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Latitude/Wireless Festivals announce further acts  13th May 2008

With a couple of festivals announcing new additions to their ever increasing lineups it gives us an excuse to tie up all the announcements in a nice, neat news story tied up in a lexical bow.

First of all, yep you've guessed it, Latitude has announced
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Bands for Burma.  13th May 2008

Our friends at Maps magazine are organising a series of events in aid of the Burma appeal. So if this interests get in touch!

"Gigs, gigs and more gigs! Bands for Burma aims to raise money for the Burmese cyclone victims by putting on as many
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IWACS Close To You.  13th May 2008

I Was A Cub Scout, have released a version of The Cure's 'Close To Me' onto the interweb for download as they gear up for a summer headline tour.

The track can be downloaded from the Good Weather For Airstrikes blog.

The band's tour, which is
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Land Of Talk to tour the Land of Britain  12th May 2008

Land of Talk are returning to cross the UK and Europe supporting Tapes n' Tapes in addition to performing a Rough Trade In-Store and at the Billboard Global Pulse Night in London on June 2nd.

Land of Talk are also releasing their third single,
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Southern Records announce new signing  12th May 2008

Southern Records, home to groups such as A Silver Mt. Zion and ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead through its label and its subsidaries, has announced the latest addition to its roster.

Mothlite comprise of two members - Daniel O'Sullivan and Antti
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Farewell US, hello UK: Farewell to tour  12th May 2008

North Carolina punk-pop sextet Farewell are heading on over to the UK to tour in support of their album Isn't This Supposed To Be Fun?!, released in February. The band, described by non-other than Uncut as being 'catchier than Bird Flu' (a good measure of read more

 

Guillemots take Red on tour  12th May 2008

Following the release of their second album Red, Guillemots kick start their UK tour on May 18th.

The band will be showcasing tracks from both albums, including new single Falling Out Of Reach out May 26th on Polydor Records.

Live dates are:

MAY
18th Norwich, UEA
19th Wolverhampton,
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And still they come..more names for Latitude  12th May 2008

Latitude Festival, taking place over the weekend of the 17th-20th July in Southwold, Suffolk, has revealed a glut of new names for its Music & Film, Literary, Cabaret and Comedy arenas, as well as additions for its unique stage On The Lake- a pretty self-explanatory read more
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Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks release new single  08th May 2008

On 2 June 2008 Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks are to release a new 7" and digital single on Domino. Called Gardenia, the single is the first to be taken from the recently released Real Emotional Trash album and is backed with new track Walk read more

 

These New festival dates: TNP reveal summer plans  7th May 2008

With single Swords Of Truth out this week (see the video HERE), These New Puritans have seen fit to announce their festival dates for the forthcoming summer. Interested in seeing them? Well tough, your getting them anyway. The hotly tipped group visit the following:

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Latitude bill grows further  7th May 2008

Man alive is Latitude proving itself the diamond in the rough of this year's festival lineups. With the likes of the Mars Volta, Grinderman, Blondie, Sigur Ros, Elbow, Foals and a heck of a lot more already in the bag; the organisers have stretched out read more

 

The Last Shadow Puppets to play Reading and Leeds.  6th May 2008

Following their recent No1 chart debut with ‘The Age Of The Understatement, THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS will make their full live debut at the world famous twin sites over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The project of Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner and The Rascals’ Miles read more
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Black Kids name album.  5th May 2008

Black Kids have announce details of their eagerly awaited debut album. 'Partie Traumatic' will be released on July 7 2008.


Produced by Bernard Butler at West Heath studios, London over five weeks this spring it comprises of ten exquisitely refreshing pop songs including their recent hit
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Radiohead urge fans to travel green.  3rd May 2008

As they embark on the first leg of their 2008 tour, Radiohead are appealing to fans to think about how they travel to and from shows.

Last year, the band commissioned carbon footprint analysts Best Foot Forward to calculate the carbon impact of two of
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No lie: White Lies to tour in the Autumn  2nd May 2008

White Lies, part of the NME New Noise Tour currently dragging its carcass around these shores, have announced news of a full UK tour to take place in the Autumn.

The band, whose debut single, Unfinished Business, is released through Chess Club Recordings this week, will
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MGMT in 3D!  2nd May 2008

MGMT have made a special 3D version of their "Time to pretend" video avaliable at their website www.whoismgmt.com and you can download the template for the specs by clicking this link: http://terraweb.wr.usgs.gov/kids/glasses.html

Following the use of MGMT’s ‘Time To Pretend’ in the final Skins
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Operator Please on tour  2nd May 2008

Anglo-Australians Operator Please are currently in the midst of a lengthy tour including supporting both Lightspeed Champion and The Futureheads. The pop punk group are calling in at:

May
2nd – Classice Grand, Glasgow (Lightspeed Champion
3rd – Leadmill. Sheffield (Lightspeed Champion)
5th – Academy 2, Manchester (Lightspeed Champion)
6th
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The Really Wild Show: Wild Beasts touring and releasing debut  2nd May 2008

Leeds-based four piece Wild Beasts have announced details of their debut album Limbo, Panto. The LP is to be released on June 16th and is described by sources of the band as "a collection of ten beautiful, eccentric, very British tales". The track listing for read more

 

Lorraine return with new single  2nd May 2008

Norwegian natives Lorraine return 19th May with a brand new single through Waterfall Records UK: When I Return To The World.

The single is backed with a brand new track Beyond Sky, plus a remix package from The Camel Rider and Manhattan Clique. It will be
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The Cure to release new singles on the 13th of each month.  2nd May 2008

Legendary gothic pop act The Cure have announced plans to release a new single on the 13th of each month leading up to the release of their 13th studio album

The Cure, one of the most revered British bands of the past quarter-century, have unveiled
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Frank Turner gives us reasons not be an idiot  1st May 2008

Frank Turner must be pretty happy right now, his album Love and Ire reached number 5 in the UK Indie Charts and he's got a touring schedule longer than my arms (and, it has to be said, I've got pretty long arms). So why not read more

 


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