Fairport Convention are back on the road again following a forced hiatus for the past year-and-a-half. This year’s Autumn Tour will present a mix of long-established Fairport favourites as well as some surprises from albums old and new including their latest album Shuffle & Go released in January last year. Robert Johnson caught up with […]
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30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR DATES THIS WINTER NEW BEST-OF COMPILATION ‘A HEAD FULL OF IDEAS’, OUT 15 OCTOBER AVAILABLE AS: CD, 2CD DELUXE, 2LP, 3LPX EDITIONS THE CHARLATANS proudly announce their (Covid) delayed release of their 30th Anniversary tour and a career spanning best-of entitled: ‘A Head Full of Ideas’. Released on Then Recordings through Republic […]
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LIVE FOREVER: New tribute tour comes to LIVERPOOL featuring OASIS UK, LAID – A TRIBUTE TO JAMES and STIPE – A TRIBUTE TO R.E.M. Live Forever is a new touring production celebrating “music that will never die” and comes to Liverpool this Autumn with a stellar line up. The show at the Eventim Olympia on […]
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Urbanista Magazine are thrilled to bring you the video premiere Bobby West’s All My Years Watch here: The song came about after my writing partner showed me a rough demo he’d made in our studio — just some chords on the Hammond organ with a glockenspiel melody over the top. My initial thoughts were that […]
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This was an easy one. This week’s Urbanista track of week is a belter – Creature the second release from your new favourite band, YONAKA’s new EP of the same name out Nov 16. It’s an absolutely huge venue-filling cut from a band that seemingly make nothing but phenomenal, infectious bangers. Groovy basslines, fizzing, infectious guitars […]
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Liverpool lads Life At The Arcade are among the hottest emerging bands in the country. Outstanding live and as new single Wonderland hammers home, damn good in the studio too. It shouts of a band on a real upward curve. A hugely exciting statement of intent – Wonderland excels as Life At The Arcade’s darkest flavour […]
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It’s been quite a year for Tim Burgess-approved Londoners Average Sex. Since Charlatans frontman Burgess fell for their gorgeous songs in 2017 they’ve put out a wonderful debut EP Ice Cream on Burgess’ O Genesis Recordings, toured with The Charlatans and played a tonne of festivals and gigs. Thankfully for ourselves and fellow lovers of […]
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In the 2016 Urbanista review of Astle’s Live At The Nordic EP Urbanista stated that if the Southport songwriter could take the vulnerability of his live recordings into a studio production, then it would be something special. Safe to say, we were right. The Full of Wonder EP is exactly what it says on the […]
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