NEWS ROUNDUP (18/08/09)

August 18, 2009, 0 comments

Written by The 405

Today's roundup includes Weezer, The Invisible, Jamie T, Good Shoes, First Aid Kit & Matt and Kim.

*Remember! The news roundup gets updated throughout the day, so make sure you come back later for more news!

Weezer
Weezer (pictured above) have confirmed their new single, '(If you're wondering if I want you to) I want you to', and album (Raditude - October 27th). UK dates still TBC.

Woop!

http://www.weezer.com/

The Invisible

The Invisible have announced new autumn tour dates with Micachu & The Shapes. The Invisible’s forthcoming London Girl single – taken from their eponymous debut album – will be released on 28th September, through Accidental Records.

Thu, 20th Aug - Pukkelpop Festival, Belgium
Sat, 22nd Aug - Jamm, Brixton, London
Sun, 30th Aug - Leeds Festival, Leeds
Mon, 31st Aug - Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham
Thu, 3rd Sept - Offmodern Festival, London
Sat, 5th Sept - In The Woods Festival, Oxfordshire
Wed, 7th Oct - Nation of Shop Keepers, Leeds**
Thu, 8th Oct - Deaf Institute, Manchester**
Fri, 9th Oct - Captains Rest, Glasgow**
Sat, 10th Oct - Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh**
Tue, 13th Oct - Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich**
Wed, 14thOct - Fiddlers, Bristol**
Thu, 15th Oct - Scala, London**
Fri, 16th Oct - Festival of Creativity, Florence, Italy
Sun, 18th Oct - Karlstorbahnhof (Enjoy Jazz Festival), Heidelberg, Germany

Tue, 20th Oct - K4, Nuremberg, Germany
Thu, 22nd Oct - La Casa 139, Milan, Italy**
Fri, 23rd Oct - Circolo Degli Artisti, Rome, Italy**
Sat, 24th Oct - Covos, Bologna, Italy**
Mon, 25th Oct - Club Zukunft, Zurich, Switzerland**
Tue, 27th Oct - Botanique/Rotonde, Brussels, Belgium*
wed, 28th oct - Le Grand Mix, Tourconing, France
Thu, 29th Oct - Ubu Club, Renne, France**
Sat, 31st Oct - Novosonic Festival, Dijon, France**
Sun, 1st Nov - Maroquinerie, Paris, France**
( ** = w/Micachu & The Shapes )

http://www.myspace.com/theinvisiblethree

Jamie T

Here's the new Jamie T video, directed by Julian Fletcher and Dan Henshaw, inspired by the film 'Cannonball Run'.

http://www.myspace.com/jamietwimbledon

Good Shoes

Good Shoes are back at with the announcement of a 26 date UK tour in November and December.

The band’s tour dates are as follows:

November
05 - Moles, Bath
06 - Joiners, Southampton
07 - Forum, Tunbridge Wells
09 - Boileroom, Guildford
10 - Jericho, Oxford
11 - Soul Tree, Cambridge
13 - Club 85, Hitchin
14 - Square, Harlow
15 - Bodega, Nottingham
16 - Sugarmill, Stoke
18 - Central Station, Wrexham
19 - Cockpit 2, Leeds
20 - Club Strut, Darlingtom
21 - Priory, Doncaster
23 - Fibbers, York
24 - King Tuts, Glasgow
25 - Dexters, Dundee
26 - Electric Circus, Edinburgh
27 - Digital, Newcastle
28 - Korova, Liverpool
30 - Leadmill, Sheffield

December
01 - Musician, Leicester
02 - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
03 - Club Ifor Bach, Cardiff
04 - Ruby Lounge, Manchester
05 - Cooler, Bristol

http://www.myspace.com/goodshoes

First Aid Kit

First Aid Kit have a new single coming your way! It's called ‘Hard Believer’ and it's due out on the 5th of October to coincide with their support tour with Slow Club and joint headline tour with Fanfarlo.

SEPTEMBER
12 - End of the Road Festival
15 - Exeter Cavern Club w/ Slow Club
16 - Southampton Joiners w/ Slow Club
17 - Cardiff Barfly w/ Slow Club
18 - Maidstone The Loft w/ Slow Club
19 - Gloucester Guildhall w/ Slow Club
22 - Northampton Roadmender w/ Slow Club
23 - Sheffield Plug w/ Slow Club
24 - London Scala w/ Slow Club
28 - Manchester Deaf Institute w/ Fanfarlo
29 - York Fibbers w/ Fanfarlo

OCTOBER
01 - Glasgow ABC 2 w/ Fanfarlo
02 - Middlesbrough Westgarth w/ Fanfarlo
03 - Nottingham Bodega w/ Fanfarlo
05 - Oxford Jericho Tavern w/ Fanfarlo
06 - London Bush Hall w/ Fanfarlo
07 - Brighton Hanbury Ballroom w/ Fanfarlo
08 - Cardiff Iforbach w/ Fanfarlo
09 - Leeds Brudenell Social Club w/ Fanfarlo

http://www.myspace.com/thisisfirstaidkit

Matt and Kim

Matt and Kim return with a new single ‘Daylight’ on 28th September 2009 through the Fader Label/Nettwerk. ‘Daylight’ is the second single taken from their new album Grand, which is out now!

http://www.myspace.com/mattandkim

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