:Kinema:

I have a new unsigned band hailing from Brighton. They go by the name :Kinema:. They will be releasing an ep in February. Until then, we’ll have to enjoy their clean synthpop cover of Animal Collective’s song “My Girls“. You can also hit up their
Myspace page and listen to another song [...]

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Travis DeVries

Former lead singer of The Turn-ons, Travis DeVries, has gone on his own to release the album “Death to God”.  When I hear his stuff I tend to think about the early Britpop scene and bands like The Stone Roses or maybe Ride. The album was recorded in Seattle back in 2007 but is [...]

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Scared To Dance – 27/11/2009 Guest DJ MJ Hibbett

We’re very excited to announce that MJ Hibbett will be our guest DJ this month! With his band the Validators, they released Regardez, Ecoutez et Repetez in May which is shaping up to be one of our albums of the year. This is only the second time he’s DJ-ed so who knows what he’ll play!
The [...]

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Hyperbubble – Phasers On Stun

Hyperbubble are a duo consisting of Mr & Mrs DeCuir once of Pink Filth. They have been around for a couple of years now although Phasers On Stun (trekkies?) is the first chance I have had to hear them. They make pure synth pop and my first thought when I heard the lyrics is how [...]

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New Date From The Primitives

For those who missed The Primitives excellent return at the Buffalo Bar last month you can get another chance to see them in London next year.
The band have announced a date at London’s Scala on the 29th April 2010 when they play a night for Club AC30. Tickets are available direct from the venue’s ticket [...]

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The Magnetic Fields get Real-ism

The Magnetic Fields have announced the tracklisting of their new album Realism. The 13 track LP will be released on 26th January on Nonesuch and is the follow-up to last years heavily Jesus and Mary Chain influenced Distortion. It will be the final album of the bands ‘no synth trilogy’ which started with 2004’s i.
01 [...]

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The Dentists & The Claim To Play Live!

This comment was left on a post about The Dentists originally penned in 2005. It’s far to good (and exciting) to leave there:
Hi – This is Bob from The Dentists. We’re reforming with fellow Medway ex-legends The Claim for a gig at Dingwalls on 25 March 2010 followed by a Medway gig on 27 March, [...]

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Pants Yell! – New album

Pants Yell! have just released their latest, and most likely last, album entitled Received Pronunciation. Asked about the album and the demise of the band, frontman Andrew writes:
It’s our 4th album, our first for Slumberland and yes, it will be our final record.  We want to end on a high note and not drag on.  We will [...]

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JJ

Here’s the latest video of a very mysterious and amazing band that’s come out of the woodwork this year. JJ did a cover of the band Lorentz & M.Sakarias’ song Baby. First I want you guys to hear the original song. That’s the first video I posted. Then the second video [...]

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Sambassadeur – new single

Labrador Records just keeps on churning out albums. Now Sambassadeur have announced they’ve finished a new album, due for release in January. A single will be officially released in just a few days. It is already available as free download on the Labrador site, so here goes:
MP3: Sambassadeur – Days
Myspace | Official site

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