like your music snappy, loud, fast and over in less than an hour well this would have been the ideal gig for you. Sleeping With Sirens touring their new album Feel sold out the Glasgow O2 ABC with what can only be describe as an invasion of teenage girls who’s mission was to... (Read more) Type ‘”Parkway Drive, Byron Bay, NSW” into Google Earth and you’ll be zoomed into the rural street where the Australian 5-piece practised before their breakthrough on the metalcore scene. Over a decade and four studio records later, with Wild Eyes comes the second... (Read more) It isn’t every year you get a chance to catch two of the biggest rock acts in the world sharing a stage ..actually three Journey were there as well but they didn’t want to come out and play with me!! Journey, Whitesnake an Thunder are embarking on a joint tour and tonight the circus rolled... (Read more) Let the trumpets sound, Ape Tape Volume 3 is here. Come back in from the wilderness, I’m here to give you 10 tracks you must hear. As per normal, you can stream Ape Tape in the Soundcloud player below. 7 of this weeks track are available for free download, simply click download beside the track.... (Read more) Having already taken the award of being considered the ‘French upcoming band of the year’ by OUIFM Radio (Bring The Noise…apparently) scant months from their formation in 2009 these five France-born brigadiers called Branson Hollis spent the time they weren’t releasing EP’s – such as their five track title, Diving Suits Drying’ in October 2010,... (Read more) Brooklyn-based synthpop duo Holy Ghost! have unveiled their new music video for their new song “Dumb Disco Ideas.” The new track is taken from the band’s upcoming sophomore album, Dynamics, which will be released this fall. Dynamics will be the follow-up to the group’s well recieved self-titled debut album which was released in 2011 and... (Read more) letlive. are hitting the road for a 12 date tour of the UK and Ireland. The Los Angeles post-hardcore band will commence the tour in Bristol on October 3rd and will take in most major UK cities as well as Belfast and Dublin before finishing up at The Underworld in London on October 17th. Having... (Read more) Bristols premier music festival, Love Saves Sunday is hitting Bristol just in time for the May bank holiday. Curated by the In:motion series, last year’s event sold out within seven weeks. This year the line-up has stepped up a notch to boast a live performance from the cities very own house music giant, Julio Bashmore. Bursting onto the scene in... (Read more) The mighty Oxford town 4 piece GUNNING FOR TAMAR are set to give away their brilliant, brand new single, ‘Another Season’ today, May 13th, through Alcopop, via their website. The track, the 2nd single to be taken from new EP ‘Camera Lucidia’, also has a Sam King directed (Stornoway, Fixers, Spring Offensive) video, which can be seen... (Read more) I’m not particularly impressed by Trail Of The Dead’s latest album, Lost Songs, but I’ve been following them since their 2nd album, Madonna, made a big impression on me and they’re a fierce and primal force in concert, so when they announced this date at the new arts-y type venue, SWG3, in Glasgow, I couldn’t... (Read more) WILD NOTHING release with Empty Estate, the follow-up EP to the critically acclaimed Nocturne. The 7-song EP was recorded in Brooklyn at Gary’s Electric by Al Carlson in January and finds Jack Tatum exploring new sounds, new instruments and a new voice for Wild Nothing. The EP features new paintings and illustrations from Eric Shaw. Alela Diane is preparing for the launch of her new album About Farewell by releasing the title track. Check it out below. The track is a poignant one about the break up of her marriage to Tom Bevitori and a far cry from her 2011 album Alela Diane & Wild Divine in which he played... (Read more) You probably heard of Tripwires if you checked out our Ape Tape Vol 1, which had their fantastic dream pop track ‘Catherine, I Feel Sick’ on it. Well, the guys are getting ready for the release of their debut album ‘Spacehopper’ on 17th June and we think they’re that good, we’ve included new track... (Read more) Leeds lads The Pigeon Detectives are back on the scene with a great new album ‘We Met At Sea’ and a tour to promote it, tonight the energetic indie rockers make a pit stop in The Arches in Glasgow, the perfect venue for a band who love to get close to their fans. The last... (Read more) Antmania is set to take over Belfast tonight when Adam Ant takes to the stage in the Festival Marqee as part of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival. The 80′s pirate clad superstar returned last year with his first album in 17 years entitled Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar in Marrying The Gunner’s Daughter,... (Read more) Dexys Midnight Runners or Dexys as they are now known, are hitting the stage at the Festival Marquee as part of Belfast’s fantastic Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival tonight. The band led by the legendary Kevin Rowland will be performing their latest album ‘One Day I’m Going To Be A Star’ in it’s entirety. BUT... (Read more) Check out the new video from Paperhaus below. It begins in a black and white reality before doing a ‘Wizard Of Oz’ into glorious technicolor, where our hero fights a make believe battle with make believe weapons to save a real girl! Paperhaus’ are a four piece and formed when Washington, DC teenage friends Alex... (Read more) Throughout its 15 years, The Real Music Club has been bringing quality Americana and Roots music to Belfast. Over the last couple of years, they have spread their wings and brought this fantastic music to different parts of Northern Ireland, as well as organising tours in both the North and South of the Emerald Isle. Quick on the release of “I Will Steal You Back,” the first single from the bands’ new studio album Damage and the announcement of their “Home-State” Arizona tour. Jimmy Eat World are continuing to gear up for the June 11th release of Damage with the unveiling of more U.S. tour dates. The new dates are... (Read more) One of the world’s most successful recording artists and more exciting performers, Meat Loaf, is set to bring his Bat Out of Hell one last time at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena on May 14 and in Dublin’s o2 Arena on May 17. This will be his FINAL goodbye to Ireland as he brings his Last at... (Read more) Through All Times is the Debut Album from Norwich/London Based Group Light Parades. Light Parades formed in 2011 and consist of Singer, pianist and Guitarist Dan Hopkinson, Drummer Ollie Pearce, Bassist Stephen Hopkinson and later joined by Classically trained pianist and guitar player Jakub Tucholski, whom Dan met in Uni. They unconventionally... (Read more) Journey and Whitesnake are set to appear on stage together for the first time in Belfast’s Odyssey Arena on Thursday 16 May, and it’s sure to be a rockin’ show. Journey, one of America’s most popular rock bands of all time, are responsible for creating some of the best-known songs in modern music, and have... (Read more) One thing guaranteed at a Counting Crows show is an emotional roller coaster as frontman Adam Duritz is well known for taking his audiences by the emotional short and curlies and putting them through the wringer so to speak!!! And tonight’s show at Glasgow’s O2 Academy was to be no different. Night 5 of the... (Read more) Nashville, TN quartet The Features have released the music video for “This Disorder”, the lead single from their forthcoming full-length self-titled album, out May 14th on Serpents and Snakes / BMG. The throbbing beat, jagged guitar swipes, staccato synth lines, and dystopian lyrics found on “This Disorder” are the perfect backdrop to the video.... (Read more) Grandchildren release new video “Sunrise,” off their upcoming album Golden Age, out May 7th via Ernest Jenning Recording Co. Produced by Chris Powell from Man Man and Bill Moriarty (Dr. Dog), Golden Age is the band’s sophomore release. The band, who have previously toured with Man Man, Seabear and O’Death, will are touring this spring,... (Read more) Spectrals are back with their second record, Sob Story, set for release later this summer on June 3, packed full on panache and mettle, with the assistance of GIRLS’ Chet “JR” White. Sob Story sees Heckmondwike, Yorkshire resident, Louis Jones ooze a brand new confidence that we haven’t seen on previous record, Bad Penny, or... (Read more) Mick Harvey returns to the UK and Europe for a series of dates, including an album launch show at Lexington, London on 5 May with Duke Garwood announced as support. The tour (full details below) will follow the release of his new solo album, Four (Acts of Love), out on Mute on 29 April 2013.... (Read more) With the sweat still dripping off the shaking hand that unplugged my headphones from the PC it’s with some intrigue I’m set to wondering whether now is the time to invest in some shares of anti-perspirant in preparation of the sudden upswing in sales after the rest of the world catches on to The Balconies... (Read more) Ane Brun has confirmed she will release a tenth anniversary compilation of her best work, The 32 song compilation will be released on the 10th of June on her own record label Balloon Ranger. The album will include studio versions and live recordings, as well as rare pieces such as her cover of Arcade Fire’s... (Read more) You may have heard of Melodica Melody and Me? They were a collective of musicians built around songwriters Rudi Schmidt and Huw Williams that garnered a lot of praise for their energetic shows. In fact the guys even toured with the likes of Mumford and Laura Marling! Then two years ago the guys got serious... (Read more) Original Penguin have announced the return of their popular Plugged In live music sessions. Since the birth of Original Penguin in the 1950’s when Rock & Roll dominated youth culture, the brand has always had strong links with music. Now Original Penguin continues to grow and evolve alongside... (Read more) Lucinda Williams returns to the UK during May and June for a very special series of intimate concerts. Inspired by jazz, blues and American music in all its forms, Lucinda Williams is one of the great singer-songwriters. Her music touches on all aspects of American music and shows her ability to turn the blues into... (Read more) They bought us classics such as “Accidentally in love” that we all bop along to in Shrek 2 and have had as many lineups as the Sugarbabes but Counting crows are back and heading straight back into our musical hearts. Returning with their live album “Echoes of the outlaw roadshow” and a UK tour up... (Read more) It’s a fact; the East Coast cannot get enough of Muse. The British mega trio played two spectacular nights at New York Citys Madison Square Garden, and were still able to pull a highly impressive crowd for their gig at New Jerseys IZOD Center last Friday. The band are on tour to support their sixth... (Read more) If Carlsberg made gigs this would be up there in their finest range …the superb Frank Turner with his band The Sleeping Souls make a welcome return to Glasgow touring the new Album Tape Deck Heart…. I last encountered Mr Turner when opened The Strummer Of Love festival in Somerset last year and looking forward... (Read more) Heres the new video from The 1975. Its for the track Chocolate from their latest EP Music For Cars. The Manchester four piece are touring at the minute so if you get the chance check them out live but if not enjoy the gangster story line in Chocolate! Mick Harvey will release his NEW solo album – FOUR (Acts of Love), out on Mute on June 11th, 2013. FOUR (Acts of Love) is the former Bad Seed and PJ Harvey collaborator’s sixth solo studio album, and the follow up to 2011’s Sketches from the Book of the Dead. Mick Harvey has also announced... (Read more) From humble beginnings playing basement shows in squats to supporting Metallica and playing at the world’s largest festivals (Rock Am Ring, Lollapalooza, Warped Tour, Leeds/Reading, Hurricane), pioneers BOYSETSFIRE have become an institution in the hardcore scene and one of the most hard-working bands in the industry.They are now back with a bang, seven years after... (Read more) The Balconies, after returning to Toronto after a successful European tour with Rival Sons, will be heading back overseas for two weeks of gigs, starting in the UK on May 2nd. The tour kicks off at the Liverpool Soundcity Festival, and then sweeps through the Netherlands ending with two performances at The Great Escape Festival... (Read more) Pop trio, Ben Folds Five, have confirmed the release of their first-ever live album Ben Folds Five Live, on June 4. Recorded in 2012-2013 on their first tour in more than a decade, this new set – available on CD as well as double vinyl – is comprised of high-energy live versions of some of... (Read more) Wickerman Festival has today, Friday 19th April, revealed that punk rock band Stiff little Fingers and new wave act The Rezillos will be headlining its legendary Scooter Tent this July. Belfast’s Stiff Little Fingers, who headlined the very first Wickerman in 2002 will undoubtedly deliver a raucous performance in the hugely popular punk & ska... (Read more) North Carolina hard rock heavy metallers, Valient Thorr, are set to release their highly anticipated sixth studio album on June 18 this summer, Our Own Masters. Our Own Masters shines a bright light on the bands singular sound, delivering twelve epic tracks of straight up balls to the wall rock that yearns to be played loud,... (Read more) This Is The Kit is the much beloved musical project of Kate Stables, born in England and based in Paris. Picked out by BBC Radio1’s Huw Stephens as one of the “rising female stars” of the modern folk movement, over the last few years, Kate’s group has... (Read more) Trixie Whitley will tour into the Spring in support of her debut record, Fourth Corner (Strong Blood). The dates feature a mix of solo performances along with some accompanied by a full band,... (Read more) Laura Stevenson’s much-anticipated forthcoming full-length album Wheel is out via Don Giovanni records on April 23rd, but fans can stream the record all week long via Spotify. Pitchfork describes Stevenson as “Somewhere between the jangly bluster of (Read more) Fresh from storming the UK charts with their latest single ‘White Noise feat AlunaGeorge’, DISCLOSURE are extremely excited to announce the title, artwork and release date for their eagerly awaited details of their debut album. When it comes to tour pairings I would never have coupled moody indie band Echo And The Bunnymen with popsters James and strange combination that resulted in an even stranger audience mix!! A winning combination or a marriage made in hell…time would tell… Echo And The Bunnymen’s previous visit to Glasgow at The Royal Concert... (Read more) Jimmy Eat World have unveiled “I Will Steal You Back,” the first single from the band’s new studio album, Damage, out June 11th on RCA Records. The single will be released digitally on April 16th and can be heard below. Damage will be supported with a world tour as well as the long discussed “Home-State”... (Read more) In anticipation for the release of their debut album, Bigfoot, on April 30, Cayucas have premiered their new single, ‘East Coast Girl’, to be released on May 27th. Check out the video below. Things are going well for the band – their previous single, ‘High