Named after Woody Guthrie’s guitar scrawl during WWII, “This Machine Kills Fascists”, This Frontier Needs Heroes is the Alt-Folk duo, Brad and Jessica Lauretti from Brooklyn, NY. Their songs are personal, honest stories of love, loss and longing for a better world. Utilising Kickstarter donations from their growing fan base to fund their second album, […]
Following on from their latest album ‘Ventriloquizzing’, Brighton electronic pop band Fujiya & Miyagi have released a running track. Entitled ‘Different Blades From The Same Pair Of Scissors’, the one-off extended track is available via the band’s own label Strange Tongues from today (Monday 22nd August). Fujiya & Miyagi recorded the track originally in 2008 […]
Following the success of their third album ‘Simple Math’ out earlier this year, Manchester Orchestra return to the UK for a headline UK tour. Kicking off in Bristol on October 2nd and ending with an appearance at Camden’s KoKo on October 7th. This is the band’s first ever UK Headline Tour, after opening for the […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]












