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Archive for the ‘Alternative’ Category

March 21st, 2008

The Futureheads Tour Tickets On Sale Now

The Futureheads are one of my favourite British bands of recent years, but one who haven’t really got the recognition they deserve.
Apart from having a top ten hit with a cover of the Kate Bush classic Hounds Of Love in 2005, the Sunderland band have had to make do with being on the fringes […]

By User ImageDave Parrack -- 1 comment

March 19th, 2008

Radiohead Honoured With Four Hour Long Remix Of Videotape - Pointless Or Art?

How big a Radiohead fan are you? Could you sit through a four hour video remix of just one of their songs? I hope so, as that is exactly what serial remixer James Rutledge is planning to release.
Radiohead have been one of the most innovative, creative and experimental British bands over the last few years.
From […]

By User ImageDave Parrack -- 0 comments

March 11th, 2008

Radiohead To Play Free London Gig In April

Radiohead, one of the best British bands of all time, have announced they will be playing a free one-off gig for BBC Radio 2 in April.
According to NME, the gig will be held at the BBC’s Radio Theatre, which is in London’s Broadcasting House, on April 1st.
There is sure to be a rush for tickets […]

By User ImageDave Parrack -- 0 comments

January 9th, 2008

Radiohead Reveal Cities They’ll Be Playing On Upcoming North American Tour

After the success of the physical release of new album In Rainbows in the States, which has reached number one in the charts, Radiohead have added some details to their upcoming North American tour.
Although no venues or dates have yet been revealed or even decided on, the band have let it be known which cities […]

By User ImageDave Parrack -- 0 comments

November 22nd, 2007

Radiohead Discuss ‘In Rainbows’ Theories & Thom Yorke Paid Nothing To Download It!

Radiohead, or at least portion of them (Thom and Ed) were interviewed by Steve Lamacq at BBC6 Music on Monday. They spoke about the new album ‘In Rainbows’, and various theories surrounding it.
We also heard Thom talk about his solo effort, and his plans for the future. Most intriguingly, Thom revealed that, like so […]

By User ImageDave Parrack -- 0 comments

November 20th, 2007

100 Guilty Pleasures From Around The b5 Music Channel… How Embarrassing!

Yesterday, a few of the bloggers here on the b5 music channel decided we couldn’t hold it in any longer, and the time was ripe to embarrass ourselves. So we each revealed our top ten guilty pleasures, those songs which although we love, know most people think suck.

You’ve read my post, which contained ten British […]

By User ImageDave Parrack -- 1 comment

November 18th, 2007

Radiohead Reveal Artwork For ‘In Rainbows’ Physical CD Release… Shut Up Lily Allen

At the beginning of October, Radiohead rocked the music industry by offering their new album ‘In Rainbows’ as a download only, and allowing the fans to pay what they wanted for it. If that meant 10p then so be it, although most people tended to pay more like £4 for it.
Now they have announced […]

By User ImageDave Parrack -- 1 comment

November 5th, 2007

Amy Winehouse & Pete Doherty Have Diversely Different MTV EMA Experiences…

The MTV European Music Awards ceremony took place last week, and reports have emerged since that two British stars had wildly different experiences at the event.
Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty (with his band Babyshambles) were both in attendance, but while one of the renowned drug addicts had a great time, and seemed to make some […]

By User ImageDave Parrack -- 1 comment

October 28th, 2007

Led Zeppelin Fan Strips Naked For Tickets

There are a host of disappointed Led Zeppelin fans who failed to secure one of the 20,000 tickets available for their reunion show at the London 02 Arena November 26th.
Some have been desperate enough to go searching on eBay for tickets which are going for many times more than the already steep face value price. […]

By User ImageDave Parrack -- 1 comment

October 26th, 2007

Bloc Party - Flux | Single & Video Review

Bloc Party are one of my favourite bands in the world, so whenever I hear they have a new single coming out, I get as excited as a kitten with a ball of wool, just not quite as cute looking.

This song, called Flux, is being released on November 12th and will be on the new […]

By User ImageDave Parrack -- 4 comments