Following on from the release of their latest single, HELLO, the band's first new music in 2 years, Welsh outfit Public Order have today shared with fans the track's official video. Released through Ignition Records, their latest effort is an explosive guitar swinging anthem that's now matched with a visual counterpart that effortlessly showcases the track's propulsive nature through flashing imagery and dazzling lights. Speaking about the track, the band explained, "It's been a while but we're buzzing to be back with new music! The last 18-months have been a bit of a roller coaster for us but we took some time out to work on new music and even managed to sign a new record deal. 'HELLO', produced by fellow Welsh residents Damon Minchella and Tom Manning, is the first track to be taken from a forthcoming EP. It's a pulsing, guitar driven indie banger which we love and have been champing at the bit to get out into the world." Adding about the new video, "Buzzing to get the HELLO video out. We had a blast making it with Jay. It was a lot of fun to make and he smashed it. Plus it's our first official video as a four piece now that we have Dan on drums. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it." Take a watch for yourselves below.
Recorded live at their Wrexham AFC’s The Racecourse Ground on 27 & 28 May last year, Kings of Leon have announced details of a special edition of their brand-new album, Can We Please Have Fun. The Live In Wrexham Edition is released on 10 May and includes 7 live recordings from the band’s sold out gigs, as well as the new album in full.
Can We Please Have Fun (Live In Wrexham Edition) will be released on 2CD and Dual Colour cassette formats and is available from here. The cover photo for the album is shot by Wrexham AFC’s club photographer, Rob Stead.
Kings of Leon’s new album Can We Please Have Fun, as its title suggests is a document of one of this era’s great rock & roll bands cutting loose, trying new things, and yes, having some fun. “It was the most enjoyable record I’ve ever been a part of,” Caleb says. “It’s like we allowed ourselves to be musically vulnerable,” Nathan adds. “I love it when a rock band is not embarrassed to admit that every song doesn’t have to be on 11.” Recorded at Dark Horse studio and produced with new collaborator Kid Harpoon (Harry Styles, Florence + the Machine), the album sees the band go back to their roots, with a whole new purpose and reimagined desire.
Kings of Leon will headline BST Hyde Park in London on Sunday 30 June, alongside special guest Paolo Nutini. Tickets are available at www.bst-hydepark.com
Can We Please Have Fun (Live in Wrexham Edition) Tracklist:
CD1 – Can We Please Have Fun
1. Ballerina Radio 2. Rainbow Ball 3. Nowhere To Run 4. Mustang 5. Actual Daydream 6. Split Screen 7. Don't Stop The Bleeding 8. Nothing To Do 9. Television 10. Hesitation Generation 11. Ease Me On 12. Seen
CD2 – Live in Wrexham
1. Crawl 2. King of the Rodeo 3. Revelry 4. On Call 5. Find Me 6. Pyro 7. Cold Desert
Kings of Leon UK and Ireland tour dates 2024: 20th June - Leeds - First Direct Arena 22nd June - Birmingham - Utilita Arena 23rd June - Bristol - Ashton Gate Stadium 30th June - London - Hyde Park BST 2nd July - Glasgow - OVO Hydro Arena 4th July - Silverstone - British F1 Grand Prix 6th July - Dublin - Marley Park 8th July - Nottingham - Motorpoint Arena 10th July - Manchester - Co-op Live Arena
Having cut their teeth on London's underground live circuit, all without releasing a song, the band - comprised of producer Lev Ceylan,
vocalist Will Rowland and drummer Scott MacDonald have today finally stepped out from their shadows with news of their debut body of work. Signed to Ninja Tune, the trio will share their EP, All At Once on June 14th, and today unveil its first double single, 'Himmel' / 'Swarm' - a mystifying ambient effort that breaks away in to a frenzied climax. “I like that it can't be pigeonholed,” says Lev Ceylan, speaking of the forthcoming EP. “We really do love plot twists – where it just explodes into something completely different.” "That song encapsulates the two sides of the sound we have quite well," adds Rowland about the single. "Having the more ethereal, dreamy vocals but with that undercurrent of the low rumblings. It's kind of like heaven and hell." Take a listen for yourselves below.
