
Beat Surrender favourite Franz Nicoly is touring in Europe from March 1st, no UK shows this time but hopefully soon. 3/1 Cafe Borowka, Wroclaw, PL 3/2 Klubokawiarnia Redakcja, PL 3/3-6 TBA PL 3/7 Meskalina, Poznan, PL 3/8 Ramones Museum, Berlin DE 3/9 Schaubude, Kiel DE 3/10 Villa Nachttanz, Heidelberg DE 3/12 Le 5eme Avenue, Orleans FR 3/13 Pop In, Paris FR 3/14 Mac Daid's, Le Havre FR 3/15 Le Galion, Lorient FR 3/16 Ecuyes, Caen FR 3/17 Petit London, Toulouse [...]

After a long hiatus UK country rockers The Rockingbirds are back with a new album that's out on Loose Music Feb 25th, the bands third album aptly entitled The Return Of The Rockingbirds, self-produced and recorded at a trio of studios Reservoir, Ernie’s and Ilex through 2010/11 the album features eleven original numbers penned by frontman Alan Tyler. The band reformed in 2008 to play at Heavenly’s 18th birthday show at the South Bank, London and carried the momentum into 2009 to support the re-release, in a re-mastered and expanded mode, of their debut album, they've continued to [...]

Photo credit http://lizlinder.com Eilen Jewell, the Boise-Idaho based songstress has announced a string of UK/Eire dates in March and April that culminate with a headline show at London’s Bush Hall on April 5th. Alongside her regular band (Jerry Miller, Johnny Sciacia, Jason Beek) Jewell has become a firm favourite on these shores with her dynamic live shows that forge country, rock-n-roll, blues and rockabilly into her own unique style. March 2013 27th The Tunnels, BRISTOL 28th The Maze, NOTTINGHAM 29th Victoria Hotel, MENAI BRIDGE 30th Cleeres. KILKENNY [...]

Beat Surrender favourite Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou have a single out available to download for free via this link - the A-side For A Minute comes from their fantastic album, and one of my personal favourite from 2012 - La Ferme De Fontenaille, the album was released on the 5th of November on the due's on label The Anglophone Recording Company (APRC) , and beautifully recorded on a TEAC Tascam 246 4-Track cassette recorder in the Pay De La Loire, France, you can pick up a copy on CD / Limited Edition Cassette / Download [...]

We enjoyed a lot the four seasons themed EP's released by Larkin Poe in 2010/2011 ( Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ), and now another seasonal treat for you from Seattle folk trio Hannalee who released the first in a series of EP's coinciding with the seasons in the fall of 2012, Cucurbita . The EP's are a result of a twist in the career of bands lead vocalist and songwriter Michael Notter who was living the rock 'n' roll dream flying all around the US with indie-rock band Motopony before another key member of the [...]

Milk Heavy, Pollen Heart (Laura Gibson Cover) by Dead Flowers

Re-up 1 David Gray - Say Hello Wave Goodbye ( buy ) 2 The Blazing Zoos - Do You Have A Sister ( buy ) 3 The Broken Family Band - You Broke My Fucking Heart ( buy ) 4 Lauren Pritchard - Painkillers ( buy ) 5 Elvis Costello - Good Year for the Roses ( buy ) 6 Ryan Adams - Dear Chicago [...]

Pulp Americana, Hard Acoustic Roots With a intriguing background far removed one would immediately think from his music J. Shogren is an interesting character indeed, Shogren splits his time between Centennial, Wyoming and Stockholm Sweden where his day job is professor of Applied Philosophy were he has served as the King of Sweden’s special professor on environmental science and sat as a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change a group that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. On his latest musical offering God Bless These Crooked Little Songs [...]

Great new twang tinged track from Bill Bragg's upcoming release Tooth and Nail produced by Joe Henry, download another here (email required) CD, DVD, Vinyl shop

The product of a successful Kickstarter project He Ain't No Good is the debut self released album from bluegrass harmony trio The Locust Honey String Band , on their debut they interpret a total of fourteen tracks from the rich catalogue of American roots music including Jealous Hearted Me (The Carter Family), He Ain't No Good (Mississippi Shieks) and Time Goes Slow (Louvin Brothers), there's one self-written number on the album, Her Ways , written by band member Chloe Edmonstone (fiddle, vocals, guitar) that holds its own amongst the covers and perhaps is a [...]

20th Feb - Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds 21st Feb - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham 22nd Feb - Gorilla, Manchester 23rd Feb - O2 Academy, Liverpool 25th Feb - Sage, Gateshead 26th Feb - HMV Picture House, Edinburgh 27th Feb - Aberdeen Music Hall, Aberdeen 28th Feb - Barrowlands, Glasgow

Boston based Thea Hopkins third album / EP Lilac Sky which is out today,Thea calls it "Native Americana" a phrase that combines the music and takes pride in her Wampanoag and Cherokee ancestry. A recent winner of American Songwriter magazine's lyric writing contest, Lilac Sky see's Thea move away from the restraints of the contemporary folk of her earlier and albums to a more expansive Americana sound. Thea Hopkins - Might've Stayed In Memphis Homepage

Honey" from TORRES' self-titled debut album Available digitally via iTunes, eMusic, & Amazon To pre-order a physical copy (CD or double vinyl), order via www.torres.bigcartel.com www.torrestorrestorres.com www.facebook.com/torresmusicof ficial www.twitter.com/torreslovesyou
Post-punk alternative rock from Glasgows IT GIRL , long live Factory Facebook

Everybody's Got One is the debut EP on Team Love Records from 22 year old twins, sister and brother Amelia and Pat Innit who were born a decade apart, Amelia just before midnight on December 31st '89 and Pat a few minutes later in the 902s, the six track EP is a wonderfully irresistible and idiosyncratic offering of indie-pop with the twins sharing out the vocal duties pretty evenly across the half-dozen songs, touted on the blogosphere and music press as one to watch for 2013 the band live up to their billing with a mouth watering [...]
On tour with Frightened Rabbit Feb 8th - Norwich Waterfront w/ Frightened Rabbit Feb 9th - Birmingham Library w/ Frightened Rabbit Feb 11th - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms w/ Frightened Rabbit Feb 12th - Brighton Concorde 2 w/ Frightened Rabbit Feb 13th - London HMV Forum w/ Frightened Rabbit Feb 13th - London Bull & Gate Feb 14th - Cambridge Junction w/ Frightened Rabbit Feb 16th - Bristol Fleece w/ Frightened Rabbit Feb 17th - Exeter Phoenix w/ Frightened Rabbit Feb 18th - Stoke Sugarmill w/ Frightened Rabbit [...]

Download February's brings you a hot serving of musical goulash , thanks to Scott for curating and Matt for the artwork. Title: Cleaning Out My Closet (Eminem cover) Artist: Angel Haze Album: Classick (2012) Submitted By: @tincanman2010 ( http://tincanland.wordpress.co m/ ) Comments: NSFW! wtf, rap on FBFY? Yeah, deal with it bitches. Eminem broke through rap’s colour barrier and Haze threatens to shatter it’s gender ceiling, so a cover seems appropriate. Similar styles, too Title: 1965 (Duas Tribos) Artist: Legião [...]