Back in 2007 or 2008, Dave Tat gave me a copy of this reissue for my birthday & lately I've been considering posting it. I'm glad I waited, because Greg Wilson just posted a fresh wav file! Equip consisted of Wilson, Magazine's Martin Jackson & A Certain Ratio's Andy Connell. Get the scoop from the 12"s liner notes below: In 1984 Street Sounds released the experimental ‘UK Electro’ album as part of their now legendary Electro series. All but one of the tracks on this ‘compilation’ were written and produced by the same nucleus of people, although ...

The Muse is the title of the free sampler from American Songwriter and the February mix is a stormer featuring amongst others Sharon Van Etten, Lambchop, Hacienda, Ani DiFranco and The Wrinkle Neck Mules. Here are a couple of our own favourites from it, the wonderful Dr. Dog with an up-tempo taste of new album [...]

"You'll never see the hacienda. It doesn't exist. The hacienda must be built." This famous line from proto-Situationist Ivan Chtcheglov's surreal Formulary for a New Urbanism was one of the defining creeds behind the development of Factory Records' Haçienda nightclub in Manchester, ...

When Dan Auerbach believes in something, you should too. The Black Keys god and slayer of all things evil is helping this San Antonio quintet hone their sound as they get set to release another album. Yesterday, Hacienda dropped some visuals to go along with “Savage,” a groovy track with an effortless flow. The video’s [...]

Happy Mondays have announced plans to reform the band’s original line-up, including backing vocalist and former X Factor finalist Rowetta. The iconic Manchester band, fronted by Shaun Ryder, will be touring the UK this summer as well as playing festival shows. Discovered at a Battle Of The Bands at Manchester’s Hacienda in 1985, the band [...]

Another Friday, another classic mix is uncovered. Another Andy Weatherall extravaganza. There is some debate from people who claim to have this on tape that this is actually a studio mix to represent some of the sets he played at the time. One thing there is no debate about is that this is sheer quality [...]

We are always on the look our for some classic mixes to slot into a Friday afternoon to help propel you into the weekend. Well this week we really are reaching the top of the tree when DJ legend Graeme Park posted up his mix from the Hacienda night at Sankeys just before New Year. [...]

Acclaimed San Antonio-based quartet Hacienda will join Heartless Bastards on a series of shows this February, including a Toronto appearance at The Horseshoe Tavern. See below for complete details.

Where Is Parker Griggs? is a collection of songs from the excellent Alive Naturalsound label, with exclusive tracks from artists such as Hacienda,Buffalo Killers, Black Diamond Heavies, Radio Moscow and more. Over the past three years it has undoubtedly become one of our favourite labels and we have posted many times about the bands on their roster [...]

Death From Above 1979 Details of the 2012 edition of Edgefest have been announced.  The show will go down at Downsview Park on July 14th.  Tickets go on sale Friday at 10:00am. The main stage consists of Billy Talent , Death From Above 1979 , Silversun Pickups , The Sheepdogs , USS , The Pack A.D. , The Dirty Heads , and Young The Giant .  While there's some good stuff mixed in there with the commercial alternative, the side stage is once again more impressive. The Coppertone It's there you'll get to catch: Acres of Lions , The Balconies , The Coppertone , The Darcys ...

A Radio 1Xtra series is documenting the history of classic club nights. Its maker, Emma Warren, lists the 10 most important institutions of the last 25 years Throughout history there have always been examples of the creative genius that can develop when interesting people come together – think of Bletchley Park in the second world war, for instance, or the Bloomsbury Group. Or of an outsized rave in Milton Keynes called Sidewinder that unwittingly became a cradle for the nascent grime scene. Over the last three decades, the foundations for Britain's internationally renowned club culture were built in a handful ...

Recommended Show: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011 CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ WEBSTER HALL 125 E 11th St New York, NY 10009 $20, 8PM Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are one of those bands you've got to root for, whether you like their music or not. Their DIY ethos is enough to make them tonight's recommended show. Dawes @ Maxwell's City and Colour & Hacienda @ Terminal 5 30 Seconds to Mars @ Hammerstein Ballroom Soft Spot, Rifle Recoil, & Pigeons @ Big Snow K-Holes, PC Worship, Love Butchers @ Union Pool The Weakerthans & Said the Whale @ Bowery Ballroom Plants and Animals, Takka Takka, & Balene ...

While lying on the beach the other day listening to random stuff on the i-pod, it hit me that I've a lot of songs that are associated with numbers.  And that inspired another posting.  Kind of lazy I know......but I'm still jetlagged:- mp3 : Cinerama  - 10 Denier mp3 : Frightened Rabbit - Square 9 mp3 : R.E.M.- Driver 8 mp3 : Jens Lekman  - Tram #7 To Heaven mp3 : Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground The last of the above list was, as I'm sure many of you know, the last ever record ever played at The Hacienda.  Not that anyone knew ...

Ximena Sarinana at the Parish on 11/21 (more by Tim Griffin) Dawes and Hacienda played the free Rolling Stone show today (12/6) in Openhouse Gallery's pop-up park (201 Mulberry Street ). Dawes went on at 1 PM. Check out a...

Dawes @ La Zona Rosa in August (more by Tim Griffin) Dawes, who is playing the WFUV Holiday Show at Beacon Theater tonight (12/5), and who hit Zuccotti Park the other day, and who are playing sold out shows at...