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we are a folk grunge band from Asheville, NC & Athens, ga!, Hiding Places The outfit is composed of Audrey Keelin Walsh, Nicholas Byrne, Henry Cutting and Anthony Cozzrelli, who all share writing and instrumentation responsibilities. Nicholas, Audrey, and Henry met while studying at UNC Chapel Hill.

Hiding Places Band, Released on: 2022-09-23

All beginnings start with a name. And so, in October 1989, Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock, Damon Minchella and Oscar Harrison sat down together, chose their three favourite words, arranged them in a satisfactory order and became Ocean Colour Scene. A year later, they recorded their debut single ‘One Of Those Days’ and within months had a first taste of chart action with a third single ‘Yesterday Today’. Nevertheless, mainstream success would prove to be a trickier proposition. After a clutch of underperforming single releases, their record label, Fontana, dropped the band.

There followed a three year hiatus and a difficult period of self-examination. When the band re-emerged, they had reinvented themselves and faced the music industry guns blazing. In February 1996, ‘The Riverboat Song’ smashed into the UK chart and trail blazed six consecutive top ten hits. Backed by the triple platinum selling “Moseley Shoals” and the number one album “Marchin’ Already“, Ocean Colour Scene became one of the hottest bands in the country, as the hits kept rolling.

Thirty-five years on, and Ocean Colour Scene are still together: making music and regularly selling out huge concert halls across the country. They have the support of an extraordinarily dedicated and loyal fan base who cherish their music and hold close to their hearts a lifetime of memories supporting the group. Yet Ocean Colour Scene have never been popular with the music press. They are frequently overlooked for the key role they played in the nineties music scene. They were, and still are, subjected to derision and scorn. It matters not. Ocean Colour Scene did it their way. Standing firm by their music. They became the people’s band. They believe in the soul of bass, drum and guitar rhythm. They exude melody. And they stand amongst the finest purveyors of the stirring sounds of a live concert. Each of the band has a passion to transcend everyday mundanity with music. And most of all they believe, as they always have, that one song can elevate the spirit and enrich the human experience.

Demon Music kick off an Ocean Colour Scene reissue campaign with Yesterday Today 1992-2018, a massive 15CD box set.

The large format package Includes all 10 of their studio albums. They are: Ocean Colour Scene (1992), Moseley Shoals (1996), Marchin’ Already (1997), One For The Modern (1999) , Mechanical Wonder (2001), North Atlantic Drift (2003), A Hyperactive Workout For The Flying Squad (2005), On The Leyline (2007), Saturday (2010), and Painting (2013).  

Additionally, there’s five bonus discs featuring a very large selection of B-sides and rarities including the Free inspired ‘So Sad’ and ‘Men Of Such Opinion’, ‘Huckleberry Grove’ featuring the Jamaican ska legend Rico Rodriguez, and the more sedate ballads ‘Robin Hood’, ‘I Need A Love Song’ and ‘Mrs Jones’ and a cover of ‘Day Tripper’, featuring Noel and Liam Gallagher. The package offers 230 tracks in total.

The box set comes with a 72-page hardback book, with in-depth essay from award winning author Daniel Rachel depicting the rise of Ocean Colour Scene from the inside. The book includes photographs from Ocean Colour Scene photographers Lawrence Watson and Tony Briggs, many previously unseen.  

A limited edition, 5LP coloured vinyl collection with the same name will be released at the same time. Smaller in scale, this simply offers the band’s first three studio albums Ocean Colour Scene, Moseley Shoals (2LP)and Marchin’ Already (2LP).

Both sets will be released on 24 February 2022 via Edsel/Demon Records and the label promises a “year-long” campaign marking 30 years of the band.

The Rolling Stones’ guest-filled 50th anniversary December 15th, 2012 concert at The Prudential Center in Newark will be released as a live album and DVD titled “GRRR Live!“, released February 10th. Joining the Stones on different songs are Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, The Black Keys, Gary Clark Jr. and John Mayer, and former Stones member Mick Taylor.

