Liverpool Sound City have announced music legends John Cale of The Velvet Underground and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth as this years keynote speakers. David Pichilingi, CEO of Sound City, said: “We promised a step change this year and we have…
Jake Bugg has released the video for his latest single ‘A Song About Love’. The video, showing a more sentimental side than we usually see of the Nottingham teenager, and accompanies the third single released from Shangri La, Bugg’s second…
The bleak, enclosed world of a fishing village provides the backdrop for the story of fisherman Peter Grimes and his uneasy relationship with the other inhabitants. Following the death of Grimes’s apprentice, the community presumes Grimes to be guilty. Although he is…
The Fratellis have announced their new single ‘She’s Not Gone Yet But She’s Leaving’ from recent top 20 album ‘We Need Medicine;. Released on February 3rd, the new single is supported with a slew of new live dates in the US…
Celebrity Mastermind winner and all round top bloke, Frank Turner has announced details of his single. The ‘Polaroid Picture’ EP will be released on February 3rd, and alongside the title track, taken from Frank’s top 5 album ‘Tape Deck Heart’, it…
Disclosure, Bastille and Rudimental lead 2014’s Brit Awards nominations table. This year’s nominations have taken on a less commercial approach than usual, with more focus on emerging artists and bands. International nominees include Haim, Arcade Fire and Kings of Leon,…
Haim have announced an eight date UK headline tour this March, including what will be their biggest UK show to date, at Brixton Academy. Having released their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Days Are Gone’ last November the band are set…
Tim Burgess has announced that The Charlatans will be regrouping to record new songs in 2014. The news came on Twitter as Tim revealed on his account that the band will be regrouping, 25 years after the band formed in…
Morrisey has revealed during an interview with, True-to-You.net, that he compares eating meat to paedophilia. Wow. He said: “If you have access to YouTube, you should click on to what is called ‘The video the meat industry doesn’t want you…
Best Indie: “The Spectacular Now”: James Ponsoldt’s tender teen romance is not only a love story, it’s a meditation on adolescence, devoid of formulaic platitudes. Even the supposed foundation of the story, the bad boy/good girl relationship, sidesteps cliché. This film…