Ladyhawk are coming off a sold-out romp through Canada in support of their new album Shots, and are gearing themselves up for their newly announced tour through America.
Ladyhawk American tour dates
Tues 22 April - Kilby Court, Salt Lake City
Wed 23 April - Hi Dive, Denver CO
Thurs 24 April - The Waiting Room Omaha, Nebraska
Fri 25 April - Box Awesome Lincoln NE
Sat 26 April - University of Wisconsin Club 770 Madison WI
Sun 27 April - 7th St. Entry Minneapolis MN
Wed 30 April - Bluebird, St. Louis MO
Thurs 1 May - Schubas, Chicago IL
Fri 2 May - Beachland Tavern Cleveland OH
Sat 3 May - Orbits Soundlab, Buffalo NY
Sun 4 May - Higher Ground Burlington VT
Wed 7 May - Middle East Upstairs Boston MA
Thurs 8 May - Iron Horse, Northampton MA
Fri 9 May - Mercury Lounge, New York NY
Sat 10 May - Mercury Lounge, Brooklyn NYX
Sun 11 May - DC 9, Washington DC
Mon 12 May - The Milestone, Charlotte NC
Tues 13 May - Local 506, Chapel Hill NC
Wed 14 May - Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta GA
Thurs 15 May - Pour House, Charleston SC
Fri 16 May - Jinx, Savannah GA
Sat 17 May - The End, Nashville TN
Mon 19 May - The Nick, Birmingham AL
Tues 20 May - Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge LA
Thurs 22 May - TBA, Norman OK
Fri 23 May - Emo's Inside, Austin TX
Sat 24 May - Hailey's, Denton TX
Tues 27 May - Modified, Phoenix AZ
Wed 28 May - Casbah, San Diego CA
Thurs 29 May - Spaceland, Los Angeles CA
Fri 30 May - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco CA
Sat 31 May - Town Lounge, Portland OR
Sun 1 June - Chop Suey, Seattle WA
El Guincho - direct from Barcelona, is on his way down under for his first ever Australian tour.
El Guincho's live shows take cues from afrobeat, calypso, tropicalia, trance and doo wop. El Guincho's debut album Alegranza has also landed in Australia - Its first release outside Spain. Check out the WB review here.
Date:
Wed 7 May- East Brunswick Club, Melbourne VIC
Now in its third year Essential returns for 2008. If you want to check out the next wave of Australia's hottest bright young things then it is the place to be.
This year will be the first time Essential will take place Melbourne. Presented at the Esplanade Hotel in St Kilda, across numerous stages.
In Sydney, it once again takes place across three venue spaces - The Gaelic Theatre, Four Provinces and The Madison Hotel.
Full Line Up
Sydney - Fri 25 April
Regurgitator
Ratatat (USA)
Grafton Primary
Dardanelles
Cuthbert and The Nightwalkers
The Devoted Few
Shocking Pinks (NZ)
The E.L.F
Gaslight Radio(DUO)
The John Steel Singers
Cloud Control
The Seabellies
The Holidays
Regular John
Cassette Kids
Richard in Your Mind
The Straight Arrows
The Silents
Bird Automatic
Reptiles
Pip Branson Corporation
Centipede
Talons
Erin Marshall
The Khan Brothers
Gin Winmore
WOW!
Melbourne - Thurs 24 April
Regurgitator
Ratatat (USA)
Shocking Pinks (NZ)
Dukes of Windsor
Bluejuice
Grafton Primary
Dardanelles
The Devoted Few
The E.L.F
Gaslight Radio (DUO)
The John Steel Singers
The Seabellies
The Silents
Flamingo Crash
Mission Control
Reptiles
Super Happy Fun Band
Dirty Pink Jeans
Major Major
DJ Mu-Gen
The Black Keys, have just announced their return to Australia for the 'Attack and Release' tour in June this year.
Taking on Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, the tour will see the band hit each town for one night only. Special guests to be announced soon!