TOUR DATES
May 12th | Leeds, UK - In Colour Festival
May 16th | Brighton, UK - The Great Escape
May 24th | London, UK - Oslo Hackney (Dot 2 Dot Festival Pre-Party)
May 25th | Bristol, UK - Dot 2 Dot Festival
May 26th | Nottingham, UK - Dot 2 Dot Festival
June 15th | Ipswich, UK - Brighten The Corners Festival
July 19th | Nijmegen, NL - Valkhof Festival
July 26th | Suffolk, UK - Latitude Festival
July 27th | Oxford, UK - Truck Festival
July 27th | London, UK - Strange Overtones Festival
August 16th | Winterthurer, CH - Winterthurer Musikfestwochen * August 30th | Brighton, UK - Brighton Psych Festival August 31st | Manchester, UK - Manchester Psych Festival
September 1st | Dorset, UK - End of The Road Festival
September 19th | Edinburgh, UK - Cave Wave at the Caves **
September 21st | Birkenhead, UK - Future Wave at Future Yard **
September 28th | Sheffield, UK - Float Along Festival
October 17th | Rotterdam, NL - Left of The Dial Festival
November 1st | Brussels, BE - Les Nuits Weekender
Signing to cult indie label Psychic Hotline (Sylvan Esso), today sees the wonderful return of Hippo Campus as the band share their brand new single, Everything At Once. Arriving as their first new material of 2024, the track's soulful edge takes shape through it's slow guitar intro as it steadily builds towards its rousing crescendo. Explaining the track in more detail, the group stated: “‘Everything at Once’ is a meditation, a focus on breath in the midst of breathless moments. You’ve been running away for too long; you need to face what you’re running from if you’re ever going to beat it. Slow down, breathe deep, put a name to the things you fear. Be patient, surrender your forced perspective, and feel everything at once.” Take a listen for yourselves below.
Following on from February's scintillating effort, Dead Plants, Manchester's Better Joy have made their exciting return with their new single, Talking Around. Out now via independent label Fader Amp, the track's explosive energy is a testament to their dark song writing capabilities, contrasted against an exhilarating blend of frenzied guitars and electronics. Of the track Bria says; “’Talking Around’ tells the story of a fall out and calling out someone who twists the truth to suit their own perceptions and reputation. Trust is a powerful bond and when broken, it’s destructive. You end up hearing their muddled-up version of events, and it can show a side of that person you didn’t know was there. It makes you question the entire relationship you had and also your own judgment of other people, sometimes making it harder to let people into your life.” Take a listen for yourselves below along with a run of upcoming live dates.
Live Dates May: Thurs 2nd – London – Electric Ballroom (with The K’s) Sat 4th – Southampton – Wanderlust festival Fri 10th – Manchester – YES Basement (with Dirty Nice) Thurs 16th – Brighton – Alternative Escape Fri 31st – Paris – Supersonic – Block Party festival
June: Fri 14th – Leeds – Key Club (with Swim Deep) Sat 15th – Newcastle – Think Tank (with Swim Deep) Sun 16th – Edinburgh – Mash House (with Swim Deep)
Oct Fri 18th – Rotterdam – Left of the Dial festival
In support of their recently released self-produced EP 'The Left Side', Leeds-based outfit L'objectif returned to Cardiff for their debut headline show in the Welsh Capital.
Promptly arriving on-stage at 9pm, the band were quick to usher everyone forward as they began to warm up the room with their scintillating indie-pop anthems.
Having missed their set at 2022's multi-venue gathering, Swn Festival, I was eager to catch them in the flesh as they've continued to progress with their maturing sound, and they certainly didn't disappoint.
