When New Yorkers Alejandra and Claudia Deheza (twins, no less) join forces with former Secret Machines guitarist Benjamin Curtis they become: School of Seven Bells. The band’s second album is shiny enough to make decent pop music without relinquishing any of their shoe-gazer credentials. Citing king of the perplexing nightmare David Lynch, as an...
Read more »
Folks you’ve done it! The BBC today announced that the BBC digital radio station 6music will not be closed. Lauren Laverne announced the news at 11am on her morning show. She began by thanking listeners for their support before reading from the BBC Trust’s report, which began: ““The BBC trust has rejected the strategy...
Read more »
A second protest against the proposed closure of the Best Radio Station In The World™, BBC 6Music, will be held on Saturday at Broadcasting House in London’s West End. The protest will start at 12noon and last two hours. FFS went to the last one, and a more well-attended and civilised event you couldn’t...
Read more »
Listeners, DJs and musicians braved the soggy weather today to protest against the proposed closure of 6music outside Broadcasting House in London’s Portland Place. DJs Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson, Liz Kershaw, Andy Kershaw, Gideon Coe, Andrew Collins and Adam Buxton were in attendance as well as musicians Emmy the Great, Mirrorkicks, MJ Hibbett and...
Read more »
Fans of 6music have rallied together and organised a protest against the proposed closure of the station. The demonstration, being organised through the 6 Music Protest facebook group, is planned for 12 noon this Saturday 27th March at Broadcasting House, Portland Street. The organisers said “6 Music promotes new, old and unsigned music and...
Read more »
Folky foursome Noah and the Whale have spoken out about the proposed closure of 6music on their blog. The band said: “The BBC is currently facing great tragedy. A tragedy that will be catastrophic on all alternative music groups, new bands and unsigned artists.” They called the radio station “one of the very few...
Read more »
Wouldn't it be great to be able to wear our support proudly emblazoned across our collective chest, or pinned proudly to our lapels?
Thusly we're asking you to submit designs for "Save 6 Music" t-shirts and badges.
Read more »
We asked you to CC us in on your letters to the BBC trustees about the proposed closure of BBC 6music. We'll be collecting them here. Remember to email the BBC Trustees to tell them what you think of their decision and keep your DAB radio tuned to six, or listen live on iPlayer....
Read more »
This morning, Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC, announced to staff that the rumoured cuts to BBC programming are indeed to take place. 6 Music will close some time around the end of 2011, along with the BBC Asian network and other services. In a move that Thompson asserted was intended to “put...
Read more »
Like a digital Glastonbury, with none of the hassles of setting up a tent or defecating into a drop-pit, 6 Music collects the best music on offer in the world today, and brings together music fans of all ages at the same time. It’s lovely to know that I can be enjoying a...
Read more »
