Varsity Drag have announced some UK dates.
The band, featuring Lemonheads co-founder Ben Deily, will hit these shores in October and are currently working on their second studio album. The dates are:
October 3: Portland Arms, Cambridge
October 4: The Park, Peterborough
October 7: Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
October 11: The Windmill, Brixton
Here’s what to expect from a live show:
Health are offering fans the chance to see them play a special, limited-ticket event.
If you pre-order the band’s new album Get Color [released August 24th] on red vinyl via Rough Trade, you will be entered into a draw to win one of 140 tickets for their gig on August 26th. In addition to the release, the band will be hitting the UK in October on the following dates:
02 Liverpool – Korova
03 Norwich – Arts Centre
04 Glasgow – Optimo
05 Sheffield – the Harley
06 Leeds – Brudenell
07 Manchester – Deaf Institute
26 London – Garage
The usually very amiable and polite Kasms found themselves at the centre of a ruckus on Sunday night when security at Kendal Calling Festival took offense to their frenzied stage show.
Having finished their set with the petite red-head leaping into the drum kit and accidentally scratching it, the band came offstage to be greeted by the tirades of 6 irate Jeep driving security staff. Bewildered, Kasms were unable to stay to complete press they had arranged, had their wristbands removed and were escorted off site, despite agreeing to pay the £40 bill for repairs to the kit. Police were called but not required on this occasion.
In a recent interview, singer Rachel defended her energetic and sometimes confrontational performances “if you met me I’m pretty sure you would not find me threatening even if I wanted to come across like that.” She explained “It’s just a bit of fun, mostly I try and get the audience to dance around a bit just because they can be pretty wooden.”
Kasms release their new double A-side single ‘Absent Without Leave/Murmur‘ through Trouble Records this coming Monday August 10th. Whilst track ‘Murmur‘ has already been aired on the band’s debut album ‘Spayed‘ (released back in May) ‘Absent Without Leave‘ is a brand new track that was written and committed to record in just one day at band member Rory Brattwell’s own studio space.
Here’s a recent video of Kasms live at Stay Beautiful:
St. Vincent, the nom de plume of beautiful songstress Annie Clark, has announced she is to open for Grizzly Bear on their forthcoming European tour this autumn. St. Vincent will be playing these support shows in a stripped-down solo capacity.
She will be airing tracks from latest album Actor as well as debut Marry Me and the full run of dates look like this….
October
31st – Barbican Centre, London (w/ Grizzly Bear)
November
1st – Vicar Street, Dublin (w/ Grizzly Bear)
2nd – ABC, Glasgow (w/ Grizzly Bear)
4th – Cathedral, Manchester (w/ Grizzly Bear)
5th – Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds (w/ Grizzly Bear)
6th – Anson Rooms, Bristol (w/ Grizzly Bear)
Here’s the video to the first single from Actor, ‘Actor Out of Work‘:
You may have noticed that there are loads of band in town right now due to the many festivals, awards and get together’s out there, and you know what? It just got better. On Sunday night OC hardcore legends Adolescents ripped up the Underworld in Camden, London and tonight Boston wrecking crew The Freeze will be next in line. See you there tonight?
Devendra Banhart has named his new album What We Will Be.
It will be the singer’s first album for Warners and though it doesn’t have a release date as yet, it is reported to be 50 minutes long and was produced by Banhart and Paul Butler from Band Of Bees. The tracklisting is:
‘Can’t Help’
‘Angelika’
‘Baby’
‘Goin’ Back To The Place’
‘First Song For B’
‘Last Song For B’
‘Chin Chin & Muck Muck’
’16th & Valencia’
‘Rats’
‘Maria Leonza’
‘Brindo’
‘Meet Me At The Lookout’
‘Wiliamdzi’
‘Foolin”
Andy Parle recently passed away.
The drummer from Britpop band Space collapsed unexpectedly and died in Liverpool. Former bandmate Dave Palmer said:
“It’s the saddest, most tragic end you could have. Space continued to have success after Andy left but the band changed and lost something which Andy had contributed. Even though we had another brilliant drummer there was something about Andy’s style which was unique.”
The Prodigy will release their new single on August 31st.
Take Me To The Hospital will include remixes from the likes of Sub Focus, Rusko, Losers, Adam F & Horx and even QOTSA frontman Josh Homme.
The third single from their latest album Invaders Must Die has proved a big hit at festivals across this summer and will be available as a CD single, 12″ vinyl and digital download.
Arctic Monkeys have announced they will be releasing their new single through Oxfam.
Crying Lightning, released as a limited edition 7″ and features a cover of the Nick Cave track Red Right Hand will hit every Oxfam store in the country from August 17th and marks the first time Oxfam shops have sold a new release single for 25 years.
The founder of the Monkeys’ label Domino, Laurence Bell said of the news:
“Oxfam is a Great British institution and it’s a delight to be working together on this project. There are about seven hundred Oxfam shops in the UK, many of them in high streets that once housed a record shop, so as well as raising some money for a great cause we are able to get vinyl back onto more of the nation’s high streets, which feels good.”
Hotly tipped rockers Twin Atlantic have just announced the following tour in September:
SEP 11: INVERNESS, Ironworks
SEP 12: ABERDEEN, Moshulu
SEP 13: DUNDEE, Fat Sams
SEP 17: YORK, Fibbers
SEP 18: STOKE, Sugarmill
SEP 19: LIVERPOOL, Korova
SEP 20: NOTTINGHAM, Bodega
SEP 21: BIRMINGHAM, Hare & Hounds
SEP 24: CARLISLE, Brickyard
SEP 25: HULL, Lamp
SEP 26: SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners
SEP 27: CARDIFF, Clwb Ifor Bach
SEP 29: LONDON, Old Blue Last
SEP 30: LONDON, Garage (w/ The Joy Formidable)
OCT 01: OXFORD, Bullingdon Arms
OCT 02: EDINBURGH, Studio 24
Here’s what to expect from these shows: