After a summer featuring many tentish festival performances, a brief sojourn with the Olympic Flame (including the Hyde Park finale) allowed Little Comets to fondly represent the region from which they proudly descend, playing some truly special shows to throngs of gleeful north east indigenes.
With the leaves starting to line the paths with increasing determination, Little Comets remain equally committed to actually saying something in a song and convincing Taio Cruz that “plans” and “dance” is not acceptable as a rhyme. Little Comets (Robert Coles: vocals, Michael Coles: guitar,...
Stiff Little Fingers take things ‘up a gear’. The band will be touring the UK in March and are currently recording their as yet untitled 10th studio album set for release in 2013.
Stiff Little Fingers were formed in 1977 in Belfast, Ireland. Along with the likes of the Clash, Sex Pistols, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Sham 69, Stranglers, et al – Stiff Little Fingers were at the forefront of the punk movement. They wrote initially about their own lives, growing up at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, in songs like Suspect...
The first unsigned band ever to be booked for the Pyramind Stage at Glastonbury Festival, this indie-folk band have since headlined Hop Farm festival and many more.
The Oxford quartet are proud to announce they have completed the follow-up to 2010ʼs award winning album Beachcomberʼs Windowsill , which to date has sold over 75,000 copies in the UK.
Tales From Terra Firma is due for release in March 2013 and it marks a significant progression from Beachcomber both compositionally, instrumentally and, in particular, lyrically. While beaming with an undeniable sophistication,...
With a fresh six piece and 3 albums, Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure, drinking, love and life to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless pirates and black flies, Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with their infectious songs. The band have just returned from their first major UK tour spreading the Mad Dog word across the country, and what a tour it was, over 3000 tickets sold from The Isle of Sky to Lands End! With their acclaimed recent album The Whirling Dervish...
A poetry slam winner in his own right, singer/poet/rapper Dizraeli blends his rhymes with beatboxing from band member Bellatrix and a multi-instrumental 7 piece band who play a filed, melodic, unashamedly heartfelt reinvention of hiphop in a distinctly English style.
A double bill featuring two of the best new jazz bands in the UK: the jazz nominees for 2012s Mercury Music Prize and the Mobo Awards, Roller Trio and the extraordinary quartet, featuring the rhythm section from Portishead, Get The Blessing.
‘Dark, menacing, bass heavy – the new sound of the UK jazzzzzzzz!’ BBC 6 MUSIC
‘…mixes scorching rock with Ornette Coleman like sax and much more bedsides to thrilling effect…’ THE GUARDIAN
Asian Arts Agency presents the mesmerizing music and dance of the celebrated Dhoad Gypsies. From a rich musical legacy that spans seven generations, four brothers from the esteemed musical tribe caste of Rajasthan are at the centre of the group. Rajasthani music is respected for its emotion and unparalleled rhythmic speed and complexity. Evoking a trance-like state for the audience and performer alike, the Dhoad Gypsies embark on a rapturous journey with love, peace and honour at the centre of their lyrical message. Passionate and haunting, the group’s legendary stamina on stage combines...
A match made in heaven of Latin rhythms and ska music. A heady and highly danceable melting pot of mambo, ska, rhumba, reggae and son styles produces one of the most enjoyable and liberating concerts you’ll ever experience.
One of the UK’s most endearing psychedlic treasures. Robyn Hitchcock has recorded over 500 songs, solo and with The Soft Boys, The Egyptians and more recently The Venus 3.
Having recently supported Muse on their latest tour, the Welsh alternative rock band have a huge US following with the New York Times noting their ‘cryptic lyrics that glint with urgency’ and The NME having claimed lead singer Ritzy as ‘rock’s new heroine’.
‘You could compare The Joy Formidable’s sound to riding a rollercoaster: think dramatic holds followed by hurtling dips and dives that are a thrill to experience… the sharp timbre and Welsh twang of Bryan’s voice suggests Cerys Matthews gone grunge.’ THE GUARDIAN
‘A band that have ended up sounding stadium-ready by...
