Stereoboard Tour of the Week – Frank Turner
Let’s face it – Frank Turner could probably be voted for Tour of the Week every week. As anyone who has been a fan of the singer since he started his solo career five years ago will confirm, it seems that the former Million Dead frontman is very rarely not on tour. Having just completed a string of dates, which included his own NME Awards Show, it’s unsurprising to discover that the travelling folkster wasn’t going to hang around long before announcing his next bunch of gigs. Lined up for May, in the run-up to his fourth album ‘England Keep My Bones’, Frank Turner will tour the UK once again for almost the entire month, making stops in most parts of the country. Despite the constant reappearances, we’re certainly not getting bored of him yet.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Friday, 25 February 2011
Why Beyonce Is NOT A Bad Booking For Glastonbury Festival 2011 (Glastonbury/ Beyonce Feature)
Since the announcement earlier this month that pop diva Beyonce Knowles will be the closing headliner for 2011’s Glastonbury festival, internet forums have been buzzing with people hammering their keyboards with every reason imaginable why the booking is terrible and a travesty. Something I’ve read several times is 'it’s not Glastonbury’. For me Glastonbury is absolutely about this sort of booking.
Written by: Dave Ball | Date: Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Born To Be Mild (Hot Chip, Kraftwerk, Devo Feature)
If you want to see sex and drugs and rock ’n’ roll in one place, you could become a roadie for Daniel O’Donnell or just watch the documentary “The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years”. The film (a documentary about the Los Angeles heavy metal scene from the mid to late eighties) is littered with rock and roll clichés: Kiss’ Paul Stanley is interviewed on a bed, surrounded by scantily clad lingerie models and a drunken Chris Holmes from WASP, confesses to ‘4 women at a time’ sex sessions and pours vodka over his head. However for every Keith Moon in the world of rock and roll, there’s also a geek. The likes of Kraftwerk and Devo wouldn’t look out of place at a Dr Who convention but have become established, revered figures in the history of pop music.
Written by: Rob Burns | Date: Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Stereoboard.com Launch Access All Areas Anti-Scamming Viral Film - Watch Here!
After months of production, Stereoboard.com have launched their eagerly-anticipated 'Access All Areas' short film. 'Access All Areas' was premiered before a music industry audience at the Royal Hotel in the heart of Cardiff last night, with the film launching earlier today at 10am.
Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 18 February 2011
Stereoboard Tour of the Week – The Airborne Toxic Event
There aren’t too many LA-based groups that choose to spend an entire month of their lives over here in the UK, playing a gig every single night just to entertain their British fans. In fact, it’s probably fair to say that we’d be lucky to have a week’s worth of gigs to pick from by one of our transatlantic friends. However, that is exactly what The Airborne Toxic Event did a few years ago. Back in November 2008, a few months ahead of the UK release of their eponymous debut album, the alt-rock five-piece were kind enough to grace us with their presence for the whole month. During their 30 Shows in 30 Days Tour, as it became known, the band travelled up and down the country, visiting all four corners of the UK and returning to London each week for a gig at Camden Town’s iconic Dublin Castle.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Thursday, 17 February 2011
Access All Areas Anti-Scamming Viral Film Set For 'Royal Premiere'
After months of production, Stereoboard.com will launch their eagerly-anticipated 'Access All Areas' short film this week. 'Access All Areas' will be premiered before a music industry audience at the Royal Hotel in the heart of Cardiff tomorrow evening, with the film launching online on Friday February 18th at 10am.
Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 16 February 2011
For The Record (Music Downloads Feature)
In December 2010 a second HMV store opened in Cardiff city centre. My limited understanding of big business is based on watching the ‘Who shot JR?’ Dallas episode so this new store opening made me think that HMV was an expanding business. However, in the following January HMV announced that it would be closing 40 of its stores in 2011. In the last few years high street record shops have been threatened by a combination of Internet downloads, supermarket chains selling cheap CDs and online shops like Amazon. This leads me to ask a number of questions: What will be the future for the music format? Is downloading killing the beloved CD and ultimately the high street record shop? Why did it take so long to axe ‘Last of The Summer Wine’ from the BBC schedule? Ok, maybe not the last question.
