My Life Story added to London Star Shaped Festival bill

The 2017 Star Shaped Festival events were special.  In London, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham, the all-day events allowed Britpop lovers to come together in a wave of nostalgia, watching great bands and forging new friendships.

While the big draw for many was the four shows by the unexpectedly reformed Sleeper, The Bluetones were on great and funny form, Space showed everyone how great they are in the live setting – a band much deeper than a couple of overplayed singles – and My Life Story’s Jake Shillingford demonstrated a fantastic command of a crowd.

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Hear the new single from Strange Majik

It’s been a busy couple of years for Strange Majik (aka David Pattillo). Starting with the release of 2016’s ‘Raised On Rock ‘N’ Roll’ (Real Gone’s favourite album of that year), Strange Majik began an exploration through various retro rock, blues and funk jams that reached fever pitch last year with two angry and politically charged EPs.

This summer, he embarks on his first European tour which is followed by the release of an anticipated new full length entitled ‘Channel T’.

Before the album’s appearance in September you can get a taste for Majik’s new jams, since a new single is available right now and streaming in full below.

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Sludge metal band Naisian return after five years; new EP out soon

Following a five year hiatus, Sheffield doom/sludge metal band Naisian have returned…and they’re ready to destroy you.  A new EP, ‘Rejoinder’, is released on July 6th and is everything you ever wanted from the band.  It’s got some of the biggest riffs this side of the new Morag Tong album.

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Watch Boss Keloid play the whole of ‘Melted On The Inch’ live in the studio

‘Melted On The Inch’ by Boss Keloid is one of 2018’s releases. Bending huge riffs into progressive time signatures and artistic shapes, the UK band have raised the bar in terms of an avant garde approach to metal oriented sounds. [Real Gone’s full review can be found here.]

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Check out new music from Allfather

Sludge metal fiends Allfather are set to release a new album on September 8th 2018.  ‘And All Will Be Desolation’ is the Kentish band’s first full length release since 2016’s ‘Bless The Earth With Fire’.

If you can’t wait until then, you can get a taste of the new record from their new digital single ‘Black Triangle’.

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