20th May

UK Music Round-Up

Festival News
A clutch of bands have been added to this summer's T in the Park festival including We Were Promised Jetpacks and The Blackout. See a full list of acts added below and the full line-up here.

Bands Added

We Were Promised Jetpacks
The Blackout
Vukovi
St. Lucia
Broken Hands
James Levy and the Blood Red Rose

WTFest have added a few more bands to their line-up at the end of the summer. See the additions below.

Recently Added

Veils
The Junk
Cement Matters
For This World Is Hollow And These Hands Have Touched The Sky
Donnie Brasco

The final eight festival bands from this year's Red Bull Bedroom Jam have been selected and will a variety of UK festivals this summer. Scroll down for a list of acts chosen.

RBBJ 2012

The Jellycats
Golden Tanks
Dead Harts
Adelaide
I Divide
Mechanical Smile
Reachback
Strangle Kojak

News
Fighting With Wire's new album Colonel Blood will be released on September 24th in the UK through Xtra Mile Recordings.

See Skindred's video for "Game Over" here.

Future Of The Left's new album The Plot Against Common Sense will be released on 11th June via Xtra Mile Recordings.

Apollo's Arrows are splitting and will play two final shows next week. Read a message from the band here.

Click here to see Adam Barnes' video for "She Will Stay Beneath The Moon".

Rob Lynch's video for "Hawking" is here.

Architects have released a 'Making Of' clip from their recent video for "Alpha Omega".

Head here to see A Poetic Yesterday's video for "Frown Proud".

Young Guns have posted teaser and 'Making Of' clips from their new video for "Dearly Departed".

See The Sun Explodes' video for "Dead/Alive" here.

Freeze The Atlantic will give away debut album Speakeasy with Rock Sound magazine in August.

Pre-order Futures' new record The Karma Album here. The album is set for a 17th June release.

Above The Underground's new EP Autumns is now available for free download.

Click here to view I'll Stay In Memphis' video for "Remission".

The Elijah will release debut album I Loved I Hated I Destroyed on 2nd July through Small Town Records.

Napoleon have new EP What We See available for free download.

See Landscapes' video for "Cemetery" here.

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Tours
Blur
August
1st Margate Winter Gardens
5th Wolverhampton Civic Hall
6th Wolverhampton Civic Hall
7th Plymouth Pavilions

Paramore
August
19th Belfast Custom House Square
21st Edinburgh Corn Exchange

Twin Atlantic
October
27th Glasgow Barrowland
29th Aberdeen Music Hall
30th Edinburgh Picture House
November
1st Newcastle Academy
2nd Manchester Academy
3rd Birmingham O2 Academy
5th Norwich UEA
6th Bristol O2 Academy
7th Southampton Guildhall
8th London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

Lemuria
July
31st London Underworld
August
1st Southampton Joiners
2nd Exeter Cavern
3rd Manchester Night & Day Cafe
4th Leeds Cockpit 2
5th Kent Hevy Festival
6th Kingston Peel

We Are Scientists
July
23rd Bristol Thekla
25th London Relentless Garage
26th Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
27th York Duchess
30th Norwich Arts Centre
31st Manchester Deaf Institute
August
1st Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

MxPx All Stars
August
5th Blackpool Rebellion Festival
6th York Duchess
7th Glasgow Cathouse
8th London Garage

Of Mice & Men (SUPPORT: Memphis May Fire & Secrets)
October
10th London Electric Ballroom
11th Glasgow Garage
12th Manchester Moho Live
13th Birmingham Asylum
14th Leeds Cockpit

Random Hand
October
17th Hull Adelphi
18th Sheffield Shakespeares
19th Leeds Brudenell Social Club
20th Aberdeen Moorings Bar
21st Glasgow Ivory Blacks
22nd Dundee Dexters
23rd Newcastle Trillians
24th Nottingham Maze
25th Bath Green Park Tavern
26th London Barfly
27th Brighton Hydrant

Mindless Self Indulgence
October
25th Manchester Academy 3
26th Glasgow Garage
27th Birmingham O2 Academy 2
28th London HMV Forum

The Hives
December
10th Bristol O2 Academy
11th Birmingham O2 Academy
13th Glasgow O2 ABC
14th London Roundhouse
15th Manchester Academy

Fighting With Wire
June
5th Glasgow Stereo
6th Liverpool Shipping Forecast
7th Sheffield Corporation
8th Cardiff Undertone
9th Swindon Furnace
10th Exeter Cavern
12th London Barfly
13th Southampton Joiners
14th Brighton Hydrant
15th Birmingham Temple
16th Bristol Fleece