Written by: Rob Burns | Date: Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Food For Thought (A Bing Ji Ling Feature by David Evans)
Talk about living on cloud-cuckoo land: there’s me thinking that just because I made a point of not being sidetracked by all that cookery jizz-jazz, everybody would sit up and take notice. Yeah, well, serves me right for being cocky …
Written by: David Evans | Date: Monday, 14 February 2011
Stereoboard Tour of the Week – Primus
For many British music fans, Californian funk-metallers Primus are probably only known for being “that band that do the South Park theme tune” and you’d be forgiven if that’s as much as you know. After all, the trio have hardly given us a chance to get to know them over the past fourteen years, having not performed here on a single occasion in that time. 1997, the same year that they recorded their now famed contribution to the then brand-new satirical cartoon, was the last time that Primus visited these shores to play any gigs. And their UK fans have since had a very long wait to catch them in all their live glory again.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Friday, 11 February 2011
Don't Be Told What You Want. Don't Be Told What You Need (John Lydon/Iggy Pop Feature)
Back in the good old days Public Image Limited’s John Lydon sneered at the system with the lyric of “Big Business is very wise. I’m crossing over into enterprise”. Thirty years on the same spokesman for a disaffected generation has appeared in a butter advert. Lydon isn’t the only punk to be labelled as a corporate shill. Iggy Pop is now maintaining his lust for life by doing car insurance adverts. The way things are going Thomas Cook adverts will be accompanied by The Sex Pistols’ ‘Holidays in the Sun’ and Iggy’s 'Passenger' will be used to promote mobility scooters.
Written by: Rob Burns | Date: Wednesday, 09 February 2011
Why Government Legislation Of Secondary Ticket Resale Would Be Bad For Music Fans (Feature)
Anyone who has been attending concerts, sports games or any other ticketed events for more than 10 years will have noticed a significant drop in the number of dodgy looking blokes wandering around outside venues mumbling to anyone passing ‘buy or sell, anyone need tickets’ but a Labour MP is claiming this is a bad thing.
Written by: Dave Ball | Date: Tuesday, 08 February 2011
Stereoboard Tour of the Week – The Vaccines
After previously being confirmed as the opening act for Crystal Castles, Magnetic Man and Everything Everything at this month’s Shockwaves NME Awards Tour, it seems that London four-piece The Vaccines have already surpassed the prominence of the other bands on the bill before the tour has even begun. Over the past couple of months since the tour was announced, The Vaccines have managed to create a buzz that can be heard up and down the country and has now reached a deafening level that is almost impossible to ignore. That’s no small feat either. Especially when you bear in my mind that they are yet to release an album.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Friday, 04 February 2011
What's My Name Again? (Stage Names Feature)
So you want to be a pop star? Right you need to have some of the following things : your own songs, a measure of talent (unless you’re on X Factor), an image, a good manager and a great stage name. Why should a good stage name count for anything? I mean John Logie Baird’s invention of the television wouldn’t have commanded more respect in the scientific community if he had worked under the pseudonym of Zak Wonderpants.
Written by: Rob Burns | Date: Tuesday, 01 February 2011
A Few Reasons The Black Eyed Peas Should Phunk Off
Clubs. I bloody love clubs...obviously. I love the chunky bouncer who gets to third base with you before you’ve even entered the building. I love paying a crisp ten pound note to get in and then nigh-on five pounds for a pint of Fosters-flavoured water. I love getting evil looks from the man in the toilets for washing my own hands. I love being hugged by sweat-drenched strangers. I love being guilted into putting my hands up for Detroit and I love to superman dat ho...obviously.
