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Steve Winwood released his second solo album, ”Arc of a diver” in December 1980. A multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, he recorded everything on the album himself. On its release the album peaked at number 13 in the album charts and managed a very respectable 20 weeks in the chart.
It’s a real classic album that has comfortably stood the test of time – listening to it now it’s still stunningly good. It’s only fitting then that Universal have decided to give it the Deluxe Edition treatment.

So what do we get with the Deluxe edition. Firstly Disc one is the album itself, sounding crystal clear and top quality. Then we have a second disc with the extras. There are different versions of three of the songs plus a BBD Radio 2 Documentary – ”Arc of a diver: The Steve Winwood story”...

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This brand new ABBA collection includes all the hits and more on 2CDs and 1DVD. It’s available in three different versions – a double-CD, a DVD, and a Limited Edition package featuring the two CDs, the DVD and an illustrated 28-page booklet.
The DVD features remastered versions of all the official ABBA promo clips including two previously unreleased videos: Conociéndome, Conociéndote and Gracias por la música (Spanish versions of Knowing Me, Knowing You and Thank You For The Music).

So, it’s a very good collection for anyone wanting an ABBA compilation, but I do have to wonder what sort of person wakes up thinking ”There just aren’t enough Abba compilations around – the world needs another one”...

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BOB MARLEY IN DUB VOL. 1
Bob Marley remains reggae’s greatest icon and a monumental musical figure of our time and continues to inspire and influence people around the world, his legacy continues to resonate as his music is revealed and rediscovered by new generations.
IN DUB VOL. 1, the first in a series of collections of classic, rare and new dub excursions from the Bob Marley & The Wailers catalogue, will be released physically for the first time on September 10th 2012 by Island/Tuff Gong.

This collection was previously released in digital format only in 2010 with several tracks making their CD/vinyl debut...

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“Nobody ever paid money to see Harry Houdini escape being buried alive” says Ex- Gutter Twins / Ex-The Twilight Singers guitarist / keyboardist and My Jerusalem founder and singer Jeff Klein. “They wanted the small chance of seeing him killed by the weight of the earth on top of him”.

Behold the concept behind Preachers, the second full-length release from Austin’s My Jerusalem. From the opening piano of the haunting title track, to the unexpected pummeling guitar and drums on closer I Left My Conscience In You, Preachers leads the listener on a cinematic journey through a reckless, jagged landscape of Raymond Carver-esque stories, fueled by Klein’s persuasive baritone, ominous guitars, dream-like keyboards and a deep rhythmic pulse.

Recorded in under three weeks by Spoon d...

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Watchers reveal video for new single, Cut The Ribbon

Since touring with The Charlatans in 2011 and supporting the likes of The Vaccines, Clock Opera, Islet, and S.C.U.M. Watchers have been gaining recognition as one of the best emerging bands in the north east of England. On October 8th, they will release their debut double A-side single, Cut The Ribbon / Every Night I Look Strong, produced by Danton Supple (Morrissey, U2, Coldplay, Doves).

The band now reveals a video to accompany the track. In a band statement, Watchers said;

“We are delighted to announce the release of our debut single Cut the Ribbon. This song is juxtaposed with a second a-side Every Night I look Strong. The video invites you into our studio and our lives around the north east...

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Chris Helme, formerly the lead singer of The Seahorses, John Squire’s post-Stone Roses band has a new solo album out,’The Rookery’.

He is now about to start a tour of the UK, which takes in venues all over the country (and includes some dates with 90s legends Ocean Colour Scene and Mark Morriss of The Bluetones).

TOUR DATES
• 2nd Oct 2012, Surya, London
• 7th Oct 2012, Rock Your Mind Festival, Middlesborough
• 12th Oct 2012, Kings Hall (with Simon & Oscar of Ocean Colour Scene), Herne Bay
• 3rd Nov 2012, Venue Cymru (with Turin Brakes), Llandudno
• 4th Nov 2012, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
• 9th Nov 2012, Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
• 10th Nov 2012, Tollbooth, Stirling
• 23rd Nov 2012, The Square (with Mark Morriss of The Bluetones), Harlow
• 29th Nov 2012, Compass, Chester
• ...

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Album release: Between Buildings, Toward The Sea
Release date: 16 October 2012
Label: Epitonic
Listen: http://www.autumnowls.com

Autumn Owls are pleased to announce their debut album, Between Buildings, Toward The Sea, which will be the first release from Epitonic.com’s new label, on October 16.

Autumn Owls first formed in Dublin in 2007, releasing two EPs in 2008 and touring extensively in Europe for the next few years; they also performed at key North American events such as SXSW, CMJ, Canadian Music Week and NXNE. After receiving an excellent reception to their EPs from the likes of The Irish Times, Channel 4, State.ie, AU Magazine and The Evening Herald, the band finally settled in to writing their debut full-length late last year.

To record the album, the Dublin trio headed over to th...

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Rupert Stroud – Brand New Video for Latest Single ‘Twisted Games’ & Free Download of B-Side ‘No Peace of Mind’

Rupert Stroud presents the brand new video for his latest single ‘Twisted Games’. Filmed in an old, dilapidated mill in West Yorkshire the video perfectly compliments Stroud’s haunting vocals, sombre verses and menacingly rich arrangements.

Stroud is also giving away a free download of the single’s B-Side ‘No Peace of Mind’ here:

http://bit.ly/TuCACz

Rupert Stroud started out playing the Yorkshire gig circuit as a solo acoustic artist penning his debut Rupert Road along the way. He was discovered by eminent British producer Will Jackson (The Kaiser Chiefs, Embrace, The Cribs, The Music) who adamantly brought Rupert into his studio to record...

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Meet Katie Cole originally from Melbourne , Australia , now based in Los Angeles , USA . Does she dominate with ballads? No. Does she compose songs on the piano? Rarely. What she does do then? She rocks and enjoys a loud guitar, a strong melodic hook and an up tempo pop song. Growing up on a strict diet of rock music from her Mum, she was fed Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin in one ear and Maria Callas from her Vocally classically trained, Father. After a quick detour in music to Smashing Pumpkins, Aretha Franklin and Eurythmics, Katie describes her own style of music as having flavors of Sheryl Crow, KT Tunstall and Carolina Liar.

After writing songs for established artists like Gloria Gaynor, Katie spent a good handful of years touring in Australia where she released an EP l...

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Award-winning Californian songwriter Melinda Ortner announces that her forthcoming single, Sweet Little Lies, is now available to stream online. Officially released October 8th and taken from the forthcoming EP Strangers, released on September 17th, Ortner reveals a little more about the single’s origin;

“Sweet Little Lies is an angsty, poetic statement and inner monologue that more girls than not have at one point related to…the headspin and mind game of getting led on by someone you think is fantastic…and then…nothing…And when you thought this one might be different. I’ll be fully candid here and say the subject of the story was from an online dating website. I was younger and much more stupid. Deep down, I knew the B.S...