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Post rock legends Mono have shared the third single from their upcoming album - and 20th anniversary as a band. Listen to Meet Us Where The Night Ends below for a slice of the Japanese quartet's brand of atmosphere and instrumentation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNh2T-OY14A&feature=youtu.be The band will present new album Nowhere Now Here in January 2019 and embark on their 20th anniversary year by performing their classic Hymn to the Immortal Wind album in full on the main stage at Roadburn Festival in Tilburg this April, accompanied by the Jo...

It's a bit of an old story now, but vinyl really is back in vogue, and classic artists are helping bring the format back from the brink. New figures from Nielsen have uncovered album sales figures for 2018, including the increased market share vinyl carved out for itself. The Beatles were the best-selling act on vinyl, with three albums – Abbey Road, the White Album and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band all in the Top 15.  Pink Floyd, Bowie, Panic!...

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Contrary to the polemics of high-profile evolutionists, there’s a striking similarity between the Darwinian and Christian accounts of human nature and the origins of evil, argues the author theologian, Dr Niamh Middleton, whose new book reconciles the gulf between science and religion. By Niamh Middleton Ever since the emergence of evolution as a theory during the 18th century Enlightenment, Christianity has been fighting a rear-guard action in trying to defend its basic doctrines. The battle between religion and science for...

Just look at that first wonderful splurge of bands for the sunniest fest of the year. In the first wave of announcements for 2000trees 2019 You Me At Six, While She Sleeps and Every Time I Die are confirmed as key acts. Frank Iero and the Future Violents, Milk Teeth, Therapy and -trees veteran Jamie Lenman are all also set to appear. The 13th edition of the festival is scheduled to run between 11th-13th July, and promises more acts to...

Columbus post rockers The End of the Ocean will release -aire - their first album in eight years - on 18th January. This is the first new material since the band's highly praised 2011 debut, Pacific-Atlantic. With so much going on in their personal lives, Tara Mayer (keys) says that The End of the Ocean needed to “give ourselves a chance to hurt so that we could have the chance to heal” before even thinking about another release. https://youtu.be/jt6YugLWGaw The past few years have forced the band to come to terms...

There are few artists in history who used colour so vividly than Van Gogh. His masterpieces revolutionised artistic practice and style and had a profound influence on the art of the 20th-Century. But aside from his most famous works, few know much about the real Van Gogh other than his missing ear. Giuseppe Cafiero’s enlightening new audiobook paints a very different picture of the “mad genius”, finds Lucy Bryson. By Lucy Bryson Vincent Van Gogh: The Ambiguity Of Insanity is...