The will she/won’t she quit the music industry talk that swirls around Lily Allen continues to be a talking point, despite the fact that this piece of news pretty much put a partial full-stop to it. The singer, who has gotten herself involved in ISP-gate before quitting the debate because of one or two comments [...]

Posted on September 29th, 2009 by Max
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Muse first arrived on the scene in 1999 when they released their debut album, Showbiz. Between 1999-2000 the band were touring themselves to death, playing every country and booking slots at almost every festival imaginable in order to spread the word. Whilst they were touring, the band were starting to get experimental in their songwriting [...]

Posted on September 29th, 2009 by Max
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The Welsh indie pop outfit Los Campesinos! have announced a one-off show next year at the grand old venue of Koko in Camden, London. The show will be among the first few shows playing with new member Kim (on vocals and keyboards) and their gig on the 25th February is onsale now. The band explain [...]

Posted on September 29th, 2009 by Max
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This is the third time that I’ve seen Slow Club but the first time as a headlining act (the previous times were supporting Tilly & The Wall at ULU last year and as part of The Great Festival last May). After two sets that were aimed at winning over new fans, I thought this was [...]

Posted on September 25th, 2009 by Max
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Richard Hawley has come a pretty long way since the days of playing alongside Jarvis Cocker in Pulp. He’s now established himself as a credible solo artist and has also found time to help friends Elbow on their last album by contributing vocals and guitar to album cut The Fix. The Sheffield singer songwriter, much [...]

Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Max
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