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25 albums to get excited about in 2014

First things first: Happy New Year! Now that’s out the way, let’s get stuck into the serious business of looking forward to what 2014 has in store for us all. After a pretty impressive 2013 for big albums – Bowie, My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk, Jay Z, Kanye, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Beyonce to name […]

Snowbombing 2013 preview

With so many music festivals clogging up diaries across spring/summer, it takes something special to stand out in the crowd. Bestival and Secret Garden Party go for the themed fancy-dress angle, All Tomorrow’s Parties goes for the ‘celebrity-curator’ niche while others try to differentiate themselves through more traditional means – location, line-up and price. In […]

Teenage Cancer Trust gigs line-up announced…

The Noel Gallagher-curated line-up for the 2013 series of Teenage Cancer Trust gigs has been announced today – with a few surprises mixed in with some more obvious acts. The most surprising inclusion on the line-up is Noel’s former Blur ‘enemies’ Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon, who will be playing on the same night as […]

Kasabian announce warm up show for Reading and Leeds…

Leicester lad-rockers (only joking Serge!) Kasabian have announced a special show next month as they gear up for their headline assault on this years Reading and Leeds festival. The band will be playing at Brixton O2 Academy on Monday 20 August – five days before they headline the Reading Festival. Tickets for the warm-up show […]

This weeks single releases – 19th Feb

More new single reviews for you from Philip Lickley, who runs music blog Wav Goodbye. To contribute to All-Noise yourself, send your music news, reviews and views to [email protected]. Ed Sheeran – ‘Drunk’ [rating:3/5] Buy Drunk Ed Sheeran is an artist I can take or leave. I hated ‘The A Team’, loved ‘Lego House’ –but […]