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King Krule Sub-Sonic - Live Review

March 28th was the highly anticipated latest instalment of the Fred Perry Sub-Sonic Live event, headlined by South London singer/song-writer King Krule. Opening the event was the enigmatic troubadour known as Night Works, who's upbeat disco-indie performance was the perfect backdrop for the gig attendees to be greeted with as they turned up at venue The Garage.  Next on was Arlissa, who was more than excited to be performing to her biggest audience…

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Lollapalooza 2013

Austin, Texas-based concert promoters C3 Presents have announced the line-up for this year’s Lollapalooza, which will again take over Chicago’s Grant Park 2-4 August, 2013. Now in its eight year as a destination festival based in the Windy City, Lollapalooza began as a touring festival in 1991. Headliners for Friday, 2 August will be The Killers, the recently resurrected Nine Inch Nails (who played the festival way back in ’91), New Order and Queens…

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Albarn, Gallagher, Coxon & Weller share the stage!

Who would have thought? Damon, Graham and Noel singing "Tender" together, with Paul Weller on drums! Putting their legendary Britpop rivalry to rest, Oasis and Blur singers Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn performed together on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall in aid of charity Teenage Cancer Trust on Saturday 23rd March 2013. The pair even shared a microphone for a couple of lines in the chorus, with nothing but positivity emanating from an exchange…

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Generationals

New Orleans-based duo Generationals have released an advance single and accompanying video to promote their upcoming album, Heza, due 2 April via Polyvinyl Records. The single, “Put A Light On,” is a dazzling pastiche of indie pop, lo-fi soul and psych and the promotional clip was directed by Vice Cooler (Feist, La Sera, STRFKR) and shot on location in the Big Easy. Generationals’ principals, Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer, met as high school freshmen…

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Edwyn Collins shares his "Dilemna"

A true legend, both as a solo performer and as the front-man of Orange Juice, Edwyn Collins has unveiled the video for "Dilemna", the excellent first single to be taken from his upcoming solo album, "Understated". The album will be released through his own AED label on 25th March 2013. The eleven track album was self-produced with his long time studio partner Seb Lewsley, with ten new songs written by Edwyn and "Love’s Been Good To Me", a Rod…

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Pete McKee for Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn & Graham Coxon.

It's a list of names that's sure to draw attention. Artist, Pete McKee, has created a limited edition gig poster for the upcoming gig in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, featuring Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon and Gruff Rhys. Noel Gallagher will headline the bill of Britpop legends at the very special show at The Royal Albert Hall on Saturday March 23. Pete McKee says "It's always an honour to be asked by Noel to produce artwork for his…

Rhye

One of the most buzzed-about acts at this year’s just-wrapped South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas was Rhye, the Los Angeles-based collaboration between producers/vocalists/instrumentalists Robin Braun (Quadron, Boom Clap Bachelors) and Mike Milosh, who had previously released three albums on Quadron’s label Plug Research. Braun and Milosh first came together in 2010 and two singles, “Open” and “The Fall,” were released in 2012 under…

Los Wild Ones Premieres at SXSW

A short film about Wild Records titled 'Los Wild Ones' premiered at this years' SXSW film festival in Austin, Texas. It was selected as one of the final eight films to be showcased from over 900 submissions. Wild Records is an LA based independent record label formed in 2001 after owner Reb Kennedy and his wife travelled to LA from San Francisco on the strength of a flyer that promised "Mexican Rock & Roll". Kennedy was blown away by the energy…

Friday Night - Saturday Morning at SXSW 2013!

