“At times a sort of Joni Mitchell with breakbeats, at others an urban Vashti Bunyan, she’s beautifully sincere in a way few artists can pull off.” – Uncut

Here’s a sumptuous remix of Sophie’s album track ‘Home’ – get your oreilles around this beauty Sophie Barker “Home (Custom Blue Remix)” by HoHumRecords

Live favourite ‘Bluebell’ is out as a single on July 18 through Ho Hum Records.

Take the trip, this June 25th for one night only across 150 cinemas this epic rockumentary will premiere followed by The Followills aka Kings Of Leon beamed directly onto screens for a live Q&A from The Edinburgh Film Festival. Here’s the trailer for what MTV describe as “One of the most compelling music documentaries you’ll ever see”:

The Saw Doctors – Indian Summer by Cannonball_PR

The Saw Doctors, Galways favourite sons, release their cracking new single ‘Indian Summer’ on July 11, taken from their 7th Studio Album ‘The Further Adventures Of The Saw Doctors’.

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

Passion for their craft is a trait that many artists claim, but with new EP, ‘King Island Coyote’, released on April 11th Billy Vincent prove that for them it is at the core of the music.

“For us it’s all about passion. If you don’t put your heart and soul into it, it’s pointless. And we give it everything we’ve got,” affirms co-singer and songwriter David Vincent.

Together with long-time cohort and best mate Bill Barratt, with whom he began playing music from their time at infant’s school, Billy Vincent create visceral melodies that veer from the heart wrenching to the raucous.

‘King Island Coyote’ perfectly showcases Billy Vincent’s musicianship and lyricism in its four captivating tracks. From the poignant ‘Prairie Wolves’ to the tenacious ‘They Break Bones’ contrasting with the mournful ‘Trouble Never Comes Alone’ and the deceptively sprightly ‘Tubes/Wires’, their latest EP is the ideal introduction to the band’s distinctive sound, dubbed by the band themselves as ‘dirty folk’.

Rather lovely remix from those lovely Idjut Boys of the original track taken from the forthcoming Mountaineer album ‘The Real McQueen released on March 28th. This remix will be released on 12″ vinyl backed with a Tuff City Kids Mix (Gerd Jansen) (Leng007)

FREE Iron Braydz album from http://www.ironbraydz.com/ – Now online!! Get your FREE copy of his album by joining his mailing list.

“Iron Braydz has been getting rave reviews from both sides of the Atlantic for everything he releases at the moment. With intelligent lyrics and excellent beat selection it seems everytime a new song or video comes out everyone pays attention.” Certified Banger.co.uk

One of London’s most important live venues The 100 Club faces imminent closure before Christmas 2010. Film maker George McCallum has made an inpirational mini documentary in order to help the club raise necessary funds so that it can be run in future as a Not For Profit Organization run by the people for the people. Watch it here:

To lend your support and find out more visit savethe100club

We’ve always had a warm place in our hearts for great pychedelic rock, and are thrilled to be working with Madchester neo-pychedelia pioneers The Chemistry Set. Check out ‘She’s Taking Me Down’ from their forthcoming LP ‘This Day Will Never Happen Again’ out on Hypnote early 2011 on CD or on digital from next week!!!

www.myspace.com/thechemistrysetuk

UK hip hop might actually be worth giving a damn about afterall. Video below is a great piece of work for album track ‘Hang’ taken from the forthcoming debut album of Iron Braydz.

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