Following his performances at Reading/Leeds over the weekend, Louis Berry plays a host of new towns left off his sold out tour earlier this year.

He continues to write incessantly honing his craft in delivering rock’n’roll for the 21st century with standout melodies and hard hitting lyrics. Critical acclaim has been widespread with tastemaker heavyweights including Radio 1 (Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Clara Amfo, Mistajam, Greg James), Radio X, Virgin Radio, Zane Lowe, NME, VICE, The Guardian and Clash all tipping Louis for huge things.

Louis’ live shows are driven by his relentless energy and imitable Liverpool charm, with fan favourites ‘Restless’, ’25 Reasons’ and ‘She Wants Me’ sending packed rooms into a frenzy. Catch Louis at the following UK dates in October:

Sat 14th HULL, Well (Cub Fest)
Sun 15th NORWICH, Waterfront (Cub Fest)
Tues 17th GUILDFORD, Boileroom
Weds 18th DOVER, The Booking Hall
Fri 20th COVENTRY, Copper Rooms
Sat 21st EDINBURGH, La Belle Angele
Sun 22nd PRESTON, LiVE
Mon 23rd SHEFFIELD, Foundry
Weds 25th STOKE-ON-TRENT, Sugarmill
Thurs 26th TUNBRIDGE WELLS, The Forum

Tickets go on sale Friday September 1st

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The new live dates follow the recent release of Declan’s critically acclaimed debut album, ‘What Do You Think About The Car?’ and his performances at the Reading & Leeds Festivals over the weekend.

The tour will mark a meteoric twelve months for the eighteen-year-old Brit who has toured the world relentlessly with his melody-heavy indie pop songs, each fizzing with those insatiable guitar hooks and Declan’s socially conscious lyrical nous.

The thirteen-date run will kick off with a hometown show in High Wycombe on the 5th October, and concludes on the 3rd November at London’s Koko, interspersed with another spate of dates across Europe.

Tickets for the UK tour go on general sale from Friday 1st September via www.declanmckenna.net

Declan McKenna Tour Dates

*supported by FEET

1st September – Pilton Party 2017, Pilton
2nd September – Electric Picnic, Stradbelly
5th October – Bucks Students’ Union, High Wycombe
6th October – The Welly Club, Hull*
10th October – Botanique-Orangerie, Brussels
11th October – Melkweg, Amsterdam
13th October – Maze, Berlin
14th October – MTC, Cologne
16th October – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing
17th October – Le 106 Club, Rouen
18th October – La Maroquinerie, Paris
20th October – Concorde 2, Brighton*
21st October – O2 Academy, Leicester*
23rd October – Academy 2, Manchester*
24th October – The Church, Leeds*
26th October – The Garage, Glasgow*
27th October – Northumbria Institute, Newcastle*
28th October – The O2 Institute 2, Birmingham*
30th October – The Waterfront, Norwich*
31st October – The Leadmill, Sheffield*
1st November – Bierkeller, Bristol*
3rd November – Koko, London*

Canshaker Pi’s shows can be described as one big kamikaze run. The Amsterdam-based quartet’s inflammable brand of indie rock is a gleeful but high-stakes affair.

Beneath their fidgety, high-strung stage antics simmers a piercing intensity, one that perhaps comes with a creeping awareness that the days of being young, wild and free will eventually pass. With releasing their new single Indie Academy via Excelsior Recordings, Canshaker Pi frantically capitalize on their youthful zest with a relentless now-or-never stride.

Canshaker Pi is touring Europe this fall, alongside Spiral Stairs (of Pavement-member Scott Kannberg).

September UK dates

14th The Deaf institute Manchester
15th Think Tank Newcastle upon Tyne
16th Broadcast Glasgow
17th Brudenell Social Club Leeds
18th Green Door Store Brighton
19th Moth Club London

Canshaker Pi is:
Willem Smit (vocals/guitars)
Boris de Klerk (vocals/guitars)
Ruben van Weegberg (bass)
Nick Bolland (drums)

Manchester’s The Travelling Band will this week release their forthcoming album, ‘Sails’, on 25th August 2017 via Sideways Saloon Records/Kartel.

