ROB LYNCH TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM 'ALL THESE NIGHTS IN BARS WILL SOMEHOW SAVE MY SOUL' ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2014 // UK SEPTEMBER HEADLINE TOUR ANNOUNCED // NEW VIDEO 'FEELING GOOD'

London-based punk rock troubadour Rob Lynch will release his debut album All These Nights In Bars Will Somehow Save My Soul on 22nd September 2014 through Xtra Mile Recordings.

You can pre-order the album on CD or digitally from Xtra Mile, on CD from Amazon, or download via iTunes.

The release will follow Rob’s current stint performing on the whole of the Vans Warped Tour in the US and it’ll be dropping in the midst of a recently-announced UK headline tour.

You can also watch the brand new video for album track 'Feeling Good'. Go on.

'Feeling Good' is taken from Rob Lynch's debut album 'All These Nights In Bars Will Somehow Save My Soul' released on 22nd September 2014 through Xtra Mile Recordings.

Not one to shy away from the rigours of the road, Rob Lynch has been busy carving out his niche in bars and venues across the country, and also in Germany where he’s sold out many a show, played Reeperbahn Festival and even appeared at the legendary St Pauli FC souvenir store. Other notable festival appearances for Rob, even before he had management, agent or label on board, have included Download, Slam Dunk (UK), Groezrock (BE) and Fest (US).

Between November 2012 and August 2013, Lynch took time out to record tracks in Philadelphia with Shane Henderson (Valencia) and Hoxton, East London with Sam Duckworth (Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly), that would go on to make up his full-length album. The result was an unbelievably honest and intimate record, a 12-track journey tackling such themes as the death of his father, life on the road, and finding light in times of darkness.

Taken from the upcoming debut album, "All These Nights In Bars Will Somehow Save My Soul", on Xtra Mile Recordings. Featuring guest vocals from Joe Boynton (Transit/Long Lost). http://www.facebook.com/roblynchmusic http://www.twitter.com/TheRobLynch

As Rob himself says, opener ‘31/32’ is “a call to arms about enjoying the moment we’re living in.” From the singalong lilt of recent single ‘My Friends & I’, to the therapeutic mellowness ‘Medicine’ and unassuming tearjerker ‘Widow’, this is an album that tells many a story of sadness and regret but always with an underlying sense of positivity and hope.

HEADLINE TOUR:
Buy tickets here.

SEPT
09 Cambridge @ The Portland Arms
10 Norwich @ Owl Sanctuary
11 Liverpool @ Maguire's Pizza Bar
14 Bristol @ The Old Bookshop
15 Plymouth @ Tiki Bar & Diner (no presale)
21 Kingston @ Banquet Records (instore)
22 London @ The Monarch - Free Entry
24 Cardiff @ Undertone
25 Stoke @ Sugarmill
26 Derby @ Victoria Inn
27 Dundee @ Kage (no pre-sale)
28 Glasgow @ King Tuts Bar (free entry)
30 Newcastle @ Think Tank

OCTOBER
01 Leeds @ Cockpit 3
02 Manchester @ Gullivers
03 Guildford @ The Boileroom
04 Brighton @ The Hope 

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CHRIS T-T NEW SINGLE 'A BEATEN DRUM' // THREE SPECIAL LONDON LIVE SHOWS

Chris releases the compelling digital single ‘A Beaten Drum’ today, taken from his ninth album The Bear,  featuring a mesmeric piano version and the full album version of the song alongside an improv piano version of ‘Tunguska’ as b-sides. 

Buy it here

Check out the book-burning, fan contributed video here.

Chris T-T releases the digital single 'A Beaten Drum' on 16th June 2014 - taken from his acclaimed album 'The Bear' out now on Xtra Mile Recordings. Buy here: http://smarturl.it/the-bear or here: http://bit.ly/TheBearXtraMile Chris heads to Europe in May to tour with Emily Barker and then with Mark McCabe.

Chris will also play three entirely different shows in London this week.

On 16 June, Chris will mix music with talk, with the emphasis on the spoken word, joining Robin Ince and Charlotte Young at their Your Culture Is Ailing Your Art Is Dead club at the Old Queen’s Head in Islington.

On 18 June he digs into political territory as he plays the Orgreave 30th anniversary benefit concert with his band The Hoodrats at Buffalo Bar, Islington. Expect loudness and polemic, as only Chris can do. Tickets here.

