Good Shoes have announced a string of tour dates in late April/early May. Tickets are on sale on Monday (11th January) at 9am. Catch them at:

Monday 19th April 2010 – Norwich, Arts centre (14+)
Tuesday 20th April 2010 – Southend, Chinnerys (14+)
Wednesday 21st April 2010 – London, Dingwalls (14+)
Thursday 22nd April 2010 – Brighton, Audio (16+)
Friday 23rd April 2010 – Gloucester, Guildhall (14+)
Saturday 24th April 2010 – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms (14+)
Monday 26th April 2010 – Exeter, Cavern (16+)
Tuesday 27th April 2010 – Wolverhampton, Little Civic (14+)
Wednesday 28th April 2010 – Manchester, Deaf Institute (18+)
Thursday 29th April 2010 – Leeds, Silver hips at hifi club (18+)
Friday 30th April 2010 – Hull, Lamp (14+)
Saturday 1st May 2010 – Derby, The Royal (14+)

The marvellous Los Campesinos! have announced a string of 2010 UK tour dates, playing some of their biggest shows yet, and also in some new places that they’ve yet to visit.

Tickets for some of these dates are on sale now, and some go on sale soon. Tickets are priced between £9 and £12 each.

Thursday 11th February 2010 – Wrexham, Central Station
Friday 12th February 2010 – Liverpool, EVOL@O2
Saturday 13th February 2010 – York, Fibbers
Monday 15th February 2010 – Aberdeen, Tunnels
Tuesday 16th February 2010 – Dundee, Dog House
Wednesday 17th February 2010 – Edinburgh, Bongo
Thursday 18th February 2010 – Derby, The Venue
Friday 19th February 2010 – Leicester, Queen’s Hall
Sunday 21st February 2010 – Cambridge, Junction
Monday 22nd February 2010 – Norwich, Arts Centre
Tuesday 23rd February 2010 – Brighton, Audio New Slang Night
Wednesday 24th February 2010 – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
Thursday 25th February 2010 – London, KOKO
Friday 26th February 2010 – Falmouth, Princess Pavillion
Saturday 27th February 2010 – Bristol, Thekla
Monday 1st March 2010 – Birmingham, Rainbow Warehouse
Tuesday 2nd March 2010 – Northampton, Roadmender
Wednesday 3rd March 2010 – Reading, Plug & Play
Thursday 4th March 2010 – Kingston, Banquet New Slang

The Sunshine Underground have announced their largest tour to date for February 2010.

MP3: The Sunshine Underground & FC Kahuna – From The City To The Sea

Tickets are on sale now for all dates. Catch the guys at:

Monday 1st February 2010 – Sunderland The Independent
Tuesday 2nd February 2010 – O2 Newcastle Academy 2
Wednesday 3rd February 2010 – Glasgow ABC
Friday 5th February 2010 – Manchester Ritz
Saturday 6th February 2010 – O2 Liverpool Academy 2
Monday 8th February 2010 – Preston 53 Degrees
Tuesday 9th February 2010 – Sheffield Plug
Wednesday 10th February 2010 – Stoke Sugar Mill
Friday 12th February 2010 – Derby Rock House
Saturday 13th February 2010 – Coventry Kasbah
Sunday 14th February 2010 – Norwich Waterfront
Tuesday 16th February 2010 – Southampton University
Wednesday 17th February 2010 – Brighton Digital
Thursday 18th February 2010 – London Koko
Friday 19th February 2010 – O2 Leeds Academy

As you probably know, The Twang have a shiny new album out shortly, and as usually happens with new albums, they have announced a full UK Tour for October.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (7th August) at 9am.

