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ALBUM LAUNCH: Kid Carpet (18 June 2008)

Kid Carpet All Day Album Launch Wednesday July 2nd. What better way to celebrate a new album than by showcasing the new material in the middle of a bustling and music mad city. Calling himself the 'one-man-riot,' Kid Carpet...

NEWS: The JD Set (10 June 2008)

The JD Set Malcom Middleton The Luminaire, London – 12th June If the last JD Set was anything to go by, then the gig this Thursday is going to be an absolute corker. Although differing wildly from the crushing...

NEWS: City Showcase (22 April 2008)

City Showcase 2nd - 6th June 2008 From the 2nd – 6th June this year, The Heart of London’s Beats, is back for a sixth consecutive year and promises to be one to remember. Amy Winehouse, Newton Faulkner, Keane,...

RESCHEDULED DATES: Scouting for Girls ( 2 April 2008)

Scouting for Girls Scouting For Girls are pleased to announce details of their rescheduled UK tour dates, and two additional shows. The band had to postpone five dates of their tour with Go:Audio and Clocks this week after vocalist...

NEWS: Spokes scoop comp (27 March 2008)

Some say the best things to come out of Manchester are Coronation Street and mini-skirts. They're wrong; The bands ain't half bad either. In fact, some of them are good enough to win competitions... and we're not talking The X-Factor...

NEWS: Gandalf meets the Guillemots (26 March 2008)

Just when you thought you'd seen everything (okay, so Winehouse hasn't had a wash either) but this one takes the Mordor cake... Wait for it - Sir Ian McKellen is set to star in the video for Guillemots’ next single....

NEWS: The Secret Handshake - New Release (20 March 2008)

The Secret Handshake Depending on what you’re in to, The Secret Handshake could be the very thing that you are looking for. I’m not convinced that it’s our kind of thing, but it will undoubtedly get some of you going....

GOT A QUESTION FOR JAMES BLUNT? (18 March 2008)

Are there any James Blunt fans out there? No? Oh, look, there you are! Guess what, we are interviewing the man himself this Thursday! It's truuuuuuue. We know you must be brimming with stuff that you want to ask...

NEWS: First Portishead Single Air Play TONIGHT! (18 March 2008)

Calling all Portishead fans: listen out tonight, March 18th at 7.30pm, for Portishead’s new single, Machine Gun, on the Zane Lowe show, Radio One show. Make sure you are tucked up at home tonight for an exclusive play of...

NEWS: The London Latin Music Festival (18 March 2008)

The London Latin Music Festival April 2nd - May 3rd It’s coming up to that time of year again when everything comes over all Latin - especially us. April and May will see in this year’s Latin Music festival...

NEWS: Elbow gigs (18 March 2008)

Geez, are Elbow really that great? The band is starting to sound like the kid at school who always got top marks no matter what piece of work they submitted. You know the type - the teacher's pet who couldn't...

NEW RELEASE: Portishead - Third (13 March 2008)

Portishead First things first, have you entered our Portishead competition yet? We have two tickets for their sold-out Hammersmith Apollo gig in April. Time is ticking so enter today! Portishead have been off the gig-radar for a while now...

CRAZY WORLD: Festival Sperm (12 March 2008)

Just how badly do you want to go to your favourite festival? Would you spank the musical monkey for a place on the grass at V Fest or flog the not-so-proverbial-log for a spot in the sun at T...

2007 Music Review (19 February 2008)

In sickness... Hospital bound Matt Killeen casts a caustic eye on the year past. As I sit in my sickbed attached to a drip, denied live gigs, real cinema and finally other three dimensional people, I am willing to accept...

Fatboy Slim to headline Wireless Festival (18 February 2008)

First O2 Wireless Headliner Confirmed Fatboy Slim was the first headliner to be announced for this year's O2 Wireless Festival. Get your dancin' shoes polished! The turf at London's Hyde Park is going to need some serious TLC after this...

New Single: Mercy - Duffy (18 February 2008)

Duffy Duffy is one of the hot new ladies destined to make it bigger than big in 2008. Her new single, Mercy, which is getting a heck of a lot of air play, is out on February 25th. With just...

NEW SINGLE: Foals (18 February 2008)

Foals The Foals are a crashing mix of dirty Pop and infectious Rock. Keep your beady eyes out for them this year. As one of the most hotly tipped bands of 2008, things are on the brink of really kicking...

