Annihilation Time have announced they will be doing a brief tour of the UK in June.
The band will hit the following dates as part of a Big Cheese Magazine sponsored tour:
9th – Croft, Bristol
10th – The Cooperage, Newcastle
11th – Stockroom, Sheffield
12th – Borderline, London
Cursive are coming to the UK and releasing new album over here too!
Cursive’s gripping new album ‘Mama, I’m Swollen‘ will get a UK release on 1st June through Saddle Creek Records complete with country-specific exclusive bonus tracks.
Check out the poetic video for new single ‘From The Hips’ here –
With a live show that’s up there as one of the greatest we’ve ever seen, Cursive’s UK tour is not to be missed. You can catch them on one of the following dates –
May
12th LONDON Dingwalls
13th CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
15th BRIGHTON – The Great Escape Festival
16th BIRMINGHAM Hare and Hounds
17th NORWICH Arts Centre
18th MANCHESTER Academy 3
19th YORK Fibbers
20th NEWCASTLE Academy 2
21st LONDON – Stag and Dagger Festival
22nd LEEDS – Stag and Dagger Festival
23rd GLASGOW – Stag and Dagger Festival
24th NOTTINGHAM – Dot to Dot Festival
What a find this is. Check out Ozzy and co in a Black Sabbath cartoon from the 70’s. This month the re-issue of Paranoid was released with quadrophic extras and instrumentals etc, go get it as it’s got the lot.
Back with a new EP, The Breeders continue their quest to bring you sombre indie after their crazy heights of the 90’s. It’s as disappointing as the new Black Lips record we think. Fans of this will be stoked to know that The Breeders curate the first ATP weekend of the year 15th-17th May. Maybe they will play old material instead…
Belgian superstars The Hickey Underworld are heading to the UK to play their first shows. Check them out on Wednesday 13th May at the Vibe Bar in Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane as their self titled debut album is one of the best new records we have on here daily at Crossfire HQ. Check out future single Mystery Bruise below and pass it on.
Placebo are back with a new album called For What It’s Worth is out on June 1st. Check the video below.
My Bloody Valentine have been announced as the curators for the December ATP.
The band have already confirmed the following groups for the event:
Sonic Youth
De La Soul
EPMD
Sun Ra Arkestra
The Horrors
Tickets are still available with accomodation and self-catered rooms, so make sure you get on it! Have the video for their track Only Shallow to get you up for it:
SSS are hitting the road with Cancer Bats and The Plight this month.
Mark Magill from the band said of the tour:
“It’s been a while since we’ve been out and about, so we can’t wait to hit the road this month. Dave had a baby, I insulated my loft, Foxy has been making brownies and Pete has been researching the dynamics of paper airplanes. We’ve also written 14 new songs for our next record and they’re getting so short, fast and heavy it’s ridiculous. Come down and say hello!”
Catch SSS live at the following shows:
SSS
25 Apr 2009 – Wakefield, UK – Full Thrash Assault, The Snooty Fox
SSS w/ CANCER BATS, THE PLIGHT
26 Apr 2009 – Colchester, UK – Arts Centre
27 Apr 2009 – Oxford, UK – Academy
28 Apr 2009 – Cardiff, UK – Barfly
30 Apr 2009 – Leeds, UK – The Cockpit
01 May 2009 – Stoke, UK – The Sugarmill
02 May 2009 – Nottingham, UK – Rock City
03 May 2009 – Manchester, UK – Academy 3
04 May 2009 – Birmingham, UK – Academy 2
05 May 2009 – Bristol, UK – Academy 2
06 May 2009 – Portsmouth, UK – Wedgewood Rooms
07 May 2009 – London, UK – The Underworld
SSS
20 May 2009 – Liverpool, UK – Liverpool Music Week, Barfly
23 May 2009 – London, UK – Slaughterday, The Purple Turtle
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Amazing Baby are announced their debut album details.
The band will release Rewild on June 22nd and will play the following shows to showcase the material on a support slot for The Virgins:
April
18th Glasgow King Tuts
20th Newcastle Cluny
21st Birmingham Rainbow
22nd Leeds Cockpit
23rd London Heaven
26th Belfast Speakeasy
27th Manchester Deaf Institute (headline show)
28th London Borderline (headline show)
May
7th Southampton Hamptons (headline show)
8th Oxford Academy 3 (headline show)
9th York Fibbers (headline show)
11th Edinburgh Sneeky Pete’s (headline show)
12th Nottingham Bodaga (headline show)
13th Bristol Thekla (headline show)
The Bronx will be hitting the UK in May as Mariachi El Bronx.
The group will follow up their debut at ATP over the weekend of May 15th-17th by opening the show at ULU before The Bronx will perform a “regular” performance. The album, released on August 17th, has the following tracks:
1. Cell Mates
2. Litigation
3. Despretador
4. Quinceniera
5. Silver or Lead
6. Sleepwalking
7. Slave Labor
8. Clown Powder
9. Holy
10. My Brother The Gun
11. My Love