Category: Music Events

Talons are currently preparing for the release of their debut album ‘Hollow Realm‘ on Big Scary Monsters Records. In addition to news of a UK tour the band have offered up a download of their track ‘Peter Pan‘ which can be grabbed below.

The band will be playing the following dates,

September 29th – Norwich Arts Centre
September 30th – Camden Underworld, London
October 10th – Leeds Weekender @ The Well
October 18th – London Camden Barfly
October 21st – Cardiff SWN Festival @ Y Fuwch Goch
October 22nd – Leeds Brainwash Festival

Talons – Peter Pan by Crossfire Music

Groove Armada have announced that they will no longer be performing live after their series of dates in the UK and Australia this year.

Tom Findlay and Andy Cato, two of mainstream dance music’s most influential performers will no longer be playing with the full live band after their tour that begins on October 7th.

Be sure to catch them on their last tour as when backed by the full band, Groove Armada consistently put on a stunning, visceral spectacle that DJ sets rarely come close to. Head here for a review of their UK tour last year around the release of their album, Black Light.

They will be playing the following dates in October:

Leeds, Academy –  7th
Glasgow, Academy – 8th
Manchester, Academy 9th
Norwich, UEA – 11th
Bristol, Academy 12th
Birmignahm, Academy 14th
London, Brixton Academy – 15th/16th

In addition to the brilliant news that Marnie Stern will be taking her fiddly guitar shredding live show to the UK in November, it has been announced that she will be performing two London dates.

Her forthcoming self-titled album is the third full-length studio release to come from the DIY technoise songwriter, and is due on October 18th through Souterrain Transmissions. Download a cut from the new album ‘For Ash‘ after the tour dates.

November

18th – Nottingham,  Bodega
19th – Brighton,  Audio
20th – Bristol,  Thekla
21st – Sheffield,  The Harley
22nd – Glasgow,  Captains Rest
23rd – Manchester,  The Deaf Institute
25th – London, Hoxton Bar and Kitchen (GASH)
26th – London, The Lexington (White Light)

Marnie Stern – For Ash by Crossfire Music

Four Tet have announced an all-night show at The Coronet Theatre in collaboration with Eat Your Own Ears.

The night will feature performances from Caribou, James Holden, Nathan Rake, Rocketnumbernine and more acts to be announced alongside a live set from Four Tet himself.

Four Tet has already established himself as one of the most fascinating live electronic acts to see over the past few years and with a line-up as strong as those mentioned above this could shape up to be one of the raddest nights of the year. London heads stand up and get down.

It all goes down at The Coronet Theatre on November 19th, doors open at 9pm.

The greatest fancy dress mosh extravaganza is back from the dead in time for Halloween on October 30th at the Kazimer, Liverpool.

For Night Of The Living Dead 9 Thrashgig, Evol and Meshuggy has pulled in Fucked Up, Charlie Chuck, SSS, Hot Club de Paris, Cold Ones and a lengthy ‘Disco Mosh’ with DJs afterwards in what is one of the gnarliest line-ups of the year for sure.

There will be giveaways from Vans, Creature, Spitfire and Independent, so don’t hesitate getting tickets for this. They cost £10 and can be purchased from here.

Fresh from the success of their live performances over the summer, including LED Festival, Leftfield have announced their biggest UK tour in over a decade.

Founding member and now solo representative of Leftfield, Neil Barnes has commented,

“The reception we received over the summer at the festivals was amazing. Now we can’t wait to get out there again this autumn and bring the full Leftfield Live experience to the rest of the country. Let the bass roar.”

Barnes will be joined by a full live band and original vocalists Djum Djum, Earl 16 and Cheshire Cat at the following dates…

Thursday 18th November – Leeds O2 Academy
Friday 19th November – Manchester Apollo
Saturday 20th November – Glasgow Barrowlands
Thursday 25th November – Liverpool University
Friday 26th November – Bournemouth O2 Academy
Saturday 27th November – Plymouth Pavillions
Thursday 2nd December – Bristol O2 Academy
Friday 3rd December – Brixton O2 Academy

Arcade Fire have announced some UK tour dates.

The band, who released their album Suburbs recently, will be playing the following UK shows in December are part of their European tour:

1^st –  London, England – O2 Arena
8^th –  Birmingham, England – LG Arena
9^th –  Cardiff, Wales – Cardiff International Arena
11^th –  Manchester, England – Manchester Central
12^th –  Glasgow, Scotland – SECC

While they work on their currently untitled new album due for release later this year, New Jersey’s heaviest stoner rock group Monster Magnet have announced that they will be touring Europe again, hitting the UK in November.

The dates are as follows…

18th November – Millennium Music Hall, Cardiff
20th November – Corporation, Cardiff
21st November – Sub 81, Reading
22nd November – University, Southampton
23rd November – HMV Institute, Birmingham
25th November – Moho Live, Manchester
26th November – Electric Ballroom, London