UK Music Round-Up

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The latest Download Festival line-up is here. Added on Monday were Chase And Status, Biffy Clyro, Machine Head, Tenacious D, Soundgarden, You Me At Six, Trivium, Lamb Of God, Anthrax, DevilDriver, The Devin Townshend Project, Little Angels, Ugly Kid Joe and August Burns Red.

Pulled Apart By Horses new album, Tough Love, is streaming here. The record is released in the UK tomorrow (23rd).

See Enter Shikari's video for "Arguing With Thermometers" here.

This year's Merthyr Rock will take place between August 31 and September 2nd in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales.

Sum 41 have been forced to pull out of the UK's Kerrang! Relentless Tour in February due to Deryck Whibley's back injury. The Blackout will fill their slot in a bill that already includes headliners New Found Glory, letlive. and While She Sleeps.

Polar's debut album, Iron Lungs, will be released through A Wolf At Your Door Records on the 7th of May. The band are currently recording with Spy Catcher's Steve Sears and Thomas Mitchener.

Head here to see Straight Lines' video for "Half Gone". The track is taken from the band's forthcoming album Freaks Like Us, which is set for a UK release in April through Xtra Mile Recordings.

Crowns' forthcoming self-titled EP is streaming in full here. It is set to be released on the 5th of March

Marmozets will release a new EP on February 6th called Vexed. New track "Realise Real Eyes" is streaming over at Kerrang!

A new batch of bands have been added to Takedown 2012. The James Cleaver Quintet, Aliases, The Safety Fire, Bleed From Within, Verses, Mallory Knox, Kids Can't Fly, We Start Partys, The Afterparty, The Light Divided, Subsource will all play the University of Southampton on the 18th of March.

Dead Swans' new track "Keep Them Shut" is now streaming here. Tracklisting and pre-orders for their forthcoming EP Anxiety and Everything Else can be found here.

Lower Than Atlantis have posted a teaser clip for their forthcoming video for "If The World Was To End".

Hawk Eyes will release new album Ideas on March 26th through Fierce Panda. Recording is being funded through PledgeMusic.

Frank Turner has 15 songs demoed for his new album.

Click here to see a short studio clip from The King Blues.

Paige are funding the recording of their debut album through PledgeMusic. Help them out here.

Head to Swound!'s website to download single "Big Trouble" for free.

Jody Has A Hitlist recently split with their drummer and are looking for a new one.

See a studio video from Devil Sold His Soul here.

Adam Barnes has signed to LAB Records. Check out Adam's video for "If I Was A Lonely Man" here.

7YearsBadLuck are giving away their new album Sleep Now, Pay Later for free.

Cats? Aye! Records have released a new compilation entitled 'Presenting: The Dancin' Machine' and features tracks by Bangers, Great Cynics, Watch Commander and The Lion and The Wolf.

Basement, Sharks and Apologies, I Have None are three of many UK bands on this free compilation from Alternativ News.

The Answer have posted a video for new single "Nowhere Freeway", which features Lynne Jackaman.

Calasis are giving away new track "F.E.M.A." here.

Disconnect Disconnect Records are set to release new compilation Removals on 31st January. The release will feature After The Fall, Counterpunch, Our Time Down Here and many more.

Click here to see Some Of Us Never Die's video for "Sky Scrapers".

Brontide will release a new two-song 12" on the 13th of February. Grab Coloured Tongues here.

Mallory Knox are currently recording their debut album.

I'll Stay In Memphis have posted a video for "Fractures".

Demoraliser's latest EP Conveyance is up for free download on the band's bandcamp page.

Next Stop Atlanta have posted a teaser video for their forthcoming mini-album online.

Grab a free download of Last Witness' 2010 EP Give Up here.

Decade's new EP will be released on the 13th of February.

Departures have posted a new track online. Listen to "Those Miles Meant Everything" here.

Freeze The Atlantic will release new EP Volcanoes through Alcopop! Records on the 5th of March.

Head here to listen to a new track from Red XIII, "Grave Digger".

The Headstart will release single "Feels Like Home" on the 12th of March before the launch of their debut album this summer.

This year's Make A Scene Festival will also include a nationwide tour.

Fighting Fiction will release their debut album on the 27th of February through Xtra Mile.

You and What Army have put their 2011 self-titled EP for free download.

Stream a new Blacklisters track, "Trickfuck", here.

Templeton Pek will release their new EP on the 30th of January.

The eleventh issue of Stencil Magazine has been released and can be viewed here.

Hideaways have two songs up for free download on their soundcloud page.

Actions have uploaded a video for "Devil Words". See it here.

See a video update from Calais here.

This Years Winner Is' new track "Don't Go Now" is streaming here.