Written by: James Conlon | Date: Monday, 31 January 2011
Stereoboard Tour of the Week – Big Audio Dynamite
It’s been a busy few days as far tour announcements go and this week’s winner has faced some steep competition from the various bands that have been revealing new live dates for the next few months. One of the main ones, of course, is the new tour from Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye. Everyone’s eagerly awaiting February’s release of their debut album ‘Different Gear, Still Speeding’ to find out what Liam can do without big brother Noel. Their live dates in March and April are sure to add some extra excitement to all the hype. Then there’s the confirmation of a huge post-Libertines’ reunion tour from Mr Pete Doherty himself, as well as more dates from hotly-tipped Slough indie-rockers Brother.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Monday, 31 January 2011
Stereoboard Tour of the Week – The Black Crowes
Last year, after over two decades of playing and recording a kick-ass brand of bluesy Southern rock, the Black Crowes from Atlanta, Georgia celebrated their 20th anniversary with a huge US tour entitled the ‘Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys Tour’. Well, the good news is that, this summer, the long-haired rockers will be bringing the tour over to the UK for three dates in Manchester and London. Unfortunately, the bad news is that the ‘Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys Tour’ isn’t just a clever name. After the string of European shows, the Black Crowes will indeed be saying “good night”. For now anyway. The six-piece have confirmed that the tour will be their last for a while as they prepare to go on an indefinite hiatus to spend time with family and to work on other projects.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Friday, 21 January 2011
Money Changes Everything (BRIT Awards Feature)
In the 1980s there seemed to be some certainties in life: the Tories would win the general election; I would never get to own a Commodore 64 and Annie Lennox and Phil Collins would get a nomination in the Brit Awards. Many pop videos were only shown on cable channels that few people had access to in the 1980s. You’d have to wait until at least the early evening to listen to some good tunes in the evening on Radio One (eg John Peel or Annie Nightingale). In those days to mention bands like The Smiths or other alternative music on mainstream TV could lead to hideous tortures such as death by Orville (being set alight in a huge wicker replica of Keith Harris’ loveable bird puppet).
Written by: Rob Burns | Date: Thursday, 20 January 2011
Stereoboard’s Top 10 Worst Cover Versions Revealed (Feature)
Following the response to the recent Christmas Number One, a cover of Biffy Clyro’s ‘Many of Horror’ by X Factor winner Matt Cardle, which saw thousands of people around the country either embracing or snubbing the decision, we decided to ask you to come up with your worst-ever cover version by an artist. And here is the result. To coincide with this week’s ‘The Cover Version: Hasn’t It Had Its Day?’ feature, we’ve put together a list of ten of your least favourite covers. Whether you thought that the original was sacred or just that the cover was too horrendous for words, here is how you responded.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Monday, 17 January 2011
The Cover Version: Hasn’t It Had Its Day? (Feature)
The cover version. Pay dirt for every pub band and fledgling teenage rock group around the country. Or alternatively, and more commonly these days, a quick way for a fame-hungry popstar wannabe to grab a few minutes in the limelight and for a mega-rich music exec and TV producer to get their hands on more of that much-needed wonga. After the recent Christmas Number One, a reworking of ‘Many of Horror’ by Scottish alt-rockers Biffy Clyro, which also happened to be the fourth X Factor Christmas Number One cover version in a row – excluding Rage Against the Machine’s brief stint at the top spot at the end of 2009 – is seems that it is now virtually impossible for an aspiring pop singer to come up with an original piece of music, even with an overpaid team of professional songwriters behind them. So what does this mean for the future of British pop music? Ignoring the dreadful thought that we may have to spend every Christmas from now until the end of eternity listening to one of Simon Cowell’s minions singing a god-awful, dreary love song while we eat our sprouts, it also means that there is a pretty good chance we will be forced to listen to a second-rate version of a track that was perfectly fine as it was. Come on, Britain – isn’t it about time we said no?
