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Editors making the headlines
10:35am Tuesday 9th March 2010
THEY’RE one of Britain’s biggest bands, yet they hardly ever appear in the music press. You can almost certainly hum one of their songs, but probably know nothing about the actual band members. Who are we talking about? Editors, of course.
Portico Quartet hint at dramatic style shift
11:48am Thursday 4th March 2010
EVERY year the Mercury Music Prize is split into two camps - the big name bands hoping for critical acclaim as well as commercial success (Radiohead, Elbow, Arctic Monkeys), and the “who on earth are they” names, who even if they don’t do a Speech Debelle and beat the big boys to the prize can often turn out to be the most rewarding discovery on the shortlist.
Lucy is the latest in musical clan
11:33am Thursday 4th March 2010
LOUDON, Rufus, Martha... as far as musical dynasties go, the Wainwrights have got the alt-folk-meets-operatic-pop corner pretty sewn up.
Doves announce Best Of and Cherry Ghost collaboration
11:28am Thursday 4th March 2010
DOVES have announced that they will release a “best of” album on April 5.
CD Review: Buggles - Adventures In Modern Recording
10:13pm Thursday 4th March 2010
SOMETIMES called ‘the great lost album’, this album was originally released in 1981 and is mainly a solo album by Trevor Horn.
CD Review: Nazareth 40th Anniversary Remasters
10:17pm Thursday 4th March 2010
RELEASED as part of the remaster and reissue campaign to celebrate Nazareth’s 40th Anniversary, ‘Loud n Proud’, ‘Rampant’ and ‘Hair Of The Dog’ are arguably three of the four most important albums released by the Scottish rockers.
Mini Viva announced as Diversity support
11:30am Thursday 4th March 2010
MINI Viva have been annouced as the support act for Diversity’s UK tour.
Everything Everything on the radar
11:30am Thursday 4th March 2010
MANCHESTER’S Everything Everything have been confirmed as playing the middle slot on this year’s NME Radar Tour.
DVD Review - Paul Merton in Europe
9:07pm Sunday 28th February 2010
FOLLOWING his series about China and India, Paul Merton has been casting his eye on some of our European neighbours in this 2CD release.
CD Review: Savatage - Still The Orchestra Plays - Greatest Hits Vol 1 + 2
9:09pm Sunday 28th February 2010
AHEAD of their re-master and reissue campaign of their entire back catalogue, American Progressive Metal band Savatage has released a 2CD anthology.
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