From Puppy's buoyant melodies and bouncy rhythms, to The Conman that was delivered in all its glory with exhilarating guitars and high strung energy, the band's tightly knitted performance was enough to get the temperatures rising. All to the point frontman Saul Kane had to opt for a quick wardrobe change, much to the delight of fans. A perfect opportunity for him to plug their merch as he donned one of their own t-shirts.
With their passionable delivery personified,
the liveliness on stage soon transcended in to the crowd, who by this
point had suitably limbered up as they competed for the loudest
"yeow" in appreciation.
With them yet to release an album, the West-Yorkshire four-piece have come a long way over the years, and despite the lack of an LP, have managed to amass enough material to play an almost hour long set that's all killer no filler.
With their latest release played in full amongst a strong selection of track's from their now impressive back-catalogue the evening sadly came to a culminative end. But not before their biggest hit as they dived in to the fan favourite The Dance You Sell. Described as a track that's written about the comfort we find in dullness that often stops people from excelling, it's certainly had the opposite effect on their output as they show no
sign of slowing down.
Throwing themselves in to its guitar intro, they wasted no time in exploding in to life amongst the track's fervent percussion and striking vocals, all before the band one by one stopped playing to join its acapella outro. A memorable and fitting finale to an evening spent in top company.
See L’objectif live in 2024: 01 May | The George Tavern, London 02 May | Prince Albert, Brighton 04 May | The 1865, Southampton 18 May | Get Together Festival, Sheffield
Following on from last months return with their single Remoter Heaven, Welsh outfit Slate have today shared their latest cut, Shade In Me, taken from the band's forthcoming new EP entitled Deathless, out May 17th on Brace Yourself Records. Inspired by a speech from Chung Mong-hong’s film A Sun (2019), the track's soft opening soon dissipates in to a soaring crescendo of crashing guitars, towering vocals and a catharsis of explosive percussion. Vocalist Jack Shephard explains the track's ideas in more detail, "When someone needs refuge, you can offer them your shade. The song itself, ended up gentler in sound compared what we have been used to writing. Sentimental songs like this one can make you feel vulnerable. But perhaps that is appropriate for a song about opening up yourself for someone." Take a listen for yourselves below.
Tour dates: May 9th-11th | Wrexham, UK - Focus Wales May 16th-18th | Brighton, UK - The Great Escape May 18th | Sheffield, UK - Get Together May 31st | Cardiff, UK - Clwb Ifor Bach June 5th - London, UK - The Windmill Aug 15-18th | Brecon, UK - Green Man Festival
Returning with the latest track to be taken from their forthcoming album, Forgiveness Is Yours, out this Friday, 26th of April on Domino, Fat White Family have shared the glorious Work. Accompanied by a video directed by CC Wade the video/track tells a tale of "obsession and a man’s relentless desire for greatness to the detriment of his life, his body and his sanity". Talking about the track and video Lias said: "This tune and lyric was written by Nathan Saoudi, with a little help from the indomitable Jess Winter. It became a bit of nightmare in production, like, serious graft. Anyway, it’s one of @braindestiny’s best. The idea for the video came from watching Rocky IV on the telly at our family xmas. Nothing brings people together quite like Rock IV. The way Stallone single handedly brings down the Soviet Union. We can all learn something form that. I enjoyed it so much I started binging on Rocky films in January. Most of the other ones are shit, but there’s a scene in the third one - Rock III - where Rock has to accept he’s lost it, grown decadent, delusional, flaccid...Apollo Creed (RIP) has to drag his arse to LA to train him back up the old way, the hard way, the way it USED to be…Between both of these lessons one might learn everything needs to about life, about ambition, about success being nothing more than failure in drag...C C Wade were the obvious choice to direct this homage. They are truth. They are two people that allow whatever their working on to absorb them entirely. There is no limit at Haus C C Wade. No ceiling. No basement. No ledge. All in." Take a watch for yourselves below.
