Veronica Falls head out on their first US headline tour this week. They will be joined by Brilliant Colors on the first half of the tour and Bleached on the second. Details for where you can see them below…

February

8 –  Black Cat, DC *

9 –  Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn *

10 – Voyeur Nightclub, Philadelphia * ~

11 – Radio, Somerville *

13 – Belmont, Montreal *

14 –Garrison, Toronto *

16 – Empty Bottle, Chicago *

17 – 7^th Street Entry, Minneapolis #

20 – Media Club, Vancouver #

21 – Tractor Tavern, Seattle #

22 – Doug Fir, Portland #

24 – Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco #

25 –  Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles #

27 – Casbah, San Diego #

(* w/ Brilliant Colors, # w/ Bleached, ~ w/ Dum Dum Girls)

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