Japandroids

• Announce reissue compilation: ‘No Singles’ taken from out-of print EPs
• Additionally to release 7″ single series of unreleased songs
• New May UK tour dates announced

Not ones to rest on their laurels, Japandroids have announced they will be re-releasing their two out-of-print EPs as a reissue compilation through Polyvinyl Records on May 11th. Entitled ‘No Singles’, the ten tracks have been remastered by John Golden (Melvins, Nirvana) and will be available on gatefold 180 gram vinyl, CD – both of which will include a 32 page booklet – and digital download. The tracklisting is as follows:

1. Darkness on the Edge of Gastown, 2. No Allegiance to the Queen, 3. Sexual Aerosol, 4. Lovers/Strangers, 5. Lucifer’s Symphony, 6. Couture Suicide, 7. Avant Sleepwalk, 8. Coma Complacency, 9. To Hell with Good Intentions, 10. Press Corps

Additionally Japandroids will be releasing a five-part series of 7″ singles throughout 2010 on Polyvinyl Records. Each limited edition 7″ will feature a previously unreleased track from the ‘Post Nothing’ sessions alongside a cover. Japandroids devised the 7″ series as a way to give something back to their fans while the band is in the midst of heavy touring and unable to record a full album. Each two-song 7″ will be recorded during the brief period of time the band is at home between tours.

First up, released on April 12^th is ‘Art Czars’, the clear coloured vinyl will also feature ‘Racer-X’ – a Big Black cover and live favourite. You can preorder it here plus it will also be available for digital download:

http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/store/index.php?id=1002

After a string of triumphant debut shows in the UK last year, which saw the two-piece bring their explosive live act to packed out audiences, Japandroids have confirmed they will return to Europe for a string of UK shows in May including an appearance at The Great Escape Festival. Having sold out London’s ICA, 6 weeks in advance of their headline show last month, Japandroids will be playing The Garage when they return in May.

New May 2010 dates

Thursday 13^th May – Saturday 15^th May – The Great Escape, Brighton

Monday 17^th May – DiScover @ The Harley, Sheffield

Tuesday 18^th May – Jericho, Oxford

Wednesday 19^th May – Joiners, Southampton

Thursday 20^th May – The Garage, London

Japandroids’ critically acclaimed debut album ‘Post-Nothing’ is out now on Polyvinyl.

www.myspace.com/japandroids

White Belt Yellow Tag

SINGLE ‘ALWAYS & ECHOES’ OUT MARCH 29^TH

ALBUM ‘METHODS’ OUT APRIL 5^TH

(DISTILLER RECORDS)

www.myspace.com/whitebeltyellowtag | www.www.distiller-records.com

White Belt Yellow Tag have announced details of the release of debut album, Methods, out on Monday April 5^th 2010 through Distiller Records. Self-produced and mixed by Chris Potter (The Verve, Blur), the 12-track album was recorded in South Yorkshire in the summer of 2009.

The album will be preceded by a single ‘Always & Echoes’, which is set for release on March 29^th. The single also features the tracks ‘Postcards’, ‘You Have No Friends’ and ‘We All Have Sound (Rhysmix Vs Wahs mix)’.

Having already bagged some impressive radio and press support (record of the week slots on 6 music, Zane Lowe support) off the back of 3 EPs in the second half of 2009, their debut album is the perfect snap-shot of White Belt Yellow Tag. Wide-screen and far-reaching, the 12 tracks span a sound ranging from the slow grind of Slint to the euphoria of Doves to the icy grandeur of prime-time Bunnymen.

The three-piece, made up of Justin Lockey, (ex Yourcodenameis:Milo), Craig Pilbin & Tom Bellamy came together at the start of 2009 when Lockey and Pilbin met in a studio in Newcastle. The last 12-months have seen the band tour extensively (most recently in support of The Airborne Toxic Event) and develop a fearsome live reputation.

METHODS tracklisting:

1.   Remains

2.   Tell Your Friends (It All Worked Out)

3.   You’re Not Invincible

4.   It’s A Long Way, Don’t You Fall Behind

5.   Where Echoes Land

6.   Always & Echoes

7.   So Try My Enemies

8.   We All Have Sound

9.   News

10. Ode

11. Same Clothes, Same Life

12. Careless Talk And Sinking Ships

See WBYT live in MARCH:

16^th Glasgow King Tuts

17^th Newcastle Academy

18^th Sheffield Academy

19^th Manchester Academy 3

20^th Leeds Brundenell Social Club

22^nd Norwich Arts Centre

23^rd Nottingham Rescue Rooms

24^th York Fibbers

25^th Birmingham Academy

27^th Brighton Audio

28^th Bristol Thekla

29^th Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms

30^th London Garage

Everything Everything
NME Radar Tour – April & May 2010

Everything Everything are pleased to announce a much coveted spot on this spring’s NME Radar Tour. They will play the co-headline slot with fellow Mancunians, Hurts while NYC newcomer Darwin Deez holds the support.