Focused around the songwriting talents and production skills of Jo Dudderidge and Adam Gorman and the rhythmic driving force of enigmatic drummer Nick Vaal, The Travelling Band have been quietly honing what Marc Riley described as “Mancunian Americana”. The resulting album mines a rich seam of influences, with key album track ‘Last Night I Dreamt (of Killing You)’ and the grungy ‘Wasted Eyes’ highlighting the band’s love of American indie rock, but still with that Mancunian twist nodding to Elbow and I Am Kloot. ‘Mopping Forwards’ draws on their time spent in East Nashville and the almost Satie-like melancholic ballad ‘Loser’ belies the darker turn that Jo and Adam’s lyrics have taken.

Beneath the surface of the rockier exterior and beautifully woven string and horn textures, the album’s unexpected darker lyrical themes and noir-esque approach reveal a band navigating stormy waters as personal and relationship issues began to emerge after ten years of hard-hitting life on the road. Two of the five remaining founding members jumped ship during the album’s turbulent recording process, and an album that was essentially recorded live ended up taking a further twelve months to complete.

Ironically, it was Spenny, one of the two departing members, who had driven the band to get back in to the studio after the event that Jo has dubbed “the Christmas miracle”. The band made national news when social media rallied round after all their gear was stolen along with their tour van: “what happened made us feel wanted and relevant to people’s lives. The band seemed bigger than just the members,” Jo says. When the van and all the gear was safely returned, Spenny floated the idea of getting straight in to the studio to record a new album live, quickly.

However, despite the initial enthusiasm, the band started to fracture. As the recording process stalled, Jo travelled to Nashville and became inspired by the sense of community amongst artists and musicians in the city’s buzzing East Nashville suburbs. He returned to Manchester with renewed confidence and a desire to create a similar kind of supportive hub back in his home city:

“It seemed an obvious thing to me: if there’s a city in the world that has that collaborative spirit at its core, then it’s Manchester.”

It was out of this new-found optimism that Pinhole Sound Studio was born: Jo and Adam consolidated their instruments and recording equipment into a space which they have turned into a hub of creativity for the Manchester musical community.

“All the bands coming in to record at Pinhole Sound Studio gave us the impetus to finish our own record,” Jo continues. “The songs we had were the sails for the band – all we had to do was find the energy to breathe life in to them.”

SAILS is due 25th August via Sideways Saloon Records/Kartel Music Group and available to pre-order now: http://smarturl.it/sails

Travelling Band In Store Appearances

August, 24TH – ‘SAILS PREVIEW PARTY’ @ TROF NQ, MANCHESTER
August, 26TH – MUSIC’S NOT DEAD, BEXHILL, EAST SUSSEX
August, 27TH – RIVER COTTAGE FESTIVAL, AXMINSTER
August, 29TH – ROUGH TRADE EAST INSTORE, LONDON
August, 30TH – ROUGH TRADE INSTORE, NOTTINGHAM
August 31ST – FOPP INSTORE, MANCHESTER

Travelling Band UK Tour Dates

November, Wed 1 BRIGHTON Prince Albert
November, Thu 2 BRISTOL Thekla
November, Fri 3 CHELTENHAM Forg & Fiddle
November, Sat 4 LIVERPOOL Shipping Forecast
November, Fri 10 NEWCASTLE Cluny
November, Sat 11 GLASGOW The Hug & Pint
November, Sun 12 EDINBURGH The Mash House
November, Thu 16 LEICESTER Soundhouse
November, Fri 17 MANCHESTER Band on the Wall
November, Sat 18 BANGOR Blue Sky Cafe
November, Tue 21 LONDON Borderline
November, Thu 23 BIRMINGHAM Hare & Hounds
November, Sat 25 LEEDS High & Lonesome Festival
November, Sun 26 NOTTINGHAM Bodega

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Steve Miller has produced and personally directed the curation and creative process for two new, career-sanning Steve Miller Band Ultimate Hits collections, to be released September 15 by Capitol/UMe. Ultimate Hits is available now for preorder in a 1CD and digital edition featuring 22 essential Steve Miller Band tracks, including three previously unreleased rarities, and in an expanded 2CD and digital deluxe edition with 40 tracks, including the acclaimed band’s top hits, live tracks, and eight previously unreleased recordings from the studio and the stage. On October 27, both editions will be released on 180-gram vinyl in 2LP and 4LP deluxe packages, which are also available now for preorder.

