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Sound of Guns have announced their biggest tour to date, touring many venues in the UK and Ireland in support of their upcoming album 'Angles and Enemies' which is due to be released on the 5th of March. Tickets are on sale now. Tuesday 6th March 2012 - Newcastle Academy 2 Wednesday 7th March 2012 - Glasgow King Tuts Thursday 8th March 2012 - Inverness Ironworks Friday 9th March 2012 - Aberdeen Tunnels Saturday 10th March 2012 - [...]

Various Cruelties are doing a UK tour as a follow up to their recent single release back in January this year, 'Great Unknown' ( reviewed here ). The tour dates are below. Tickets for the shows are priced at £8 (£10 in London) and are available now. Tuesday 17th April 2012 - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms Wednesday 18th April 2012- Nottingham Bodega Thursday 19th April 2012 - London ULU Friday 20th April 2012 - Leeds Cockpit Sunday 22nd April [...]

Tribes will be touring the UK and Ireland in April and May. Tickets are on sale now. Saturday 21st April 2012 - Brighton Haunt Sunday 22nd April 2012 - Norwich Arts Centre Tuesday 24th April 2012 - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms Wednesday 25th April 2012 - Bristol Thekla Friday 27th April 2012 - London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire Sunday 29th April 2012 - Leeds Cockpit Monday 30th [...]

The Hummingbirds from Liverpool were at the Dry Dock in Leeds last night, where they performed this version of their new song 'Tonight'. The tune will appear on the band's 'Doesn't Really Matter' EP. Listening to this, my heart is singing: god, what gorgeous harmonies. In case you missed it, I wrote a bit on them (okay, a lot - sorry, I happen to like them quite a bit!) in a Bands to Watch feature last month, which you can read here. Click here [...]

Welsh noise pop band Islet will be touring the UK in late May into early June, right before festival time kicks into high gear. 'Illuminated People', their debut album, came out last week and my review of it can be read here. Friday 25th May 2012 - Liverpool Kazimier Saturday 26th May 2012 - Glasgow Captain's Rest Sunday 27th May 2012 - Newcastle Cluny 2 Monday 28th May 2012 - Leeds Brudenell Social Club [...]

I did an assignment for Uni not long ago on how the digitalisation of music has ultimately made it more than difficult for bands to be noticed in the 21st century. Obviously a very debatable topic, but so much music seems to be left in the background these days it's easy for a group to fall through the cracks. M83 h... Read more..

Well, look who's on their way back to the record shops. Orbital will be releasing a new album (their first in 8 years), Called 'Wonky', it's scheduled to drop in the UK on the 1st of April. They've released one of the tracks on the new effort, 'Never', for free download. Listen to and grab it for your very own in the Soundcloud widget below. A short UK tour kicking off in Manchester will follow the album's release; all the details are below, and tickets are on sale now. [...]

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Juan Zelada is heading out on a massive UK tour in March and April. Tickets go on sale on Friday. Wednesday 28th March 2012 - Northampton Roadmender Thursday 29th March 2012 - Milton Keynes Craufurd Arms, Wolverton Friday 30th March 2012 - London Bush Hall @ Shepherd's Bush Saturday 31st March 2012 - Cambridge Cornerhouse Monday 2nd April 2012 - Sheffield Soyo Tuesday 3rd April 2012 - Nottingham Bodega [...]

Lostprophets have announced details of a May and June UK tour. These tickets go on sale this Friday (27 January) at 9 AM. Monday 16th April 2012 - Belfast Ulster Hall Wednesday 18th April 2012 - Liverpool O2 Academy Thursday 19th April 2012 - Liverpool O2 Academy Friday 20th April 2012 - Manchester O2 Academy Saturday 21st April 2012 - Leeds O2 Academy Monday 23rd April 2012 - Birmingham O2 Academy [...]

Through the ether of the dark room cuts the melancholic bluesy voice of Liam O'Donnell. Various Cruelties are welcomed by a warm reception from frontman Liam's hometown, you can tell the band are just there to enjoy themselves and put on a phenomenal performance for the town that shaped their sound. Read more..

"Holy State joined the ever expanding Brew Records roster earlier this month. The gritty post-punk merchants formed in 2008 and offer a constant array of loud & warm dynamics. Their debut full length LP and UK tour is planned for April 2012. After previous tours with Rolo Tomassi, Blood Red Shoes & being hand selected by Biffy Clyro to join them on their UK arena dates, Holy State have cemented their place in the dynamic UK music scene". With the resurgence of London`s [...]

American band Real Estate will be heading over to the UK for a couple dates in February. Their album 'Days', which John reviewed last year , is sure to feature in their live set. Tickets are available now. Friday 17th February 2012 - Manchester Deaf Institute Saturday 18th February 2012 - Glasgow Arches Sunday 19th February 2012 - Leeds Brudenell Social Club Monday 20th February 2012 - London Sebright Arms

Diagrams (known to his mum as Sam Genders) will be releasing his new album 'Black Light' next Monday (16 January) and he's announced an album launch party for next Wednesday (18 January) at London Lexington, followed by a short tour of the UK in February. Tickets are on sale now. Pre-order 'Black Light' here from Full Time Hobby. Wednesday 18th January 20212 - London Lexington (album launch party) Wednesday 14th March 2012 - Bristol Cooler Thursday 15th March 2012 - Manchester [...]

First Aid Kit (Swedish sisters and folk singers/songwriters Johanna and Klara Söderberg) will be heading out on a tour of the UK and Ireland in February. Tickets are on sale now. The sisters' new album 'The Lion's Roar' will be out on the 23rd of January on Wichita Recordings. Ellie's review of the title track / lead single can be read here. Thursday 23rd February 2012 - London King's College Friday 24th February 2012 - Manchester Academy 3 Saturday [...]

Allo Darlin' have announced a tour of the UK for next month. Tickets are on sale now. Their new single 'Capricornia' (stream it below) will be out on the 1st of February on Fortuna Pop, with a new album on its way soon. Monday 20th February 2012 - Glasgow Captain's Rest Tuesday 21st February 2012 - Edinburgh Sneaky Pete's Wednesday 22nd February 2012 - Newcastle Star and Shadow Cinema Thursday 23rd February 2012 - Manchester Deaf Institute [...]

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The Twilight Sad will be touring the UK in February. Get your tickets now. Read my review of their third album 'No One Can Ever Know' here ; it will be out on the 6th of February on Fat Cat. Thursday 9th February 2012 - Glasgow Grand Ole Opry Friday 10th February 2012 - Manchester Ruby Lounge Saturday 11th February 2012 - Sheffield Queens Social Club Sunday 12th February 2012 - Birmingham Hare and Hounds [...]

Fun Adults : Til' Sleep The local swimming pool today provided the perfect venue in which to panic, flail, wave my arms around and generally give the impression of someone that was drowning. Some small nausea followed, shortly afterwards came the decision that I would never do that again. The only thing on my mind now is sleep, so this new Fun Adults track leapt out at me because of its appealing title. As it happens, the lo-fi, experimental aesthetic is even more pleasing. An extremely fresh-faced, delicate effort from the Leeds group, one [...]

Manchester's the Whip are playing a couple English gigs in February. Support will be from the Good Natured. Tickets to the below dates are available now. The Whip are also making an appearance at Snowbombing 2012 in April in Mayrhofen, Austria. Friday 24th February 2012 - Newcastle Riverside Saturday 25th February 2012 - Leeds Cockpit Sunday 26th February 2012 - Birmingham Rainbow Monday 27th February 2012 - Brighton Green Door Store [...]

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 [...]