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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New single and gigs for DiabloFurs
Nottingham’s finest fuzz trash rockers DiabloFurs are giving away copies of a 7″ single, ‘Psyche Out b/w Everybody’s Dreamin”’ at a [...]
Thinking about Tom Petty’s voice
Consider ‘American Girl’ by Tom Petty. The final track on his eponymous debut, ‘American Girl’ is built on a pretty standard pop-rock model. It sounds [...]
Dub Syndicate catalogue gets a refresh
The first four Dub Syndicate studio albums are being re-pressed on vinyl in high quality new editions with printed inners, download cards and bonus tracks where available. [...]
John Carpenter re-records classic film themes
John Carpenter has announced details of Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998, a collection of his classic movie themes, set for release on 20th October via Sacred Bones. The [...]
Madonna’s Rebel Heart tour hits home video
A film of Madonna‘s record-breaking Rebel Heart tour will be released by Eagle Vision 15th September via digital download, DVD and blu-ray (complete with bonus [...]
Details of new Godspeed You! Black Emperor album
Godspeed You! Black Emperor have announced a new album for 22 September via Constellation. Luciferian Towers was recorded during the winter of 2016/2017 at Montreal’s [...]
My Kind Of Town: Pillow Queens on Dublin
Exeter’s Specialist Subject Records have been quietly accumulating a roster of some note lately, with acts such as Muncie Girls and Great Cynics increasingly pulling in [...]
The Verve’s Urban Hymns gets a 20th anniversary revamp
Virgin/UMC have announced a series of 20th anniversary editions of The Verve‘s Urban Hymns for 1st September. The album is among the 20 best selling British albums of [...]
The Lurkers get the retrospective treatment
Beggars Arkive has announced a 5-CD box set for British punk band The Lurkers for 28th July. Formed in West London in 1976, they had 5 UK top 75 chart singles with resultant [...]
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