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The Marés Vivas TMN fest was celebrating this year its 10º edition so the organization decided to have 4 days of “party” instead of the usual 3. For those of you who don’t know this Portuguese festival and are too lazy to see my other poor reviews here’s what you need to know: this summer fest happens in the north of Portugal, in the other side of the Douro River, in a city called Gaia. It’s one of the biggest and cheapest festivals in Portugal if not the Cheaper (4 day ticket costing between 50€ and 60€).This festival always hosts a great variety of musical styles: Indie rock, Punk, Goth rock, pop, garage rock, funk, soul and Portuguese music as well. They’re also known for bringing top bands from the 80’s and 90’s which ultimately joins groups of all ages.

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The British IBM released a brand new single and video this week to celebrate the founding of Intel, (18th July 1968)… Formed by retro enthusiast and singer-songwriter Adrian Killens, The British IBM combine nerdy delights – indie rock and vintage computing.

Even though some songs are loosely based on ”retro computing” themes, these aren’t the comedy or chip tune type band with in your face songs about micro chips and commodore 64s etc.. The songs are more about the human story of what goes on behind the screens.

Adrian says – ‘I’m a bit obsessed with retro computing. I saw a film called Micro Men, set in Cambridge in the late seventies and early eighties. It’s based on the rise and fall of the two Cambridge computer companies; Sinclair and Acorn...

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”self-effacing slack isn’t exactly having a tough time of it right now, but few do it with Catt’s awkward charm and tunefulness” – Crack In The Road

“Having come to this with no prior knowledge I’ve found it to be thoroughly refreshing and packed full of brilliant moments” – Muso’s Guide

“This music has that kind of laid-back, slightly arched-eyebrow feel, a fine fine band who no-one really seems to know enough about” – Song By Toad

O, Weirdo is another slacker gem from Fantasy Rainbow, the one man / three man / four man (it really does depend on the day) indie troupe from Manchester led by Oliver Catt, and the first to be released on the increasingly excellent Heist Or Hit...

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ALBUM TEASER TRAILER AVAILABLE NOW

Barsuk Records is excited to announce that Menomena will release their new album, Moms, on September 18, 2012 in the US and on October 8 in the UK. Moms is the Portland-based band’s fifth, and their first as a duo. A teaser trailer for the album (featuring a guest appearance by an indie-rock pug) is available below. In support of Moms, Menomena will embark on a North American headlining tour in Autumn, followed by dates in Europe and an appearance at the revered All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in the UK. Those tour dates are listed below.

During the last decade, Menomena has become its own reference point...

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Newport’s The Boy Royals reveal a brand new video for their forthcoming single, People Like Us.

Set for release on August 13th through Require Records, The Boy Royals have already gained support from numerous BBC Radio 1 and 6 music DJ’s, with their previous single ‘Teenage Sky’. Steve Lamacq chose them as his ‘New Favourite Band’ whilst Huw Stephens selected their single to be his ‘Next Hype’.

You can view the video here: http://tinyurl.com/d5xeq43

Alex Nash, vocalist / guitarist, said “People Like Us is about your every day person making the most of what they have. Everyone has their small perks in life that pick you up. As the lyric goes, It’s the little things that can make us live forever. People like me, people like you, people like us.”

The Boy Royals will ...

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Scottish songstress Anna MacDonald has announced a free MP3 – Naj’s Song. A multi-instrumentalist, she plays the piano, guitar and clarsach, which she beautifully intertwines with Scots, English and Gaelic songs.

Naj’s Song is from her forthcoming Paper Flowers EP (August 16th, Firebeach Records) and is available to download here:

http://soundcloud.com/prescription-pr/anna-madonald-najs-song

For more information on Anna MacDonald please visit www.annamacdonaldmusic.com

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Universal Music Catalogue is scheduled to release Electric Eden, a new compilation, hand-picked by author and journalist Rob Young, on August 20th 2012. The two disc set is designed to serve as a companion to Young’s highly acclaimed book Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music which was published by Faber & Faber in 2010.

Just as the book mapped out a native British musical voice that reflected the complex relationships between town and country, progress and nostalgia, radicalism and conservatism, so too does this compilation.

It’s a veritable connoisseur’s choice of folk music which collects together such diverse artists as Archie Fisher, Meic Stevens, Bill Fay, Comus, and Mick Softley, even David Bowie – alongside the more expected names such as Bert Jansch, Richard Th...

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On September 17th 2012 INXS will be celebrating the 25th year anniversary of ‘KICK’ by releasing special Deluxe, Super Deluxe and Digital versions of this landmark album. The Super Deluxe Edition will feature amazing unseen personal home movie documentary footage. A taster of this footage is hosted here..
http://petrolelectric.com/kickhomevideo/
Released in 1987, ‘KICK’ propelled INXS to a new level, cementing their reputation and firmly establishing the band as a force to be reckoned with worldwide. Kick changed everything, becoming a slow-burning phenomenon that thanks to its trailblazing lead single, ‘Need You Tonight’, broke out around the world over the next 18 months...

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Det blev av till slut efter mycket osäkerhet, Masters Of Rock Festivalen 2012. Anledningen till att det var så osäkert om det skulle bli av var pga att jag drog på mig hög feber sista dagen på Roskilde och låg sjuk några dagar efter det. Så att ta tåg som jag hade tänkt var bara att glömma. Då skule jag inte
hinna dit förrän festivalen nästan var slut. Det fick bli Ryan Air från Malmö till Wroclaw i Polen istället och sedan tåg därifrån till Tjeckien där festivalen var. Missade tyvärr hela första dagen eftersom det tog sin tid från flygplatsen i Wroclaw...

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Frontiers/Bam

14 albums into his solo career, 19 with other bands/projects and a lot of guest spots under his belts Jorn Lande is a heavy metal phenomenon of his time. If born in the eighties he would have been bathing in dollars… But this is the wrong decade, so sales of more than 2 million albums is an achievement. Alas the quality of his releases seems to be on the vane, at least with the previous outings that has since 2009 only been one studio album, the others being two live albums, one greatest hits and one DIO tribute. Until now!

Opener “My Road” is a short half-song, not an intro not a full song – not all that entertaining as it never develops. The title track is same old from JORN and the “ok-tag” is very frequent during my listening sessions...