After months of speculation, KEANE, one of Britain’s most beloved bands are back with a brand new album out September 20th on Island Records, featuring the powerful first single ‘The Way I Feel’. Watch the video HERE.

They tour the UK in Sept/Oct including two dates at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

It was 9am on Friday 24th May, I was sat in a Heathrow hotel, attempting breakfast ahead of a flight to New York with my family when a reminder popped up on my phone, it was for a one off gig at The 100 Club in the heart of London featuring a ‘Super-Group’ made up of members from MUSE, BLUR, JET and THE ZUTONS as well as the legendary frontman MILES KANE. They call themselves ‘The Jaded Hearts Club Band’ and tickets were VERY limited. I did what everyone does and gave up after 10 minutes of trying via the usual website and decided to leave it a while and tuck into a slice of toast. Shortly afterwards, I tried the site again and imagine the look on my face when a single ticket request proved fruitful…. I was going to what can only be described as one of the best gigs in the world!

It’s been a while since Dinosaur Pileup released any new material, October 2015 to be exact and this was in the shape of a tremendous record called 11:11, fast forward three and a half years and we reach June 2019 and its high time they put out something new, oh, hang on, is that the doorbell, it sounds like the postie with a special delivery for me, 2 mins, I’ll be right back!

Three hours and six listens later…….

Think of Cornwall, long winding sandy beaches, beautiful pasties and lazy lunches topped off with a cream tea in the afternoon, but dig a little deeper and you’ll find some musical treasure in the form of an Alt Rock/Post-Hardcore quartet called HYPOPHORA buried beneath the delights that attract so many holidaymakers to the county.

I’ve heard a lot about this band and when I found out that they’ll be performing at this year’s BURN IT DOWN FESTIVAL in Torquay, I thought it was high time we had a quick chat to find out more about the band, here’s how we got on….

Where else on this earth are you going to see a band made up of members from Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets? I’ll tell you where….Exeter Cavern!

We were invited along to catch a Los Angeles trio called MINI MANSIONS ply their trade, read on to see how we got on.  

You’ll probably be aware that we are running Q&A features with bands that are going to be performing at this year’s BURN IT DOWN FESTIVAL that takes place in Torquay on August 31st.

We caught up with HOPS, a South West based Math-Rock-Pop band who don’t sing songs to help you with your times-tables to chat about the festival, which of the other acts they’re looking forward to catching and new music, here’s how we got on….

LARKINS

ANNOUNCE UK HEADLINE TOUR

OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2019

TICKETS AVAILABLE  HERE
 

SUMMER LONDON HEADLINE SHOW @ DINGWALLS – JUNE 19th

LARKINS: LIVE AT THE ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER

LIVE ALBUM RELEASED PHYSICALLY JULY 5th

AVAILABLE DIGITALLY HERE

‘TV DREAM’

LIVE AT THE ALBERT HALL

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

BARNS COURTNEY ANNOUNCES BRAND NEW ALBUM ‘404’ TO BE RELEASED ON 6TH SEPTEMBER

FIRST SINGLE AND MUSIC VIDEO ‘YOU & I’ UNVEILED TODAY

USA, UK AND EUROPEAN TOUR ANNOUNCED

THE MURDER CAPITAL ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM "WHEN I HAVE FEARS"

OUT 16TH AUGUST ON HUMAN SEASON RECORDS

EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR OCTOBER

PRE ORDER HERE

“The Murder Capital are one of those most oddly entertaining prospects – a punk band that can truly instill can’t-look-away levels of captivation.” - NME

“Cacophonous noise and stage theatrics that could make them stars very, very soon.” - DIY on Eurosonic

Burn It Down Festival takes place in Torquay on August 31st and there are over 30 bands performing including BASEMENT, FATHERSON, BLACK PEAKS & DREAM STATE

So you can learn more about as many of the acts as possible, we’re running a series of Q&A sessions on the site.

Next up are Exeter/Plymouth based Punk, Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, Hardcore quartet CROOKED LITTLE SONS, read on to learn all about the band and why you need to make sure that you’re there to watch them play…. 

