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  1. Manda Rin New Single Release

    Posted 30th September 2008, 1:20pm in Manda Rin

    Manda Rin will release her new single 'Guilty Pleasure' digitally on 3rd November, and physically on seven-inch vinyl on 10th November.

    The track is the second single to be taken from her debut solo album 'My DNA' which was released earlier this month, and it will come backed with a super Blood Red Shoes remix of first single 'DNA'.

    You can catch Manda and her band at the following live dates:

    October
    4 Stereo, Glasgow

    November
    8 Ladyfest, Zion Arts Centre, Manchester
    30 Shelter Scotland charity show, Mono, Glasgow

  2. Model Horror September / October Tour

    Posted 3rd September 2008, 2:56pm in Model Horror

    Model Horror will be touring around the UK this September and October following on from the release of their new single, due for release this month.

    'Catch This Disease' will be out via This Is Fake DIY Records (that's us - Ed) on 15th September, and it will be their second release after single 'We Are Here' (if you're quick, you might just still be able to pick up a copy from HMV). The band will be touring around the release, kicking off the tour proper on 10th September at Cardiff's Clwb Ifor Bach, and they finish up in Cambridge on October 2nd.

    SEPTEMBER
    10 Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
    11 Bristol, Stop The Bus
    12 Southampton, Soul Cellar
    13 London Shoreditch Shuffle
    15 Coventry Kasbah
    16 Leicester Charlotte
    17 Colchester Arts Centre
    18 Wolverhampton Little Civic
    18 Darlington Inside Out
    20 Bradford New Beehive
    23 Newcastle The End
    24 Glasgow Barfly
    25 Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
    26 Leeds Cockpit 3
    27 Heebie Jeebies, Liverpool

    OCTOBER
    2 Cambridge Anglia Uni SU
    4 Club Blub Half Moon, Bishop Stortford
    5 Venu TBC, Manchester

    Tickets for the tour are on sale now, available here, and the single is available to pre-order here.

  3. The Research Sign To DIY

    Posted 28th August 2008, 9:00am in The Research

    Oh bleedin' heck, you don't get more excited than this. Quite probably DIY's favourite band of 2006 are back with a new album, single and tour, and they're doing it through This Is Fake DIY Records.

    Feel free to hang out the massive, brightly coloured banners screaming of bias right now, viewers. It's been what seems like an age since The Research were last throwng perfect pop records in our direction, but fear not; 'The Old Terminal' (for that is its name - Ed) is a tour de force that more than matches their brilliant debut. It has thirteen tracks and is due to hit your local record emporium on October 27th. Before that there's the audio delights of single 'I Think She's The One I Love', which has quite literally the best cover art you're likely to see in your entire life (it features both a dog, and make up - Ed). We'll still be giggling about it when October 20th comes around, no doubt.

    The full tracklisting of 'The Old Terminal' reads:

    'Golden Rules'
    'Lost Souls In The Vapours'
    'I Think She's The One I Love'
    'She Is Cold As Death, Cold As Death, Cold As Death'
    'Treasure Every Measure'
    'Librarian Girl'
    'Rockin' The Boat With My Friends'
    'All My Love'
    'I Think I Know What Happens When You Die'
    'There Are No Subs In My Team'
    'I Would Like To Be Forgiven' (feat. Gary Jarman)
    'Going To Disappearing'
    'Anytime, Babe'

    We'd tell you which are the best tracks, but rather predictably, it's all of them.

    On top of that, the band are set to head out on a fantastical magical mystery tour, calling at:

    October
    12 Leeds Faversham
    20 Glasgow Stereo
    21 Newcastle Cumberland Arms
    22 London Luminaire
    23 Tunbridge Wells Forum
    24 Southampton Hamptons
    25 Bath Moles
    26 Oxford Bullingdon Arms
    27 Bristol Lousiana
    28 Birmingham Bar Academy
    29 Stoke Sugarmill
    31 Wakefield Escobar

    November
    1 Manchester Roadhouse
    2 Runcorn Underground
    3 Norwich Arts Center
    4 Nottingham Bodega
    5 Cambridge Portland Arms
    6 Brighton Freebutt

  4. This Is Pop On Artrocker CD

    Posted 9th June 2008, 1:56pm in This Is Pop

    This Is Pop are featured on this month’s Artrocker CD, so if you’ve not yet bought their album ‘This Is Pop’ (which was released in February), you might want to head out and buy it.

    Oh, and We Are The Physics have a lovely live review inside too. Hurrah.

  5. This Is Pop To Tour With Victorian English Gentlemens Club

    Posted 8th April 2008, 1:58pm in This Is Pop

    This Is Pop will be touring with The Victorian English Gentlemens Club throughout Europe later this month.

    You can catch them at the following shows:
    APRIL

    18 Munster, The Amp

    19 Halle, Unikum

    20 Berlin, Knaack Klub

    21 Hannover, Kulturpalast Linden

    24 Nantes, Sputnick

    25 Paris, Fleche d’Or

    26 Tours, Donald’s