Perfectly poised to make a Mary-Jane shaped dent in 2016 Hands Off Gretel's Lauren Tate spoke to us this week on the eve of their new single "My Size" ... "I've made it a mission of mine to become the band I've been waiting for"
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Defeater, the US hardcore band announce March 2016 UK dates,
Birmingham O2 Academy 3, 14 March 2016
Glasgow Cottiers Theatre, 15 March 2016
Manchester Star & Garter, 16 March 2016
London Scala, 17 March 2016
If you can't wait 'till then there's a 7'' out now featuring "Still & True" and "Let Me Down"; previously only available as the digital bonus tracks from their last record.
Brighton 5 piece Fickle Friends have announced a 28 date UK headline tour off the back of their shimmering single ‘Say No More’. Already a favourite at the band’s live shows, the track is a feel-good anthem combining 80s-flavoured synths and a glorious fresh indie-pop sound. The tour will also give fans an opportunity to hear new music from their forthcoming debut album.
The band have been cutting their teeth the old fashioned way, with 2 years of solid touring, including sets at major festivals such as Bestival, BBC R1 Big Weekend and Secret Garden Party, not to mention a sold-out show at Dingwalls in London in November. All the long drives and late nights have paid off, forging Fickle Friends into a slick polished monster of a live band. This hard work also helped catch the attention of Polydor Records, who signed the band in January 2016.
Away from the stage the band has been whipping up a frenzy in the blogosphere and were the most written about unsigned artist of 2014 according to accumlator Hype Machine, and have even picked up over 5 million plays on Spotify across their debut singles - with 'Say No More’ even making it onto the BBC Radio 1 Introducing Playlist.
Fickle Friends are Natti Shiner, Sam Morris, Jack Harry, Christopher Hall and Jack Wilson; the band’s debut album is penciled in for late 2016.
We caught their set at Dials Festival last year where the then unsigned Fickle Friends impressed the crowd.
Following the success of Dials Festival in 2015 the team behind it have announced a new series of music events for 2016 that will run instead of a multi-venue festival. The new Dials Days and Dials Nights promise more of the same exciting discoveries and the same friendly atmosphere that led to it being named Best Non-Camping Festival by ULX Music. Find out more on the link below:
http://www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk/WhatsOn/LiveMusic/DIALS.aspx
FICKLE FRIENDS UK TOUR DATES
(Clean Cut Kid supports indicated by *)
02-Feb-16 Guildford Boileroom
03-Feb-16 Cardiff Moon Club
04-Feb-16 Bournemouth 60 MP
06-Feb-16 Bedford Esquires
07-Feb-16 Leicester Scholar *
08-Feb-16 Bristol Louisiana *
09-Feb-16 Chester Live Rooms *
11-Feb-16 Stourbridge River Room
16-Feb-16 Liverpool Studio 2
17-Feb-16 Reading Oakford Social *
19-Feb-16 Southampton Joiners *
20-Feb-16 Totnes Devon Arts Centre *
21-Feb-16 Colchester Arts Centre *
23-Feb-16 Norwich Waterfront *
24-Feb-16 Nottingham Bodega *
25-Feb-16 Manchester Sound Control *
26-Feb-16 Sheffield Lead Mill *
28-Feb-16 Newcastle Think Tank *
29-Feb-16 Edinburgh Electric Circus *
01-Mar-16 Aberdeen Tunnels
03-Mar-16 Glasgow King Tuts
04-Mar-16 Stockton Kubar
05-Mar-16 Lincoln Engine Shed
07-Mar-16 Hull Fruit *
08-Mar-16 Leeds Oporto *
09-Mar-16 Birmingham Rainbow
11-Mar-16 Aldershot Arts Centre
12-Mar-16 Brighton Patterns *
We chatted to Brian FAST Leiser about 20 years of FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS ahead of their re-release of 1996's classic album Come Find Yourself and 2016 tour ... we asked him about performing live, the resurgence of vinyl, the use of samples, festivals ...
Read MoreWEEZER have just announced their new self titled album will be out on April 1st - yep you heard that right ... pretty much sure it will get the nick name the white album.
Playing a few album release dates listed below and following up with a Summer US tour along with Panic At The Disco
March 30 - Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw (SOLD OUT)
April 03 - Manchester, UK @ Academy One (on sale 1/22 at 9am GMT)
April 05 - London, UK @ O2 Brixton Academy (on sale 1/22 at 9am GMT)
April 08 - Amsterdam, NL @ Heineken Music Hall (on sale 1/18 at 10am CET)
Loud! Noises! Magazine
Colleen Green has just released “Someone Else,” the laid-back opening jam on 'Cool', her forthcoming album out September 10th on Hardly Art.
