The End Men: Upcoming live dates

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On the eve of their third album release, New York’s The End Men have a run of live shows upcoming!

Wed 4/30/14 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY

Thurs 5/1/14 – The Low Beat – Albany, NY
Fri 5/2/14 – Sticky Lips – Rochester, NY 
Sat 5/3/14 – The Dev – Utica, NY

Fri 5/9/14 – Tribute concert – Hotel Select Riccione, IT 

Sat 5/10/14 –  Stones – Cafe Bologna, IT 
Sun 5/11/14 –  Gattarossa – Piombino, IT 
Thurs 5/15/14 – Tiefgrund – Berlin, DE 
Fri 5/16/14 – Stoned – Leipzig, DE 
Sat 5/17/14 – Rockpool – Halle, DE 
Mon 5/19/14 – Showcast on Radio 501 – Hoorn, NL 
Tues 5/20/14 – Radio Benelux – Durango Sessions – Paal, BE
Fri 5/23/14 – Kafee T’hof – Middelburg, BE 
Sat 5/24/14 – Winston Kingdom – Amsterdam, NL 
Fri 5/30/14 – Masnada – Milan, IT
Sat 5/31/14 – Joe Koala – Bergamo, IT 
‘Odds & Ends’ is released on 30th April 2014.
In the meantime, read a review of ‘Play With Your Toys’ here.

Kim Richey & Gareth Dunlop – new EP & tour dates

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Having already released material via the UK independent label Lojinx (including the excellent ‘Wreck Your Wheels’), singer-songwriter Kim Richey returns in May with an EP of new material.  ‘The Nashville EP’ is the result of a collaboration with Gareth Dunlop and features a couple of songs which may already be familiar to fans of the ‘Nashville’ TV show.

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DUKE AND THE DARLINGS – Irwellian EP

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IrwellianIn the spring of 2013 Manchester alt-rockers Duke And The Darlings unleashed their second EP, ‘Champagne of the People’, a brief work that showed the band to have a lot of energy – an energy they really harnessed when choosing to record that EP live in the studio, thus capturing their core sound in a much welcomed unfussy manner.  While their song writing wasn’t always memorable in the long term, the EPs music had moments of great drive and an enthusiasm which guaranteed those lucky enough to hear it would wind up musing on how the band’s sound would develop in the future.  Surely in an upwards direction, taking the best parts of their sound, refining them for an even better release…?

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FAKE SHARK REAL ZOMBIE – Liar EP

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FSRZWith a name that quickly conjures up feelings of novelty, of lightweight emo trash and of genuine disposability, Vancouver’s Fake Shark – Real Zombie! have, rather unwittingly, saddled themselves with a moniker that’s a quick turn-off.  The epitome of just trying that bit too hard, it combines fantasy with punctuation and comes up with utter dross as a result.  The young band may think they’re being “well random” (to use a horrible teen vernacular, popular at time of this release), but in truth, all they’ve done is give their project a name that’s going to be of potential hideous embarrassment to them in future years.  Hell, maybe they won’t give a fuck – apparently Henry Rollins is a fan, so they’ll be thrilled, whatever. [In some ways, this revelation comes as surprising, given the punk icon’s musical past; in other ways, not so much: Rollins loves music from many genres- loves Beastie Boys, funk and even takes his professional name from a legendary jazz artiste.]   Anyway…yes, Canada’s Fake Shark – Real Zombie!  What of their music itself?

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