NEWS: Envy & Other Sins video (30 January 2008)

Did you see that show... about the battle of the bands? Did ya, did ya, did ya? No... we're not talking 'The X Factor'. We wouldn't dare. What we are banging on about is the Channel 4 Mobile Act Unsigned...

Free Radiohead gig in London TODAY! (16 January 2008)

Quick! Drop your bagel, abandon your paperwork and get your behind down to Rough Trade East shop on Brick Lane. Radiohead are in town and a select few hard-core fans have the opportunity to see them live. It'll be intimate,...

NEWS: Van Morrison to release new album (15 January 2008)

Does the man ever stop? We've juts been informed that the legendary Van Morrison has a new album on the way. “On March 17, Exile Productions/Polydor Records will proudly release Keep It Simple, the new album from Van Morrison. It...

BRIT AWARDS: Nominations (15 January 2008)

There's no doubt about it; 2007 was the year of the comeback. But are the resurrected masses worthy of a Brit Award? At last night's nomination party, Take That proved they are. The band is nominated for four gongs, as...

HOT NEWS: Eagles announce tour! (14 January 2008)

Just when you thought you'd missed out on seeing the Eagles play live, guess again. The band are making a hell of a lot of fans' 2008 with a tour. See, we told you it was hot. If you weren't...

Pimp your 2008 (11 January 2008)

New Year Round-Up The events you don't want to miss by Angela Lord If one of your make-or-break New Year’s resolutions is: “must get out more”, it’s high time to take a look ahead and see what 2008 has to...

How big is your living room? ( 8 January 2008)

GET CAPE. WEAR CAPE. FLY The guy with THAT name has an announcement to make... we don't know if it's genius, brave or just plain mad! We've just heard the news that Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is set to...

NEWS: Morrissey plan Middle East tour ( 8 January 2008)

You just can't keep a good dog down... in the lead up to his UK dates, The Independent reports that Morrissey plans to tour the Middle East. “… Morrissey is also in negotiations with the Iranian government to play a...

Want to play with the Foo Fighters? ( 7 January 2008)

So you've practised your chords and perfected your moves and still you haven't played on stage to thousands of screaming fans. Your hair is greased with just the right amount of grime but even the bevy of buxom blondes you...

The Top Albums of 2007 (23 December 2007)

It wouldn't be December without a dash of holly, a few"Fa-la-la-la-las" and a top twenty or two. In true festive spirit, we've asked our opinionated reviewer Chris Todd to tell us which albums rocked his 2007. As always, the man...

NEWS: Radiohead Tickets on sale! ( 7 December 2007)

Radiohead Tickets on sale today! At 10am this morning, tickets went on sale for Radiohead’s 2008 tour. They are worth more than gold dust… will you get a piece of the action? It’s doubtful Lily Allen will be first...

A message from Hard-Fi ( 5 December 2007)

The Hard-Fi lads kick off their UK tour this week and have left a message for their fans before piling into the tour bus for a debauchery-packed adventure across the UK. Well, that's the way we like to imagine it...

NEWS: Are you King of the decks? ( 8 November 2007)

Fed up of being a bedroom DJ? Do you think that you have got what it takes to wipe the floor with all those other aspiring DJs? If so then you could be the ckone… ckone, the fragrance from...

GIG NEWS - Remi to tour with Amy Winehouse ( 1 November 2007)

Remi Nicole will be supporting Amy Winehouse this November. What a gig that is going to be! A night packed full of female fervour, some admirable attitude and a set of tasty tunes. Having previously supported Amy early on...

FEATURED BAND: Blake (17 October 2007)

Facebook has finally come in useful for something other than random photo flicking or stalking people. Blake, the incredible four piece classical band, made contact through Facebook and have now gone on to sign a one million pound record deal...

NEWS: Oasis DVD clip - exclusive! (24 September 2007)

Don't ask how... (or we'd have to do a Quentin Tarantino on you) but we've managed to get another Exclusive Oasis DVD clip. It's worth a gander... If you listened to Radio 1 this morning you would have heard Noel...

