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A new non-profit festival called Chazzstock will take place for the first time this summer in Leicestershire and feature The Horrors and The Vaccines as headliners. Chazzstock will take place over the weekend of 9 and 10 of June and was set up to honour the late musician Charles Haddon, who passed away in 2010. […]
Single Releases – 17 March Depeche Mode, Alt-J, Bring Me The Horizon, The Vaccines and more feature in another weekly round up of new single releases from Phil Lickley… Alt-J – ‘Dissolve Me’ [rating:3/5] Buy: Dissolve Me The fifth single from their debut album, ‘Dissolve Me’ sounds much more life-affirming, a little bit happier and […]
The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? Back in the day, the age-old music press cycle of ‘build ’em up, knock ’em down’ gave young and naïve bands the chance to at least get to their second album before they were ruthlessly chucked on the scrap heap. Nowadays, this process is all […]
The Vaccines have added four more arena shows to their burgeoning tour itinerary today, as their ambition to become the UK’s pre-eminent touring guitar band shows no sign of abating. Having already announced a 12-date UK tour this November and their biggest headline show to date at London’s O2 Arena next May, the band have now added […]
The Vaccines: Come Of Age album review {rating} Buy: Come Of Age More than any other current band, The Vaccines understand the current music industry landscape perfectly. There are no ‘big bands’ anymore, and there probably never will be again. The days of people camping outside record shops for the latest Oasis album are well […]
Single Reviews – 2 September Find out what’s been tickling Philip Lickley’s ear drums this week and download the pick of the week’s single releases…. Cheryl – ’Under The Sun’ [rating:3.5/5] Buy: Under The Sun Sounding like her vocals have been pushed through the same tool that makes the Dalek’s sound like they do on […]
The Vaccines have announced an 11-date UK tour this November, in support of their highly anticipated second album The Vaccines Come Of Age, see below for the full tour dates and ticket details. Featuring the above single ‘No Hope’, The Vaccines Come Of Age follows on from last years platinum-selling debut album What Did You […]
The Vaccines have released details of their biggest UK headline tour to date. Following their stint supporting Arctic Monkeys in November, the London band will play 13 headline shows across the UK – starting at Newcastle’s O2 Academy on 21 November and ending at the Brixton O2 Academy on 7 December. The tour promises to […]
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. 2 Chainz feat. Pharrell – ‘Feds Watching’ As 2013 continues to turn into the year of Pharrell, he pops up here with 2Chainz. Far from his best moment, ‘Feds Watching’ is a cliché-ridden one-note tediously-written song with a chorus that fails to […]
The Vaccines have released the video for their new single ‘Teenage Icon’ – the second single to be taken from their upcoming second album The Vaccines Come Of Age. Check it out here: For me, their insistence on creating throwaway ‘indie-pop’ tunes is getting a little bit tiresome – although you can’t deny they know […]