Today's 'News In Brief' is sponsored by 'bloody hell I'm tired'.
Here's the new Frightened Rabbit video for their brand spankingly new single 'Nothing Like You', which comes out on the 22nd of February.
Looks like The Great Escape have upped their game this year! Running from May 13-15th, this year's Great Escape will feature the following bands (so far):
DELPHIC / CHASE AND STATUS / BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE / MARINA & THE DIAMONDS /ELLIE GOULDING / CRYSTAL FIGHTERS / SLOW CLUB / COLD CAVE / ESBEN AND THE WITCH / HURTS /
JAPANDROIDS / REAL ESTATE / TIMBER TIMBRE / DARWIN DEEZ / BEST COAST / THE CHEEK / WILD PALMS / THE RUBY SUNS
Early bird tickets, that not only get you in to see all the bands but will also get you access to outdoor gigs, afternoon shows, club nights, after parties and much more, are on sale now for a mere £45.00.
Hot Hot Heat will play a one off show at Londonâs Scala on Tuesday March 2nd, Doors are 7.30 p.m. Tickets are £13.79. Stage time is 9 p.m. and the support act is Official Secret Act.
Cold Cave are set to tour Europe this May, beginning their journey at the Matt Groening-curated ATP Festival before traversing the UK and European continent and finishing proceedings at Barcelona's Primavera Sound festival. Full tour dates below. To coincide the New York based trio will 'Life Magazine' as a 12".
May
7th - All Tomorrows Parties (curated by Matt Groening), Minehead Butlins
8th - Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds
9th - Captains Rest, Glasgow
10th - Deaf Institute, Manchester
12th - Cargo, London
13th - Great Escape Festival, Brighton
14th - Paradiso, Amsterdam
15th - Rotonde, Brussels
16th - Uebel & Gefahrlich, Hamburg
18th - Svenska, Stockholm
19th - Rust, Copenhagen
20th - Bang Bang Club, Berlin
21st - Hafen 2, Offenbach
22nd - Theater Palace, St. Gallen
23rd - Fri-Son, Fribourg
24th - Rocker Festival, Bologna
25th - Spazio 211, Turin
27th - Point Ephemere, Paris
29th - Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona
Jagjaguwar have announced that their latest signings Wolf People(currently being spinned on both BBC Radio 2 and 6Music) will play the following London headline shows to celebrate their Tidings compilation, which is set for release on February 22 on Vinyl/Digital formats:
February 16 The Lexington w/The Moulettes + Sam Pulham 8pm, £5 adv
February 23 The Windmill w/The Johnny Parry Band + Bert Page 8pm, £5 adv
MP3:Wolf People - October Fires
High Places are heading out on tour!
UK Gigs
Mon 3-May-10 UK Brighton Freebutt
Tue 4-May-10 UK London Cargo
Wed 5-May-10 UK Dublin Whelans
Thu 6-May-10 UK Glasgow Nice & Sleazy
Fri 7-May-10 UK Sheffield The Harley
Sat 8-May-10 UK Leeds The Brudenell Social Club
Tubelord are releasing their second single âStaceyâs Left Armâ on limited edition cassette, and digitally, on 22nd February. The track has been re-mixed by various artists including Bass Clef, Scrubber Fox and Lemmy Ashton. Each week one remix will be released for free download!
The first remix is available today (Monday 1st February) and is by audio-visual artist, Scrubber Fox. Check the track out over here.
The Kingston trio will also be playing a bunch of headline dates this month.
February
20th Hitchin @ Club 85, UK
22nd London @ Borderline
23rd Cardiff @ Arts Institute, UK
25th Reading @ Oakford, UK
26th Middlesbrough @ Westgarth Social Club, UK
27th Newcastle @ Head Of Steam, UK
28th Leeds @ Brudenell Social Club, UK
March
01st Oxford @ Jericho, UK
02nd Nottingham @ Chameleon, UK
03rd Brighton @ Freebutt, UK
04th Bristol @ Start The Bus, UK
05th Leicester @ Firebug, UK
06th Kingston @ Hippodrome, UK (New Slang club night)
Staceyâs Left Arm will be available to pre-order on cassette shortly. Details coming soon.