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From Thursday 05 February 2015

The Offspring to answer questions via Twitter today

The Offspring will be undertaking a live Twitter Q&A at 7PM GMT this evening (11AM PT / 2PM ET). Questions can be submitted to Dexter and Noddles by using #ComingForYou, and checking the answers on the band’s official Twitter page. The Offspring revealed new track, ‘Coming For You’ earlier

See a gallery of Beartooth tour photos

Photographer Sam Huddleston has posted a series of photos taken during his time on the road with Ohio rockers Beartooth. They were taken across the band’s first headline tour in Europe late last year, and according to Huddleston represent the pure chaos of the sold out shows. Beartooth are

Monday 02 February 2015

Holy Roar sister label Truthseeker Music announces first release

It’s time for a new record label! Truthseeker Music, founded by Alex Leat who worked for Holy Roar Records for two years, will be releasing the debut full-length by Human Future. ‘Spectrum’ will be available from the 27th April, with pre-orders open now. “Holy Roar has forged

Watch Faux perform for BBC Introducing South

Southampton dirty-pop four-piece Faux recently performed in-store for BBC Introducing South. The video of their performance has now surfaced online, available to watch via YouTube. Faux released their debut EP, ‘Patterns’ last month, available to purchase and stream via BandCamp.

Tuesday 27 January 2015

The Music Venue Trust release first report on Understanding Small Music Venues

Resulting from last year’s Venues Day 2014, the Music Venue Trust – a collection of individuals and businesses involved in small and medium sized venues – have released their first report. Conducted by the Institute Of Contemporary Music Performance, the Understanding Small Music Venues: An Interim Findings Report

Sunday 25 January 2015

Christian Marclay and The Vinyl Factory collaboration to open this week

A new exhibition by Swiss American artist Christian Marclay opens this week at White Cube in Bermondsey, London. The exhibition continues Marclay’s exploration of the relationship between sound and imagine, featuring artwork based on onomatopoeia taken from comic books. According to the exhibitions website, “unlike earlier instances of sound

Wednesday 21 January 2015

Drunken Sailor Records flash sale underway

Drunken Sailor Records, who have released records by the likes of Iron Chic, The Fur Coats and Off With Their Heads, are midway through a 48 hours sale on all in-house releases. In a statement on Facebook, the label announced: “I need to make some space! Spend £50 in the

Saturday 17 January 2015

Tonight Alive perform live for Dr Martens

Australian pop-punks Tonight Alive have revealed a live video recorded at their recent Dr Materns #Standforsomething show at The Warehouse in Newcastle. The band performed single ‘The Ocean’ – taken from their 2013 full-length, ‘The Other Side’. Tonight Alive are expected to drop album number 3 this year.

Friday 16 January 2015

Amanda X perform for Space Jam Sessions

Philadelphia based Amanda X sat down for a performance of ‘Nothing Wild’. The track is taken from the trio’s debut full length, entitled ‘Amnesia’ – released in the autumn of 2014.

Tuesday 06 January 2015

Alcopop! Records now owns UKIP.org…?

UPDATE (13:43): The saga is over, for now. UKIP have restored ownership of the domain. Posting on Facebook, Alcopop! stated that “the internet has let us down. This morning we legitimately purchased the UKIP website for £200. However, GoDaddy seem to have given it back to them (no