From a local Jazz festival to a UK musical institution, Reading and Leeds Festival has grown and evolved more than anyone could have imagined over the past 50 years. The festival began in the early 60’s as a Jazz event but by 1963 a few blues acts were added into the mix. This included The Rolling Stones who were just beginning to find fame. Then, over the following decades more and more genres were…
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With the roar of summer festivals behind them and continuing the success of their highest charting album in a decade, ‘Lets Go Sunshine’, The Kooks have today released their new video for ‘Pamela’. Directed by Tom Ewbank (Tom Misch, Million Miles, Jordan Rakei), it is their latest offering from their first album via Lonely Cat/AWAL Recordings released in the summer. Filmed against the backdrop of the now derelict Margate lido, the video follows the four-piece…
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As the calendar events across the world begin to fly by, we are now finding ourselves at the beginning of the Christmas frenzy. The halloween decorations are long gone, the last few post-bonfire night discount fireworks have been bought and lit, and the thanksgiving feast is right on our doorstep. Yet, apart from signalling the start to the Christmas period, this also signifies the end of the crazy two months of gig season. Thus, we…
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Self-styled American boy-band, Brockhampton, announced their biggest North American tour to date ahead of upcoming album release. The hip-hop music collective formed in Texas in 2015 led by rapper Kevin Abstract an have recently announced the release date for upcoming album, ‘Iridescence’, which has undergone three name changes so far. Titled the ‘I’ll Be There’ tour, the band takes on a whopping 27 dates across North America after already completing a stint in Europe and…
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Following their incredible performance at Reading & Leeds last weekend, industrial noise-punk duo Black Futures have released their new single, ‘Trance’, as well as announcing the release of a very special, limited-edition, vinyl only EP. A barrage of undulating tones and sonic euphoria, ‘Trance’ weaves between anthemic hooks and chaotic instrumentals, juxtaposing glistening vocals with industrial aural anarchy. The duo expounded on the origin of the new track, ‘Existence is a truly wondrous, complex, wild,…
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Pink has sent a heartfelt message to one of her young fans who had to