New album from The Wedding Present
The Wedding Present release Going, Going … via Scopitones on 2nd September. It will be available in three audio-visual formats: standard CD and DVD, deluxe CD and DVD [...]
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Welcome Pack: onDeadWaves
There’s a good chance you may already be aware of the constituent parts of onDeadWaves at least. We’ll let them do their own introductions below, but their [...]
The Lovely Eggs announce tour dates
Following the release of their acclaimed album This is Our Nowhere last year and their sold-out tour in April, champions of the UK underground scene The Lovely Eggs hit the [...]
The Stone Roses – Carlisle Sands Centre
It needn’t be rocket science. Announce a show at 10.30am. Open the box office at midday. Ask ticket buyers to bring along a band t-shirt, record or some other item of [...]
Marc Bolan & T Rex – Born To Boogie blu-ray
A couple of decent early 70s British pop exploitation films – That’ll Be The Day (1973) and Slade in Flame (1975) – transcend their teen idol marketing to [...]
Sex Pistols live in 1976 box set revealed
Universal Music Catalogue have announced a 4CD/4LP set by Sex Pistols – Live ’76. The collection comprises four live recordings – all officially sanctioned by the Sex [...]
Get Your Freak On: new release explores Brit psych rock underground
I’m A Freak, Baby is a 3CD box set (29th July) from Cherry Red that explores the British heavy rock and psych rock explosion of 1968-72. Following the success of Cream [...]
Urusei Yatsura radio sessions album planned
Glasgow’s Urusei Yatsura release a BBC radio sessions album, You Are My Urusei Yatsura, on 2nd September via Rocket Girl. Guitarist/singer Graham Kemp notes, [...]
Various: Sharon Signs To Cherry Red – Independent Women 1979-1985
If the received wisdom about indie music is that it was (and is) as unwelcoming a place for women as the rest of the industry, this new 2CD set showcases the female artists [...]
More events added to Punk London
Punk. London has today announced a new series of events for its year-long programme celebration of 40 years of punk. New events include a recreation of the infamous SEX shop [...]
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