Ian Brown has today released his new single, ‘From Chaos To Harmony’ which features Ian on wah-wah guitar. It’s taken from his highly-anticipated upcoming album, ‘Ripples’, which is released on 1 February 2019.

After a very successful 2018 which saw them pick up a slew of 5 star awards and high praise from music media royalty for their third studio album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, The 1975 are about to head out on a 10 date January 2019 headline tour which takes In Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff, Brighton, London, Exeter, Birmingham, Manchester and Sheffield.

The EP, to be titled Autumnal, is set to be released in early 2019, preceded by the lead single, Dover, a nod to his UK roots and the springboard to his new life on the continent. The EP release will be supported by live performances, giving Joshua ample opportunity to display his loop pedal and vocalizer skills, not to mention his hugely engaging personality. 

Hugh Ogilvie looks back over 2018 and runs through some of the artists that MADE his 2018….

Whilst the city of Plymouth was gearing up for its final Saturday night before Christmas, a triple header, consisting of Plymouth musicians Jamie Yost, Matthew Gordon Price and Drake’s Island assembled for a non-festive musical offering at The Terrace which is a cosy cafe/restaurant/bar, situated a stone’s throw from Plymouth’s Hoe.

“…a uniquely eclectic and deft-handed ensemble, live they realised their queasily kaleidoscopic vision in a richness of styles, shades and textures.” – METRO, 5/5 stars

“…a deliciously weird seaside-pier-flavoured dub rock as a hypnotic backdrop to Albarn’s surrealist and lyrical state-of-the-nation address.” – THE TELEGRAPH, 5/5 stars

“…affecting, subtle and joyous”– EVENING STANDARD, 4/5 stars

“…a genius piece of song writing.” - THE INDEPENDENT, 4/5 stars

“With whirling fairground organs, male voice choirs and the occasional pastoral flute, it adds up to an eerie, oddly beautiful lament for Britain’s vision of itself.” - THE TIMES 4/5

“…sublime… Albarn’s greatest album ever.” – GQ

“…the most evocative, thoughtful and moving survey of England and Englishness…” LOUD AND QUIET, 8/10 stars

Rick Astley is enjoying one hell of a comeback, one would have thought that after such phenomenal success in the 80’s whilst riding the Stock Aitken and Waterman wagon, there’d be little less in the tank to offer, how wrong we were….

Avril Lavigne Announces New Album

“Head Above Water” Out Feb 15th

New Track And Video Of “Tell Me Its Over’ out Now

• New Christmas single Wish I Could Wake Up released on Friday 14 December

• ‘The Very Best Of Newton Faulkner…So Far’ album to be released in March 2019

• Major UK headline tour in Spring 2019

Coming three years after their brooding, ultra-serious concept album 'Drones', Teignmouth's finest release their eighth studio album in the form of 'Simulation Theory', which saw it's first single released a full eighteen months before the "parent" record was released. We delved into the long player and wrote what we thought…..

The Meat Puppets’ story begins with three kids, enamored of music and immersed in the psychedelic drug culture of Arizona in the ’70s, who find their way to punk rock and painstakingly become one of the most important bands of the American underground.  “We began to make such a hellacious racket that we knew we were on to something,” says returning drummer Derrick Bostrom.  The Puppets went on to achieve mainstream rock stardom, with a hiatus and resurrection to follow. 

Another year, and another raft of records has come and gone. Some good, some bad, some completely off the bat-shit crazy scale (did The Residents have anything out this year? I'm still recovering from hearing 'Animal Lover' back in 2005...) Rather than compile a simple top ten of 2018, here are some of the albums that ticked some slightly different boxes for me this year...

I’ve had the fortune of seeing The Wedding Present a few times in my colourful life, most recently, it was at Bristol’s O2 Academy where they were supporting The Wonder Stuff but I reach back even further in my mind to recall shows at Exeter Cavern (where we were watching them this evening), Exeter Lemon Grove and dare I say it, The Great Hall at Exeter University (my mind is rather fuzzy around the early 90’s so I can’t be 100% sure).

Leeds based trio release their debut album Recipes from The Bible, we took a listen to it and wrote about our findings, read on to find out how we got on….

including dates supporting Area 11
New EP ‘As Within /// So Without’ set for release 25th Jan 
(A Wolf At Your Door Records)
www.weareallwars.com
 
New single ‘In A Mirror, Dimly’ out now:
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Rock legends, The Beach Boys, will bring a Californian vibe to the Cotswolds next summer topping the bill on the final day of The Cornbury Music Festival at Great Tew. The Beach Boys are sure to be a huge crowd puller for England’s most elegant music festival; their unique sound has made them one of the World’s most successful acts, selling in excess of 100 million records since they formed in the 1960s.

The Wedding Present will be playing a series of concert dates in 2018 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of their first singles collection, Tommy.

It was a cold Sunday December evening and I was planning a nice night in front of the fire, Country File (or whatever was on the tellybox) and maybe a glass of wine, then I got a call from my photographer urging me to get in the car and drive to Exeter as a band called My Baby were performing at Exeter Phoenix, I made my excuses and promptly drove to the venue and took my position on the balcony and waited for the entertainment to commence….

By the 22nd December, you will have finished all of your Christmas shopping (well, sort of), the turkey will be stuffed, presents wrapped and your best festive sweater will be washed and hung ready for the big day, so, what to do……