TWIN LIZZY! - THE SCHOOL + ALLO DARLIN' HEAD OUT ON UK TOUR
Allo, Darlin' head out on their first UK tour this week as support to Elefant Record's The School. Catch them here:
Thurs 11th March - SHEFFIELD The Stockroom (tickets)
Fri 12th March - EDINBURGH Wee Red Bar (tickets)
Sat 13th March - GLASGOW The Flying Duck (tickets)
Sun 14th March - ABERDEEN The Tunnels (tickets)
Mon 15th March - NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE Head of Steam (tickets)
Sat 27th March - LONDON Bush Hall (tickets)
Wed 31st March - CHELMSFORD The Basement (tickets)
If you can see a big gap in the middle of those dates it's because Allo Darlin' are also off to play SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Yee-haa! Here are the shows they'll be playing while in Austin...
Wed 17th March @ 11pm - Official SXSW Showcase @ The Tap Room at Six
Fri 19th March @ 2:20pm - Waterloo Cycles
Sat 20th March @ 12:20pm - British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30
Sat 20th March @ 3pm - Music For Listeners @ Red House Pizzeria
Sat 20th March @ 8:30pm - Jovita's
The band will be selling copies of their new album and t-shirts at all dates.
THE LOVES - FREE DOWNLOAD OF NEW EP
The title track of the new EP from The Loves "Sweet Sister Delia" is taken from their latest album "Three" and was written for doyen of the London indie scene Miss Delia Sparrow, ex of Mambo Taxi, The Action Time, Baby Birkin & Manic Cough, now to be found helping run London’s finest venue The Lexington. It's a spiky garage number replete with handclaps, new wave organ & Johnny Thunders lead guitar. “We always stay at her house when we’re in London so I thought we’d show her our gratitude with a song…I’m sure she’d have preferred money or booze or something though”, says lead singer Simon Love. The other songs are "Low" which is taken from Simon's extensive collection of songs that will never see the light of day and "God Saves Our Souls" the first tune to be made available by Simon's side project Simon Love & The Turkeys
Download all three songs from the EP + artwork for FREE here
Check out The Loves' Rock'n'Roll Circus live at How Does It Feel To Be Loved?'s night at Jamm in Brixton on Thursday 25th March.
Here's a sneak preview for you all - check out the ace new single from The Pipettes below! We hope you like it. It's called 'Stop The Music' and it's out on April 19th. It comes in three formats, digital bundle, CD and limited edition red vinyl 7"... we’ll get you a pre-order link soon!
Despite it being a little way off release yet Popjustice have already made it their Song Of The Day, saying "It has the sort of chorus that makes you go a little bit wobbly and misty-eyed and we like it very much indeed. Well done, The Pipettes."
There's also another track on The Pipettes' MySpace called 'So I Say Goodbye' that's on the CD EP, so check that out too!
To go with all this excitement the band are hitting the road in April and May:
Sun 18th April - Manchester - FAC251 (tickets)
Mon 19th April - Sheffield - 02 Academy 2 (tickets)
Tue 20th April - London - Hoxton Bar and Kitchen (tickets)
Wed 21st April - Brighton - Audio (tickets)
Thu 22nd April - Kingston - New Slang @ McLusky (tickets)
Sun 25th April - Portsmouth - Wedgewood Rooms (tickets)
Mon 26th April - Southampton - Joiners Arms (tickets)
Fri 07th May - York - Fibbers (tickets)
Sat 08th May - Liverpool - O2 Academy 2 (tickets)
Fri 14th May - Darlington - Inside Out (tickets)
Sat 15th May - Birmingham - O2 Academy 2 (tickets)
Fri 21st May - Crewe - The Box (tickets)
Sat 22nd May - South Wales Valleys - Parcc Hall (tickets)
Listen to Stop The Music:
FREE DOWNLOAD OF NEW ALLO DARLIN' SINGLE
The Polaroid Song is the first fruit from Allo Darlin’s soon to be released debut album. A breezy, bouncy, eighties-style pop song that could have come straight from the soundtrack of a John Hughes movie, it was inspired by Polaroid’s decision to stop manufacturing the iconic film, a move that prompted Elizabeth of Allo Darlin’s photography-obsessed boyfriend to start his own stockpile. B-side Will You Please Spend New Year’s With Me? possesses a childlike naivety and emotional directness that conjures up the anti-folk lullabies of Kimya Dawson. As an added incentive to buy the record 100 of the 7” singles will contain a unique, individually-taken Polaroid which entitles the lucky finder to enter a competition to win a special Allo Darlin’ gig live in their own living room!
Download both songs from the 7" + artwork for FREE here
Not content to rest on the laurels of having one of the best and most talked-about albums of 2009, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart are back with Higher Than The Stars, four brand-new songs that do what the band does best – breathe fresh life into indiepop with exuberance, charm and of course quality tunes.
From the New Wave-flavored bliss of "Higher Than The Stars" to the crashing power-pop of new live favorite "Twins," this EP is both a perfect summation of what The Pains are all about and a signpost to the future. Fizzy noise-pop is present and correct in the form of "103," and the band switches gears a bit for the brooding 80s-esque "Falling Over." Capping things off we have a series of remixes from Saint Etienne, DJ Downfall, Skanfrom and Others In Conversation. We were thrilled to hear how these producers remodeled the Pains' originals and hope you will be too.
The release comes in four formats - 7" Single, CD EP, 12" EP and 12" Remix EP - and is in the shops or available to order direct from us now.
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