Pictish Trail (aka Johnny Lynch) is touring all over the UK next month with his Micro-Edition™ Tour to perform some brand new songs & rework some old favourites. He’s going under the name Pictish Trail (Micro-Edition™ Tour) on account of the fact it’s just him & his pal Suse Bear. 07 Nov: Rhos Yr Hafod, Llanon, UK06 Dec: Old Cinema Laundrette, Durham, UK08 Dec: South Street, Reading, UK09 Dec: Café … Read More
Pictish Trail Announces New Album ‘Thumb World’ Out 21st Feb 2020 – First Track ‘Slow Memories’
Fire Records announce brand new material from Johnny Lynch, AKA Isle-of-Eigg dwelling electro-acoustic psych-pop wonder Pictish Trail. Kaleidoscopically out-of-this-world ode to heavenly surrender ‘Slow Memories’ accompanied by a stunning animated video by renowned Scottish designer Swatpaz (Davey Ferguson) – is the first track to be previewed from Johnny’s fourth album Thumb World, which is due for release on February 21, 2020. Four years in the making, Thumb World is the … Read More
Giant Sand announce German tour in November 2019
‘Recounting The Ballads Of Thin Line Men’ (Out 20th September 2019) will be available on limited edition pink and purple coloured vinyl / CD. Giant Sand add more dates to their ‘Recounting The Ballads Of Thin Line Men’ Europe Tour. They’ll be heading to Germany, Austria and Switzerland at the end of the year, besides several dates in Netherlands, Spain, Belgium and UK. EU live dates09 Nov: Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven, Netherlands 10 Nov: … Read More
Pictish Trail announces Steve Mason tour support November 2019
“One of the country’s most intriguing musicians.” The Arts Desk“Mysterious cinematic pop melancholia.” The Guardian Johnny Lynch AKA Pictish Trail announces he’ll be hitting the road with multi-instrumentalist Suse Bear (Tuff Love) supporting Steve Mason on his upcoming November tour. If you can’t wait until winter 2019 then there’s a bunch of summer live dates coming up including Green Man Festival, British Sea Power’s Krankenhaus festival in Barrow-in-Furness and a Lost Map Showcase taking place … Read More
Virginia Wing UK festival dates begin this week
UK dates19 Jul: Latitude Festival, Suffolk, UK 24 Aug: Headrow House & Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds, UK 29 Aug-01 Sep: End Of The Road Festival, Larmer Tree Gardens, UK 18 Oct: Wild Paths Festival, Norwich, UK 19 Oct: Boudica Festival, Coventry UK US Tour Dates 30 Jul: Cooper Owl, Victoria, BC, Canada 31 Jul: Static Jupiter, Vancouver, BC, Canada 01 Aug: The Vera Project, Seattle, WA, US 02-04 Aug: Pickathon … Read More
Hater US Tour 2019
Hater head to the US for the first time this summer since the release of “Siesta” (2018). 07 Sep: The Wayfarer, Costa Mesa, CA, US08 Sep: The Echo, Los Angeles, CA, US09 Sep: Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA, US11 Sep: Holocene, Portland, OR, US12 Sep: Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA, US13 Sep: The Bartlett, Spokane, WA, US14 Sep: Neurolux, Boise, ID, US18 Sep: Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA US19 Sep: Berlin, … Read More
Death And Vanilla touring the UK
Death And Vanilla have announced their first UK shows supporting the release of their new album ‘Are You A Dreamer‘ out on May 10th. See dates and ticket links below. May 24th: Totnes, Sea Change Festival May 26th: Cardiff, Psych & Noise Fest May 29th: Manchester, Soup Kitchen May 30th: Lewes, Westgate Chapel May 31st: London, Shacklewell Arms
The Chills announce 2019 US tour
US Tour Dates: 19 Feb: The Bellhouse, NY, US 20 Feb: The Middle East, Boston, US 22 Feb: White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, US 23 Feb: Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, US 24 Feb: The Black Cat, Washington, US 26 Feb: Outer Limits Lounge, Detroit, US 27 Feb: The Empty Bottle, Chicago, US 28 Feb: The Turf Club, Minneapolis, US 2 Mar: The Wayfarer, Costa Mesa, US 3 Mar: The Echo, … Read More
The Chills announce 2019 US tour
