Just Jack tour dates announced
Just Jack
It’s been annouced that Just Jack will be touring the UK in early November, in support of his new record All Night Cinema. The dates will run as follows:
Soviet Disco, Stockton Ku Bar
Soviet Disco
September 25th 2009
If you’ve got it flaunt it – that’s the way to do it – and Soviet Disco, a relatively new band from the north-east are certainly having a crack.
Art Brut, London 229
Eddie Argos
September 12th 2009
Art Brut are like that special kind of old friend. You might not see them for ages, but the second you meet up with them again you get on like a house on fire. All the new stories come out and sit nicely with tales of yore, and you know you’re guaranteed a great time.
Lauren Laverne on the workings of the Mercury Prize
Lauren Laverne
Ever wondered exactly how the judging panel comes to its decision on the winner of the Barclaycard Mercury Prize? Muso’s Guide caught up with previous judge and current BBC presenter Lauren Laverne for the inside track just before the winner was revealed.
Exclusive The Horrors news from the Mercury Prize
Faris Badwan
We’ve got some exclusive news on The Horrors live from the Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2009!
Offset Festival (Saturday), Hainault Country Park
Offset Festival
September 5, 2009
So here we are again: the first weekend of September. An autumnal chill on the darker nights, and one of the last festivals of the summer – Offset, in a beautiful country park in Essex.
The Barclaycard Mercury Prize: who to put your money on
Barclaycard Mercury Prize
Our lovely writers at Muso’s are known to enjoy sticking 20p each way on the horses, and even for making some cash from betting on the annual Mercury Prize. So who are they tipping for the gong this year? Is Florence odds on favourite or are Kasabian going to kill it?
Two-tone legends The Beat to play The Rhythm Factory
The Beat
Yep, you read that right. The Beat, absolute pioneers of two-tone in the ’70s and ’80s, are headlining Whitechapel’s The Rhythm Factory on Friday 18th September.
The amazing Split Festival hits Sunderland
Split Festival
It’s no secret that the North East harbours some of the UK’s finest bands, and now the lucky people of Wearside are being treated to an all-day festival with a cracking line-up.
Give it, lose it, take it: Field Music three years on
Field Music
Summer brings with it an urgent need for ’60’s harmonies and dreamy melodies; the kind perfected by lovely Sunderland chappies Field Music. So we regurgitated our interview with David Brewis from the band, which was originally conducted in the summer of 2006.
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