The third show is on 22 June, with Martin White and the Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra at Boogaloo, Highgate, where Chris will perform solo songs with some accompaniment by the orchestra, which includes two members of The Hoodrats playing cello.

Chris will also play Blissfields, Truck, Beautiful Days and Greenbelt festivals throughout the summer.

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MONGOL HORDE UK TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED // ALBUM OUT NOW

MONGOL HORDE IS MORE THAN A BAND. MONGOL HORDE IS A MOVEMENT. MONGOL HORDE IS AN INVASION. 

That's not actually true. Möngöl Hörde is a band. We don't really want to talk about it. 

Mongol Horde's self-titled first album is out now. Listen to opening track 'Make Way' here and ‘Blistering Blue Barnacles’ here. 

Enjoy it, or don't. Stop fucking asking questions.

Catch them on tour on the following dates:

Support from Palehorse and Oxygen Thief

JUNE
19 Birmingham @ The Institute - Library
20 Newcsatle @ Academy 2
21 Leeds @ Cockpit
22 Bristol @ Fleece
23 Portsmouth @ Wedgewood Rooms
25 London @ Garage
27 Nottingham @ Rock City Basement
28 Manchester @ Academy 3
29 Glasgow @ King Tuts

AUGUST
22-24 Reading/Leeds Festival

Mongol Horde, the album, features the tracks ‘Casual Threats From Weekend Hardmen’, ‘How The Communists Ruined Christmas’ and current track ‘Blistering Blue Barnacles’. It is available on CD, download and limited edition white vinyl.

Buy the album at the following retail outlets:

Xtra Mile / iTunes / Amazon / Banquet

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BILLY THE KID RELEASES NEW SINGLE 'BACK TO YOU' ON 30 JUNE 2014 // EUROPEAN TOUR WITH CHUCK RAGAN AND NORTHCOTE

Billy the Kid is set to release her first single on Xtra Mile recordings, ‘Back To You’ on 30 June 2014, which is taken from her new album, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades. 

Canadian songwriter Billy the Kid will release her fourth album in September 2014 worldwide via Xtra Mile Recordings and it can be pre-ordered here. The album was produced by Frank Turner, who also plays on the record alongside The Sleeping Souls drummer Nigel Powell. 

Listen to the single, 'Back To You', here.

Canadian songwriter and recent Xtra Mile addition Billy the Kid will release her fourth album 'Horseshoes & Hand Grenades' in September 2014. 'Back To You' is the first single. Preorder here: http://smarturl.it/HorseshoesPreorder 'Horseshoes & Hand Grenades' through Xtra Mile Recordings on a worldwide release.

For more on the recording of the album, this exclusive video has interviews with Billy and Frank, and snippets of studio performances. 

Horseshoes & Hand Grenades showcases Billy's tender laments, tied up in beyond-her-years’ experience and the ever-present signature of hope. Recorded in London with bare bones arrangements, it allows Billy's natural storytelling and lithe voice to guide the listener through her world and her life.

Billy is also set to tour UK and Europe in May and June with Hot Water Music frontman Chuck Ragan and labelmate and fellow Canadian, Northcote. Tour dates are:

Chuck Ragan - Overseas Till Midnight 2014
with special guests Northcote & Billy the Kid

MAY
27  Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Basement
28  Bristol, UK @ Thekla
29  London, UK @ The Garage
30  Hunxe, Germany @ Ruhrpott Rodeo Festival
31  Erfurt, Germany @ Centrum

JUNE
01 Nurnberg, Germany @ Hirsch
03 Aschaffenburg, Germany @ Colos-saal
04 Munich, Germany @ Theaterfabrik
05 Wien, Austria @ Arena
06 Leipzig, Germany @ Conne Island
07 Berlin, Germany @ SO36
09 Utrecht, Netherlands @ de Helling
10 Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall
12 Milan, Italy @ Live Forum
14 Saarwellingen, Germany @ RockCamp Festival
15 Tilburg, Netherlands @ 013
17 Osnabruck, Germany @ Rosenhof
18 Dresden, Germany @ Scheune *
19 Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schachthof *
24 Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
25 Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
26 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell

* w/Dave Hause

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NORTHCOTE EUROPEAN TOUR WITH CHUCK RAGAN AND BILLY THE KID // NEW SINGLE 'COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS' OUT 28 JUNE 2014

Northcote – AKA Canadian songwriter Matt Goud – has announced extensive European touring plans with Chuck Ragan throughout May and June as well as details of his new single.

