Laish‘s new album Obituaries is out now and has been receiving rave reviews. You can hear and buy it here, and hear the songs played live at the following shows:

APRIL TOUR

Friday 19th – Prince Albert, Brighton
Saturday 20th – The Wilmington Arms, London
Sunday 21st – The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle
Monday 22nd – The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Tuesday 23rd – The Bicycle Shop, Norwich
Wednesday 24th – Ort Café, Birmingham
Thursday 25th – Golden Lion, Bristol
Friday 26th – The Revelry, Exeter
Saturday 27th – Miss Peapod’s, Cornwall

All those shows also include supporting sets from Emma Gatrill and Martha Rose. Laish then play the following one-offs:

May 7th –  Daniel Green solo, Golden Lion, Bristol
May 26th – MEADOWLANDS FESTIVAL
June 1st – Sebright Arms, London
August 30-Sept 1 – END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL

The Leisure Society have just announced a headline show at London’s prestigious Shepherds Bush Empire for Thursday 5th December 2013. Tickets here. Their new album, Alone Aboard The Ark, came out on Monday (but it here) and they’re currently touring the UK:

12 April – Liverpool (with Beth Orton)
13 April – Nottingham
14 April – Leeds
15 April – Norwich
16 April – Brighton
17 April – Birmingham
18 April – Bristol
20 April – Glasgow
21 April – Manchester
22 April – Portsmouth
25 April – London

A decent recording of last Friday’s Damo Suzuki set has surfaced so we’ve put it up for free download over at Soundcloud. You can stream it above too. The band features members of Sons of Noel and Adrian, Soccer96 and Eyes & No Eyes. There are videos surfacing on YouTube too.

On Feb 25th The Mariner’s Children will be releasing their stunning new Sycamore EP. You can stream a track from it, “In My Bed”, below. You can pre-order the EP now at Broken Sound.

The EP launch will be at The Lexington in London on March 18th (tickets here) and the band will be on tour supporting Willy Mason.

The Brighton show with Damo Suzuki, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Soccer96 and Eyes & No Eyes is two months today. As a New Year’s special offer, if you buy a ticket in the next 48 hours we’ll email you a free album download link for SONAA’s “Your Tunnel…” Tickets available here, read more about the show here, read about the album here. The video for the track above features on “Your Tunnel…” and also features guest vocals from Kristin McClement.