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It’s that time again, to peruse through new tracks by the many and varied artists that pop discs through our door (by way of the postman of course, they don’t turn up themselves…). This week there’s lots to get through so we’ll keep it short and sweet. Indeed, there’s so much to talk about that [...]

Ah, Florence Welch, the poor dear has been surrounded by hype, had the millstone of the Critics Choice Brit Award hung around her neck and then been lumped in with the rash of electro-pop starlets cropping up in the UK music scene (hello Little Boots, La Roux et al). In the end of course, no [...]

Crimea X marks the coming together of one DJ Rocca and a certain Jukka Reverberi, the former a well known name on the Mediterranean dance scene and the latter a former member of nineties Italian glam rockersGiardini di Mirò, an outfit whose cult following have compared them to the likes of Arab Strap and Godspeed [...]

we loved the track, so we’d urge you to check out the video below:

www.thestoneroses20.com   If you’re going to reissue “the greatest album of all time” (NME), you might as well do it in style. The Stone Roses debut album is re-released on August 10th in 4 deluxe formats to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its release.  Prior to that, their Silvertone singles will be reissued – one [...]

Howdo,    We’re back from Glastonbury with good news: we’ve got 100 pairs of tickets to give away for our gig at this month’s iTunes Festival.    The show takes place on July 23rd at Freedm Studios, The Roundhouse, London. A winning entry gets you not only into our gig at 6.15pm but also a [...]

Sydney native Sam Shinazzi has carved out somewhat of a niche for himself as a poignant, sometimes introspective song smith… very much a man in the mould of classic singer/songwriters. This album marks his third full length release but the first that this writer has laid his hands on. It’s a curious affair, with some [...]

Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne – four names that resonate throughout Rock’s recorded history as clear and sublime as the haunting bell that tolls the opening to “Black Sabbath”, the band’s debut album from 1970.  Collectively, they formed Black Sabbath and forged the most haunting and hypnotic rock sound of all time. [...]