Wednesday 30th September 2009 – Crewe M Club
Thursday 1st October 2009 – Norwich Waterfront
Friday 2nd October 2009 – Derby Rockhouse
Saturday 3rd October 2009 – Sheffield Leadmill
Sunday 4th October 2009 – Glasgow QMU
Tuesday 6th October 2009 – Aberdeen Moshulu
Wednesday 7th October 2009 – Dundee Fat Sams
Thursday 8th October 2009 – Leeds Cockpit
Saturday 10th October 2009 – Hull Welly Club
Sunday 11th October 2009 – Liverpool O2 Academy 2
Monday 12th October 2009 – Bristol Bierkeller
Tuesday 13th October 2009 – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Thursday 15th October 2009 – London KOKO
Friday 16th October 2009 – Brighton Concorde 2
Saturday 17th October 2009 – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Sunday 18th October 2009 – Manchester Ritz
Monday 19th October 2009 – Middlesbrough Empire

Noah and the Whale have announced a string of tour dates for September and October up and down the UK.

Tickets are on sale now, priced at £12 each, £14 for London Koko.

Thursday 3rd September 2009 – London ICA
Friday 4th September 2009 – London ICA
Sunday 27th September 2009 – Gateshead The Sage
Monday 28th September 2009 – Leeds The Cockpit
Tuesday 29th September 2009 – Manchester Club Academy
Thursday 1st October 2009 – Oxford O2 Academy
Friday 2nd October 2009 – London KOKO
Sunday 4th October 2009 – Norwich Waterfront
Monday 5th October 2009 – Cambridge Junction
Wednesday 7th October 2009 – Brighton Concorde
Thursday 8th October 2009 – Derby Rockhouse
Saturday 10th October 2009 – Exeter Phoenix
Sunday 11th October 2009 – Bath Komedia
Monday 12th October 2009 – Falmouth Princess Pavilion
Wednesday 14th October 2009 – Sheffield Leadmill
Thursday 15th October 2009 – Glasgow Oran Mor Auditorium

Hadouken! have announced a string of tour dates for September and early October. Catch them at the below tour dates:

Tuesday 22nd September 2009 – Derby Students Union – The Academy
Wednesday 23rd September 2009 – Manchester Moho Live
Friday 25th September 2009 – Liverpool O2 Academy
Saturday 26th September 2009 – Preston 53 Degrees
Sunday 27th September 2009 – Norwich Waterfront
Tuesday 29th September 2009 – Hertfordshire University The Forum
Wednesday 30th September 2009 – Leeds University Stylus
Saturday 3rd October 2009 – Birmingham Custard Factory
Sunday 4th October 2009 – Sheffield University – The Foundry

Paul Weller has announced another sizeable UK tour for the end of the year. The former Jam legend will be playing 14 UK shows.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (10th July) at 9am. Catch him at:

Wednesday 25th November 2009 – Derby Assembly Rooms
Thursday 26th November 2009 – Norwich UEA
Saturday 28th November 2009 – Preston Guildhall
Sunday 29th November 2009 – Glasgow Barrowlands
Monday 30th November 2009 – Dundee Caird Hall
Wednesday 2nd December 2009 – Halifax Victoria Theatre
Thursday 3rd December 2009 – Carlisle Sands Centre
Friday 4th December 2009 – Bridlington Spa
Sunday 6th December 2009 – Bradford St George’s Hall
Monday 7th December 2009 – Llandudno Venue Cymru
Tuesday 8th December 2009 – Portsmouth Guildhall
Thursday 10th December 2009 – Margate Winter Gardens
Friday 11th December 2009 – Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
Saturday 12th December 2009 – Cambridge Corn Exchange

Today we’d like to introduce The Blizzards, an indie-pop five-piece from Mullingar, Ireland. After noticing that their press release had intriguingly described their sound as “Weezer on steroids”, I was unsurprisingly eager to hear more from this quintet.

Growing up among records injected with the soul of the sixties, ska of the seventies, and electro-pop of the eighties, The Blizzards are a mixture of all these influences with an additional modern-day twist of their own. Their energetic guitar-pop brims with catchy riffs, lively choruses and angelic harmonies, while frontman Niall Breslin’s gritty vocals perfectly rough up their otherwise sprightly sound.

