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Raphael Saadiq will bring his blend of ‘old school’ 60s and 70s soul to London’s infamous Jazz Café on Monday 10th November where he will perform tracks from his forthcoming album ‘The Way I See It’. Listening to Raphael, you can imagine his songs being recorded thirty years ago with tracks that are as musically cohesive as soul music was, recorded…

The Lake Havasu-based rock quartet Blackmarket release their debut full length, The Elephant In The Room, on November 10 2008 through No Office Records. They will also play a one-off live show at The Metro in London on November 3rd before jetting off around Europe as main support act on The Subways’ tour.

The new album was written last year in their native Hull (where they organised a big Love Music Hate Racism festival) and New York when the young punk-popsters were living and gigging in the US. It came together against the backdrop of the weird tabloid life that guitarist Josh Hubbard was living. It was then demoed at the Charlatans studio in Che…

Chinese Democracy has finally arrived. One of the most highly anticipated albums in rock history, the long-awaited Chinese Democracy marks the first album of new material from Guns N’ Roses since 1991’s simultaneous release of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. With a frenzied energy, Guns N’ Roses arrived on the music scene in the mid-…

Having gigged relentlessly this year, supporting everyone from Justice to Gossip to their current partners on the road, Alphabeat, Das Pop have just confirmed their first ever UK headline tour. The 12 date tour starts next February and culminates in Das Pop’s biggest ever headline London show at the ICA. Das Pop will release a very limited 7 inch s…

Attack! Attack! Are already halfway into their set when I saunter into the room, and as I’ve only been listening to their CD (on repeat!) for 24 hours, I am quite excited to see what’s left of my new favourite band. The room isn’t full yet as not all of the Funeral For A Friend emo kids have made it inside yet (they’re probably still changing out o…

Velvet Kiss is the sound of 5 girls who met in extraordinary circumstances. They all appeared on the latest series of T4 reality tv show Shipwrecked, in which they spent 3 months marooned on an island in the South Pacific. After oozing charisma and sex appeal on the show, the girls now have their sights set on dominating the music charts this autu…

Earlier this year, Jonathan Ansell released his debut album which raced to the top of the classical charts, stormed into the pop charts at number 9, and established him as a major star. This autumn will see him add to his growing army of fans with the release of his stunning new album, Forever; he will also be appearing in two major nationwide tou…

Following September’s triumphant gig with thecocknbullkid and DELS, hush returns for the fourth gig in the series in the venue’s ornate, 200 capacity Elgar Room on 30th October. Teaming up with Chess Club, this months hush will feature live performances from Liverpool’s electro pop foursome Wave Machines and the much-hyped Micachu and the Shapes as…

Rebecca Bloomwood is a sweet and charming New York City girl who has a tiny, little problem that is rapidly turning into a big problem: she’s hopelessly addicted to shopping and drowning in a sea of debt. While Rebecca has dreams of working for a top fashion magazine, she can’t quite get her foot in the door that is, until she snags a job as an ad…