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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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A medicinal marijuana store Hollywood, California has reportedly joined in with the on-going news involving Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s new child Blue Ivy Carter, by naming a new strain of cannabis after him.
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Music Reviews
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Steven James
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Lithium is the latest Nirvana song to be taken from the album Battle for Seattle, Little Roy's 10 track reggae tribute to grunge legends, Nirvana. I'm not sure what Kurt Cobain would think about reggae covers of his songs, or indeed anybody making records made up entirely of his music, but as far as being a tribute to a legend, this could have been a hell of a lot worse.
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Tour News
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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One of New York's hottest exports, We Are The In Crowd have announced a co-headline April UK tour with fellow pop-punk rockers Every Avenue.
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Vinyl purists and junkies, we have some good news for you – since 2011 saw a 55% increase in vinyl sales, music store mega-chain HMV have announced that they’ll be stocking more vinyl records and singles in their stores.
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New Videos
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Dubstep's hottest hopeful Skrillex has released the new video for 'Breakn' a Sweat'.
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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One mystery person has clearly been given some duff information about this year’s Download Festival – after edits were made to the Wikipedia page showing a hilarious couple of names he predicted to be part of the 8pm announcement which is scheduled for tonight.
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Tour News
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Cambridge rockers The Treatment have announced five UK dates for early February 2012, the majority of which are rescheduled from the band’s ‘Medication To The Nation’ UK headline tour in December of last year.
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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English singer-songwriter Kate Bush was left shocked and shaken after her was broken into recently, though she didn’t suffer any injuries and had none of her possessions stolen – because the intruder came simply to propose to the star.
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Following the November release of current album 'Hello Sadness', Cardiff-based indie-pop group Los Campesinos! have announced they will hit the road for a UK tour in March.
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Flame-haired singer-songwriter and pop singer Jessie J are working on a new duet together, according to reports.
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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British indie rockers One Night Only have announced dates for an April UK tour.
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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After 40 years and selling over 100 million records, among them one of the biggest albums of all time, Meat Loaf has announced he will release his new album 'Hell In A Handbasket' on 27th February.
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Features
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Sunday, 15 January 2012 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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The mysterious yet surprisingly popular genre of rock music known by some as post-hardcore took an agreeable turn for the better last week as two of its most lauded saviours, At The Drive-In and Refused, made their long-awaited returns as they were both confirmed for this year’s Coachella Festival in California.
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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Danish pop collective The Asteroid Galaxy Tour have announced details of their second album ‘Out of Frequency’, which is due for release on 5th March. ‘Out of Frequency’, the follow-up to their 2009 debut ‘Fruit’, will be preceded by the single ‘Heart Attack’ on 17th February – watch the official music video below.
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo has announced details of his new solo album ‘Between The Times and The Tides’, which is due for release on 26th March. Album track ‘Off the Wall’ is available to listen to via the Matador Records website.
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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High Wycombe-based rockers ‘Bones’ have announced the release of the second single from their forthcoming album ‘Bones’, which is due out on 6th February. The new single, which follows ‘Learn My Lesson’, is also the title track from the album and will be released on 20th February. Watch the accompanying video to the new single below.
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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New York-based experimental pop duo Tanlines have announced details of their debut album ‘Mixed Emotions’, which is due for release on 19th March. Album track ‘Brothers’ is available to listen to below. ‘Mixed Emotions’ follows the 2010 release of the Tanlines compilation album ‘Volume On’, which featured all of the band’s EPs to date as well as a number of remixes.
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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South London-based quintet St. Spirit have announced the release of their debut EP ‘Pigeon’, which is due out on 20th February. The band have preceded the release with a new video to the title track, which is available to watch below. St. Spirit were formed last year while all five members were at college. Their band name (pronounced Saint Spirit) is derived from the fictional island San Esperito featured in the Xbox game ‘Just Cause’ and not from the well-known Radiohead song as some have suggested.
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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Craig Finn, frontman of New York-based indie-rockers The Hold Steady, has announced details of an instore gig at London’s Rough Trade East on Wednesday 25th January (7pm) to support the launch of his debut solo album ‘Clear Heart Full Eyes’, which is due for release that week. Finn has also been confirmed to support folk-rock band The Felice Brothers on their upcoming tour of the UK and Ireland in March – see below for dates.
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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New Zealand-based stand-up comedian Rhys Darby has announced details of two dates at London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, the first to be confirmed for his first-ever UK tour. Darby is probably known best as one of the main characters in the Emmy-nominated comedy series ‘Flight of the Conchords’, in which he plays the band’s incompetent but enthusiastic manager Murray Hewitt.
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