Out to support second LP Pala, St Albans group Friendly Fires have released this new video performance of first single “Blue Cassette”.
As well as being a great performance of the song, something I really like about this video is the slightly stunned look on lead singer Ed Macfarlane’s face, like he’s just been thrust into this strangely lit room with all the crazy disco lighting and told to sing a song or face the consequences. The moment where the focus is lost just adds to the sense that he’s a bit punch-drunk, even. Quality stuff.
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Following hot on the heels of Belle and Sebastians’ Christmas Spectacular homecoming gig in Glasgow (still available to stream over at NPR), comes an updated set of tour dates, with the Belles striding out all over the world in support of latest LP Belle and Sebastian Write About Love. Get ‘em while they’re hot!
March 3rd: OSAKA, Namba Hatch
March 4th: TOKYO, Studio Coast
March 7th: BRISBANE, The Tivoli
March 10th: SYDNEY, Sydney Opera House
March 12th: MELBOURNE, The Forum
March 13th: MEREDITH, Golden Plains Festival
March 14th: MELBOURNE, The Forum
March 16th: ADELAIDE, Her Majesty’s Theatre
March 18th: PERTH, Astor Theatre
April 1st: COPENHAGEN, Falconer
April 2nd: OSLO, Sentrum Center
April 3rd: STOCKHOLM, Circus
April 5th: HAMBURG, Grosse Freiheit
April 6th: BERLIN, Huxleys
April 8th: KOLN, Ewerk
April 9th: ROTTERDAM, Playhouse @ Motel Mozaique
April 10th: BRUSSELS, AB
April 11th: PARIS, Grand Rex
April 13th: ZURICH, Xtra Limmathaus
April 14th: MILAN, Alcatraz
April 15th: MUNICH, Muffathalle
April 16th: VIENNA, Gasometer
April 19th: WARSAW, Stodola
May 26th: BARCELONA, Primavera Sound
June 2nd: LEICESTER, De Montfort Hall
Scottish “proto-robofolk” sextet The Phantom Band will be heading across the pond for a set of dates to promote new album The Wants throughout October and November. The follow up to debut LP Checkmate Savage will be out on the 18th[EU] and 19th [US] October.
MP3: The Phantom Band, “Walls”
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Five years ago, we began this blog with an entry entitled ‘Suddenly We See.’ Back then, we were two music loving students stuck in the music wilderness of St. Andrews, Scotland with the only live shows we had easy access to relegated to whatever the student union chose to book each term. Lucky for us, one of those acts was local girl, KT Tunstall. Together, Skye and I saw her play in the union with only a handful of other people and ever since then, through platinum albums, world-wide tours and Grammy nominations, she has been our wee Fife lass who made good.
KT Tunstall’s new album Tiger Suit will be released on Virgin Records on October 5th. KT is calling the music on the new album, “Nature Techno.” with a blending of organic instrumentation and dance beats. And in support of the album, KT is headed on a North American tour beginning on Halloween in Portland, OR and ending at Terminal 5 in New York City on December 1st.
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Catch ‘em at:
3-15 Los Angeles, CA – Largo
3-25 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theater
3-27 Savannah, GA – Savannah Music Festival
3-29 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
3-30 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
4-15 Pomona, CA – The Glass House
4-16 Indio, CA – Coachella Festival
Volume 2 will see daylight shortly.
MP3: She & Him – In The Sun