Live Dates Thursday 25th April – Rough Trade East, London (instore) – SOLD OUT Friday 26th April – Resident Music, Brighton (instore) Sunday 28th April – Rough Trade, Nottingham (instore) – SOLD OUT Tuesday 30th April – Bear Tree Records, Sheffield (instore) – SOLD OUT Wednesday 1st May – Vinyl Tap, Huddersfield (instore) Thursday 2nd May – Assai Records, Edinburgh (instore) – SOLD OUT Saturday 4th May – Balades Sonores, Paris (instore) Saturday 25th May – Levitation Festival, Angers, France Monday 27th May – La Cigale, Paris, France Tuesday 28th May – Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, Netherlands Wednesday 29th May – Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands Friday 31st May – Lido, Berlin, Germany Saturday 1st June – Trix, Antwerp, Belgium Saturday 8th June – SWX, Bristol, UK Sunday 9th June – Engine Rooms, Southampton, UK Monday 10th June – Tramshed, Cardiff, UK Wednesday 12th June – Hangar 34, Liverpool, UK Thursday 13th June – New Century, Manchester, UK Saturday 15th June – Boiler Shop, Newcastle, UK Sunday 16th June – Garage, Glasgow, UK Tuesday 18th June – Project House, Leeds, UK Wednesday 19th June – Troxy, London, UK June 27 – 30 June – Glastonbury Festival, UK Wednesday 3rd July – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France Thursday 4th July – Transbo Open-Air (Summer Sessions), Lyon, France Friday 5th July – La Coopérative de Mai, Clermont-Ferrand, France Saturday 6th July – Festival Beauregard, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
Returning with the final taster of their upcoming debut album 'Call A Doctor', which is due out May 25th on Sub Pop and Virgin Australia (in Australia), Girl and Girlhave shared their scintillating latest effort, Oh Boy!. Sharing more detail abour the track, Girl and Girl frontperson Kai James says: “I’d had Oh Boy! half written for a few years before we got round to recording it. I really loved the first half and had kind of psyched myself out of finishing it. When it was finally demoed early last year, this big sort of chaotic, sprawling word vomit poured out of me that seemed to tie the whole thing up nicely, it’s brimming with joy and misery and sarcasm, all things girl and girl.” Take a listen to Oh Boy! for yourselves below with the Tayla Lauren clip below.
Tour dates: Apr 23rd | St. Paul, MN - Amsterdam Bar & Hall * Apr 24th | Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall * Apr 26th | Toronto, ON - Longboat Hall * Apr 27th | Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar * Apr 28th | Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop * Apr 30th | New York, NY - Racket * May 1st | New York, NY - Racket * May 2nd | Philadelphia, PA - Theater for the Living Arts * May 3rd | Washington, DC - The Howard * May 4th | Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle * May 8th | Austin, TX - The Parish * May 9th | Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves * May 11th | Denver, CO - The Perplexiplex at Meow Wolf * May 15th | Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge * May 16th | Hollywood, CA - The Fonda Theater * May 17th | Santa Barbara, CA - Soho Restaurant & Music Club * May 18th | San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop * May 20th | Portland, OR - The Aladdin Theater * May 21st | Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret * May 22nd | Seattle, WA - Neptune Theater * Jul 5th | Cravanche, FR - Les Eurokennees Aug 29th - Sep 1st | Dorset, UK -End Of The Road
Anyone lucky enough to have caught a Fat Dog live show will
already know all too well the pure chaos that ensues. Big cowboy hats. Charged up guitars and percussion. Mosh pits that
singer Joe will readily join in on. And a self sacrificing ritual of sorts for
good measure. If you're yet
to to, well, the good news is you'll have your chance as the London
based outfit look set to take the world by storm with a mammoth announcement of tour dates. Coinciding with the news the band have unveiled their latest single Running. A track that sees their impulsive energy take over through charging vocals and intense pulsating synths. The new track is taken from the band's forthcoming newly announced album WOOF, out on Domino Records September 6th 2024. “Music is so vanilla,” says Love. “I don’t like sanitised music. Even this album is sanitised compared to what’s in my head. I thought it would sound more fucked up.” Take a listen to the new track for yourselves below.
