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Vintage Trouble European Tour

Vintage Trouble are pleased to announce a full European headline tour through November and December 2015...

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Moonrock, Starstuff and Syd: the Stunning Jewellery of Ian Barrett

You have to go a long way to get the best fossils and meteorites, or you can buy Ian Barrett's Jurassic Jewellery ...

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Calling Dirtbags! Wheatus UK Tour (Playing Debut Album in Full)

At least one band from before the days of iTunes & Spotify have found a way forward. Wheatus tour....

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The Fall, Clapham Grand, November 2015

Characterised by an abrasive guitar-driven sound and frequent use of repetition, The Fall are always underpinned by Smith's distinctive vocals and often cryptic lyrics....

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The Black Guy in the Middle: Skindred’s Benji Webbe

‘Look, humour me, just try it. Do some dancehall stuff on top of the punk we do’. Next thing you know we’re called Dub War and we've got a record deal. - Benji Webb...

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3 Weeks to Go! Countdown to Bloodstock!

BLOODSTOCK HQ is a-buzz with activity with just over three weeks to go!...

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Smartphone or Dumbphone? Phone bans = Higher Grades

New technologies are typically thought of as improving productivity, however this is not always the case...

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A Solid day of Metal Misbehaviour : Impericon Festival

If you aren’t familiar with Manchester Academy, it’s like a music-y Hogwarts… every time you visit, it’s sprouted a few new performance spaces and the butterbeer’s gone up another six quid....

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Bloodstock 2015 Updates and Club Nights tour

Bloodstock 2015 strengthens its lineup with seven more bands, and announces a slew of club nights to warm up the metal glands...

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Fish brings Misplaced Childhood back on tour

It was not only a breakthrough album for the band but also for me as an artist because I was finally discovering my own individual style as a lyricist and singer....

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Being laid off causes distrust for at least nine years

Job losses of the recent recession could lead to a worrying level of long-term distrust...

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Allowing the innate weirdness of the musicians to shine : Primus live dates

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”’The/dropcap gobstopping formula conjured by Claypool is to play the weird line very straight. This plays out with few of the...

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Dope to Tour UK with Coal Chamber [Industrial Metal]

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”E/dropcapxcited as we are about the chance to catch Dope live, there is also the irresistable urge to grunt ‘BIGTRUCK!’ at top...

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Someone we all thought was cool. [Johnny Marr on Chris Spedding]

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphe name Chris Spedding is likely to garner blank looks or ardent admiration, depending on your conversation partner. While he...

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Towards An Electronic Nose

Scientists develop a new generation of biosensors with an acute ability to sniff out problems. ...

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Your Band Plays Bloodstock! How?

Details of a raft of options for you to get your band to Bloodstock....

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Modvs : Mayfield EP

Proof that techno doesn't have to choose between being conceptual/atmospheric and forceful...

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23 Years Late : MC Tunes

Factory 251 will be the location for the first public airing of a 23 year-old piece of British music history. Showcase event for lost MC Tunes album...

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Video Exclusive : Sleepy Sun – Galaxy Punk

An amazing video from our favourite ...

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Stiff Little Fingers : Album/Tour

Punk rock legends Stiff Little Fingers are set to tour the UK and Ireland in March 2014. Details...

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An Alternative to Student Loans

Students would commit to paying a fixed percentage of their income (6%) during their prime earning years ...

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Slip Discs : Servants Jazz Quarters

A very varied night presented by the avowedly playful Slip Discs, committed to breaking down what they see as strict divisions between afficionados of contemporary composition and wider audiences...

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The Dead Daisies/Black Star Riders UK/Ireland Gigs

See those tail lights way in the distance? That’ll be The Dead Daisies....

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Max Richter – Memoryhouse revisited

Vinyl release of Max Richter's memoryhouse and a rare Barbican performance on Jan 24 of this masterwork. ...

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Hanging Offence : Vitrine, Bermondsey Street

There is nothing better than entering an artist’s studio and just knowing that by collaborating with this person something amazing can be created...

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Pleading in the Blood : Ron Athey [Book Review]

Seventeen extensive essays from underworld luminaries of art and music attempt to nail Ron Athey’s ethos and individual practice...

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Bizarre Nebulae Alignment

The alignment we're seeing for these bipolar nebulae indicates something bizarre about star systems within the central bulge...

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The Levellers (Simon Friend) : Interview

'Certainly I think we’ve been ignored. Or not even ignored – shunned' - Simon Friend of The Levellers makes up for some lost media attention. ...

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The Birth of a Police State

The UK government is about to pass legislation which will make any behaviour perceived to potentially ‘cause nuisance or annoyance’ a criminal offence....

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Sebadoh : Album and UK Gigs

After a 14 year break, Sebadoh are back with an album and two UK dates....

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