Stereoboard Tour of the Week – Bright Eyes
Four years on from their splendidly well-received Glastonbury set, their critically and commercially successful seventh album ‘Cassadaga’ and their less well-received cancelled UK tour dates, US folk-rockers Bright Eyes are back with a number of small shows announced for next month. Following their previously-announced date at the Royal Albert Hall, which has since sold out, the band have now revealed three new dates that will coincide with the release of their new album ‘The People’s Key’ and includes a show at London’s Scala venue on 14th February – the day the album comes out.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Friday, 14 January 2011
The Big 4, Blink 182 & Foo Fighters Listed In Stereoboard's Hottest Tickets Of 2011 (Feature)
With Christmas and New Year now well in the rear view mirror, it’s time to start looking forward to what promises to be another spectacular year of live music. With hot new bands popping up everywhere you look, plenty of current artists continuing to get bigger and better and a welcome return from several old favourites, we felt it was time to look at the 10 tours we, at Stereoboard, are most looking forward to in 2011.
Written by: Dave Ball | Date: Wednesday, 12 January 2011
The Duke Spirit – Stereoboard Tour of the Week
Happy New Year! Hopefully by now, the hangovers, belly aches and New Year’s resolutions are beginning to wear off and you’re ready to get well and truly stuck in to another year of gigs, festivals and good, old fashioned rock’n’roll-type fun. Yes, that’s right – after a couple of weeks off for the oh-so short Christmas break, it’s time for the new tours of 2011 to start rolling in so that the ticket-buying British public can see what’s on offer this year.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Friday, 07 January 2011
Black Rose - A Rock Legend (Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy Feature)
Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of the death of Ireland’s first true rock star Phil Lynott. Most famous for his work in Thin Lizzy, Lynott stood out as one of the most unique performers and musicians of his era and his legacy remains to this day. One of the few black Irishmen in Dublin, he was instantly recognisable to Dubliners and it was this fame, rather than any great musical ability which won him a place in Brush Shiel’s Skid Row which also featured Gary Moore on guitar.
Written by: Daniel Lynch | Date: Wednesday, 05 January 2011
Why The X Factor Doesn't Get My Vote (Feature)
Cast your mind back to the end of 2009 and the United Kingdom was split into 3 distinct groups: those who wanted the X Factor winner to get the Christmas number one ; the anti-X Factor brigade who wanted the protest Rage Against the Machine single to get the position and those who didn’t give a toss either way. I must confess that I was in the “I don’t give a toss” brigade at the time. X Factor was no more than an annoyance to me and I always found Rage’s teenage angst chorus a bit laughable. It turned out that Rage got the number one which must have shaken the foundations of the Cowell empire for such a blink and you’ll miss it period of time that a new unit of time measurement called the Cowell was created.
Written by: Rob Burns | Date: Tuesday, 04 January 2011
Stereoboard Reveals Their Top Tips For Success in 2011
Another year is nearly up and it’s time to have a quick look back at 2010 before we have a long look forward into 2011. As we left the Noughties, 2010 brought us another exciting and eventful year in music. Bands like Mumford and Sons, The Drums and, of course, the xx have been among the new names that have given us plenty of good reasons to head out to the nearest gig venue or download another great album to our iPods. On the other hand, we've had old favourites like the Libertines, Biffy Clyro, Rage Against the Machine and Guns n' Roses, who have reared their ugly heads and, once again, astounded us - for the right reasons or otherwise.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Monday, 20 December 2010
Warpaint – Stereoboard Tour of the Week
As 2010 draws to a close, the last few tour announcements for 2011 are still coming in. This week’s stand-out tour news is almost certainly that of all-girl LA rock troupe Warpaint. It’s been only a few weeks since the release of their widely-acclaimed debut album and already the four-piece are beginning to stir-up a great deal of interest in their biggest UK tour to date. Following the recent announcement of their NME Awards Show at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in February, the experimental rock group have confirmed details of ten new dates in May, including one in Dublin. Looking back at the initial excitement that Warpaint have managed to create over the past few months, it is likely that this will be one of the most sought-after tours of the spring.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Friday, 17 December 2010
Lady Gaga Reigns In Stereoboard's Top 20 Tours Of 2010 & Top 10 Tours For 2011 (Feature)
Stereoboard have compiled a list of the best selling, and most in demand, tours that took place in 2010. We've dug out our extensive sales data over the past 18 months, covering over 44,000 UK events and hundreds of thousands of ticket sales, to bring you the definitive list of what events the people of Great Britain and Ireland have splashed the cash to see live this year.
