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May 17, 2012

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14/05/2012 | BOY – The Borderline, London (P...

May 17, 2012

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14/05/2012 | Zulu Winter – King Tuts Wah Wah...

Photos of Zulu Winter performing live at King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow on 14th May 2012. Images copyright © Nuala Swan. All rights reserved. Select a thumbnail to view and navigate between the full size images. ...

May 17, 2012

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2012 | Live At Leeds

Bank holidays, especially in summer, are always a great weekend , one that you can optimise further by a embracing 14 hours straight of live music! Live at Leeds seems to be growing in popularity and raising the standard/profiles of signed and unsigned acts.! I eased myself in at midday with Chew Lips, watching them for the fourth time it would be fair to say this is a band I am...

May 16, 2012

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Fixers – We’ll Be the Moon

The debut offering from Fixers focuses on laptop-based musical creation in the realms of psychedelic pop, post-pop and electronic dance. Full of lively, upbeat tunes, We’ll Be the Moon offers vibrant pop ideal for summer, without much cloying, saccharine aftertaste. Most tracks on the album have a spaced out, hazy and mellow vibe not dissimilar to Darwin Deez – indeed, one...

May 16, 2012

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Ben Kweller – Go Fly A Kite

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over five years since Ben Kweller was singing about pennies on train tracks. It’s also easy to forget that Kweller is releasing his fifth studio album aged 30, eighteen years after joining his first band. Go Fly A Kite begins with a pop-rock number and continues in the style that his fans have come to expect. Mean To Me opens with some...

May 14, 2012

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Music News: Monday 14th May 2012

Headlines Cambridge Folk Festival The full lineup for Cambridge Folk Festival’s Den stage for emerging talent has been revealed. Get yourself a ticket for this festival as it is one not to be missed with the likes of Jake Bugg, Liz Green and Karima Francis all playing. The festival will take place on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th of July. The full line up for The Den is as...

May 13, 2012

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Focus on Festivals: Bestival 2012

Whilst this year has seen a decline in general festival ticket sales, there are some events which always seem to pull in the crowds regardless of any economic downturn. Bestival is most certainly one of them. And what does it bring that ensures its success? Like others in its class, it’s probably the commitment to providing more than just the music. Both Bestival and its...

May 11, 2012

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Introducing Zulu

Zulu are an emerging London based underground act with a intense and authentic old school punk vibe. Fusing a galvanising mix of garage rock, English punk, ska and hardcore, this group create short, ballsy tracks that sound simultaneous nostalgic and fresh in equal measure. The group’s sound, which they themselves describe as “tribal punk”, is definitely surly and...

May 7, 2012

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04/05/2012 | Imelda May – Royal Albert Hall,...

The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed. If it weren’t for Imelda’s first comment, ’there’s a little bit more of me since you saw me last’, I’d be inclined to ignore the fact that she’s 6 months pregnant. It seems irrelevant as she struts around in her trademark heels never missing a note. From the...

May 7, 2012

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Focus On Festivals: Isle Of Wight Festival 2012

Revived in 2002, the IOW Festival is notorious for boasting one of the best musical line ups of the summer. This year is no exception, with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen headling the main stage alongside Elbow, Biffy Clyro, Jessie J, Example and Noah & The Whale. Elsewhere, the Big Top will house the likes of Enter Shikari, Pulled Apart By...