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Supported by fiN As we walk in to a very crowded Kasbah tonight and squeeze ourselves up against the bar, the support band are already playing. They're called fiN, yes that's 'fiN' with some eccentric reverse capitalisation, a lowercase 'f' and a capital 'N', presumably to distinguish themselves from early 90's band Fin, not that it makes a jot of difference to google. As they play away we barter with the girl on the bar to find exactly what's actually available tonight, beer - nope, San Miguel - ran out, wine - nope, [...]

S.C.U.M have announced a short tour of England for the second half of February. These dates follow European and Japanese dates. Tickets are on sale now. Tuesday 21st February 2012 – Brighton Green Door Thursday 23nd February 2012 – Bristol Lanes Friday 24th February 2012 – London Bush Hall (NME Awards show) Saturday 25th February 2012 – Coventry Kasbah Monday 27th February 2012 – York Stereo [...]

The Subways have announced a series of live dates for April and May next spring. They're also scheduled to make an appearance at Live at Leeds. Tickets are available now. Friday 27th April 2012 - Belfast Limelight Saturday 28th April 2012 - Dublin Academy 2 Sunday 29th April 2012 - Cardiff University Students Union Tuesday 1st May 2012 - Bournemouth Old Fire Station Wednesday 2nd May 2012 - Middlesbrough Empire Thursday 3rd May [...]

BBC Sound of 2012 longlister Spector will be touring the UK in February and March. This includes a support slot with Florence and the Machine in March (starred dates). Tickets are available now. Wednesday 8th February 2012 - Manchester Ritz Saturday 11th February 2012 - Coventry Kasbah Tuesday 14th February 2012 - Newcastle Cluny Wednesday 15th February 2012 - Glasgow King Tut's Thursday 16th February 2012 - Leeds Cockpit [...]

Wild Beasts have announced a tour of the UK for March. Tickets are available now. Sunday 11th March 2012 - Coventry Warwick University Monday 12th March 2012 - Norwich Waterfront Tuesday 13th March 2012 - Colchester Arts Centre Wednesday 14th March 2012 - Falmouth Pavilion Friday 16th March 2012 - Cardiff Coal Exchange

Like the stadium rockers they are, Coldplay have just announced a series of dates across English arenas in late May into early June. (And right before festival season really kicks off...how convenient!) Tickets go on sale next Friday (the 18th of November) at 9 AM. You know these dates will sell quickly - all three of their arena dates in December in Glasgow, Manchester and London are sold out. Tuesday 29th May 2012 - Coventry Ricoh Stadium Friday 1st June 2012 - London Emirates [...]

They may have been away from the music scene for a while, but the Maccabees are back. Or are soon to be playing in a town near you. Tickets to this October/November tour of the UK are on sale now. Friday 21st October 2011 - Gloucester Guildhall Sunday 23rd October 2011 - Coventry Kasbah Monday 24th October 2011 - Oxford Town Hall Tuesday 25th October 2011 - Liverpool Masque Wednesday [...]

I Dream in Colour have announced a tour of the UK for mid to late November. The band's next single, 'Strangest Place', will be released on the 21st of November. Tickets to all dates on this tour are on sale now. PS your humble editor will be in attendance at the London Bull and Gate show, if you'd like to say hello. Wednesday 16th November 2011 - Bath Moles Thursday 17th November 2011 - Guildford Boiler Room Friday 18th November 2011 - London [...]

We caught up with the excellent Ghostpoet at The Big Chill Festival in beautiful Eastnor Deer Park. It was momentous, and split into two momentous parts: the first comprised a Serious Interview, and the second was a quiz on Coventry (where Ghostpoet recorded his debut album). See how much he knew (and if he won the prize - yes there was a prize!) just here. Look, here: Here is a full review of The Big Chill , if you're into that sort of thing. [...]

Art Brut have announced a UK tour for October and November. Tickets to this tour are available now. Wednesday 5th October 2011 - Liverpool Mojo Thursday 6th October 2011 - Sheffield Plug Friday 7th October 2011 - Manchester Ruby Lounge Saturday 8th October 2011 - Coventry Casbah Sunday 9th October 2011 - Bath Komedia Monday 10th October 2011 - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms Tuesday 11th October 2011 - Brighton Haunt [...]