From the announcement: The Rolling Stones celebrated their golden anniversary in 2012 and 2013 by embarking on the 50 & Counting Tour, a 30-show itinerary for North America and Europe. On December. 15th, 2012, the band took the stage at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center for the final of four shows in the New York area. Featuring guest appearances by Mick Taylor (“Midnight Rambler”), The Black Keys (“Who Do You Love?”), Gary Clark Jr and John Mayer (“Going Down”), Lady Gaga (“Gimme Shelter”), and hometown hero Bruce Springsteen (“Tumbling Dice”), the concert proved to be one of the most memorable shows in the band’s history.

Since its original airing on pay-per-view in 2012, this show has not been available since. 

Billed officially as “the ultimate live greatest hits album,” GRR Live! aims to be just that: Some of the biggest and most celebrated hits from the vaunted catalog of the Rolling Stones over the years.

The show will be released in three-LP vinyl, two-CD, DVD + 2CD and Blu-ray + 2CD versions.

The concert was available as pay-per-view special in 2012 but has been re-edited and remixed for this release. Three bonus songs from the December 13th concert, 2012 concert at The Prudential Center — including “Respectable” (with Mayer), “Around and Around” and “Gimme Shelter” — will be available in the DVD and Blu-ray packages.

AMC hail from San Francisco and were one of the greatest bands in the world. Formed in 1982 by Mark Eitzel, Danny Pearson and Vudi joining shortly after with their first lp “Restless Stranger” in 1985, followed by “Engine”, “California”, “United Kingdom” all produced by Tom Mallon. “Everclear”, “Mercury”,”San Francisco” all followed before breaking up in ’94. Reunited for “Love Songs For Patriots” & “The Golden Age”. 

From AMCs 2005 UK tour with Mark Eitzel (vocals/guitar), Vudi (guitar/vocals), Danny Pearson (bass/vocals), Tim Mooney (drums) and Jason Borger (keys)

released March 5th, 2021

Blaenavon’s Ben Gregory has released his soaring debut solo single, which was produced by The Mystery Jets’ Blaine Harrison. “deathbed hangover is about the self-destructive tendency of total immersion in entertainment,” says Ben. “My brain has the consistency of mushy peas because my telephone is so seductive. I tried to play this against more traditional fears of aggressive technological expansion: communities moving underground in a Wellsian nightmare.

The laptop-screen light is our never-setting sun, which I think is accidentally a Mr. Burns reference. I recorded this song during lockdown after hard-binging Watchmen (2019) and finding Reznor/Ross’ soundtrack overwhelmingly beautiful. I hope I referenced some of that in a decent light. (Bear in mind I am just a guitarist randomly mashing computer keys.)

Interesting fact: The demo of this song was always labelled ‘(unmixable version)’. I like to think the original chaos carries through, but Blaine (Producer) and Matt (Engineer, Mixer) managed to make a version that verges on listenable.

Not a cover of Lee Greenwood’s schmaltzy, jingoistic 1984 hit, this original by The Men offers a different look at our country. “I woke up with this melody in my head, went into the kitchen and grabbed my guitar amidst constant infuriating headlines and a lot of Chuck Berry and Eddie Cochran,” says Nick Chiericozzi. “It’s not a statement on anyone or anything in particular – at the end of the day, it’s all going down in flames.” This is from The Men’s upcoming album “New York City“.

We’re dead excited to announce that Brooklyn institution The Men are returning with their ninth studio album, ‘New York City’ The record is out February 3rd and the band have already shared the incendiary lead single, ‘Hard Livin”

“These songs became the blood of the band as the band could only exist for and of these songs. Without making this record, the group would not exist, so there really wasn’t another option. NYC is fluid. It means a lot of different things to all kinds of people. We present the record in that spirit.”

A series of cuts played live and recorded to 2″ tape, ‘New York City’ marks a return to the more scuzzy and abrasive punk ploughed over their decade and a half spent coursing through the grimy sewers of NYC. There are exclusive vinyl editions available to pre-order from Rough Trade, LEVITATION and the Fuzz Club store

‘God Bless The USA’ is lifted from The Men’s new album ‘New York City’, out February 3rd 2023 on Fuzz Club Records.

