THE NEWS IN BRIEF
January 06, 2010,
Written by The 405
The News In Brief featuring Good Shoes, Cymbals Eat Guitars, These New Puritans, ATP festival, Peggy Sue, Dum Dum Girls, Nada Surf, Copy Haho, The Irrepressibles, Times New Vikings & Two Door Cinema Club!
Good Shoes release their new album 'No Hope, No Future' digitally on the 26th of January. Whilst you wait you can grab a free track by going to their website (www.goodshoes.co.uk)
Cymbals Eat Guitars have announced a UK/ EUR Feb tour and a new single! New single 'Wind Phoenix' is out March 1st and you can catch them live at the following dates:
Tuesday 9th February - Scopitone Club, Paris, France
Thursday 11th February - Le Romandie, Lausanne, Swizterland
Friday 12th February - Twiggy, Milan ( Varese), Italy
Saturday 13th February - Bronson, Ravenna, Italy
Monday 15th February - Chelsea Club, Vienna, Austria
Thursday 18th February - Start the Bus, Bristol
Friday 19th February - Korova, Liverpool
Sunday 21st February - Captain's Rest, Glasgow
Monday 22nd February - Cockpit, Leeds
Wednesday 24th February - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London
These New Puritans are heading out on tour!
JAN
19th London - Rough Trade East In-Store
25th London Bush Hall
FEB
1st Brighton - Audio
2nd Birmingham - Hare and Hounds
3rd Manchester - Deaf Institute
4th Glasgow - Captains Rest
5th Newcastle - Jukebox
6th Leeds - Brudnell Social Club
The ATP Festival, curated by Matt Groening, has now expanded! It will include Iggy & The Stooges, Coco Rosie, Built To Spill, James Chance And Les Contortions, Thee Oh Sees, Juana Molina, Lightning Dust & Konono No1. His ATP festival weekend is held at Butlins, Minehead on May 7th – 9th 2010.
Peggy Sue have announced a special London headlining show on 29th March 2010, celebrating the release of their debut album "Fossils and Other Phantoms" on Wichita Records. Taking place at the Relentless Garage, the show will be supported by Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards and Anna Calvi.
Dum Dum Girls are releasing a new single and will be heading over here for a few gigs. Released on February 15th via Sub Pop Records, ‘Jail La La’ is the first single taken from the Dum Dum Girls debut album, I Will Be (Sub Pop, March 29th).
25-Feb London Bardens Boudoir
26-Feb London White Light @ Lexington
27-Feb London The Rest Is Noise
02-Mar London White Heat @ Madam Jojos
Nada Surf are set to release a covers album (If I Had A Hi-Fi) in support of their forthcoming tour. They're set to play the ICA in London on the 13th of April, so make sure you get a ticket!
Copy Haho have announced a short run of Scottish dates for March 2010.
MARCH
4 // ABERDEEN // Tunnels
5 // EDINBURGH // Sneaky Petes
6 // GLASGOW // Captains Rest
Times New Viking have confirmed they'll be returning to Europe this spring!
March
17th - Sound Control, Manchester
18th - Nice & Sleazy, Glasgow
19th - The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
20th - The Dome, London
21st - The Portland Arms, Cambridge
On 11th January 2010 the Irrepressibles are set to release their debut album ‘MIRROR MIRROR’ on Major Record Label through V2 /Cooperative.
Two Door Cinema Club release their debut album, "Tourist History" on March 1st 2010 on French label Kitsuné. It will be preceded by the single "Undercover Martyn" on 22nd February 2010.










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