Lovvers release debut LP
Published By newsdesk On Friday, August 14th 2009. Under Releases Tags: ABE VIGODA, Awesome Color, Barden’s Boudoir, Black Lips, Bodega Social, Brutal Knights, Butthole Surfers, Captain’s Rest, Edinburgh, F*cked Up, Glasgow, Go Go Girls, Jay Reatard, Kerrang, Leeds, Leeds Festival, London, Lovvers, Mika Miko, Nation of Shopkeepers, NME, No Age, Nottingham, Pure Groove Instore, Reading Festival, Sneaky Pete’s, The Strange Boys, Times New Viking, Wichita Records
Lovvers are a strange mix of music’s forgotten / blank generation, re-calling the spirit of Darby Crashes’ Germs, the weirdness of Flipper, Wipers style pop and the careless attitude of The Replacements; at one show a girl was so confused / annoyed that she wrote to KERRANG! describing this music ... Read More
Anvil to sign DVD at HMV
Published By newsdesk On Tuesday, June 9th 2009. Under Music News Tags: Jonathan Ross, Kerrang, Robb Reiner, Steve 'Lips' Kudlow
Fans of the critically acclaimed movie, 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil’ get the chance to meet stars of the film and metal demi-gods , Steve 'Lips' Kudlow and Robb Reiner, when they visit HMV’s flagship Oxford Street store on Tuesday 16th June 2009 for a signing session to launch the ... Read More
Jack Penate and That Petrol Emotion join T in the Park
Published By newsdesk On Saturday, May 23rd 2009. Under Gigs & Tickets Tags: Bloc Party, Factory Records, Friendly Fires, Jack Peñate, Kerrang, MTV, NME Stage, Radio 1, T In The Park, That Petrol Emotion
Jack Peñate is back and will be playing the Futures Stage at T in the Park on Sunday 12th July. For his second album he decided to rip it up and start again and the offering 'Everything Is New’ is just that. Produced by one of the hottest British production ... Read More
The Xcerts plans for their next single
Published By newsdesk On Friday, May 8th 2009. Under Gigs & Tickets, Releases Tags: Aberdeen, Bat for Lashes, BIFFY CLYRO, BRAKES, Bright Eyes, Brighton, Cage The Elephant, Dave Eringa, Exeter, exile, FIGHT LIKE APES, Get Cape.Wear Cape, Idlewild, iTunes, Jimmy Eat World, Jordan Smith, Kerrang, major DSPs, Make Model, Manic Street Preachers, MTV2, Murray MacLeod, Radio 1, Rock Sound, school ‘emo’ bands, Shikari, Steve Lamacq, The Xcerts, Tom Heron, XFM, Xtra Mile Recordings
THE XCERTS’ story began around the turn of the century when then 13-year-olds Murray MacLeod (vocals, guitar) and Jordan Smith (bass, vocals) met in the headmaster’s office of their school in Aberdeen. In 2006 they relocated to Brighton and met drummer and Exeter exile Tom Heron, where the line-up of ... Read More
Fightstar head for the top
Published By newsdesk On Monday, March 30th 2009. Under Releases Tags: 5:19 show, BBC, Fightstar, Kerrang, Mercury Summer, MTV, Scuzz TV, single of the week, XFM
Fightstar’s new single 'Mercury Summer’ has just been moved up to the Radio 1 A list. The single has also been playlisted on XFM daytime and is Kerrang! radio’s current single of the week. 'Mercury Summer’ also remains at number 1 on the MTV 2 MySpace chart (for the second ... Read More
Stereophonics confirm TCT
Published By newsdesk On Tuesday, March 24th 2009. Under Gigs & Tickets Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Bullet For My Valentine, Dan Smith, Fightstar, Florence and the Machine, ightstar, In Case of Fire, Jack Whitehall, James Corden, Jamie Morrison, Karima Francis., Kasabian, Kerrang, Mathew Horne, Nick Mohammed, Noel Fielding, Noisettes, Sean Lock, Shingai Shoniwa, Stereophonics, the Noisettes
The full line up for the sold out show for Teenage Cancer Trust on Thursday 26 March 2024 is announced today as Stereophonics, Noisettes and Karima Francis.
London based, three piece band the Noisettes have been together for over 3 years with Dan Smith on lead guitar/vocals, Shingai Shoniwa on vocals/bass ... Read More
The Xcerts to play Loch Ness
Published By newsdesk On Monday, March 23rd 2009. Under festivals Tags: Bat for Lashes, Biff Clyro, BRAKES, Cage The Elephant, Dave Eringa, Drowned in Sound, Feeder, Feeder and Fight Like Apes, Fighting with Wire, Future Of The Left, Get Cape, Get Cape.Wear Cape. Fly, Idlewild, Jordan Smith, Kerrang, Make Model, Manic Street Preachers, MTV2, Murray MacLeod, Radio 1, Rock Sound, Shikari, Steve Lamacq, The Xcerts, Tom Heron, Twin Atlantic, Wear Cape. Fly, XFM
Play In-store Tour and hit Loch Ness for the Release of 'In the Cold Wind We Smile’! Hot on the heels of the release of their mighty, anthemic single 'Crisis in the Slow Lane’ The Xcerts can now confirm that they will be embarking on an in-store tour the week ... Read More
The Xcerts release ‘Crisis in the Slow Lane’
Published By newsdesk On Wednesday, March 18th 2009. Under Gigs & Tickets, Releases Tags: Biff Clyro, Bright Eyes, Dave Eringa, Feeder, FIGHT LIKE APES, Get Cape, Idlewild, Jimmy Eat World, Jordan Smith, Kerrang, Manic Street Preachers, MTV2, Murray MacLeod, Nessie, Radio 1, Rock Sound, Steve Lamacq, The Xcerts, Tom Heron, Twin Atlantic, Wear Cape. Fly, XFM
THE XCERTS’ story began around the turn of the century when then 13-year-olds Murray MacLeod (vocals, guitar) and Jordan Smith (bass, vocals) met in the headmaster’s office of their school in Aberdeen. In 2006 they relocated to Brighton and met drummer and Exeter exile Tom Heron, where the line-up of ... Read More
You Me At Six to headline Slam Dunk
Published By newsdesk On Sunday, March 15th 2009. Under Biography, festivals Tags: Anti Flag, Best British Newcomer, Cobra Starship, Colchester Arts Centre, Death Can Dance, Elliot Minor, Have A Getaway., HEXES, Hundred Reasons, In Case of Fire, Kerrang, Kerrang magazine, NME, pop-rock favourites, Saosin, Sing It Loud, Slam Dunk festival, Slam Dunk Records, The Blackout, The Ghost Of A Thousand, THE KING BLUES, We Are The Ocean, We The Kings, You Me At Six
You Me At Six is set to headline this year’s Slam Dunk Festival at Leeds University on Bank Holiday Sunday, May 24. After their electrifying set in 2008 and their rise as pop-rock favourites in the UK, the Surrey quintet were asked to return and headline the one-day festival by ... Read More