
Deaf Club's Lull EP of yesteryear was one of the finest, most colourful splashes of extended-play to have graced t'internet over the course of them there twelve months. Sunday, released February 20th via White On White, picks up precisely where the Welsh outfit left off with despondence-engendering guitars infected with an unshakeable sheen of reverb and has us lauding their return in place of longing for progression. It's lifted from a limited six-track cassette release on club Kissability , a tape-only imprint of the omnipotent Transgressive and as Polly Mackey wistfully sighs periodically throughout, it'd appear to [...]
Gareth Davies from Bastions returns with the second part of his tour blog... Yo, sorry for delay in part two of my blog updates regarding the Tangled Tour - WiFi connections/contact with the outside world has been incredibly elusive since we headed north. Since my first blog, the tour has hit The Hope and Anchor [...]

I always like to write something to accompany these tunes. I like to tell you about the club, or about the occasion which has brought them (or somebody else) to record a song to (usually) commemorate the occasion. But I have a few files knocking about which isn't enough to warrant a full post, plus I spotted a connection between them. So here for you is the first part of a non-league* special. *I know that some of them are league teams now, I'm being loose [...]
The Charlatans will be playing a handful of acoustic shows in March. Tickets are available now. Tuesday 8th March 2011 - Wrexham Central Station Thursday 10th March 2011 - Newcastle Riverside Friday 11th March 2011 - Leeds Brudenell Social Club Saturday 12th March 2011 - Stockton on Tees Georgian Theatre Sunday 13th March 2011 - Manchester Deaf Institute Monday 14th March 2011 - Stoke on Trent Underground

Fuzzy garage rock from Wrexham, with hints of surf, punk, and pop. Who'd have thought it? Download some tracks below, at the band's Last FM page , or download the Excellent, OK EP plus two demos from their bandcamp . Mowbird - Oh, Susan Mowbird - Thank You, You Are Revolting (demo) Facebook | MySpace | via waitfortheclick
Miles Kane has announced details of a tour for January and February of next year. Along for this tour will be Kane's new band starring featuring Jay Sharrock ( the Sand Band ), Eugene McGuinness , and Ben Parsons and Phil Anderson from Cherry Ghost. Tickets for this tour go on sale at 9 AM on Friday (26 November). As previously reported on TGTF , Kane is supporting the Courteeners in December. Friday 21st January 2011 - Leeds Brudenell Social Club Saturday 22nd January [...]
Egyptian Hip Hop are currently on a tour of the UK. Catch them on the dates below. Tuesday 18th October 2010 - Wrexham Central Station Wednesday 19th October 2010 - York Fibbers Thursday 20th October 2010 - Sheffield Harley Wednesday 26th October 2010 - Glasgow Captains Rest Thursday 28th October 2010 - Birmingham Flapper Sunday 30th October 2010 - Bristol Cooler Monday 31st October 2010 - Nottingham [...]
Kings Cliffe's finest (and possibly only) electronic band, Fenech-Soler , have posted on their MySpace a significant tour of the UK for this autumn. The band will play four dates in Scotland on the last day of September into early October, then continue their tour through England and Wales into the beginning of November. Quite possibly the most exciting date coming up for the quartet is an appearance at the Delphic -curated dance night at the now-famous Manchester Warehouse Project on 30 October ( details here ). [...]

