Brakes man searching for lost guitar
Brakes frontman Eamon Hamilton has appealed for information about a lost Gewa Tennessee Bluesbird guitar, lost near the Leftfield tent at Glastonbury.…
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Universal will embrace Sanctuary 360 approach if takeover successful
Sources tell Billboard that Universal plans to keep Sanctuary's merchandising, agency and management businesses intact if its takeover succeeds, under CEO Frank Presland.…
Sanctuary confirm takeover approach
Sanctuary Group has confirmed it has received takeover approaches that may or may not lead to an offer, sending its share price up by as much as 50%.…
Beggars negotiating to buy into Rough Trade
Music Week reports the Beggars Group is looking into buying Sanctuary Group's 49% stake in Rough Trade, which Sanctuary has been considering selling.…
Caroline to distribute Rough Trade in the US
EMI's US indie distributor Caroline will handle Rough Trade releases in the States via World's Fair Label Group, including Jarvis Cocker and Brakes.…
Regal sign longer term deal with Babyshambles
Regal, an imprint of EMI's Parlophone, has signed Babyshambles to a longer term deal after an earlier one-EP arrangement following their split from Rough Trade.…
Brakes single, tour
Brakes release the single Cease & Desist on 7-inch and download on 26 February, with a free playing card and tour dates across the UK.…
Rough Trade partner with World's Fair for North American releases
Rough Trade have partnered with US-based World's Fair Label Group to release albums including Jarvis Cocker's solo debut in North America.…
Pull Tiger Tail free downloads
Pull Tiger Tail are offering free downloads of 'Loki' via Rough Trade's new download platform and 'Mr 100 Percent' from 11 Dec, alongside a run of tour dates with The Blood Arm.…
So, how do you define independent again?
Readers have criticised the NME's 'Independent Thinking' covermount CDs, and indie labels question whether 1965, Modular and Transgressive count as independent given major-label funding.…
BBC worldwide talent search names final 20
The BBC World Service's Next Big Thing search for under-18 musicians has named a shortlist of twenty, with a final six to record on 9 December.…
Rough Trade launch digital store with Raincoats exclusive
The Rough Trade download platform launches tomorrow with exclusives including all four studio albums by The Raincoats, plus tracks from Franz Ferdinand, Benjy Ferree and Peter Bjorn And John.…