Glasgow's legendary R&B combo, The Five Aces, are sadly calling it a day. But don't despair, there's a final farewell gig on Saturday 28th August 2010. In conjunction with Friday Street (who will be providing DJ support), the band play at The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 7DA. Doors […]
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Merc forthcoming instore gigs
If you happen to be in the area, Merc on Carnaby Steet has some decent bands playing instore gigs in the near future. All the gigs are on Friday nights and some of the names have been featured on this site previously in our new bands section. That includes Thee […]
Spotify playlist: Humble Hammond
The Hammond organ, created by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and a mainstay in popular music since the 1950s. So here we have a Spotify playlist that celebrates it – Humble Hammond. From the 60s to (more or less) the present day, but missing out the prog and metal bands. So […]
PorTables – vinyl-inspired tableware
You may know Kavel Rafferty for her club flyers or if you were around, the sleeves of the free CDs we gave away for the Modculture Outta Sight club night amongst many other higher profile things. Well, she has now teamed up with Ella Doran to make PorTables. The new collection […]
Complete Introduction to Chess box
With very little fanfare, A Complete Introduction To Chess has ghosted out as a 4-CD boxset from today. In fact, we know very little about it aside from the fact that is is available, it is over those 4 CDs and it features 100 tracks from the Chess back catalogue, […]
Miles Davis Bitches Brew beer
One for the jazz heads out there, with Bitches Brew by Miles Davis now turned into a beer by Dogfish Head. It's a potent little number, described as 'a bold, dark beer that's a fusion of three threads imperial stout and one thread honey beer with gesho root, coming in […]
The Like to tour the UK
We featured The Like a while back in our new bands section, when we were intrigued by the 60s-inspired girl band's He's Not A Boy video. Well, if you liked that's there's a number of tour dates on the band's MySpace page, including a number in the UK. Those dates […]
The Godfathers 25th anniversary gig
The Godfathers have announced a 25th Anniversary show at 100 Club, London, with special guests The Fabulous Penetrators The cult Brit garage band are celebrating 25 years since their formation in ’85 with a very special birthday show on Thursday June 17th – the exact date of the band’s first ever […]