The tour opens in Glasgow on April 26 and runs through to the closing show in Northampton on May 12.

This will follow the bands SXSW jaunt (playing the official Fader & NME parties amongst others) and a support gig for Wild Beasts in London on April 22.

This extensive NME tour will serve to showcase some exciting new material the boys have been working on whilst recording their debut album, due for release this summer on Geffen UK.

Full NME dates:

April 26          Glasgow

April 27          Preston, 53 Degrees

April 28          Manchester, Academy 3

April 30          Stoke, Sugarmill

May 2             Middlesborough

May 4             Oxford Academy 2

May 5             Bristol Thekla

May 6             Wrexham, Central Station

May 8             York, Duchess

May 9             Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms

May 10           London, KOKO

May 11           Norwich, Waterfront

May 12           Northampton, Roadmender

www.everything-everything.co.uk

www.myspace.com/everythingeverthinguk

YOU ME AT SIX Release new single ‘Liquid Confidence’ after biggest tour to date

www.youmeatsix.co.uk www.myspace.com/youmeatsix

THE HIGH WIRE
Album: ‘The Midnight Bell’
Released on: 1^st March 2010
Label: Grandpa Stan

As Spring 2010 rears its head, on hand to lend the perfect musical accompaniment to the rising temperatures and sites of colour splashing the grey canvas of the countryside are The High Wire with their gorgeous new single ‘The Midnight Bell’. The exhilarating sound of their latest offering will easily sweep away the final traces of winter from your mind as you come out of hibernation and shake off your vitamin D deficiency.

The tail end of last year proved that spending the vast majority of 2009 holed up in a darkened studio was well worth it, as the band emerged from hiding with previous single ‘Odds & Evens’ (”the perfect summer single” – The Sunday Times Culture) to the sound of critical acclaim and wagging tongues.

Tim Crompton (lead vocals, guitar), Stuart Peck (guitar, vocals) and Alexia Hagen’s (keys, vocals) unique brand of dreamy luscious “ecstasy pop” is a blend of acoustic based melodies and blissfully chanted vocal harmonies. Their beautifully crafted musical dreamscapes have been flatteringly compared to the genius of likes of My Bloody Valentine and Mercury Rev.

‘The Midnight Bell’ single comes with a remix by Disco Bloodbath and the accompanying video for the track is directed by Mat Whitecross (Ian Dury: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll).

The High Wire’s debut album ‘The Sleep Tape’, released March 8^th on Grandpa Stan looks set to bring this London based trio the recognition they thoroughly deserve.

Be sure to catch this amazing band live in an intimate venue while you still can:

20 Jan 2010              Club Fandango @ 229       London

www.myspace.com/thehighwire

FUTURE OF THE LEFT
ANNOUNCE JANUARY UK TOUR

Here are full dates for the UK Tour:

www.futureoftheleft.com

www.myspace.com/futureoftheleft

SO MANY DYNAMOS

Release ‘The Loud Wars’ February 22^nd on Vagrant records

Give away new single ‘New Bones’

Announce UK Tour dates

The quartet from Illinois, So Many Dynamos, has finally announced details of the UK release of ‘The Loud Wars’. The band will release the album on Vagrant records on February 22^nd.

The album was produced by Chris Walla, guitarist in Death Cab for Cutie. It was mixed in the more than capable hands of Alex Newport (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Pissed Jeans, Frank Turner) and is a stand-out classic for 2010 with it’s post-punk, synth tinged dance-ability laced throughout. As a preview to the album Vagrant are giving away the forthcoming single from the album, ‘New Bones.’ The track can be downloaded for free over at www.mediafilesccc.com/NewBones.mp3

So Many Dynamos will also be accompanying the release with a bunch of UK dates in February.

February

18^th – Glasgow, UK @ Captain’s Rest www.ticketweb.co.uk

19^th – Middlesborough, UK @ Uncle Albert’s  www.myspace.com/bar_sumo

20^th – Nottingham, UK @ Stealth vs Rescue www.alt-tickets.co.uk

21^st – Leicester, UK @ The Firebug www.wegottickets.com

22^nd – Birmingham, UK @ The Flapper www.seetickets.com

23^rd – London, UK @ Buffalo Bar www.ticketweb.co.uk

25^th – Brighton, UK @ Jam www.myspace.com/kongpromo

26^th – Oxford, UK @ Bullingdon www.tctmusic.co.uk

27^th – Southampton, UK @ Unit www.joinerslive.co.uk

So Many Dynamos release ‘The Loud Wars’ on February 22^nd and tour the UK in February 2010.

SINGLE: HOT MESS – FEBRUARY 15, 2010

ALBUM: HOT MESS – FEBRUARY 22, 2010

UK TOUR ANNOUNCED – FEBRUARY 2010

Cobra Starship are set to release their brand new single

Paramore
Single