1CD, Digital and 2LP Edition Features 22 Top Hits and Rarities; Expanded 2CD, Digital and 4LP Deluxe Edition Boasts 40 Essential Tracks, Including Eight Previously Unreleased Recordings

Pre-order Steve Miller Band Ultimate Hits:
1CD; Digital; 2LP Vinyl – https://ume.lnk.to/SMBUltimateHits
2CD; Digital; 4LP Vinyl (Deluxe Edition) – https://ume.lnk.to/SMBUltimateHitsDeluxe

It was recently announced that Steve Miller has brought his entire catalogue of recorded music to Capitol, where he originally began his recording career in 1967. Miller has opened his vault/warehouse of music, footage, photos, memorabilia, artwork, handwritten notes, journals, and more to Capitol/UMe to include in his upcoming releases. Steve Miller Band’s new Ultimate Hits collections, produced by Miller, launch the initiative.

“Selecting material to include in these two collections and revisiting the creation of these recordings I’m reminded of how I learned to make multi-track recordings from Les Paul and play lead guitar from T Bone Walker. I’ve been blessed to work with so many wonderful musicians and engineers and friends over the years. Mostly I want to thank you our fans who come out to our shows and listen to our records. I hope you enjoy this as much I did putting this together for you.” — Steve Miller

Running through Miller’s distinctive catalog is a combination of virtuosity and song craft. His parents were jazz aficionados – not to mention close friends of Les Paul and Mary Ford – so, as a budding guitarist, Miller absorbed valuable lessons from that musical tradition. When the family moved to Texas, Miller deepened his education in the blues, eventually moving to Chicago, where he played with Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy and Paul Butterfield.

One of the world’s most commercially successful and acclaimed artist/bands in the history of popular music, Steve Miller was a mainstay of the San Francisco music scene that upended American culture in the late ’60s. The Steve Miller Band released two LPs on Capitol Records in 1968: ‘Children of the Future’, and ‘Sailor’, which included ‘Living In The USA’ which became a staple on the new rock radio format. Next came ‘Brave New World’, the band’s third album including the hit ‘Space Cowboy’, and ‘My Dark Hour’, which Miller recorded in London with fellow label-mate, Paul McCartney, who is credited as Paul Ramon.

After the band’s next few albums, ‘Your Saving Grace’ (1969), ‘Rock Love’ (1971), ‘Recall The Beginning’ (1972), and ‘Number 5’ (1970), Miller made some changes to the band, went to Los Angeles and produced his own record in 19 days. That album was ‘The Joker’. The title track became a Number One worldwide smash hit. Miller had crafted a brand of pure pop that was polished, exciting and irresistible that dominated radio in a way that few artists have ever managed. His next two albums, ‘Fly Like an Eagle’ (1976) and ‘Book of Dreams’ (1977), both went multi-platinum, and the hits they generated are among the most recognisable songs in pop music history. Hit followed hit in what seemed like an endless flow: ‘Take The Money And Run’, ‘Rock’n Me’, ‘Fly Like An Eagle’, ‘Jet Airliner’, ‘Jungle Love’, and ‘Swingtown’ to name a few. In 1978, Capitol released Greatest Hits 1974–78.

In recent years, Miller has immersed himself in the blues once again. And, as always, whether he was riding the top of the charts or exploring the blue highways of American music, he is playing and singing with conviction and precision, passion and eloquence. At this stage of his life, in 2017, Miller feels more fulfilled than ever. He recently moved to New York, where he is on the Board of Jazz at Lincoln Center and on the Board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Musical Instrument Department. And, of course, he continues to record and is currently on tour.

