NEWS: MAGAZINE – UK TOUR DATES
Magazine, the connoisseur’s choice, will play a series of 9 dates throughout the UK in November.The tour starts on the 1st at Bath Komedia and ends on the 10th at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London. The tour coincides with the November release of the fifth Magazine album, entitled ‘No Thyself’, the first new material recorded by the band since 1981. The band last toured the UK in 2009 to great public and critical acclaim, and since then have limited their appearances... Read More
LIVE: SHONEN KNIFE – 13/08/2011
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Turning up at the Deaf Institute tonight to celebrate their 30th anniversary, Shonen Knife is a musician’s band, in the same way Peter Cook was a comedian’s comedian, loved by connoisseurs and music buffs but managing, relatively, to avoid even the alternative music scene’s radar during their impressive career. Having been lauded by the likes of Kurt Cobain and Thurston Moore in the past, the punk trio has pulled a crowd tonight... Read More
NEWS: BLACKLISTERS DEBUT ALBUM AND FREE DOWNLOAD
This Leeds band formed in 2008 and quickly earned a reputation as a formidable live act through aggressive, confrontational performances riddled with dark humour. Track titles from their forthcoming 2012 album back this up with names like ‘I Can Confirm That Ruth Abigail Holmes Is Not Dead and Is Planning To Make a Movie About Her Life’, ‘Ask Yourself A Question If The Answer Is Go Fuck Yourself’ and ‘Nice Garden’. Sounding a little like Deftones,... Read More
NEWS: GIVERS – DEBUT ALBUM AND FREE DOWNLOAD OF ‘UP UP UP’ REMIX
‘In Light’ is the name for the debut album from Louisiana’s Givers. ‘In Light’ will be released on the 10th October on Glassnote (Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, Kele, Two Door Cinema Club, The Temper Trap) and Island Records. Givers are a band that attepmt to fill your ears, hips and heart with uplift and sunshine. The first single taken from ‘In Light’ was last month’s stunning ‘Up Up Up’. On launch, the band made each of the single’s... Read More
NEWS: TRAILER TRASH TRACYS RELEASE TASTER TRACK
London quartet Trailer Trash Tracys have signed with Double Six, the sister label to Domino Records, with a much anticipated debut full-length expected in January 2012. Trailer Trash Tracys – aka Suzanne Aztoria, Jimmy Lee, Adam Jaffrey and Dayo James –rose to prominence with the spiralling debut “Candy Girl/ You Wish You Were Red”. Taking their cues from wide, varied influences and interests such as ‘solfeggio harmonics, the transitionary period of analogue to digital... Read More
NEWS: GIGSANDTOURS.COM ANNOUNCE GIG/TICKET APP
www.gigsandtours.com, the official website of two of the UK’s leading promoters, SJM Concerts and Metropolis Music are pleased to announce the first release of the Gigs And Tours App on iPhone/iPad for users to keep up with tour news, gigs nearby and interact on social networks. This is the first ticketing App to launch from UK Concert Promoters. It will allow users to get Gigsandtours on the go and means they will never miss out when artists announce live shows and the... Read More
NEWS: TIMBER TIMBRE ANNOUNCE TOUR AND VIDEO
Following the recent announcement that their second album ‘Creep On Creepin’ On’ has been nominated for the Polaris Prize, Canadian trio Timber Timbre have revealed a new video for album track ‘Bad Ritual’, featuring dark, Lynchian imagery akin to the track’s brooding melody. Having released their previous single ‘Creep On Creepin’ On’ via Full Time Hobby and with a show at London’s ICA under their belts, Timber Timbre have revealed a few more... Read More
NEWS: LITTLE SCREAM ANNOUNCE TOUR AND TWO VIDEOS
Secretly Canadian are proud to announce that Little Scream – aka Montreal-based singer/guitarist Laurel Sprengelmeyer – will embark on a European tour next month, including two UK support slots with Sub Pop recording artists Handsome Furs plus a London headline show on Thursday September 14 at Brixton Windmill. Little Scream’s debut album The Golden Record has yielded a pair of videos. Rachel Granofsky’s stop motion collage clip accompanies homespun pop-rocker... Read More
LIVE: DANIEL JOHNSTON – 12/08/2011
– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – Recording and releasing music with paced regularity since the early eighties, seeing Daniel Johnston on an occasion when he is not touring new material is something of a treat, as you come expecting everything and nothing. No latest album obligations, just a timely run through of his best and biggest hits, with a few obscurities thrown in for good measure. And much obligingly, that is exactly what we get. Since his inaugural release in... Read More
LIVE: CHAMELEONS VOX – 12/08/2011
– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – The sign outside Manchester’s coolest gig venue reads ‘Sold Out’. There’s a large crowd milling around, most with tickets and a few poor sods without. So what’s the difference between Chameleons Vox and the band of old? Well musically, almost nothing. Mark Burgess has handed his bass guitar to Raymond Bowles of Manchester band Bushart. Guitar duties are taken up by Bushart members Chris Oliver and Steve Foxcroft. John Lever is... Read More
