Where have Cherry Ghost been hiding?

After the success of 'Thirst For Romance' back in 2007, Cherry Ghost have a special place in many-a-heart but more importantly on this occasion my own. Now their new album 'Beneath This Burning Shoreline' has been greeted with similar adulation. And after years of wanting to get Simon Aldred & co on the Shout4Music sofa albeit for a quick yak, we finally have.

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Free Friday: Downloads of the Week

It's a caludron of free samples for you this week; Dinosaur Pile-Up return to the scene with their debut LP penned, bearing a free gift in the form of our Download of the Week 'Headspinner'. Also this week, Aussie grunge unit Violent Soho and Philadelphia Grand Jury exclusively let you get your mits on these freebies. Enjoy...

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Exponents Of Witless Idiocy; Van Bommel, Yates, Shout4Music.com..

Summer’s always a disappointment. Remember when you were a kid, and the school holidays went on forever…World Cups were great because you weren’t saturated with 24/7 football from every league on the planet on TV, so seeing players like Hagi or Maradona or Stoichkov or Platini or Gullit was a genuine thrill, watching these exotic [...]

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We talk about luscious loungy pop with Savoir Adore

Savoir Adore were spawned at NYU back in January 2006. Now creators Paul Hammer and Deidre Muro are about to release their long awaited debut LP 'In The Wooded Forest' after single releases 'Bodies' (video below) and latest single 'We Talk Like Machines'. After a quite a while of courting Savoir Adore's luscious

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Free Friday: Top Ten Downloads of the Week

This is our first instalment of the newly launched Free Friday's feature where we provide you with the Top Ten Free Downloads of the Week. Pay close attention to the Free Download of the Week and the Editor's Pick. Enjoy...

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Tubelord – ‘Tezcatlipōca’

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Following their 2009 debut 'Our First American Friends', Tubelord return brandishing a new line-up and expanded sound, attributable in part to a steady diet of Phil Collins during the gestation period of this EP There's definitely a rhythmic force and variation to each... Continue Reading »

Posted on 02 September 2010 by RolandMcIntyre

Love Amongst Ruin – ‘So Sad (Fade)’

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Breaking news, ex-Placebo-drummer Steve Hewitt has only gone and done a Grohl! Only, as to be expected, it appears that the quality of the originating band of your Grohlite frontman is relative to how much the subsequent project is worth listening to. But why... Continue Reading »

Posted on 02 September 2010 by CallumMcLean

Salute Mary – ‘The Lonely Escapade’ EP

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Edinburgh's Salute Mary hit 88 miles per hour in a Delorean aimed straight for the grunge era with their 'Lonely Escapades' EP, a sparse, moody offering which manages to at least ally itself with heavier-hitters such as Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins than the plethora... Continue Reading »

Posted on 02 September 2010 by RolandMcIntyre

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World – ‘Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’

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The soundtrack album is a tricky beast. At worst, a dumping ground for discarded tracks and solo excursions that Should Not Be, with an obligatory love ballad for heavily-rotated product placement on music television. At best, they complement and... Continue Reading »

Posted on 01 September 2010 by RolandMcIntyre

Bad Religion culminate 30th anniversary with 15th studio album

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Celebrating three decades of influential, thought provoking and groundbreaking punk rock, Bad Religion will release their fifteenth studio album, 'The Dissent Of Man', on September 27. The album’s first single 'The Devil In Stitches' made its debut on the world famous... Continue Reading »

Posted on 01 September 2010 by AshMeikle

Paul Heaton – ‘Acid Country’

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As a malleable teen I was very much moulded by music; Paul Heaton was a central figure in my creation. If not the Mozzerian clay itself, the Beautiful South man was at least the water upon the hands of the sculptor. Therefore I approached 'Acid Country'... Continue Reading »

Posted on 01 September 2010 by ChristopherMoffatt

2010 Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize Awards Show

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The Barclaycard Mercury Prize Awards Show is being held next Tuesday, 7 September in London. The event will feature performances from this year’s shortlisted artists and will culminate in the announcement of the overall winner of the 2010 Barclaycard... Continue Reading »

Posted on 01 September 2010 by AshMeikle

Abe Vigoda announce extensive regional UK tour

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With rave reviews landing in the monthlies for the irresistible hybrid of cold-wave, post-punk, disco and (new) romance that is their new album 'Crush', Abe Vigoda have just announced an extensive regional UK tour in November to follow their London, Oxford and... Continue Reading »

Posted on 01 September 2010 by AshMeikle

Paul Smith announces UK tour and debut single

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Paul Smith of Maximo Park will release 'Our Lady Of Lourdes' on 1st November, the first single from his debut solo album 'Margins'. The single will be released on 7” vinyl (with b-side 'Loop For Becca') and download (with a version of 'A Little Lost' by Arthur Russell). Continue Reading »

Posted on 31 August 2010 by AshMeikle

Lostprophets & Biffy Clyro @ Custom House Square, Belfast

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As Belfast's annual Belsonic brace of gigs draws to a close (previous nights having seen the likes of Florence And The Machine, Paul Weller, 2manyDJs and Paolo Nutini face the great unwashed on the great outdoors of Custom House Square) it falls to the Lostprophets... Continue Reading »

Posted on 31 August 2010 by RolandMcIntyre

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