Frankie & The Heartstrings have announced a London headline show for later this month. The Pop Sex LTD. Night will take place at Shacklewell Arms Friday 24^th February with support from Hookworms plus special guest DJs. Tickets are available to buy now.

Los Campesinos! have announced details of their new single Songs About Your Girlfriend, taken from their current album Hello Sadness.  The single will be released 19^th March and you can listen to it here.

The band will be touring to coincide with the release. Details 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.

On February 1st, The Strongroom launched their new radio station, Strongroom Alive. They have given us a monthly slot to bring our favourite sounds to the airwaves. The first show is this Sunday (Feb 5th) from 7pm to 9pm and amongst a wide-ranging selection of songs from the likes of Bill Ryder-Jones, Thee Oh Sees, Robert Lippok and Nina Simone, it will feature an interview with Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings, to celebrate the release of his new album on Feb 6th. Dylan has also put together a mix of some of his favourite jazz tracks for us.

You can listen to Strongroom Alive in a number of ways:

- worldwide through their website – www. strongroom.fm (where you can also download their mobile app)

- in the UK through your TV on Freeview channel 111

- in London on 87.9FM

Wild Flag’s European tour starts tomorrow in Bristol. The band will be joined at all UK shows by Peggy Sue. Tickets for all dates are on sale now.

Stream Boom from the band’s debut LP here.

January
27 – Thekla, Bristol
28 – The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
29 – The Cockpit, Leeds
30 – Oran Mor, Glasgow
31 – Sound Control Manchester

February
1 – Electric Ballroom, London

3 – Vooirut, Ghent, Belgium

4 – Fleche D’or, Paris

5 – Gebaude 9, Cologne

6 – Melkweg, Amsterdam

7 -  Uebel & Gefährlich, Hamburg

8 – Lido, Berlin

We are very proud to be releasing the critically acclaimed new album from First Aid Kit, The Lion’s Roar today. The album has already received an overwhelmingly positive response is currently number one in Sweden and just outside the top 10 on itunes in the US.

It is available to buy now on CD / LP / Download

Praise for The Lion’s Roar:

“intoxicating” 4.5/5 The Sun

“superb songwriting… glorious” 4/5 Mojo
“life-affirming” 4/5 Q
“bewitching” 8/10 Clash
“nothing short of magical” 4/5 The Fly
“a remarkably mature work” 4/5 Uncut

Watch the video for new single Emmylou here.

Plus listen to The King Of The World, taken from the album and featuring Conor Oberst over on Stereogum.

The band will play an instore at London’s Rough Trade East tomorrow at 7pm – wristbands will be given out when you purchase the album at Rough Trade East, any remaining wristbands will be given out one hour prior to the performance time.



Peggy Sue will be supporting Wild Flag on their upcoming UK dates

January
27 – Thekla, Bristol
28 – The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
29 – The Cockpit, Leeds
30 – Oran Mor, Glasgow
31 – Sound Control Manchester
February
1 – Electric Ballroom, London

Tickets for all dates are on sale now.

Listen to Attack On Memory, the new album from Cloud Nothings over on Pitchfork now. The album is out 6th February and available to pre-order on the Wichita store now.

Stream First Aid Kit’s new album The Lion’s Roar ahead of it’s release Monday over on NPR.

We now have extremely limited deluxe bundles of the album available for pre-order including signed poster and print of handwritten lyric sheet.

Order via the Wichita store - or if you are in the US on this link for CD / LP

Los Campesinos! have announced UK tour dates for March, full details below. Presale available now for all through http://www.loscampesinos.com/gigs/

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

Watch the video for Emmylou by First Aid Kit here. The track is the next single to be taken from their album The Lion’s Roar which is released on 23rd January and available to pre-order here.

The album was recorded with Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes) and is already earning them critical acclaim across the board:

“I loved their voices and their innocence… listening to them sing is very powerful. They’re wonderful” Jack White

“An intoxicating mix of widescreen Americana and Scandinavian poise” 4.5/5 The Sun

“The voices of Johanna and Klara are enough to weaken knees… The lyrics’ heavy-hearted take on relationships is more evidence of an astonishing maturity” 4/5 Mojo

“Klara and Johanna Söderberg have crafted remarkably mature work” 4/5 Uncut

“Nothing short of magical” 4/5 The Fly

“The Lion’s Roar is full of rich textures that unfurl around Klara and Johanna’s bittersweet harmonies… First Aid Kit have woven their Swedish sangfroid into a bewitching brand of Americana” 8/10 Clash

4/5 Q
They will be returning to the UK next month – details of where you can see them below:

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