Following the huge run of gigs Matt did with Dave Hause across the UK and Europe late last year, Matt joins the shrapnel-throated Hot Water Music vocalist Chuck Ragan for his 'Overseas Till Midnight' tour taking in a string of German and UK dates in May/June, with Italian and Austrian stops along the way.

To coincide with the tour, Northcote releases the soaring track ‘Counting Down The Days’ as a digital single on 28th June 2014. The track is taken from last year's Xtra Mile Recordings self-titled album and is another eloquent blast of refined yet raw Americana.

Check it out here:

Northcote - "Counting Down The Days" Buy "Northcote" on iTunes: http://itunes.com/northcote The Lowville Sessions is a 6-part performance EPK series featuring songs from Northcote's self-titled album. All audio is live off the floor.

Chuck Ragan - Overseas Till Midnight 2014
with special guests Northcote & Billy the Kid

MAY

27  Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Basement
28  Bristol, UK @ Thekla
29  London, UK @ The Garage
30  Hunxe, Germany @ Ruhrpott Rodeo Festival
31  Erfurt, Germany @ Centrum

JUNE
01 Nurnberg, Germany @ Hirsch
03 Aschaffenburg, Germany @ Colos-saal
04 Munich, Germany @ Theaterfabrik
05 Wien, Austria @ Arena
06 Leipzig, Germany @ Conne Island
07 Berlin, Germany @ SO36
09 Utrecht, Netherlands @ de Helling
10 Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall
12 Milan, Italy @ Live Forum
14 Saarwellingen, Germany @ RockCamp Festival
15 Tilburg, Netherlands @ 013
17 Osnabruck, Germany @ Rosenhof
18 Dresden, Germany @ Scheune *
19 Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schachthof *
24 Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
25 Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
26 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell

* w/Dave Hause

Born and raised in small-town Saskatchewan, Northcote’s early exposure to music was a mix of traditional country on AM radio and the hymns he learned at his childhood church. However, it wasn't until he discovered punk and hardcore music that he realized music’s healing and therapeutic power. Over the past 8 years, few young musicians in Canada have put on as many miles as Goud who toured for years as a member of a post-hardcore band and has more recently transitioned into life on the road as a singer/songwriter with accompaniment by an ever-rotating slew of guests and friend musicians.

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MONGOL HORDE SELF-TITLED ALBUM OUT 26 MAY 2014 // PRE ORDER NOW // VIDEO FOR 'MAKE WAY'

MONGOL HORDE IS MORE THAN A BAND. MONGOL HORDE IS A MOVEMENT. MONGOL HORDE IS AN INVASION.

That's not actually true. Mongol Horde is a band. We don't really want to talk about it. So here's some answers to questions we imagine you might be itching to ask:

1. London.
2. From the Van Pelt song "We Are The Heathens".
3. No.
4. Kill the fucker, slowly, with a blunt knife.
5. Yes. Tour dates in June coming soon, plus Reading and Leeds.
6. Lots of stuff - Refused, Napalm Death, Converge, Hot Snakes, Kenny G, your mum.
7. Yes.
8. Why in the living fuck would we?
9. Probably.
10. Hello to all our fans in Mongolia. And your mum.

Listen to the music. Enjoy it, or don't. Stop fucking asking questions.

Mongol Horde release their debut album on 26th May 2014 through Xtra Mile Recordings.

Here’s a taster of what to expect - the video for opening track 'Make Way'.

Make way for the Mongol Horde. Debut album 'Mongol Horde' is out on 26th May 2014 through Xtra Mile Recordings. Pre-order album here: http://smarturl.it/MongolHorde-XM-Pre http://smarturl.it/MongolHorde-iTunes http://smarturl.it/MongolHorde-Amazon http://smarturl.it/MongolHorde-Banquet www.mongolhorde.co.uk www.facebook.com/mongolhordemusic https://twitter.com/Mongol_Horde Xtra Mile Recordings is a London-based record label home to the likes of Frank Turner, Against Me!, Cheap Girls, To Kill A King, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Reuben, Million Dead, Jamie Lenman & many more!

The album features the tracks ‘Casual Threats From Weekend Hardmen’, ‘How The Communists Ruined Christmas’ and ‘Blistering Blue Barnacles’. It will be available on CD, download and limited edition white vinyl. Vinyl out 16th June.

You can purchase it at the following retail outlets:

Xtra Mile Recordings

iTunes

Amazon

Banquet Records

www.mongolhorde.co.uk