Apollo's Arrows
May
25th London Black Horse
26th Southampton Joiners

Pierce The Veil (SUPPORT: Crown The Empire)
September
16th Leeds Cockpit 2
17th Newcastle Academy 2
18th Glasgow Ivory Blacks
20th Nottingham Rock City Basement
21st London Underworld
22nd Birmingham Asylum
23rd Manchester Moho Live
25th Southampton Joiners
26th Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
27th Bristol Fleece
28th Kingston Peel

Malefice (SUPPORT: Silent Screams)
September
19th Manchester Roadhouse
21st Birmingham Academy 3
22nd Leicester Soundhouse
23rd Glasgow ABC 2
24th Newcastle Academy 2
25th Liverpool Academy 2
26th York Stereo
27th Cardiff Bogiez
28th London Islington Academy 2
29th Weymouth Pavillion
30th Southampton Joiners
October
1st Exeter Cavern
2nd Plymouth White Rabbit

Tom Williams & The Boat
June
4th Leeds Library
5th London Lexington
6th Birmingham Rainbow
7th Tunbridge Wells Forum
8th Manchester Deaf Institute

Heaven's Basement
May
31st Inverness Madhatters
June
1st Aberdeen Moorings
2nd Inverness Crofter Bar
3rd Glasgow Ivory Blacks

The Hype Theory / New Riot (Co-headline)
June
14th Leicester Soundhouse
15th Sheffield Corporation
16th Bedford Esquires
17th York Stereo
18th London Islington Academy 2
20th Guildford Boileroom
21st Southampton Unit

Villa Rise / Echoes (Co-headline)
June
26th Newcastle Three Tuns
27th Manchester Retro Bar
28th Wordsley Crown
29th Stoke Underground

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Contributors: Andy Biddulph

Future Of The Left's new album The Plot Against Common Sense will be released on 11th June via Xtra Mile Recordings.

These guys are still around??? Thought they were sucked into a black hole! I have "Travels With Myself" and bought it purely after it getting a good review. Knew nothing of them, still know little now! Will wait for the reviews for this one.


Freeze The Atlantic will give away debut album Speakeasy with Rock Sound magazine in August.

Thought I read ' Lower Than Atlantis'. Last month Rock Sound gave away a decent debut album by some unknown band so I might pick up this one too.

It's amazing to think this is what new music has been resigned to: debut albums given away free with magazines... shame. Suppose it's the only way now.


Pre-order Futures' new record The Karma Album here. The album is set for a 17th June release.

I swear these guys have been talked about, and toured, for like the past two years. I've certainly seen them twice as support acts... can't remember much about them. How long have they been working on this?? Will have to give it a listen.

Was lighter than I thought it would be but I really liked it:

Not too sure about the video though :/

Futures recorded the album with Gil Norton and were gonna release it thru a major (which I can't remember) but after debates with the record label and being dropped this album was pushed back much further than anticipated. Anyway the album looks to be shaping up well (singles on it) and they are a great bunch of lads, so everyone should check it out.

Also great to see Fighting with Wire eventually bring out a second album, hope its as good as Man Vs monster

Originally Posted by ShotgunGold

Freeze The Atlantic will give away debut album Speakeasy with Rock Sound magazine in August.

Thought I read ' Lower Than Atlantis'. Last month Rock Sound gave away a decent debut album by some unknown band so I might pick up this one too.

It's amazing to think this is what new music has been resigned to: debut albums given away free with magazines... shame. Suppose it's the only way now.


Pre-order Futures' new record The Karma Album here. The album is set for a 17th June release.

I swear these guys have been talked about, and toured, for like the past two years. I've certainly seen them twice as support acts... can't remember much about them. How long have they been working on this?? Will have to give it a listen.

Freeze The Atlantic feature members of Reuben and Hundred Reasons. Pretty much nailed on to be a great record. Also, the 'unknown band' in last month's RS was Burn The Fleet. Hope you gave it a go because they're a bloody fantastic band.

Yeah, Futures were around years ago as a band called Tonight Is Goodbye (man, I feel old) and gave away their debut album (again, with Rock Sound I think) a couple of years ago. Pretty sure it's knocking around for free download online so it's definitely worth jumping on that.

Originally Posted by MorningStar10

Futures recorded the album with Gil Norton and were gonna release it thru a major (which I can't remember) but after debates with the record label and being dropped this album was pushed back much further than anticipated. Anyway the album looks to be shaping up well (singles on it) and they are a great bunch of lads, so everyone should check it out.

Also great to see Fighting with Wire eventually bring out a second album, hope its as good as Man Vs monster

Yes, yes, yes. Great news, great band. Especially considering the seemed to be on the road to splitting before Xtra Mile picked them up.

Great live band as well, I saw them when they supported Biffy back in 2007 (with Frightened Rabbt, which was amazing may I add) yeah forgot about TIG 'Black Dress' was a bit of a tune as well.