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Screamadelica box set and radio shows announced
With Primal Scream’s Olympia shows just days away, a host of announcements have been made to celebrate Screamadelica’s 20th anniversary. First there is the collectors edition of the album housed in a 12″ circular box set, this will consist of four remastered CDs, including the original album as well as previously unreleased ‘Live in L.A.…
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Ride’s Nowhere to be released as 2CD set
Ride’s debut album ‘Nowhere’ is to reissued on December 21st to mark the albums 20th anniversary. According to Pitchfork the new edition includes a remastered version of the original album’s U.S. edition, as well as the 1991 EP Today Forever and an unreleased 1991 live show. It’ll come packaged as a hardback book, along with…
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Jesus and Mary Chain feature on Autumn Watch
Those of you who are based in the UK will possibly be familiar with a nature show on BBC2 called Autumn Watch. The show features Chris Packham as he observes the changes of the season within the countryside. Chris is also a big music fan and last series managed to namecheck lots of songs by…
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Jim Reid appears on 6Music
Jesus and Mary Chain frontman Jim Reid today appeared on 6Music’s ‘The First Time’ show. The broadcast which lasted an hour can be listened to for the next 7 days in the UK on the BBC 6Music website by clicking here. In the show Jim Reid talks about his influences and first encounters with music…
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Serious Drugs – A Film About BMX Bandits
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Phil Wilson to release debut solo album
25 years after the release of his last album (as lead singer of The June Brides) Phil Wilson is set to release his solo debut on November 8th. The album is preceded by a new single “I Own It” on October 11th on 7″ vinyl and download. The album is released on Slumberland Records in…
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Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Gorky’s Euros Childs to release EP and tour
NME reports that Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and ex-Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci frontman Euros Childs have formed a new musical project named Jonny. The pair will release a four-track free EP, simply titled ‘Free EP’, on November 10 and will tour in early 2011. The songs set for the EP are ‘Gloria’, ‘Beach Party’, ‘Continental’ and…
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Arnold to reform – new interview
After nearly a decade away, London 4-piece Arnold are working on new material & unearthing previously unreleased recordings whilst planning a series of live dates in Europe for Autumn 2010 & UK/USA for Summer 2011.
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Jim Reid talks about Psychocandy 25 years on
November 1st marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Psychocandy, the Jesus & Mary Chain’s debut album. To celebrate Jim Reid has given an interview to the Von Pip Musical Express where he talks about the album comparing it to “an old photograph” and the backlash they recieved after their initial success. He also…
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15 years ago today… Oasis released ‘Morning Glory’
Today is 15 years since ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ was released on October 2nd 1995 and went on to sell 14.2 million copies. The album spent 10 weeks at number 1 in the UK later becoming the third biggest-selling album in UK chart history (with 4.4 million copies sold). 10 months later they headlined Knebworth…