Rock Plaza Central sign to Paper Bag records and gear up for the release of their new album, the follow-up to 2006′s fantastic “Are We Not Horses?”.
April, 2009
WIN! Tickets to see Loney dear, Snowbird and The Leisure Society
We have FIVE pairs of tickets to give away to see Loney dear, The Leisure Socety and Snowbird next week at Scala, Kings Cross. Full details inside!
Sonic Cathedral – Cathedral Classics Vol. 1
London’s Sonic Cathedral has been quietly perpetuating a psychedelic shoegaze renaissance for almost five years. Cathedral Classics Volume 1, collects the highlights from the label’s first 11 singles.
The Leisure Society – Tour Diary #2
Part 2 of our on the road dispatches from The Leisure Society as the band head to the north of England and meet the friendly faces of Teeside, give bass player Darren a reason to be smug in Liverpool and have a boozy day in Leeds.
Gavin Bryars Ensemble play The Sinking of the Titantic at London Roundhouse
As part of the Roundhouse’s Short Circuit Festival Philip Jeck and Gavin Bryars Ensemble will be performing Bryar’s seminal 1969 semi-aleotoric work The Sinking Of The Titanic.
Peter Bjorn and John – Living Thing
Steve Lampiris reviews the latest from the weird and wonderful world of Peter Bjorn & John…
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band / Bob Log III / Condo Fucks
Three acts with back stories to tell. But do their records get past the gimmicks? Ro Cemm reviews new releases from Condo Fucks, Bob Log III and The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band.
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band announce documentary
Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band are set to release “One of My Kind” on April 15th, a documentary that will give fans a behind-the-scenes look at the band’s journey over the past year and a half.
Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
Something In Construction label boss David Laurie gets all excited over the new Doves album… It is absolutely, definitely, going to be in the Top 5 of the year. Everywhere.
Butcher Boy – React or Die
Butcher Boy return with the release of follow up long-player ‘React or Die’. A brazen title for an act submerged in an ocean of shite with only a straw for air.
The Twilight Sad return with album and tour
The Twilight Sad herald the arrival of brand new material in the late summer with a Great Escape show and a short run of dates.
The Monroe Transfer record launch night TONIGHT!
The Monroe Transfer, whose debut release got an impressive review here, will be launching said record TONIGHT at The Macbeth in Hoxton.
Field Day add new acts to already impressive rosta
Field Day 2009 has announced another, impressive, set of bands to play this year’s festival… they already join the likes of Mogwai, Four Tet, Final Fantasty and Errors.
Obits – I Blame You
Rick Froberg has one hell of a trail of strident ghosts following after him – the tight wail of Drive Like Jehu, the bulldog thrust of Hot Snakes – and it’s near impossible to ignore their harsh clatter when listening to Obits. It’s unfair, but there you are; the spectres will not be stilled. With that in mind, Obits is a good record, but probably not that good.
[Video] Maximo Park – The Kids Are Sick Again
Maximo Park tease us ahead of their new album with the video to their latest single ‘The Kids Are Sick Again’
The Leisure Society – Tour Diary #1
Currently on a TLOBF Sponsored tour of the UK, The Leisure Society are selling out shows left right and centre. Whilst idling away the spare hours travelling up and down the nations motorways, the band are keeping us up to date on the tour in the shape of a diary…
