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The intriguing sounds of TUSKS (London based artist and producer Emily Undersell) can be heard at The Great Escape, at the Latest Music Bar, on Friday 20th May at 12.30pm.

Their 'False' EP is released via One Little Indian Records on 10th June. You can hear the track 'False' below. 

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Having already shared ‘The End Of The Party’ Hackney based band Darla And The Blonde have now revealed all the songs on their epic first full EP, called ‘Eugenia’.

The full tracklisting to ‘Eugenia’, is as follows

In Admiration Of The Female Spy
Vampyr
The Article
Hexenhammer
End Of The Party

Darla And The Blonde are a five-piece, with a 'big widescreen sound'. Formed in East London by chief songwriter Nina Lovelace (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), the band is completed by Jen Demaris (lead vocals), Rob McCabe (lead guitar), Craig Page (bass) and Tom Loffman (drums).

Thier live performances take cues from musical theatre, Nina’s lyrics are primarily inspired by the concerns and experiences of inspirational women, both real and fictional, all set to the band’s expansive sound.

Well worth checking out then!

Live dates

June 1st: Road Trip Bar, Old Street, London
June 24th: The Finbrough Arms, Earls Court, London.

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With one month to go until this year’s inaugural STONE FREE FESTIVAL, full details of the weekend have been announced.

Main Stage Arena

Saturday

Alice Cooper
The Darkness
Apocalyptica
Blackberry Smoke

Sunday

Rick Wakeman - performing his 12-million-selling album ‘The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table’ for the first time since 1975.
Marillion
Steve Hackett
Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here Symphonic Live 

The arena opens at 4:30pm on Saturday and 4:00pm on Sunday

Indigo at The O2 Line-up

Saturday

Therapy?
Michael Monroe
The Virginmary’s
Jackaman
Jared James Nichols

Sunday

Haken
Messenger
Knifeworld
Cats In Space

Plus there are a host of Q&A's, Acoustic performances, Film, Comedy and general mayhem taking place all weekend. Full details and tickets are avaiable on the Festival Website

 

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'Think Sharp Kid' is the debut song from young Leeds band, FURR. It's a storming track and a great start for this new band.

Room-mates at Leeds University, Jack Byrne (vocals/guitar) and Sam Jackson (guitar/vocals) first met studying music production and soon formed a band with Guy Read (bass) and John Roberts (drums). Originally named Humans As Ornaments the band had a solid fan base around their hometown and they played their first London shows in December 2014. A few months later they started work on their debut EP, collaborating with producers Boe Weaver at Studio Humbug.

Now with a brand new name and a new fire FURR are ready to unleash the first fruits of their labours, ‘Think Sharp Kid’ is out on 3rd June, via Riff Pop Records

A band to watch out for this year. 

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The British Library in Euston Road London has a free exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of Punk from 1976 to 78 and it's definitely worth a look. .

The exhibition explores punk's early days in the capital and reveals how its influence spread across music, fashion, print and graphic styles. There are displays of original records, tee-shirts, tickets, fanzine magazines and posters. The display of singles covers is impressive and you can hear the records on headphones.  

A snippet from the display "Punk Goes Overground"

"The newly signed Sex Pistols began recording releasing their debut single ‘Anarchy in the UK’ at the end of November 1976.
The band had by now established a reputation for raucous gigs and riotous behaviour but EMI were nonetheless keen to promote the single and forthcoming album. Consequently when another EMI band Queen had to withdraw from a planned appearance on the early evening Today show the Pistols were offered as a substitute.
The band members had been drinking in the hospitality room and when goaded by the visibly uninterested interviewer, Bill Grundy, Pistols guitarist Steve Jones responded with a stream of four letter words.
The interview generated massive media uproar – this sort of language was not what was expected in a teatime magazine programme – and punk and the Pistols became notorious overnight". 

There are a number of events associated with the exhibition as follows:

27th May - Me, Punk and the World: Bernard Rhodes in Conversation.
28th May – Signifying Nothing? – The Creative Revolution of Punk.
8th June – Buzzcocks: In Their Own Words.
10th June – Stories from the She Punks.
23rd June – Ezra Furman: The Velvet Underground, Punk Pioneers.
24th June – An Evening with Lohn Lydon.
4th July – Hey! Ho! Lets Go: The Day the Ramones ignited Punk.
5th July – The Sex Pistols and America.
14th July – Faber Social: Jon Savage and Viv Albertine on Punk.
9th September – Punky Reggae Party: The Story of Rock Against Racism.

Tickets available from the British Library website   HERE  

Display of record sleeves 

John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten of The Sex Pistols

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Oxford’s bluesy rocker's Little Brother Eli have just unveiled ‘Gold’ from their debut album ‘Cold Tales’ out on the 24th June and are another band to check out at The Great Escape this week.

Formed in early 2013 by lead vocalist Alex Grew and bass player Josh Rigal. The pair were joined by guitarist Adam Stowe and drummer Benji Page who began sharing their mix of musical influences along with lap steel specialist Tom Williams.

Great Escape times are below:

· North Laines Brewhouse, Saturday 21st May, Set Time: 7.40pm - 8.05pm
· East Street Tap (formerly The Fishbowl), Saturday 21st May, Set Time: 10.20pm - 10.45pm

Further dates are below:

May 20: Oxfordshire Big Brill Camp Festival
May 21: Brighton Great Escape Festival
May 23: Oxford Sofar Sounds
May 29: Hertfordshire Hogzossle Festival
May 29: Oxfordshire Common People Festival
May 29: Oxfordshire Roke Fest
Jun 03: Gloucester Cafe Rene
Jun 04: Wychwood Festival
Jun 09: London Notting Hill Arts Club
Jun 11: Oxfordshire Witney Music Festival
Jun 11: Yorkshire Arts Exchange Centre
Jun 17: Guildford Star
Jun 18: Oxfordshire Up To No Good Festival
Jun 18: Oxford Rapture Music
Jun 18: Oxfordshire Nor Lye Music and Beer Festival
Jun 25: Oxford Bullingdon

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