Bon Iver will be playing Manchester and Leeds this October as part of their first UK tour in over two years. The Wisconsin indie act released Calgary earlier this week, the first track from their self-titled sophmore album due for release on June 20th. This new tour will see frontman Justin Vernon accompanied by Bon [...]
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NEWS: Bon Iver to play Manchester and Leeds in October with 8-piece band
May 18th, 2011 
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Tags: 2011, 8-piece band, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Bonnie Raitt, C.J Camerieri, Calgary, Colin Stetson, For Emma, Forever Ago, Horn Section, I Can't Make You Love Me, Justin Vernon, Leeds, Leeds 02 Academy, Manchester, Manchester Apollo, Mike Lewis, Reginald Pace, Rob Moose, Sufjan Stevens, The National, Tom Waits, UK Tour 
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PREVIEW: Slam Dunk Festival 2011, Leeds
May 15th, 2011 SimonBland Slam Dunk festival 2011 is fast approaching. We’ll be in Leeds covering this year’s biggest pop-punk party…
Posted in Events, Featured, News, Previews, Slam Dunk Festival 2011 Tags: 10th anniversary, 2011, Alt-Rock, Hellogoodbye, Hit The Lights, Innerpartysystem, Interview, Leeds, Leeds University, Less Than Jake, line up, live tweets, Mayday Parade, Northern Noise, pop-punk, punk rock, Reel Big Fish, Rock, Set Your Goals, Ska, Slam Dunk Festival, The Starting Line No Comments »
LIVE: The Radio Dept. @ The Deaf Institute, FutureEverything Fest, Manchester, 11/05/11
May 14th, 2011 SimonBland The Radio Dept. pay a visit to Manchester and help kick of day one of the city’s FutureEverything extravaganza…
Posted in Culture, Featured, Live, Reviews Tags: 2011, A Token Of Gratitude, Clinging To A Scheme, David, Dream pop, electronic drums, FutureEverything Festival, Heaven's On Fire, Johan Duncanson, Keen On Boys, Lesser Matters, Live, Lost And Found, Manchester, Never Follow Suit, Pet Grief, Sweden, Synth, The Deaf Institute, The Radio Dept., The Worst Taste In Music, This Time Around No Comments »
ON REPEAT: Twin Atlantic – Free
May 13th, 2011 SimonBland Alt-rockers Twin Atlantic prove IRN-BRU isn’t the only awesome thing to come from Scotland…
Posted in Album Of The Week, Featured, Reviews Tags: 2011, acoustic, Angels & Airwaves, Apocalyptic Renegade, Biffy Clyro, Counting Crows, Crash Land, Edit Me, Foo Fighters, Free, Gil Norton, Glaswegian, My Chemical Romance, New Album, new single, Pixies, Producer, Sam McTrusty, Scottish, Support, The Gaslight Anthem, The Ghost of Eddie, Time For You To Stand Up, Twin Atlantic, Vivarium, We Want Better Man No Comments »
PREVIEW: The Radio Dept. @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, May 11th
May 11th, 2011 SimonBland Manchester’s FutureEverything fest kicks off today. First up on our radar: The Radio Dept. @ The Deaf Institute…
Posted in Culture, Events, Featured, News, Previews Tags: 2011, Agnes Obel, Clinging To A Scheme, Dream pop, Dreamy, electric drums, Europe, FutureEverything Festival, Johan Duncanson, Lesser Matters, Lykke Li, Manchester, Martin Larsson, New Order, Pet Grief, Pet Shop Boys, Shoegaze, Smith Westerns, Sweden, Swedish, Synth, The Deaf Institute, The Radio Dept., UK Tour, Yuck No Comments »
