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The Charlatans Pleased With Album Download Figures 2008-03-08 06:41:36 The Charlatans latest album, You Cross My Path, has been downloaded 30,000 times since its release on Monday.
The album is available as a free download only at present, through the XFM Radio site, but the 30,000 copies would put it at number 2 in the charts, if the album had been sold conventionally.
Charlatan’s frontman Tim [...] Read more:Album
, Download
, Figures
Dinosaur Jr at Butlins 2008-03-07 14:00:21 Pre Grunge rockers Dinosaur Jr have been invited to the All Tomorrows Parties festival at Butlins Holiday Centre in Minehead. Not the greatest of venues it’s fair to say, but when Dinosaur Jr are going, you know its going to be some party.
The band will perform on May 17th and 18th. They will be preceding [...]
Beck enlists help from Danger Mouse 2008-03-07 05:30:50 Top US artiste Beck, has enlisted the help of producer DangerMouse
for his eagerly awaited follow up to 2006 album The Information.
The producer, also known as one half of Gnarls Barkley, first reached notoriety with his Grey Album, a mix of Jay Z Black Album and the Beatles White album, that was leaked via [...]
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds European Tour 2008-03-06 03:45:18 Following the recent release of theit 14th studio album, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!, Nick Cave
& The Bad Seeds are embarking on a European
Tour which will include concerts in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Vienna, Prague and more.
See the complete list of European Tour dates.
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FAC 501 Tony Wilson - a tribute 2008-03-05 00:05:28 You can listen again to the FAC 501 - Tony Wilson
Tribute by going to www.bbc.co.uk/6music/listen/ and choosing Listen Again.
TV presenter, critic and one time music journalist, Paul Morley looks back at Tony Wilson’s career with Granada Television and Factory Records.
The show is a 2 hour speech only version of the radio show that was [...] Read more:tribute
Rockinrio Madrid line up 2008-03-04 06:30:44 Amy Winehouse, five grammy award winner at the 50th Grammy awards this year, is the latest addition to the growing number of artistes appearing at this years spectacular Rockinrio Madrid
concerts.
The event is scheduled over five days, starting on June 27th and 28th, with a short break until the last three dates of July 4th, [...]
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig 2008-03-04 03:45:16 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released their 14th studio album DIG!!! LAZARUS DIG!!! yesterday (3rd March 2008) and the whole album is available to listen to in full on the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds official MySpace page
DIG!!! LAZARUS DIG!!! was produced by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Nick Launay who [...] Read more:Nick Cave
, Lazarus
Big Star play London in August 2008-03-03 00:01:46 Though widely overlooked at the time, Big Star and Alex Chilton have since been given cult superstar status and are often cited as major influences by the likes of Flaming Lips, Teenage Fanclub and Starsailor.
Big Star was originally formed in 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee, by Chris Bell (guitarist/vocalist), bass player Andy Hummel, drummer Jody Stephens. [...] Read more:August
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back! 2008-03-02 01:00:20 Yeeeaaaahhhh Booooooooyyyyyy!
One of the most influential bands of all-time, PublicEnemy
are set to play three UK dates in May with a special performance of their classic album, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.
This was Public Enemy
’s second studio album and was by far the strongest, most powerful album from their [...]
Killing Joke back with album and tour 2008-03-01 06:51:13 The original line up of Post Punk icons Killing
Joke have reunited for a new album and tour, their first live gigs in 26 years.
The band are expected to release the new album this summer, but will play their first two albums in their entirety at a series of gigs around the world.
They will be playing [...]
Radiohead Announce New Single 2008-03-12 06:34:51 Radiohead will be releasing Nude as their latest single, the second from the In Rainbows collection, on March 31st.
The single will be released in two formats, with an exclusive track on each. The CD single will include Down Is The New Up, while the 7″ vinyl edition will have 4 Minute Warning as its ‘B’ side.
Both [...] Read more:Radiohead
REM Fans Can Preview Album Via iLike 2008-03-11 12:30:58 REM will stream their forthcoming album Accelerate, through the iLike application, that is used on the popular social networking site Facebook.
Users will be able to preview the album and even share it with others in the network, a week before the official release.
As bands search for new ways to get their albums heard, this is [...] Read more:Preview
, Album
Do you want to play at V Festival 2008? 2008-03-11 02:55:26 A FREE TO ENTER Competiton that could see you opening this year’s V Festival
!
Virgin Mobile are giving two lucky bands the chance to open V Festival 2008.
You must enter before 6th April 2008
Virgin Mobile’s Road to V in partnership with Sony Ericsson are offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for two talented acts to open V Festival [...]
Band Of Horses extra London date 2008-03-10 05:15:12 After their recent UK tour sell out, and amidst a successful European Tour, Band of Horses
have added another London date to their tour.
They play Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Tuesday 8th July.
Band Of Horses hail from Seattle and are signed to Sub-Pop records. They released their second album Cease To Begin in Autumn 2007, which [...]
Glastonbury Interest Down On Previous Years 2008-03-15 07:45:52 Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis has said that the number of people applying for tickets for this years midsummer event are down on previous years. He claims that the lack of big name headlining bands has hampered registrations for this years festival.
Talking to the BBC, Eavis admitted;
‘There’s not as many as last year because we haven’t got the [...] Read more:Glastonbury
, Interest
, Years
Amy Winehouse Will Be At T In The Park 2008-03-14 06:13:16 Amy Winehouse
will play at T In The Park 2008, it has been confirmed. The troubled singer cancelled her appearance at the event last year, but has agreed to show up for this years show on July 13th.
Winehouse will play her set before those of Kings Of Leon and REM.
