Various Cruelties have announced details of the release of a new single. Chemicals, taken from their self-titled debut album, will be released on 30th July. The b side features a cover of Ian Brown’s F.E.A.R. which the band have been playing live for a while. The single was recorded as part of the album sessions with Tony Hoffer (Beck, Goldfrapp, Foster the People) and follows the release of previous singles Neon Truth and Great Unknown, which they performed on Later with Jools Holland alongside Lou Reed and Metallica.
The band have announced a run of festivals over the summer. Details below:
29th Jun Paddock Wood, Kent Hop Farm Festival
7th Jul Over, Gloucestershire Barn on the Farm Festival
8th Jul Merton Farm, Canterbury Lounge on the Farm Festival
Londoners Theme Park are have announced the release of their new single ‘Jamaica’ on 13th August 13 via Transgressive Records. Have a listen and watch the video here:
The band spent 2011 gaining followers galore playing a bunch of live shows and getting plenty of attention from Absolute Radio. Over the last couple of months, the threesome – Miles plus twin brother Marcus and Oscar Manthorpe – have been holed up in the studio writing & recording their debut album with Luke Smith (Everything Everything, Charlotte Hatherley). The aim of these sessions is for the band to release their debut album at some point in 2012 and for the record to make an unabashed pop statement. “I want it to be appreciated as a pop album, not the debut of some East London band making leftfield stuff,” says Miles. “Some albums you listen to and every song is nicely formed. That’s what we’re aiming for. It should all feel effortless and un-self conscious.” A noble aim!
Having just kicked off the festival season at TGE, Field Day as well as recently supporting The Maccabees at Ibiza Rocks, thee band have confirmed a whole host of festival appearances over the summer, including Reading & Leeds, as well as being the main support on Bloc Party’s UK tour in October. Full details below. Theme Park live shows:
20/6 – Ibiza Rocks w/ The Maccabees 30/6 – Blissfields Festival, Winchester 06/7 – Lounge on the Farm, Canterbury 14/7 – Latitude Festival 21/7 – Tramlines, Sheffield 20/7 – Truck Festival, Oxford 12/8 – Knee Deep – Headline show – Cornwall 17/8 – Beacons Festival, Skipton 25/8 – Reading Festival 26/8 – Leeds Festival 31/8 – Underage festival, London
Bloc Party support:
12/10 – Newcastle, O2 Academy 13/10 – Leeds, O2 Academy 14/10 – Glasgow, O2 Academy 15/10 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 17/10 – Southampton, Guildhall 18/10 – Bristol, O2 Academy 19/10 – Manchester, WHP 20/10 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
South London singer Jessie Ware has announced her debut headline tour of the UK & Ireland. Starting in Dublin on 5th November it finishes up 9 days and 7 shows later at the Thelka in Bristol. Jessie has also announced that her debut album will be released on 20th August via PMR Records, with a new single ‘Wildest Moments’ released on 13th August. Have a listen to the track below:
UK & Ireland tour dates:
05/11 Sugar Club – Dublin (tickets) 07/11 King Tuts – Glasgow (tickets) 08/11 Sound Control – Manchester (tickets) 09/11 Cockpit – Leeds (tickets) 12/11 Concorde – Brighton (tickets) 13/11 Electric – London (tickets) 14/11 Thekla – Bristol (tickets)
Canadian Patrick Watson has announced a new single Step Out For A While as the next single from acclaimed album, Adventures In Your Own Backyard, to be released on 20th August via Domino Records. He has also announced further UK and European tour dates including a performance at End Of the Road Festival and two shows at London’s Village Underground on 4th and 5th November. The Village Underground shows, entitled “Patrick Watson’s Adventures Underground”, follow the recent amazing sold out performance at London’s St-Stephen’s Church.
On top of that Mr Watson is giving away a free download of ‘Step Out For A While’ here:
Trampled by Turtles, the indie folk band from Duluth, Minnesota, have announced a string of shows in the UK & Ireland for later this year. The jaunt begins in London on 13th November and ends in Birmingham 6 days later. Details below.
Trampled by Turtles UK & Ireland tour dates:
Nov 13 London, UK Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
Nov 14 Leeds, UK Hi Fi Club
Nov 15 Edinburgh, UK Sneaky Petes
Nov 16 Belfast, UK McHughs Basement Bar
Nov 17 Dublin, IE Workmans Club
Nov 18 Birmingham, UK Hare & Hound
Icelandic band Tilbury was founded by drummer Thormodur Dagsson (Skakkamange, Jeff Who?, Hudson Wayne) back in the summer of 2010 and was originally intended as a solo project, named Formadur Dagsbrunar, but quickly evolved into the full blown monster of a band that is Tilbury. The band play a sort of folk-synth-pop sound, not dissimilar to Grandaddy. It’s led by the synthesizers of Kristinn Evertsson (ex Valdimar) and the lush guitar sound of Orn Eldjarn (ex Brother Grass). Gudmundur Oskar (Hjaltalin) decorates the sound with his French-ish baselines and drummer Magnus Trygvason Eliasen (Sin Fang, Amiina, Moses Hightower) binds it all together with his dynamic drumming.
The band half from ultra cool Reykjavík in Iceland. Everyone I met during a holiday there was in a band. I guess with up to 20 hours of darkness a day during winter it makes sense to play rock n roll to cure the boredom. The band’s Exorcise LP has been one of my favourite album’s this year. An absolute gem of a record.
Tilbury’s debut album, ‘Exorcise’, was released in May 2012 on Record Records. Check it out here. Also have a watch/listen to the opening track from the album, ‘Tenderloin’, below:
New York electro due Gatekeeper have unveiled a free download, ahead of their forthcoming record ‘Exo’, which will be available worldwide July 17th, 2012 on Hippos In Tanks. Have a listen and download below:
