|
Music News
|
|
Sunday, 20 June 2010 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Johnny Depp, the man who dropped school for a life of rock ’n’ roll and then errr…acting, has begun preparations to launch his very own record label.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Tour News
|
|
Sunday, 20 June 2010 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Scottish indie-folk band Frightened Rabbit have scheduled a string of dates for UK shows to take place in November and December later this year.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Tour News
|
|
Sunday, 20 June 2010 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Instrumental post-rock Canadians known as Godspeed You! Black Emperor are rumbling back to life after years of silence with a UK winter tour being confirmed for December later this year.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Sunday, 20 June 2010 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Canadian indie-rockers Arcade Fire will play a secret gig in London next month, ahead of their Reading and Leeds festival appearances.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music Reviews
|
|
Sunday, 20 June 2010 |
Written by Adam Simpson
|
|
French three-piece Pony Pony Run Run, released the single 'Walking On A Line' on the 7th June, following a pretty amazing past 12 months, which has included supporting Katy Perry, sell out tours in their native France and award for Best Newcomer at the French Music Awards.
The group’s debut album, 'You Need Pony Pony Run Run', is on sale now and there are plenty of UK tour dates to be announced.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Features
|
|
Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
Written by Adam Simpson
|
|
Stereoboard.com writer Adam Simpson had the pleasure of interviewing The Coronas front man Danny O’Reilly. The Irish group’s success has been quite amazing so far, bagging an award for the best Irish album, the acts following is growing and growing, especially after playing at some big festivals and working with people such as Paul McCartney and John Cornfield.
The group have been busy lately playing at several festivals, notably The Isle Of Wight, I wondered how the group had found these venues.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Live Reviews
|
|
Saturday, 19 June 2010 |
Written by Adam Simpson
|
|
Fibbers in York hosted American 4 piece Hockey on Thursday 17th June and they electrified the place. The group who play a blend of dance music meets indie had the whole venue dancing as they played there faultless set.
The sound is not unlike that of LCD Sound System, and then in a flash, the lead singer Benjamin Grubin brings out his harmonica and acoustic guitar as we are treated to some Bob Dylan style folk music, all with plenty of rock thrown in, the drumming was aggressive and high tempo and the bass, from their bare footed bass player, exceptional, as he roamed up and down the fret board, playing high tempo, warm bass. The guitar riffs were brilliant and metallic and the quality of the vocals, fantastic, delivering clever, catchy lyrics with amazing effect. There too was a feel of The Tin Tins, to their sound and the groups energy on stage, especially when the lead singer broke out the drum sticks and treated us to a barrage of drumming during a couple of the groups tracks.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music Reviews
|
|
Friday, 18 June 2010 |
Written by Louise Henderson & Ross Gilchrist
|
|
It's not rain, it's barely irrigation, it's just damp air. A weak drizzle constantly falls over Loch Ness on Sunday morning. Poorly camped tents collapse under the weight of the previous night's rain and almost everyone seeks shelter under tents in either the Go North tent or the Clash stage or any other pick of a myriad of roofed venues. Having seen Hadouken! on their previous year's excursion to the Loch and attempting to stick with my resolution to see acts I have never clapped me peepers on, I gingerly negotiate the mud outside of the arena to viddy Pearl And The Puppets and their attempt at a rain dance. The sunshine 5 piece from Kirkintilloch put on a fair showing early on the main stage but their middle of the road, innocent folk-rock feels flat against the meteorological backdrop.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music Reviews
|
|
Friday, 18 June 2010 |
Written by Louise Henderson & Ross Gilchrist
|
|
Clouds roll off the hilltops and the grey skies don't truly break either side of the horizon and a guy in some tent near me shouts, "'Mon the sun!" at a minute gap in the homogenous grey. 'Mon the sun indeed.
