New video from TENDER TRAP

A celebration of indie-hang outs, the new video from Tender Trap begs the question - "Do You Want a Boyfriend?". Well. The answer is quite evidently - YES - especially when one of the contenders is none other than label impresario John Jervis.

The single for Do You Want a Boyfriend comes out on limited edition white vinyl this month, so grab it while you can!!

TENDER TRAP - new album Dansette Dansette from band led by indiepop legend Amelia Fletcher

We're pleased to announce the brand new full-length album from indiepop legend Amelia Fletcher's band TENDER TRAP (also featuring Elizabeth Morris from Allo Darlin'). It is called Dansette Dansette and will be released on Fortuna POP! on 12 July 2010. Just before that there will be a single from the album called "Do You Want a Boyfriend" with the b-side of "The Sum and the Difference". Look out for live shows in July (see dates below)!

A free download single is already available for the track "Girls With Guns" which you can download here http://www.fortunapop.com/girls_with_guns_free_download.php

There's also a fabulous video for this track here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_GnEXrEXoY

Gone is the more contemplative pop classicism of recent years to be replaced by a riot-grrrl-esque tale of sisterhood and revenge that wouldn’t be out of place among the punkest moments of Amelia's previous outfits Talulah Gosh and Heavenly. While guitars and drums rush by in a blur, Amelia and her new girl crew swear a cold-hearted vengeance on the unreliable and untrustworthy menfolk of the town.

“In a nicer parallel universe, Tender Trap’s Amelia Fletcher is the most influential artist of her day” (NME)

LIVE:

May 21 New York Popfest, New York, US
May 22 Pilam, Philadelphia US
Jul 3 The Hope, Brighton
Jul 9 The Library, Leeds
Jul 10 TBC, Liverpool
Jul 13 The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
Jul 14 Rough Trade East Instore, London

The Pack a.d. UK TOUR!

We're thrilled to announce that Vancouver's finest female rock duo The Pack a.d. will be in the UK playing some shows after their European tour with Nomeansno. They'll be at the Great Escape in Brighton and Liverpool Sound City Festival with 3 London shows in between. There's also a new video for the album track "Deer" which is off their album WE KILL COMPUTERS which is out on 3 May...

UK TOUR

14 May - Brighton - Great Escape, Komedia daytime show
14 May - London - Windmill - Brixton
15 May - Brighton - Great Escape, Artrocker stage
18 May - London - The Gaff (Artrocker night - NHS Club (New Heavy Sounds))
19 May - London - The Lexington - Fleur-de-Lys Club
20 May - Liverpool - Sound City Festival - Jacaranda
21 May - Liverpool - Sound City Festival - Canadian Blast Showcase at Masque


Brand new video for "Deer"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00pfn0bVtM0

Rangda - Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny and Chris Corsano

RANGDA

FALSE FLAG
CD/LP – 10 May 2010
(Drag City)

Drag City are pleased to announce the new album from Sir Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny and Chris Corsano with a European tour in May.

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES (more to be announced)
MAY 2010

27 London, UK, Bardens Boudoir (with Plurals)
28 Bristol, UK, the Croft (with Acid Mothers Temple)
29 Cornwall, UK, Miss Peapods
30 Newcastle, UK, The Cumberland
31 Glasgow, Scotland, Stereo

June
1 Dublin, Irl, whelans
2 Cardiff, Wales, Norwegian Church
3 Brighton, UK, FreeButt
4 Aalst, Be, Netwerk
5 Hasselt, Be, Kunstzentrumbelgie
6 Utrecht, Nl, tivoli
7 Krefeld, de, Kulturrampe
8 Lyon, fr, Grnd zro
9 Geneva, Sw, L'Usine


When individuals with the originality and talent of the trio gathered for Rangda get together, something truly remarkable is bound to happen. All well respected musicians and leaders in their field, Sir Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls), Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance, Comets on Fire) and drummer extraordinaire Chris Corsano create a glorious cacophony as an instrumental super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. With an explosion of psychedelia and classic rock, the album ricochets between gorgeous, blissed-out guitar melodies and thrashed-out noise.

The Blackeyed Susans play two London gigs

THE BLACKEYED SUSANS

The Barbican, London (with The Triffids)
Fri 19 April 2010
The Borderline, London (headline show)
Sat 10 April 2010

Londoners will get their first opportunity to see Australia’s Blackeyed Susans live when they play the Barbican on April 9 as part of The Triffids’ ‘A Secret in the Shape of a Song’ show. The Susans will also play one headline show of their own the following night at The Borderline on Saturday 10 April with friends and special guests including Melanie Oxley and Chris Abrahams.

The Blackeyed Susans and The Triffids have a long and intertwined history. The Susans started as a side project for members of The Triffids and Chad’s Tree in the late eighties before growing into the legendary collective that has over the years boasted members of the Dirty Three, The Drones, The Bad Seeds and many other luminaries of the Australian alternative music scene. They have also released six albums across this time, marking their twentieth anniversary last year with the release of the four disc retrospective box set, ‘Reveal Yourself 1989-2009’.

Lush, dark and romantic, The Blackeyed Susans twist their op-shop stylings into something uniquely their own.

Featuring with The Blackeyed Susans will be a number of special guests including pedal steel ace “Evil” Graham Lee of The Triffids.

FRI APRIL 9

THE BARBICAN – THE TRIFFIDS ‘A Secret in the Shape of a Song’

Silk Street, London EC2Y 8 (Barbican tube)

TICKETS ON SALE: www.barbican.org.uk

SAT APRIL 10

THE BORDERLINE – THE BLACKEYED SUSANS AND FRIENDS

Orange Yard, Off Manette Street, London W1D 4JB (Tottenham Court Rd tube)

TICKETS ON SALE: 08448 472 465 www.meanfiddler.com or www.ticketweb.co.uk

Special guests: Melanie Oxley & Chris Abrahams

Leader of the Pack

Thrilled to be adding another great band to the roster! Since I've been spending most nights this week glued to the Winter Olympics (doubles louge anyone? why is curling so addictive?), I'm glad to be able to welcome the next best thing to come out of Vancouver, the band THE PACK A.D. With growling rock'n'roll vocals and sounds that you didn't think a woman could make from singer/guitarist Becky Black, and Maya Miller's explosive drums attacking the songs rather than playing them, the duo make up one of the most exciting garage rock/pop/punk combos around.

Their new album 'We Kill Computers' will be released in the UK by Mint Records on 3 May.

Here's a little teaser right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE9pMFzdR_Y

Keep posted for more postings...
http://thepackafterdeath.com/

Cloud Control Press

I'm well and truly chuffed about the great reception people have been giving Cloud Control's "Gold Canary" 7". As well as getting single of the week in Drowned In Sound this week, we also got great reviews in Artrocker, Record Collector, Subba-Cultcha and This is Fake DIY. To cap it all, the track won Steve Lamacq's rebel playlist on 6 music last week!!

Drowned in Sound: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4139096-this-weeks-singles--15-02-10
This is Fake DIY: http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/tracks/cloud-control-gold-canary
Subba-Cultcha: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/features/article.php?contentID=17962