Last year, indie pop duo Tegan and Sara released a pretty interesting record, ‘Hey I’m Just Like You‘, which went under the radar particularly in the UK. Coupled with their excellent autobiography, ‘High School‘, it saw them revisiting songs they’d written as teenagers. The latest single from that album is ‘I Know I’m Not the […]
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The Coronavirus pandemic has put the brakes on a lot of events in the music industry this year but the annual Mercury Music Prize is going ahead as normal. The nominations are expected to be announced tomorrow (23rd July 2020) and there’s no shortage of contenders for the important award this year. We take a […]
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Former The Beautiful South members, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, released their fourth album as a duo this week. The Official Charts Company have confirmed that “Manchester Calling” is set to become the pair’s first No1 album. It’s currently looking likely to knock Lewis Capaldi from the top spot and is selling twice as many […]
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It has been 15 years since Nouvelle Vague‘s glorious self-titled covers album. The album consisted of bossa nova versions of “Love Will Tear Us Apart”, “Just Can’t Get Enough” and “Teenage Kicks”. They are celebrating with a huge UK tour which hits the following venues later this year: October 9th – Grand Central Hall Liverpool10th […]
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Dream Wife have just released details of their second album, “So When You Gonna…“, which will be released on July 3. The band’s excellent self-titled debut was released in 2018 and their live shows have gone from strength to strength. They told Radio 1’s Annie Mac that the new album was made with an all-female […]
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Record Store Day is back in 2020 for the 13th year to celebrate independent record stores with limited edition vinyl releases from some of the biggest names around. This year Record Store Day sees releases from Biffy Clyro, J Hus, My Chemical Romance and an exclusive live record from 2020’s official ambassadors The Big Moon […]
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2019 was a big year for Megan Thee Stallion with her breakout hit “Hot Girl Summer” confirming her as a superstar in the making. Her mixtape, “Fever”, was undoubtedly one of the best rap records of the year and we highly recommend her NPR Tiny Desk set. Megan‘s been in the news a bit this […]
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Oxfordshire’s Cornbury Festival returns 10th – 12th July 2020. We already know that Van Morrison, Dido, Jack Savoretti, The Waterboys and King Creole are playing. They have now confirmed that former Boyzone frontman, Ronan Keating, will be their Sunday night headliner. Today’s announcement also confirms that legendary US band America will be on the bill. […]
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All Points East is taking over London’s Victoria Park for the third year in a row. We were lucky to catch all 6 days last year which took in headline performances from The Strokes, Bring Me The Horizon, Christine & the Queens, Bon Iver, Mumford & Sons and The Chemical Brothers. It has already established […]
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Sororal pop rock trio, HAIM, have finally announced details of their third LP. It’s called “Women In Music Pt. III” and it drops next month. Released on April 24th, you can pre order various formats here. The band teased the album with three singles last year – “Summer Girl“, “Now I’m In It” and “Hallelujah” […]
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