The Saturday line up is more dance orientated allowing those who have not been to bed to continue the dance-a-thon all day and into the night. On my way to get breakfast I wander through Clash tent only to see Killa Kella perform his profoundly layered beat boxing and for all it's prowess and technical ability I know I cannot bear to listen to this for a full thirty minutes. It's not that I find beat boxing to be a lesser art form... but in my heart I know it doesn't speak to me more than coffee and crepes do right now.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music Reviews
|
|
Friday, 18 June 2010 |
Written by Louise Henderson & Ross Gilchrist
|
|
The A9 is one of the least loved and most dangerous roads in Blighty, 117 miles of schizophrenic scenery commentated by milk toast radio warning the fearful natives on the hour that 'revelers' are descending in a Khan-like wave upon Inverness. "The Revelers... are coming!" they scream into the car speakers, "Hide yer wives an' yer bairns! The Revelers are coming!" As farmers collect their canned foods and pitch forks before descending into storm cellars. Maybe...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Friday, 18 June 2010 |
Written by Stereoboard.com
|
|
Following the critically-acclaimed 2007 album ‘Let’s Stay Friends’, New York art-punks Les Savy Fav are poised to release the highly-anticipated followed up ‘Root For Ruin’ through Wichita Recordings on September 13.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Pack up the wellies and deflate the water-wings! I don’t want to jinx anything but the skies are looking good for a dry Glastonbury this year!!
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
A crazed fan has knocked down former Guns N Roses guitar legend Slash whilst the star performed onstage during a recent show in Italy.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
Former Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things singer Carl Barat, currently recording as a solo artist, has announced a series of dates for UK shows this October.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
Written by Stereoboard.com
|
|
Eels are set to release their new album entitled 'TOMORROW MORNING' on August 23rd and will embark on a world tour kicking off in California on August 3rd.
Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, calls the 14-track album the final installment of a trilogy that began with 'HOMBRE LOBO' (June 2009) and 'END TIMES' (January 2010).
Following a four year absence, 'TOMORROW MORNING will be the third new Eels album in a little over a year and a half and will be released on the Eels' E Works Records label.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
Written by Jon Stickler
|
|
With rock fans still cleaning off the mud from last weekend’s awesome Download festival, now comes more great news for the nation’s black parade. The legendary Ozzfest is set to hit the UK with a one-off date at London’s O2 Arena this September.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
Written by Stereoboard.com
|
|
Frankie & The Heartstrings have announced a seven-date co-headline tour with Summer Camp for September/October.
The Sunderland five-piece, who played their debut London headline show at the 100 Club on 3rd June to a packed-out crowd, are limbering up for their Glastonbury Festival performance (Saturday, early afternoon on the Park Stage) and appearances at Wakestock, Lounge On the Farm, Latitude, Summer Sundae, the Edinburgh Fringe (with label-mates Sky Larkin) and Reading & Leeds Festivals.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
Written by Nigel Sachdev
|
|
Rodrigo y Gabriela have confirmed two new academy shows either side of their Glastonbury and T in the Park festival appearances.
The Mexican duo have developed an extraordinary way of performing and playing together which has earned them worldwide status and kudos from the likes of Metallica and Barack Obama!
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
Written by Nigel Sachdev
|
|
Get out your raybans, hypercolour t-shirt and those old acid wash jeans, the 80s are back! Well they're back for a few nights only as some of the decades biggest selling stars grace UK arenas later this year, bringing nostalgia to the masses.
The 80s Rewind UK tour features a stellar lineup including Kool and the Gang, Sister Sledge, ABC, Howard Jones, Go West, T'Pau and The Christians.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Music News
|
|
Wednesday, 16 June 2010 |
Written by Stereoboard.com
|
|
Them Crooked Vultures a/k/a Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones have announced the addition of a London date to the band's July festival run.
The new show, to be held on July 5th at Brixton O2 Academy, has been organized to provide aid to TCV friend and Homme collaborator, Brian O'Connor.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
