Guardian Music — Before Simple Minds went stadium rock, they made 'serious, dark music' that influenced the Manics and Primal Scream. Now they're returning to their rootsA couple of years ago a young, anonymous musician approached Jim Kerr in a Glasgow rehearsal stud... more info

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ContactMusic — Primal Screams new album wont be affected by the departure of bass player Mani The band are recording for the first time in over ten years without the musician - who has returned to his first band The Stone Roses - but frontman Bobby Gillespie says..... more info

Guardian Music — Other acts to play the family-friendly festival include Kool and the Gang, Chic and Adam AntThe first acts for this year's Camp Bestival have been announced, with Hot Chip headlining a festival for the first time. The following night will see a celeb... more info

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ContactMusic — Primal Scream will not write any love songs for their new album The Higher Than the Sun group are currently in the studio working on their tenth LP and frontman Bobby Gillespie said his lyrics will be emotional but not in a sentimental way P... more info

ContactMusic — Primal Scream are recording their new album without a bass player The Kill all Hippies group recently lost their bassist Mani as he left to rejoin his first band The Stone Roses and they arent planning to find another one until after finishing... more info

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NME - In The Office — How do you rate The Thing of bands? A chameleonic, shape-shifting force in rock and dance music that have never released two albums the same? It’s like ranking nine entirely different bands. From entirely different planets. In entirely different di... more info

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