Album review : Moira Stewart -  Sweetness, Yes!  (Distraction Records)
Here’s an album to put a smile on your face.  Sweetness, Yes! the new release from Wallsend  electro-poppers Moira Stewart is a joyful mix of 80’s synths, indie guitars and quirky sampling.  At times they sound a lot like New Order’s younger, happier brothers - a [...]

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 Radio One DJ Zane Lowe’s excellent programme Masterpieces, starts a second series next week. The show takes albums that Lowe considers to be masterpieces and profiles them on air.
The series comprises of four episodes that will start on Monday March 31st at 7-9pm. The first programme will  feature Radiohead’s OK Computer, a great choice in [...]

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Should The Rolling Stones want to play at Blackpool ever again, they will be free to do so, after a ban on the group was lifted after forty four years.
The Stones last played at the British seaside town in 1964, and were promptly banned from ever appearing there again, after the show led to fifty [...]

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Former Smiths frontman Morrissey will headline at the forthcoming O2 wireless festival at Hyde Park, on the first night, Friday July 4th.
Joining Morrissey will be Americas finest, Beck, with support from The Nationals.
Morrissey was in fine form as he discussed the show, saying:
“I am honoured to be asked to headline on July 4th, marking my [...]

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The Raconteurs will release their second album, Consolers Of The Lonely, on Tuesday March 25th and available globally in all formats to discourage pre-release illegal downloading.
Consolers Of The Lonely will be the The Raconteurs much anticipated follow up to their critically acclaimed 2006 debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers.
The track Salute Your Solution will be released [...]

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