NEWS: First Aid Kit
27 05 2011
New Album
First Aid Kit – the Swedish duo of sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg – are currently recording with producer Mike Mogis at his A.R.C. Studios in Omaha, NE. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
27 05 2011
New Album + Live UK Dates
With their new album, ‘Belong’, New York quintet The Pains of Being Pure at Heart expand their indie pop aesthetic, with the help of producers Flood and Alan Moulder at the helm. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: Parklife Festival
27 05 2011
New Acts + Areas Announced
Following a speedy sell out in its inaugural year in 2010, Parklife responded by doubling to a two-day event for 2011, becoming the Parklife Weekender. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: Beck’s Fusion Summer Guestlist
26 05 2011
New Events + Free MP3 Playbuttons
Beck’s Fusion Summer Guestlist have picked innovative music and art events across the summer to create the Beck’s Fusion Summer Guestlist. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: Thomas Tantrum
26 05 2011
New Album/Single + Tour Dates + Video
Thomas Tantrum have announced that their new album, ‘Mad By Moonlight’ will be released on June 12th and the single’ Hot Hot Summer’ will be available to download a week before on June 5th. Read the rest of this entry »
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LIVE REVIEW: Friends of Mine Festival 2011
25 05 2011Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire
Review by Matt Rynn
The Friends of Mine crew have been doing good things in and around Manchester and the North West for a while now, shoving the pick of the region’s up n’ coming acts in the shop window and giving them precious exposure. Read the rest of this entry »
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LIVE REVIEW: Three Trapped Tigers 23/05/2011
25 05 2011Night & Day Café, Manchester
Review by Ian Burke
What better way to continue City’s post-parade celebrations than with a good old gig at the good old Night & Day, eh? Read the rest of this entry »
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LIVE REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens 19/05/2011
25 05 2011
The Apollo, Manchester
Review by Jack Carolan
Somewhere near the beginning of Sufjan Stevens’ awesome spectacle of a performance he introduces himself as the entertainment for the night and promises a journey through space: the space of the exterior; the cosmos, and the space of the interior; the body, in the spaceship Apollo. Read the rest of this entry »
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LIVE REVIEW: Okkyung Lee and John Butcher/Open Eye Quartet 20/05/2011
24 05 2011
St. Margaret’s Church, Whalley Range, Manchester
Review by Daniel Ladd
Improvised music can be a nightmare. Overwhelming in terms of scope and size as a ‘genre’; seeming to require an encyclopaedic set of references; over-intellectualised; pretentious; snobbish and cliquey; perplexingly theoretical. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: Alice Gold
23 05 2011
Video + UK Support Tour
Alice Gold will play a set of dates across the UK in support of The Bookhouse Boys. Shortlisted for Q magazine’s Next Big Thing award, Alice releases her first fully available single, ‘Runaway Love’, on April 18th. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: Chad Vangaalen
23 05 2011
New Album + Free Download
Every so often, Chad VanGaalen emerges from his bunker in Calgary with a batch of songs, giving us a window into his private world. With new album Diaper Island, released on June 13th through Sub Pop, VanGaalen distils his approach, producing the closet thing he has done to a rock album. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: Bon Iver
22 05 2011
New Album + UK Tour + Free Download
Bon Iver have confirmed their first UK tour dates since 2009. This news precedes the release of second album ‘Bon Iver’ out June 20th via 4AD. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: Waldner
22 05 2011
Gives Away New Single As Free Download
Canadian-born songwriter Waldner has announced that he’ll be giving away ‘Going Up Against Goliath’, the opening track from his forthcoming debut album, Found & Lost, Read the rest of this entry »
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Who Are Ya?
22 05 2011
This week CityLifer Jack Carolan recommends Gnod for our Who Ya Feature. As well as the answers to the usual introductory questions, there’s an entire gig streamed in its full glory.
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LIVE REVIEW: Explosions In The Sky 17/05/2011
21 05 2011
The Academy, Manchester
Review by Rick Sims
Explosions In The Sky produce a sound that feels paradoxical in the sense that it is intimate and yet epic. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: The Voluntary Butler Scheme
21 05 2011
New Album
When Voluntary Butler Scheme recently declared that the intention behind his latest album was “to blend all the different types of music I’ve been making together,” it seemed like a fairly insurmountable task – this is an act known for producing everything from Motown soul to J-Pop via Mark Mothersbaugh-style poptronica. Read the rest of this entry »
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ALBUM REVIEW: Thurston Moore
20 05 2011
Demolished Thoughts
Review by Scott Zverblis
Four years after Trees Outside The Academy, Thurston Moore has once again emerged from the little music place artsy rock stars go to hide and has come back with his most depressingly beautiful album to date…(READ MORE)
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ALBUM REVIEW: Gang Gang Dance
20 05 2011
Eye Contact
Review by Scott Zverblis
The New York based band’s wit and inventiveness always manages to avoid any kind of descent into cliché. On the one hand – kooky samples, vocoders and Casio keyboards on pipe organ setting; on the other – so many clever ideas and rich layers of sound crammed into each track…(READ MORE)
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NEWS: Two Door Cinema Club
20 05 2011
iPhone/iPad Application
Two Door Cinema Club have launched a new downloadable application for iPhone and iPad users, entitled ‘Tourist History Live’. Read the rest of this entry »
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