School Lover,’ has had steady sales of over 1000 units... (Read more) With less than three weeks before the event, Live At Leeds have revealed the schedule for this year’s highly anticipated event. Mixing national touring bands with emerging talent has always been the intention and this year is no different, bringing over a 120 bands to the city of Leeds over 12 stages. Headliners include the... (Read more) Following a period of complete secrecy, barring one universally dismissed comment by guitarist Robert Fripp that he had been asked to play on some new David Bowie material (which he declined), the world was pretty much stunned when Bowie released the reflective ballad Where Are We Now on his 66th birthday, 8th January 2013, along... (Read more) Doldrums has solidified his position as one of the year’s most progressive and promising new artists, following the release of his well received debut, Lesser Evil, this past February, (check Gigape’s review HERE). Doldrums has announced a national tour supporting Crystal Castles kicking off next week and a swooping cinematic video/short film for “Lost... (Read more) Detroit’s Jamaican Queens have premiered a brand new video for their single ‘Caitlin’ taken from their fantastic debut album Wormfood and have announced to announce their first ever West Coast tour dates. The video (check it out below) for the single utilizes innovative green-screen techniques and colorful animation. The song was written by Ryan Spencer... (Read more) Formed in Glasgow in 1977 from the ashes of Johnny and the Self Abusers, Simple Minds were about to set off on an incredible journey that would spawn 15 studio albums (to date), reaching the height of their popularity in the mid 80’s with Sparkle In The Rain and Once Upon A Time. Sandwiched between... (Read more) Camden indie-rockers TRIBES are swinging by Cardiff to play the University Great Hall on Friday 12th April 2013 as part of their UK tour supporting the release of their sophomore album Wish To Scream. The new album Wish To Scream is set to be released in the UK on 20th May... (Read more) Journey and Whitesnake, with special guests Thunder, will appear onstage together for the first time ever taking in eight dates across the UK throughout May 2013. Tickets are available to book online from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk Journey, one of the most popular American rock bands of all time, are responsible for creating some... (Read more) London-based indie rock quartet The Boxer Rebellion have announced details of their new album titled Promises. Co-produced with producer Billy Bush in Los Angeles, CA, and being released on May 14 through the band’s own Absentee Recordings label, Promises is the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed The Cold Still, and will be available to pre-order from... (Read more) American melodic rock star, Jeff Scott Soto, this week kicked off his first European tour since 2009, with four dates in the UK – check listings below! Jeff will be touring with his current band line-up comprimising; Jorge Salan (guitar), Fernando Mainder (bass), ‘BJ’ (guitar/keys/vocals) and Edu Cominato (drums/vocals), showcasing his current solo album, Damage... (Read more) American band Counting Crows first came to the public attention in1994 when they as a group of unknown musicians, filled in for the AWOL Van Morrison at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony. Counting Crows have sold over 20 million albums, including 5 Top 20 studio albums in the UK (3 of them... (Read more) Another year, and Live At Leeds is back for a May Day bank holiday weekend filled with musical awesomeness in the heart of Leeds. There are events on all weekend, from The Unconference on Friday to the Live At Leeds 5-a-side tournament on Monday. The main event though is Live... (Read more) Wild Party Premieres Out Right.Debut EP All Nighter Out May 21st. The EP boasts four tour-tested, fan-approved nuggets that deserve the wider audience that they are slated to reach. Lincoln Kreifels and Lucas Hughes, who have been best friends since childhood, write feel-good, catchy pop songs with relatable themes and honest lyrics. The songs were... (Read more) Victory! is the storming new album from English punks The Smoking Hearts. Clocking in at just over 30 minutes it’s rammed full of rock ’n’ bluster, punk energy and subtle hardcore tendencies. It’s been a hard journey to get to this second album and as such it sounds like a band celebrating and living for... (Read more) John Grant has unveiled a new video for GMF (watch below) from his latest album Pale Green Ghosts, check out our album review HERE. The video was directed by Lucy Luscombe and follows a day in the life of John and his many encounters along the way. As well as the new album and... (Read more) Sleazy gritty bluesy rock-n-rollers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club thundered into Glasgow’s famous Barras (Barrowland Ballroom) to play a sold out show, tickets were like hen’s teeth and I got a front row seat…excited? …you bet been waiting ages on this coming around!! The band was formed in 1998, originally called The Elements. After discovering that... (Read more) Just a couple of days prior to this show, extreme weather conditions forced a slew of gig cancellations across the city as power cuts plunged Belfast into darkness. Tonight, fortunately, the show went on – and despite it still being bitterly cold outside, a sizeable crowd braved the freezing wind and snow to fill out the Limelight1... (Read more) Seems today things have changed in Glasgow from the bad old days of the mean city to get out as quick as possible, to now, when the trend seems to stay for more than one night…. tonight its The Gaslight Anthem’s turn to have an extended stay as they play night one of their two... (Read more) The Thermals have premiered a twisted video for new single “Born To Kill” from the forthcoming album,Desperate Ground. The video is a dark, brash, and unapologetically violent two minutes of film. Shot in undisclosed locations in and outside Portland OR, “Born To Kill” is the short story of a killer getting his due – in the bloodiest of ways. Co-directed by... (Read more) Take a slice of Johnny Cash, a dose of Vaughn Monroe a peppering of Mariachi and a healthy helping of 60’s psychodelia and you have great new Edinburgh band The Merrylees. The band got together at the start of last year and has since sold out venues across the UK including Glasgow’s King Tuts, Edinburgh’s... (Read more) Wickerman Festival has built a reputation as one of the finest platforms for showcasing emerging Scottish talent, and this year is no different as a host of the hottest new musicians join its Solus tent line-up. New wave rock band Vukovi will headline the tent on Friday, while Saturday’s lead act will be tech-electro trio... (Read more) Born and raised in Hampshire, our very own home grown Marika Hackman has recently dropped her new mini album “That iron taste” This mini masterpiece certainly does not leave any bad after taste in your mouth, just the overwhelming feeling of relaxation. Having crafted her songs under the watchful eye of Led Zepplin and Steely... (Read more) I always find it difficult to provide a fair review of a band I personally really like without being biased and feeling the need to say “This is amazing because it’s such and such”, and sticking with that pre-conceived opinion. This is how I felt when the new Bon Jovi album, What About Now, fell... (Read more) Photo Review: Beware Of Darkness At The O2 ABC, Glasgow Fresh faced rockers Beware of Darkness must have wondered what hit them as fresh from SXSW they rolled into Glasgow on support to Skunk Anansie, faced with artic weather in what is supposed to be the start of spring! and having to decipher the thick... (Read more) It may be unfair to say that Nina Nesbitt is probably more famous for being Ed Sheeran’s better half and appearing in his Drunk video and it it may also be unfair to say her success so far is based on these associations but these are the thoughts I had in my mind when setting... (Read more) Penthouse Music’s 19-year-old alternative rapper Skizzy Mars will mark his official mixtape debut with the release of Phases on March 26th. Skizzy is currently on his first national run performing at shows across the country on the ‘Must Be Nice Tour.’ With a majority of tour dates already sold out, the tour will wrap this... (Read more) San Antonio’s Wild Party, release their first official EP, All Nighter, this May. Although this is their first “official” release. Wild Party, made up of vocalist Lincoln Kreifels, guitarist Lucas Hughes, bassist (and Lincoln’s older brother) Jake Kreifels, and drummer Ethan Kaufmann are still a young band, but they have already been around the block... (Read more) Are you in a band and want to play in front of thousands of music fans? Well, this year Slam Dunk Festival will be running a competition for 6 unsigned bands to play their local leg of SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL! They have split the country into six sections: North, South, Midlands, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. ... (Read more) Scholars have released a video of their re-working of their new single ‘Black and Blue’, Scholars’ debut album ‘Always Lead, Never Follow’ will be released through Banquet Records on 8th April. ‘Black and Blue’ is out the week before and the band will be touring the country throughout March and April. Catch them at th... (Read more) Photo Review: Wilko Johnson at The O2 ABC, Glasgow This was always going to be a difficult gig for me as I am a massive Wilko fan and the thought of photographing his last ever Glasgow show was quite overwhelming but also a privilege. Ever since Wilko announced last year he was suffering from inoperable... (Read more) Nick McRoberts founder of A.S has been playing the piano since the age of 5, of course the only career he could follow was that of his dreams and form a band. From an early age McRoberts has not only been entering competitions but coming out on top! including Royal south competitions in 1993. The... (Read more) Hailing from the north coast of Northern Ireland, punk rockers Axis Of finally release their début album Finding St Kilda on the 18th March. It’s a crushing blend of... (Read more) Beacon are back with their debut full-length record, The Ways We Separate, to be released on April 30th, 2013 on Ghostly International. MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS release ‘Ballad of the War Machine’ – its one of the trio’s most pure pop songs, as if Van Dyke Parks has been aboard for the score for Interstella 5555. It’s accompanied by a surrealist video shot on the streets of Moscow. Since forming in Melbourne in 2004, Midnight Juggernauts have forged a... (Read more) Here I go again with another review of a band a lot of people won’t associate me with. The Script. I’ve always had it in my mind that The Script are an uber lovey-dovey indie band that sing about lost love and problems in relationships while drinking alone in a bar. Their most recent album,... (Read more) Isaac Delusion are two Paris-based multidisciplinary artists who are continually exploring new musical landscapes. From deep to high pitches, Loic’s distinctive voice allows him to find the right tone and create his own identity with every breath. Who or what are ALARM BELLS? Well…when influential ‘fight-pop’ band Dananananaykroyd announced their split, their peers breathed a collective sigh of relief. There would be no more stage acrobatics, splitting crowds apart for the ‘wall of cuddles’ or legendary sets that were so absurdly... (Read more) Photo Review: The Stranglers at The O2 Academy, Glasgow Punk veterans The Stranglers once again land on the shores of Glasgow bringing their Feel It Live Tour to the city’s O2 Academy and one thing would be certain, the hoards of die hard Stranglers fans would fill the venue to worship at the feet of... (Read more) The Breeders. They’ve certainly have a bit of a whirlwind of a career. They played their first show together on Friday 19 June 1992 in a snooker hall behind Warrington Rugby Club near Manchester. Two days later, they supported Nirvana in Belfast and Dublin, before playing at Glastonbury. Not many people can say they’ve had... (Read more) The word ‘punk’ is a context laden word of subtle innuendo and unspoken understanding; nihilistic anger mongers apropos of nothing are the generally held image we regard as truly embodying the term, all safety pins and swastika’s and determined to fight the power and kick the system in the shins. More recently we see... (Read more) Heavens Basement are a UK rock band who have been touring extensively for the past four years,opening for the likes of Papa Roach, Bon Jovi and Buckcherry. They have become a firm favourite on the live circuit and have thus built up a dedicated fan base. Their much anticipated full length debut album Filthy Empire... (Read more) It’s hard to believe that The Pigeon Detectives have been around in our collective consciousness for nearly seven years; it only seemed like yesterday we were treated to their debut release Wait For Me, yet they’ve never really soared to the heights that we all expected. The self styled indie rock outfit from West Yorkshire... (Read more) The Black Angels are preparing for the April release of their new album Indigo Meadows by giving you a taster of what’s to come, in the sound of album track Evil Things. Check it out below. The track is available now on iTunes as an instant download with pre-orders HERE. “Evil Things”... (Read more) To coincide with their UK tour in February Your Demise released their brilliant new EP Cold Chillin’. The band have taken the heaviness up several notches on this release, which is in stark contrast to several songs on... (Read more) Florida-based Roadkill Ghost Choir continue touring behind their self-released debut EP Quiet Light with a string of dates supporting Band of Horses, kicking off April 8 in Denver. The folk rock sextet is also confirmed to play The Governor’s Ball in New York City, Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, and numerous dates at SXSW in... (Read more) Hip-hop punk Itch has unveiled his hard-hitting video for the track ‘Diplomat’, taken from his second EP ‘Manifesto Pt.2: We’re All In The Gutter’, available as a free download HERE. Having supported fellow Red Bull Records signing AWOLNATION throughout Europe, Itch is also set to take his sound to the US this summer as... (Read more) Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s Gideon have announced their first ever European tour, including 7 UK dates, taking place in March 2013. The band’s debut appearance in Europe follows up two extensive months of touring in the US with For Today and The Word Alive, and a headline tour in Japan. Live at Leeds have announced the latest additions to the festival. Joining Rudimental, Everything Everything, Alunageroge, Peace and Darwin Deez are The Walkmen, Dutch Uncles, Savages, MØ, Melodys Echo Chamber, Dinosaur Pile-Up and many more. Full list of addittional acts The Walkmen Crime & The City Solution have just released a psychedelic new video, directed by Denielle de Picciotto, for their first single, “Goddess”, from their upcoming album American Twilight (out March 26th) “Goddess” will be released digitally on March 5th. Formed by Simon Bonney at the age of 16, Crime & The City Solution’s early... (Read