Latest gigs and Bands With Live Stuff

Gigs
The Rumble Strips - Tuesday 10th March 2009 - Roadhouse
Coldplay with Jay-Z - Saturday 12th September 2009 - Lancashire Cricket Club (on sale Friday 28th November)

Live Stuff
You can stream The Pigeon Detectives' gig in Newcastle live now, and for a few days after at Channelbee.com/move/music.

Ice, Sea, Dead People performed for a BBC podcast, which you can get by searching for BBC Introducing on iTunes, or by streaming it at Odeo.com/episodes/23663881-TRIntro-Album-Length-Podcast-24-11-08.

Bands With New Songs

Kid British's album is under way, so they've uploaded previews in the form of 'She Will Leave' and 'Lost In London' at Myspace.com/kidbritishmusic. This is a seriously good band, and these are good, strong recordings of catchy ska-pop songs, particularly 'Lost In London'.

The Small Screen Light Show have a couple of new tracks up at Myspace.com/thesmallscreenlightshow. I'm pretty sure 'Collide' and 'Home Alone' are the new ones. They're best if you give them a bit of attention. And they've also made a video for 'Home Alone':

Bands With Photographs

Cajun Dance Party have a photoblog of their tour up at Cajundanceparty.com/blog/.

This is actually a flyer, but still. The Courteeners are playing the Orange Unsigned Act show on Channel 4, which happens to be filming in Manchester tomorrow night. It's first come first served, since it's a bit late to book a place. Over 18s as well.


These are pictures from Foals' German gigs in Frankfurt (after which it snowed and they played with the freight trains):
















And Berlin: