The Primitives release new EP + tour the UK

With their first new recordings since 1992, The Primitives are back with a fantastic new record, the Never Kill A Secret EP to be released on Fortuna POP! in March 2011. With a new lease of life after successfully touring the UK in 2010, the band decided to write and record some new material. The four tracks on the new EP include the fuzzified girlpop stomper of the lead track “Rattle My Cage” and the cute little Velvets-y heart-melter “Never Kill A Secret”, along with two covers, Suzi Jane Hokom’s Lee Hazlewood-penned “Need All the Help I can Get” and Toni Basil’s Northern Soul classic “Breakaway”. March also sees the band embark on a full UK tour.

http://the-primitives.co.uk/
http://www.fortunapop.co.uk

Wed 16 Mar – UK – Southampton – Joiners Arms
Thu 17 Mar – UK – Cambridge – Haymakers
Fri 18 Mar – UK – Bristol – Start the Bus
Sat 19 Mar – UK – York – Fibbers
Sun 20 Mar – UK – Glasgow – The Arches
Mon 21 Mar – UK – Manchester – Moho
Wed 23 Mar – UK – Birmingham – Academy
Thu 24 Mar – UK – London – Garage
Sat 02 Apr – Spain – Valencia – Qfestival

The Singing Loins - Stuff

The Singing Loins are back with their eleventh album, due for release on the 7 February, proving that genius is nothing more than gritted teeth and enduring patience. ‘STUFF’ (Damgood365CD) is the 11th offering of bare-knuckle folk from the Medway Delta. Their song writing is steeped in the British & European traditions of Punk, Folk, Music Hall, Character, Chorus, Cabaret, Melodrama & Buffoonery. Ever enduring outsiders, it’s likely they are now the world’s longest serving, truly amateur, original musical group.

Here's a video of one of the tracks from Stuff called "Where's My Machine Gun"
http://damagedgoods.co.uk/videos/1154/the-singing-loins-wheres-my-machine-gun

http://damagedgoods.co.uk/band/?c=The-Singing-Loins

Gigs:

• Jan 22Album Launch @ The Medway Little Theatre, Rochester
• Jan 30Walthamstow Folk Club, Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, London E17
• Feb 02Balkan Tour from WEDNESDAY 2nd FEBRUARY to SATURDAY 5th FEBRUARY
• Mar 26The Wheatsheaf, Leighton Buzzard
• Apr 07Earls, Maidstone
• Apr 21The Brook Theatre, Chatham

HARRYS GYM - new album in February + tour

February sees the release of the brand new album What Was Ours Can't Be Yours from Norway's glacial dream pop band HARRYS GYM. This is preceded by the single "Old Man" on 24 January which features a remix of the track by Chad Valley and the 7" will be released by Sonic Cathedral. Harrys Gym will be touring in support of the album in the UK and Europe in February as well a playing Austin's SXSW in March – full tour dates below.

UK
08.02.11 - London @ The Social (Sonic Cathedral Night)
09.02.11 - Birmingham @ Hare and Hounds
10.02.11 - Leeds @ Nation Of Shopkeepers
11.02.11 - Bristol @ Start The Bus
12.02.11 - Cardiff @ Arts Institute
14.02.11 - Glasgow @ Stereo
15.02.11 - Manchester @ Roadhouse
16.02.11 - London @ Camp Basement (Fleur De Lys)
17.02.11 - Reading @ Oakford Social Club

Europe
03.03.11 - Hamburg @ Mondial Club
04.03.11 - Berlin @ Bang Bang Club
05.03.11 - Dreden @ Thalia Kino
07.03.11 - Vienna, Austria @ Arena Vienna
08.03.11 - Erfurt @ Stadtgarten
12.03.11 - Offenbach @ Hafen 2

US
16.03.11 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW”

www.myspace.com/harrysgym
http://harrys-gym.com

The hotly-tipped Chad Valley has given the track "Old Man" a glo fi rework, which is free to download here: http://soundcloud.com/splendour/harrys-gym-old-man-chad-valley-remix-1
Hear the original streamed here: http://soundcloud.com/splendour/old-man
Watch the video for ‘Old Man’: http://vimeo.com/14713947

BEARSUIT to release new album "The Phantom Forest" in March

Dancepunk five-piece Bearsuit will unleash their eagerly anticipated album The Phantom Forest on March 14 on Fortuna POP! The 12-track long-player heralds a fierce new sound for the band, who have swapped violins, flutes and horns for dirty synths, urgent guitars and infectious beats in the light of a dramatic line-up change. With a sprinkling of sonic dust from big-time producer Gareth Parton (The Go Team, Breeders, Foals) the band have created a perfectly off-the-wall pop masterpiece.

Check here for the brilliant video for "Train Wreck". The next single from the album will be the dancefloor smasher When Will I Be Queen? due for release in Feburary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhEgsur7VyU

http://www.bearsuit.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/bearsuit