The Leaf Label artists A Hawk & A Hacksaw arrive in the UK next week for the UK leg of their European tour which will see them joining label mates current and past, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Efterklang at the Standon Calling Festival.
A Hawk & A Hacksaw will be performing tracks from their forthcoming fifth album during the tour where the core duo of Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost will be augmented by regular collaborator Sam Johnson and newcomer Issa Malluf.
A Hawk & A Hacksaw will be performing at the following venues;
Tuesday 3 August Cafe Oto, LONDON (with The Family Elan)
18-22 Ashwin St, E8 3DL
Doors 8pm
Tickets £12.50 adv / £14
Wednesday 4 August The Kazimier, LIVERPOOL (with a.P.A.t.T and Trouble With Books)
4-5 Wolstensholme Sq, L1 4JJ
Doors 8pm
Tickets £6
Thursday 5 August The Harley, SHEFFIELD
334 Glossop Rd, S10 2HW
Doors 8pm
Tickets £8
Friday 6 August Standon Calling, STANDON (Crooked House stage)
Following their sold out show at Bishopsgate Institute, Wildbirds & Peacedrums will return to London for a low-key duo show in the week of release of their new album, Rivers (released Aug 23). The show takes place at The Lexington on Thursday August 26.
Mariam Wallentin and Andreas Werliin released two limited edition vinyl-only EPs earlier this summer, Retina and Iris, and these have now been compiled into the double CD Rivers album.
The Leaf Label have prepared a special preorder bundle for Rivers in the Leaf Label shop, where £18 (plus p&p) will get you a CD, an instant download of the album (currently only available as part of this offer) while you wait for the CD, a ticket for the London show and a ‘Wildbirds & Peacedrums with Voices’ poster.
On August 23, Efterklang will release double CD Special Editions of their first two full-length albums, together with their accompanying mini-albums, in deluxe fold-out card packaging with new 16 page booklets containing sleeve notes written by the band.
The band’s 2004 debut, Tripper, comes with the band’s first release, the Springer mini-album, while Parades is augmented by the long out-of-print Under Giant Trees.
Both releases include two live recordings of songs from the relevant albums, and, for a limited time, Parades + Under Giant Trees also includes the full-colour poster that came with the original Parades CD. In addition, Leaf Label have re-pressed a limited quantity of the original Tripper double LP (the original Parades is still available on vinyl in limited quantities).
Wigan songstress Nancy Elizabeth has announced two full band shows, alongside Homelife and Denis Jones. The shows take place in Manchester (Sep 9) and at London’s King’s Place Festival (Sep 12).
An EP of specially recorded cover versions and remixes by the artists involved will be released by Manchester’s Humble Soul Records to coincide with the dates.
Actor Elijah Wood has compiled an album in aid of The Art Of Elysium, a non-profit organisation which brings musicians, artists and actors into hospitals to work with sick children. The album, entitled Elysium: A Benefit For The Art Of Elysium, features recent Oh No Ono single ‘Internet Warrior‘ alongside the likes of Sonic Youth, White Denim and The Kills. The album is available through iTunes.
And finally you can see the new tune Earth Crisis from Icy Demons below. The track was part of a session recorded for new website Giant System Chicago. Icy Demons are currently hard at work finishing the follow up to Miami Ice.
The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things drummer Gary Powell has announced details of a side project he has been working on, that looks like it may take over his future.
The Invasion Of…is a five piece band completed by Andre Bayuni, Julian Bayuni, Neil Montier and vocalist Robin Coombes of acclaimed British hip hop group Taskforce, they are set to release their debut mini-album ‘373’ through 25 Hour Convenience Records on October 4th.
With The Invasion Of... Powell takes on the roll of main contributing composer of the music, with Coombes contributing his unique approach to lyric writing. Fans of Powell’s previous bands are sure to be pleasantly surprised by their ever more eclectic style of rock ‘n’ roll, prog and krautrock as Gary explains;
“Starting The Invasion Of… was a real leap of faith not only in myself, but the soon to be members of the band. It would have been easier for me to set it up with other musicians from other bands and follow their lead, but instead I decided to get things going with friends, regardless of their musical background. It has worked out better than I could have ever imagined as the musicians I play and work with have surpassed my wildest expectations.
It has been a big ask to expect the guys to take their own leap of faith in me, but they’ve done it and brought along their own ideas, emotions and overall dynamic determination into the mix which has really helped shape the mad ideas we have into something cohesive Imagine if Chuck Berry in his youth had started making music in today’s day and age, he would be making music like us.”
