Marcus Foster announces headline tour and tour with The Pierces

2 September 2011

Marcus Foster, currently signed to Communion/Polydor Records, has announced details of two tours this autumn – a headline tour of his own covering Edinburgh to Southampton, and almost everywhere in between, and a tour supporting New York girl-rock band The Pierces.

The announcement of these tour dates comes just ahead of the release of Foster’s debut album ‘Nameless Path’ on 26th September and the release of his debut single on 19th September.

The live dates are as follows:

07-Oct Sheffield Leadmill (sup. The Pierces)
08-Oct Glasgow ABC (sup. The Pierces)
09-Oct Manchester Academy 2 (sup. The Pierces)
11-Oct Brighton Concorde 2 (sup. The Pierces)
12-Oct Birmingham Glee Club (sup. The Pierces)
13-Oct London Shepherds Bush Empire (sup. The Pierces)
15-Oct Cambridge Junction (sup. The Pierces)
16-Oct Norwich Waterfront (sup. The Pierces)
17-Oct Cardiff Glee Club (sup. The Pierces)
19-Oct Oxford Academy 1 (sup. The Pierces)
20-Oct Bristol Anson Rooms (sup. The Pierces)
21-Oct Liverpool Academy – Stanley Theatre (sup. The Pierces)

REVISED HEADLINE DATES:

01-Nov Glasgow, Pivo Pivo (NB. VENUE CHANGE)
03-Nov Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire
06-Nov Newcastle, The Cluny 2
07-Nov Sheffield, Leadmill – (NEW SHOW)
08-Nov Liverpool, MOJO – (Liverpool Music Week) (NEW SHOW)
09-Nov Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
10-Nov Southampton, Joiners (NEW SHOW)
22-Nov Cambridge, Portland Arms
23-Nov London, Dingwalls
24-Nov Nottingham, Bodega
25-Nov Manchester, The Deaf Institute
27-Nov Bristol, Thekla
29-Nov Birmingham Hare & Hounds (NB. VENUE CHANGE)

You can watch the video for ‘I Was Broken’ (which features Kristen Stewart of Twilight fame) over on MSN, where it’s an exclusive this week.

EDIT: The video is now available on YouTube too, and viewable below.

Future Islands – Balance & Before The Bridge

By: Tim

25 August 2011

In: News & Leaks

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Future Islands

We’ve featured Baltimore’s Future Islands (Facebook/Twitter) on a couple of mixtapes over the years and for the simple reason – they make beautiful electronic influenced pop tunes. And now their back with their new album On The Water – dropping on 11th October on Thrill Jockey.

Before The Bridge, the first single from the album offers that spacious electronic vibe that we all love Future Islands for, whilst at the same time giving a knowing wink to that beautifully British 80s sound. Today we’ve got the bonus of wrapping our collective ears around another track in the form of Balance, with another nod to the 80s scene, a delectable pop delight – I can even hear a little Wham when singer sings “and the the sun will leave the room…that’s all right”. I fucking love this.

[BUY] Future Islands – Before The Bridge on 7″ from Rough Trade

Future Islands – Balance by thrilljockey
Future Islands – Before the Bridge by thrilljockey

http://vimeo.com/25778762

Introducing: The Wilderness of Manitoba

By: Lauren

25 August 2011

In: News & Leaks

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The Wilderness of Manitoba. What a name for a band. Hailing from Toronto, these makers of chamber folk have already rocked (or should that be folked?) their own country and the US with debut album ‘When You Left The Fire’, and now they’re hitting UK soil to release it here too.

Their live expeditions over in the US have so far included support tours with Cloud Cult, Rasputina and Aimee Mann, and they’ve already toured here in the UK too, playing End Of The Road and London’s Camden Crawl in 2010.

The English equivalent is probably a Willkommen Collective band like The Miserable Rich (quite possibly the UK’s premier purveyors of chamber folk), but there’s something tangibly quirky here within The Wilderness of Manitoba, giving them an edge that suggests they’re from a land further afield. This is very un-English, honest, catchy and, well, Canadian.

Watch the video below for a taster of the forthcoming album in the form of lead track ‘Orono Park’. It’s very pretty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njlRaSrDlz4