Wichita Recordings

Peaking Lights Announce UK Live Dates

Vicky — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:10:40 +0000

Peaking Lights will return to the UK this summer for a string of headline dates plus appearances at Field Day, Beacons and Green Man Festivals. Info below:

June

2 – Field Day, London (Tickets)

3 -Forbidden Fruit, Dublin (Tickets)

5 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (Tickets)

6 – XOYO, London (Tickets)

August

17 – Beacons Festival, North Yorkshire (Tickets)

19 -Green Man Festival, Wales, UK (Tickets)

First Aid Kit UK Tour Starts Thursday!

Vicky — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:49:11 +0000

First Aid Kit return to the UK for their headline tour this week – catch them at the following shows:

February

23 – Kings College, London
24 – Academy 3, Manchester
27 – Kings Tut’s, Glasgow
28 – The Wardrobe, Leeds
29 – Thekla, Bristol

The band’s new album The Lion’s Roar is out now and available on the Wichita store.

Veronica Falls To Play Indietracks Festival

Vicky — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:44:34 +0000

Veronica Falls will be playing the Slumberland-curated stage at this year’s Indietracks Festival which takes place 6 – 8 July in Derbyshire. Full details and tickets can be found here.

Listen to the band’s new single My Heart Beats here.

The Cribs Unveil New Track + Album + Tour Details

Vicky — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:34:13 +0000

Download new Cribs Track Chi-Town here. The track was engineered by Steve Albini and features on their forthcoming album entitled In the Belly Of The Brazen Bull out 7th May

Full tracklisting for the record is as follows:

1. Glitters Like Gold
2. Come On, Be A No-One
3. Jaded Youth
4. Anna
5. Confident Men
6. Uptight
7. Chi-Town
8. Pure O
9. Back To The Bolthole
10. I Should Have Helped
11. Stalagmites
12. Like A Gift Giver
13. Butterflies
14. Arena Rock Encore With Full Cast

The band have also announced tourdates across Europe and the US to coincide with the release. The tours will follow a short run of already sold-out UK dates that starts with a headline show at London’s ULU 28th February. Full list of upcoming shows below:

February

28 – ULU, London

March

1 – Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh

2 – Concorde, Brighton

3 – Metropolitan University, Leeds

April

3 – Holocene, Portland, OR
4 – Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA
7 – 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
9 – Schubas, Chicago, IL
10 – The Pike Room, Pontiac, MI
11 – Lee’s Palace, Toronto, ON
13 – Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
14 – Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

27 – Paradiso, Amsterdam

28 – Orangerie, Brussels

30 – Point FMR, Paris

May

2- Uebel & Gefährlich, Hamburg

3 – Festsaal Kreuzberg , Berlin

7 – Rock City, Nottingham
8 – Troxy, London
9 – O2 Academy, Bristol
11 – Barrowlands, Glasgow
12 – Academy, Manchester
13 – Winter Gardens, Eastbourne

Listen To New Simian Mobile Disco Track!

Vicky — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:07:11 +0000

Listen to Fourteenth Principles, a new track from Simian Mobile Disco here.

Cloud Nothings Announce London Headline Show!

Vicky — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:00:30 +0000

Cloud Nothings have announced a London headline date for May. The band will play Cargo on 9th May and tickets are available to buy now.

The band’s new album, Attack On Memory is out now and available to buy on CD, LP and download via the Wichita store!

Best Coast Announce June Tour

Vicky — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:15:10 +0000

Best Coast have announced five date UK headline tour for June 2012 culminating in a performance at the legendary Isle of Wight Festival. The shows will be the band’s first playing in the UK as an expanded four piece – with the core duo of Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno being joined by Rafe Mandel and Brett Mielke.

The dates will see Best Coast debut songs from their forthcoming second album, the follow-up to 2010’s Crazy For You. The as-yet-untitled long player is being recorded with producer Jon Brion at Los Angeles’ Capitol Studios.

June

16 – ABC 2, Glasgow (tickets)

17 - HMV Ritz, Manchester (tickets)

18 - Academy, Birmingham (tickets)

20 June - Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London

21 June – Coalition, Brighton (tickets)

22 June – Isle of Wight Festival – The Garden Stage

Watch The New Los Campesinos! Video

Vicky — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:06:01 +0000

Watch the new video for Songs About Your Girlfriend by Los Campesinos! here. The track is taken from their current album Hello Sadness and will be released as a single 19th March.

The band will be touring the UK next month, details of where you can catch them below.

March

20 – Pheonix, Exeter
21 – Thekla, Bristol
22 – Electric Ballroom, London
23 – O₂ Academy2, Oxford
24 – Rainbow Warehouse, Birmingham
26 – Academy 3, Manchester
27 – O₂ Academy2, Liverpool
28 – Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
29 – O₂ Academy2, Newcastle
30 – Waterfront, Norwich
31 – Leadmill, Sheffield

Tickets available to buy here.

First Aid Kit Announce London Show Upgrade

Vicky — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:28:40 +0000

Following an incredible couple of weeks that saw their album The Lion’s Roar break the Top 40 Album charts everywhere from the UK to Australia and take the Number One slot in their native Sweden, First Aid Kit have upgraded their London show due to massive demand. The new show will now take place on 23 February at the Scala.

New single Emmylou, released on 13 February, has been playlisted at Radio 2 and 6 Music and scored ‘Record of the Week’ at 6 Music, Xfm and Nick Grimshaw on Radio 1.

First Aid Kit UK Shows:

February

23 – Scala, London (was Kings College)
24 – Academy 3, Manchester
27 – Kings Tut’s, Glasgow
28 – The Wardrobe, Leeds
29 – Thekla, Bristol

Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory Out Today!

Vicky — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:20:21 +0000

Cloud Nothings release their new album Attack On Memory TODAY! It is available to buy now via the Wichita store http://shop.wichita-recordings.com/ on CD, LP and digital download.

Here is what the press have been saying about the Steve Albini-produced LP:

8.6/10 – BEST NEW MUSIC – Pitchfork

“A terrific step forward” **** The Guardian:

“A thrilling noise-rock prospect” **** Mojo

“Cloud Nothings are the tastiest treat in town” – 8/10 NME

“Impressive” – 7/10 Loud & Quiet:

**** Q