Written by: Dave Ball | Date: Wednesday, 15 December 2010
A Fool And His Money (Bon Jovi Feature)
Rather than risk getting sidetracked by requests for recipes and handy hints, it’s probably best if I don’t dwell on my previous life as a cook.
Written by: David Evans | Date: Tuesday, 14 December 2010
The Rise Of The Eccentrics (Lady Gaga Feature)
Now I don’t normally ask a lot from people, but please could you do this one thing for me: The next time you’re on a night out and see a man wearing a bowtie, hit him with the nearest blunt object you can find. I’m not even joking on this one: beer bottle, chair leg, hammer – anything capable of ending his evening early will do.
Written by: James Conlon | Date: Friday, 10 December 2010
The Festivals - Stereoboard Tour of the Week
OK, so this isn't really a tour and some of us may have only just recovered from our hangovers after this year's outing to one or more summer events. However, festival season is a pretty important time on the musical calendar and, as the line-up news is starting to fly in and the earlybird tickets are about to go onsale, here at Stereoboard we're preparing ourselves for next year's summer rock excursion before the year has even begun and before we've even scraped the last of the ice from our windscreens.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Wednesday, 08 December 2010
Blink 182 - Stereoboard Tour of the Week
Considering Blink 182 are somewhat well-known for being a bit of a comedy band, with their toilet humour-filled lyrics and immature onstage antics, the last five years have seemed like more of a drama for the Californian punk trio. First, there was the break-up. Then came the awful news of Travis’s plane crash. And finally, there was the emotional reunion. You can’t write this kind of stuff. But anyway, the Blink boys are back and, after two hugely popular headlining performances at Reading and Leeds this summer and with a new album supposedly on the way, it appeared that things were, once again, beginning to look bright and cheerful for both the group and their many, many fans.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Thursday, 25 November 2010
Bellowhead Interview & Live Review - The Old Vic, Bristol - 11th Nov 2010
Late one crisp Tuesday night, long after the elfin children had been put to bed and the stars had risen to twinkle over us, Stereoboard were invited to commune with co-founder of traditional English folk troupe Bellowhead, John Spiers. Like any traditional folkster worth his salt, Spiers most likely had plans with a crafty freight of wenches not long after our interview. We tried to take up as little of his time as possible.
Written by: Richard Kemp | Date: Monday, 22 November 2010
Iron Maiden - Stereoboard Tour of the Week
Well... It’s been a relatively long time coming, but at last, it’s finally arrived. Yes, that’s right – the time has come for a brand spanking new Iron Maiden UK tour!
