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Nov 27, 2024 | 
ausmusictshirtday.org.au | Gareth Williams |Paul Brown |Jake Watkins |Kayla Hamilton
Wall of Sound is set to private, meaning requests to join must be reviewed by the team leader.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
mxdwn.co.uk | Jake Watkins
Brighton folk-punk quartet The New Eves have released their latest creation in the form of the single “Astrolabe”. The new track, released on Tuesday via Slow Dance Recordings, is the group’s third since the debut double release of “Mother” and “Original Sin” back in July 2023.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
mxdwn.co.uk | Jake Watkins
The preliminary lineup for the 2024 edition of Green Man festival has been announced, and it is jam-packed with incredible talent as always, with Sleaford Mods, Big Thief, Jon Hopkins and Sampha set to headline this year’s event.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
mxdwn.co.uk | Jake Watkins
Veteran indie rockers Kasabian have shared a new single, “Call”, and have announced a new album from which the single will come. Happenings will be the eighth studio album to date for the Leicester band and is scheduled for release on July 5.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
mxdwn.co.uk | Jake Watkins
The first line up for the 2024 edition of End Of The Road festival has been announced, with Idles, Slowdive, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Fever Ray set to headline the event. Over artists that will feature this year include American indie rock bands Yo La Tengo and Sleater-Kinney, Irish folk quartet Lankum, singer-songwriter Baxter Dury and electropop duo Jockstrap. It’s go time! The lineup for #EOTR2024 is here.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
mxdwn.co.uk | Jake Watkins
Belfast-based rap trip Kneecap have sought to take legal action against Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch and the British government following the decision from Badenoch and the government to block the group from receiving arts funding. The Belfast law firm Phoenix Law have agreed to represent Kneecap in this ongoing matter. Kneecap have claimed the UK government blocked the grant, or the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) funding award, worth £15,000 in a bid to “silence” them.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
mxdwn.co.uk | Jake Watkins
Scottish shoegaze band The Jesus And Mary Chain have released another single ahead of their upcoming album drop later this year. “Chemical Animal” will feature on the band’s eighth studio album to date, Glasgow Eyes, which is set to be released on March 8 via Fuzz Club.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
mxdwn.co.uk | Jake Watkins
English indie rock group Bombay Bicycle Club have announced a surprise release in the form on an EP, Fantasies, that is scheduled to be released on February 23. The release will arrive shortly after the end of their upcoming UK and Ireland tour, that will commence on January 29 in Belfast and conclude on February 18 in Cardiff. Surprise! We have a new EP coming out next month.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
mxdwn.co.uk | Jake Watkins
The line-up for this year’s week-long series of gigs for the Teenage Cancer Trust has been announced. The Who, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and The Chemical Brothers are all set to headline the event that is set to return to the Royal Albert Hall this coming March.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
mxdwn.co.uk | Jake Watkins
The City of Leeds has announced an initiative that calls upon past concertgoers to upload their historic gig tickets online for the viewing pleasure of others. The Historic Live Music Project, launched by Leeds Libraries, allows the citizens of Leeds, and indeed anyone else who has visited the city, the chance to share their past concert tickets from iconic Leeds’ gigs to the online archive Leodis, an archive that celebrates the history of the city.
