The Jane Bradfords have announced the forthcoming release of their new album this week. 100 Miles Of Broken Pavement will be on sale from the 13th Feb and is available to pre-order now from www.thejanebradfords.com, or you can listen to it all now for FREE at http://soundcloud.com/the-jane-bradfords/sets/100-miles-of-broken-pavement

“Their music is often driven and upbeat yet is tempered with a forlorn melancholy. There’s the nonchalant swagger of The National, the driving Peter Hook-style bass and at times the euphoric hosannas of Arcade Fire, yet they retain a defiantly unique sound.”

And So I Watch You From Afar have released a series of intimate recordings from their rehearsal rooms where a luck group of fans were invited to come along and video the session on their mobile phones. All the footage was then collected together and painstakingly put edited and released online. You can view the results HERE

The first of the annual Brawl gigs have been announced. The charity event always has a great line-up and now consists of both a Belfast based night, as well as the soon to be announced Portrush based gig. LaFaro, Axis Of, Team Fresh, Gascan Rukus and Empty Lungs play the Queen’s Student Union on the 21st Dec.

“This year the Belfast Brawl will take the form of a Benefit gig to help raise some much needed funds for our friends La Faro, Axis Of & Gascan Rukus to help with their on-going troubles with ban…d transport and get them on the road again.

This month has seen unavoidable break-downs and accidents for these guys, with two vans being scrapped, another facing serious repair work stranded in Germany, tours being completely reshaped due to these complications, gear stuck or lost and unseen expenses coming from every imaginable source, money which the guys just don’t have. So we need you his to get involved and raise even part of the cash the guys need to keep going”

NI’s biggest local music festival is calling for submissions from bands for next years event.

“The submissions period for Glasgowbury 2012 is now officially open!

Following the incredibly large amount of submissions received in 2011, a majority of which were via post, we’ve decided to go down the green route this year and accept all submissions electronically.

WHAT TO DO:

To submit for Glasgowbury 2012, all you have to do is email submissions@glasgowbury.com with a link to your website, social networking site, third party site with a link to your music etc – wherever your music and a bit of information about you/your act is included.

Please also use Glasgowbury 2012 as the email subject.”