They're still currently storming through the US but Girls have taken the time out to confirm another set of tour dates, this time for the UK and Europe in early 2010. They begin on February 22nd in Brighton and continue for eighteen dates, finally finishing on March 17th in France.
The Twilight Sad played a show at Fontanas in NYC earlier this week, and lucky for us, them and you, Noisevox was there to film the entire thing. As part of the new Noisemakers By Noisevox video series, the site were there to catch a few new songs from the bands latest fantastic L.
We all still remember the troubled brilliance that was The Decemberists' latest effort 'The Hazards Of Love'. It was a huge record that propelled them further than any of their previous work had done before and was so cohesive, they even decided to play the entire thing, song-for-song, on their promotional tours.
After a break-neck tour with Biffy Clyro, Leeds quartet Pulled Apart By Horses have decided to finish 2009 off with some headlining dates of their own. There's only five dates in all and surprisingly, London has been left off of their list but they do have a huge night planned in their hometown of Leeds where they'll be curating the Xmas Alldayer Show at the Cockpit on December 5th.
Newcastle may not be your typical hotspot for fresh and upcoming bands but nonetheless, Little Comets are representing their city in every way possible. With a début album due relatively soon and the steady wave of hype growing exponentially behind them, they've decided to see the year out with a selection of UK tour dates.
An interesting life, you cannot claim that Lydia Koch hasn't had one of these. Now aged 50, she has teetered on the edge of insanity, taken sexual partners from both sides of the gender divide, performed sex-acts for film, dallied with substance abuse, and then there's her friends.
Running from May 7-9, 2010, Matt Groening - the man behind Futurama - has confirmed his first set of bands for the shindig. Tickets are available for the event which takes place at the Butlins holiday camp in Minehead, you can order by using our handy 'buy tickets' button at the end of this article.
Steve Mason, the former vocalist with The Beta Band, who split back in 2004, has thrown his hat into the solo artist ring with news of a new album. Not that the whole 'solo artist' spiel is new to Mason.
Experimental Danish four-piece Efterklang have announced details of their third studio album and début on new label home 4AD. Due on February 22nd 2010, the new ten-track record is titled Magic Chairs and was produced alongside Gareth Jones (known for his work with Depeche Mode) who mixed the entire thing in London, though it was actually recorded at the Feedback Recording Studio in their homeland of Denmark.
The title track from Noah And The Whales latest record 'The First Days Of Spring' has just been given a new video and considering they were twittering sweetly about love with Laura Marling just one year ago, they seem to have grown up considerably since then.
News surrounding Interpol has been quiet over the last year and considering 2010 marks three years since their last album, we were starting to forget just how great the New York quartet actually are. Whilst each member has been relatively busy ( what with frontman Paul Banks' impressive solo record seeing release a little while back), it's nice to finally hear that the four are back together and have already recorded a new full-length record.
Fanfarlo's recent début 'Reservoir' is still whipping critics, fans and newcomers into a frenzy and whilst they'll finish off a fantastic 2009 with their current US tour, they'll be beginning 2010 right here in the UK. Beginning on February 9th in Bristol, the band play a total of five nights, finishing at the Brighton Audio on the 13th.
Yeasayer have upped a new video over at their Ambling Alp site and, keeping in trend with the latest slew of NSFW videos, have made it just a little bit. . . naked. It's not exactly a video but instead an interactive viewing experience that allows the user to rotate (a full 360 degrees) and pan the camera around whilst the video continues to play.
Anyone remember The Rapture? They were supposed to be the band that revolutionised rock by pairing it with danceable grooves and sublimely zany melodies. The fact that we had to ask illustrates that it went wrong somewhere. Anyone buying their second/breakthrough album found it to contain two or three or the previously mentioned type with the rest of the running time being padded out by dull low-tempo synthesizer plods.
Available digitally as of this very moment but physically on December 15th, 'Cousins' is Vampire Weekend's newest single and it's just been given a video. Taken from their forthcoming January 12th follow-up L. P Contra, the track is short, spunky and full of typically VW bombast.
Mumford & Sons recently released their fantastic début album 'Sigh No More' and whilst they celebrated the success of the record with unforgettable performances at this years CMJ as well as a batch of current UK dates, they've also decided to support the release with a new single and video.
"Jupiter One are the Red Bull of New York rock music". There's your press cutting for the album, sounds good until you realise what we mean. Down a can and initially you feel energised, the relief quickly passes and we're left feeling even more lethargic than we were before.
It's perhaps a little less than fair to fingerpicking acoustic guitarist C Joynes that I write this review having reached saturation point with the kind of music he is a more than capable exponent of. If you are looking for a record that might evoke a dimly lit antiquity, or a sun bleached track through the midst of a pre-industrial harvest, he will consistently reward you.
Our correspondent wades into the Avant Blancmange to deal an ineffective deathblow with the logic shield and the sword of meaning. As year end lists become a predominant concern I find myself wanting to choose releases like this, if anything they at least illustrate the personal/musical chaos that $ tries to formulate into some cogent order of lifestyle choices.
Former Hefner front-man Darren Hayman was parking his car following a concert in Nottingham when he was mugged and attacked. He suffered a fractured skull during the assault for which he was admitted to hospital, although he was discharged last Monday night (Nov 16).