New Release: Hadouken! (19 September 2007)

‘Not Here To Please You Mixtape’ When Hadouken! emerged last year with ‘That Boy That Girl’ their in-your-face indie-grime collision of sonic extremities just didn’t make sense for some people. A step too far perhaps? Ridiculously east London? The...

News: Will.i.am - Album and Debut Single Release (17 September 2007)

First things first. The Black Eyed Peas are not breaking up. will.i.am, frontman and producer behind the multi-platinum group, wants to get that out of the way right from the start. “We’re not going anywhere,” he says, by way...

News: Vodafone Live Music Awards (13 September 2007)

The Vodafone Live Music Awards take place on September 19th. The current line up includes international superstars such as CSS + 50 Cent + Enrique Iglesias and England’s finest Kate Nash + Manic Street Preachers + Calvin Harris + Athlete...

Your Tate Track Competition (23 July 2007)

Calling all yong creative bods (sorry oldies, this one's not for you). The Tate Modern is on a mission to gather music inspired by art from the Tate Collection. They are launching a competition for 16 -24 year olds to...

GIG OF THE DAY: Paul Steel (17 July 2007)

We love a shaggy-haired musician almost as much as we love a freebie. Almost. A little birdy has just told us that Paul Steel is giving away his brand new track Crossed The Line for nada. Paul will support Amy...

MUST SEE: Urban East this week (16 July 2007)

After the downpour endured at the Rise Festival, a bit of undercover entertainent is definitely on the cards. Pick of the week has to be 'Urban East' - a showcase of music in Stratford Circus, London (they have ALL the...

Glastonbury for free ( 6 June 2007)

Okay, so you missed out on the real thing... does anyone know ANYONE who bagged a ticket? I gave up trying when my mates didn't get their act together on the photo registration front. Imagine the surprise then, when a...

SECRET GIG: Ash in London ( 6 June 2007)

Camden is apparently the place to be these days. Music-world's 'celebs' can be seen stumbling out of Gilgamesh, The Hawley Arms and the Proud Gallery every night of the week. The streets are full of piercings and colourful characters and...

Feel good gig of the day (24 May 2007)

War Child Music Presents: Army Of You Koko - Thrursday 24th May, 2007 We saw them blow the stuffing out of Brighton' Great Escape Festival over the weekend, now the Noisettes hit Koko in Camden for tonight's charity gig. They're...

Save the Spitz (10 May 2007)

"East London's coolest music venue." - Mojo "The perfect setting for creative music." - Guardian "An absolute jewel of a venue" - Time Out "Always on the out-there side of cutting edge" - Independent on Sunday The Spitz is a...

Lily Allen gets a New Look ( 9 May 2007)

As the number 98 bus jolted its way down Oxford Street earlier this week, my normal homeward bound daydreams were interrupted by a commotion outside of New Look. The ordinarily hideous neon windows were covered with black screens and two...

DON'T MISS: Kindred Spirit Ladie's Night (18 April 2007)

Calling all ladies: I don't know about you but it's been a long week in this little music fan's world. Sickness, a mystery fall, spilt soya latte and bruised feet were just the beginning. A surprise interview with Soul duo...

The Damned go gardening ( 8 March 2007)

As reported by 'Pop-Bitch'... Dave Vanian likes gardening The Damned are back! Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible won the rights to use the name from the rest of the band and are now touring the UK with a bunch of...

FREE GIG: The Gossip and The Horrors ( 1 March 2007)

Beth Ditto and The Gossip co are giving it up for the skint by promoting their current album 'Standing in the Way of Control' with a free show and signing. Head down to HMV Oxford Circus on Monday March 5th...

NEWS: Download Festival (16 February 2007)

Rockers unite... more acts have been confirmed for the Download Festival 2007! Tie back that shaggy long hair and turn the stereo down long enough to soak these babies in... Wolfmother, Slayer and Marilyn Manson, Killswitch Engage and Bring Me...

NEWS: Bands design limited editionT-shirts (14 February 2007)

You gotta hand it to the musicians of today... they sure stick their fingers in every possible pie. Three of the biggest names in music today have taken time out of the recording studio to get all arty-farty on us....

NEWS: Robbie hits rehab (14 February 2007)

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..." Poor old Robbie Williams has been looking a bit haggard of late but as he celebrated his thirty-third birthday in rehab yesterday he could hardly blame age. Come on... the thirties are...