Friday, September 4, 2009

NEW RELEASE : Prefab Sprout

This coming month will be more than a little special for Prefab Sprout fans, as their eagerly awaited new album "Let's Change The World With Music" is due for release on the 15th of September, it will be their first outing since their 2001 album "The Gunman And Other Stories".



NEW RELEASE : Bat For Lashes

The next single release from of the album "Two Suns" will be "Sleep Alone" and it will be available 7th September.

You can see the video here.



http://www.batforlashes.com

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

NEW RELEASE : Pastels and Tenniscoats

Glasgow's The Pastels and Tokyo industrious Tenniscoats have teamed up for the album "Two Sunsets", it will be available from the 7th of September.

More information on the release and to see the new video for their single "Vivid Youth", follow the links.

the pastels myspace
tenniscoats myspace

http://www.tenniscoats.com/

Vivid Youth video


the pastels wiki
tenniscoats wiki


Pastels / Tenniscoats on domino records

NEW RELEASE : The Black Seeds are coming to the US

New Zealands' The Black Seeds will be making their US debut later this month with the release of their first North American release "SOLID GROUND" on the 29th of September, followed by a US tour with John Browns Body.

The first 100 copies of the physical CD will be signed by The Black Seeds, that will be sure to make it a collector's item.

More information on pre-ordering and ordering of the album and of the forthcoming tour can be found at the following links.

http://www.theblackseeds.com/

Easy Star Records
the black seeds myspace



the black seeds wiki


NEW RELEASE : Placebo's second single

PLACEBO will release their second single to be taken from their latest album "Battle for the Sun", entitled "The Never-Ending Why", the single will be released in the UK and Norway on the 14th of September, with others to follow. It will be available as a 7” Picture Disc, a 3 Track Digital Bundle, as a 4 Track iTunes bundle that includes the breathtaking new video of ‘The Never-Ending Why’ and as a fan-must-have ‘Live At The O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 2009’ Digital Download Bundle.

http://www.placeboworld.co.uk


Friday, August 28, 2009

NEWS : Synth Britannia

If you like things synth and live in the UK, you might be interested in keeping an eye out for a documentary called "Synth Britannia" that is due to be shown this Autumn on BBC FOUR.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/20/music.shtml

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

NEWS :Mike Peters Sounds The Alarm Against Cancer

The Alarm frontman Mike Peters has been taking part in the first ever Global Cancer Summit organised and hosted by Lance Armstrong in Dublin, Ireland.

To quote the latest newsletter :

"It's been an incredible three day meeting of individuals and organisations uniting together in the fight against cancer. I am proud to be representing the work we have begun with the Love Hope Strength Foundation.

One of the initiatives is to get as many people as possible to sign the World Cancer Declaration and Lance Armstrong has personally asked me to help him get another 10,000 signatures added by tomorrow - Wednesday night.

I have already signed the Declaration personally, and know that even if a small sample of Alarm fans out there digitally sign the Declaration also, then we can help achieve this figure. So I ask you, please follow this link and sign the Declaration. You can even dedicate your action to someone you love or has inspired you.

As Lance says in his letter below, it only takes a few moments and will be a major help in pushing Cancer Care to the forefront of those with the power to make change in our world.

Thanks for reading this email, I hope I can count on your participation.

Love, hope and strength,

Mike Peters


Dear Mike

Last month when I started the Tour de France, I asked you to join me in signing the World Cancer Declaration. The response has been staggering —more than 100,000 of us have added our names to this urgent global push to fight cancer.

Tomorrow, the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit here in Dublin will come to a close. It’s an incredibly rare opportunity to urge some of the most powerful people in the world to commit the time, energy and resources needed to make a world without cancer a reality. And we can do just that if we add 10,000 more signatures to the Declaration before the Summit ends on Wednesday.

Will you sign the Declaration and then ask your friends and family to help us add 10,000 commitments by Wednesday night? It only takes a moment and every name counts:

http://www.livestrongaction.org/campaigns/commit-fight-cancer

Cancer affects all of us. By 2010, cancer is projected to become the leading cause of death worldwide, yet the fight against cancer lacks urgency and focus. That is why we must take matters into our own hands and force cancer onto the global agenda.

The LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit in Dublin will do just that by bringing governments, communities and survivors from all over the world together pushing for new commitments to stem the growing impact of cancer around the globe. Closing this commitment gap is a critical step towards a world without cancer.

We have just one more day to make the World Cancer Declaration as powerful as possible. Every additional name we add will lend weight to our cause; every single new voice adds urgency to our fight. I know we can reach our goal if each and every one of us signs the Declaration and asks someone close to us to add their name too.

Will you sign the Declaration and also ask a friend or family member to join us before Wednesday night? It only takes a moment and will make a big difference:

http://www.livestrongaction.org/campaigns/commit-fight-cancer

LIVESTRONG,

Lance and the LIVESTRONG Action Team"


Please take some time to visit the links above and sign the declaration and pledge your support.



http://www.antimusic.com/news/09/aug/re14Mike_Peters_Sounding_The_Alarm_Against_Cancer.shtml

http://www.thealarm.com/




Manda Rin

Manda Rin, for those who don't know is the solo outing of ex-Bis lead singer Amanda MacKinnon.
Bis disbanded back in 2003. She is putting out some good stuff. :)

http://www.planetmanda.com/

manda rin myspace


Saturday, August 22, 2009

NEW RELEASE : a-ha's next single

a-ha's next single release will be 'Nothing Is Keeping You Here', the single will be released in the UK on the 21st September.

The band have also confirmed their latest show will be on the 11th November at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels.


www.a-ha.com

Thursday, August 20, 2009

NEWS : More tour dates added

Depeche Mode has announced the addition of the following dates :

Monday, January 25th, 2010 - Malmo, Sweden - Arena
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Scandinavium
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 - Stockholm, Sweden - Globe
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 - Helsinki, Finland - Hartwall Arena


http://www.depechemode.com/tour.html

Monday, August 17, 2009

NEWS : Delays, UK gigs

The Delays have announced they will play a run of 6 small UK gigs in October prior to the release of their 4th album, due out in early 2010.

17th October - The Joiners, Southampton
19th October - King Tuts, Glasgow
20th October - Academy 3, Birmingham
21st October - Borderline, London
22nd October - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
23rd October - Night & Day, Manchester



delays myspace