Drag the River - O2 Academy 3 Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom - 14, Oct 10

Mark gave us his vocal to play with and Autotune as an experimentMore...

Last night, BBC Four broadcast a documentary about the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury 2010. Titled Hello Glastonbury!, the programme charts three bands' experience of performing
at the festival for the first time, following Da Mighty
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The Big Shabang Launch Night - O2 Academy Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom - 01, Oct 10

We are looking for 7 young people aged 14-16, who want to make a difference, to be elected by the young people of Leicestershire for the UK Youth Parliament. The 1st of September is the opening date for all applications, the end date for the applications is the 30th of September.

Everyone loves a good musical mash-up and Jaguar Skills is one of the most notable ‘mash-up’ artists in the UK and currently has a 10 minute mix every week on BBC Radio 1′s The Trevor Nelson Show. 1. Do you have to practice daily to retain your ninja skills? Yes. I try and do – [...]

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29):

Jónsi (1)

Silent Devices (1)

Mogwai (1)

Goldfrapp (1)

This Will Destroy You (1)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

With the launch of the brand spanking new O2 Academy Leicester in a mere few weeks (23rd September to be exact) The Soundhouse opening up in the Cultural Quarter and now Leicester’s newest club/live music venue SUB91 joins the newly blossoming Leicester music scene! Launched  earlier this August, SUB91 lives above Walkabout on Granby Street [...]

Chase & Status - O2 Academy Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom - 18, Nov 10

We know we've written about Falling & Laughing some time in our history because they quote us on their press release. The Birmingham duo of singer/guitarist Dunc, who's also in Lime Chalks of playing our last live night fame, and drummer Darryl write heartfelt songs then throw dynamics at them. You think it's going to be the Field Mice, then it turns up and turns into something less easy to follow. Their four track EP Bunnyhood is out on Odd Box next Monday.

Falling & Laughing - Roly-Poly

Shambala is the perfect small festival. Creative, lots of smaller bands to discover, free of corporate sponsorship and plenty of great food and drink! As I have done for a few years now, I contributed laser projections to Modulate's area in the "Wilderness Woodlands". See my pictures from the weekend here on Flickr.

IF YOU ONLY BUY ONE RECORD THIS WEEK...
Good set this week, with the much awaited and ambitiously fertile much awaited Everything Everything debut Man Alive, Gallops' inventive, soul moving EP and the long delayed (it's been on Spotify for a while) Admiral Radley album I Heart California, the best thing Jason Lytle's done since splitting Grandaddy. That's out of two things. But seeing as we made its constant promise of imminent release a running joke for a while, and moreover because it's a damn f..

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A Classic Education - Gone To Sea [Myspace] [mp3 via The Fader] [Vimeo]
"They have gathered praise and hype from some of the most respected music blogs and websites in the world such as The Torture Garden, Drowned In Sound, Sixeyes, Chromewaves, Music Slut, Song By Toad, Sweeping The Nation, 17 Seconds, The Daily Growl,..

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Now in its third year, the Mathew Street Fringe event, which takes place in Liverpool, celebrates the city’s original musicians in the venues that support new music all year round. From Saturday 28 to late on Monday 30 August, venues taking part in the Fringe will be buzzing with the sounds of the best up [...]

Reading four-piece Peers are our latest tip of the week.

The band came to our attention after they uploaded some tracks to us at the tail end of last year. Jenny Minard on their local show on BBC Berkshire quickly..

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