By now it's fairly obvious that everyone who's anyone is hitting the road this spring. Wilco , The Avett Brothers , A.A. Bondy , Spoon , Surfer Blood , etc, etc... Well, now you can add Los Campesinos! to the mix, as the bratty-but-lovable kids from Cardiff, Wales, will make their way to the States to support their latest effort, Romance is Boring (You know, one of our Top 35 albums to buy this year?). There aren't many dates yet, but the band's [...]
"Girl with guitar" Tiffany Page , who you may have caught in Jess's Bands to Watch post last week, is hitting the road over the next few months on an extensive UK tour. She will be doing a run of gigs in smaller venues before a stint supporting the Noisettes throughout February and March. Don't miss your chance to see the songstress with "the sassy swagger of Chrissie Hynde, Shirley Manson's vampish purr and the hellion roar of Courtney Love" before she makes it big! Tuesday 19th January 2010 [...]
You can guess a person's age by their wrinkles, skin tone, voice, laughter lines, sagginess... and how they choose to spend Hogmanay. TEENAGERS: Miraculously immune to the cold, they can be found in mini-skirts and paper-thin shirts, soaking up the great outdoors at a plastic-strewn city-centre street party whilst trying to avoid being felt up by strangers. EARLY 20s : It's time to go indoors for that annual dose of ticketed fun, almost certainly at an overpriced nightclub or awkwardly underpopulated gig venue. [...]
photo: Erik Drabløs Bluegrass rockers Hayseed Dixie kick off their Killer Grass European tour in Dublin in February. The tour coincides with the release of their new album, which is called - you guessed it - Killer Grass . 02/18 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh 02/19 Limerick, Ireland - Dolan's 02/20 Dublin, Ireland - Tripod 02/21 Cork, Ireland - Cyprus Avenue 02/22 Belfast, Ireland - Spring [...]
Photography via Laredo Community College You know I love riding my bicycle. Alot. I ride all the time, rainy, sunny, cold, hot, everything in between. It makes me happy, even when it is physically quite uncomfortable. But, I'm no one trick pony, it has always been my burning desire to dominate in three wildly popular sports. So, besides cycling, I've also participated in a season of curling a couple years back . Granted, we only won one game the [...]
On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, ten lords a-leaping... and a whole bunch of Christmas MP3's. For whatever reason, holiday-themed music makes me want to drink something strong, how about you? Anyhow, Jim from Kid You'll Move Mountains told me that he really liked the A Very Milky Christmas EP, so I've posted both the Promise Ring and Dismemberment Plan tunes from it below. There are also a few other awesome songs as well. MP3: Aberdeen City - Just Like Christmas [...]
Red Hot Underground Someone You Should Know The Crushing Low Kristen Pierson photo All Orbits Are Free is the name of the new album from The Crushing Low . The band; Ed Healy ( vocals, guitar ), Scott Lerner ( guitar ), Alex Lynch ( [...]
Twin Atlantic announce headline tour for the new year Plus: In-store appearances and tracklisting details for 'What Is Light? Where Is Laughter?' Acclaimed Glaswegian rock band Twin Atlantic are set to release the latest cut from their recently released 'Vivarium' mini-album on the 30th of November, in the form of "What Is Light? Where Is Laughter?" . Buy Music: Twin Atlantic [...]
This Saturday I'll be in Crawdaddy for Bobby Noonan and his band The Musicians with support from The Cosmic Sweethearts (Dublin) and Úna McLoughlin (Galway). Bobby's debut EP is amazing and this gig is his big headlining gig in the capital. See ya there? http://www.myspace.com/bobbyno onansongs I was delighted with the news that the amazing Margaret Healy has got the Colin Devlin support for his Irish tour which begins this Saturday; [...]
The Noisettes have announced yet another UK tour for next February and March. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, 30th October, at 9am. Catch the guys at: Thursday 18th February 2010 - Aberdeen Music Hall Friday 19th February 2010 - Edinburgh Picture House Saturday 20th February 2010 - Sheffield Academy Monday 22nd February 2010 - Nottingham Rock City Tuesday 23rd February 2010 - Cambridge Corn Exchange Wednesday 24th February 2010 - Bournemouth Opera [...]
This is an ever changing and (hopefully) expanding list of some of the songs I have mentioned before in this blog or simply stuff I have found somewhere on the web that I find interesting, but have no time to write about. All files have been found somewhere in cyberspace (and NONE of them have uploaded by me, so I cannot help you with any requests you might have - just keep returning and something new might pop up), so they will be available until the artists, record labels, fans, whatever decide to remove them. Thanks to a few readers, [...]
