Former Ash girl Charlotte Hatherley will be playing a number of UK dates.
The guitarist, who left Ash last year, will be touring the country to support her second solo album The Deep Blue, which is out on March 5th. The tour dates are:
February:
27th – Glasgow Oran Mor
28th – Liverpool Carling Academy
March:
1st – Leeds Cockpit
3rd – Birmingham Carling Academy
4th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
5th – Oxford Zodiac
6th – London Islington Carling Academy
Bonnie Prince Billy will return to the UK following their sold out dates.
Will Oldham’s band, who sold out 2 nights at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, will come back in February for 3 more dates, including another show in London:
February:
11th – London Shepherds Bush Empire
12th – Brighton Corn Exchange
13th – Cambridge Junction
In addition to this, Will Oldham stars in the film Old Joy, which was released on January 26th.
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will release a new album on May 1st.
The new album, which will be called Baby 81, is the follow up to Howl which came out in 2005 and will feature 13 tracks. Drummer Nick Jago returns for it, after being absent from the Howl recordings, and the tracklisting is:
‘Took Out A Loan’
‘Berlin’
‘Weapon Of Choice’
‘Window’
‘Cold Wind’
‘It’s Not What You Wanted’
‘666 Conducer’
‘All You Do Is Talk’
‘Lien On Your Dreams’
‘Need Some Air’
‘Killing The Light’
‘American X’
‘Am I Only’
Joanna Newsom and Robert Plant have been confirmed as the headliners for The Green Man festival.
The event, which takes place at Glanusk Park in Powys, Wales, will be held from the 17th to the 19th of August this year. Newsom will be headlining on the Friday with the former Led Zep frontman headlining on the Saturday. Tickets are priced at £98 for adults and free to under 12s.
Bloc Party have posted a full stream of their new album.
A Weekend In The City, which is out in February, can be checked out at their myspace, which can be found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
The group will also be touring the USA in support of the new record, which marks their first visit to the States since they had to cancel their support of Panic! At The Disco after Matt Tong suffered a collapsed lung.
Deranged Records latest update promises a lot more releases!
Career Suicide’s new record is out now on CD and vinyl, with production handled by Jon Drew, and you can check out a track by clicking here.
Tranzmitors’ album is almost finished and will be released in March, with them having a track to check out aswell. In addition, their Bigger Houses 7″ has been repressed.
Sweden’s Nitad will have a 7″ out on the label called Världen Måste Dö [meaning The World Must Die] and 100 limited edition red versions of the vinyl will be on sale.
Other news sees Brutal Knight’s Feast Of Shame album released in February and Terminal State’s new 7″ delayed so the band can revise the original cover work.
The Decemberists are to release a DVD featuring live and behind the scenes footage.
Decemberists: A Practical Handbook DVD will include a performance from Portland’s Roseland Theatre from November 2005 and also a documentary filmed during the making of The Crane Wife.
Expect to see interviews and “candid footage”. Additionally, the DVD will feature a number of short films and illustrations. The DVD is to be released on March 20th.
Coldplay have said their new album will be a very different type of sound.
The band have drafted in Brian Eno to work with them on the production of the record and he has said the album is going to be “very original”.
The band, who are touring Latin America next month, are thought to be ready to preview the new stuff on those dates.
Cooper Temple Clause are back with some tour dates, and they are:
March:
21st – Cork Cyprus Avenue
23rd – Dublin Whelans
24th – Belfast Speakeasy
25th – Glasgow QMU
26th – Aberdeen Lemon Tree
27th – Newcastle Northumbria University
29th – Manchester Academy 2
30th – Birmingham Irish Centre
31st – Leeds Met University
April:
2nd – Norwich Waterfront
3rd – Bristol Academy
4th – Portsmouth Pyramid Centre
5th – London Shepherds Bush Empire
Sick Of It All will be touring Europe and have announced UK dates amongst the gigs.
The band, supporting their latest album Death To Tyrants, will be supported by Wisdom In Chains. The dates for the tour are:
April:
11th – Musicbox Manchester
12th – Trillian’s Newcastle
13th – Underground Stoke
14th – The Dome London
15th – Nexus Southampton