I think with the festival line ups starting to build, it’s time to have some sort of update on who is playing where. Here are some recent updates: Download: A few more bands were added to the bill last night. Incubus, Alter Bridge and Coheed And Cumbria are the main draws but there are also [...]

Posted on February 13th, 2008 by Max
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Apparently so, according to Gigwise. They have spoken to ‘sources’ that are telling them that a band on the XL label, most likely The White Stripes, will play the Old Blue Last in Shoreditch (a very small venue) on March 3rd. If this is true, it will end up being an almost-similar affair to the [...]

Posted on February 13th, 2008 by Max
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Quite frankly, R.E.M. could have made a new album based solely on Michael Stipe doing gangster hip hop over a banjo melody and, no matter how awful it would sound, it wouldn’t be a patch on the atrocious effort of Around The Sun. It’s a relief then that this, the first cut from their 14th [...]

Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Max
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This is a song that has emerged on the Interweb and certain radio stations recently. It’s not the ‘official’ lead single off the new album, titled The Odd Couple, but it is a taster of what the new album should sound like. Like I said yesterday with the look at the new We Are Scientists [...]

Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Max
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The White Stripes have found themselves in hot water, after a Canadian radio DJ is suing them for an unlawful use of a radio sample. The sample in question is a ten second clip from her show at the start of Jumble, Jumble off of De Stijl, the band’s second album. Dominique Payette, the DJ, [...]

Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Max
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