Anna Calvi to unveil EP: Is this all there is? featuring Iggy Pop
Sep 25
New HENGE album ExoKosm
The new album by psychedelic rockers HENGE titled ExoKosm is unleashed upon the planet today. ExoKosm is, like the band’s first album, an exploration into the extra-terrestrial, sacred sonic artform that HENGE call ‘Cosmic Dross’. Featuring seven new tracks, ExoKosm includes HENGE’s recently-released singles Get Outta Ma House and New Planet, plus their first single, Exo. Side A opens…
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Sep 23
Review: new Kinbote single Hiemalis on Lost Map
We always pay attention here at Gourmet Gigs whenever Lost Map Records announces a new release. It is run by Johnny Lynch aka Pictish Trail from his remote island home in Eigg in the Highlands and, apart from sounding like a very appealing location, the label never disappoint with its eclectic and quirky range of…
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Sep 15
Jessie Buckley and band sing for frontline workers
It all started with a set of photographs of nurses on a Covid ward, taken by frontline worker Hannah Grace Deller. The work was shown on Grayson’s Art Club – a series presented by Grayson Perry on Channel 4 – which Chris Difford of Squeeze just happened to catch. Chris was impressed by Hannah’s work and…
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Sep 7
Sep 4
Synthwave duo Affair are back for 2020
After eight years of silence, euphoric synthwave duo Affair release a new EP called Clouds; the single taken from it, Higher Still, dropped at the end of August. A certain amount of mystery shrouds Affair who were, nearly a decade ago, on the cusp of signing after a flurry of interest in their sound by…
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Sep 1
New Aerial festival in the Lake District
AERIAL is the Lake District’s innovative new festival of original work and commissions – online and free from 26 September 2020 Over 20 new works and commissions from over 40 artists will be accessible online and for free via aerialfestival.com from 26th September This was intended to be Aerial’s inaugural year but like all other live…
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Aug 28
Re-release of Believe by Bliss plus new video
Bliss band’s Rachel Morrison and Tom E Morrison have just rereleased Believe (Let the Love Shine In), mix 2020. Accompanying the song is an uplifting video created by Tom, enhanced with gorgeously psychedelic touches – and check out those singing sunflowers… I chatted to Rachel about making the re-release of Believe and the couple’s lockdown…
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Aug 20
Interview with Isle of Wight band As We Leave
Four-piece band As We Leave has just released their new single via Abbey Records called Stories We Tell – it’s a shimmery and nostalgia-laden ode to summer, replete with the feelings the season can conjure. The band’s members all grew up on the Isle of Wight where they formed their strong friendship bonds at school…
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Aug 19
Roachford back with rescheduled tour dates
NOTE: Tour dates are being cancelled and rescheduled. We will post an updated tour date list on here when we have the correct dates. Roachford is back with tour dates for 2021. His strong, emotional and soul-drenched single called High On Love was released in 2020, the first song on the new album Twice in…
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Aug 12
Jimmy C and the Blues Dragons: almost a festival
JUNE 2021: VERY SHOCKED AND SADDENED TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF JIMMY C. He will be missed by his friends, family and everyone who has seen this wonderful band perform over the years. Being able to hear live music again lifts the spirits and gives us hope for the future. Jimmy C & the Blues…
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