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This Week’s New Single Releases (25th August 2013)

My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Bastille – ‘Things We Lost in the Fire’ Download:Things We Lost in the Fire Single number six from Bastille lands firmly in the ballad territory telling an emotive story of lost memories over a retro-sounding keyboard riff and the band’s familiar vocal […]

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This week’s new singles – 19 May (part 2)

Single Releases – 19 May (Part 2) Part 2 of this week’s new single releases, reviewed by Phil Lickley. Click here for Part 1 Naughty Boy Feat. Sam Smith – ‘La La La’ [rating:3.5/5] The second single from his ‘Hotel Cabana’ album is definitely one of the best songs of the week. With a hooky […]

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This week’s single releases – 3 March

This week’s single releases – 3 March Phil Lickley’s run-through of the top new singles out this week… Bridgit Mendler – ‘Ready Or Not’ [rating:3/5] Buy: Ready or Not The debut single from Disney actress and American singer-songwriter Bridgit Mendler, ‘Ready Or Not’ is a bouncy, poppy song that mixes up a catchy tune with […]

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The 1975 Music Video For, “Sincerity is Scary”. Watch:

Back in September, the English Pop Rock band, “The 1975” shared a new song titled, “Sincerity is Scary”. The song was premiered exclusively on the Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Radio show and then was premiered publicly. This new song is a part of the group’s upcoming third album, “A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships”. The […]

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The 1975 Premieres New Music Video, “It’s Not Living(If It’s Not With You)”. Watch Here:

The British rock band, “The 1975” recently released their third studio album, “A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships” on 30th of November. They have decided not to stop and have shared a new music video. Thy took a song titled, “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)” from their previously released LP and shared […]

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Biffy Clyro will headline Isle Of Wight Festival 2014

The festival announcements are coming thick and fast at the minute – it’s almost as if they time the announcement and tickets sales to coincide with the season of Christmas gift-buying! Today it’s the turn of the Isle Of Wight Festival, who have announced that Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro will headline the Friday night of […]

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Jake Bugg, CHVRCHES, Primal Scream and more for XFM Winter Wonderland gigs – ticket details

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, […]

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Live At Leeds 2013 – full line-up revealed

The full line-up for this years Live At Leeds event has been announced today. The three-day event features gigs in various locations across Leeds over the weekend of the 3-6 May, and this year will include headline performances from AlunaGeorge, Darwin Deez and Everything Everything. Other notable inclusions on the bill include Peace, Tribes, Swim […]