Brighton UK’s Piglet release the seven songs EP this week and here’s a sneak peak, “discreet,” and its music video. “best pal Toby Evans-Jesra made what I feel is a perfectly fitting accompaniment to the track without us even really discussing ideas,” says Piglet. “cant wait to release the rest of these songs , they’ve been through so many versions over the last couple years but I feel they really reached their final forms over this summer. This is the first release I’ve done where I’ve felt the songs were completely finished and the best I could make them , I hope they sound like that to you too :)”

‘Seven Songs’ EP out 2nd dec

Quirky powerpop artist Mo Troper has put his spin on this classic by Big Star’s Chris Bell. He plays it pretty straight but does a nice job with it.

originally written / recorded / performed by Chris Bell

released November 29th, 2022
all instruments performed by Mo Troper.

London’s trio Pozi have previously made arresting music – using only drums, bass, violin and voice — that rubs you like sandpaper, or at least that bit of sand in an oyster that ends up a pearl. On “Slightly Shaking Cells,” their first new music in a year, they are flirting with a friendlier approach that you could call danceable in an early-’80s postpunk kind of way. (Think The Slits or even Tom Tom Club.)  It’s still coming at you from Dutch angles, but the rhythms, bouncing in tandem with the violin and Rosa Brook’s vocals, is very enticing.

Pozi come steeped in the lineage of the very best weirdo British indie pop. The trio of drummer/vocalist Burroughs, violinist/vocalist Rosa Brook and bassist/vocalist Tom Jones have a skittish, restless, almost anxious energy. New track ‘Slightly Shaking Cells’ acknowledges the disappointment that comes with the realisation you are ageing, but counters this with the argument that time brings knowledge of your own mind. “This song is inspired by figures such as Boudica, Cleopatra and Xena the Warrior Princess, and the kind of immortality you can create through believing in your own strength.

The song then switches to someone admiring another person from afar, zooming into everyday existence away from matters of life and death.”

It’s wild to think that Gina Birch of The Raincoats is only just now releasing her first solo album at age 67. If this song is any indication, she’s been saving up a lot of good stuff over the last 40 years. “I Wish I Was You” has a distinct ’90s alt-rock energy that is amplified by Thurston Moore’s guitarwork. Birch brings her own unique style and voice, of course, and producer Youth help her make it soar with an irresistible chorus.

London-based Gina Birch began her storied career in music in 1977 when she formed the feminist punk band The Raincoats with fellow Hornsey School of Art student, Ana da Silva. Gina and Ana witnessed an early performance by The Slits and although neither of them knew how to play any instruments, they knew they had to start a band. Just months after they picked up their instruments they were on stage doing their thing around London and the UK in the fledgling and groundbreaking punk rock scene. The Raincoats quickly developed a large and loyal group of fans and supporters, among them Red Krayola, Swell Maps and Geoff Travis and his new record label, Rough Trade. The Raincoats went on to record 3 albums for Rough Trade that are frequently found on lists of the most important records of the punk rock era and are still name checked as influences by artists today.

Originally, The Raincoats broke up in 1984 but were talked into reforming in 1994 when Kurt Cobain asked them to go on tour in support of Nirvana (sadly, that never happened). With a renewed interest in the band led by Kurt and Kim Gordon, The Raincoats records were reissued with liner notes by Kurt and Kim themselves. Worldwide tours and a brand new 4th album on DGC resulted in 1996. The Raincoats still perform today for special events and have started their own record label, We Three Records, to handle their back catalogue.

Gina is a respected painter, a celebrated filmmaker and video director (directing videos for The Libertines and New Order to name a few) and is a mother of 2 wonderful daughters. She has formed and fronted the band Dorothy and The Hangovers.

In September of 2021, Gina released her first ever solo single, “Feminist Song”, on Third Man Records in celebration of the opening of their brand new London location. In February of 2023, Third Man Records will release Gina’s brand new and first ever solo full length album, “I Play My Bass Loud”, recorded by Martin “Youth” Glover from Killing Joke and featuring Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth.

Taken from Gina Birch’s album ‘I Play My Bass Loud’ (out 24th February 2023 on Third Man Records).