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Single Releases – 12 May This week’s top new single releases reviewed and rated by Phil Lickley. American Fangs – ‘Pomona’ [rating:3/5] Fast-paced and heavy on the guitars, ‘Pomona’ is poppier in its stylings than you’d imagine but with more credibility from the edgey guitars. That said, the vocals get lost in the overall mix […]
Arctic Monkeys have today announced they will play two huge shows next spring at London’s Finsbury Park. The Sheffield band will play Finsbury Park on 23 and 24 May 2014 – and have scored something of a coup by enlisting Aussie psych-rockers Tame Impala as support act. How good are these shows going to be!? […]
XFM have gone all out this year with the line-up for their Winter Wonderland shows in December. The radio station will be putting two events on in December at Manchester’s O2 Apollo (10 December) and the O2 Academy in Brixton (12 December). On the stage in Manchester will be Jake Bugg, Primal Scream, The 1975, […]
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. AFI – ‘I Hope You Suffer’ The charmingly titled ‘I Hope You Suffer’ from AFI is a slow, lumbering, atmospheric track covering the well-trodden path of romantic breakdown. Resisting the temptation to go too screamo, the tempo gives it a sense of […]
Part two of my round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Lee Thompson’s Ska Orchestra feat. Bitty Mclean – ‘Fu Man Chu’ Though nobody in the video is wearing facial hair of the type described in the title, this chilled-out laid-back ska tune relaxes in its simplicity. For fans of […]
This weeks single releases – 24 February Phil Lickley takes us through his pick of this weeks new single releases…. Bastille – ‘Pompeii’ [rating:3.5/5] Buy: Pompeii The fourth single from their ‘Bad Blood’ album is built around a really catchy click-track and drum beat plus some almost tribal chants. A strong follow-up to ‘Flaws’, this […]
When Miles Kane unveiled ‘Give Up’ earlier this month as the lead track from his upcoming new album, he said he wanted the album to reflect the ‘energy and positivity’ he’s felt over the past year or so on the road. The song certainly lived up to that, being a classic uptempo, in-your-face rock song […]
Miles Kane unveiled new single ‘Give Up’ today, the first to be taken from his forthcoming second solo album – the follow up to 2011’s Colour Of The Trap. Watch the lyric-video for the rocking ‘Give Up’ here and let me know what you think in the comments: Speaking about his new album and ‘Give […]
Miles Kane has announced full details of a new ten-date headline UK tour. The singer, who released his debut solo album Colour Of The Trap last week, will head out on the road this October – following his various European festival appearances. The tour will start on the 13th October at the Empire in Middlesborough […]
Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys have unveiled plans for two huge homecoming gigs this summer. The band will play in a custom-built tent at the Don Valley Bowl on 10 and 11 June. Tickets for the shows are due to go on sale this Friday (11 Feb), full details of which can be found at their website. […]