Britain's Manic Street Preachers are headed into the Twin Cities tomorrow for a show at the Varsity and ATF has two tickets to giveaway. So if you're interested in seeing the great band then e-mail your name to contests[at]above-thefold.com with the subject Manic Street Preachers. Winners will be chosen at Midnight TONIGHT so don't sleep! [...]
For a limited time only, concert fans can buy The Live Nation Club Passport for $49.99, All-In and No Fees, and see participating shows at Live Nation clubs in their city for the rest of the year, subject to availability. If you're a Live Nation Club Passport holder, and the show's not sold-out, you're in! The Live Nation Club Passport is available only at www.livenation.com.Here's how it wor...
The Manic Street Preachers album comes out 9/15 ! If you pre order the album you can get an exclusive REMIX CD with your copy of "Journal for Plague Lovers" Here's also a cool widget!! http://www.columbiarecords.com/manicstreetpreachers/ PREORDER PAGE: http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/preorder The tracklisting/remixers are listed below. Andy Weatherall - 'Peeled Apples' Saint Etienne - '...
‘Journal for Plague Lovers’ will be released in the US 15th September 2009 but you can pre-order your copy now and get an added bonus.PRE-ORDER INFO:By pre-ordering now, you will receive a digital copy of the album immediately as well as a download code for 10 bonus remixes, to be delivered on September 15th. [...]
With another calendar year down before the end of everything (2012, perhaps?), the end of year lists are piling in, on topics from best album to best track, best live performance to best Twitter meltdown, best overdressed celeb to best use of "I'm gonna let you finish, but..."Funnily enough, I'm struggling with my best of lists this year. I can barely find five albums from this year which are d...
Written by: Kristen Jones Journal for Plague Lovers is the ninth studio album by the alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on May 18th, 2009 and features lyrics left behind by Richey Edwards. Although there may be a whole generation of fans who have no recollection of their original guitarist and lyricist, Richey Edwards [...]
Some bands may be permenant, yet non-essential, fixtures in my music collection; others may come and go with the winds of change. However, a handful manage to make it into what is tentatively known as RobinPlaysChords' Hall of Fame - a place for the bands that I would take to a desert island. From this, I normally champion two bands in particular; Placebo, who are officially the band to help anyon
It is easy to forget that once, in the shrouded mists of time that were the early 1990's a band could be considered controversial. Not in a 'swearing on the radio' or 'I'm going to shoot your face' kind of way, but in a genuine, almost terrifying fashion.Manic Street Preachers were such a band.Dividing opinion from the offset, they emerged a half-psychotic, embryonic band of New York Dolls cast...
There's a ton of great new releases this week. Check out these:The Big PinkBig StarBlack WhaleDavid Wax Museum- ReviewKeegan Dewitt- ReviewThe Dodos- ReviewAce FrehleyGordon Gano & the Ryans- ReviewGus Gus- videoJupiter OneLiving ColourManic Street PreachersMuseRobert PollardQ-TipScotland Yard Gospel ChoirStars of Track and Field- MP3A Sunny Day In Glasgow- MP3Windmill- MP3Pete Yorn & Scarlett