Hailing from Wrexham in Wales (it's not often you can write that) and with the same post-rock instrumental musical sensibilities as Battles and PVT , Gallops have a 5-track debut EP which released as a split between Holy Roar (Rolo Tomassi, Pulled Apart By Horses) and Blood and Biscuits (Three Trapped Tigers, Tall Ships). There's no denying that 'Miami Spider' is close to those aforementioned bands but it doesn't mean it's anything less than deadly. Gallops - Miami Spider [...]
The King Blues have announced another UK tour - catch them at: Tuesday 9th November 2010 - Brighton Concord 2 Wednesday 10th November 2010 - Bristol Bierkeller Friday 12th November 2010 - Birmingham Academy 2 Saturday 13th November 2010 - Leeds Met Uni Sunday 14th November 2010 - Wrexham Central Station Monday 15th November 2010 - Newcastle Academy 2 Tuesday 16th November 2010 - Glasgow King Tuts [...]
Manchester's Everything Everything will be on an extensive tour of England through May, then joining supporting Keane on their UK Forest Tour in June. Tuesday 27th April 2010 - Preston - 53 Degrees Wednesday 28th April 2010 - Manchester - Academy 3 Friday 30th April 2010 - Stoke - Sugarmill Saturday 1st May 2010 - Leeds - Live Sunday 2nd May 2010 - Middlesborough - Teesside University [...]
North Wales band the Joy Formidable will be logging many miles travelled as they trek across the UK in March and April on tour. Note that four dates in Scotland originally slated for the start of the tour have been rescheduled for early April. Catch the band on the dates below. Their new single 'Popinjay' is now available as a digital download, with a limited run of 500 73 vinyl singles planned for 5 April. Sunday 14th March 2010 - Manchester, Ruby Lounge [...]
Reverend and the Makers have announced a sizeable UK tour for March as they play some smaller places. Tickets are on sale now, priced between £10 and £13.50 each. Monday 1st March 2010 - Carlisle, Brickyard Tuesday 2nd March 2010 - Dundee, Dusa Thursday 4th March 2010 - Inverness, Ironworks Friday 5th March 2010 - Aberdeen, Warehouse Saturday 6th March 2010 - Dunfermline, Velocity Monday 8th March 2010 - Middlesbrough, Empire [...]
The wonderful Joy Formidable are cementing their reputation for being one of the hardest working bands by spending just about all of March going around the UK. Tickets are on sale now for all dates, priced at £7 except for London which is £9 a ticket. Tuesday 9th March 2010 - Glasgow, King Tuts Wednesday 10th March 2010 - Aberdeen, Snafu Thursday 11th March 2010 - Inverness, Madhatters Friday 12th March 2010 - Dundee, Fat Sams [...]
Never ones to sit back and rest on their laurels, The Joy Formidable have announced a string of UK tour dates for March 2010. Catch them at the below: Tuesday 9th March 2010 - Glasgow King Tuts Wednesday 10th March 2010 - Aberdeen Snafu Thursday 11th March 2010 - Inverness Madhatters Friday 12th March 2010 - Dundee Fat Sams Sunday 14th March 2010 - Manchester Ruby Lounge Monday 15th March [...]
Still trying to prove that they're a "real band", The Automatic have announced a string of tour dates starting next week, playing some of the skankiest venues in the UK. Lucky them. Tuesday 10th November 2009 - Tunbridge Wells Forum Wednesday 11th November 2009 - Southend Chinnerys Thursday 12th November 2009 - Kingston Upon Thames McCluskys Friday 13th November 2009 - Rhondda Cwmparc Saturday 14th November 2009 - Wrexham Central Station [...]
The marvellous Los Campesinos! have announced a string of 2010 UK tour dates, playing some of their biggest shows yet, and also in some new places that they've yet to visit. Tickets for some of these dates are on sale now, and some go on sale soon. Tickets are priced between £9 and £12 each. Thursday 11th February 2010 - Wrexham, Central Station Friday 12th February 2010 - Liverpool, EVOL@O2 Saturday 13th February 2010 - York, Fibbers Monday [...]
The Magic Numbers have announced a pretty big UK tour, going back to their roots for late November and early December by playing some smaller venues around the UK. They're also giving away a shiny new free MP3 in exchange for your email address - just pop over to their offical website or jump straight there . Catch the guys at: Saturday 21st November 2009 - Oxford Jericho Sunday 22nd November 2009 - Manchester Band On The Wall Monday 23rd [...]
Good Shoes have announced a sizeable UK tour for November and December around the UK, playing some of perhaps the tiniest venues known to mankind. Tickets are on sale now, priced around the £8 mark. Thursday 5th November 2009 - Bath Moles Friday 6th November 2009 - Southampton Joiners Saturday 7th November 2009 - Tunbridge Wells Forum Monday 9th November 2009 - Guildford Boileroom Tuesday 10th November 2009 - Oxford Jericho Wednesday 11th November [...]
Prize for the biggest tour of 2009 possibly goes to Athlete , who are embarking on a huge tour in just over two weeks time. For some reason I thought I'd written about this, but clearly not. Make sure you get out and check these lads out on tour - I hope to be able to make the Oxford date. Tickets are available from WeGotTickets , Ticketweb , See Tickets and Ticketmaster . Monday 8th June 2009 - Norwich Waterfront Tuesday 9th [...]