Dates:
Tues 17 June- The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD
Thurs 19 June- The Palace Theatre, Melbourne VIC
Sat 21 June- Manning Bar, Sydney NSW (Early show 3pm doors)
Sat 21 June- Manning Bar, Sydney NSW (Late show (9pm doors)
Sun 22 June- Metropolis Fremantle, Fremantle WA
On Thurs 20th September 2007 Paul Kelly performed a set at the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba, a sleepy town in the eastern Ausralian state Queensland. The show took place on the tail end of his Australian theatre tour to support the album Stolen Apples.
The show was filmed by production house Renegade Films and after several months of mixing and editing by Paul Drane, Live Apples: Stolen Apples Performed in its Entirety Plus 16 More songs is ready for release on Sat 26 April.
DVD Track Listing
1. Feelings of Grief
2. Gold Told Me To
3. Stolen Apples Taste The Sweetest
4. Sweetest Thing
5. You're 39, You're Beautiful and You're Mine
6. The Liuon and the Lamb
7. Right Outta My Head
8. Keep on Driving
9. The Ballad of Queenie and Rover
10. The Foggy Fields of France
11. Please Leave Your Light On
12. Winter Coat
13. When I First Met Your Ma
14. To Her Door
15. Midnight Rain
16. Before Too Long
17. Going About My Father's Business
18. Song From the Sixteenth Floor
19. Careless
20. How to Make Gravy
21. Deeper Water
22. Raining Pleasure (w/ New Buffalo)
23. They Thought I Was Asleep
24. Standing on the Street of Early Sorrows
25. Sweet Guy
26. Under the Sun
27. Dumb Things
Bonus CD Tracklist
1. They Thought I Was Asleep
2. Midnight Rain
3. Going About My Father's Business
4. Stolen Apples Taste The Sweetest
5. To Her Door
6. Sweetest Thing
7. Careless
8. The Ballad of Queenie and Rover
9. When I First Met Your Ma
10. You're 39, You're Beautiful and You're Mine
11. Gold Told Me To
12. Deeper Water
13. How To Make Gravy
14. Raining Pleasure (w/ New Buffalo)
Tokyo Police Club's album Elephant Shell is set for release in the UK on Mon 5 May.
The initial pressing comes with a bonus disc featuring remixes by the likes of DNTEL and Field Music - it also includes two original recordings exclusive to the UK version - New New Song and a cover of the Rentals' 'Friends of P'.
Tracklisting - CD1
1. Centennial
2. In a Cave
3. Graves
4. Juno
5. Tessellate
6. Sixties remake
7. The Harrowing Adventures Of...
8. Nursery, Academy
9. Your English Is Good
10. Listen to the Math
11. The Baskervilles
CD2
1. Centennial (Dntel Remix)
2. Tessellate by (Tom Campesinos! Remix)
3. Nursery, Academy (Flower Forever Remix)
4. Listen to the Math (The Good Life Remix)
5. Tessellate (Field Music Remix)
6. Friends of P (exclusive UK only track)
7. New New Song (exclusive UK only track)
The band has also just announced a UK tour!
Thurs 29 May - Barfly, Cambridge UK
Fri 30 May - Bodega, Nottingham UK
Sat 31 May - Cockpit, Leeds UK
Sun 01 Jun - Night N Day, Manchester UK
Tues 03 June - Barfly, Birmingham UK
Tues 10 June - King Tuts, Glasgow UK
Wed 11 June - Other Rooms, Newcastle UK
Thurs 12 June - Academy, Oxford UK
Fri 13 June - Marquee, Hertford UK
Mon 16 June - Digital, Brighton UK
Tues 17 June - Thekla, Bristol UK
Wed 18 June - Garage, London UK
Peter Brewis of Feild Music's new album The Week That Was is in the bag and is all set for release on Monday 18th August.
Rumours are that each track references a number of motifs from various 80's classics. See if you can spot the three 80's hit on his early taster 'The Airport Line' on his Myspace
After touring America repeatedly, the eight piece ensemble !!! are returning to play their dance punk, indie rock, funk and almost tribal percussion tunes in Australian and New Zealand.
