Category: Music

Austin quintet Shearwater are currently recording the follow-up to last year’s album Rook with John Congleton who has previously lent production skills to Antony & The Johnsons.

Taking a break from the studio, ornithology enthusiast Jonathan Meiburg and Co. will make a brief trip across the Atlantic to play a handful of shows in September, including opening for Clinic in Leeds.

Their European tour looks like this:

September
10th – Voorhuit, Ghent BE
11th – End Of The Road Festival, Dorset UK
12th – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK (w/ Clinic)
13th – Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester UK
14th – The Luminaire, London UK
15th – Effenaar, Eindhoven NL
16th – Tivoli (De Helling), Utrecht NL

Here’s a video of Shearwater playing live at SXSW:

Eyedea & Abilities are back with a brand new video this week lifted from the new album By The Throat on Rhymesayers. Check this video for ‘Junk’ for filthy basslines and freshness and click here for a review of the record.

Paint It Black will release 4 brand new tracks of their melodic hardcore on a 7″ called “Surrender” on Fat Wreck Chords on August 18th. It will also be available for purchase in digital form.

The group, which features Dan Yemin from Kid Dynamite and Lifetime will then hit the UK with Ceremony in September at the dates below:

18th – Kingston, The Peel
19th – Leeds, Joseph’s Well
20th – Glasgow, Ivory Blacks
21st – Manchester, The Star & Garter
22nd – Birmingham, The Swinging Sporran
23rd – Brighton, The Freebutt
24th – Plymouth, White Rabbit
25th – Southampton, Hamptons
26th – London, The Fly
27th – Newport, Le Pub

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”