Shins December Tour

The Shins will be touring the US West Coast on the four dates of their December tour. All of them will be sponsored by radio station. My Chemical Romance will also be playing on the December 7 day in Seattle. I must say I’m not the biggest fan of My Chemical Romance, but I am [...]

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Thomas Tantrum To Release Single

Thomas Tantrum will be releasing their debut single on December 4th. The single will be on a 7″ / CD.
After past shows with the aforementioned Bromheads Jacket, Thomas Tantrum will now follow the release by playing a BBC Session for Marc Riley on December 6th.
Track Listing:

Armchair
Trust Rhymes With Crust

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The Editors second album

Tom Smith, of with The Editors, talked about their second album, along with some names of the tracks.
“So this week we head off to Ireland with around 12 new songs and a host of other ideas floating around.”
“I can’t explain in words how excited we all are about the new songs; they’re without doubt [...]

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Television Personalities covers Killers

Television Personalities will be releasing a new album which will include a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s If I Should Fall Behind and The Killers’ Mr. Brightside.
The new album entitled “Are We Nearly There Yet?” will include 13 tracks.
Track Listing:

Are We Nearly There Yet?
The Peter Gabriel Song
The Eminem Song
I Get Scared When I Don’t Know [...]

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Badly Drawn Boy 2007 Tour

Badly Drawn Boy will be touring again this Spring. Bookings are final for the UK and Ireland.
Tour Dates:

Feb. 11th - Dublin Olympia
Feb. 12th - Belfast Mandela Hall
Feb. 13th - Edinburgh Queens Theater
Feb. 16th - London Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Feb. 17th - Bristol St George’s Hall
Feb. 19th - Leeds City Varieties
Feb. 20th - Gateshead Sage Theater
Feb. 23rd [...]

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Help She Can’t Swin tour dates

Help She Can’t Swim will be opening for The Blood Brothers for 10 shows in early 2007, as well as touring on their own.
Next month the group will play four times next month, which will include a show with CSS.
Tour Dates:

Dec. 1st, 06 - Coventry, Ginger People Are Wizards at Taylor Johns House

Dec. 8th, [...]

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Keane covered on Lily Allen’s next single

Lily Allen will be covering the band Keane on the b-side her next single. The song will be Everybody’s Changing, and it will be on the 7″ for the Littlest Things single, which will be in stores on December 11th. The CD will also include a new tracked entitled “U Killed It”.

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Futureheads dropped by 679

The Futureheads has been dumped by their label, 679, so this means that they’re currently lable-less. No need to fret, because Barry Hyde (vocals/guitar) seems quite pleased with the change of pace. Bands are changing all the time, and he’s ready to try something different. The Futureheads have been approached by a couple different labels, [...]

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The Killers new Christmas single

Deck the halls with….The Killers? That’s right! The Killers will be releasing their Christmas themed single, entitled A Great Big Sleigh on December 5th. The track will be available for download ONLY on that day. This means that you better write this on your calendars fast, or you might miss it!

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TOTP returns for a Christmas special

The popular British music chart television program which was taken off the air last Autumn, Top Of The Pops will be returning for a 1 time Christmas special next month, and will feature bands such as The Killers, Razorlight, Gnarls Barkley, and Scissor Sisters.
TOTP will be hosted by Fearne Cotton, Edith Bowman, and Reggie Yates.

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New Christmas Album

A Christmas album entitled “It’s Not Like Christmas” will be released December 13th, but can be downloaded on the Itunes music store. The album will feature such people as Iain Archer, Duels and Electric Soft Parade, and a group of various musicians who are going under the collective name, The Joseph & Mary Chain.
The Joseph [...]

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Jenny Lewis to tour with Death Cab For Cutie

Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins will be touring with Death Cab For Cutie.
Lewis will be opening for Death Cab for 6 nights.
December Tour Dates:
2rd - Mesa Amphitheater Mesa, AZ
3rd - The Joint Las Vegas, Nevada
4th - Terrace Theater Long Beach, California
5th - Bren Events Center Irvine, CA
6th - Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara, CA
8th [...]

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