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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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New Gruff Rhys album due in February
Gruff Rhys releases a new solo album on February 14th 2011. The album is themed around the Gruff’s life of living in hotels and collecting the free shampoos around the world. The tracklisting for the album is: Shark Ridden Waters Honey All Over Sensations In The Dark Vitamin K Take A Sentence Conservation Conversation Sophie…
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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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Max Eider releases new album
Long-term member of the Jazz Butcher, Max Eider recently released his latest album ‘Dissaffection’ via Tundraducks records. Those of you who have followed the Jazz Butcher closely will know Max was orginally in the band from 1982 until 1986 and he later rejoined in 1995. You can buy the album directly from Max’s website at…
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Felt Fanzine Now Available
Many of you may have missed the recent release of a rather excellent 160 page fanzine on Felt, the book had a limited pressing of 500 copies and sold out in a couple of days. Due to the high volume of emails the writers received after the fanzine sold out, a second (and final) edition…
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New Phil Wilson video now online
Phil Wilson’s new single ‘I Own It’ was released yesterday [get it here] taken from his new album God Bless Jim Kennedy [get that here] and you can watch the video to the single below.
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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…