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South Devon heavyweight festival LEMONFEST announces the first wave of acts for 2018....
“Lemonfest packs as much punch as some of its larger siblings” – eFestivals
“Continues to get bigger and better every year” - Hit the Floor
“A temptingly cheap, tasty one-dayer” – The Telegraph
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BROTHERS OSBORNE announce release of second studio album 'Port Saint Joe' on April 20th....
8 DATE UK HEADLINE TOUR IN MAY - LONDON KOKO SOLD OUT
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Mansfield troubadour GEORGIE announces the release of her new three track EP “Too much TV”....
We chatted to Chris Illingworth from genre defying Manchester based trio GOGO PENGUIN ahead of the release of their new album....
We last caught up with GOGO PENGUIN early in 2015, they had just played a jazz festival in Paris and were riding high after their 2014 album V2.0 was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize. Fast forward 3 years and they are about to launch their fourth studio album A Humdrum Star and perform at the legendary Roundhouse in Camden, we caught up with pianist Chris Illingworth to talk about the recording process and their genre defying sound....
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credit: Alex Rawson (Boardmasters Festival)
BOARDMASTERS announces 2018 headliners and even more HUGE names in second wave of acts....
RAG'N'BONE MAN, YEARS & YEARS, RAE MORRIS, KANO, FRIENDLY FIRES, MK, RAYE AND MORE ANNOUNCED TODAY FOR CORNWALL’S OWN SURF AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Fistral Beach / Watergate Bay, Cornwall | Wednesday 8 – Sunday 12 August 2018
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Photo Credit: Olivia Bee
KING TUFF shares his first song for 4 years, check out "The Other" here....
"It's a song about hitting rock bottom. I didn't even know what I wanted to do anymore, but I still had this urge-this feeling-like there was this possibility of something else I could be doing... and then I just followed that possibility"....
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Super talented artist/producer FØNX releases infectiously fun video for "Don't Feel Like Lovin"....
FØNX explains, "I’ve always had this battle with balancing my love for music and relationships and finding time for both. This inspired the visual concept for the arcade machine game that I animated…as Amy Winehouse once said ‘Love Is A Losing Game.’”
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FRANK TURNER announces new album 'BE MORE KIND' to be released on May 4th - PRE-ORDER NOW
Electronic duo PROMENADE CINEMA release their debut album 'LIVING GHOSTS' on February 23rd....
With outstanding production by Steve Whitfield (The Cure, The Mission) & mastering by Dean Honer of The Bowling Green (The Human League, Pulp, Moby), Living Ghosts stands proudly alongside the best of them with reviews citing 'The finest band to come out of Sheffield since The Human League & 'The best bet for the next big thing!'.
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THE VACCINES TO PLAY INTIMATE FAN SHOW AT THE HOUSE OF VANS IN LONDON ON FEBRUARY 6TH....
FOURTH ALBUM COMBAT SPORTS RELEASED ON 30TH MARCH 2018
2018 HEADLINE TOUR ALSO ANNOUNCED AND SELLING OUT FAST
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Exeter based alt-rock trio DEAD GROUND begin their full scale assault on the UK music scene with the release of new EP 'NO THOUGHTS, NO TEARS' on February 8th....
"I was expecting big things, but that was better than I could’ve imagined... stunning live tracks, just brilliant, watch out for them." – James Santer, BBC Introducing
“...emotional, immersive live performances are given from the heart by musicians that feel every syllable, and want the audience to feel it too.” - Hearing Aid Magazine
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AWOLNATION releases video for 'Handyman', check it out right here....
The video was directed by Ravi Dhar and features accomplished film/TV/stage actor Monte Markham alongside actress Alex Essoe (Starry Eyes). It follows the entertaining video for 'Seven Sticks Of Dynamite' which has cameo appearances from legendary tattoo artist Dr Woo, Rick Rubin, and Duff McKagan and the acclaimed first single 'Passion'.
AWOLNATION, lead by the bands architect Aaron Bruno, will be releasing the new album on February 2nd through RedBull Records. It is the third studio album written, recorded and produced by Aaron, following 2015's Run and the platinum-certified debut album Megalithic Symphony, which featured the hit single 'Sail' that sold over six million copies and became the second longest-charting song in the Billboard Hot 100’s history.
AWOLNATION will also be hitting Europe and the UK in April after a headline tour across North America starting in February.
AWOLNATION On Tour
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6th - Paris France @ Les Etoiles
7th - Frankfurt Germany @ Gibson
9th - Zurich Switzerland @ Dynamo
10th - Lausanne Switzerland @ Les Docks
11th - Milan Italy @ Santeria Social Club
12th - Munich Germany @ Backstage Werk
14th - Vienna Austria @ WUK
15th - Prague Czech Republic @ Roxy
16th - Warsaw Poland @ Proxima
18th - Berlin Germany @ Kesselhaus
19th - Hamburg Germany @ Uebel & Gefahrlich
20th - Amsterdam Netherlands @ Melkweg
22nd - London UK @ Scala
25th - Dublin Ireland @ Academy
27th - Moscow Russia @ Glav Club
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SUEDE ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF THE 25th ANNIVERSARY SILVER EDITION OF THEIR ICONIC DEBUT ALBUM ‘SUEDE’
South London based Oscar Jerome releases ‘Where Are Your Branches?’ EP
“One of the UK’s brightest songwriting hopes” - The Line Of Best Fit
“Oscar Jerome is amazing. There is absolutely no denying it” - Wonderland
“A thoughtful track, jazzy and soulful” - Pigeons & Planes
"Rising London artist continues to impress" - Clash
"This exponent of London's thriving jazz scene is living for the moment on his new single" - Dummy
Folk trio Lady Maisery on tour this Spring performing music from their critically acclaimed album Cycle and from collaborative project Songs of Separation
Winner of ‘Best Album’ at the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
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Jon Allen Returns With A Tonic For Troubled Times On New Album 'Blue Flame'
On 18th May 2018, the highly acclaimed singer-songwriter Jon Allen returns with his fourth album Blue Flame, a soulful confection of feel-good tunes delivered with Allen’s inimitable whisky-soaked voice.
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Utah alt-pop band THE ACES announce debut album 'WHEN MY HEART FELT VOLCANIC'....
Utah alt pop band The Aces are excited to announce the release of their much anticipated debut album, When My Heart Felt Volcanic. Serving as a follow up to 2017’s critically acclaimed I Don’t Like Being Honest EP, the album will be made available everywhere on April 6, 2018. Today, fans can hear a brand new song taken from When My Heart Felt Volcanic called ‘Fake Nice.’
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BETH HART & JOE BONAMASSA release their spectacular new Album ‘Black Coffee’ on January 26th, we took a listen to this Masterclass in Soul Music....
I set out to write a quick review of Black Coffee, which sees singer-songwriter and blues-rock powerhouse Beth Hart and guitar hero Joe Bonamassa reunite for another epic collection of ten soul gems that encompass Hart’s breath-taking vocals and Joe’s masterfully expressive guitar. The album, which was recorded as live takes with minimal layering and production from long term producer Kevin ‘The Caveman’ Shirley at the helm was so good, I am pleased to say that I failed.
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NEW YORK anti folk maverick THOMAS TRUAX announces UK dates....
"Beguilingly Bizarre. Truax is shaping up nicely as one of the great rock eccentrics" - Uncut
"A joy to listen to, one feels the love and the pleasure that self-evidently went into every note." - The Quietus
"Like a trip to the frayed edges of sanity, unapologetically original.” - Dazed