The Rapture (the New York City-based band, not the end of the world event that never happened in May) will be touring in the UK in late October into early November. Tickets are available now. Thursday 27th October 2011 - Bristol Thekla Friday 28th October 2011 - Leeds Cockpit Saturday 29th October 2011 - Coventry Kasbah Sunday 30th October 2011 - Glasgow SWG3 Wednesday 2nd November 2011 - London Koko Thursday [...]

Tweet Allow me to present a simple yardstick to judge how awesome a song is. If it makes me want to dance to it while sober? Hot damn, you got yourself a winner. Which brings me seamlessly - seamlessly! - to Young Montana?, a.k.a. Jon Pritchard. Jon is from Coventry (Editor's note - This is a town in England about mid-way between Manchester and London) . Stateside readers may not be familiar with the phrase "sent to Coventry", [...]

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You know that their fourth album follows the same format as the previous three as soon as you hear the opening line: "their cocks are glistening with pre-cum". Like before, it's Andrew Chilton's Soft-Cell-ular synth tones backgrounding Jamie Manners' uncomfortably biting satire. It's less attention grabbing than Selfish Cunt but has a similar intent, with supersmart putdowns of everything from globalisation to UK culture and the inherent fascism of revolutionary struggle. From Harare to Pyongyang, East London to 19th century Siberia, no-one escapes an acid attack, which might be a little wearing at [...]

David Gray and his current semi-acoustic line-up will be hitting classical venues across England in late May and early June. Tickets for this tour go on sale this Friday, the 18th of March, at 9:30 AM. Friday 27th May 2011 - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Saturday 28th May 2011 - Coventry Warwick Arts Centre Monday 30th May 2011 - York Barbican Centre Friday 3rd June 2011 - Manchester Bridgewater Hall Sunday 5th June 2011 - Nottingham Royal Concert [...]

This is a re-post by popular request, well one person has asked for it anyway and why not because I think these demo's are great. This is The Primitives at their best, around the time of the recording of their first few singles which were bundled together on an album called "Lazy 86-88" at some point but I think that too may take some finding now. These demo's were recorded on 31st October 1985 in Coventry oddly enough. I mean how good did they sound before the hype set in. [...]

The Pigeon Detectives have announced shows for March and April. Tickets go on sale Friday (4 February) at 9 AM. The Yorkshire band will be releasing their next album, 'Up, Guards And At' Em!', on the 4th of April. Monday 28th March 2011 - Middlesbrough Empire Tuesday 29th March 2011 - Glasgow ABC Wednesday 30th March 2011 - Manchester Ritz Thursday 31st March 2011 - Liverpool Academy Saturday 2nd April 2011 - Birmingham Institute [...]

The View have announced a UK tour for April. Tickets go on sale on Friday (4 February) at 9 AM. The band are also playing two special shows tonight and tomorrow at London's Old Blue Last. 'Bread and Circuses', their next album, will be released on the 14th of March and features the song 'The Best Lasts Forever', which was another name they considered for the album. Tuesday 1st February 2011 - London Old Blue Last Wednesday 2nd February 2011 - London Old Blue Last [...]

One of my favourite bands of this year, the Crookes from Sheffield, have announced a tour of the UK for March and April 2011. Tuesday 22nd March 2011 - Glasgow King Tuts Friday 25th March 2011 - Manchester FAC251 Saturday 26th March 2011 - Blackburn Live Lounge Sunday 27th March 2011 - Newcastle Cluny Monday 28th March 2011 - Middlesbrough Westgarth Social Club Wednesday 30th March 2011 - Birmingham HMV Institute [...]

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Photo Credit Sharon Watts "The Sequins are Coventry indie band who count Talking Heads, Roy Orbison, Queen and the Ramones among their influences. They originally formed at Warwick University in 2003, when singer Hywel Roberts and guitar player Justin Hui got together to perform "Psycho Killer" on ukele at open mic nights". We`ve almost certainly posted the best track of this double A-side release. `On The Streets Of Japan` is a homicidal killer of a track with triumphant Day-Glo intentions - Think Pulp meets Roxy [...]

• The Sequins - On the Streets of Japan