Wooden Wand announces UK tour | Music News

 

Wooden Wand, aka James Jackson Toth, is heading over to the UK for some live dates this summer. The maverick, good-hearted troubadour, whose blend of smoky Americana has been garnering plaudits for the last decade, has announced the following shows:

 

26/6/12 – Trades Club – Hebden Bridge
27/6/12 – Night And Day Cafe – Manchester
29/6/12 – Cafe Oto – London (with Duke Garwood and Dead Rat Orchestra)
30/6/12 – Miss Peapods – Penryn
4/7/12 – The Duchess – York
5/7/12 – Rough Trade East Instore – London – 7pm (with Duke Garwood)
7/7/12 – Lushfest – Dorset
Following the release of Wooden Wand’s critically acclaimed album ‘Briarwood’ last year, Fire Records are also releasing a deluxe version which features eight acoustic demo versions of tracks from the LP.

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Kiwanuka announces Royal Festival Hall headline show | Music News

 

Michael Kiwanuka is very pleased to announce the details of his biggest headline show to date. The acclaimed singer-songwriter will play London’s Royal Festival Hall, on the 5th December.

Michael recently concluded his UK tour with a sold out show at Shepherds Bush Empire as well as suppoorting Mumford & Sons at their Gentlemen of the Road Stopover show in Huddersfield. He will shortly embark on a US tour and his debut shows in Australia and Japan.
Watch the video to his recent single ‘I’ll Get Along’ here:

 


M83 unveils new single | Music News

M83 has confirmed that ‘OK Pal’ will be the third single to be taken from his current album ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming’. Have a listen here:
‘OK Pal’ will be released on the 29th July via Naive.
M83 (aka Anthony Gonzalez) released his sixth album ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming’ in October 2011 to huge critical acclaim and worldwide chart success, including his first Top 40 in the UK and Number 15 in the Billboard charts.
Most recently M83 announced his Somerset House date, which sold out in an hour, and a UK show at Brixton O2 Academy on 8th November.
M83 UK Live dates:
26 Jun Mandela Hall, Belfast
27 Jun Picture House, Edinburgh
15 Jul Latitude Festival
16 Jul Somerset House, London – Sold Out
08 Nov Brixton Academy, London

Mission of Burma release free mp3 of Second Television | Music News

 

With the imminent release of their forthcoming record ‘Unsound’ on 9 July via Fire Records, Brooklyn post-punks Mission of Burma have shared another track from the album, the Clint Conley penned “Second Television“. Listen and download free here:

Yeasayer announce UK shows | Music News

 

Brooklyn psychedelic pop band Yeasayer have announced a special fan show at London’s Lexington on 11th July, ahead of their show at Suffolk’s Latitude Festival the following weekend. Continuing their special fan  appreciation after their personal touch with first track ‘Henrietta’ (sent out by post to 200 fans), the show was first announced via Yeasayer’s mailing list this morning, before any tickets go on sale to the general public.

 

 

September’s UK Tour Dates:

Thu 27 Sep London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire / www.o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk
Fri 28 Sep Glasgow Arches / www.thearches.co.uk
Sat 29 Sep Manchester The Ritz / www.hmvritz.com
Yeasayer will release their anticipated new album ‘Fragrant World’ on 20th August on Mute, the follow up to 2010’s ‘Odd Blood’.

Dan Deacon reveals America album cover + European tour info | Music News

 

Having recently announced his forthcoming album, ‘America’, out 27th August via Domino, Dan Deacon is set to head out on a Europeantour this autumn, performing with his streamlined ensemble of two drummers – Jeremy Hyman of Boredoms, Ponytail; Kevin O’Meara of Videohippos – with America producer Chester Endersby Gwazda joining Dan on electronics.

Deacon is also running a competition here to use fan photos of the record on a forthcoming single. Details here:  http://dominorecordco.com/dandeaconamericaflagcontest

Deacon has also announced a European tour. Dates are as follows:

19 September –  Prague, CZ  – Meet Factory

20 September –  Berlin, DE – Festsall Kreuzberg

21 September –  Hamburg, DE – Reepers

22 September –  Eindehoven, NL – Area 51

23 September –  Amsterdam, NL – Bitterzoet

24 September –  Brussels, BE – Botanique

25 September –  Paris, FR – Le Trebando

26 September –  London, UK – Scala

28 September –  Manchester, UK – Islington Mill

29 September –  Brighton, UK – The Haunt

 

External Links:

Official Site – http://dandeacon.com/

Twitter – http://twitter.com/ebaynetflix     

Tumblr – http://dandeacon.tumblr.com/

Instagram – @dandeaconofficial http://web.stagram.com/n/dandeaconofficial/

Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/dandeacon

Label – http://www.dominorecordco.us/ 

Bailterspace return after 13 years in the wilderness | Music News

 

New Zealand/New York City legends Bailterspace have returned with their first new recordings in 13 years. The band were once described by Pitchfork as“simultaneously beautiful, jagged, atonal, and supremely melodic” and their album ‘Strobosphere’ will be released on 20th August via Fire Records.
Have a listen and download their track  ‘No Sense’, for free, below:
Originally a member of The Gordons, Alister Parker formed Nelsh Bailter Space with former Clean drummer Hamish Kilgour in year 1987. Shortening the name to Bailterspace, they eventually incorporated his former band mates from The Gordons, including Brent MacLachlan who has remained integral to the band since 1989.  They won praise as “the Sonic Youth of the Southern Hemisphere” with several Melody Maker singles of the week. Relocating to New York brought about greater harmonic exploration whilst their Flying Nun and Matador releases established them as a distortion-led tour de force.
After announcing a hiatus, the band never truly stopped working together, occasionally sneaking out to play an unusual show and building a stockpile of ideas, they way they always done. However, finding the urge to record too great, they dove back into the studio and produced a record of power and beauty that could only come from Bailterspace.

Nada Surf unveil video for ‘Waiting For Something’ | Music News

 

Alt rock kings Nada Surf have unveiled the video for their single, ‘Waiting For Something,’ off their recently released seventh album The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy. The video was directed by Violetta D’Agata and is described as “a personal journey through interlocking time in the lives of several interconnected characters, all of whom share the mystique and beauty of their Spanish island – Ibiza.”