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Friday, 19 November 2010
Stereoboard's Weekly Roundup - Foo Fighters, Kings Of Leon, Take That
Welcome to this week’s Stereoboard roundup! Each week, we’ll be taking a look at the bands and artists that you’ve been reading about and buying tickets for over the past few days. We’ll check out each of these acts to find out why they’ve been causing so much excitement and we’ll also give you the news on what else they’ve been up to.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Friday, 12 November 2010
Kyuss Lives – Stereoboard Tour of the Week
Following our previous Tour of the Week, which was awarded to Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters, it appears that another group of Josh Homme’s former bandmates are in the process of getting back to what they do best. This time around, it’s the band he first found fame with – Kyuss.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Kings Of Leon And Me: A Troubled Relationship (Feature)
Remember that first time you popped ‘Youth & Young Manhood’ into your stereo? Wasn’t it totally badass? Weren’t Caleb’s vocals on ‘Molly’s Chamber’ inexplicitly dirty? There was no other band like them. They were the band that made me cool, more so at least than my Star Wars obsession and addiction to role-playing games ever could. When all my mates were listening to 50 Cent and Eminem, thinking that it was cool to listen to rappers sing about their bitch of a mother or their entourage ho’s, I was more than happy to have my favourite band be one which my mates had never heard of. And of course when that hardcore rumour of the band partaking in incest started to circulate, I, by affiliation, was also shagging every member of my family. I’d like to make it clear that I wasn’t and neither were the Tennessee foursome. ‘Youth & Young Manhood’ remains one of my favourite albums because it shaped me as a teenager, it gave me the badass streak that I so craved!
Written by: Rhys Morgan | Date: Monday, 08 November 2010
Keep Those Promos Coming (Feature)
I can’t say for certain, but it stands to reason that I don’t get anywhere near as many of those promotional emails as the big-name pundits do. But if Trish or Stephanie or Gillian or any of my other PR contacts happen to be reading this, rest assured your messages never go the way of those cyber-ads for Viagra or penis enlargement that somehow manage to worm through my spam filter.
Written by: David Evans | Date: Thursday, 04 November 2010
James Blunt Tops Stereoboard's Poll of Top 10 Most Loathed Artists
Ever since August, when everyone was shouting about Axl Rose and his famous lack of punctuality – as displayed with the usual amount of arrogance at Reading and Leeds – we haven’t been feeling the love here at Stereoboard. In fact, it’s been quite the opposite. So last week, we asked you to come up with the person you dislike the most in music and we’ve been waiting with bated breath for the results to come in. Will it be Axl? Or maybe Liam? Or possibly even one of the countless “musical” delights that Simon Cowell and his X Factor have kindly unleashed on the world?
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Thursday, 04 November 2010
Foo Fighters - Stereoboard Tour of The Week (Feature)
One year on from the Them Crooked Vultures album and, with no sign of a follow-up in sight, the three supergroup members are getting back to their usual routines. Following the performances by Queens of the Stone Age at Reading and Leeds this summer, Dave Grohl is seemingly following his occasional bandmate’s lead and re-joining his main group as frontman. The few months spent at the back of the stage have obviously taken their toll and now he is taking up his guitar to reclaim his rightful place at the microphone.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Tuesday, 02 November 2010
Stereoboard’s Weekly Roundup - Katy Perry, Kings of Leon, Usher +
Welcome to the weekly Stereoboard roundup! Each week, we’ll be taking a look at the bands and artists that you’ve been reading about and buying tickets for over the past few days. We’ll check out each of these acts to find out why they’ve been causing so much excitement and we’ll also give you the news on what else they’ve been up to.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Friday, 29 October 2010
Lil Wayne: Proof That You Can’t Spell RAP STAR Without P, R, A, and T (Feature)
You know what? I’m the best Tiddlywinks player in the world...Bitch. Yeah, I know you didn’t ask, but I thought you just needed to know. I could flick you so hard I’ll make your grandkids dizzy. Yeah, and what? I’m into the cup faster than Mel Gibson at an open bar. So what you gonna do about it?
Written by: James Conlon | Date: Friday, 22 October 2010
Still a Feisty Pain in the Arse... Skunk Anansie Talk to Stereoboard
Most would agree that there has been no shortage of band reunions within the past couple of years – some were long-awaited, while others were long-forgotten. Even more recently, a number of fondly-remembered ‘90s Brit rock acts have added themselves to the ever-growing list – Cast, Shed Seven and, of course, Blur to name a few. Now all we need is Sleeper, Elastica and Pulp and the collection will be complete. A short while ago, one of the more unexpected, though equally appreciated, reformed bands joined the great return – or should that be Slight Return? That band was Skunk Anansie.
Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Brainwaves, Downloads … and Lap Dancing (Feature)
Obviously I can't be sure, but I bet I'm not the first person to say that apart from being a talented singer/songwriter, Robyn Hitchcock is a clever chap in more ways than one. I've even thought of pretending I'm a lifelong fan, hoping that those who believe in the birds-of-a-feather adage might think I'm a bit of a bright spark myself.
Written by: David Evans | Date: Friday, 01 October 2010
The X Factor: Scouting Talent or Strangling Creativity? (Feature)
As X-Factor fever yet again takes over our TV screens and obliterates any microcosm of common sense that may have been lingering in the minds of the masses I find it increasingly difficult to understand it’s real value. Granted, millions are pocketed by Herr Cowell and his lapdog Louis and it evidently makes great viewing as illustrated by the statistics. But does the show actually add anything of real substance to an already fiercely competitive music industry?
Written by: Daniel Lynch | Date: Thursday, 30 September 2010
Why Katy Perry Is Trying To Steal Your Children (FEATURE)
Last month saw the release of Katy Perry’s latest album, 'Teenage Dream.' To the extreme shock and surprise of absolutely no-one, the album went straight in at Number One, with the first single released from the album, 'California Gurls' (her spelling, not mine) also hitting the top spot. Now far be it from me to take anything away from this success: Perry is a talented singer, adored by thousands of people worldwide. If album sales are what you’re after, then she’s definitely doing something right, and there’s nothing that a silly man sitting on a computer can do to change that.
Written by: James Conlon | Date: Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Alvin Purple (Band Of The Week)
Our Band Of The Week, is a feature designed to promote the wonderful unsigned and indie label talent on offer in the UK right now. Alvin Purple are this week’s choice. A Leeds based electronic, indie-pop outfit, who began their musical career in 2008, by making a bedroom demo, armed with only a laptop and a couple of microphones. The response that the demo received caught the four piece a little off guard, causing them to decamp to Leeds and concentrate on writing and rehearsing on a farm in the middle of nowhere.
Written by: Adam Simpson | Date: Sunday, 19 September 2010
Open Up And End Credits - Liverpool Music Week 29/10 to 25/11
Next month sees the start of the 8th annual Liverpool Music Week – the UK’s largest indoor winter festival – and electonica features heavily in this year’s line-up.
Written by: Les Roberts | Date: Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Mona (Band Of The Week)
Our Band Of The Week, is a feature designed to promote the wonderful unsigned and indie label talent on offer in the UK right now. This week however Stereoboard crosses the pond to highlight the musical talent of Nashville based four piece Mona. So far Mona have caused quite a stir in the UK, they have been featured by other music news outlets, reaching number 1 in the buzz chart and have featured in the top 50 bands of 2010, this is before the group have even released a song.
Written by: Adam Simpson | Date: Friday, 10 September 2010
Stereoboard Chats With Experimental New York Band, Yeasayer
Stereoboard catches a quick interview with Yeasayer’s Ira Wolf Tuton, while they set up for a gig. We look ahead to the set they have just played at Leeds Festival and also discuss life on the road, as the band head onto a massive tour with dates in the USA and UK. The New York group, who released their second album, Odd Blood earlier this year, continue to achieve acclaim, producing their experimental indie pop sound and dazzling live audiences with their visual and musical brilliance.
Written by: Adam Simpson | Date: Sunday, 05 September 2010
Littlemores (Band Of The Week)
Our Band Of The Week, is a feature designed to promote the wonderful unsigned and indie label talent on offer in the UK right now. Littlemores are this week's Band of the Week. An extremely gifted, young four piece from York, whose ska infused, Indie music continues to wow crowds with its mix of jangly guitars, trumpet and accordion accompaniment with excellent, witty lyrics.
Written by: Adam Simpson | Date: Saturday, 04 September 2010
