Described in a Sunday Times feature as “One of 2009’s indie success Stories”; nearly two years on Devon’s finest troubadour Jon Allen returns with a brand new album ‘Sweet Defeat’ released on 22nd May by independent label Monologue Records.

Since releasing their debut album ‘Routes To Riches’ in late 2009, Mamas Gun have toured Europe and Japan where they achieved a number 3 sales slot in the Japanese Billboard charts.

The new album has been produced by Grammy Award winning production team Martin Terefe and Andreas Olsson (Jason Mraz, Train, James Morrison, KT Tunstall and Jamie Cullum) earlier this year.

Hanson to stage UK return with their successful 5of5 event in London this June ahead of new album ‘Shout It Loud’ summer release. And here’s video to their new single ‘Give A Little’ out May 8th featuring remixes by RAC and ?uestlove

Max Raptor announce that they will be streaming their debut mini album ‘Portraits’ over Facebook before the official release date next Monday.
Recorded at Fortress Studios with Dan Weller earlier in the year, ‘Portraits’ perfectly encapsulates their fusion of classic British punk attitude with an astute sensibility to a ballsy riff, forthright narrative and infectious hook-fuelled chant. Portraits will be released on Aprill 11th through Naim Edge Records and will be avaliable to buy on CD and digitally via all the usual outlets.
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The Zombies, helmed by founding members Rod Argent and singer Colin Blunstone, are marking the group’s half century with a new album – ‘Breathe Out, Breathe In’ out on Red House Records May 9th.

A magisterial work, it is everything you could possibly hope for from the group who back in the ’60s provided such signature works as the singles ‘She’s Not There’, ‘Tell Her No’ and ‘Time Of The Season’ and the album ‘Odessey And Oracle’, their 1968 Brit psych masterpiece.

Here’s a reminder just how timeless those songs are:

The Zombies will be on tour in May:

Sat 14 – Frome, Cheese & Grain
Wed 18 – Liverpool Guild of Students, Stanley Theatre
Thu 19 – Wolverhampton, Robin 2
Fri 20 – Leamington Spa, Assembly
Sat 21 – Market Harborough Leisure Centre
Fri 27 – London, o2 Shepherds Bush Empire

For more info visit www.thezombies.net

On April 11th, Alison Krauss will release her first album, ‘Paper Airplane’, of all-new recordings in partnership with her remarkably skillful and renowned band Union Station since 2004’s Lonely Runs Both Ways.

The anthemic candour of Midlands four-piece Max Raptor fuses classic British punk attitude with an astute sensibility to a ballsy riff, forthright narrative and infectious hook-fuelled chant. Having spent the last year touring, playing live and writing and recording debut material, building up a head of steam, a reputation for raucous and energetic live shows and a UK fan base in the process, Max Raptor are set to follow up their first two single releases (‘Ghosts’ in Oct and ‘The Great and the Good’ in March last year) with their debut 8-track mini-album ‘Portraits’ on 11th April ’11 through Naim Edge Records.

‘Portraits’ track listings are

TELLISON are finally set to release their much anticipated, brand new, Peter Miles (Futures, Frank Turner, We Are The Ocean, The King Blues) produced sophomore record ‘The Wages Of Fear’ on June the 13th through brand new home, Naim Edge Records. The first single ‘Say Silence (Heaven & Earth)’ will be released just a week before, June 5th.

After a year of writing and a whole summer of recording TELLISON relocated to an old stately home in Scotland, got pumped on The Weakerthans, Pedro The Lion, Osker, The GetUp Kids, Phoenix and Bruce Springsteen records and made a mess for a month.

Nottee first caused a sensation back in the latter part of 2009 with her Fleetwood Mac inspired pop. Since then she has been honing her craft, finding her production sound and been tipped by NME, Mixmag and Dazed.

The key ingredient in her musical progression was in the shape of Henning Fürst (ex.The Tough Alliance) and the first results of that collaboration are released to the world in the shape of a limited 7” release on Swedish label Emotion (Karl X Johan, Nicolas Makelberge, Hwasser). The 7″ is a double A side with the effervescent tracks ‘Don’t Waste Your Light On Me’ and ‘Share This’.

Taking a break from touring, writing and recording with InMe, front man and song writer DAVE MCPHERSON has, after a collection of single and EP releases, finally pieced together a heartfelt and heartbreaking collection of solo, acoustic songs for his debut album release, ‘The Hardship Diaries’, which is set for release on April 10th. The album will also be made available digitally instantly to anyone who purchases through Pledge Music. More info on Dave’s Pledge campaign are here – http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/davemcpherson

To coincide with his release Dave has just released the video for ‘Summer: She Puts Me In A Good Mood’ which can be seen below