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Allusondrugs heading out on headline tour of the UK this May/June

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Allusondrugs

Allusondrugs will be hitting the road later this month, performing a series of shows with support from Milk Teeth and Fizzy Blood.

This latest tour from the West Yorkshire psychedelic alt-rock grunge band comes off the back of the release of their most recent single ‘Nervous‘, and sees the band performing their first ever headlining tour as they take in a number of venues throughout the UK.

You can take a look at the full list of Allusondrugs’ tour plans throughout May/June below:

17th May – Temple of Boom, Leeds
30th May – Black Bull, Castleford (headline)
31st May – Hertfordshire – Club 85, Hitchin (w/ Fizzy Blood)
1st June – Oxford – Arts Bar (w/ Fizzy Blood)
4th June – Birmingham – Actress & Bishop (w/ Fizzy Blood)
5th June – Hereford – Herdsman (w/ Fizzy Blood)
6th June – Kent – Forum (w/ Fizzy Blood)
7th June – Lounge 41, Workington
25th July – Cockpit, Leeds (headline)

GIANTS to celebrate 5 year anniversary with limited edition book and London show

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Giants - Access All Areas

GIANTS will celebrate their 5th anniversary as a band this year on the 17th of July, and will do so in style with a show at The Black Heart in London at a special birthday gig.

Grappler, Drones and Pints will provide support on the night, and the band will also be selling a very special limited edition book that charts their story so far.

‘Access All Areas’ is a 40 page full colour A5 booklet containing a full recollection of the best, worst, funny, crazy and most memorable times of the band’s career so far. The book is limited to 100 copies and is available for pre-order now.

The band are currently in the studio writing and recording their début album, with all proceeds from the sales of the book helping towards funding the release.

Stage splits announced for Slam Dunk Festival 2014

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Slam Dunk Festival 2014 - Stage Splits

The annual Slam Dunk Festival will take place across the 3 day weekend of May 24th to May 26th, and stage splits have now been confirmed which should give Slam Dunk ticket holders some idea of any potential clashes that may be encountered.

It’s also worth noting that the venue for Slam Dunk Wales has now been changed to its regular home of Cardiff University, with original tickets still remaining valid. Ben Ray had the following to say about the change of venue for Slam Dunk Wales:

Over the last 2 years, Slam Dunk Wales has taken place at Cardiff University. It was due to take place there again this year, but because of building work we were told the venue was unavailable. However, we have now been told it is available again. Due to this, we are moving Slam Dunk Wales back to it’s home at Cardiff University. Better transport links to Cardiff and the rest of Wales will also allow more people to attend the festival.

Catfish & The Bottlemen announced as Radio 1 Big Weekend Headliner

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Catfish and The Bottlemen

Catfish And The Bottlemen have just been confirmed to headline the BBC Introducing Stage at this year’s Radio 1 Big Weekend on May 24th 2014.

The festival headline slot sits amidst Catfish And The Bottlemen’s 17 date UK headlining tour, sandwiched between a slot at Manchester’s Dot To Dot Festival and a show at Newcastle’s Cluny venue.

Catfish And The Bottlemen have huge plans this summer and you can take a look at the full list of UK shows/festivals that the band has planned between now and the end of August below:

9 May LEICESTER The Scholar Bar (Academy)
10 May BIRMINGHAM Institute, Temple
11 May OXFORD Academy 2
18 May GUILDFORD Boileroom
19 May SOUTHAMPTON Joiners
20 May LONDON Dingwalls SOLD OUT
21 May CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
23 May MANCHESTER Dot To Dot Festival
24 May GLASGOW Radio 1 Big Weekend (BBC Introducing Stage Headline)
26 May NEWCASTLE Cluny
27 May MIDDLESBOROUGH Westgarth
28 May WREXHAM Central Station
29 May DERBY The Victoria Inn
30 May YORK Duchess
5 July GLOUCESTERSHIRE Barn on The Farm
11 July LIVERPOOL X&Y Festival
12 July ABERSOCH Wakestock Festival
15 July MAGALUF Mallorca Rocks (supporting Jake Bugg)
16 July SAN ANTONIO Ibiza Rocks (supporting Jake Bugg)
18 July OXFORDSHIRE Truck Festival
19 July SOUTHWOLD Latitude Festival
20 July NORTH DEVON Somersault Festival
25 July SURREY Redfest
26 July NORTH YORKSHIRE Deer Shed Festival
27 July SHEFFIELD Tramlines Festival
1 August KENDAL Kendal Calling
2 August DERBYSHIRE Y Not Festival
9 August LEICESTERSHIRE Strawberry Fields Festival
22 August READING Reading & Leeds Festival
23 August LEEDS Reading & Leeds Festival
30 August BINGLEY Bingley Music Live

American Hi-Fi to release new album ‘Blood & Lemonade’ in September

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American Hi-Fi - Blood & Lemonade

American Hi-Fi will release a brand new studio album later this year in the form of ‘Blood & Lemonade‘, their first since 2010s ‘Fight the Frequency‘.

Despite having formed back in 1998, ‘Blood & Lemonade‘ will be only the band’s fifth full length album to date and will be officially released via Rude Records on September 16th 2014.

As well as being the lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist for American Hi-Fi, Stacy Jones is also the musical director and touring drummer for Miley Cyrus which is actually why he is over in the UK at the moment as Cyrus completes her Bangerz Tour. The 21 year-old star was actually there in the audience on May 7th as American Hi-Fi performed a show at London’s 100 Club.

‘Allison‘ is the first single lifted from the new American Hi-Fi album and you can take a listen to the track below:

Seahaven – Silhouette (Latin Skin) Video

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Official video for Seahaven’s ‘Silhouette (Latin Skin)‘, directed by the band’s own Kyle Soto, following him through a trippy, dreamlike passage. ‘Silhouette (Latin Skin)‘ is taken from the band’s recently released full-length album ‘Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only‘.