By Mary Chang on Thursday, 20th June 2013 at 4:00 pm
Last week as part of Radio1 Rocks series, seemingly inexhaustible singer/songwriter Frank Turner appeared in the Radio1 Live Lounge to perform some songs, including his own ‘The Way I Tend to Be’ (featured on his current Xtra Mile Recordings LP ‘Tape Deck Heart’) and a surprise: a cover of Foo Fighters‘ ‘All My Life’. Thanks to the BBC, you can watch both tracks being performed below.
By Mary Chang on Wednesday, 19th June 2013 at 4:00 pm
Earlier this month, Fenech-Soler found themselves at Inverness’ Rockness Festival recorded this acoustic version of forthcoming single ‘Magnetic’ for Off Guard Gigs. Beautiful. If this doesn’t get you excited about the release of their second album ‘Rituals’ on the 2nd of September, there is clearly something wrong with you. Or maybe you need to hear the single version? Then watch this previous Video of the Moment. Epic.
By Mary Chang on Tuesday, 11th June 2013 at 4:00 pm
Canadian twin sisters Tegan and Sara stopped into the Crypt Sessions earlier this month to record to video this gorgeous version of ‘I Was a Fool’, their new single released this week on Vapor/Warner. It’s about to get emotional, folks. Watch the video below.
London’s Chapel Club have a short tour of the UK scheduled for early June. Tickets are on sale now.
The band’s second album ‘Good Together’ is out on the first day of the tour, the 3rd of June.
Monday 3rd June 2013 – Birmingham Temple
Tuesday 4th June 2013 – Glasgow Art School
Wednesday 5th June 2013 – Leeds Cockpit 2
Thursday 6th June 2013 – Brighton Haunt
Tuesday 11th June 2013 – London Cargo
By Mary Chang on Thursday, 18th April 2013 at 11:00 am
Exeter blues/punk band The Computers will be releasing their second album ‘Love Triangles Hate Squares’ on the 29th of April on One Little Indian, so it makes perfect sense that the group will be touring in support of it in May and June. So what does the tour have to do with TGTF? We’ve managed to blag a pair each to their London 100 Club (Wednesday the 8th of May) and Manchester Deaf Institute (Saturday the 11th of May) shows and we want to give them away to two lucky TGTF readers. You’re asking yourself, how do I win a pair of these tickets? Well, keep on reading…
To be in the running for the pair of tickets of your choice, complete the form below with your full name (seriously folks, I need your real first and last name), your email address and which city you want to win tickets for (London or Manchester). Then answer this question: what is the name of their lead singer? (Hint: Find this out on their last.fm page.) Get your entries in by noon British time on Monday the 22nd of April. We’ll choose a winner from all the correct entries received then. Good luck! Please note: this contest is open to UK residents only, and duplicate entries will be discarded.
If you fancy buying tickets to see the Computers instead, their upcoming UK dates in May are listed below. Support comes from Crowns and the Dead Formats. And to get you in a Computers mood, I’ve embedded the video for title track ‘Love Triangles Hate Squares’ at the bottom of this post.
This contest is now closed and the winners will be contacted soon.
By Mary Chang on Wednesday, 10th April 2013 at 9:00 am
Frankie and the Heartstrings will be touring the UK in June. Tickets are on sale now. Their next single, ‘Nothing Our Way’, has already made the BBC 6music rounds and will be released officially on the 20th of May. You can listen to it at the bottom of this post.
I am also very pleased to announce that the Sunderland band will be appearing on the Saturday (18 May) at this year’s Great Escape. So if you want to find me there, that’s one sure shout…
Saturday 18th May 2013 – Brighton Great Escape Festival (venue TBA)
Wednesday 5th June 2013 – Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Thursday 6th June 2013 – Manchester Deaf Institute
Friday 7th June 2013 – Newcastle University
Saturday 8th June 2013 – Glasgow King Tut’s
Sunday 9th June 2013 – Hartlepool Studio
Tuesday 11th June 2013 – Bristol Louisiana
Wednesday 12th June 2013 – Leicester Scholars Bar
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