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Last Updated: 14th Feb

Dead Men Walking (14th Feb)

Mike Peters will be one of the four artists involved in the forthcoming "Dead Men Walking" tour. Along with Pete Wylie (the Mighty Wah), Kirk Brandon (Spear of Destiny and Theatre of Hate) and Glen Matlock (the Sex Pistols), Mike will be undertaking a six date tour in which each of the performers will do a solo set, followed by a closing set with all four on stage together. The former Alarm frontman continues to keep busy and is now offering CDRs of each concert he plays for sale to fans.
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Cephas Record Again (14th Feb)

Punk boys Cephas are returning to the studio this week to begin work on the follow-up to their Happy Go Loser EP which sold out a few months ago. The band expect the new recording, which will consist of five tracks, to have a harder edge to its predecessor. The band have been gigging hard around the Surrey/Berkshire/Hampshire area and have attracted a string of positive reviews with one writer recently describing them as sounding a bit like "early Idlewild with better vocals".
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Helen Jayne's Song for Wales (19th Feb)

It's been quite a while since we had any news from Helen Jayne, but at long last we have some. Helen's song "Hebot Ti" has been selected for the final round of this year's Song for Wales contest and is to be performed on S4C on March 1st by young Welsh singer Cathryn Ayres. The camera crew have also visited Helen in her Berkshire studio to record footage for the show. An English version of the song will be available as an MP3 through Helen's website and on her forthcoming new album.
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Mal and Stocki Worldwide (19th Feb)

Mal Pope's show on HTV Wales, Zac's Place, is now available over the web. The show's website at www.htvwales.com/zacsplace includes realvideo archives of the first two shows in the series. Steve Stockman has also recently discovered that his show "Rhythms and Soul" is streamed through the BBC Ulster website. Click here to listen in to the station - Stocki's show is on at 8pm (GMT) on a Sunday evening.
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Sounds Good Build Catalogue (19th Feb)

Sounds Good have just added Love Crusade and our current indie of the month Coastal Dune to their online catalogue. Very soon they'll be adding Caroline Alexander's debut album which is to be launched later this month at Dingwalls in London.
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3 Second Memory Lost In Cornwall? (20th Feb)

3 Second Memory are preparing to record their second EP. They plan to spend the middle of March tucked away in a studio in St. Austell, Cornwall, recording a five track followup to their self-titled debut and would appreciate prayer as they don't know their way around Cornwall... Details of the tracks to be included on the EP are available through the band's website.
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Caroline Alexander in the Press (20th Feb)

Caroline Alexander is to be featured with a two page article in German rock magazine Powerplay and one of her tracks will also appear on the cover CD. Caroline's recently received a review in Kerrang! magazine and is hoping to gain more attention soon since most major music magazine are expected to be in attendance at her London show next week with Coastal Dune.
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Fire Fly Recording Again (20th Feb)

Fire Fly have just returned from a short tour of the Netherlands and are currently in pre-production for their first full-length release. The band are busily sequencing and programming before they do the live recordings with Paul May next month. The band hope to have the recording ready for the summer festival season which will see them playing in Germany, Belgium, Poland and possibly Finland. One small festival in Holland has offered to change its dates in order to accommodate the band.
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Withoutwalls (21st Feb)

Withoutwalls have a new guitarist, Yener, taking over from Rob whose new day job means he can no longer make it to band activities. The band have also recently become the resident worship band at youth-church "The Mess" which is co-ordinated by former withoutwalls vocalist Sally.
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Coastal Dune in the Guardian Again (21st Feb)

Coastal Dune made their second appearance in the Guardian newspaper yesterday when they were included in the Education Guardian's run down of top university bands. All the other bands listed have had significant levels of exposure. The band previously appeared in the paper as part of an article on the new face of evangelical Christianity evident at Durham University. Coastal Dune's latest album BlueGreen is our current indie of the month.
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Delirious? Confirm Rockumentary (21st Feb)

As we reported previously, a documentary on Delirious? is currently in the works. Writing on the band's website, documentary director Hazel said that the team aims "to follow the journey from Studio to release of the next single." They hope to capture the process of preparing, promoting and releasing a new album. No details are given of whether the documentary is intended for Channel 4 as previously rumoured.
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