Tegan and Sara return with the October 26th release of their new album ‘Sainthood’ on Vapor / Sire / Warner Bros. Records. The album follows their acclaimed 2007 album ‘The Con’ that won praise from publications including The Guardian, NME, Observer Music Monthly and Time Out. The duo will follow the album’s release with three UK dates in November. Tegan and Sara recorded ‘Sainthood’ at Sound City, Los Angeles and Seattle’s Two Sticks. Production was handled by Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla with Howard Redekopp and Dave Sardy (Oasis, The Ting Tings) on mixing duties. ‘Sainthood’ addresses secular (Read more…)

The mighty Feeder will be headlining the main stage at this year’s Hevy Music Festival, topping an awesome line-up also featuring Ash, Gary Numan, Hundred Reasons, The Blackout (replacing Kids In Glass Houses), Attack! Attack!, Sonic Boom Six and In Case Of Fire.

Cancer Bats headline the second stage, following We Are The Ocean, The Ghost Of A Thousand (replacing Flood Of Red), The Xcerts, Heartbreak, SHARKS, Farewell City, Mexico Fallz and After The Ordeal.

Finally, LightsGoBlue headline our local talent showcase on the Hevy Music Festival’s third stage, following More Than Normal, Amber Room, One Day Elliott, Elephants, The Startover, Kingskin, and Eleven Eleven.

The event, in its first year is run by two 22year olds, and is a mammoth acheivement with the acts involved - and part of the regeneration of Folkestone. This at a time when money is so tight in the Credit Crunch, and where the Music industry particulary is in the press with question marks over its future due to illegal downloads etc, puts this as a very topical story in many lights.

For full details please visit www.hevy.co.uk