For a few years now, the Revival Tour has been touring around North America with Chuck Ragan (of HotWaterMusic) and some of his best buddies including Drag the River’s Jon Snodgrass and Chad Price, Austin Lucas, Cory Branan, and a host of other alt-country/americana/ex-punker singer-songwriters.
Recently announced was the first ever Australian leg of the...
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Title: The Random Humans
Artist: The Random Humans
Label: Random Human Records/Reversed Records
Released: 23 February 2010
In one word: Promising
It’s always a tad difficult to make a fair assessment of an artist on the basis of a debut EP, and even harder when said EP comprises only three tracks! Deep breath, here goes…
So okay, I may not...
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Rage Against the Machine have announced details of their free concert in London that they promised to play after fan power ousted X Factor’s Joe McElderry to land them the Christmas number 1 last year.
The gig is to be held at Finsbury Park in London on Saturday 6 June with tickets to be...
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In little more than 24 hours time Andrew Johnston of the Dangerfields is set to embark on a journey to Morocco for a 60-mile hike across the Sahara Desert to raise money for Mencap.
Mencap is a UK charity that works with people with disabilities, as well as their carers and family. Without getting too...
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Thom Yorke has announced a “low key” solo gig in support of the Green Party to take place at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on 25 February.
Yorke is a friend and supporter of Tony Juniper, an environmental campaigner and Green Party member who is hoping to secure a seat in Parliament as their candidate...
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Title: Black Noise
Artist: Pantha du Prince
Label: Rough Trade
Released: 9 February 2010
In one word: Lucid
The pace of life seems to get faster all the time, as the modern age becomes more modern with each new day, and we are forced to keep pace with it all. We hustle, we bustle, we tweet, we download. We...
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Gig/Concert: Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2010
Venue: Manchester Academy, Manchester, England
Date: 6 February 2010
Headliners: Maccabees
In one word: Pulsating
The annual NME Awards Tour is renowned for showcasing acts that are set to be big in the coming year; in 2005, it was The Killers, in 2006, it was Arctic Monkeys and most recently, last year, was...
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Title: Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice
Artist: HIM
Label: Sire / Warner Bros.
Released: 9 February 2010
In one word: Limp
I once drove a roundtrip of over 800 miles in one day from North Scotland to the Lake District in England just so that I could have lunch with a girl I was particularly fond of. We...
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