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The Waterboys Release 85 Unheard Songs

4012 days ago

ContactMusic — Veteran rockers The Waterboys are to release 85 unheard tracks as part of a seven-disc box set celebrating the 25th anniversary of their classic... more info

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Music Review: The Waterboys - An Appointment with Mr. Yeats

4042 days ago

Topix — While many people think song lyrics and poetry are interchangeable, the truth of the matter is there are very few songwriters whose work matches up against poetry. On the other hand, just because a poem is wonderful to read doesn't mean it would nece... more info

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Another Fine Mess

4076 days ago

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — O'Messy LifeFrom: Newcastle, United KingdomThe Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition attracts a complete cross section of the UK's music scene. From jazz to hard rock from introspective singer/songwriters to egotistical indie rockers, from bands wh... more info

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This week's new tracks

4157 days ago

Guardian Music — Haim | Mumford & Sons | Angel | Major Lazer | Florence + The MachineHaim Don't Save Me (National Anthem/Polydor) There's a fine (by which I mean not fine) tradition of rubbish sisters in pop, from the Nolans through to B*Witched, the Corrs and the Co... more info

Mumford and Sons Major Lazer Florence and the Machine The Nolans The Corrs Belinda Carlisle The Waterboys Levellers Lionel Richie Cyndi Lauper

Who should play at Glastonbury 2013?

4221 days ago

Guardian Music — Emily Eavis has asked her Twitter followers to suggest acts for next year's festival – but who would you like to see playing? (Spoiler: the Stone Roses will not be on the bill)Emily Eavis, co-organiser of the Glastonbury festival, tweeted on Friday... more info

The Stone Roses The Waterboys U2 Coldplay Queens of the Stone Age Mogwai Brian Wilson Juan Atkins Roxy Music Erasure Bat for Lashes Girls Aloud

The Waterboys' Mike Scott playing Music Hall of Williamsburg after sold-out Rockwood Music Hall show

4223 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — As a teenager Mike Scott fronted his first garage bands, playing original songs and punk covers, and wrote his own rock fanzine before moving to the lights of Edinburgh and London in quest of glory. In the 1980s he... more info

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Mercury prize 2012: the shortlist that might have been

4235 days ago

Guardian Music — This week's Mercury prize nominations were widely judged to be straight and safe. Here our critics suggest 12 records that should have made the listPlayin' Me Cooly G (Hyperdub)It sells itself as qualitative judgment and always arrives wreathed in a ... more info

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Karl Wallinger Still Suffering A Decade After Aneurysm

4270 days ago

ContactMusic — World Party frontman Karl Wallinger is still suffering sight problems following his 2001 brain aneurysm which kept him away from the music scene for five years The Ship of Fools hitmaker a one-time member of cult folk rockers The Waterboys suffered t... more info

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Ian Rankin's Edinburgh playlist

4574 days ago

Guardian Music — To accompany our Edinburgh city guide, crime writer Ian Rankin has picked 10 tunes that soundtrack his home town, from the Bay City Rollers to the Proclaimers via the Rezillos and Iggy Pop• As featured in our Edinburgh city guideJosef K – It's Ki... more info

Bay City Rollers The Proclaimers Iggy Pop The Waterboys Dick Gaughan The Rezillos Eddi Reader Boards of Canada