US Tour Dates: 19 Feb: The Bellhouse, NY, US 20 Feb: The Middle East, Boston, US 22 Feb: White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, US 23 Feb: Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, US 24 Feb: The Black Cat, Washington, US 26 Feb: Outer Limits Lounge, Detroit, US 27 Feb: The Empty Bottle, Chicago, US 28 Feb: The Turf Club, Minneapolis, US 2 Mar: The Wayfarer, Costa Mesa, US 3 Mar: The Echo, … Read More
The Lemonheads cover The Bevis Frond on new track & EU 2019 tour announced
The Lemonheads cover cult British psych-rockers The Bevis Frond on new cut from forthcoming album European 2019 tour announced ‘Old Man Blank’ audio link: https://soundcloud.com/firerecords/the-lemonheads-old-man-blank Tour Dates 06 Feb: The Academy, Dublin, Ireland 07 Feb: Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Ireland 08 Feb: Elmwood Hall, Belfast, UK 09 Feb: SWG3, Glasgow, UK 11 Feb: Wylam Brewery, Newcastle, UK 12 Feb: O2 Ritz, Manchester, UK 13 Feb: Leeds University Stylus, Leeds, UK 14 Feb: … Read More
Jane Weaver Solo Tour ‘LOOPS IN THE SECRET SOCIETY’
Introducing… ‘LOOPS IN THE SECRET SOCIETY’, a new solo live performance. Cyclic variations of Modern Kosmology and The Silver Globe. Audio/visual zoetropes performed by Jane Weaver. On tour in October & November. Tickets on-sale at 9am on Friday at: www.janeweavermusic.com/live
Virginia Wing Support Hookworms on Upcoming EU/UK Tour
Virginia Wing support Hookworms on their upcoming EU/UK tour! Full dates below. 02 Feb: Folkestone Quarterhouse, Folkestone, UK 03 Feb: Paradiso Noord – Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, Netherlands 04 Feb: Rotondes, Luxembourg, Luxembourg 05 Feb: PRIVATCLUB Berlin, Berlin, Germany 06 Feb: NEST, Gent, Belgium 07 Feb: Point Éphémère, Paris, France 23 Feb: Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool, UK 24 Feb: Patterns, Brighton, UK 03 Mar: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK 04 Mar: The Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK 09 Mar: The White Hotel, Manchester, UK 17 … Read More
Evan Dando Announces ‘Baby I’m Bored’ USA Tour Dates
Evan Dando Announces ‘Baby I’m Bored’ US Tour Dates June 2017 ‘Baby I’m Bored’ audio: Evan Dando US Tour Dates June 15, 2017: San Francisco CA, The Chapel June 16, 2017: Los Angeles CA, The Roxy Theatre June 17, 2017: San Diego CA, The Casbah June 20, 2017: Chicago IL, Lincoln Hall June 22, 2017: Boston MA Once, Somerville June 23, 2017: Philadelphia PA, The Foundry June 24, 2017: New York … Read More
Las Kellies Add More European Tour Dates!
Las Kellies have added a heap more European shows ahead of their album release this Friday! ‘Friends And Lovers’ Album pre-order: https://laskelliesmusic.bandcamp.com/Las Kellies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/las.kellies/ Las Kellies Twitter: https://twitter.com/laskellies Las Kellies Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/las_kellies/ Las Kellies Tour Dates 2016 06 Nov: Moth Club, London, UK 07 Nov: The Hope, Brighton, UK 08 Nov: Ramsgate Music Hall, Ramsgate, UK 09 Nov: The Bassment, Chelmsford, UK 10 Nov: Night & Day, Manchester, UK … Read More
Howe Gelb Announces ‘Future Standards’ Tour Dates
Howe Gelb Announces ‘Future Standards‘ Tour Dates + New Album Out Nov 25th Howe Gelb ‘Terribly So’ ‘Future Standards’ Promo Video Howe Gelb Piano Trio presenting “Future Standards” 22-Nov – ES – Madrid – Clamores 23-Nov- ES – Pontevedra – Sala Karma 24-Nov – PT – Espinho – Auditorio 25-Nov – PT – Lisboa – Mexefest 26-Nov – ES – Zarautz – Cine Modelo 27-Nov – DE – Berlin – B Flat 28-Nov – DE – Münster – … Read More
Las Kellies UK/EU Tour Starts In 6 Weeks!
LAS KELLIES Add New European Tour Dates + New Album Reminder ‘Friends & Lovers’ Out Oct 14th On Fire Records “Absolutely love ’em..they are fully excellent.” Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music UK/EU Tour Dates 06 Nov: Moth Club, London, UK 07 Nov: The Hope, Brighton, UK 08 Nov: Ramsgate Music Hall, Ramsgate, UK 09 Nov: The Bassment, Chelmsford, UK 10 Nov: Night & Day, Manchester, UK 11 Nov: Arden Arms, … Read More
Rats On Rafts Tour Starts This Week!
