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Watch Kate Nash’s Brand New Video

Kate Nash is back on the music scene with a brand new album set for release next month.
Kate’s second album, entitled My Best Friend Is You is the follow up to 2007’s smash hit Made of Bricks and will be released on 19th April. The album was produced by former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler.
The album [...]

Shane MacGowan and Friends Release Haiti Charity Record

The all-star charity record organised by toothless punk rocker Shane MacGowan will be released on 8th March and it’s available on pre-order at 7 Digital.
The cover of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ I Put A Spell On You is performed by MacGowan himself and a group of his pals including Nick Cave, Johnny Depp and Bobby Gillespie. [...]

More Garbage

Shirley Manson has hinted to fans that her band Garbage will be reforming and releasing new material, for the first time in five years.
On Monday the Scottish singer posted on her Facebook account that she and her bandmates had spent the past week in the studio together. The band’s last studio album was Bleed Like [...]

Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave and Johnny Depp Make Haiti Charity Record

Toothless, Irish punk Shane MacGowan is creating an all-star charity record to rival that of high-trousered muppet Simon Cowell.
Former Pogues singer MacGowan is enlisting help from celebrity chums such as the legendary Nick Cave, Johnny Depp and his squeeze Vanessa Paradis and Scotsman Bobby Gillespie, who was once the drummer in The Jesus and Mary [...]

New Arcade Fire Album Set For May Release

Arcade Fire’s as yet untitled third studio album is almost completed and should be released in May 2010.
This will be the first release from the band since 2007’s Neon Bible and is described by producer Markus Dravs as “better”. Neon Bible did leave some fans disappointed, many complained it wasn’t a good enough follow up [...]

Gwar Confirmed For Bloodstock 2010

Shock rockers Gwar have been conformed for next year’s Bloodstock festival in Derbyshire.
Gwar are a Grammy Award-nominated thrash metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1985. The band is best known for their elaborate sci-fi/horror film inspired costumes; raunchy, obscene lyrics; and graphic stage performances, which consist of humorous re-enactments of political and moral taboo [...]

A Fucked Up Christmas

Canadian indie band Fucked Up are planning on releasing a cover version of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas (Feed The World).
Fucked Up won the coveted Polaris Prize in September, the Canadian version of The Mercury Prize here in the UK. Lead singer Damian Abraham told Vulture this week that they intend spending their [...]

Cannibal Corpse Will Play Bloodstock 2010

Death Metal legends Cannibal Corpse have been confirmed for next year’s Bloodstock Open Air Festival.
The line up for B-O-A now boasts Andromeda, Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Doro, Dream Evil, Leaves Eyes, Obituary, Rage, Ross The Boss, Suffocation and Devin Townsend. The festival began back in 2005 with the intention of bringing a wider selection of real [...]

Q Awards 2009 ~ The Winners

The prestigious Q Awards were held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London this afternoon and were hosted by comedian Al Murray in his Pub Landlord persona.
Load mouthed buffoons Oasis reportedly snubbed the award ceremony as they lost out to Muse in the Best Act In The World Today category. What did they expect? They [...]

Future Uncertain For Bloc Party

Bloc Party drummer Matt Tong has told the BBC that he may quit the band for good.
In an interview with the BBC’s Subculture show in Stoke Tong strongly hinted that he may not return to the band after the scheduled break they have planned.
“We definitely need to have a break and gain a bit of [...]

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