more) Following the release of his fifth album ’40 Miler’ last year, ex-Avail singer Tim Barry is set to hit the UK in June for a string of live dates.The Richmond, Virginia-based singer-songwriter was last on these shores as support for Frank Turner last Autumn and now returns with his blues, folk, and country-inspired sound. Tickets... (Read more) Earlier today, Sheffield metal band, Bring Me The Horizon had their upcoming album ‘Sempiternal’ leaked onto the internet! So far mixed reviews of the album have been flowing through Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr so I just had to have a listen for myself. Yorkshire five piece: Bring Me The Horizon, announced in January that their... (Read more) A slight departure for Scots band Mechanical Smile with the release ‘Wolf” as their next single offering accompanied by a superb atmospheric video…. “We thought we would try something a bit different so we decided to release an acoustic song. The song’s called ‘Wolf’ and we are really excited about the release’ Mechanical Smile have... (Read more) Field Report have released a video to accompany the beautiful “I Am Not Waiting Anymore” from the band’s debut full-length, Field Report. Check it out below. The video freatures a homeless man seeking healing and redemption amidst the urban decay of Field Report’s hometown, Milwaukee. Director Manny Marquez listened on repeat to totally capture the... (Read more) LA based indie rock band Beware of Darkness have announced the release of their debut album titled Orthodox. Recorded at the Sound Factory and Valley Recorder in Hollywood, CA, executive produced and mixed by Dave Sardy (Oasis, LCD Soundsystem, Nine Inch Nails), and produced by Greg Gordon and frontman Kyle Nicolaides, the album will be... (Read more) Crowns will be releasing ‘Four Walls’, a track now well established as a crowd favourite and taken from the band’s superb debut album ‘Stitches In The Flag’ on 11th March. Check out the video below. The band have had a busy few months, a mini UK tour for the Big Issue by Twitter, spreading awareness... (Read more) All-American and multi-platinum anthemic rockers Drowning Pool will be releasing Resilence, their fifth studio album and third with Eleven Seven Music, on April 2, 2013. The album’s upcoming single “Saturday Night” is currently climbing the active rock radio chart in the U.S and the band recently premiered an additional track, “One Finger and a Fist”... (Read more) Photo Review: Deftones at the Barras Glasgow Feb 2013 Nu Metals gods Deftones need no introduction when it comes to metal, fronted by Chino Moreno the band now touring their New album Koi No Yukan make a welcome return to Glasgow to play The Barrowlands, a sold out gig which had all the makings of... (Read more) Apparat, aka Sascha Ring, will release Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre), an album of music based on Sebastian Hartmann’s theatre production of Tolstoy’s War & Peace, on Tuesday, February 19th. The renowned German arts festival Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen commissioned Sebastian Hartmann on this project to bring Tolstoy’s masterpiece to the stage. Hartman, considered one... (Read more) The Kaiser Chiefs – The Barrowlands, Glasgow – Tuesday 12th February 2013 Leeds rockers The Kaiser Chiefs are back in full force touring the UK. They opened the first leg of their 2013 tour last night in Carlisle, and I managed to catch them tonight at their sell out Glasgow gig... (Read more) Judy Kang’s album, named after herself, is a solo offering from this Canadian violinist made famous from her association with Lady Gaga and the Monster Ball world tour. If you haven’t heard of her don’t expect anything because you’re bound to be wrong. This violinist encompasses the classic with the modern as part of this... (Read more) Local Natives have announced a major UK and European tour for the autumn, beginning in Cambridge, UK on 15 October and ending with a show in Paris on 20 November. The new dates come as the band is touring a run of sold out shows in the UK, including a show at London’s Scala on... (Read more) Metal heavyweights Megadeth have announced that they will be touring the U.K. in June. They will play headline shows in Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester and London. Megadeth have sold more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including 11 Grammy nominations, scoring five consecutive platinum albums—including 1992’s two-million-selling Countdown to Extinction. The band are currently... (Read more) In December 2010, members of Acid Baby Jesus and Hellshovel joined forces and created Voyager 8. Now these two bands are going on the road and bringing their psych freakouts to a city near you!! Check out the dates below Acid Baby Jesus “Often pegged as Athens, Greece’s answer to the Black Lips,... (Read more) Yorkshire rockers, While She Sleeps, have announced yet another tour for the United Kingdom! The lads have only just come off tour with Asking Alexandria as support act and they’ve already got a busy year ahead. It’s only February lads, well done! The five lads: Loz, Sean, Adam, Mat and Aaran announced the tour earlier... (Read more) Sun’s coming up on a pure gold Groovin’ The Moo (GTM 2013) Come the April/May cusp, GTM is looking forward to sharing some of the freshest sonic produce from favourite home-grown acts to international imports when returning to its much loved four regional towns as well as the Nation’s capital. From Flume, Tame Impala, The... (Read more) Pop-punksters All Time Low look, play and act like a bunch of teenagers but they are far from newcomers, formed in Baltimore 2003 and to date having released five studio albums the latest being Don’t Panic, these guys know how to play and have perfected their live show knowing exactly what their audience want and... (Read more) Merge Records is excited to release a brand new single from Swedish pop maestros, Shout Out Louds, new record, Optica, set for a February 26 release. The new single, Illusions, can be heard via the band’s Soundcloud page. The Line of Best Fit describes Illusions, saying that the song ” is... (Read more) Crowns are set to release their new single Four Walls on March 11, and have a headline slot at the Old Blue Last on February 20. Four Walls the well established crowd pleaser is taken from the band’s super debut album, Stitches In The Flag. 2013 started amazingly for Crowns, with a rip roaring UK... (Read more) London 4-piece, Binary, have revealed that their new single, You Need The Blue Key, will be out on February 25. You Need The Blue Key will be the first release taken off their debut EP, Amber. After the release of their debut single Prisoner last year to a considerable fanfare and a year of intense... (Read more) Photo Review: Pure Love at King Tuts When Frank Carter split from Gallows he teamed up with former Hope Conspiracy guitarist Jim Carroll to form, in Carter’s words the band he’s always wanted to be in and that band is Pure Love…a band highly tipped for success by the music press. Their current UK tour... (Read more) Following the release of a second O2 show at 9am this morning iconic band Fleetwood Mac have now announced a third O2 on the 27th September! The band will now play The O2 on the 24th, 25th and 27th of September. The multi-Grammy winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees will grace British soil... (Read more) Caitlin Rose, fresh out of Nashville story tells her way into our ears, listening to this music makes it hard to believe Rose is only 25. Her talent and experiences shown through the music, and especially lyrics leads us to believe she could be heading for a Zimmer frame, but this girl is still young,... (Read more) Following on from their highly successful NME Awards Tour appearance in The O2 Academy last year Ireland’s Two Door Cinema Club returned to Glasgow to play a sold out world famous Barrowlands( Barras) in Glasgow last night. Now touring their second album Beacon, that has received critical acclaim, finds the band on a more mature... (Read more) Being a boyfriend and girlfriend duo can have it’s problems when you’re in a band together, particularly when the releationship ends. That’s the position Veelee’s Matthew Park and Ginger Wagg found themselves in back in 2011. Following the break up, Matthew took some time to himself before he began writing again. Then armed with a... (Read more) OneRepublic who are preparing for the release of their new album Native on March 22nd, have just announced details of Irish tour dates at the Ulster Hall, Belfast on April 28th and The Olympia Theatre, Dublin on April 29th. The new album, Native is their third full-length, and in creating it, they travelled to Paris,... (Read more) After the online success of their debut video ‘Titan’ (see below), Brighton 3-piece The Physics House Band have decided to give the track away for free as they announce their signing to Pink Mist label Blood and Biscuits. They have also confirmed a full UK tour for April. You can download the track from Parkwood Entertainment today announced that The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour starring Beyoncé kicks off in Europe on April 15, 2013. With stops in twenty European cities, including Dublin, Ireland; Berlin, Germany; Paris, France and a four-night stint at The O2 in London, UK, this is Beyoncé’s first multi-city tour in over three years. Following the announcement of their highly anticipated new album ‘Wonderful, Glorious’ – out on 4th February through E Works/Vagrant Records – EELS release details of an extensive tour. Following the breakup of Louis XIV in 2009, frontman and producer Jason Hill converted an isolated 100 year old house in the Hollywood Hills into a recording studio named Ulysses and began writing songs. By the winter of 2012 the full album, The Synthetic Love of Emotional Engineering, was finished and the band was dubbed... (Read more) Kick-starting 2013 as they... (Read more)
The Joy Formidable’s have released their newest album Wolf’s Law. Wolf’s Lawis the second album from The Joy Formidable and... (Read more)
For those of you familiar with Hardcore music the name Vinnie Caruana isn’t anything new. The front man of the Brooklyn based Post-Hardcore band ‘I Am The Avalanche’ is releasing his own solo EP this month. Caruana says “I really felt like I owed this to myself and to all the people who... (Read more) Front-man of The Foo Fighters. Former drummer of Nirvana and Queens of the Stone Age. The shiny demon in the middle of the road in the Tenacious D movie. And now directing music videos of other bands. Is there anything that Dave Grohl CAN’T do? It was recently revealed that the Foo joined forces with... (Read more) Kent quartet Coastline have arrived with their debut mini-album ‘Taken Under’, and the intent to... (Read more) Mick Fleetwood recently confirmed that Fleetwood Mac are to play live shows in the UK this coming Autumn, with a string of US dates already mapped out as part of their world tour which kicks off in April. However, UK dates are still to be announced. He said: We’re doing a big world tour that... (Read more) Music in Iceland is booming at the moment. Pascal Pinon, Sin Fang and now Retro Stefson. Already chart topping superstars in their own country, Retro Stefson are set to release their self titled debut UK album release. The album sees it’s official UK release on March 25th through Les Frères Stefson and is accompanied by... (Read more) This week I found out that two bands were going on tour again. One of them was Boyzone, the other, THE WHO. Who was I most excited about? (Haha see what I did there?!) One of rock’s legendary and defining bands, THE WHO, have announced a UK and Ireland Arena tour, where the band will... (Read more) Hurray, hurrah! Simon Cruz, Eric Young, Peter London and Martin Sweet, collectively known as Swedish Glam-Metallers, Crashdiet, are back with the follow up to their 2010 Generation Wild album, and boy, are they back! The Savage Playground, released on January 22, has kicked 2013 off with a bang, and has restored my faith in music,... (Read more) British rock band, Lower Than Atlantis, recently announced their UK tour: F**k It To The Man Tour. The four guys will be playing numerous venues around the UK and Ireland in April, kicking off in Belfast! Young Hertfordshire rockers: Mike, Eddy, Ben and Dec have been very busy recently. In the past year, they’ve released... (Read more) Blue Horizon recording group, The Black Angels, have announced the release of their eagerly anticipated new album. Indigo Meadow will arrive in stores and online on April 2. The album is heralded by the high powered Don’t Play With Guns. Penned just days before last years horrific shooting in Aurora, the track is now streaming... (Read more) Serpents and Snakes Records are proud to announce that Snowden recently released their brand new single Keep Quiet, and now have a May 14 release date for their full length album No One In Control. The band are to tour the major markets later this year, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, launching its... (Read more) Cayucas have announced a poppy new single, ‘High School Lover’, and video to accompany it. The video, directed by Cameron Dutra, features punchy neon... (Read more) Blood Red Shoes and Pulled Apart By Horses have spent time touring together, share similar tastes and... (Read more) At this point, absolutely nothing can stop Drowning Pool. The platinum-selling Texas quartet continues to roll forward fearlessly as they announce the release of their fifth album Resilience on April 2nd! Recorded at ‘House of Lord’ studios with Katao Khandwala again at... (Read more) London based Artifacts, are preparing for a busy 2013. The five piece band are gearing up for the release of Echoes (listen below) followed closely after by another new single Sad Face. The guys met in school, Patrick Fitzroy (vocals/guitar), Mark Rivers (sampler/keyboards) and Craig Brown (drums/vocals) originally playing as a trio under another name... (Read more) The four Welsh boys making up Straight Lines have kicked off 2013 with the release of the Escapology EP, after a highly successful 2012 which saw them release their second album Freaks Like Us and embark on their debut European tour. When you pick up this EP it promises you four tracks encompassing the sounds... (Read more) Camera Lucida is the new five track EP from UK based band Gunning for Tamar. This EP is due for release in April 2013 just in time to celebrate the end of their latest full UK tour which is certain to increase the bands reputation as well as their fan base. Camera Lucida... (Read more) The words are rich literature, conjuring images of drugged passion fading into nihilistic apprehension. As an art project that blossomed in 2006, Dead Leaf Echo has matured rapidly since its birth, and is now unveiling their unique style of Nouveau Wave through the release of their debut LP, due to be released on March 5... (Read more) Knowing you can do something doesn’t always mean you should. For instance, you can turn your liver into pate through the expeditious imbibing of Absinthe and arsenic. Similarly, you can turn lead into gold through the exchange of lead-based ink printed real-world folding money for a handful of Blood Diamonds. And when deciding which band... (Read more) Cambridge rockers, Mallory Knox, released their debut album ‘Signals’ on Monday 21st January and the reception so far has been incredible. 