Burn It Down Festival takes place in Torquay on August 31st and there are over 30 bands performing including BASEMENT, FATHERSON, BLACK PEAKS & DREAM STATE

So you can learn more about as many of the acts as possible, we’re running a series of Q&A sessions on the site.

First up are hometown heroes THE EXPERIMENTAL, read on to learn all about the band and why you need to make sure that you’re there to watch them play….

Dermot Kennedy started the year with an outpouring of critical acclaim in the 2019 tips lists, with the BBC including Dermot in their ‘Sound of 2019’ shortlist, being crowned ‘Best New Artist’ via a public vote by NPR Slingshot and tipped as a key artist to watch in 2019 by YouTube Music, MTV and Ticketmaster. Since then, he’s performed a sold-out run of shows in Australia and America including a stand-out debut at Coachella, as well as playing recent single ‘Power Over Me’ in his debut TV performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert followed by an appearance on one of America’s biggest talk shows with a performance on The Ellen Show.

We were invited along to the O2 Academy in Bristol to witness him, in his element on his biggest headline tour to date, here’s how we got on….

Inspired by the actions  of Extinction Rebellion Asian Dub Foundation are calling all musicians, DJ’s, climate change activists and like minded souls to get involved and spread the word about the planet’s emergency using music as our weapon.

YOUTH QUAKE PT1 (GRETA SPEAKS) is Greta Thunberg’s speech set to Asian Dub Foundation’s track.

Stop what you’re doing for a few minutes and check out the amazing new controversial video by Brooklyn based DEITRE which pushes the boundaries on gender, sexuality, and beauty. It’s called ‘JESSE"‘ and we think you’ll like it….

The Isle of Wight Festival has announced line up details for Cirque De La Quirk and Kashmir Café.

The eccentric and nonsensical world of CIRQUE DE LA QUIRK has announced that it will bring the likes of Chris Tofu, Danny Way and Phibes to the pure shores of the Isle Of Wight Festival in June.

Following years of previous success, The Isle of Wight Festival today announces the KASHMIR CAFE line up for the 2019 event. Island favourites Tankus the Henge will headline the Sunday, with special guests Plastic Mermaids. Saturday night headliner is Buster Shuffle, with 77:78 closing the Friday night, and Rusty Shackle on the Thursday.

You’ll be well aware that we are working with Boardmasters Festival in order to help them promote some of the acts performing at this year’s festival that takes place from 7th - 11th August at the site in Watergate Bay. We have already chatted some amazingly talented artists and performers and I am going to add to the list with a Truro based songstress called MOG JONES. We caught up with her recently to chat about the fetival, some of the acts that she’s excited about seeing and whether she’ll be having a surf whilst she’s at the festival, read on to see how we got on!

With less than a month to go, we thought we’d lift the lid on MTV Music Week which is coming to Plymouth from 5th - 7th June and tell you EVERYTHING that you need to know….

With 4 days jam packed with events, ‘In Conversation’ talks with some of the creme de la creme of the music industry and some of the finest bands, DJ’s and artists performing throughout Plymouth, there really is something for everyone.

To make it easy for you to see what’s happening and when, we’ve broken down each day for you….

It was a few years ago that I first saw JAMIE YOST perform, I remember it well, it was the BBC Introducing stage at Glas-Denbury Festival, he took to the stage accompanied by a violinist and a bearded chap called Matthew Gordon Price (who is also an immensely talented performer in his own right). He played an incredibly stripped back, honest and heart rendering set which literally made the hairs on the back of neck stand to attention. This is someone that you NEED to have in your lives and now you can as he’ll be performing at the Net Loft at BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL on Thursday 8th August from 3:40pm. 

We caught up with Jamie to chat about the festival and which of the other many acts that he’s looking forward to seeing whilst there, see how we got on….

As you’re probably aware by the amount of features on my site about the legendary BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL, we are chatting to artists and bands who have been selected to appear at this years festival which takes place in Watergate Bay (just outside of Newquay) from 7th - 11th August.

Appearing at the Net Loft stage on Thursday 8th August at 2pm is a wonderfully talented local lady called SIMONE ROCHELLE, we chatted to her about returning to play once again, seeing one of her favourite bands and whether she’ll be indulging in a cream tea or two, here’s how we got on….