Update: The Dusk 'Falling' EP produced by Simon Jones out now

First reported in August 2012, The Dusk, Falling EP, is now available on Crying Boy Records. Falling was produced by Simon Jones of The Verve. Find it on CDbaby, Soundcloud, and Bandcamp, as well as other digital music stores.

“Falling” is the debut EP from indie quartet The Dusk. Produced by Simon Jones, better known for his role in seminal north-west bands The Verve and Black Submarine, “Falling” is released on Crying Boy Records on 3 December 2012. This collection of strong, melodic indie-rock anthems, with an electro twist, offers a first taste of The Dusk’s debut album currently in production, due out 2013. The Dusk aren’t the new musical revolution. They’re not the voice of angst-ridden youth. And they don’t aspire to ring in a new political order. They’re just four people who make sounds. Great sounds.

Noel Gallagher and Richard Ashcroft team up for Dubai concert in March

Noel Gallagher will perform a set ‘packed’ with Oasis classics in Dubai next month.

The iconic guitarist and singer will make his Middle Eastern debut on Sandance Beach on Friday March 15 – and promoters have told the crowd to expect a set brimming with Oasis hits.

Former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft will also perform at the one-off gig, the first in a series of ‘Live at Atlantis’ events, as will Zane Lowe.

Gallagher will be backed onstage by his current band the High Flying Birds, whose eponymous debut album was released to critical acclaim in 2011.

However the 45-year-old rocker is expected to relieve his ’90s heyday when he plays in Dubai. The gig’s promoters have seen a sample of Gallagher’s 90-minute set and are expecting ‘around 75 percent’ of the tunes to be drawn from Oasis’ back catalogue, the bulk of which was written exclusively by Gallagher, and are promising renditions of ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Supersonic’ and ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’.

Meanwhile Ashcroft, who is a friend of Gallagher, will perform solo acoustic at the gig, relieving the memorable set he performed at Sandance in October 2011 which featured Verve hits including ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ and ‘Lucky Man’. A regular on Sandance Beach, Radio One DJ Zane Lowe will play out the night after Gallagher’s set.

While the gig has been put together by the team behind the popular Sandance festival, organisers have made clear this is part of new series of ‘Live at Atlantis’ gigs which promise to bring more massive stars to Dubai throughout 2013. Meanwhile the first Sandance of 2013 has been set for Friday May 10.

• Source: Time Out Dubai

Stunning comeback for Exit Calm

Returning from two years of near silence, Exit Calm are back and in thunderous form, with a new single, 'The Rapture.' Likened to The Verve, Exit Calm were highlighted on The Verve Live in 2010, with the release of their critically praised self-titled debut.

With 'The Rapture,' the unmistakable Verve influence remains, but moves beyond into what can only be described as brilliantly-hued reverb-loaded space rock. Watch the music video below. More on Exit Calm via their website, Facebook, and/or Twitter.