2013 is definitely Mallory Knox’s year! The five lads: Mikey, Joe, Sam, Dave and James, formed in September 2009 and have so far released 4 singles, an EP and now a debut album since... (Read more) Psychedelic rockers, The Black Angels have announced the upcoming release of their eagerly anticipated new album Indigo Meadows. The album marks the Austin, Texas-based band’s fourth full-length release, following 2010’s acclaimed Phosphene Dream and will arrive in UK stores and online on April 1st. Blasting an intro to the album is new track ‘Don’t Play... (Read more) Sonic Boom Six have unveiled the fantastic new video for their infectious single ‘Keep On Believing’. The single is taken from the bands self-titled album which was released in October and the video features TV legend Jim Bowen trying to save a pub from closure. Laila K, vocalist and front woman from SB6 on the... (Read more) Kentucky’s Idiot Glee aka James Friley has debuted the first track, Pinkwood, off his new Life Without Jazz EP, set for a February 26 release on Hop Hop and on vinyl via Atelier Ciseaux/Bureaubureau. The new EP moves through the decades from 50s to 70s pop in this follow up to his 2011 album Paddywhack.... (Read more) It’s official! Sheffield metalcore band, Bring Me The Horizon, have brought out a video for their latest single: ‘Shadow Moses’! The video was released earlier today (22/1/13) onto Epitaph Record’s Youtube account and the bands Vevo. The video involves the five lads: Oli, Matt, Lee, Jordan and Matt, first in a snowland area then on... (Read more) Two and a half months ago, Bring Me The Horizon gave us the first ever sneak peak to their new upcoming album ‘Sempiternal’. The track, later announced as ‘Shadow Moses’, was a big hit even when only two minutes of introduction footage was released onto youtube. People who went to the surprise Sheffield Leadmill gig... (Read more) On April 9, indie label Paracadute will release PYYRAMIDS’ full-length debut, Brightest Darkest Day. The band – helmed by Tim Nordwind from indie rock band OK Go and Drea Smith of the electro-pop outfit He Say/She Say... (Read more) JUNIP – Elias Araya, José González, Tobias Winterkorn – release the first single off their self-titled second album, set for release on April 22nd through City Slang.‘Line... (Read more) When Thomas Rowley & Joe Green (Milburn) joined exisiting Sheffield band ‘The Backhanded Compliments’ in 2010, they were renamed Dead Sons and introduced to the world in a Hometown gig at the Tramlines Festival. An EP and a tour with Artic Monkeys later, and the band are about to drop their debut album ‘The Hollers... (Read more) American audiences will get another chance to check out the energetic and always entertaining Young Empires when they embark on a string of U.S. dates next month. The band released the hugely successful Wake All My Youth EP in 2012 in Canada, performing on late night... (Read more) Sally Shapiro is a Swedish synthpop artist, comprised of an unnamed female vocalist and producer Johan Agebjörn. Their third album Something Else, presents twelve tracks of electronic music, heavily influenced by the Italo disco sound of the mid-1980s, but also featuring other elements of dance music. The album opens with Prescript, a short ambient... (Read more) Madeleine Peyroux has announced March 5th for the release of her new albumThe Blue Room. The Blue Room sees Madeleine and longtime collaborator / legendary producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock), re-examine Ray Charles’ classic, and one of his most controversial albums, Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music . “Ray’s ‘cultural landmark’ album... (Read more) LA Quintet He’s My Brother She’s My Sister recently offered a sneak peak of their debut album, Nobody Dances In This Town, set for release on January 22 via Park The Van Records. Nobody Dances In This Town perfectly embodies good old fashioned rock and roll, with the band coming together to create a sound... (Read more) Mancunian rockers, FOLKS, have announced the release of their brand new single, My Mother, due for release on February 3 via Ignition Records. To coincide with the release, the band will embark on a headline tour, kicking off on 30 January in Leeds Cockpit, finishing up on February 9 in Middlesborough’s Empire ‘Milk’ Club... (Read more) IS TROPICAL are set to release their brand new FLAGS EP on Kitsuné/Cooperative Music on January 21 2013 with a little help from such friends, such as Get People, DrugzNDreamz and Visions. Speaking about the recording of their upcoming release, IS TROPICAL said: “In the weeks... (Read more) Stuck on ideas of what to buy you delightful other half on Valentines Day this year? Well, I have the solution.. Dropout Dan is set to release his brand new EP on Valentines Day, Forever Instead, a collection of heartfelt tracks, showcasing the young singer/songwriters true talent for instilling his passion and emotions into each... (Read more) Dinosaur Jr will be touring the UK and Europe in January 2013 for the first time since May 2010, with many dates already sold out. They’ll be playing in support of their latest album I Bet On Sky, which is a true and worthy addition to the Dinosaur Jr discography, brilliantly imprinted with the... (Read more) ENTER SHIKARI ANNOUNCE ‘INTIMATE & OFF-THE-BEATEN-TRACK’ TOUR FOR APRIL + DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2013 APPEARANCE Following a year that saw a headline sold out Wembley Arena and a performance at the London Olympics Opening Ceremony, Winchester-born folk/punk hero Frank Turner starts 2013 by announcing the title, tracklisting and release date for his forthcoming album, plus details of a short run of UK headline shows. UK rock n’ roll inspired geekcore quartet to deliver chaotic and passionate new album on March 4th. What do you get when you mix a trained wrestler, a rollercoaster addict, an obsessive completer of video games and, erm, a father to a... (Read more) Brace release new track ‘Living’ as free download. The song is a prelude to the band’s debut EP ‘Conscious Thinking’ which will be released on March 1st 2013. Brace are a veritable musical tour-de-force; a heady mixture of sludgy guitars, frenetic metal drumming and guttural screaming, ‘Living’ is just a taste of... (Read more) 2012 was a great year for Straight lines but 2013 looks set to be even better. Last year they released their brilliant second album ‘Freaks Like Us’ and they wasted no time in getting back in the studio as this year they will be releasing a new EP ‘Escapology’. In support of the release of ‘Escapology’... (Read more) Brooklyn Indie-Rockers, Country Mice, are set to release their new album, Hour of the Wolf on February 19 via Lotion Records. Having been compared to the likes of Neil Young, Crazy Horse and Sonic Youth, Country Mice have spent the last several years touring back and forth across the US. Following the release of their... (Read more) Matt Pond recently debuted a new lyric video for his single Love to Get Used from his upcoming album Lives Inside The Lines In Your Hands, set for release on February 5. Matt says: “The song specifically references the explorer side of my family. An endless loop of pride and regret, battling through a history... (Read more) After touring and recording as a part of bands Dinosaur Pile Up and Old Romantic Killer Band, Leeds based musician Harry George Johns, goes solo, with his new mini album Post-Breakdown Blues due to be released on the 11th February. The mini album is an incredibly personal... (Read more) Brighton alt-rockers unleash compelling debut album Formed in 2010 from the ashes of Telegraphs, Chaos Days and Epitaph Records’ This City, Brighton quintet EAGER TEETH quickly uncovered a unique musical chemistry, borne from a collective musical nostalgia... (Read more) Rosco Bandana is a seven – piece band from Gulfport, Mississippi made up of Jason Sanford, vocals/guitar; Barry Pribyl Jr., vocals/percussion; Jennifer Flint, vocals; Emily Sholes, vocals/keyboard; Jackson Weldon, mandolin/lap steel; Josh Smith, bass; and Patrick Mooney, guitar/banjo. The group was discovered as part of Hard Rock’s... (Read more) Low are releasing the first song from their 10th record, The Invisible Way. “Just Make It Stop” is available for streaming HERE or below. The album cover for the record is now available for posting and the... (Read more) THE BRONX ANNOUNCES RECORD RELEASE SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK CITY UK TOUR STARTS February 8th The Bronx (IV), The L.A. Punk Band’s First Album In Five Years, Los Angeles-based quintet Milo Greene will tour the U.S. this spring, playing a mixture of headline dates and shows with Stars, including two nights at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY (March 8 & 9). See below for itinerary. (Read more) Northern Ireland’s favourite rock band Axis Of are preparing for the release of their debut album ‘Finding St Kila” The band have a growing army of fans from their relentless touring with acts such as The Joy Formidable, Twin Atlantic and Therapy? and are set to further boost their popularity with the new album and... (Read more) When I first came across Bleeding Rainbow’s third LP entitled ‘Yeah Right’ my mind instantly jumped to the conclusion it was time for an album with attitude. It’s a name which stands out and perhaps matches the era of lies and deceit we all seem to live in today. I’m not sure if the music... (Read more) Having covered Pure Love on their recent support slot for Lost Prophets I was waiting with baited breath for the release of their debut album Anthems…. Basically a duo consisting of singer/frontman Frank Carter and guitarist Jim Carroll whom between them have a pretty impressive musical pedigree, both come from backgrounds in hardcore music –... (Read more) Having began his career with The Smashing Pumpkins in 1987, James Iha recorded and toured with the group until 2000, during which time they released ten albums and became one of the biggest bands of the era, selling millions of albums and filling arenas worldwide. James recently completed his first solo album in nearly... (Read more) Belfast punk quartet Empty Lungs have announced details of their second EP “Stand Up”. Due for self-release (in conjunction with the Quarantine Collective) on the 16th February the melodic punk... (Read more) Balthazar preview the release of their album,‘Rats’, with a London show at the Lexington on 16th January. With their current single, ‘The Oldest Of Sisters’ proving a favourite at Xfm, the band also release a second single from the album in February in the shape of ‘Do Not... (Read more) Following his October 2012 support dates with Slash and sold out club shows in Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow, Grammy Award winning songwriter Mark Tremonti will return to the UK in February for a series of live dates. This latest set of shows coincide with new single ‘Wish You Well’, which is set for release... (Read more) There were a lot of artists’ hit the road in 2012 but which made the most money? Well, the top 10 money spinning tours have been revealed and it seems like Oldies are still Goldies with Madonna, Bruce ‘The Boss’ Springsteen and Roger Waters taking up the top 3 positions. Madonna’s MDNA tour took top... (Read more) After touring and recording as part of bands Dinosaur Pile Up and Old Romantic Killer Band, Harry George John’s is set to release his new mini album, Post Breakdown Blues, with a release date of February 11 2013. Post Breakdown Blues is a dark, dreary personal diary, which depicts the desperate times Harry faced in... (Read more) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have just announced details of an exclusive headline performance at Limelight 1, Belfast on March 10th as part of their 2013 world tour. Robert Levon Been, Peter Hayes and Leah Shapiro’s new album is the first since 2010’s ‘Beat The Devil’s Tattoo’. Since the band’s debut release in 2001 Black Rebel... (Read more) Blondie, fronted by Debbie Harry have announced two Irish dates in June 2012. Blondie was originally formed in 1974 by art student/guitarist Chris Stein and ex-folkie and ex-Max’s Kansas City waitress, vocalist/songwriter Deborah Harry. Drummer Clem Burke and keyboard player Jimmy Destri joined in 1975. The band played the fabled New York downtown circuit of... (Read more) Following the announcement of their greatly anticipated new album, Wonderful, Glorious, set for release on February 4, EELS released details of an extensive March UK tour, including a date in the freshly refurbished Limelight 1 on Thursday 14 March. Tickets are available from all usual Ticketmaster outlets, as well as www.limelightbelfast.com and in Katy... (Read more) Friday night, & my 5th ever Rufus Wainwright gig, first 3 times I saw the man, all at the Armadillo, were knockout. 2005 (Want Two tour) & successive evenings in 2007 (Release The Stars) tour were superb shows, but the 4th, at the Concert Hall in 2010 (Songs for Lulu tour) wasn’t much fun at... (Read more) Los Angeles based hard rockers Black Veil Brides return with their third album Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones. The album is being released on January 7th via Lava Records/Island Records UK. The album marks the band’s first full length release since 2011’s Set The World On Fire which debuted in the US at #1 on the iTunes Rock chart,... (Read more) Andy Burrows has announced details of a UK tour in February 2013. Burrows, whose superb solo album, Company, was released last month, will play shows that include a date at London’s Bush Hall on February... (Read more) PIERCE THE VEIL The wait is finally over. Multi Grammy winning, multiplatinum hip-hop superstar Lil Wayne has confirmed his first Irish appearance at The O2 on Friday 8th March 2013. You can’t compare any other artist out there to me,” the charismatic Lil Wayne rightfully declares. “They are them, I am me. Nobody can do what I can.... (Read more) Squeeze are a band that seem to have been around for ever, their music is timeless and songs like Cool For Cats, Up The Junction and Tempted are still as fresh and current today as they were in the eighties and form the sound track to many a 40 + year olds life. Formed in... (Read more) Edinburgh’s The 10:04s release their next single, ‘Lights Out’ as a free download on 12 December.