NEWS: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – New Album + Live UK Dates

With their new album, ‘Belong’, New York quintet The Pains of Being Pure at Heart expand their indie pop aesthetic, with the help of producers Flood and Alan Moulder at the helm.   The album has since gone on to critical acclaim, with Pitchfork naming it Best New Music. Now, fresh off a tour with […]
First Aid Kit, the Swedish duo of sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg, are currently recording with producer Mike Mogis at his A.R.C. Studios in Omaha, NE. They’ll spend the next month working on the follow-up to their debut album, The Big Black & The Blue, released last year on Wichita Recordings. In addition to being […]

NEWS: First Aid Kit – NEW ALBUM –

NEWS: Beck’s Fusion Summer Guestlist

– NEW MANCHESTER EVENTS + FREE MP3 PLAYBUTTONS – Beck’s Fusion Summer Guestlist have picked innovative music and art events across the summer to create the Beck’s Fusion Summer Guestlist. Beck’s Fusion has collaborated with many of the UK’s stars from the worlds of art and music to create the exclusive Beck’s Fusion Summer Guestlist […]
Each week, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves to be brought to your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or bands management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions have […]

WHO ARE YA? GNOD

WHO ARE YA? – CYRIL SNEAR (WITH FREE DOWNLOAD)

Each week, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves to be brought to your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or bands management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions are […]
Times were tough for New Yorkers in 1971. Their city was dark, dirty and full of crime. Unemployment was high – gang members even higher. Undernourished drug dealers dominated the streets, while bloated MOR rock dominated the charts. As government officials tried to sort out the city’s mean streets, someone or something needed to change […]

INTERVIEW: SYLVAIN SYLVAIN (NEW YORK DOLLS)

INTERVIEW: HUGH CORNWELL (THE STRANGLERS)

HUGH CORNWELL, 61, was born in Tufnel Park, North London. While at School, Hugh formed his first band with Richard Thompson, who went on to become a member of Fairport Convention. In 1974 he started The Stranglers, who had a string of hit singles and became the biggest selling band to emerge from the UK […]
Sometimes, the anticipation surrounding a gig can build up an expectation that, sadly, isn’t met on the night. However, this also works the other way around – something that was proved to your humble writer last month upon diving into a snowed-in arthouse cinema in Cumbria for a quiet beer. On stage was April Maybe […]

INTERVIEW: APRIL MAYBE MAY

WHO ARE YA? Stealing Sheep

From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves to be brought to your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. […]
– THE MAN & MUSICIAN BEHIND THE GO TEAM! TALKS TO SILENT RADIO’S RICK SIMS ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM ‘ROLLING BLACKOUTS’ – Got me questions, Got me voice recorder and like the inept monkey I am, I stammer over my first ‘sentences’ that turn out to sound more like a fumbling child who’s attempting to […]

INTERVIEW: IAN PARTON (THE GO! TEAM)