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STEVE MILLER BAND: ULTIMATE HITS [1CD; Digital; 2LP]

1. Harmony Of The Spheres 2
2. Steve Miller at age five talking to his Godfather Les Paul
3. Take The Money And Run
4. Rock’n Me
5. The Stake
6. Threshold
7. Jet Airliner
8. The Joker
9. Abracadabra
10. Jungle Love
11. Swingtown
12. Dance, Dance, Dance
13. Serenade From The Stars
14. Space Intro
15. Fly Like An Eagle
16. Wild Mountain Honey
17. Living In The USA (Live – Previously Unreleased)
18. Space Cowboy (Live – Previously Unreleased)
19. Seasons (Previously Unreleased)
20. I Want To Make The World Turn Around
21. Winter Time
22. The Window

STEVE MILLER BAND: ULTIMATE HITS (DELUXE EDITION) [2CD, Digital; 4LP]

CD 1

1. Steve Miller at age five talking to his Godfather Les Paul
2. Gangster Of Love (Live – Previously Unreleased)
3. The Joker
4. Baby’s Callin’ Me Home (Previously Unreleased)
5. My Dark Hour
6. Little Girl
7. Living In The USA (Live – Previously Unreleased)
8. Space Cowboy (Live – Previously Unreleased)
9. Seasons (Previously Unreleased)
10. Journey From Eden
11. Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
12. Going To Mexico
13. Kow Kow Calculator (Live – Previously Unreleased)
14. Come On In My Kitchen (Live)
15. Sugar Babe (Live)
16. The Lovin’ Cup (Live)
17. Dance, Dance, Dance
18. Take The Money And Run
19. Rock’n Me
20. Space Intro
21. Fly Like An Eagle

CD 2

1. Wild Mountain Honey
2. The Window
3. Take The Money And Run (Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
4. In The Midnight Hour (Previously Unreleased)
5. Jungle Love
6. Threshold
7. Jet Airliner
8. The Stake
9. Swingtown
10. Serenade From The Stars
11. True Fine Love
12. Heart Like A Wheel
13. Abracadabra
14. I Want To Make The World Turn Around
15. Italian X Rays
16. Don’t Cha Know
17. Cry Cry Cry
18. Stranger Blues
19. Behind The Barn

“ADHD is a song of contrasts. The lightheartedness of the music and the seriousness of lyrics don’t really match up which gives it that little extra edge. It’s like a prescription written on a sandwich board” – Benki Inkley, Vocals

‘ADHD’ saw its worldwide radio premiere on last nights BBC Radio 1 Rock Show alongside an exclusive interview. The track drops just before the band’s performance on the hallowed grounds of Reading & Leeds festivals, marking the culmination of a heavy year of touring.

“Being a band based in Leeds all you hear, all summer long is ‘Ahh so you’re going to Leeds Festival right?’. In years previous we’d have said with broken hearts a collective no. We’re all buzzing to now actually reply to those people with ‘yeah see you there!’. Without a doubt, it is our favourite festival in the UK, and it’ll be an exciting first for many of us to check out Reading festival too. We love mud so much!” – Benji Inkley

Forthcoming EP SUMMER OF LUV follows colossal debut EP Feast (2015), which generated widespread praise and fuelled shows alongside Allusondrugs , The Virginmarys , Max Raptor and The Dead Kennedys .

Pre-order SUMMER OF LUV at http://smarturl.it/jn99n7

Tracks

Pawn
ADHD
Haunted
Summer Of Luv
Healing Isn’t Free

The info

Benji Inkley – Vocals & Guitar
Paul Howells – Guitar
Tim Malkin – Guitar
Ciaran Scanio – Bass
Jake Greenway – Drums

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Dates

25th Aug – Leeds Festival
26th Aug – 234 Festival, Brighton
27th Aug – Reading Festival
22nd Sep – Kamio, London (Phil Taggart’s Slacker Night)
23rd Sep – Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg (GE)
11th November – Lenmania Festival, Tufnell Park Dome, London