Having already been one of our first ever MP3 of the days back in February, Amazing Baby. The New York based band release their 11-track début, Rewild, through Cooperative Music on June 22nd, and in the lead up to the release play the below shows.

Monday 27th April 2009 – Manchester Deaf Institute (“>See Tickets)
Tuesday 28th April 2009 – London Borderline (TicketWeb)
Thursday 7th May 2009 – Southampton Hamptons (See Tickets)
Friday 8th May 2009 – Oxford Academy 3 (WeGotTickets, TicketWeb)
Saturday 9th May 2009 – York Fibbers (TicketWeb)
Monday 11th May 2009 – Edinburgh Sneaky Pete’s, (TicketWeb)
Tuesday 12th May 2009 – Nottingham Bodega (See Tickets)
Wednesday 13th May 2009 – Bristol Thekla (See Tickets)

Hailing from Portland, Oregon – Black Mercies are a new romantic/new wave four-piece who are set for their first ever tour of the UK. With a possible tour diary in the works we at TGTF are looking forward to see the impact this indie outfit make when they hit the UK later this month..

Thursday 16th April  2009 – Oxford – Jericho Tavern
Friday 17th April 2009 – Harlow – Club Quattroz
Saturday 18th April 2009 - Norwich – The Queen Charlotte
Sunday 20th April 2009 – Edinburgh – Sneaky Pete’s
Monday 21st April 2009 – Doncaster – The Leopard
Wednesday 23rd April 2009 – Hertford – The Marquee Club
Thursday 24th April 2009 – London – Hope and Anchor

Somehow I missed the fact that InMe, one of Essex’s finest bands, are doing a series of “preview” gigs in 3 weeks time around the UK to celebrate their forthcoming album, Herald Moth, which is released through Graphite Records in June.

Tickets are on sale now, priced between £9 and £12 each, plus fees.

Tuesday 21st April 2009 – Brighton, Engine Rooms (Ticketweb)
Wednesday 22nd April 2009 – London, Borderline (See Tickets)
Thursday 23rd April 2009 – Cardiff, Barfly (Ticketweb)
Friday 24th April 2009 – Birmingham, Eddy’s Rock Club (Ticketweb)
Saturday 25th April 2009 – Glasgow, Ivory Blacks (Ticketweb)
Sunday 26th April 2009- York, Fibbers (Ticketweb)

Somehow we seem to have missed this one – NME have just reminded us that The Big Pink are going on tour later this month for a series of dates up and down the country. The former video of the day stars will play 8 dates in 9 days around the UK and Dublin.

Tickets are on sale now, priced at £6 for each date and £8.50 for London.

Wednesday 15th April 2009 – Sheffield Leadmill
Thursday 16th April 2009 – Glasgow King Tuts
Friday 17th April 2009 – Manchester Ruby Lounge
Saturday 18th April 2009 – Dublin Crawdaddy
Monday 20th April 2009 – Leeds Cockpit
Tuesday 21st April 2009 – Birmingham Academy
Wednesday 22nd April 2009 – Bristol Academy 3
Thrusday 23rd April 2009 – London ICA

Marina and the Diamonds (who we first introduced to you in February) has announced a string of dates around the UK for April and May.

Catch her at:

Saturday 11th April 2009 – Lancaster Library
Thursday 16th April 2009 – Edinburgh Limbo
Friday 17th April 2009 – Glasgow Twisted Wheel
Saturday 18th April 2009 – Aberdeen Moshulu
Sunday 19th April 2009 – Anthuser Home Game Festival
Thursday 30th April 2009 – Manchester Deaf Institute
Saturday 2nd May 2009 – Live at Leeds
Sunday 3rd May 2009 – Salford Sounds From the Other City

Fanfarlo have just returned from a big string of dates in the USA at the SXSW festival in Austin and is now taking their strangely-strange-yet-oddly-hook-laden pop out on the road for a string of UK dates in support of their debut album Reservoir over the coming months.

Catch them at:

Thursday 30th April 2009 – Glasgow Hinterland Festival
Thursday 14th May 2009 – Brighton Great Escape
Sunday 17th May 2009 – Colchester Arts Centre
Monday 18th May 2009 – Sheffield Plug
Tuesday 19th May 2009 – Edinburgh Sneaky Pete’s
Wednesday 20th May 2009 – Newcastle Head of Steam
Thursday 21st May 2009 – Leeds Brudenell Club
Tuesday 26th May 2009 – Oxford O2 Academy 2
Wednesday 27th May 2009 – Birmingham Flapper
Thursday 28th May 2009 – Bath Moles
Friday 29th May 2009 – Southampton Hamptons
Monday 1st June 2009 – Norwich Arts Centre
Tuesday 2nd June 2009 – London ICA

To find tickets, we suggest you try using Needtickets. Needtickets.com offers you the most comprehensive ticket service in the UK. With one click you can search every nationwide online ticket agent and as a result you can find tickets for any live music event that can be booked online. Every ticket is 100% guaranteed as Needtickets.com only offers links to official agents.