Dates:
Wed 28 May - Kings Arms, Auckland NZ
Thu 29 May - SF Bathhouse, Wellington NZ
Sat 31 May - The Bakery Artrage Complex, Perth WA
Thurs 5 June - Rocket Bar, Adelaide SA
Friday 6 June - We Love Sounds, Brisbane QLD
Sat 7 June - We Love Sounds, Melbourne VIC
Sunday 8 June - We Love Sounds, Sydney NSW
This April, Woven Hand are jumping in the van and hitting up the road through America for the release of Ten Stones, the follow-up album to Mosaic.
Tues 8 April- Lola’s, Fort Worth, TX
Wed 9 April- Hi Tone, Memphis, TN
Thurs 10 April- Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN
Fri 11 April- Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN
Sat 12 April- Tasty World, Athens, GA
Tues 15 April- The Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC
Wed 16 April- Art Hospitla, Bloomington, IN
Thurs 17 April- The Note, Chicago, IL
Sat 19 April- Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA
With the release of their debut album The Great Depression Sat 29 March, one of the Wireless Bollinger 10 Bands to Watch, Plastic Palace Alice have announced they will be launching the album across Australia in May.
2008 is already shaping up to be a stellar year for Plastic Palace Alice. With supports for Stars, and The Brunettes already under their belts, and the upcoming release of their debut album, the future is looking bright. Don’t miss your chance to see them launch The Great Depression this May!
The Great Depression tour
Fri 2 May- Rocket Bar, Adelaide SA
Thurs 8 May- Gangbusters @ Bar 32, Canberra ACT
Fri 9 May- The Hopetoun, Sydney NSW
Sat 10 May- The Zoo (W/ Malcolm Middleton), Brisbane QLD
Fri 23 May- East Brunswick Club, Melbourne VIC
After an American tour with Hot Chip in November 2006, Shy Child took the plunge and lived as ex-pats in London for eight months, beginning with a full UK tour supporting the Klaxons. Returning to their roots, they have just announced tour dates with Australia's own Midnight Juggernauts.
Shy Child Tour Dates
Tues 15 April- Webster Hall (w/ The Gossip), New York NY
Fri 2 May- Double Door (w/ Midnight Juggernauts), Chicago IL
Sat 3 May- Anti (w/ Midnight Juggernauts), Toronto ON
Sun 4 May- Les Saints (w/ Midnight Juggernauts), Montreal QC
Tues 6 May- The Black Cat (w/ Midnight Juggernauts), Washington DC
Wed 7 May- Johnny Brenda's (w/ Midnight Juggernauts), PA
Thurs 8 May- Bowery (w/ Midnight Juggernauts), New York NY
White Denim have announced they are touring across America and Canada with Tapes N Tapes for what is set to be an energetic musical explosion.
White Denim Tour With Tapes N Tapes
Thurs 10 April- First Avenue, Minneapolis MN
Fri 11 April- Metro, Chicago IL
Sat 12 April- The Magic Stick, Detroit MI
Mon 14 April- The Opera House, Toronto ON Canada
Tues 15 April- Cabaret Music Hall, Montreal QC Canada
Wed 16 April- Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, So. Burlington VT
Thurs 17 April- Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA
Fri 18 April- Fillmore New York-Irving Plaza, New York NY
Sat 19 April- Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY
Tues 22 April- First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA
Wed 23 April- Nightclub 9:30, Washington DC
Thurs 24 April- Local 506, Chapel Hill NC
Fri 25 April- The Earl, Atlanta GA
Sat 26 April- Cafe 11, St. Augustine FL
Mon 28 April- The Social, Orlando FL
Tues 29 April- Common Grounds, Gainesville FL
Wed 30 April- Bottletree, Birmingham AL
Fri 2 May- Antone's, Austin TX
Mon 5 May- Hailey's, Denton TX
Tues 6 May- Club Congress, Tucson AZ
Wed 7 May- The Casbah, San Diego CA
Turs 8 May- Troubadour, West Hollywood CA
Fri 9 May- Troubadour, West Hollywood CA
Sat 10 May- Fillmore, San Francisco CA
Mon 12 May- W.O.W. Hall, Eugene OR
Tues 13 May- Richards on Richards, Vancouver BC Canada
Wed 14 May- The Showbox, Seattle WA
Fri 16 May- In The Venue, Salt Lake City UT
Sat 17 May- Bluebird Theater, Denver CO