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Tours
The Bled
February
18th London Dingwalls (SUPPORT: Devil Sold His Soul, Giants & The Elijah)
19th London Dingwalls (SUPPORT: Vanna, Hundredth & The Greenery)

Andrew W.K.
April
12th London HMV Forum
13th Manchester Academy
14th Glasgow Garage

New Found Glory (SUPPORT: The Blackout, letlive. & While She Sleeps)
4th Dublin Academy
5th Dublin Academy
7th Southampton Guildhall
8th Norwich UEA
10th Bristol O2 Academy
11th Cardiff University Great Hall
12th Newcastle O2 Academy
13th Glasgow O2 ABC
15th Manchester Academy
16th Birmingham O2 Academy
17th London Roundhouse

Set Your Goals (SUPPORT: Make Do And Mend, Spy Catcher & Hildamay* / Evarose")
May
20th Tunbridge Wells Forum*
21st Brighton Hydrant*
22nd Southampton Joiners*
23rd Bristol Fleece*
24th London Old Blue Last
25th Kingston Peel*
28th Reading Sub89"

Pulled Apart By Horses (SUPPORT: The Computers)
February
13th Glasgow King Tut's
14th Aberdeen Tunnels
15th Newcastle Digital Other Rooms
16th Sheffield Leadmill
17th Manchester Club Academy
18th Bristol Fleece
20th Birmingham Library
21st Norwich Waterfront
22nd Southampton Talking Heads
23rd London Electric Ballroom

Stray From The Path
April
12th Glasgow Ivory Blacks
15th Leeds Well

We Are The In Crowd (SUPPORT: Every Avenue)
April
13th Brighton Concorde 2
15th Norwich Waterfront
16th Cardiff Solus
17th Liverpool Academy 2
18th Glasgow King Tut's
19th Aberdeen Lemon Tree
20th Newcastle Academy 2
21st Manchester Academy 3
22nd Nottingham Hit The Deck Festival
24th Leeds Cockpit
25th Birmingham Academy 2
26th London Islington O2 Academy

The Presidents of The United States Of America (SUPPORT: Straight Lines)
March
8th Bristol O2 Academy
9th Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
10th Manchester HMV Ritz
11th Glasgow O2 ABC
16th London HMV Forum

Sea Of Lions (SUPPORT: Disguise Your Beauty)
February
8th Sheffield Corporation
9th Birmingham Rainbow
10th Glasgow Classic Grand
11th Stirling Tolbooth
12th Aberdeen Tunnels
15th Liverpool Elevator Bar

Ten Second Epic (SUPPORT: LYU)
February
27th Glasgow Classic Grand
28th Leeds Well
29th Birmingham Ballroom
March
1st Southampton Joiners
3rd Newcastle Riverside
4th London Garage

Challenges / Who's Driving? Bear's Driving! (Co-headline)
April
4th Norwich Karma Cafe
5th Southampton Avondale House
6th Milton Keynes Crauford Arms
7th Margate Westcoast Bar
8th Basingstoke Bang Bar
9th Ipswich Steamboat
10th Doncaster Priory
11th Bristol Louisiana
12th Manchester Retro Bar
13th Leicester Soundhouse
14th Witham Spring Lodge

Jumping Ships / Gunning For Tamar (Co-headline)
March
19th Canterbury Beercart Arms
22nd Southampton Avondale House
23rd Bristol Louisiana
24th Oxford Cellar
25th London Old Blue Last
27th Brighton Hope
28th Cardiff Buffalo Bar
29th Harrow Trinity Bar
30th Liverpool Shipping Forecast
31st Nottingham Chameleon (No Jumping Ships)

Carridale (SUPPORT: Starters)
March
30th Kingston Fighting Cocks
31st Northampton Penny
April
1st Swindon Furnace
2nd Worcester Firefly
3rd Stoke Harry's Bar
4th Glasgow Bar Bloc
5th Sheffield Riverside
6th Nottingham Old Angel
7th Ipswich (Venue TBC)
8th Basingstoke Bang Bar

Gates / Fallacies (Co-headline)
March
26th Edinburgh Banshee Labyrinth
27th Aberdeen Tunnels
28th Dundee Dexter's Bar
30th Glasgow Bay
31st Milton Keynes Crauford Arms
April
1st Portsmouth Edge of the Wedge
2nd Birmingham Actress & Bishop
3rd Stoke Harry's Bar
4th Leeds Well
5th Andover George
6th Cheltenham Two Pigs
7th Margate West Coast Bar
8th London Camden Barfly

Jet Pack (SUPPORT: The Hype Theory)
March
5th Swansea Koopas
6th Wrexham Central Station
8th Leicester Soundhouse
9th Peterborough Club Revolution
10th Kettering Krispin Klub

The Headstart
February
9th Glasgow G2
10th Newcastle Riverside
11th Leeds Cockpit
12th Wrexham Central Station
13th Manchester Dry Bar
14th Peterborough Met Lounge
15th Norwich B2
16th Basingstoke Bang Bar
17th Swindon Furnace
18th London Nambucca
19th Birmingham Vudu

Steak Number Eight
February
7th London Old Blue Last (Free show)

Swound!
March
5th London Barfly
15th Nottingham Rock City

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Contributor: Andy Biddulph & sean-reid

Download should be Metallica, Trivium and Machine Head for Saturday. I hope Trivium plays on Saturday however.

Digging the new This Years Winner Is track

new I'll Stay In Memphis kills

My bands supporting Decade for their EP release show. So damn stoked. Awesome band.