Posts by Month: October 2013

mark eitzel

Gig: Mark Eitzel

mark eitzel

 

Mark Eitzel returns to the UK this autumn in support of his album Don’t Be a Stranger (décor records). The record has already been heralded as his best solo album of the last 15 years, and Mark will be touring the UK with a full band including piano, guitar, … Read on

girls names

Gig: Girls Names

girls names

 

Girls Names is a four-piece band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Formed in 2009 as a two-piece by singer/guitarist and songwriter Cathal Cully and drummer Neil Brogan, Claire Miskimmin joined on bass the following year and Charles Hurts guitarist Philip Quinn was added to the line-up in 2012.

 

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holograms

Gig: Holograms + Mistoa Poltsa

holograms

 

A year plus on after the release of their debut LP, Sweden’s Holograms have returned with their second full length, Forever. After a year and a half of touring, losing their jobs, parts of their sanity and returning home only with the hope that their hard work will eventually … Read on

washed out

Gig: Washed Out

washed out

 

The music recorded by Ernest Greene as Washed Out has been nothing if not dreamy, but for his second full-length, he’s taken the idea of letting your mind wander to another state a huge leap further. On Paracosm, due out Aug. 13 on Sub Pop, the Georgia-based musician … Read on

the growlers

Gig: The Growlers

the growlers

 

After receiving rave reviews from their sold out 6 weeks up front residency at The Shacklewell Arms show including The Fly (‘even from our sweaty vantage point at the back, it’s impossible not to get washed along on the wave of hysteria that greets The Growlers tonight.’

 

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alunageorge

Gig: AlunaGeorge

alunageorge

 

With the release of their highly anticipated debut album ‘Body Music’ just around the corner, AlunaGeorge are pleased to announce that they’ll be taking their unique brand of slickly futuristic R&B on the road this October, for their biggest UK and European headline shows to date.

 

 

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the appleseed cast

Gig: The Appleseed Cast

the appleseed cast

 

The Appleseed Cast is an American post-rock band based in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, composed of singer/guitarist Christopher Crisci, bassist Nathan Whitman, guitarist Taylor Holenbeck and drummer Nathan Wilder. The band’s predominantly guitar-based music has evolved from intense, heavy emo indebted to such acts as Mineral and Sunny Day … Read on

veronica falls

Gig: Veronica Falls + Bleached

veronica falls

 

You may have had them tagged as goth-tinged pop fantasists, but with their much anticipated sophomore album “Waiting For Something to Happen”, Veronica Falls easily shrug off any notions of a difficult second album to create something that is easily more polished, more affecting, and more enduring than their … Read on