‘Lights Out’ (produced by Tony Doogan – Belle and Sebastian, Snow Patrol, Mogwai, Super Furry Animals, Dirty Pretty Things – and recorded at Castle of Doom Studios in Glasgow) will be available as a package backed with previous single ‘SOS’... (Read more) Having Just finished a sold-out UK tour that saw Gallows dominate stages with more passion, anger and conviction than ever before, the band are now proud to announce the release of ‘Cross Of Lorraine’ as a single this coming December 10th on Venn Records. Already a firm live favourite, it’s the track that brings ‘Gallows’... (Read more) Virginian indie-pop trio Eternal Summers have commenced a string of US dates and released a new video for Good As You. The video follows a young woman who is stuck in a decrepit mental asylum while dreaming of herself in an underwater world. The location used in the video was a mental hospital built in... (Read more) Portland-based dream-pop quintet Radiation City has premiered a new video for “Hide From the Night” off their Cool Nightmare EP, released this past spring with Tender Loving Empire. The Gonzalo Eyzaguirre-directed clip takes place in a basement or maybe a dream where the band befriends a curious sock worm with an unusual palette. After making their SXSW debut... (Read more) The Giving Tree Bandhave released the music video for the song “Dead Heroes,” from their recently released album Vacilador. The Giving Tree band will close out the year with select tour dates across the mid-west, check out the dates below: Upcoming Tour Dates: NOVEMBER After a busy year of globetrotting and festivals Southampton trio Band of Skulls are back touring in the UK , tonight the band returned to Glasgow a mere 9 months after packing out the Arches only this time at the larger O2 ABC. Band of Skulls are an English alternative rock band from Southampton, consisting... (Read more) Hemel Hempstead rock band Lower Than Atlantis have announced their biggest headlining UK/Ireland tour to date, which includes a date at the prestigious Shepherds Bush Empire in London on April 25. Not only this, but the band have revealed that their next single from their critically acclaimed major label debut album, will be Go On Strike,... (Read more) Swedish trio Swedish House Mafia are diligently preparing for their most attractive tour of all times! On November 17, they opened their One Last Tour with an epic show in Dubai, and tomorrow will mark Swedish House Mafia’s very first, and also last show in the Czech Republic! The triangle of the party... (Read more) Belgian alt.rock band, Creature With The Atom Brain, are set to release their brand new album, The Birds Fly Low, on December 3 this year. Consisting of Millionaire’s Aldo Struyf, and featuring guest vocals from Mark Lanegan, this will be the bands third full-length release following 2009′s acclaimed Transylvania. Since 2008, the band have toured... (Read more) Matt Pond is set to release his album, The Lives Inside The Lines In Your Hand, on February 5 2013 via BMG. The first single, Love To Get Used, which premiered on The Rolling Stone, is what Matt describes as “An endless loop of pride and regret, battling through a history of late nights.” Matt... (Read more) Los Angeles band, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, have announced new West Coast tour dates in support of their Nobody Dances in this Town EP, set for release on January 22 via Park the Van Records. The tour will start in San Diego on January 17, and will finish in Santa Ana. Earlier this autumn,... (Read more) Having just returned from their first European tour, and releasing their new album Primitive Blast earlier this summer, Venice, CA, “Destroyers of Rock n’ Roll”, The Shrine, have recently unveiled their new music video for their song, Whistlings of Death. Whistlings of Death is a true-to-life representation of the band’s daily lives, including having fun, skating pools,... (Read more) Tom Curren and the band are touring in your town. The EP was release October 16th 2012 and the video was released November 16. Enjoy the music! Feeder are back on the road embarking on an extensive tour to promote their latest album offering and eight studio album Generation Freakshow….The new material is more mature without losing the edge of their earlier stuff we all know and love… The Glasgow show was the first on a six date British tour and was... (Read more) Crowns will kick-start 2013 in style, with the news, that the band will be special guests on the forthcoming Dropkick Murphy’s tour in January. The Cornish 4-piece who released their brilliant debut album ‘Stitches In The Flag’ this month, on their own Ship Wreckords label, will be playing five shows, in... (Read more) letlive. will make their much anticipated return to UK shores in the lead-up to the release of a new album in 2013. They get to tick off an item from their bucket list too, seeing as their live return will come in the form of a tour with the one and only Deftones. Says... (Read more) Asobi Seksu and Japanese trio Boris have announced a limited edition split 7″ which will be available as a Record Store exclusive release on Black Friday, Nov. 23. Way back in the mid 80’s when style and image was more important to the music scene than the music bespectacled Auchtermuchty twins Craig and Charlie Reid burst onto the scene, a couple of angry young Scotsmen with a an acoustic guitar, thick tortoise shell rimmed glasses who were anything but trendy wrote and sang... (Read more) Vancouver quartet Yukon Blonde have debuted their new video for “My Girl” taken from their second LP “Tiger Talk” via Dine Alone. Yukon Blonde have just finished a tour supporting the album. Produced by Colin Stewart, the album features raw, guitar driven sound and follows the band’s debut EP “Fire/Water” released last autumn. The... (Read more) Lavender Diamond has released the video for her new single “Light the Way” off her September release “Incorruptible Heart.” The video features singer Becky Stark, as she dances silhouetted against the backdrop of an oil rig in Long Beach, CA. The track is up tempo with beautifully flowing lyrics, working with the video perfectly. “Incorruptible... (Read more) Castrovalva are fresh off tour with their new album You’re not in Hell, You’re in Purgatory My Friend released through Leeds label Brew records, who also represent Nine Black Alps, Kong, Blacklisters and Humanfly. As with everything associated with this band, the only thing you could ever expect was the unexpected. This time the flirtations with hip-hop are gone... (Read more) Fun.’s exclusive acoustic performance on November 9th at the Bowery Ballroom was absolutely incredible! Sponsored by Ben & Jerry’s and Reverb, it was Fun.’s kick-off to their 2012 Campus Consciousness Tour. They started their acoustic set with “Carry On” off their album “Some Nights”. Listening to the guys play acoustic was... (Read more) Boston duo You Won’t (Josh Arnoudse and Raky Sastri) are thrilled to announce a run of East Coast tour dates with NYC bands Pearl And The Beard and Lucius. The tour kicks off in Philadelphia, PA at Johnny Brenda’s on November 30th and concludes December 8th at Fete Lounge in Providence, RI. These late autumn dates cap... (Read more) Let’s just say, November 12 was a very exciting day for me, as it marked the release of the second album, Dos, in Green Day’s trilogy of fantastic new albums. Upon listening to it, I was relieved that they had stuck to the idea of going back to their roots, and producing full frontal punk... (Read more) November 12 saw the release of Tim Barry’s fabulous new record, 40 Miler, through Xtra Mile Recordings, ahead of the singer supporting Frank Turner on tour in December. And I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this album. Imagine this. A bustling dark bar, with a real fire lit in the corner, with Tim Barry... (Read more) Correatown, the musical project of LA based artist Angela Correa, whose latest album Pleiades, which was released in the UK/Europe on August 27, and October 16 in the US/Canada, seems to be the soundtrack for the coming months. Fresh off the heels of a UK/European tour, which saw the band doing a session for BBC 6... (Read more) The Joy Formidable are excited to announce that their brand new album, Wolf’s Law, has been available for pre-sale since November 8, with the album being officially released on January 22. This will be the second album from The Joy Formidable, and the follow up to their debut break-through, The Big Roar, which saw the... (Read more) Fresh from finishing up a handful of U.S. shows from their Frequently Flying Tour, Flight Facilities are now sharing their new single “Clair De Lune” on SoundCloud. The brand new track will be available for download in the U.S. on November 13. This ambient soundscape is laced with eerie undertones, a... (Read more) With the release of their hotly anticipated free download Kaleidoscope EP only just weeks away, Newcastle Alt. Pop band Shields have unveiled the video for their explosive cover of SBTRKT’s Pharaohs. Available on both the iTunes and CD version of the EP, the cover is a sensationally creative reimagining of one of the two step producers stand... (Read more) The Joy Formidable have announced two Irish dates in Dublin and Belfast in the new year playing Friday 25th January at The Limelight in Belfast and Saturday 26th at The Academy, Dublin. Tickets for Limelight 2 show are priced £12.50 excluding fee and on sale from this Friday,... (Read more) Local Natives have announced a full European tour for Spring 2013, including a London date at Scala on Feburary 14, following the release of their eagerly anticipated second album Hummingbird on January 28. Tickets for the UK dates went on sale on Friday 9 November, with London tickets priced at £13.50 subject to booking fee. ... (Read more) Metal supergroup AxeWound, featuring Bullet for my Valentine’s Matt Tuck, and Liam Cormier of Cancer Bats, are heading out on their debut U.S. tour this month, playing in NYC at The Studio in at Webster Hall on November 28. AxeWound, which also includes Jason Bowld (Pitchshifter) on drums, guitarist Mike Kingswood (Glamour of the Kill) and... (Read more) Dundee based band, Millsyeck, are currently riding high, following their success at Hard Rock Hell’s Highway To Hell in Glasgow this October, being offered a prestigious slot to play alongside international rock acts including Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach, Ugly Kid Joe, and the legendary American thrash band, Testament, aswell as the UK’s own hard rock... (Read more) Just last Friday, I received two things in the post. One made me want to scream and one made me want to cry out of happiness. The first one was of course my Job Seekers forms, the second – Aerosmith’s brand new album, Music From Another Dimension! This was so exciting, I hadn’t expected to... (Read more) Cheltenham quintet, Harbour, are set to release their debut EP, Morning, through istartedthefire Records on 10 December 2012; an honest and engaging account of bravery and hope in the face of quiet escapism and loss. Morning will take the form of digital download, as well as a limited run of beautiful hand-crafted CDs (limited to... (Read more) Bleeding Rainbow are set to release their third LP, Yeah Right, on January 29. If that’s too long for you to wait, the band are currently on tour with A Place To Bury Strangers, where they are treating fans to tracks off the upcoming album. Fronted by female singer, Sarah Everton, you may be tempted... (Read more) The Mouse That Ate The Cat aka TMTAC are about the release their debut single 40 Years From Now on the 26th November 2012. US Melodic Hardcore/Punk movement, Such Gold, are to release their debut album, Misadventures, in the UK on February 25 2013, in support of their freshly released UK tour dates with Funeral for A Friend. Even before their debut was recorded, Such Gold featured in Alternative Press’ 100 Bands You Need To Know, and have even... (Read more) When a band re-releases material a bit of suspicion tends to arise but when it’s done with such passion and precision then respect is the only feeling that can be evoked. Northern Irish rock band Ash will be releasing their A-Z Series in the United States, both digitally and physically. This is the definitive version... (Read more) Since releasing their debut album ‘Modern Myths’ just for their home, Canada and the USA’s ears only, Winnipeg’s ”Les Jupes” have been taking part in a huge tour all over North America and Europe, hoping to win over the hearts of fans who don’t know it yet, one soul at a time.... (Read more) Following on from their recent debut hit ”Skirts”, – the album that plucks you from life and leaves you dancing the night away in a world where pacman would be in his element. Be prepared for the onslaught of drops that left us dancing all summer. Bristol’s The Other Tribe are now preparing to cause musical mayhem across some very intimate venues with their addictive dance... (Read more) Bullet For My Valentine are set to release their fourth studio album, Temper Temper, on February 11 2013. The metal giants, who recently headlined Radio 1′s Rock Week, with an invite-only gig at the BBC Maida Vale studios where they debuted the title track from the new album, have also announced a UK tour for March. Australian metal band Parkway Drive are currently streaming their highly anticipated fourth album “Atlas” out now on Epitaph Records. Its brand new material from the band and is pretty amazing! The album can be listened to below! The new record is posed as one of the most highly anticipated heavy albums of the year and features... (Read more) Gigging across the UK and Europe and supporting bands such as Two Door Cinema club and Mystery Jets and The Kaiser Chiefs, Club Smith finally release their debut album, Appetite for Chivalry, the 11th of November. Kicking things off is the track “Mantra.” ….While the guitar hooks are reminiscent of U2, which is never a bad thing really,... (Read more) The remainder of tickets for the December tour will going on sale tomorrow bright and early at 09:00am – all the specific links for the different venues are as follows. Saturday 15th December Newport Centre Sunday 16th December Manchester Academy Edinburgh’s most ambitious small music festival took place on Sunday October 2012 offering an impressive line-up with that included Hadouken, Kassidy, Miaoux Miaoux and The Cribs making their only Scottish show this autumn. GigApe got down there early (for us) on a Sunday to grab as much of the action as was possible for a... (Read more) Alt-J has won the UK’s prestigious Mercury Prize for their debut album An Awesome Wave. The annual music prize is awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Past winners include PJ Harvey, Portishead, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, and The xx. This year’s nominees included albums from Michael Kiwanuka, Ben Howard, Jessie Ware,... (Read more) 2012 has been a huge success for Kid Mac with the release of his debut album No Man’s Land. The first single off the album ‘She Goes Off’ featuring Mickey Avalon became a youtube hit clocking up almost 200,000 views. The video cameos featured Snoop Dogg, Steve Aoki among others. Italian rockers Lacuna Coil are arguably Italy’s finest export when it comes to rock music, the band return to the Glasgow venue The Garage as part of their Dark Legacy Tour which celebrates the history of Lacuna Coil, formed in 1999 Lacuna Coil have released 6 albums the latest being Dark Adrenaline released January 2012. Cardiff based sextet Among Brothers are set to tour the UK this November/December. The tour coincides with the release of their new double a –side 7” single “I am Certain/I Do Not Believe” out November 19th 2012 was a busy year for Among Brothers, playing numerous international festivals and being... (Read more) Acclaimed Danish duo The Raveonettes have released the official video for new song “Curse The Night ” which comes from the band’s new album Observator. Check it out below. The Raveonettes just wrapped up the North American leg of their worldwide tour, that will take them to places like Turkey, Spain, UK, Italy and... (Read more) Los Angeles’ The Airborne Toxic Event are happy to announce their first tour dates since they began recording their as-yet-untitled third full-length LP. The band are playing New Year’s Eve at the Metro in Chicago, IL, and will follow that show with a show at New York City’s Webster Hall on January 15. Pre-sale for these dates will... (Read more) Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware were the founder members of pioneering British electro-pop group The Human League; Glenn Gregory had been their original choice when seeking a vocalist for the band but he was unavailable at the time, so they chose Philip Oakey instead. When personal and creative tensions within the group reached breaking... (Read more) The best just got bigger. Bringing their signature rock and roll brand to fans across the globe, Bon Jovi will hit the road again in 2013, filling stadiums and arenas world wide with the Bon Jovi – Because We Can Tour. And I’m excited. Blazing across the planet, the tour will kick off in North... (Read more) Okay! Call me a saddo if you want, but I LOVE Michael Bublé ! I don’t love him all year round. Summer, spring and most of autumn are filled with Frank Turner, Kendrick Lamar, Grizzly Bear and even a bit of punk in the form of Metz. But come the winter, I become a Bublétte.... (Read more) The Wall Street Journal spotlights this band forhaving a sound that ”broods, billows and stalks the listener with soaring vocals, punching drums and waves of guitars”. This band, is Wintersleep, and they are due to embark on a US tour, with frivolities kicking off on October 29 in Boston, MA. This 3 week run of dates is... (Read more) With their new album, Endless Flowers, out now, San Diego Crocodiles are set to release their new single, Bubblegum Trash on November 16, ahead of their one-off London show on November 17. As described by the BBC, Bubblegum Trash is “a standout effort, a dirty pop song as perfect as sleeping in the park after... (Read more) Following the release of his widely applauded album last December, Oh Fortune, Dan Mangan, the gruff-voiced Canadian, has annouced the release of a 7″ single to be available digitally from this Monday, 29 October, and also on limited edition 7″ vinyl during his forthcoming European tour. Mangan won many awards, bringing his total to six, at the... (Read more) 25-year-old West Coast Rapper, Kendrick Lamar, today announced that he will be playing a string of UK shows in January 2013. The tour sees the young Hip-Hop star playing London, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester, with tickets for the tour going on sale 9am on Friday 26 October, available from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk. Hailed... (Read more) Frank Turner rounds off an extraordinary year with a near sell-out UK headline tour that covers the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland. Plus a phenomenal festive finale supporting The Pogues at the London O2. Full dates are: NOVEMBER 2012 Benjamin Francis Leftwich releases a new EP, ‘In The Open’ on November 19th, and is set to tour the UK and USA for the remainder of 2012. ‘In The Open’ features Ben’s ethereal vocals gliding over a wistful lament which proves that Ben was not just one of the most compelling new artists of... (Read more) Fresh from a triumphant return to the live arena with festival dates which included iTunes, Download, the Isle of Wight and Rockness, Biffy Clyro will follow the January 288th 2013 release of their eagerly anticipated new double-album ‘Opposites’ with their biggest arena tour to date including a night at The O2 Dublin on March 28th... (Read more) Deftones have announced a headline tour of the UK in February 2013. The tour sees the band play six cities, Glasgow, Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham and London. The gigs will showcase tracks from the bands seventh album Koi No Yokan which is released in the UK on November 12th as well as all the fans’ favs. Welsh rockers, Lostprophets are hitting the road for a UK tour that kicks off in Wolverhampton on Nov 1st and finishes in Newport before the guys leave to Japan. Formed in 1997, Lostprophets have released 5 albums, selling almost 4 records. The band released Weapons in April this year to much critical accliam. The record... (Read more) The mighty Motörhead are back! Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee are back on tour after 37 years and more than 20 studio records without ever changing their style. Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra have announced a UK tour during March 2013. Singer, songwriter, piano-slayer, and prolific blogger Amanda Palmer and her band The Grand Theft Orchestra are excited to announce further UK & Irish shows following their sold out 3 UK shows this month. The March 2013 tour will commence in... (Read more) Hands up who’s excited for rock legends Aerosmith’s new album, Music From Another Dimension? *Raises hand* Me! Hands up who’s EVEN MORE EXCITED for it following the release of the music video for their first single of the album, What Could Have Been Love? *Raises hand again* Me two times! When I heard this song,... (Read more) Barsuk Records is thrilled to unleash Menomena’s video for “Plumage,” off their new album Moms. Pitchfork premiered the video, deeming it “a very strange mexican standoff…ridiculous and awesome.” The video, available below, was directed by Trevor McMahan, who described the clip as “the ultimate illustration of the beautiful conflict in the band’s music – that aural struggle... (Read more) Wisconsin’s Blessed Feathers have released their EP Peaceful Beasts in an Ocean of Weeds and American Songwriter is running an exclusive album stream. The band also released a video that chronicles their time spent recording the album in Gardnier, NY. The video features Thor Harris of Swans & Shearwater, who collaborated with Blessed Feathers on... (Read more) UK extreme metallers, Cradle of Filth, have announced a mammoth of a European tour, including a one-off show at London’s Forum on December 19. Hurrah! Merry Christmas, guys. Dani Filth, the band’s ringleader, had this to say about the exciting news: “We are obviously enraptured at the prospect of ditching our Manatee suits and sweating... (Read more) Crooked Fingers, featuring Eric Bachmann (Archer’s of Loaf frontman), have announced they will be touring the UK this winter, ahead of the release of their new album, Breaks in the Armour. The full length will be available in the UK for the first time on December 4, by Merge Records, who have released the opening track Typhoon today... (Read more) Boston-based band, Dropkick Murphys, have announced a January 8 release date for their upcoming new album, Signed and Sealed in Blood, via Born and Bred Records. Bassist and co-lead singer, Ken Casey, said: “We had such a great time writing our last album, Going Out In Style, we were excited to get back in the... (Read more) The Black Keys have announced their UK dates during their World Tour which started today in Sydney! The bands previous gigs have received phenominal reviews and these are not to be missed! Check out the dates below plus links to tickets! The Gaslight Anthem are back on the road with their latest album offering….Handwritten, its been over 2 years since their last appearance at The O2 Academy, Glasgow when in my opinion they put on a slightly lack lustre performance an appeared to be going through the motions and on the last night of the tour….... (Read more) MICHELE STODART (THE MAGIC NUMBERS) Tickets on sale now priced £10 (excluding booking fee) from www.shine.net www.ticketmaster.ie & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. Northern... (Read more) The Killers are back and have announced two Irish arena dates. They will play The Odyssey Arena, Belfast on Thursday 21st February and The O2 Dublin on Friday 22nd February. In February 2010, after a decade spent on the road and with the end of a mammoth 18 month world tour in sight,... (Read more) The Brooklyn-based duo Beacon now have their EP, “For Now” available to stream. Stereogum is streaming For Now, noting the band is “tightening their approach, incorporating a heavier thud into their genre-hopping mentality while polishing Thomas Mullarney’s vocals for maximum impact.” Take a listen here and sink into their textured, seductive sound. For Now is the... (Read more) Sóley Stefánsdóttir, student of composition and member of the Icelandic indie-collective Seabear and Sin Fang, has announced performances down the East Coast with Of Monsters and Men. The mostly sold-out tour supports her We Sink debut full-length via Morr Music, and begins on November 15 in Toronto stretching through November 30 in Orlando. The intimate songs off We Sink will be performed across two dates in NYC... (Read more) After a very successful 2 year run with the current line up, Thin Lizzy have made a decision to not release a new album under the Thin Lizzy name. Scott Gorham “Out of respect to Phil Lynott and the legacy he created, we have decided that we should not release... (Read more) Singer-songwriter Frank Turner has had an extraordinary two-years in his native England. Heralded as “The people’s prince of punk poetry” by the NME, he has amassed a huge and adoring fan base, breakthrough radio hits and a sold out headlining show at Wembley Arena (documented in a thrilling new DVD). It all reached a crescendo... (Read more) Alex Clare is preparing for his first ever Czech show this Sunday October 21 in Prague’s Roxy. There are still tickets and they are available through Ticketpro network. Clare describes his music as a crossover between dubstep, electronic and soul music – his band plays live music supplemented with electronic vibes. Clare is also an... (Read more) Solid Gold frontman Zach Coulter and bassist Adam Hurlburt wrote the first ever Gayngs’ song, “The Gaudy Side of Town”, with Ryan Olson back in 2009. The three met in Minneapolis after Solid Gold’s debut album, Bodies of Water, gained critical acclaim abroad, and in the Midwest. Zach, as well as bassist Adam Hurlburt, proceeded to... (Read more) Fidlar’s are set to release their first LP via Mom + Pop and Wichita recordings. Recorded at their home studio, The album is set to be 14 tracks long and out in early 2013. Fidlar is Zac Carper, Elvis Kuehn, Brandon Schwartzel, and Max Kuehn. Elvis and Zac met at Kingsize Soundlabs in LA and... (Read more) The Future Music Festival 2013 piñata has officially popped! It’s the ‘Day Of The Dead-Set Awesome’ and this year Future Music Festival is set to rock your skulls off! We’ve been brewing something special, and full of more mind-blowing music than you can poke a cactus at… Future Music Festival 2013 is going to... (Read more) Leeds due Fossil Collective release their second EP On & On, on the 22nd October. You can stream the lead track from the EP below. It is an intoxicating blend of exquisitely structured songs and glorious, rich harmonies. Previous EP track ‘Let It Go’ was iTunes single of the week in the USA, won Steve Lamacq’s... (Read more) Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, you heard me right. The rumours are true. The mighty Rolling Stones are to go on tour again as part of their ongoing 50th Anniversary celebrations. Be prepared, however, the tickets aren’t exactly pocket money treats.. The worlds greatest rock band today confirmed their long awaited return to the stage, with... (Read more) Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles are excited to announce the VEVO world-premiere of their music video for “Undone”. The video was directed by Chiara Clemente, a New York City filmmaker whose experience includes directing the documentaries Beginnings and Our City Dreams, and her films have been screened at more than 30 theaters worldwide and broadcast on the... (Read more) Archer Records is excited to announce the release of the debut EP from Amy LaVere and Shannon McNally, Chasing The Ghost – Rehersal Sessions on October 23. Not only this, but the twosome started their tour on the 13th October in Joshua Tree, California, with many more dates still to come. (Read more) Legend in Japan are an explosive alt-punk band from London, England. The antithesis of the saccharine sweet pop princesses dominating the modern music scene, in the few months they’ve been together, they’ve already garnered favour with crowds up and down the country. Gathering positive reviews and a rapidly expanding fan base, their journeys so far... (Read more) BAND SETS OUT ON NATIONAL HEADLINING TOUR NEW EP KILL FEE OUT NOW (Read more) “Nobody ever paid money to see Harry Houdini escape being buried alive” says My Jerusalem founder and singer Jeff Klein. “They wanted the small chance of seeing him killed by the weight of the earth on top of him.” Behold the concept behind Preachers, the second full-length... (Read more) It has been revealed that the UK’s doom heroes My Dying Bride will entitle their forthcoming opus ‘A Map of all our Failures’. It will be released October 15th on Peaceville Records on CD, double vinyl & special edition CD/DVD. The album recording & mix was recently completed at Futureworks Studios in Manchester UK, with... (Read more) Cold Specks starts her North American Tour next month. Beginning in New York on November 8th, Cold Specks will head south and play across the country, ending on the 29th in Chicago. Self described as “doom soul”, the music of Cold Specks takes a lot from gospel and folk elements, often coming across as... (Read more) The Los Angeles based Vintage Trouble are about to begin their North American tour supporting The Who. Starting November 1st, this five week leg will see Vintage Trouble bring their much talked about live show to the US after touring Europe, Asia, Australia and the U.K for two years. The band have previously supported such... (Read more) On January 29, 2013, Trixie Whitley will release her eagerly anticipated debut LP, Fourth Corner, in the United States on Strong Blood Records. It will be released two weeks later in Europe on February 11. A stream of one of Fourth Corner‘s most moving and powerful songs, “Breathe You In My Dreams,” is now available... (Read more) A 3 Day festival in Big Sur CA featuring The Devil Makes Three, Blind Pilot, Here We Go Magic and lots more. ‘Communion in the Redwoods’, the intimate and carefully curated 3-day festival, returns to California for its second year. In the beautiful Fernwood Resort in Big Sur, CA, ‘Communion in the Redwoods’ is presented... (Read more) Empires have had an incredibly busy year. Touring the states relentlessly and winning crowds night after night isn’t as easy as it seems but Empires are a band that clearly are not only willing to take such a task on but to make it seem implacably easy. I’ve been dying to catch one of their... (Read more) NY-Berlin trio Fenster are returning to the US for a run of East Coast dates and performances at CMJ’12 in support of their debut full-length, Bones, out now on Morr Music. The new dates follow the group’s first ever US shows this past spring in NYC and SXSW ’12. In celebration of the tour they have offered a remix of... (Read more) American band Balmorhea have released their fifth full-length album Stranger, and announced a string of dates to coincide with the new album. Celebrated on past releases for what the New Yorker eloquently described as the bands “slow burning, wordless, and ambient Americana” with Stranger the band moves beyond contemplative reverence for the land and the history of their... (Read more) The Alex Metric remix of St. Lucia’s “September” is out now on Neon Gold/ Colombia The track is a funky blend of electronic dance and disco pop. Taking the other worldly dimensions of the original track and making it altogether more danceable, Alex Metric version of this track... (Read more) Oxford-based quartet, Jonquil, have released three different remixes of their track “Mexico” for fans to enjoy before embarking on a European Tour this Autumn. “Mexico” has been remixed by the bands very own Hugo Manuel (a.k.a. Chad Valley), 100% Silk’s Fort Romeau and Rush Midnight (of Twin Shadow). The... (Read more) To coincide with the announcement that their new album ‘I Am The House, I’m Dying’ will be released on the 29th October, The Hickey Underworld have made album track ‘Whistling’ available for a free download at the link below. The band will... (Read more) After their incredibly successful ‘Return to Eden’ tour in 2009/2010, Ultravox decided to write a new Album, their first in decades. The result was the ‘Brilliant’ album received with much critical acclaim, and so the ‘Brilliant’ tour followed. At the Glasgow ‘Armadillo’ on... (Read more) Frank Turner is an incredibly busy man and shows no sign of slowing down. Touring relentlessly throughout 2012 hasn’t weaken his resolve one bit and getting to sit with him for a couple minutes definitely felt like more of a treat then an obligation. This interview was conducted minutes before the British singer performed to... (Read more) Newton Faulkner, who has in the past performed a number of sold-out shows in Belfast, took to the stage last night at Belfast’s Mandela Hall. Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner (born 11 January 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Reigate, Surrey. He is known for his... (Read more) Coldplay, Beyoncé, Eminem, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mumford & Sons, Plan B, Bruno Mars, REM and Fleet Foxes are just some of the superstar artists lined-up for the release of ‘Rhythms Del Mundo: Africa’ ‘Rhythms Del Mundo: Africa’ is the latest project from Artists Project Earth (APE) and features high profile western and African musicians... (Read more) Mumford & Sons along with some summer tourmates recorded a session for Daytrotter at their Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Dixon, IL this past August. The songs played range from songs off the band’s new album Babel, traditional songs, and covers of The Stanley Brothers, Bruce Springsteen, Guy Clark, Roger Miller, Bob Dylan and... (Read more) White Rabbits have premiered their new video for the latest single, I’m Not Me, which was shot in location at a railway in Seattle. The single is taken from their widely acclaimed third album ‘Milk Famous’ released in March this year. After a hugely successful European tour the band are currently on touring the US. Hey, Cruel World is the latest video released from Marilyn Manson’s eighth full-length album Born Villain which debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, also grabbing the #1 spots on both the Heavy Album Chart and the Independent Album Chart. The video features up-close footage of the band in a... (Read more) In preparation for 2012’s most anticipated metal/hardcore album of the year, Boston’s most illustrious masters of heavy music, Converge are currently streaming their 8th studio album, ‘All We Love We Leave Behind’, available October 8th via Epitaph Records (vinyl on Deathwish). Fans are invited to stream the new album which includes original art for... (Read more) Diamond Rugs are excited to announce a number of Autumn shows supporting their 2012 debut album The band made their debut on the David Letterman Show last June and their high energy, rock’n’roll has been... (Read more) Passion! That’s the best thing you’ll find at a gig. Relentless and uncontrollable fucking passion! and that’s what Webster Hall had on Sunday evening. Frank Turner was in town and was playing the final night of his headlining tour in the states with The Sleeping Souls. First opening act was Jenny Owen Youngs, a beautiful... (Read more) After the overwhelming reaction to the news that BIGBANG will visit America for the first time, the Korean pop sensations have just added more U.S. shows. The group will now perform on Friday, November 2nd at Anaheim, California’s Honda Center and November 8th in Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center in addition to their previously announced American dates. American fans... (Read more) CMA New Artist of the Year nominee Brantley Gilbert laid a solid foundation for his HELL ON WHEELS TOUR over the weekend, playing to over 14,000 screaming fans and hard-core BG Nation followers in Lafayette, IN (9/27); Poplar Bluff, MO (9/28) and Oklahoma City, OK (9/29) setting the attendance record for Poplar Bluff’s Black River Coliseum on Friday night. From... (Read more) Diamond Rugs are excited to announce that they have confirmed a run of fall tour dates, supporting their 2012 debut record, Diamond Rugs (Partisan Records). Diamond Rugs will kick off their first-ever tour on October 28th in Durham, NC, culminating with a performance at Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Festival. Prior to these rare live shows, the band... (Read more) Northern Ireland’s four peace pop act Wonder Villains have announced the release of their new EP ‘TV’ on the 29th of October. To compliment the released they’ve also released a video for lead track TV, watch it below. Wonder Villains are Eimear Coyle, Cheylene Murphy, Ryan McGroarty and Kieran Coyle. From Derry, N.Ireland they make... (Read more) Mt Avalanche is a new independent booking agent based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They’re here to bring some lesser known music to a wider audience through Ireland, whether that be by booking a tour for a band or directing your music towards the right promoter – they’re here to help. Sweet Lights has released a free download “Hundred Needle Pins” ahead of his UK shows. Shai Halperin has already made quite a name for himself with his first musical outing The Capitol Years, which saw him collaborate with Daniel Johnston and touring with the likes of The Pixies and The Walkmen. The song has a... (Read more) Rush Midnight, the solo project of Russ Manning, former bass player for acclaimed new wave revivalist,Twin Shadow, has released a new video for ‘The Night Was Young Enough.’ The video’s song is taken fromhis forthcoming debut EP, +1. With Twin Shadow producing multiple tracks on the release, +1 is a late night strut through downtown New York – stylish, stripped-down... (Read more) Pujol has finally released his debut full length album “United States of Wellbeing” on Saddle Creek. Pujol arose from the ashes of MEEMAW in 2009 and has since released a multitude of cassettes and singles on Jack White’s label Third Man Records, Nashville’s Infinity Cat Records and Turbo Time Records collectively. Pujol continues with his... (Read more) Reformed rowdy rockers The Fratellis made a sold out return to Glasgow’s O2 ABC to hopefully continue where they left off from their last Glasgow show back in 2008. Formed in Glasgow 2005 the band had two top 10 albums ‘Costello Music’ and ‘Here We Stand’ and probably best known for the anthemic chant song... (Read more) BEACH HOUSE are pleased to share details of their fourth album, Bloom. Like their previous releases it further develops their distinctive sound yet stands apart as a new piece of work. The landscape of Bloom was largely designed on the road, between the countless sound checks and myriad experiences of... (Read more) As Balmorhea and Western Vinyl gear up for the October 2nd release of the band’s fifth full-length album Stranger, the Austin, TX six-piece have released the song “Days” to fans for download. “Days” serves as the latest preview of the new material found on the... (Read more) Coldplay get a lot of bad press, they’re a band music fans tend to love or loathe with little leeway inbetween. Amid rumours that this could be their last tour, I joined 20,000 revellers at the Synot Tip Arena in Prague with an open mind. An early start time of 5pm saw first support act,... (Read more) The Chevin are excited to announce the release of their debut album Borderland. The band has gained plenty of exposure lately through European tours supporting Franz Ferdinand, White Lies and The Airborne Toxic Event. The album’s lead single, “Champion,” a song the band recently performed on The Late Show... (Read more) Finnish dreampop act NEØV have debuted a new single ‘Windvane’ along with a remix of the song. ‘Windvane’ previews the band’s debut album, Orange Morning, which is set to be released this Winter. The original version and as well as the Korallreven remix are now streaming on Facebook and SoundCloud. Singer Rafiq Bhatia has released his debut EP Strata, which will be followed shortly by his debut full-length album, Yes It Will on October 23rd. In support of these releases, Bhatia will be performing a residency at Piano’s in NYC, full details of his upcoming performances are listed below. (Read more) ‘Seasons’ is the second single to be released from the latest and 5th DRAGONFORCE studio album The Power Within. Written by bassist Frederic Leclercq the song is accompanied by a montage video filmed during a series of shows played to introduce new singer Marc Hudson to the bands fan base prior to the commencement of The Power Within... (Read more) Barsuk Records is excited to release Menomena’s new album Moms, out today. The full album is currently streaming below!! Moms is the Portland-based band’s fifth album, and their first as a duo. Next week, the band will begin their fall headlining tour, which features support from PVT. The tour will be followed by a European tour with... (Read more) Mumford & Sons have just announced their Uk and Ireland tour dates The band take to the road in November and December in support of their second album Babel, which was released today (September 24) Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 28 at 9am and the tour is split into a series of six... (Read more) Serj Tankian sure has a lot to say, and in most cases, lets the music transmit his point of view. As he spent the most of the past decade with the groundbreaking System Of A Down, the man cannot be stopped it seemed. Back with a follow-up record to the critically acclaimed debut effor Elect... (Read more) GigApe favs Bell X1 are the latest addition to the stellar line up at this year’s Sligo Live Festival which spans 6 days over the Bank Holiday Weekend 24th – 29th October 2012. They join legends Van Morrison and Joan Armatrading, as well as Wallis Bird, Pokey LaFarge and The SouthCity Three and many more... (Read more) The good people at Bella Union have just provided us with the tour dates of Wild Nothing. This lovely band’s latest album Nocturne has received very good critical acclaim so these shows hold plenty of potential. You might want to pencil one of these into your diary if you are based in the British Isles... (Read more) The Saw Doctors, who have just returned from a six week Coast to Coast Tour of the US and Canada, which included sellout concerts in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, will play Belfast’s Mandela Hall on Friday 23rd November. Last December, The Saw Doctors had a runaway Irish hit with their cover of Petula Clark’s classic pop single,... (Read more) In the lead up to the release of their new EP Hotel Monsoon, hotly tipped alt-indie outfit, VICES, have made Human Being available as a free download. Listen and download at the soundcloud widget below. Spotted by Jeff Saltzman (Producer; The Killers, Hot Fuzz, ex Green Day manager) in a small LA bar, he took... (Read more) The Vaccines will be playing in Cardiff University Students Union on Friday, 16 November 2012 at 19:00. Eighteen months ago, The Vaccines asked, What Did You Expect? But their rather sedate debut left many unconvinced that they were worthy of the buzz and hysteria that heralded their arrival. Since that first effort they’ve weathered some unnecessary posho jibes, bouts of illness... (Read more) After only really discovering Leonard Cohen’s music in the last 6-8 months, I’m filled with a sense of anguish. Where has he been all my life? Why didn’t somebody tell me sooner? All the whys!? The Hebrew word, messiah translates as someone possessing a higher spiritual knowledge, considering Cohen’s 12 studio albums, 6 live... (Read more) Velour Music group are pleased to announce that Kaki King will release her new record “Glow” on October 9th, 2012. D James Goodwin produced and engineered the record along with band mate and live sound engineer Dan Brantigan. Brantigan also guests on EVI, Richard Johnson plays bagpipes and the strings were produced by ETHEL.... (Read more) Following on from their latest album ‘A Monument’, Tu Fawning are about to embark on a European tour, kicking off on Sept 14th at the Leffingeleuren Festival before finishing up in London on October 9th. To get you all in the mood for the gigs, the Portland foursome have released a video to accompy the... (Read more) Madness have announced the release date of their 10th studio album ‘Oui, Oui, Si, Si, Ja, Ja, Da, Da’. The album of all brand new material will be released on October 26th. Fans have already had a taster of the new record when the band gave the album track ‘Death Of The Rude Boy’ away... (Read more) The seven-piece band Slightly Stoopid are set to release their seventh studio album “Top of the world” on their own label Stoopid Records. The highly anticipated album continues to explore a variety of styles with help from some of their biggest influences. Reggae legends Barrington Levy and Don Carlos appear on tracks “Ur Love” and... (Read more) Las Vegas’ finest, The Killers have made a name for themselves as one of the best live acts around. Surely Brandon Flowers and co. will not want to lose that reputation so expect them to continue to deliver the very best on every tour. ‘Mr Brightside’, ‘When We Were Young’ and ‘Bones’ are among the... (Read more) Following the release of ‘(I Should Be A) Communist’, fanzine single ‘Starling’ and triumphant support shows for The Cribs, This Many Boyfriends have announced that their long-awaited, self titled debut album will be released on October 8th through Angular Recording Co and they’ll also hit the road for a headline UK tour. Recorded and mixed by Ryan Jarman of The Cribs at Edwyn Collins’ West Heath... (Read more) Award winning singer and recording artist, Michael Zapruder has announced the release of “Pink Thunder” on October 16th via The Kora records. What began as a bus tour of hundreds of American poets has been Hotly tipped alt-indie outfit, VICES, will release their brand new EP, Hotel Monsoon, on the 24th September. Spotted by Jeff Saltzman (Producer; The Killers, Hot Fuzz, ex Green Day manager) in a small LA bar, he took the Reading born, London based band to his recording studio in Hollywood and produced their debut album, The... (Read more) Scholars have released their video for new single Blinda Data. The single will be released on the 24th September which will coincide with the band going on tour to support the release. Taken straight out of the lonely hearts column, Blinda Data is the confession of a man struggling to come to terms with his... (Read more) The Killers have added a second Birmingham show to their first UK tour in four years. The band will now play an extra date on Thursday 1st November at the LG Arena Birmingham. The Las Vegas group, whose hotly-anticipated fourth studio album, Battle Born, is released on September 17th, will play their first UK tour... (Read more) Garage rock newcomers Empires have grown into one of our big time favorite bands this year and it’s with extreme pleasure to announce their upcoming tour dates with Blue October, which will featue the band playing 1000+ capacity venues! The band just wrapped up their most successful North American headlining tour to date... (Read more) Dublin duo Heathers have announced Irish dates including Belfast, playing what is set to be a very intimate gig in McHughs Basement on Friday 28th September. 