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I sit down to meet with Marcus & Miles of Theme Park in a nice pub in Stoke Newington on a Sunday afternoon. It’s one of those weird days when it feels very warm, but it’s literally raining cats and dogs outside, causing much distress for my own hair, as well as those sat around the table. There’s also an odd air of … read more»

Brooklyn based band, Yeasayer, have announced to fans that they have begun work on their next album. The album, which will be the bands third and the follow up to the 2009 released Odd Blood, will begin recording this summer. The band revealed the news via an email which was sent out to their mailing list saying, ‘We are playing three or … read more»

Last year Seattle-based The Head and The Heart were selling this very album themselves at their gigs after self-funding its recording. 2011 has since seen them signed to Sub Pop in the USA and Heavenly Recordings over here, with their self-titled debut re-released and sold all over again. It’s easy to see why The Head and The Heart could … read more»

Best Coast have announced that they will be heading on a tour of the UK this Spring. The tour will kick off in Manchester on 26 April and will hit Koko in London on 29 April with the band also visiting Sheffield, Brighton, Glasgow and Bristol. The bands tour will coinside with the release of their next single, Crazy For You. For tickets or … read more»

Supergrass will reform in the future according to bands bassist, Mick Quinn. The band split in 2010 but according to Mick they are all still on good terms and says that he is ‘confident’ that they will reform and work together again at ‘some point’. During their time as a band, Mick, Danny Goffey and Gaz and Rob Coombes … read more»

The Naked and Famous have announced their first full UK tour which is set to take place in February. The tour will see them play London’s Heaven on 15th February and will also see the band play places like Glasgow, Liverpool and Oxford. The band, who are from New Zealand, sold out three UK dates in November and also appear on the BBC … read more»

For those of you that were planning on heading to the 02 tonight for the Kings of Leon show we have some disappointing news for you. Tonight’s show has had to be cancelled after the bands tour bus caught fire earlier today. Organisers gave out a statement saying that there was ‘insufficient time’ to prepare for the gig which … read more»

Last week we caught up with Boy and Bear on the one and only day of their London tour in Kilburn.  Not only did they humour our requests for their rendition of the Home and Away theme tune, but they put on a bloody good show.  They managed to stuff the Luminaire full of folk royalty and belt out some beautiful melodies without for a second … read more»

It’s been a good couple of years now since we last heard anything from The Subways but it seems like the band are back now and they’re planning a new album. The band have taken to their Facebook page to tell fans that recording of the new material is going ‘brilliantly’. The bands last release was in 2008 when they … read more»

Calling all fans of Best Coast (of which we know there are many) the LA based band have announced their biggest UK gig to date. The gig will take place at Koko on 29th April 2011. The band are also set to play Belle and Sabastian’s ATP curated festival next Friday (10th December). Visit www.myspace.com/bestcoast for news on how you can … read more»