Upcoming live dates Friday 26th April – Le Printemps de Bourges, Bourges Saturday 4th May – Stag and Dagger, Edinburgh Sunday 5th May – Stag and Dagger, Glasgow Monday 6th May – The Fulford Arms, York Tuesday 7th May – Trades Club, Hebden Bridge Wednesday 8th May – The Polar Bear, Hull Thursday 9th May – Focus Wales, Wrexham Friday 10th May – Arts Centre, Norwich Saturday 11th May – Are You Listening?, Reading Tuesday 14th May – Cavern, Exeter Wednesday 15th May – Bullingdon, Oxford Thursday 16th May – Esquires, Bedford Friday 17th May – Foul Weather Festival, Le Havre, Normandy Saturday 18th May – Art Rock, Saint-Brieuc, Brittany Thursday 23rd May – Where Else?, Margate Sunday 26th May – Celebrate this Place, Cardiff 27th May – 2nd June - Primavera A La Ciutat, Barcelona 31st May – 2nd June – Maifeld Derby, Mannheim
26th-30th June - Glastonbury, Somerset Saturday 6th July – Eurockeenes, Belfort 10th-13th July – Trӕnafestivalen, Norway 11th–13th July - Pete The Monkey, Normandy 25th-28th July - Latitude Festival, Suffolk 26th-28th July – Truck Festival, Oxfordshire 26th-29th July – Deer Shed, North Yorkshire 8th-11th August - Ypsigrock Festival, Sicily Friday 16th August - La Route Du Rock, Brittany 17th-18th August – Lowlands Festival, Netherlands 17th-18th August - Pukklepop Festival, Belgium Saturday 31st August – Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester 12th -15th September - Poplar Festival, Italy Saturday 28th September - Float Along Festival, Sheffield Thursday 3rd October - Le 106, Rouen Friday 4th October - L'Antipode, Rennes Saturday 5th October – Petit Bain, Paris Sunday 6th October – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing Tuesday 8th October – Doornroosje, Nijmegen Wednesday 9th October – Vera, Groningen Thursday 10th October – Botanique, Brussels Friday 11th October – Skatecafe, Amsterdam Saturday 12th October - Here's The Thing Festival, Tilburg Monday 14th October - Bumann & Sohn, Cologne Tuesday 15th October – Molotow, Hamburg Wednesday 16th October - Urban Spree, Berlin Saturday 19th October – The Baby G, Toronto Monday 21st October – Songbyrd, Washington Tuesday 22nd October – TV Eye, Brooklyn Thursday 24th October – The Empty Bootle, Chicago Saturday 26th October – Black Lodge, Seattle Sunday 27th October – Polaris Hall, Portland Tuesday 29th October – Popscene @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall, San Francisco Wednesday 30th October – Zebulon, LA Thursday 7th November - The Grand Social, Dublin Friday 8th November - Empire Music Hall, Belfast Saturday 9th November – Stereo, Glasgow Sunday 10th November - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds Tuesday 12th November - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham Wednesday 13th November - Band On The Wall, Manchester Thursday 14th November - Crookes Social Club, Sheffield Friday 15th November – Thekla, Bristol Saturday 16th November - Mama Roux's, Birmingham Sunday 17th November - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Thursday 21st November – Papillon, Southampton Friday 22nd November – Patterns, Brighton Saturday 23rd November - O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
Tickets for November dates on pre-sale from Thursday 25th 10am local, general sale Friday 26th 10am local. Pre-ordering the album gives pre-sale access.
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