The House of Love debut gets super-deluxe treatment
The House of Love‘s debut album has its 30th anniversary in 2018 and to mark the occcasion, Cherry Red is to issue a 5-CD package. The set includes the band’s [...]
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Sleevenotes: May’s vinyl news
Ash‘s Music Islands (18 May) comes in a limited silver vinyl edition. Brian Jonestown Massacre has two albums coming out this year – Something Else (1 June) and a [...]
Rat Scabies trails debut solo album
Rat Scabies has announced his forthcoming debut solo album P.H.D. (Prison, Hospital, Debt) for release on Cleopatra Records on 18 May. Recorded over several years, the album [...]
Doc N Roll Film Festival hits Manchester
The Doc N Roll Music Documentary Festival has announced it will roll into Manchester for the very first time from 23rd to 28th May 2018. With screenings taking place at the [...]
Couch Potatoes: DiabloFurs on their favourite films
Straight out of Notts, DiabloFurs have been catching a lot of local attention with their hot take on post-punk pop scuzz. With a couple of well received singles in the bank, [...]
Chapter & Verse: Be Like Pablo
Los Angeles. Florida. These are the natural homes of arena-sized power pop. You need a bit of sunshine to accompany all those chunky riffs and soda pop lyrics about girls and [...]
Bauhaus’ Kevin Haskins compiles new band visual archive
Bauhaus‘ member Kevin Haskins releases Bauhaus – Undead: The Visual History and Legacy of Bauhaus on 16th March via Cleopatra Records, described as “a [...]
Reunion dates for Thee Hypnotics – plus archive release
A heavyweight vinyl anthology, including rare and unreleased material from 90s rock’n’rollers Thee Hypnotics, is due out via Beggars Arkive, with an accompanying tour [...]
The Beatles Christmas recordings secure re-release
The Beatles’ Christmas fan club records are to be pressed on seven-inch colored vinyl singles for The Christmas Records box set, released worldwide on 15th December. The [...]
Life at the Typeface: Desperate Journalist interviewed
The stock of what we identify as traditional indie rock is not at historically high levels. At least critically, ‘landfill indie’ has become almost synonymous [...]
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