Congratulations to Gruff Rhys on winning the first Welsh Music Prize for album Hotel Shampoo.
“Its a huge honour to win the inaugural WMP for Hotel Shampoo, the shortlist was so strong, it could have deservedly gone to anyone. It’s a beautiful award, shaped like an old VHS video tape (but is made of metal). Let’s hope it goes to a load of great albums in the future” said Gruff on winning the award.
The full list of nominees for the Welsh Music Prize was:
Al Lewis – ‘In The Wake’
Colorama – ‘Box’
Funeral For A Friend – ‘Welcome Home Armageddon’
Gruff Rhys – ‘Hotel Shampoo’
Lleuwen – ‘Tan’
Manic Street Preachers – ‘Postcards From A Young Man’
Stagga – ‘The Warm Air Room’
Sweet Baboo – ‘I’m a Dancer/Songs About Sleepin”
The Blackout – ‘Hope’
The Gentle Good – ‘Tethered for the Storm’
The Joy Formidable – ‘The Big Roar’
Y Niwl – ‘Y Niwl’
Islet will play Cardiff Buffalo, Nov 23 with support coming from Dolfinz and His Naked Torso.
This will follow a UK tour and an appearance at Crossing Borders Festival also in November -
NOVEMBER//
11 // MANCHESTER, Deaf Institute // www.ticketline.co.uk
12 // LEEDS, Constellations Festival // www.seetickets.co.uk
13 // NOTTINGHAM, Bodega Social // www.alt-tickets.co.uk
14 // NORWICH, Arts Centre // www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
15 // BRIGHTON, Green Door Store // www.seetickets.co.uk
16 // LONDON, The Lexington // www.atpfestivals.com/events
17 // CAMBRIDGE, Portland Arms // www.greenmind.co.uk
19 // HAGUE, Crossing Borders Festival // www.crossingborder.nl
20 // ANTWERP, Crossing Borders Festival // www.crossingborder.be
Girls are proud to announce two of their biggest headline U.S. shows to date -
Tue, Dec 6, 2011 The Music Box, Los Angeles Ticket Info Here (ON SALE Sat, 22 Oct)
Sat, Jan 14, 2012 Terminal 5, New York Ticket info Here (ON SALE Fri, 21 Oct)
‘Hello Sadness’ is the name of Los Campesinos!’s first single (available to but on iTunes THIS Friday 14th October) to be taken from the album of the same name, which sees the light of day on Wichita (UK) and on Heart Swells (Turnstile) in Europe on November 14th 2011.
Gareth Campesinos! explains “Hello Sadness is a song of longing, it’s a hand that once held and felt, but now claws and grasps at your own chest. The impressions love leaves, the bleaching caused by someone else’s light and what remains when they’ve left.”
To celebrate the release the band will play three album launches across three continents (London, New York and Tokyo) and sandwich a small UK jaunt in-between:
7 November – London, Kings College – SOLD OUT
8 November – Brighton, The Haunt
9 November – Cardiff, The Globe (16+)
10 November – Glasgow, Oran Mor
11 November – Leeds, The Cockpit
16 November – New York (NY), Bowery Ballroom
17 November – Brooklyn (NY), Music Hall Of Williamsburg
18 November – Philadelphia (PA), Union Transfer
19 November – Washington DC, Black Cat
24 November – Tokyo Unit Daikanyama, Japan
In preparation for a BRAND NEW ALBUM coming in 2012, Perfume Genius will be debuting new songs (as well as favorites from ‘Learning‘) across North America with none other than Beirut in November/December. Also catch a hometown Seattle show with EMA and Wild Beasts next week in at the Neptune Theatre.
Friday 10/7 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre (with EMA + Wild Beasts)
Saturday 11/26 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s (with Beirut)
Monday 11/28 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues (with Beirut)
Wednesday 11/30 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall (with Beirut)
Friday 12/02 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue (with Beirut)
Sunday 12/04 – Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre (with Beirut)
Monday 12/05 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel (with Beirut)
Wednesday 12/07 – Athens, GA – The Georgia Theatre (with Beirut)
Thursday 12/08 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle (with Beirut)
Saturday 12/10 – Pittsburgh, PA – Altar (with Beirut)
Tuesday 12/13 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club (with Beirut)
