Count Your Lucky Stars Records has signed Ann Arbor, MI-based emo/indie trio Brave Bird. The label will release the band’s debut full-length this fall. Formed in 2010, Brave Bird’s first EP 'Ready or Not' is available for free download RIGHT HERE . For fans of Brand New, This Town Needs Guns and Manchester Orchestra. Brave Bird will be touring with their new label mates Dowsing from 5/10-5/22.

Emmy The Great , Lucy Rose and This Town Needs Guns are just some of names added to the Truck Festival line up. They join the likes of The Temper Trap and Mystery Jets, Tim Minchin, British Sea Power, Villagers, The Low Anthem and 65 Days of Static to the billing. The weekend event is held in Hill Farm, Oxfordshire over the weekend 20th/21st July and celebrates its 15th Anniversary this year. Tickets are still available, priced just £72.95 with booking fees. You can buy yours and get further information from the official site here .

Welcome to the nineteenth edition of New Music by Region . Every fortnight we aim to present the best new music in 8 major cities and regions from across the UK (and Ireland). With the help of regional correspondents, we plan to present our shortlist of new music in Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich and Oxford. New Music by Region #18 can be found here ! Name : The Bluebeat Arkestra – ‘Move On’ For Fans Of : Janelle Monae, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings Website : Facebook Correspondent : Lyle Bignon Being home to a creative ecosystem of influences and communities from the ...

The Grammys were last night. I yelled at my television out of excitement when Bon Iver won his well deserved award. Then, I laughed at my computer screen this morning when I saw that there are people out there that have no clue who Paul McCartney is. Not sure how that can happen. On to [...]

Welcome to the sixteenth edition of New Music by Region . Every fortnight we aim to present the best new music in 6 major cities and regions from across the UK (and Ireland). With the help of regional correspondents, we plan to present our shortlist of new music in Birmingham, Brighton, Dublin, London, Norwich and Oxford. New Music by Region #15 can be found here ! Name : Is I Cinema – ‘Testarossa’ For Fans Of : Delphic and Spiritualized Website : Official website Correspondent : Lyle Bignon Taken from The Unnamed, recorded with Midlands production maestro Gavin Monaghan (Scott Matthews, The Destroyers, Editors, Carina Round), 'Testarossa ...

Welcome to the fifteenth edition of New Music by Region . Every fortnight we aim to present the best new music in 6 major cities and regions from across the UK (and Ireland). With the help of regional correspondents, we plan to present our shortlist of new music in Birmingham, Brighton, Dublin, Norwich, London and Oxford. New Music by Region #14 can be found here ! Name : Goodnight Lenin – ‘Wenceslas Square (Winter Edition)’ For Fans Of : Midlake and Stornoway Website : Official site Correspondent : Lyle Bignon Songcraft that combines neat pastoral folk with classic melodies and harmonies borrowed from US folk-rock supergroups such ...

Welcome to the fourteenth edition of New Music by Region . Every fortnight we aim to present the best new music in 8 major cities and regions from across the UK (and Ireland). With the help of regional correspondents, we plan to present our shortlist of new music in Birmingham, Brighton, Cardiff, Dublin, Norwich, London and Oxford. New Music by Region #13 can be found here ! Name : Health & Efficiency – ‘Severn’ For Fans Of : Sonic Youth and These New Puritans Website : Official site Correspondent : Lyle Bignon A slow cooker that eventually descends into a magnificent wall of scuffed-up fuzzy noise, is carried along by an undercurrent of tremolo guitar, piano and vocals plus some awesome skills on the skins. Named after a 112-year old naturist magazine (possibly), the Brum outfit heave with the unbridled pleasure of 21st century experimental art-rock. Previous slots with vintage pysch-rock band Arbouretum, retro-futurist electronica trio Seeland and at alt-fest Supersonic go some way to mark out their musical intentions. Beautifully disordered. Name : Astroid Boys – ‘Trouble Out Tonight’ For Fans Of : Foreign Beggars & Odd Future. Website : Band website Correspondent : Emma Dudley Astroid Boys are taking over Cardiff with their infectious rap and raw hip, hop including a fan base at Radio 1. About to release their first album at Christmas after the immense response to their EP ‘Space Jam . For fans of a more serious GLC but not for people who think swearing is an uncool as a drunken grandmother. They will be the band everyone should see in 2012. Name : Land lovers – ‘The Cinema Bell’ For Fans Of : Weezer and Stephen Malkmaus and the Jicks. Website : Band website Correspondent : Barry Peak A couple of years ago a group of passionate kids, sick of a stagnant music industry, got together and did it themselves. The result was the popical island collective and one of the progenitors was Land Lovers ' Pádraig Cooney. After releasing a well received debut record, Cooney put together a full band and now has the power and dynamics to compliment his supremely catchy pop songs. Name : Stapleton - Full Beams Down The Mountain For Fans Of : American Football, Cymbals Eat Guitars Website : Myspace Correspondent : Rory Cargill While not a new band (by a long shot), Stapleton formed in 1997 and with four albums under their belt, they have still not been recognised beyond a very intimate and lucky cult following (less than 5000 listeners on last.fm is a travesty in my eyes). Recommend to me by the new singer of This Town Needs Guns and previously Pennines who are two of my favourite bands, I had to check Stapleton out. At the recent TTNG gig at King Tut's, members of the crowd shouted the band's name after seeing Henry Tremain's band t-shirt; the Scots are proud of this band, and righty so - huge elements of American Football style 90s emo meets Cymbals Eat Guitars. The album Hug The Coast is on sale for £2 on ...

Jets To Zurich + Survivalists + Accident Music + We Are The Afterglow - all dayer - Buffalo Bar/ 18th December 2011 Jets to Zurich have an impressive amount of releases under their belt and now the alt rock band are headlining at Buffalo. The band have just released a single Pyramids and are working on their second album for release next year. We Are The Afterglow are one of the great bands supporting. Event details - £5 on the door . You can visit Jets to Zurich by heading here . Other Gigs 12/12/11 : The Black Tambourines + Joanna Gruesome + Mowbird - Buffalo Bar // Venue details/ Tickets ...

I Break Horses – Cargo // 5th December 2011 A chance to see one of the best bands of the year, who happened to release one of the best albums of the year. Don't miss out on this. Or do, and regret it. Click here to buy tickets You can visit I Break Horses by heading to http://www.facebook.com/ibreakhorses Other Gigs 05/12/11 : The Felice Brothers - The Macbeth // Click here to buy tickets 06/12/11 : Real Estate - Scala // Click here to buy tickets 07/12/11 : Caribou - Scala // Click here to buy tickets 08/12/11 ...

Photographer: Stuart Blythe Scroll down for Image Thumbnails Photographer: Stuart Blythe Artists: Mogwai, Bright Eyes, TV On The Radio, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Holidays, The Family Stone, The Walkmen, Kevin Devine, This Town Needs Guns, Kormac’s Big Band Event: Harvest Presents ‘The Gathering’ Venue: Brisbane Riverstage & Botanic Gardens, Queensland Date: 19 November 2011 VIEW FULL PHOTO GALLERY [...]

This show was pretty much an example of a band just having a good time. Saying this, they put their all into it as well, playing up to the audience who knew every word, and who were clearly a dedicated following, gathered for the seeing off of singer Stu, leaving for family beginnings. It was a big night - and they carried it out in the only way they could - with big dancing, much percussion including an egg shaker, tambourine, hand claps AND xylophone, and a crowd louder than the microphone. A band known for their technical guitar lines and their ...

Welcome to the eleventh edition of New Music by Region . Every fortnight we aim to present the best new music in 7 major cities and regions from across the UK. With the help of regional correspondents, we plan to present our shortlist of new music in Birmingham, Brighton, Dublin, Glasgow, Norwich, London and Oxford. New Music by Region #11 can be found here ! Name : Victories at Sea – ‘Future Gold’ For Fans Of : M83 and New Order Website : Official website Correspondent : Lyle Bignon The surge of Future Gold, with it's motorik rhythm, epic synth layers and haunting vocals, into an ...

Outside of an appearance at Harvest festival, This Town Needs Guns and Kevin Devine gave their all in the intimate surrounds of Newtown's The Vanguard.

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