The Stone Roses will play Dublin’s Marlay Park on July 9th, 2016. This adds to their recently announced string of shows taking place at The Etihad Stadium in Manchester, as well as a headliner slot […]

Simple Minds’ masterwork Once Upon a Time reaches a noteworthy milestone turning 30 in October of this year. Where does time go? In many ways that question is appropriate when considering the album. Time, its passing and […]

The multi-platinum, Grammy-Award-winning, masked beast that is SLIPKNOT will play The SSE Arena, Belfast on 15th February, with special guests Suicidal Tendencies. After their triumphant return headlining this year’s Download Festival at Donington Park, the […]

Written following a period of unrest within the band, who after embarking upon an intense and ritualistic touring schedule, chance circumstances landed all five members isolated in different parts of rural Scotland. What followed was […]

On Friday 18th September 2015, Cattle & Cane released their debut album ‘Home’ and celebrated with their biggest headline show to date – a sold out 1,000 capacity gig at Teesside University in Middlesbrough. Their […]

Garden of Delete, the hotly-anticipated album by Oneohtrix Point Never is released tomorrow. As a final precursor, we can present the first full song of the album ‘Ezra’, a synthetic symphony that opens with still […]

Today The Prodigy release the expanded version of their certified Gold UK #1 album ‘The Day Is My Enemy’ – which came out earlier this year. This new version of the album precedes the band’s […]

Gaz Coombes finishes his most successful year as a solo artist to date with news of a new release and a couple of very prestigious UK & Irish live shows. Following the Mercury Prize nomination for […]

New World Towers is the new documentary film on Blur, spanning the last few years of the band’s life. Directed by Sam Wrench, it records the genesis of the latest album “The Magic Whip”, from […]

It’s a strange notion that a show in a sold out arena is a small affair for a band, but when you consider that the world’s stadia are U2’s usual stamping grounds, shows in the […]

The Deadline Shakes are a Glasgow based sextet whose debut album Zealots is released on Flowers In The Dustbin records on 29 November. Quite simply, it’s an album that you want, no, have to hear. […]

Lost In The Manor recently unveiled sparkling dance-pop outfit The fin. as its latest signees. The Japanese four-piece release their ‘Night Time’ EP on all digital formats on 4 December. Listen to the irresistible lead […]

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott have announced details of an Irish / Northern Ireland tour next April including dates in Belfast’s Ulster Hall & Derry’s Millennium Forum. ‘Wisdom, Laughter and Lines’ is the new album […]

Oneohtrix Point Never is one of the many pseudonyms of electronic music producer Daniel Lopatin. Garden of Delete is his 8th full length release under the Oneohtrix Point Never name. Following a series of fantastic […]

It’s been a tremendously successful year for legendary Scottish band Idlewild as they returned to the spotlight with critically acclaimed album Everything Ever Written, which was a top 20 hit in the UK Charts. A […]

After being shortlisted for the much-coveted 2015 Mercury Prize (with his acclaimed ‘Architect’ LP named as one of the Mercury Prize Albums Of The Year) and completely selling out his previously announced December 2015 London […]

Rodney Cromwell’s Age Of Anxiety album is one of the finest electronic records of the year and, without spoiling any surprises, is pretty much a shoo in for a highly placed finish in this blog’s […]

At their best, side projects are an appealing prospect for both artist and fan. They offer glimpses of a songwriter’s vision outside the confines of their primary group. In the case of an act like […]