They’ve already supported Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs and The Fratellis – while the band themselves are said to be speedily gaining their own cult-following at their apparently “explosive” live shows. This coming June shall see The Blizzards hit the U.K, so be sure to catch the band at the following dates if you can -

Monday 1st June 2009 – Cardiff Barfly
Tuesday 2nd June 2009 – Southampton Joiners
Saturday 6th June 2009 – Derby Rockhouse
Sunday 7th June 2009 – Hull Lamp
Monday 8th June 2009 – Liverpool Barfly
Tuesday 9th June 2009 – Glasgow Ivory Blacks
Thursday 11th June 2009 – Bristol Start The Bus
Friday 12th June 2009 – Oldham Castle
Saturday 13th June 2009 – Coventry Kasbah

Furthermore, the band will be releasing sunny indie single ‘Buy It Sell It’, through Island Records on July 6th, while their debut album, ‘Domino Effect’ is set to be released later this year in September.

To learn more about these exciting up and coming guitar-popsters, head over to The Blizzards MySpace page now.

Prize for the biggest tour of 2009 possibly goes to Athlete, who are embarking on a huge tour in just over two weeks time. For some reason I thought I’d written about this, but clearly not. Make sure you get out and check these lads out on tour – I hope to be able to make the Oxford date.

Tickets are available from WeGotTickets, Ticketweb, See Tickets and Ticketmaster.

Monday 8th June 2009 – Norwich Waterfront
Tuesday 9th June 2009 – Northampton Picturedome
Thursday 11th June 2009 – Gloucester Guildhall
Friday 12th June 2009 – Birmingham O2 Academy 2
Saturday 13th June 2009 – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Tuesday 16th June 2009 – Brighton Concorde 2
Wednesday 17th June 2009 – Southampton University
Friday 19th June 2009 – Cardiff University
Tuesday 23rd June 2009 – Newcastle O2 Academy 2
Wednesday 24th June 2009 – Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
Thursday 25th June 2009 – Inverness Ironworks
Friday 26th June 2009 – Fort William BA Club
Sunday 28th June 2009 – Dundee Fat Sams
Monday 29th June 2009 – Aberdeen Lemon Tree
Tuesday 30th June 2009 – Glasgow Oran Mor
Wednesday 1st July 2009 – Liverpool O2 Academy 2
Friday 3rd July 2009 – Wrexham Central Station
Saturday 4th July 2009 – York The Duchess
Sunday 5th July 2009 – Manchester Ruby Lounge
Monday 6th July 2009 – Leeds Cockpit
Wednesday 8th July 2009 – Bristol Fleece
Thursday 9th July 2009 – Exeter Phoenix Rooms
Friday 10th July 2009 – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Saturday 11th July 2009 – Guilfest 2009
Monday 13th July 2009 – Cambridge Junction
Tuesday 14th July 2009 – Sheffield O2 Academy 2
Wednesday 15th July 2009 – Derby Rockhouse
Thursday 16th July 2009 – Oxford O2 Academy 2
Friday 17th July 2009 – London Somerset House

One of 2009’s hottest starts, The Joy Formidable, have announced a string of dates for the end of May and early June around the UK before embarking on a huge festival offensive this summer.

We first featured the band as one of our MP3s of the Day series, and have had Austere on repeat for much of the month.

Tickets are on sale now, priced between £6 and £7 each.

Sunday 31st May 2009 – Liverpool Barfly (TicketWeb)
Monday 1st June 2009 – Newcastle Academy 2 (TicketWeb)
Tuesday 2nd June 2009 – York Fibbers (TicketWeb)
Wednesday 3rd June 2009 – The Royal Derby (Gigantic)
Friday 5th June 2009 – Manchester Ruby Lounge (Ticketline)
Sunday 7th June 2009 – Birmingham Bar Academy (TicketWeb)
Monday 8th June 2009 – London Borderline (TicketWeb)
Tuesday 9th June 2009 – Cambridge Portland (WeGotTickets)
Wednesday 10th June 2009 – Southampton Joiners Arms (See Tickets)
Thursday 11th June 2009 – Brighton Audio (WeGotTickets, TicketWeb)