Today's roundup includes John Vanderslice, Vessels and Marginalised @ Union Chapel. *Remember! The news roundup gets updated throughout the day, so make sure you come back later for more news! John Vanderslice John Vanderslice (pictured above) will play the following UK and Irish shows in support of his latest album Romanian Names , released earlier this year. November 2 London, Upstairs At The Garage 7pm, £7.50 adv November 3 London, Pure Groove instore 1pm, free [...]
Inspired by Raine Maida 's busking for charity event in 2007, War Child Canada has put together Busking for Change. Many of our country's established musicians will take to the streets of Toronto to raise money for war-affected children around the world. If you're in town, take in some culture, and spare some change. Today's list of performers (as taken from Chart Attack's list ) include: Chantal Kreviazuk IllScarlett Sass Jordan Neverending White Lights - The World Is Darker (mp3) ( amazon ) ( iTunes ) Shiloh Down With Webster Kevin [...]
Happy Monday! Today's roundup includes This Town Needs Guns , The Dodos , Clues , Girls and A Place To Bury Strangers . This Town Needs Guns This Town Needs Guns (pictured above) will be touring their album Animals for the last time this year. Catch them at the following venues: 01/10/09 Glasgow Classic Grand w/ Jocasta Sleeps 02/10/09 Aberdeen Snafu w/ Jocasta Sleeps 03/10/09 Middlesborough Uncle Alberts w/ Jocasta [...]
Gallows 'Lives Of The Artists' trailer Relentless energy filmed the punk rock band Gallows on Warped Tour for a 3 part film they've put together called ' Lives Of The Artists' . The video features live performances, interviews with the band and behind the scenes footage. Check it out. Tour dates 2 Oct 2009 Epic w/ AFI Minneapolis, MN 3 Oct 2009 Reggie's Rock Club (Headline) Chicago, IL 4 Oct 2009 Newport Music Hall w/ AFI Columbus, OH 5 Oct 2009 Bogart's w/ AFI Cincinnati, OH [...]
Bryan and Lorn catch Calvin Harris doing a DJ Set at Club Vanguard in Hollywood, CA on Saturday 09/12/2009 Calvin Harris had an excellent DJ set the night we saw him and Vanguard has some of the best sound in Los Angeles. These factors came together for a total party! Calvin recently released a new album called "Ready for the Weekend" which has a departure from the simple dancy pop tunes of his first album "I Created Disco." The new album has a [...]
A couple of weeks ago saw And So I Watch You From Afar play the final ever secret show in the basement of AU Magazine . From these photos by Richard W. Crothers it doesn't look as if it was that secret. The gig was eventually shut down by the PSNI, although they did let the band finish 'Set Guitars To Kill' first. The band are on tour to the end of the year, and we really do mean on tour - see them at: 22 Sep - Marquee, NORWICH 23 Sep [...]
After a summer spent criss-crossing the continent playing a host of festivals, The Wave Pictures get ready for a run of UK autumn dates and the release of a new single. 'Strawberry Cables' is out on the 26th October on 7" and download through Moshi Moshi. Full details of the headline UK tour, including a show at London's The Garage, are below. The band will be supported on the tour by long time collaborator Stanley Brinks (aka Andre Herman Dune) plus Freschard. Stanley's horn playing also features 'Strawberry Cables' – a song [...]
Flood Of Red "Leaving Everything Behind" Oct 19 Flood Of Red will release debut album " Leaving Everything Behind " on their own label Dark City on October 19th, produced by Brian McTernan (Cave In, Thrice, Converge). September 29 - Garage Upstairs - London September 30 - Hamptons - Southampton October 1 - Civic Bar - Wolverhampton October 2 - Orange Box - Yeovil October 3 - Rock City Basement - Nottingham October 4 - Barfly - [...]
My obsession with this thing called music started at university. Up until that point my cassette collection had contained an unhealthy number of works by European dance legends 2 Unlimited and Maxx . Then came Freshers' Week and my first introduction to live music. It was loud, it was beautiful, it was B*Witched . All four of them were miming but oddly that didn't seem to offend me as my feet danced the most perfect Irish jig in unison with these goddesses off the telly. Surely, but slowly, my music tastes evolved [...]
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