Magnetic Skies launch ‘You Shine On’

“You Shine On” is the dream­i­ly anthemic new sin­gle from Lon­don out­fit Mag­net­ic Skies, release date 17th Feb­ru­ary, with accom­pa­ny­ing video. The pop­ping synth open­ing notes imme­di­ate­ly trans­port you back to the 80s, evok­ing shades of Depeche Mode. The vocals are ethe­re­al and shim­mer­ing, open­ing into a rap­tur­ous cho­rus. There’s a over­rid­ing sense of drama…

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Acid Jazz residencies touring exhibition

Acid Jazz & Oth­er Illic­it Grooves record label cel­e­brates 35 years of trail­blaz­ing music with a series of res­i­den­cies, tour­ing loca­tions across the UK where Acid Jazz was arguably the strongest influ­ence, in Birm­ing­ham, Leeds, Lon­don, Bris­tol and Luton The music, arts, dance & cul­ture exhi­bi­tion will host exclu­sive Q&As with Acid Jazz stal­warts of the scene,…

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Victorious festival 2023 second wave

Vic­to­ri­ous fes­ti­val has today announced a sec­ond wave of incred­i­ble artists and come­di­ans for this summer’s Bank Hol­i­day extrav­a­gan­za. Head­lin­ing Sat­ur­day evening are UK rock giants Kasabi­an. Front­ed by cre­ative force Serge Piz­zorno, the band will thrill Vic­to­ri­ous crowds with a huge back cat­a­logue of hits includ­ing Fire, Club Foot and L.S.F. Ben Howard head­lines the Cas­tle Stage to close the…

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Clémentine March releases single called Silence

An unusu­al and arrest­ing song from Lon­­don-based French singer song­writer Clé­men­tine March is avail­able now: if you’re hav­ing a fraz­zled moment I would sug­gest a lis­te­nas this may pro­vide a moment of calm. With the rhythm of a dreamy waltz and a gen­tle gui­tar, Silence is the lat­est track to be shared from Clémentine’s forth­com­ing new…

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Sparks new tour and album

It’s an excit­ing moment when we hear of new work… and a tour by Sparks. Endur­ing­ly bril­liant, Sparks return this year with a tour, so be ready on your key­boards (with your cof­fee) very soon…  Hav­ing pre­vi­ous­ly announced 2 nights at London’s Roy­al Albert Hall and 3 per­for­mances at Pri­mav­era Sound Fes­ti­val in Spain and Portugal,…

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Bearded Theory 2023

Beard­ed The­o­ry fes­ti­val has always been the per­fect event to ease your­self into fes­ti­val sea­son. It’s a chilled event with a super-friend­­ly crowd and always has a great mix of fam­i­lies and dif­fer­ent ages. And as it takes place over the May Bank Hol­i­day, you’ve got a spe­cial rest and recov­ery day before fac­ing the…

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The Centre for British Photography opens in London

This week we attend­ed the pre­view of the new Cen­tre for British Pho­tog­ra­phy on Jermyn Street, in the cen­tre of Lon­don. It is an excit­ing new devel­op­ment and one that feels right for pho­tog­ra­phy now, cel­e­brat­ing and doc­u­ment­ing the past while also mak­ing a deter­mined effort to invest in and be a part of its…

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The first big reveal: Bluedot festival 2023

Blue­dot fes­ti­val has just released its line­up for July 2023 – and from the music to the sci­ence and space pro­gramme, it’s look­ing amaz­ing.  Top of the bill is the spec­tac­u­lar Grace Jones with her one and only north­ern fes­ti­val per­for­mance this year. Pave­ment and Roisin Mur­phy are also set to head­line. Addi­tion­al­ly, Left­field will…

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Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival 2023

Here is the first announce­ment for Tomor­row’s Ghosts fes­ti­val Hal­loween Gath­er­ing 2023 at Whit­by Pavil­ion, Whit­by Fri­day 27th and Sat­ur­day 28th Octo­ber. A head­line set to die for, ‘Goth ‘n’ Roll’ supre­mos THE 69 EYES will be top­ping the bill on Sat­ur­day night. Con­ceived in dark­est Fin­land in 1989, the band have been peer­less­ly shaping…

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Pale Blue Eyes: new track ‘More’ and a tour

Devon three-piece band Pale Blue Eyes are on a roll. Hav­ing toured last year, part­ly as sup­port for Pub­lic Ser­vice Broad­cast­ing and for The Besnard Lakes, they are out on the road again in 2023 with some sold-out dates already.  Hot on the heels of their stel­lar debut album Sou­venirs comes new sin­gle More. It’s…

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