The Invasion Of… will be appearing live at Proud, Camden on August 3rd, here is an interesting clip of what to expect from the band, taken from their debut live performance at The Water Rats.
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The Big Chill has come a long way since 1994 when Pete Lawrence and Katrina Larkin organised a series of parties at the Union Chapel in north London. The following it began life as an outdoor festival with an event in the Black Mountains of Wales. The Big Chill Festival has also been held at other venues around the UK including Lulworth Castle in Dorset and Larmer Tree Gardens.
In 2009 ChillFest Limited went into liquidation after poor ticket sales and was bought out by Festival Republic, the organisers of Latitude, Leeds and Reading Music Festivals.
The Big Chill Festival 2010 takes place between Thursday 5th and Sunday 8th August at Eastnor Castle Deer Park,Malvern Hills, Herefordshire.
This year’s main stage (Deer Park Stage) headliners are Massive Attack, M.I.A. and Lily Allen with some top quality support including Thom Yorke, Roots Manuva, Paloma Faith, Magic Numbers, Newton Faulkner and personally favourites Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions.
The smaller Revellers’ Stage has some great acts too – Kruder & Dorfmeister, Layo & Bushwacka, Mr Scruff, Easy Star All-Stars as well as Kelis, Plan B, Tinie Tempah and Roy Ayers, among others.
Other personal highlights of interest appearing at one of the other 10 stages, tents or areas include The Hundred In The Hand, Liars, Caribou and London Elektricity.
Furthermore, there will be plenty of DJ sets including the likes of from Andrew Weatherall, Don Letts, Tom Middleton and Greg Wilson; and Peter Hook & Howard Marks, Harry Shearer (Spinal Tap’s Derek Smalls & voice of The Simpsons) and Paul Morley discussing Michael Jackson in the Words In Motion Tent.
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US rockers Firebug are in the UK for their appearance at this weekends Sonisphere Festival and in preparation for the event they will be making some rare club appearances over the next few days.
Taking time out from recording their next album with Queens of the Stone Age producer Chris Goss, the Zeppelin and Pink Floyd influenced psychedelic rockers are looking forward to playing in the UK again.
Lead guitarist Jules Shapiro said;
“We always love performing in the UK! Our first tour back in 2007 went way beyond expectations. To be asked to perform at the legendary Sonisphere Festival has really got us spinning around. Playing alongside legendary rock bands like The Cult, Iron Maiden and Iggy Pop, is really a dream come true! And to do all that in the UK, a country so influential in making rock music what it is today, is great.”
Full details of the UK dates are as follows:
28th July – Dublin Castle, London
29th July – Riff’s Bar, Swindon
30th July – The Wilmington Arms, London
1st Aug – Sonisphere Festival, Knebworth
If you are at the Sonisphere Festival be sure to check out the outstanding XtraMile artists Straight Lines and The Xcerts, who will be appearing on Sunday on the Strongbow Bowtime Bar.
Straight Lines are due onstage at around 2pm on Sunday and The Xcerts will be performing at around 7pm.
The Reading & Leeds August bank holiday weekend festival has become one of the major rock festivals to be held in the UK, sharing a line up with its sister site in Leeds, the festival boasts probably the best roll call of rock/indie/punk and dance bands on the circuit.
Steeped in history the event has attracted the best artists that the music world has to offer in its many years of existence, names such as The Who, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, The Small Faces, T Rex, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple have all supported the festival over the years.
More recently Nirvana made their last UK appearance at the festival in 1992, Stone Roses played their last show together in 1996, and Metallica reached their full potential in 1997.
The headline acts at this years Reading & Leeds festivals include the return of Guns N’ Roses, Blink 182 and Arcade Fire, supported by Queens of the Stoneage, Paramore and The Libertines.
As with all music festivals it is not just about the headline acts and as usual at Reading & Leeds there is a stellar line up across all the stages at this years event.
LCD Soundsystem, Pendulum and Klaxons head up the NME/Radio1 stage, while Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion and Roots Manuva headline the Lock Up Stage.
Marina & The Diamonds, Ash and British Sea Power head the Festival Republic Stage, while the Alternative Stage will be home to comedians Emo Phillips, Stephen K Amos, Jason Byrne, Kevin Bridges, Russell Kane and Rufus Hound.
An incredible line up of support on all stages throughout the weekend is promised at Reading and Leeds and some forward planning may be required to fit in all your favourite acts.
As part of an agreement with Reading Borough Council made in 2009, to increase the capacity at the festival by 10,000 over three years, an extra 3,500 tickets for the Reading Festival were released for sale over the weekend.
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