Band Weblogs

“New Folk Hero” - The Times. Seth Lakeman, the West Country born singer and songwriter credited with bringing folk music to a whole new audience since his 2005 Mercury nominated debut, ‘Kitty Jay’ …

Cage The Elephant just released their self titled debut album on Monday (Relentless Records / DSP) and now they’re set to appear on Zane Lowe, Radio 1 in session at Maida Vale tonight (June 25) …

BBC’s Radio 1 just world premired The Verve’s new single “Love Is Noise” last night. Here’s the quote: “30 seconds in and I’m blown away” - Zane Lowe ..

Folk-punk legends The Levellers are headlining the Glastonbury Festival’s Left Field Anti-Slavery night on the Thursday, making them the first headline band to play the festival in 2008 …

Fast becoming a Glastonbury regular, James Blunt has announced he will play the festival for the third time this Summer. With album sales in excess of 14 million, Blunt is the most successful singer songwriter of his generation and a captivating live performer.
James will be on the Pyramid stage at 4PM on Saturday June 28th, [...]

Following a special one off date last Autumn, American sensation John Mayer returns to the UK for a series of must-see dates. The hugely talented guitarist, singer and songwriter …

With some acts on the Glastonbury Festival 2008 lineup having just been revealed and ticket registration opening up, Paul Stokes, News Editor at NME Magazine, has started a new online debate on this world famous festival …

Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello are set to release their latest album, ‘Super Taranta’ July 10th 2007. I watched Gogol Bordello’s televised Glastonbury 2007 performance and thought they were great. They put on an amazing show - one that you can’t turn away from when watching as there’s so much going on …

The Coral are set to release their latest single, “Who’s Gonna Find Me” on July 30th 2007 in the UK. “Who’s Gonna Find Me” is the first single off of their fourth studio album ‘Roots and Echos’ out on August 6th.
After their recent stint at Glastonbury, the timing couldn’t be better for The Coral to [...]

Something tells me that I’m not the only one who wants to follow Tinariwen into the Sahara desert after watching and listening to them play their mesmerizing and tranquil music. It’s almost as if some spell comes over me and suddenly my current life doesn’t matter any more and I want to explore their world with them. I don’t think I’ve ever had that feeling with a band before …

Glastonbury 2007 Saturday night headliner Iggy Pop and The Stooges along with bass player Mike Watt from the Minutemen put on a memorable performance that completely took me by surprise.
Who would have thought that a 60 year old performer could upstage Glastonbury acts young enough to be his great-grandchildren? Iggy Pop can move on stage. [...]

Members from Scottish band Biffy Clyro have been playing music together since 1995, releasing their debut album, ‘Blackened Sky‘ in 2002. With a steadily growing fan base and after releasing their fourth album ‘Puzzle’ this month, which entered the UK charts at number 2, it looks like their hard work is beginning to pay [...]

The Killers have recorded their version of Dire Straits’ “Romeo and Juliet” at Abbey Road Studios, which was just aired on Channel 4 in the UK. I heard it on the radio and was a bit surprised because at one point rumor had been going around that Razorlight was going to cover the song, which [...]

After taking a year off, there seems to be even more of a sense of anticipation in the air than usual surrounding the upcoming Glastonbury Festival which will be taking place in Glastonbury, England on June 22-24, 2007.
So far Chumbawamba has been confirmed to play and now the NME has managed to get festival founder [...]