2012 promises to be a big year for Ellie and Louise MacNamara aka Heathers. September will see the siblings return to the live stage with an Irish tour including a... (Read more) British rockers Maximo Park will be embarking on their first US tour in over five years! Be sure to catch the band at one of the dates below and also Check out the ticket bundle we’ve got going on for all you Maximo Park fans over at Straight To The Sun Records & the MuseBox label group! Out November 05 on Rhymesayers Entertainment, We Don’t Even Live Here is the fourth solo album from Doomtree co-founder, punk philosopher and lyrical bomb-thrower Stefon Alexander, aka P.O.S. It’s a tight, bombastic record that builds on the Minneapolis-bred rapper and producer’s penchant for grinding beats and radical lyrics. But at the same time, WDELH... (Read more) Brit nominated, acoustic guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner revisits Belfast at The Mandela Hall on Saturday 6th October, having sold out The Waterfront Hall, St Georges Market and Spring & Airbrake & The Limelight on previous occasions. Newtown’s latest album ‘Wrote It On Your Skin’ debuted at number 1 on the UK album charts this summer. We Are The Physics are set to release their brand new album – Your Friend, The Atom – on 22nd October 2012. The Glasgow sci-fi new wave punks – consisting of three Michaels and one Chris – recorded the follow-up to 2008′s debut We Are The Physics Are OK At Music in their home city with producer Thomas McNeice. Word has reached Gigape that two very interesting musical entities have joined forces and our touring the United States togheter. The first one is a Boston born girl who now resides in California. If you are (like me) into the fresh new wave of neo-grunge and shoegaze like music that seems to be gaining momentum in... (Read more) Last time they came to London in support of their new record Endless Flowers, Crocodiles had a cruise bouncing down the Thames, packed full of people hurling about the place to their trademark scuzzy noise pop. Accompanied by Dum Dum Girls’ Dee Dee and reggae songstress Hollie Cook on backing vocals, the show was hailed... (Read more) With just over a month until the release of their 5th full length album, ‘Mumps, etc’ and with a UK tour looming, Cincinnati alternative hip hop heroes WHY? unleash another new track ‘Jonathan’s Hope’ and are offering it to you as a free download, which is available below. The album opener, ‘Jonathan’s Hope’ rattles forth... (Read more) Indie kids on the block, Alt-J, have been causing quite a stir in the music bubble recently. With just 2012 debut An Awesome Wave in their back catalogue, they’ve got an admirable following and have played all key UK festivals summer 2012. This week Alt-J has announced several more European dates for their tour this... (Read more) The XX are coming to Cardiff to play at the Coal Exchange on the 11 September 2012 at 19:30 to coinside with their new Album ‘Coexist’. They are an absolutley fantastic band, and you can check out one of my favorite videos of their song, which should get you in the mood. Preachers was recorded in under three weeks. It is the first My Jerusalem album genuinely made by a band, not just performed by a group of musicians. Pushing aside hard drives and laptops to make way for analog tape machines and vintage keyboards, what singer Jeff Klein describes as the “Post-Modern Southern Gothic Soul” sounds... (Read more) Due to unforseen commitments in the US, The Rembrandts will no longer be joining 1927 on their Generation-i Tour later this month. Joining 1927 instead, for their August 24 show at The Palms at Crown in Melbourne will be Dale Ryder Band. In Sydney at the Enmore Theatre on Friday 31 August and in Brisbane... (Read more) The Jim Jones Revue have announced they will play Belfast on Friday 5 October 2012 at the LimeLight, as part of their up coming tour in support of their new album, The Savage Heart. It sees the band exploring new musical and lyrical territory, while still harnessing their renowned powerhouse sound. The album was produced... (Read more) New York based musician Delicate Steve has made an experimental of Africa Talks To You reworked by Japanese cult artist Oorutaichi, which is available for free download below. The original version is taken from his sophomore album ‘Positive Force’ which received critical acclaim upon its release. Delicate Steve AKA Steve Marion has also announced tour... (Read more) Edinburgh’s We Were Promised Jetpacks have made Act On Impulse from their second album In The Pit Of The Stomach available for free download via their website here. It’s a typically brooding and expansive affair. The delicate vocals mix perfectly with the intelligent and intricate guitars, complimented by the pounding and abrasive drumming. They’ve... (Read more) Beverly post rock band Caspian will shortly release their new album Waking Season. Former keyboard player with Minus the Bears, Matt Bayles, helped co-produce the album – Bayles has co-produced such work as Isis “Oceanic”, Botch’s “We are Romans” and Mastodon’s “Blood Mountain”. This is the first time the band has worked with an outside... (Read more) California duo Xiu Xiu have a new video to share with you for ‘Joey’s Song’ which featured on the album Always released earlier in 2012 on Bella Union. The video is dark and disturbing, following a young man as he roams through the city, parks and fields of Berlin. Watch it below. Xiu Xiu have... (Read more) Bad Books is a collaboration between Kevin Devine and members of Manchester Orchestra. You can hear an early preview of the forthcoming album in “Forest Whitaker,” the first song off the new record, available via the Rolling Stone player. II, the sophomore album from Bad Books, was recorded at Favorite Gentlemen Studios in Atlanta,... (Read more) Heartless Bastards have confirmed a run of headlining tour dates in October and November, in addition to the previously announced August and September dates. The tour marks their first time back in major cities including Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington since the album’s release, culminating with a show in the band’s hometown of... (Read more) Since 2009 new-wave quartet California Wives have been fulfilling their hidden musical dreams in spite of promising career opportunities as lead singer Jayson Kramer soon realised that it was time to put down the medical books and pick up the keyboard. However they only sealed the official line-up (including new guitarist Graham Massel) this year. Menomena is excited to announce, especially for the Portland fans, a sneak peak of their new album release Moms, which is the 5th album from the band, but their first as a duo. The band is planning a special event called “Dark Side of the Moms” which will take place at the Oregon Museum of... (Read more) Swear and Shake took the stage at the Stephen Talkhouse on 9 August 2012 in Amagansett, New York. Swear and Shake is a New York based band, who just released their first full length album “Maple Ridge” in April 2012. There’s just something so unique about their music, each song so carefully crafted and captivating. Both the... (Read more) Brendan Benson – accomplished songwriter, producer, and co-founder of The Raconteurs – is proud to announce the launch of Readymade Films, the visual production arm of his own Nashville based Readymade Records and Publishing companies. To celebrate this new chapter in Readymade’s growth, Readymade Films hosted an interactive kick-off party at The Basement in Nashville,... (Read more) Silverstein is a Canadian band who have been around since 2000. To experience them you can catch them live in Montreal on the 25th of August 2012 . You won’t be disappointed. ‘Menangle…???’ I found myself asking… ‘Where the frig is Menangle?’ Apparently its a patch of grass just outside Sydney city limits… A fertile patch of grass it would seem as it appears to have sprouted 3 talented brothers and a mate that make up the latest batch of discoveries from Triple J Unearthed, The... (Read more) The dates of Balmorhea Autumn 2012 tour coincide with the release with the bands fifth studio album Stranger out October 2nd on indie label Western Label. Kicking off in their hometown Austin, Texas, on the The Heavy – Kelvin Swaby, Dan Taylor, Spencer Page and Chris Ellul – The Self produced, English soul rockers with hits such as ”How you like me now” and ”sixteen” are pleased to announce their up and coming North American headline tour following the release of their new album ”The Glorious Dead” Tom McRae is due to play Belfast’s Stiff Kitten on November 13th 2012. English singer songwriter Tom McRae has been quietly moving up the ranks of the most respected songwriters in the world today after releasing four critically acclaimed studio albums over the last 9 years. His eponymous debut album in 2000 was nominated for... (Read more) Following the buzzing reception to ‘Para’ last month, CALEXICO have unveiled a second new track from their forthcoming sixth studio album ‘Algiers’, entitled ‘Splitter’. Set for release on September 10th, the album ‘Algiers’ will be released on City Slang in Europe and Anti in the US and is accompanied by a one off show at London’s HMV Forum on September 18th. Hear the... (Read more) Nipping at the heels of their eagerly devoured ‘Sod in the Seed EP’, set for release on August 13th through City Slang (Europe) & Anticon (US), California’s alternative Hip Hop sensation WHY? have confirmed details of their fifth full length album. Entitled ‘Mumps, etc’, the record will be released on October 8th to coincide with their UK tour – details below. To... (Read more) Hot off the Homebake Press… Welcome to Homebake 2012: “It’s the end of the world and we know it and I feel fine” – REM. It’s a famous line from a (in)famous song and yet if only the Mayans could have chosen it as a theme for their much hyped Doomsday prophecies. And so Ladies and... (Read more) The Jar Family is a seven-piece band of singer songwriters from Hartlepool whose music has been described as Industrial folk rock. The band released the EP Livingston Studio in 2010 before releasing The Jar Family album in 2011. Singles ‘Poolie Strut’ and ‘In For A Penny’ came from the album before a well-received UK tour... (Read more) After entering Grant Park for another year at Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival, I decided to start my morning off with Brooklyn’s Ambassadors. Though it was an early set, quite a big crowd was packed in to the forested BMI stage to hear songs from their debut LP “Litost.” Nevermind the constant threat of a cease and desist letter, when Carrie Brownstein tells you that your band name is weak, you change it. But it isn’t as simple as a name change for Philadelphia’s minimal noise pop duo Reading Rainbow, significant line up additions facilitated the adoption of a new moniker. So…drum roll please…as... (Read more) SUBSOURCE are back on the attack with a new EP ‘Generation Doom’ set for release on their own Doombox Recordings on 6th August, 2012. Rising against the mainstream hype-machines, crowds of the nameless and faceless writhe and twist to undeniable unique sound of SUBSOURCE as it rages out of soundsystems in sweat drenched rooms across continents.... (Read more) The Jim Jones Revue announce they will play the Limelight on Friday 5th October ahead of the release of their third album, The Savage Heart, on the 12th October. The Savage Heart sees the band exploring new musical and lyrical territory, while still harnessing their renowned powerhouse sound. The album was produced by Jim Sclavunos... (Read more) Singer and producer Labrinth will bring his live show to the Limelight on Monday 29th October. Labrinth made his debut appearance on the UK Singles Chart in March 2010, when his collaboration with British rapper Tinie Tempah ”Pass Out” reached number one. His first solo single “Let the Sun Shine ” was released in September 2010,... (Read more) With their fourth album The Bloom and the Blight due for release Monday 8th October on Fargo Records, Two Gallants have just unveiled a second track, ‘My Love Won’t Wait’, from this much anticipated release. The track can be downloaded via Soundcloud or you can just have a listen on this page. Menomena has released the first track “Heavy Is As Heavy Does“ off their upcoming albumMoms, out September 18th on Barsuk Records. Moms is the Portland-based band’s fifth album, and their first as a duo. The band is also pleased to announce that PVT will be joining them on their North American headlining tour in support of Moms. The Stars have released a new single from their upcoming album “The North”. The track I called “Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It” and you can all have a listen on Soundcloud. The band recently announced their fall North American tour. Diamond Rings and California Wives have... (Read more) Los Angeles, Hardcore heavyweights Terror are set to tour the UK in October, as part of their European tour. This will be one tour not to miss, high energy, full impact Terror hold down a most valid reputation within the hardcore scene. Terror is most definitely one of the most brutal bands to come out... (Read more) Mute’s latest signing, Land Observations, announces details of a London show on 13 September at Cafe Oto. The London show follows the release of Land Observations’ album debut,Roman Roads IV – XI, out on 3 September 2012. Joining Land Observations are Way Through and Jo Thomas performing Nature Of Habit. For full details please visit http://qujunktions.com/event/out-of-place Land Observations is... (Read more) Danish rebel pop duo Reptile Youth have released the latest instalment in their video series for its second single “Black Swan Born White.” The new Keep Shelly in Athens remix follows the S.C.U.M remix of the track that was released last month and the original version that was released earlier this summer. The song is... (Read more) The Brooklyn band Graph Rabbit, made up of duo Austin Donohue and Shy Kedmi, release their debut album “Snowblind”. Their debut single “Only Fields” is currently available for free download. Produced by Allen Farmelo (The Cinematic Orchestra, Talk Normal, Mike Jorgensen of Wilco) and mastered by Valgeir Sigurosson (Bjork, Sigur Ros), “Snowblind” is a cinematic,... (Read more) Nashville rockers SHIROCK are making quite a name for themselves in the US. Fronted by married couple Chuck and Pap Shirock, the guys have had great critical success over the water with their debut album Everything Burns. Regular plays on MTV, as well as tracks featured on TV shows, such as The Hills, have seen... (Read more) Battleships, a cool band from Sydney, have released a new video for ‘Your Words’ the follow up to their debut single ‘In Retrospect’ from earlier this year. ‘Your Words’ is an extension of their “intelligent Indie” brand a huge, rousing, anthemic number, with evocative melodies and captivating instrumental arrangements. In Australia the band was picked... (Read more) |
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