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Eighties Matchbox tour between Christmas and New Year

News by Kev Kharas

Cramming in as much activity as possible before the year’s out like they’re festive Cinderellas or just short of free petrol or something, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster play shows, for you, soon.»

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Queens of the Stone Age kicked out of rehab gig

News by Kev Kharas

Queens of the Stone Age were ejected from their own show at a Californian rehab centre last week.»

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Eighties Matchbox: making a B-line to a venue near you

News by Alex Denney

The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster are putting their touring boots on for a string of fifteen dates across the UK in July and August, in support of their new EP ‘The Garden’.»

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Get Off The Internet! No, seriously: do so, and go to this...

News by Mike Diver

See that STA all-dayer news, there? We thought that was about as ace as today was gonna get, awesome-festival-type-stuff wise. But no - then we saw this...»

Brighton's big tsunami gig

News by Toby Jarvis

Tsunami benefits are everywhere, so here's another one: Brighton's biggest indie bands join forces for a show at the Concorde 2 on Monday 7th March. Tickets are already on sale.»

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Eighties Matchbox reveal more on record label split

News by DiS News

Following on from news that The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster have left Universal / Island Records, the band have released some interesting words to the world at large.»

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Matchbox fuse as Subways go overground

News by DiS News

Word on the street is that zombie rock heroes Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster have been released from their label, Universal Records.»

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Eighties Matchbox, Liars and Wolf Eyes announce gigs

News by Mike Diver

Eighties Matchbox are to play a couple of gigs in December, their last of 2004.»

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Art Brut: Top of the FROGs + massive Reading Fest shindig!

News by Gareth Dobson

London heroes, Art Brut, has announced that they will be performing live at London’s FROG night this weekend, Saturday 14th August.»

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Eighties Matchbox FROG Disaster

News by Gareth Dobson

Psyche-nadge motor oil-gonzo spazzmos, The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Distaster, are to be this week's guests at new London clubnite, FROG, which takes place from 11pm-4am every Saturday at the Mean Fiddler on Charing Cross Rd. They will be onstage at 1am»

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Truck Fest '04 announces full line up, tickets disappearing sharpish

News by Gareth Dobson

July's very own South-of-the-border musical highlight, the Truck Festival, has announced full details of its lineup. Essentially a summation of (practically) every decent independent (not indie) band going and a few big-label treats, this year's line up has expanded beyond previous years into the nebulous of "bloody hell, that's pretty amazing".»

Middlesbrough Live Festival Announces Line-up

News by Adie Nunn

Middlesbrough Music Live Festival takes place on on May 31st. It's free! With a few bands still to be announced, the majority of the line-up is looking rather spiffing so far.»

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Eighties Matchbox: Single + Tour

News by Adie Nunn

Hairy Brighton chart-shagging deathpunks The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster release the second single, 'I Could Be An Angle', from their forthcoming album 'The Royal Society', on June 14th.»

EMBLD: No Disaster spells trouble at t'Mill

News by Dom Gourlay

Brighton's most famous Cramps-aspiring ghouls The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster have been forced to cancel their show at Mansfield's Mill venue on Friday 4th July due to "a sudden bout of illness" amongst certain band members. The show was originally planned to coincide with The Mill's firs»

Emily The Strange

Strange, Strange, Eighties Matchbox.

News by Melissa Harflett

Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster release a new single entitled ‘Chicken’ on the May 12th, but that isn't the strange bit… The peeps behind US cult sensation Emily The Strange have declared their love for the Eighties by designing the artwor»

The 80s Meanwhile Back in B-line Communist Brighton

News by Sean Adams

Two impossibly long-named bands come head to head in Brighton next Saturday... Motorhead-humping-the-Doorsters The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster headline the Brighton Freebutt next Saturday (Feb 1st) alongside debauch-digi-disturbing-diarylike-detailers Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia..»

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Sonic Mook Explodes Into 2003

News by Ben Chandler

Sean Mclusky's 'Sonic Mook Experiment' continues rocking into 2003. 2002 proved a fruitful year for the 'Mook, with the two compilations that have so far been released, exposing some of the finest talent of the underground rock scene, and contributing to the successes of bands such as »

Eighties Matchbox go Top 20?

News by Adam Anonymous

The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster are staking an early claim for the first obscurity-to-chart rock success of the year with new single ‘Psychosis Safari’. Apparently the Matchbox boys are at number 24 in the midweek charts, so – with B-Line B-side action including two tracks produced by Amen»

The Eighties Matchbox tour... again!

News by Ollie Appleby

The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster have just completed a long headline tour of the UK, and everyone liked it so much they're doing another one. While their album might have recieved... mixed reviews, few fault t»

Speedhorn: New Dates

News by Nick Lancaster.

Due to unavoidable promotional commitments in Japan, the Raging Speedhorn boys have put back the start of their forthcoming tour by a month. They have also added a gig in Leeds and shuffled the rest of the dates around a bit. So forget what you already know, here's what happens now: Octo»

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80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster : album, single, tour

News by Tessa Appleby

The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster have announced details of their fortcoming new album, single and a UK tour. The new single from the band entitled 'Celebrate Your Mother' (produced by Paul Tipler) is due to be released on the 16th of September. 'Celebrate Your Mother' will»

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The 'Future Rock & Roll' - Censored?

News by Ollie Appleby

Following a threat last week from Westminster Council to take legal action if the Sonic Mook Experiment posters were not taken down by the start of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Concert, Mute were today visited by t»

Sonic Mook's Jubilee weekend festival

News by Ollie Appleby

Whilst the rest of the Empire wallows in Golden Jubilee celebrations and 25 year old Sex Pistols nostalgia, the Sonic Mook Experiment stages a four day festival of "all that is LOUD & FAST" at the ICA (same street where the Qu»

Morning Has Broken for the B-Line Disaster

News by Ollie Appleby

Released today is the double b-side from The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, and "It's coming to get you whether you like it or not" The band, named after "the tripped-out salt flat motor race soundtrack, the noise of a thousand vehicles hurtling towards oblivion and glory" release »