The full list of confirmed acts [...] Read more:Amy Winehouse
Glastonbury Confirms More Acts 2008-03-13 09:07:57 Glastonbury organisers have confirmed the addition of some new names to the bill for the midsummer event.
The newly revealed acts are Goldfrapp, The Enemy, The Fratellis and The Editors.
Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys will be appearing with his side project, Neon Neon with producer Boom Bip. Legendary Reggae star Jimmy Cliff is also set to join [...] Read more:Glastonbury
The Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be 2008-03-17 06:07:52 The Kooks
long awaited album Konk is set for release on April 14th. Meanwhile the first single from the album Always Where I Need To Be, is released on 31st March.
Its more of the same from The Kooks, with the familiar sound that they introduced on Inside In/Inside Out, that seems so long ago now. Luke [...]
XFM’s Big Night Out 2008-03-19 02:47:39 The Futureheads, One Night
Only and Black Kids, with a host of XFM radio DJs will be kicking the long Easter weekend off with a bang this Thursday night at the Brixton Academy in south London.
And that’s not all, London’s “biggest indie club night” returns on Thursday April 5, with sets from The Rumble Strips, [...]
The Stray Cats 2008 Farewell Tour 2008-03-18 13:53:11 In 1980, a three-piece rockabilly band from New York, based on the original Sun Studios recordings of bands such as Bill Haley & The Comets with a large slice of post-punk attitude and hairdos, came to the UK to make their fortune.
The Stray
Cats were formed in 1979 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer with school friends [...] Read more:Farewell
Kooks Release Double Album Special 2008-03-21 10:12:44 The Kooks
are planning a special edition version of the soon to be released album Konk.
The limited edition double album Rak, will be released to coincide with Konk, and will include Konks on one CD and a second disc that will contain seven new tracks, recorded at the Rak studios over the course of one [...] Read more:Release
, Album
, Special
Live Review: The Jesus & Mary Chain - London 2008-03-20 06:17:20 THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - THE ROUNDHOUSE, CAMDEN, 12th MARCH 2008
The Jesus
and Mary Chain
had such a profound effect on my late teens that I had serious reservations about revisiting such heart-felt passion some 20 years later.
But a gift of tickets to their Roundhouse show saw me standing amid an odd gathering of [...] Read more:Mary Chain
Album Review: Ivor Cutler - A Flat Man 2008-03-20 03:25:06 Album Review: Ivor Cutler
- A Flat Man (Hoorgi House Records)
Ivor Cutler’s poetry and music is wonderfully original and amusing. It brings a smile to my face and makes me feel happy. I played this album to my children who are 12 and 9 years old, and they loved it too.
This week sees the [...] Read more:Album
, Album Review
The Raconteurs new album 2008-03-23 11:24:40 The Raconteurs
will release their second album, Consolers Of The Lonely, on Tuesday March 25th and available globally in all formats to discourage pre-release illegal downloading.
Consolers Of The Lonely will be the The Raconteurs much anticipated follow up to their critically acclaimed 2006 debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers.
The track Salute Your Solution will be released [...]
About A Son - Kurt Cobain Documentary 2008-03-22 08:34:49 About A Son a documentary about the life of Nirvanna singer Kurt Cobain
, will be released on March 30th.
The documentary features previously unheard interviews with Cobain, recorded a year before his suicide in April 1994. The recordings by journalist Michael Azerad, contain some rather revealing things about the cult icon.
Something that amused me are Cobain’s [...] Read more:Documentary
, Kurt Cobain
Morrissey Will Headline O2 Wireless Festival 2008-03-25 12:23:27 Former Smiths frontman Morrissey will headline at the forthcoming O2 wireless festival at Hyde Park, on the first night, Friday July 4th.
Joining Morrissey will be Americas finest, Beck, with support from The Nationals.
Morrissey was in fine form as he discussed the show, saying:
“I am honoured to be asked to headline on July 4th, marking my [...] Read more:Headline
, Wireless
, Festival
Rolling Stones Can Play At Blackpool After Ban Is Lifted 2008-03-27 07:54:51 Should The RollingStones
want to play at Blackpool
ever again, they will be free to do so, after a ban on the group was lifted after forty four years.
The Stones last played at the British seaside town in 1964, and were promptly banned from ever appearing there again, after the show led to fifty [...] Read more:Rolling Stones
Morrissey Will Headline O2 Wireless Festival 2008-03-25 12:23:27 Former Smiths frontman Morrissey will headline at the forthcoming O2 wireless festival at Hyde Park, on the first night, Friday July 4th.
Joining Morrissey will be Americas finest, Beck, with support from The Nationals.
Morrissey was in fine form as he discussed the show, saying:
“I am honoured to be asked to headline on July 4th, marking my [...] Read more:Headline
, Wireless
, Festival
The Raconteurs new album 2008-03-23 11:24:40 The Raconteurs
will release their second album, Consolers Of The Lonely, on Tuesday March 25th and available globally in all formats to discourage pre-release illegal downloading.
Consolers Of The Lonely will be the The Raconteurs much anticipated follow up to their critically acclaimed 2006 debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers.
The track Salute Your Solution will be released [...]
About A Son - Kurt Cobain Documentary 2008-03-22 08:34:49 About A Son a documentary about the life of Nirvanna singer Kurt Cobain
, will be released on March 30th.
The documentary features previously unheard interviews with Cobain, recorded a year before his suicide in April 1994. The recordings by journalist Michael Azerad, contain some rather revealing things about the cult icon.
Something that amused me are Cobain’s [...] Read more:Documentary
, Kurt Cobain
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