Highlands based indie band, The Twin Cams, have just released their brand-new single ‘Laura’. The song has been released independently, it is the first to be completed from their upcoming sophomore album. It is sure to be loved by both fans of the band and those new to their sound as well. Who are The Twin Cams? The Twin Cams are an alternative Scottish duo. They cite their influences as being bands such as The…
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Earlier this year, Alice In Chains released Rainier Fog (BMG), their first album in five years. It became the band’s first Top 10 UK album, also hitting No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock, Alternative and Hard Music Charts and No. 1 on the iTunes Rock Album Chart, and has now earned them a much-deserved Grammy nomination for ‘Best Rock Album’. It’s the band’s 9th Grammy nod. Today the band has announced a special Rainier Fog movie…
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Band Everything To Nothing, has created the stunning new single, ‘Ten Years’, packed full of emotive and powerful structure, with waves of sound that flesh out the whole track from start to finish. After a slight techno intro, then follows a searing bit of guitar to ramp up the oncoming passionate vocals which are cast over and under by thumping drums punctuating the background. Think a more ardent version of Nickelback here, rugged and fast…
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Last night, at the historic Hard Rock Café in London, the venue hosted a unique and extremely exciting event in support of the charity, War Child UK, with the stunning ‘Songs of War’ songwriting competition. The ‘Songs of War’ songwriting competition, organised and hosted by Laura Westcott of Sound Cheque and sponsored by Hard Rock Cafe London in partnership with BASCA, SYNCR Music and Virgin Radio. The competition was launched to inspire the UK music…
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Dirty Sound Magnet have just released their catchiest single to date, ‘Social Media Boy’, an energetic track focusing on the addiction to social media we see in today’s youth. It’s a topical look at the effect of social media and all through the lens of rock ‘n’ roll. Dirty Sound Magnet describe themselves as a “power trio”, creating high-energy rock ‘n’ roll, psychedelic rock and everything in between. Last year the band released their debut…
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I am a little late to this party, well, fashionably late. But, Panic! At The Disco’s latest album released earlier this year, Pray For The Wicked, is constantly on repeat for me. And, why not? It has everything you could and should be looking for in an album. With standout songs like, ‘Say Amen’ ‘One Of The Drunks’ and ‘Roaring 20’s’ there is nothing to fault here. The band, hailing from Las Vegas, has gone…
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The band Boy Azooga have won the Welsh Music Prize for their latest album, ‘1, 2, Kung Fu’ with some solid competition from other nominees like the Manic Street Preachers, Gruff Rhys and Gwenno. The prize is for any music made by Welsh people, made in or out of Wales. Band frontman, Davey Newington said when accepting the award, “This is a proper honour to be recognised, with just all the other amazing people nominated…Just…
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Stylish biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has made a strong showing on its first opening weekend in the US of $50 million, making it the second biggest box office opening of all time for a film of that nature. First place went to Straight Outta Compton, which took $60.2 million on its opening weekend. And, despite negative and often unduly harsh critical reviews, the film has achieved great commercial success, and looks to only get more and…
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Drama, glamour and family are all themes which appear in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ which was released in cinemas across the U.K. last week. Before we continue, you need to play ‘We Will Rock You’ from here on in… The biopic follows the journey of Queen and in particular Farrokh, more commonly known as the legend, Freddie Mercury. Rami Malek portrays Mercury with vigour, intricacy and quite frankly, a whole load of sass. Throughout the film, we…
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All hail the God of Southern Rock, the legend that is Billy F Gibbons. I don’t think I can actually overstate this, Gibbons’ new album is flawless, it has all the requisite southern, bluesy content you would expect but with such flavour you won’t be able to resist another bite! The opening track, ‘Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’, to the new album, The Big Bad Blues, hits straight in with a steady, strong drum beat and a…
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