If you like your pop dramatic, slightly folky with a story and an attitude, Mr Bones and the Dreamers may well have what you’ve been looking for. Reminiscent of one of our first ever “Bands to Watch” features on The Outside Royalty in May 2007, Mr Bones and co offer a raft of unique sounds that will be a hidden gem of any decent music collection in coming years.

Having supported Slow Club, Alabama 3, Elvis Perkins, Okkervil River, The Walkmen and The Hold Steady recently, the band have emerged from Birminghams urban sprawl to create their own insular world that’s remarkably different from most of the other “paint-by-numbers” bands around at the moment. Emotionally draining, yet still joyous and exhilerating, they manage to switch from gentle vocals and delicate keys to pounding drums and soaring crescendos in a matter of moments, feeling perfectly natural where other bands would struggle to make the transition quite as smoothly.

Their single, “Are these actual miles?” is released on CatCutter Records next Monday (6th April 2009), and they support this with a series of dates (below). Check them out on the road – we’re sure you’ll enjoy it as much as our iTunes is at the moment.

Friday 10th April 2009 – Preston, HED @ Mad Ferret
Saturday 11th April 2009 – Leeds, Moog @ Cardigan Arms
Sunday 12th April 2009 – Cardiff, Revolution Bar
Tuesday 14th April 2009 – Bristol, The Fleece
Wednesday 15th April 2009 – Coventry, The Tin Angel
Thursday 16th April 2009 – London, The good ship
Saturday 18th April 2009 – Birmingham, St Paul’s Church with Tim and Sam’s Tim and the Sam Band (EP Launch)

To run alongside the release of his debut album (to be reviewed soon here on TGTF) Alex Cornish has announced a 10-date tour which includes a radio session with Vic Galloway.. There are two additional dates that have been mentioned below.

Wednesday 15 April – Radio 1 (Scotland) session for Vic Galloway with full band and string section
Saturday 18 April – The Arch, Ullapool
Tuesday 21 April – Kelburn Garden Party, Ayrshire
Wednesday 22 April – Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh (w/Rurrari Joseph)
Saturday 25 April – The Regal Rooms, London
Sunday 26 April – The Stables, Milton Keynes
Monday 27 April – The Packhorse, Leeds
Tuesday 28 April – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
Wednesday 29 April – Pivo Pivo, Glasgow
Thursday 30 April – MUSA, Aberdeen

In addition there are two more gigs (not a part of the tour) on the following dates:

Saturday 30 May – Wychwood festival, Chelmsford
Saturday 6 June – Sellindge Festival, Kent

The rather amazing Lisa Hannigan (who we introduced earlier this week) has announced a full UK tour for late April and early May around the UK.

Tickets are on sale now for what is set to be a pretty amazing night going by her album.

Wednesday 29th April 2009 – Aberdeen Lemon Tree
Thursday 30th April 2009 – Glasgow Oran Mor
Friday 1st May 2009 – Gateshead The Sage
Sunday 3rd May 2009 – Manchester Royal Northern College of Music
Monday 4th May 2009 – Birmingham Glee Club
Wednesday 6th May 2009 – Sheffield Memorial Hall
Thursday 7th May 2009 – Portsmouth Wedgwood Rooms
Friday 8th May 2009 – Exeter Phoenix
Sunday 10th May 2009 – Oxford 02 Academy 2
Monday 11th May 2009 – Bristol Fleece
Tuesday 12th May 2009 – Brighton Komedia
Wednesday 13th May 2009 – London 02 Shepherds Bush Empire

To find tickets, we suggest you try using Needtickets. Needtickets.com offers you the most comprehensive ticket service in the UK. With one click you can search every nationwide online ticket agent and as a result you can find tickets for any live music event that can be booked online. Every ticket is 100% guaranteed as Needtickets.com only offers links to official agents.

You probably know that we LOVE exlovers here at TGTF. Thom managed to not only interview them, but also get a great series of exclusive tour diaries from them. Now they’ve been announced a tour with Golden Silvers throughout April.

Sunday 5th April 2009 – Birmingham Bar Academy
Wednesday 8th April 2009 – Stoke Sugarmill
Thursday 9th April 2009 – Kingston New Slang
Saturday 11th April 2009 – Oxford Academy
Monday 13th April 2009 – Liverpool Academy
Wednesday 15th April 2009 – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
Saturday 18th April 2009 – Derby Royal
Sunday 19th April 2009 – Southampton Unit
Monday 20th April 2009 – Bristol Cooler
Tuesday 21st April 2009 – Glasgow King Tut’s
Thursday 23rd April 2009 – Sheffield Plug
Friday 24th April 2009 – London ICA
Sunday 26th April 2009 – Manchester Roadhouse

To find tickets, we suggest you try using Needtickets. Needtickets.com offers you the most comprehensive ticket service in the UK. With one click you can search every nationwide online ticket agent and as a result you can find tickets for any live music event that can be booked online. Every ticket is 100% guaranteed as Needtickets.com only offers links to official agents.