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Union Sound Set Album Scores 9/10 in Contact Music!
Union Sound Set are due to release their album Start/Stop on October 24th and have received a glowing review from Contact Music scoring 9/10!
"Overall Start/Stop is one of the strongest debut albums of the year, once you've pressed play, you won't want it to stop." - Contact Music
You can read the review in full HERE.
The band have just set off on their UK tour to promote the release of the album and you can see them in the following towns:
Check out the full details HERE.
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Mimas Album Scores 11/13 in Room Thirteen!
Mimas have been given yet another outstanding review for their up and coming album, this time scoring 11/13 on the website Room Thirteen.
"With 'Lifejackets', they have produced some highly appealing indie/post-rock that flows to your ears and lightly tickles the senses. Each song providing an intriguing tale to brighten your day." - Room Thirteen
You can read the review in full HERE.
The band are currently touring the UK to promote their second album, released via Big Scary Monsters. To keep up to date with their full tour schedule, check out the bands Myspace page.
If you are in London you should come along and see the band perform at The Luminaire on October 26th where they will be supported by two brilliant bands in the shape of Ex Libras and Union Sound Set.
If you want a bit of a Lifejackets teaser, then click HERE to download two tracks from the album.
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Amazing Radio join forces with Oxjam Kilburn!
Amazing Radio and Amazingtunes.com are proud to announce their involvement with this year’s Oxjam Kilburn Takeover in London!
On Saturday 23rd October, Power’s on Kilburn High Road will be hosting the Amazing Radio team alongside a fantastic line-up of live music.
There’ll be live sets from Chapter 24, Phantom, Toys With Knives, Red Drapes and Oxford’s undisputed best new band, Spring Offensive.
The Amazing Radio presenters will also be out in force, with Georgie Rogers, Rich Brant and Charlie Ashcroft hopping between venues, chatting to punters, interviewing bands and soaking up all the excitement in North West London on the day.
As well as at Power’s, The Oxjam Kilburn Takeover will have gigs on at The Luminaire, The Good Ship, The King’s Head and The North London Tavern, with well over 40 artists performing on the day. Other live highlights at the festival include Rox, Dansette Junior and The Future Shape Of Sound.
The event is just one of 28 citywide ‘takeover’ events taking place across the UK on the weekend of 23/24 October and tickets can be purchased for this event for just £10 from www.wegottickets.com/event/91827. For information about your nearest festival, head to www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam.
To keep up-to-date with news from the Oxjam Kilburn Takeover, check out www.oxjamkilburntakeover.co.uk or head to the event’s Twitter and Facebook pages.
For all the latest news and announcements in the lead-up to the event, keep listening to Amazing Radio where you can hear the best new music from all the artists involved.
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Mimas review in The 405
We're very pleased to report that Mimas new album, Lifejackets, has just received an 8/10 review from The 405. Check out the full review HERE.
The band are currently touring the UK to promote their second album, released via Big Scary Monsters, so now's a great time to catch them live. Check out their full tour schedule, via the bands myspace HERE.
Mimas seem to happily exist in a world of what I would describe as textual indie-rock.- The 405
We're personally looking forward to their London show at the Luminaire on October 26th, with Ex Libras and Union Sound Set. It's sure to be an amazing show. Make sure you don't miss out and buy your tickets HERE.
If you want a bit of a Lifejackets teaser, then click HERE to download two tracks from the album.
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Union Sound Set Tour Diary Part 1
Union Sound Set have just set off on a tour of the UK to promote their debut album Start/Stop, due for release on 24th October. To immortalise this joyous occasion they've decided to document their on-the-road hijinx with a no holds barred, behind the scenes tour diary.
The tour lasts until the end of October and you can catch them live, from tonight onwards at the following venues up and down the UK:
- 21st - Talking Heads, w/The Last Republic + Soma High - Southampton
- 22nd - Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth
- 23rd - The Cockpit, Leeds
- 24th - The Captain's Rest, w/Mimas - Glasgow
- 25th -The Harley, w/Mimas - Sheffield
- 26th - The Luminaire, w/Mimas + Ex Libras - London
- 28th - BBC Suffolk Introducing Presents Union Sound Set, The Railway- Aldeburgh
- 29th - Le Pub, w/The Last Republic - Newport
Personally, we can't wait to catch their London show next week at the Luminaire with Mimas and Ex Libras on the 26th October. It's going to be amazing!
Also this week, exclusively on Rock Sound, you can check out the video for Union Sound Set's next single, Cause and Resolve, (due for release at the end of November). You can also listen to the whole album, from start to finish over at The 405's exclusive stream. They'll even let you download two of the tracks, which is nice of them.
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