Fresh from supporting Mission Of Burma and Pere Ubu at various tour dates througout the UK/EU, Dutch post-punks Rats On Rafts are playing a bunch of shows including Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia, Reeperbahn Festival and some Irish dates thrown in for good measure! Rats On Rafts have also joined forces with legendary underground Dutch punk band De Kift – Zaandam punk vs Rotterdam punk! Their self-titled collaborative album is set for … Read More
Scott & Charlene’s Wedding Announce First Leg of UK/EU Tour!
Scott & Charlene’s Wedding Announce First EU Tour Dates + New Album Out Sept 2nd ‘Don’t Bother Me’ video: https://youtu.be/Y6Sgy8PyMGE ‘Don’t Bother Me’ audio: https://soundcloud.com/firerecords/scott-charlenes-wedding-dont-bother-me “Blessed with a rich sense of wit with an arch humour that turned the most mundane lyrical viewpoint into a note of inspiring delectation” Clash “The band’s fuzzy, jangly sound and tales of suburban ennui remains intact” Brooklyn Vegan Tour Dates: 22 Oct: Leeds – Brudenell Social Club, UK 23 Oct: … Read More
Josephine Foster Announces New Live UK and Ireland Shows!
Josephine Foster Announces New UK & Ireland Live Dates In September + Mendrugo Release ‘More Amor’ Next WeekMendrugo (New project from Josephine Foster, Victor Herrero and Jose Luis Herrero) ‘Emboniga’ audio: https://soundcloud.com/firerecords/mendrugo-embonigaJosephine Foster ‘A Thimbleful Of Milk’ audio Live Dates 08 Sep: Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, IE 09 Sep: Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, IE 10 Sep: Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, UK 13 Sep: The Albert, Brighton UK 14 Sep: The Lantern @ Coltson Hall, … Read More
Giant Sand ‘The Sun Set’ Tour – Starts Next Week!
Next week Giant Sand embark on what will be their final farewell tour; stopping off in London, Amsterdam and Paris plus a show at the Stewart Lee curated ATP festival next weekend. Howe Gelb suggests that these last 2 years of touring felt like the best runs ever. Regardless if his memory has misspoken, he maintains the band is not breaking up cause there’s nothing broken. It’s just being put to … Read More
Mission Of Burma Tour Begins In Two Weeks, Listen To Tour Playlist
Following on from the recently reissued ‘Vs’ and ‘Signals, Calls and Marches’ on Fire Records, Mission of Burma return to the UK and Europe this April for the first time since 2013. They also play All Tomorrow’s Parties (curated by Drive Like Jehu) along with shows in Dublin, Bristol, London, Leeds, Antwerp, Amsterdam and Berlin. The band have been recognized as legends of the American indie rock and post-punk scene, having influenced musical icons from Sonic Youth … Read More
The Chills Announce Summer Tour Dates
Back in October, The Chills released their first full length album in nearly two decades. The critically acclaimed ‘Silver Bullets’ hailed the return of one of New Zealand’s most respected exports. Their chiming Dunedin-pop anthems and timeless pop songs are “arguably their best so far, bursting with gorgeous melodies and Phillipps’ wonderful sincerity” Independent. For Record Store Day 2016, The Chills will also release 12” single “Pyramid/When The Poor Can … Read More
Mission Of Burma Play Electrowerkz, London – 20th April 2016
The incredible Mission of Burma are back in the UK this April, they play London’s Electrowerkz on April 20th for Baba Yaga’s Hut! Tickets here Purchase Mission Of Burma releases including last year’s ‘VS’ and ‘Signals, Calls & Marches’ reissues here 17 Apr: ATP Festival, Pontins, Prestatyn, North Wales, UK 18 Apr: Opium Rooms, Dublin, Ireland 19 Apr: Exchange, Bristol, UK 20 Apr: Elektrowerkz, London, UK 21 Apr: Belgrave Music … Read More
The Bevis Frond Sign To Fire Records + Announce London Live Date
Fire Records are delighted to announce that seminal, British, Neo- Psych band The Bevis Frond have signed to the label; in celebration we are putting on a headline show at Dalston’s Birthdays on July 10th! If any artist has followed a tangential path intersecting with Hendrix, Big Star & Spacemen 3 along the way, that would be The Bevis Frond…and that’s not hyperbole, the evidence is to be found in countless … Read More
Mission Of Burma Announce European Spring Tour
Following on from the recently reissued ‘Vs’ and ‘Signals, Calls and Marches’ on Fire Archive, Mission of Burma return to the UK and Europe this April for the first time since 2013. They will play All Tomorrow’s Parties (curated by Drive Like Jehu) along with shows in Dublin, Bristol, London, Leeds, Antwerp, Amsterdam and Berlin. The band have been recognized as legends of the American indie rock and post-punk scene, having influenced musical icons from Sonic … Read More