You may not have heard of many of the bands, but much celebrated indie record label Young & Lost Club have announced that they’re taking some of their bands on tour in February. Catch Noah & The Whale headlining, and Naked & The Boys and Lord Auch supporting..

Tickets are on sale now priced between £6 and £7.50 for the below dates.

Monday 4th February - Nottingham Bodega
Tuesday 5th February - Wolverhampton Little Civic
Wednesday 6th February - Bristol Thekla
Thursday 7th February - Manchester Night & Day
Sunday 10th February - Brighton The Albert
Monday 11th February - London ICA
Tuesday 12th February - Norwich Arts Centre
Wednesday 13th February - Glasgow Art School
Thursday 14th February - Leeds Brudenell Social Club

This year’s Road To V competition has been lining up pretty well, with some fab entrants that hopefully should make the shortlist and onto the TV.

Following on from yesterdays post about Bikini Black Special, today’s turn is for Bolton trio Islands Lost At Sea, who are like nothing else around at the moment. As they say themselves: “Islands Lost at Sea currently make the worst music of a genre that isn’t due to be fashionable for another six years” - its like Tom Waits playing Lemon Jelly, and boy is it good. Chilled out, jazzy and unique all at the same time - its like a radio 1 DJ’s wet dream to find something this unique and different.

Islands Lost at Sea claim that “Their method is to use an entirely unnecessary amount of instruments to make music that none of them like and that sound like nothing else” - yet whilst they may not like it, its stuff that can be equally loved in the clubs and on the festival stages… a British LCD soundsystem, with the indie appeal of a guitar band and the dancey appeal of an electro duo.

Whilst they’re decidely modest: they claim that “In music you can either make your name by being the first or being the best. Fifty years of musical miscarriages have proved that there is little point in the Islands pursuing the latter option”.

Why not check this band out whilst they’re still a quiet underground band?

(All quotes taken from their mySpace page)