FESTIVAL NEWS: Bloodstock add 12 more bands to 2022 line-up
Bloodstock 2022 is shaping up to be a stonker, with the announcement of 12 more face-melting acts for next summer’s extravaganza.
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Babymetal – ‘10 Babymetal Budokan’ (Cooking Vinyl)
As a pretty keen martial artist, the Nippon Budokan holds a special place of reverence as a venue that is somewhere Jonny B must visit at some point. Now, many of you are probably more familiar with the Budokan in its alternative guise as a music venue that has hosted many of the biggest acts over the years, including The Beatles, Judas Priest, ABBA and many more. Seven years ago, though, Babymetal became the youngest female artist to headline the prestigious venue so it is only fitting that they chose to celebrate their tenth anniversary with a mammoth ten show run in the same place.
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So Far As I Know – ‘The Omega Point’ EP (Self-Released)
Jonny B has said it many times before, but he’s really easily dragged in by music that promises to use a bit of the ol’ grey matter. Concept albums and experimental compositions simply float his boat, so to find an EP that ticks both of these boxes is something he couldn’t pass up. So today’s listening takes him through the concept of the evolution of consciousness to the inevitable merging of artificial intelligence with organic – ‘The Omega Point’.
Read MoreRIP Alan Lancaster
Alan Lancaster, co-founder and long-time bassist with Status Quo, has died at the age of 72, after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – TWELVE FOOT NINJA
As the rays of light at the end of the dark tunnel that has been the past 18 months of isolation and generally being shit upon from great heights grow brighter by the day, and life starts to return to some sense of normality, a healthy slew of new music, perhaps more than at any other time in ÜR’s history, continues to ping itself our way, and especially in the continuing tsunami of submissions we receive for our coveted ‘Video Of The Week’ award… Yes, as we’ve said on multiple occasions, one constant throughout the vagaries of inconsistent and often hard to stomach lockdowns is the amazing level of adaptive creativity that bands and video directors the length and breadth of the Überverse have continued to show, often in the most adverse of circumstances.
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