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April 13, 2021June 4, 2025

Cold Specks

About Ladan, the artist formerly known on stage as Cold Specks, will return with new music in 2021. It will be her first new music since 2017's Fools Paradise which was described as her most personal work yet. The artist recognized for her twistedly enthralling lyrics and distinctive soulful voice, has dug deep and returned to her roots. A masterful body of work, it intimately explores her identity as a Somali-Canadian woman. She’s unveiled and allowed herself to stretch her palette thematically. The rawness that’s deemed Cold Specks a dark soul, has revealed itself to be a cathartic after glow,......

April 13, 2021June 1, 2023

The Mission

About In late 1985 Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams left The Sisters Of Mercy and, after enlisting the talents of Simon Hinkler and Mick Brown, formed The Mission and in early 1986 embarked on their first European tour, supporting The Cult. They released 2 singles independently, both reaching No.1 in the UK alternative charts, before signing a worldwide record deal with Phonogram (now Universal) Their first single for the new label, ‘Stay With Me’, went straight into the UK chart at No. 30 followed by their debut album “God’s Own Medicine” at No. 14. Over the next eight years the band released......

March 16, 2021June 1, 2023

Nerina Pallot

About Nerina Pallot is an English singer, songwriter and producer, who has released six albums. She was nominated for British Female Solo Artist at the 2007 BRIT Awards and nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for "Sophia" in the category of 'Best Song (musically and lyrically)' in the same year. Video JTVCb3JpZ2luY29kZV92aWRlb2dhbGxlcnklMjBpZCUzRCUyMjM3JTIyJTVE On Tour 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...

March 15, 2021June 1, 2023

Spiral Stairs

About For his feelgood third solo album We Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized, Pavement co-founder Scott Kannberg – best known to the musical world as Spiral Stairs – concocted some of the most fun and accessible music of his storied career by expanding his musical repertoire, in the process embracing some sounds and artists which for some reason or other slipped through the cracks as he took alternative rock to the world during his action-packed youth. “To me We Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized feels like the records I’ve been listening to and the records I’ve been digging and aspire to sound like,” Spiral offers. “In my early-twenties I......

March 12, 2021June 1, 2023

Ned’s Atomic Dustbin

About Ned's Atomic Dustbin are an English rock band formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in November 1987. Video JTVCb3JpZ2luY29kZV92aWRlb2dhbGxlcnklMjBpZCUzRCUyMjQyJTIyJTVE On Tour 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...

March 12, 2021June 1, 2023

Tanita Tikaram

About Tanita Tikaram is a German-born British pop/folk singer-songwriter. Video JTVCb3JpZ2luY29kZV92aWRlb2dhbGxlcnklMjBpZCUzRCUyMjQzJTIyJTVE On Tour JTNDYSUyMGhyZWYlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5zb25na2ljay5jb20lMkZhcnRpc3RzJTJGNjc4MTUlMjIlMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMnNvbmdraWNrLXdpZGdldCUyMiUyMGRhdGEtdGhlbWUlM0QlMjJsaWdodCUyMiUyMGRhdGEtdHJhY2stYnV0dG9uJTNEJTIyb24lMjIlMjBkYXRhLWRldGVjdC1zdHlsZSUzRCUyMnRydWUlMjIlMjBkYXRhLWJhY2tncm91bmQtY29sb3IlM0QlMjJ0cmFuc3BhcmVudCUyMiUyMGRhdGEtbG9jYWxlJTNEJTIyZW4lMjIlM0VUYW5pdGElMjBUaWthcmFtJTIwdG91ciUyMGRhdGVzJTNDJTJGYSUzRSUwQSUzQ3NjcmlwdCUyMHNyYyUzRCUyMiUyRiUyRndpZGdldC5zb25na2ljay5jb20lMkY2NzgxNSUyRndpZGdldC5qcyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRnNjcmlwdCUzRQ==...

March 12, 2021June 1, 2023

Helmet

About Helmet is an American alternative metal band from New York City formed in 1989 by vocalist and lead guitarist Page Hamilton. Helmet has had numerous lineup changes with Hamilton as the only constant member. Since 2010, the band has consisted of Hamilton, drummer Kyle Stevenson, guitarist Dan Beeman and bassist Dave Case. Helmet has released eight studio albums and two compilation albums. After releasing their debut album, Strap It On (1990), on Amphetamine Reptile, Helmet signed to Interscope Records and released three albums for the label, including the highly successful Meantime (1992). Their next two albums ― Betty (1994)......

March 11, 2021June 1, 2023

Steve Lamacq

About Steve Lamacq is a DJ and journalist who has more than 25 years experience in the music industry. In a career which has included stints at the New Musical Express, Radio 1 and his current home BBC 6Music, he has gained a reputation for championing new bands to success, while interviewing some of alt-rock's biggest names. His instinct for turning up new talent was nurtured at NME where he was the first writer to interview (among others) Blur, Ride and Teenage Fanclub. He also became a well known face on the gig circuit, touring the country with bands like Carter USM, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and the Mega City 4. During one especially frantic year,......

March 11, 2021June 20, 2023

Cattle & Cane

About Having cut their teeth sharing stages with the likes of Tom Odell, Brian Wilson, Stereophonics, Lewis Capaldi, The Head & The Heart, Jake Isaac and Nerina Pallot, Cattle & Cane have been earning a growing reputation for their magical live shows and soaring sibling harmonies. Sold-out signs are commonplace at their own headline gigs, including regional statement dates at Sage Gateshead and Middlesbrough Town Hall, where a crowd of 1,100 witnessed a magical performance alongside the Northern Orchestra. Joe and Helen have appeared at acclaimed international tastemaker events such as Canadian Music Week and Reeperbahn Festival, as well as......

March 11, 2021June 1, 2023

A Certain Ratio

About Formed in 1978 with a core line-up of Jez Kerr, Martin Moscrop and Donald Johnson, adding Tony Quigley, Denise Johnson and Matt Steele for touring and studio contributions, Manchester’s A Certain Ratio embraced the ethic and culture of the late seventies post-punk explosion, sounding like nothing else around them and refusing to fit in. ACR have released 10 albums throughout their career to date and add the 11th album in 2020 with ACR Loco, an eclectic yet cohesive record, moving seamlessly from the endlessly dreamy album opener ‘Friends Around Us’ to the infectious funk-strut of ‘Bouncy Bouncy’, via the poignantly beautiful ‘Always......