We're very excited to announce Gnarwolves will be supporting The Front Bottoms on their European tour later this year! Tickets are on sale later this week.
20.11 - Nottingham, Rock City
21.11 - Glasgow, O2 ABC
22.11 - Manchester, O2 Ritz
23.11 - Birmingham, O2 Institute
25.11 - Northumbria, University
26.11 - Leeds, Beckett SU
28.11 - Bristol, O2 Academy
29.11 - Southampton, 1865
30.11 - Amsterdam, Melkweg
02.12 - Cologne, Kantine
03.12 - London, O2 Forum
After a few years of our beloved old site we've had a small overhaul and gone and given it a new paint job, a bit of a tidy up and added one or two features we hope you'll like. To celebrate this we've also decided to have a bit of a giveaway. We're offering a very fetching BSM t-shirt to the first 100 people to place an order through our store. It doesn't matter what you buy, how much or how little you spend, if you're in the first one hundred orders, you'll receive this absolutely free!
To claim your free shirt click here and follow the very simple instructions
We're very excited to have the wonderful mewithoutYou heading back to the UK in August! The band will support Coheed And Cambria and La Dispute, as well as performing at ArcTanGent Festival and then a run of headline shows with our very own yndi halda in support.
Tickets for the Coheed dates and ATG on sale now, headline shows on sale Fri 24th June
19.08 - Nottingham, Bodega Social Club
20.08 - Bristol, ArcTanGent
21.08 - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
22.08 - Glasgow, O2 ABC *
23.08 - Manchester, O2 Ritz *
24.08 - London, O2 Forum Kentish Town *
26.08 - Cardiff, The Globe ^
27.08 - Plymouth, The Hub ^
28.08 - Southampton, Talking Heads ^
29.08 - Brighton, Sticky Mikes ^
30.08 - Kingston, Fighting Cocks + Banquet...
Modern Baseball will play three special shows in Ireland this September, following their appearance at Reading and Leeds festival. Support will come from The Winter Passing and Vicky Speedboat.
02.09 - Dublin, Fibber Magees,
03.09 - Galway, Roisin Dubh,
04.09 - Belfast, Voodoo
The beautiful Twin Galaxies came out one year ago today, so what better time to announce a second vinyl press? This time featuring a bonus track and new variant, you can pre-order it from our store right now. Happy birthday, Delta Sleep!
Remember last year Beach Slang recorded a cover mixtape tackling Ride, Senseless Things and more? Well it's now available to stream online on Spotify and Apple.
Not content with one new album, The Fall of Troy now offer up OK #2.
Featuring the same 10 songs as OK #1 but with different artwork and an entirely different mix, it's now available to pre-order from our store.
Check out thefalloftroy.com for a free download and to read more about the record.
The wonderful Caspian are heading back this way in August for a run of European festivals and headline shows. This includes a UK exclusive appearance at ArcTanGent!
08/19 Hasselt, BEL – Pukkelpop
08/20 Bristol, UK – ArcTanGent Festival
08/21 Porto, POR – Amplifest
08/22 Madrid, SPA – Chango
08/23 Barcelona, SPA – Sala Apolo 2 (feat. Toe)
08/24 Toulouse, FRA – Le Saint des Seins
08/26 Gigors, FRA – Freakshow Festival
08/27 Granichen, SWI – Open Air Gra¨nichen
08/28 Munchen, DE – Backstage München
08/29 Oberhausen, DE – Kulttempel Oberhausen
08/30 Hannover, GER – Kulturzentrum Faust
08/31 Copenhagen, DEN – Beta
09/01 Stockholm, SWE – Hangaren UNF
09/02 Gothenburg, SWE – Fangelset
09/03 Oslo, NOR – SubScene Oslo
How about that? Coheed & Cambria, La Dispute and mewithoutYou will play three very special UK shows this August!
22.08 - Glasgow, ABC
23.08 - Manchester, Ritz
24.08 - London, The Forum
Tickets are on sale now
As we previously - very excitedly - announced, Meet Me In St Louis have reformed for a couple of special shows. Don't get excited though, this isn't a big reunion or any new material, it's simply the final shows they never got to play eight years ago. To help get them back in the groove they've added a tiny warm up show at the Fighting Cocks in Kingston on 16th June. Both London shows are sold out and Leeds isn't far behind, so you're gonna want to make sure you don't miss out on this one too.
16.06 - Kingston, Fighting Cocks
17.06 - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
18.06 - London, The Dome (sold out)
19.06 - London, The Dome (sold out)
20.08 - ArcTanGent...
We're delighted that Beach Slang have been nominated for 'Best International Newcomer' at the 2016 Kerrang Awards! While we obviously think they should walk away with the award, it's voted for entirely by the fans so that's where you come in. Simply follow the link, scroll down to 'Best International Newcomer', click next to their name and submit. Simple! http://www.kerrangradio.co.uk/music/news/voting-is.... The winner will be announced June 9th.
We're very excited to be working with our friends The Fall of Troy on their new album, OK, which drops... Today! The record is their first in 7 years and can be downloaded immediately via thefalloftroy.com where you'll also find vinyl pre-order. The band tour the UK/EU with Tiny Moving Parts in September.
Around a few already announced festival slots, Beach Slang have confirmed a string of UK headline dates, with Weaves and Muncie Girls in support. More to come soon!
The first song from Vinnie Caruana's debut album is online now. Check out Burn It Down, below, and be sure to pre-order the album from our store. It's available on vinyl, CD and tape along with two shirt designs.
This year we present two exclusive Record Store Day releases. A beautiful picture disc version of the sold out Broken Thrills by Beach Slang, and Tiny Dots by La Dispute, featuring music taken from their 2015 DVD including live recordings of their stripped down show in Kingston.
Both will be available in independent stores all over Europe on Sat 16th April, with any remaining stock available via our webstore from 23rd April.
Philadelphia indie punk quartet Modern Baseball released two new tracks today, "Apple Cider I Don't Mind" and "Everyday" from their forthcoming third LP Holy Ghost via NPR who called the band "a powerhouse songwriting duo". The album will be released in the UK and Europe via BSM on May 13, 2016. Pre-order it now from our webstore.
Vinnie Caruana, long known and respected in the punk community for fronting The Movielife and I Am The Avalanche announced the release of his debut solo LP today. Titled 'Survivor's Guilt', this album will be released on 27th May 2016 via Big Scary Monsters in the UK & Europe and on Equal Vision Records in North America. Cover art and tracklisting can be found below, and more details around the record will be announced very shortly, including upcoming tour dates in the US and UK.
"I found what I love to do long ago," says Vinnie Caruana. "Writing, recording and performing music, traveling, and making friends and memories. I don't think I'd truly be happy doing anything else. When you look...