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Mark Bowen and Dick Green's Wichita will release three four-track E.Ps in March
March 12th: 'Crisp Little Digit' - Wauvenfold
March 19th: 'Better Living Through Reckless Experimentation' - Brave Captain
March 26th: 'Grace' - Ruby (Featuring remixes from Schneider TM, Mira Calix an»
Dave Pajo and Stuart Braithwaite play a gig in Scotland's capital.
Stuart Braithwaite will support Dave Pajo at Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow on the 24th
January. There are no advanced tickets so you'll have to get there early, doors
open at 8.30pm.
Mogwai recently covered Pajo's 'Arundel'»
...No Shit
Oxes who released their amazing self titled album on Monitor Records
last year will visit the UK for the first time in February.
You can see their demin drum kit at the following places:
February
14th - Upstairs @ The Garage, Highbury (w/ Reynolds + Monta»
The Lemonhead's mainman Evan Dando plays his first gigs in the UK for nearly
4 years
Dando will be joined by longtime collaborator Ben Lee and ex-Radish frontman Ben
Kweller during his first shows since his appearance at Reading 1997.
Dando has been working with Lee, Giant Sand's Ho»
The sleazy Glaswegians tour the UK next month
Arab Strap's 4th album, 'The Red Thread', is to be released through Chemikal Underground on February 26th. To promote the release the band will play seven dates:
February
22nd - Liverpool University
23rd - Sheffield Uni»
Record producer Arthur Baker is set to release a collection of his
favourite tracks later this year through Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Records.
The as-yet-unnamed compilation will include 'Confusion' by New Order as well as
reworking of Kraftwerk's 'Trans Europe Express' by Afrika Bambaataa an»
A host of American artists have recorded tracks for an album put together
by Chris Slusarenko the former Sprinkler guitarist.
Grandaddy, Guided By Voices, Stephen Malkmus, Lou Barlow and Quasi were all
approached by Slusarenko last year to record songs for 'Colonel Jeffrey
Pumpernickel'. Th»
To coincide with the release of their new single 'Shining Light', Ash have confirmed two instore appearances. The band will be playing a 25 minute set followed by a signing session at London's Virgin Megastore on Oxford Street (Tottenham Crt Rd end) on 29th January at 6.30pm. Later»
Earthtone9 have been confirmed as the main support act for Pitchshifter's
upcoming UK tour.
The dates are:
February
6th - Birmingham Academy
7th - Southampton Uni
8th - Oxford Brookes Uni
9th - Sheffield Corporation
10th - Nottingham R»
Inimenter's long awaited mini-album 'Vicious Joy' is now available as eight separate MP3 downloads from www.inimenter.com It's absolutely free and the Chelmsford band told their mailing list that "You can copy it onto CDRs and give it to your mates, family and»
Seafood exclusively reveal details of their second proper album In an email to Drowned In Sound, Seafood's bassist Kevin said "It's just been confirmed that we are to record our 2nd album in Brooklyn, NYC with Eli Janney (Girls Against Boys). We'll be out there for the whole of February, it's v»
Super Furry Animals tell of their plans for this year.
Gruff Rhys sent an email to NME stating that "Super Furry Animals are currently in hiding, finishing of their most ambitious project to date. They will then travel to Haiti to record a remix album with the legendary engineer Mosis Baptiste II»
The Glam Popsters take to the road
King Adora hit the road to coincide with a new single 'Suffocate' out on the
19th February. Support for all dates are Crackout and Easy World unless stated:
January
27th - Glasgow King Tuts
28th - Aberdeen Glow 303
29th - »
...On their UK Tour
Marble Valley, the band features Steve West (ex Pavement) as well as members of
Salako have announced their first UK tour, the dates are:
January
26th - Hull Adelphi
27th - Manchester, N&D
28th - Glasgow, King Tut's
29th - York, F»
Guy Garvey of Elbow features on Andy Votel's album
Guy Garvey has revealed that he's recorded a song for Andy Votel's debut album.
He told Planet Sound "2 years ago, Andy gave me eight seconds of music and
said, can you come up with some suitable vocals?"
He then added "We've finall»
Econoline are the latest band to sign to Seriously Groovy.
The London based band who recently release an EP on Badmusic are currently
finalising their first single for Seriously Groovy's Infur imprint for a planned
February 2001 release.
The band have already played with the likes o»
The Delgados will play a set with two string quartets, a brass section,
timpani and tubular bells at a major folk music festival in Glasgow this week.
The band have been asked to headline one night at the Celtic Connections
festival, Scotland's biggest festival of traditional and folk music. The»
The Northern California pop-punk quartet will release their fourth album in
the US later this month.
'The Donnas Turn 21', the follow-up to 99's 'Get Skintight' will
be release on 22nd January on Lookout! Records. The tracklisting for 'The
Donnas Turn 21' is as follows:
Once they've finished the SnoCore Rock Tour, Kittie will start working on the
follow-up to their 1999 debut 'Spit'.
The Canadians should hit the studio in late February or early March with a
September release expected for the LP. According to the band's publicist, fans
should brace themselves »
The tour of the UK's Virgin Megastores will coincide with the release of
their new single 'Mercury'.
Lowgold will sign copies of the single and play live sets at the following
venues:
January
29th - 235 Buchanan Street, Glasgow
30th - Monument Mall, 15-21 North»
Soulwax will return to London club 'Trash' in February.
The band will appear on the 19th February, the same day that 'Conversation
Intercom' is re-released on PIAS.
Trash is held every Monday at The End, 16a West Central Street, WC1. Entry is £4.
For more information check ou»
Looper member Scott Twynholm releases debut album
'Retrofitting' will be Metrovavan's first release since the debut single 'The
Lost Notes' early last year. Scott describes Metrovavan as a band "who
blend lo-fi and hip-hop beats together with melodies played on traditional
ins»
Midway Still return with their first release since ‘Counting Days’ seven years ago
Looking for a decent rock band that aren’t from America?
Koala formed in Lichfield, Staffordshire in the Summer of 1997 when school friends, Martin Cadwallader (Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards), Tim Paul (Keyboards, Programming, Vocals) & Gareth Evans (Bass, Vocals) began writing & recording songs. In 1998 the band upped sticks and shifted to Birmingham to live in a bi»
If you think the views of the NME and Melody Maker are gospel you might as
stop reading now and go and listen to your Blink182, King Adora and JJ72 CDs.
Hmm now I’m left with people who can actually make their own opinions I’ll
start.
Glider are Gavin Baker (Billy Mahonie) on Bass and Guitar, and Pascal Asselin (Kazumi FX and Below The Sea) on Drums. Arne Kittler from German band Jullander introduced the Brit and Canadian to each other via email. After some conversing and tape sending they got onto the topic of recording together, Gavin tol»
Boston’s Emetrex, who were put together by part time Wheat guitarist Rick Lescault, release their second single on Seriously Groovy imprint Infur.
I’ve been listening to this for at least a month and I’m still not too sure about the lead track 'King Of Animals', I think they’ve overs»
FF Vinyl cash in on the thing that journalists call the "Welsh Scene" The compilation is supposed to showcase nine of Wales' best new acts, I personally think they've found five. Brilliant band #1 is RocketGoldStar who are the musical equivalent to Picasso. They push the boundaries of»
The pioneers of Stink-core release their debut on CU in the form of a limited edition EP Aereogramme start their Chemikal Underground career with 'Fuel to Burn' sounding like a contest between Godspeed and Ligament it's the perfect introduction to what become the perfect EP. The»