SXSW has grown almost exponentially over past few years, to become a monster of a festival, dwarfing others by comparison with over 5,000 events. So, rather than try to cover everything we thought we'd slice through a sample of Friday (15th March) night's extensive programme to see what is available for the subculturally literate festival goer - and for those who couldn't afford the airfare but still like to dream. Friday Night at SXSW - Our Pick: The…

Gary Crossing’s Northern Soul Playlist

Gary Crossing is a journalist, DJ and avid 60s vinyl collector who runs a monthly northern soul, mod and ska night in London called Crawdaddy!. He has made this Spotify mixtape exclusively for Fred Perry Subculture. 01. Joy Lovejoy – In Orbit: First up is one of the finest Chicago soul tunes ever and a regular floor-filler at Crawdaddy! The infectious, feel-good, brassy swing of In Orbit puts a smile on your face every time. To add to the song’s…

The Story Behind Northern Soul's Rarest Record

Northern Soul's rarest of the rare... The story behind Frank Wilson's 'Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)'. Frank Wilson's 'Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)' is the holy grail for all Northern Soul record collectors. You may or may not know the reason behind this, it is a fabled tale on the soul circuit and even in this modern age of information that we live in many versions are either misinformed or completely wrong. If you do know, then you know that it is…

Richard Hawley produces for The Hosts

Hotly tipped Sheffield band, The Hosts, have unveiled a delightful glimpse of what is to be expected from their debut later this year, with the Richard Hawley produced single, "September Song". As well as its A-list production credit, the song has a charming back story, written on the 50th anniversary of the death of Buddy Holly about the transporting capabilities of a good melody. As you'd expect with Hawley overseeing proceedings - there is virtually…

Scarborough National Scooter Rally 2013

Scooter season is upon us, Blackpool's Great Northwest Scooter Rally kicked things off this weekend just gone (1st - 3rd March) which means next up is sunny Scarborough. Taking place at the end of the month on Friday 29th March - Sunday 31st March. VFM & B.S.R.A present - Scarborough Scooter Rally 2013 - Down by the sea and sand, where nothing goes as planned... This Easter weekend sees Scarborough's magnificent Royal Spa Pavillion play host…

Old Man Diode & Rick Holland - The King Krill

We were lucky enough to be introduced to Old Man Diode & Rick Holland, after a follow up from Brian Eno's releases on Warp - featuring the lyrics of poet, Rick Holland. "Open Blue" remains one our favourite experimental, electronic new music releases of the last 18 months. We're not alone in liking it, Clash described it as a "A thing of beauty and menace". New music guru Tom Robinson recently added it to his Radio 6 playlist too. "The King Krill",…

London International Ska Festival Venues & Times…

Fred Perry has a long standing relationship with Ska and all the heritage surrounding this vibrant subculture, and here's guessing you're all as excited as we are for the 25th annual London International Ska Festival. We are even going to be giving away two tickets to the event to one lucky winner over the next few days, so keep checking the 'win' section on Subculture. Headline acts include the legendary trombonist and member of The Specials and…

The Ocean Blue

Hershey, Pennsylvania’s The Ocean Blue came of age as a band in the late 80s/early 90s and was one of the first American groups to channel the melancholy post-punk of British outfits The Smiths and New Order for U.S. teens weaned on college radio and MTV’s 120 Minutes. Their 1989 debut on Sire Records won critical acclaim when the band was barely out of high school, and they followed suit with the albums Cerulean (1991) and Beneath the Rhythm and…

Everything Everything's "Arc" remixed into one track

Less dull remix album, and more innovative album remix, Everything Everything's acclaimed second album "Arc", has been remixed into one single track by producer, James Rutledge. The result is a very coherent and richly textured piece of music which you can hear below: James Rutledge had this to say about the piece: "Everything Everything are one of my favourite bands... I wanted to remix the entirety of the new album into one coherent track that…

Steve Mason - "Oh My Lord" & live dates

Steve Mason has announced details of two U.K. shows for April 2013. These follow the release of his forthcoming album "Monkey Minds In The Devil’s Time", which due for release on March 18th via Domino Records offshoot Double Six. Gigs announced are: April 10 - Manchester, Gorilla  and April 11 - London, Village Underground Mason recently unveiled the video (below) for his new single, "Oh My Lord", to be released digitally on the same day as the…

Northern Soul - The Film

Firstly, for those that are a little unsure - Northern Soul was a movement that occurred in the heart of Industrial North England after Mod culture had died down. Northern Soul was one of the most prominent subcultures to emerge in the 1970s and essentially consisted of Soul enthusiasts and DJs who delved deeper and deeper into the near endless back catalogue of 1960s American Soul music and who championed rare 45s and B-sides. The expressive style…