The Futureheads are about to embark on another tour of the UK and to coincide with the jaunt, the band are releasing a brand new download-only single on the 8th December. I Wouldn’t Be Like This If You Were Here was a song that didn’t make the cut during the sessions for the excellent This [...]

Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Max
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When you see a headline that says “Music Star Drunk On Stage!” you immediately tut at Amy Winehouse, purely on the pre-assumption that it is her. On this occassion, it’s not. Kyle Falconer from really average indie band The View had to be taken off stage after two songs in Nottingham earlier in the week. [...]

Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Max
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The full details of both ATP weekends next year were announced today, and those details are as follows:
Weekend 1 (8th-10th May) – You will curate it. Yes, YOU. Anyone who buys their ticket for the first weekend at Butlin’s in Minehead will be picking the schedule. Billed as ATP Vs. The Fans II – The [...]

Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Max
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CNET have reported that the vacant CEO position at MySpace Music, which has seen a fair share of problems arise since its launch (including a closure of the service just days after it went live), will be given to former MTV executive, Courtney Holt. The (soon-to-be former) Executive Vice President of Digital Music & Media [...]

Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Max
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Just a few months after Hold On Now, Youngster (eight months to be more precise), Welsh band Los Campesinos! are back once more with their follow up, We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed. As they described themselves, “this is no post-album cash in. It’s no B-Sides and rarities or ’songs that weren’t good enough to [...]

Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Max
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