Off the back of the incredible latest album ‘I Trawl The Megahertz‘, Prefab Sprout have announced exciting release plans for remastered vinyl versions of three of the band’s classic albums along with their incredible greatest hits collection ‘A Life of Surprises: The Best Of’ - out September 27th. From the remastering and artwork, to sourcing new images, the project has been fully orchestrated by both Paddy and Martin McAloon.

FRANK TURNER has announced details of his forthcoming eighth new album NO MAN’S LAND released on August 16th on Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records. With 2018 Producer of the Year Catherine Marks at the helm and featuring a dynamic cast of all-female musicians, No Man’s Land is an album dedicated to telling the fascinating stories of women whose incredible lives have all too often been overlooked by dint of their gender. “These stories should have been told already,” says Turner of the album and its accompanying podcast series, ‘Tales From No Man’s Land’ which launches its first episode today. “And I suspect if they were men they would be better known.”

“We’re not trying to be anyone else, we don’t want to be like anyone else, if you aren’t doing your own thing what’s the point?”

There is this curious equilibrium to existence: In order to create balance, the universe must giveth, and the universe must taketh. Kyle Craft, along with his now solidified backing band dubbed Showboat Honey, know this all too well. And this is why their self-titled album, the contemplative yet restless Showboat Honey (Sub Pop Records, July 12th, 2019) reflects that sturm und drang. “This is basically an album centered around bad luck and good fortune hitting at the same time,” Craft explains “Then, out of nowhere, I find love. Everything went to shit except that. I guess that’s how life works.”

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Over the last year, rock newcomers WITTERQUICK have quickly emerged as one of the UK’s hottest new bands following the popular release of singles ‘Soldiers’, ‘Fade Out’, and ‘Rise’, a sold out UK tour with fellow rockers Nothing But Thieves, and piquing with their debut EP ‘Beneath the Spinning Lights’, which saw them attain UK chart success (alt chart #9, album chart #35), TV, and major radio play.

I’d heard amazing things about this Exeter quartet and wanted to open up the hood and dig a little deeper to find out what makes these guys tick, here’s how we got on….

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New single released 2nd August via Come Play With Me

A Side: ‘Jump In, The Water's Fine’ / B Side: ‘Panama’

Available on 7” + limited edition 10” picture disc featuring specially commissioned artwork from Darren Hayman (Hefner)

Make a note on your calendars folks, Friday 4th October, whatever you were planning on doing has now been surpassed with an evening of kick-ass rock n’ roll courtesy of THE KAIZENS. They’ll be joined by alt-folk duo SOUND OF THE SIRENS as well as the super talented Cornish singer-songwriter CHARLIE LOUISE. You can see all three amazing acts perform on stage at the Plymouth Pavilions.

Tickets for this amazing event are prices at just £11.20 and can be purchased HERE

“To celebrate the 10 year anniversary/birthday of The Midnight Organ Fight  we wanted to avoid the usual approach of just repressing the vinyl, or re-releasing the same record with different artwork or putting out demos that were never meant to be heard by anyone other than the band and maybe our parents. We came up with the idea of asking some pals to record their own interpretations of the songs on the album…..

Tonight, ALAN MCGEE, owner of the renowned record label ‘Creation’ appears at The Phoenix in the heart of Exeter where he will discuss his career, the music industry and his relationship with some of the UK’s biggest bands, how did the evening go? Well read on to find out….

anima  noun
an·​i·​ma | \ ˈa-nə-mə  \
 
Definition of anima: an individual's true inner self that in the analytic psychology of C. G. Jung reflects archetypal ideals of conduct
also: an inner feminine part of the male personality
— compare ANIMUS, PERSONA

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APPEARING AT 2000TREES FESTIVAL

We were invited to attend DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2019 to chat to some of the finest bands on the planet, who are we to turn down an opportunity like that!

Read on to see who they chatted to and to hear all of the interviews.

Is it nearly a year ago that I started to spread the word about THE finest 3 day festival in Devon? I guess it is, well, I’d best pull my finger out and tell you about some of the FABULOUS bands and artists that are appearing at this year’s BEAUTIFUL DAYS FESTIVAL that is taking place at Escot Park from 16th - 18th August.

We’ve also curated a wonderful playlist for you, just hit play and marvel in the fact that each and every band and artist on the playlist will be appearing at the festival in August….

ANDY QUICK is a huge talent and is never content to rest on his laurels, he’s spent the last two years establishing a loyal following for his eponymous band. They have evolved massively over the last couple of years since the band formed and recorded their debut Album. Playing live so often has also helped them tone themselves up into a truly tight combo.

We took a listen to his new EP Diamond Sounds which is available from today, read on to see what we thought….

Tonight was the night that The Wedding Present hit Exeter to celebrate 30 years since the release of their classic album Bizarro’, featuring some incredible tracks such as ‘Brassneck’ and ‘Kennedy’, I for one was really excited for an incredible show, I wasn’t disappointed, read on to see how the evening unfolded.

Once again, Scandinavia delivers once again with another menacing black/death metal outfit, Godhead Machinery and their second album, Aligned to the Grid.  This is an album with a lyrical basis in the heresy of politics and religion, the lyrics are as scathing as the music itself.

MTV hit Plymouth this week and along with a slew of daytime events including Q&A's with some of the music industries leading faces, local musicians and artists, a massive show was put on at Plymouth Pavilions with a killer list of acts made up of PALE WAVES, THE AMAZONS, YUNGBLOOD and THE VACCINES. We were there to cover the entire event and grab some quality photos of all acts, read on to see how we got on.