Fresh from their adventures with Cats On Fire and Frankie & The Heartstrings at The Dog & Parrot, Tyneside’s finest Swedish indie-pop social returns to Retreat at St Dominic’s (opposite The Tanners) on September 12. Only £3.50 on the door, it’s still one of the city’s best value leftfield nights. Check myspace.com/popklubb
Hotly tipped Teesside-based outfit Gullich will be playing a few acoustic songs and chatting about football with Bob Fischer on BBC Tees on Monday night. Tune in or listen online between 8 and 10pm. The band launch their new album at Uncle Albert’s in Middlesbrough on September 4. Download ‘Where The Ducks Sleep’ from their [...]
Fakeindielabel take over The Head Of Steam on Sunday for one hell of a Bank Holiday blowout with their extraordinary fakeindiedisco night. Here are all the details straight from the horse’s mouth: “The next fakeindiedisco is on the eve of the Summer Bank Holiday – the last sneaky day off graft before that long shitty [...]
Local promoters Blank Promotions have announced details of a gig by US outfit Trespassers William at The Cluny 2 on October 4. Originally from Southern California, Seattle-based duo Matt Brown and Anne-Lynne Williams have been making experimental shoegaze under their Winnie The Pooh-inspired moniker since the late nineties. After previous releases on Bella Union and [...]
Here’s the video for Baddies‘ new single ‘Open One Eye’, due for release on September 14 through Proper Records. Previous releases ‘Battleships’ and the more recent ‘Holler For My Holiday’ have gained huge critical approval with both videos staying at number one in the MySpace MTV Charts for three weeks. The band play The Cluny [...]
Sunderland’s finest The Futureheads will top the bill at the city’s Split Festival in October. Writing on the band’s MySpace page, bassplayer Jaff revealed “We’re playing in Sunderland on Sunday October 4th. It’s gonna be brilliant, we’re headlining a Sunderland music festival, so also on the bill are the incredible Field Music and Frankie and [...]
Evergreen punk-poppers Ash have announced details of an A to Z tour of the UK. Working alphabetically through the towns and cities of the British Isles from Aldershot to Zennor, Ash will be dropping in on some of the UK’s lesser-visited concert venues, arriving at Carlisle Brickyard on October 21. The full dates are: Aldershot [...]
You’d be advised to head down to The Tyne on Monday for the last bank holiday blow-out this side of Christmas. Taking place from 3pm til late with live appearances from Everything Everything, The Pilots, Sunday School Adventure Club, Ever Since The Lake Caught Fire and more, it promises to be one hell of a [...]
Newcastle-based art-rockers Maximo Park have been forced to cancel their forthcoming US tour due to unforseen personal circumstances. Announcing the news on their MySpace page yesterday the band said, “We regret to inform you that, for personal reasons, we’ve had to cancel our tour of the USA and Canada, which was planned for September.” “We [...]
Gigs worth missing the last Metro for this week: Monday August 24 New Found Glory @ The O2 Academy Tuesday August 25 Clandestino @ The Head Of Steam Wednesday August 26 World Is Static, Kansas Burns, Akram, DKD @ The Head Of Steam Thursday August 27 Alvin Youngblood Hart (pictured) @ The Cluny; Revelry, Violent [...]
