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Dark Horses at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London (03/31/14)

Tour Dates 04/07/14 – Hamburg – Prinzenbar 04/09/14 – Stockholm – Bebaser Medis 04/11/14 – Copenhagen – Beta 04/12/14 – Aalborg – Studenterhuset 04/14/14 – Koln – Blue Shell 04/15/14 – Munich – Kranhalle 04/16/14 – Vienna – Arena 3 Raumbar 04/19/14 – Berlin – Privateclub 04/21/14 – Zurich – Ed Dorado Read More Dark Horses Brighton's Dark Horses will be releasing a debut album, Black Music, on April 2nd, 2013, on Last Gang Records. The album was produced by Death in Vegas' producer, Richard Fearless … Transcendental pop-punk band, Dark Horses, ventured north from Brighton last Monday to play at London’s Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen. Touring Europe in promotion of their forthcoming album, Hail Lucid State, Dark Horses is a band with an exceptionally unique ability to gently put their audience at ease as they guide them into an ethereal world of oblivion. Dressed in black leather, front-woman Lisa Elle immediately set the precedent by encouraging the crowd to, “Lean back into the sound and let it hold you tight.” Dark Horses Shrouded in fog and heavy red lighting with a stream of black and white images flashing on a large screen behind them, Dark Horses literally set the stage in a landscape of mystery. Kicking off the set with their latest single, “Live On Hunger”, Elle’s relaxed echo of sultry vocals is built on layers of droning guitars and synthesizers, accented by slaps of tambourine. The trance-punk witchcraft of sound combined with the hazy visuals, gives the viewer the illusion that they’re being taken to peek behind the looking glass – into a world unknown to most and best captured in David Lynch films. The set and one encore included additional captivating and cocoon-weaving hits like “Traps” and “Boxing Day”. If you’re in Europe, I highly recommend slipping into one of the Dark Horses’ gigs and letting the black magic envelope and overwhelm you. kira ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com/weheartmusic ♥ darkhorsesmusic.com

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For more horsing around: Runaway Horses and When Animals Attack!.

FOALS
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Just to give you a horse lesson, a foal is a horse that is under one year old. When a horse has its first birthday, it is then a yearling. With that out of the way, Foals are an Oxford band that seems popular with the NME youth. Their third album, Holy Fire is coming out February 11th, 2013 (February 12th for USA). Internet fans will be happy to know that Foals are streaming their new album in its entirety on their website. Warner Bros Records told me that "Holy Fire will stream three times before disappearing."

The only US dates that Foals are confirmed to play are Coachella (04/13 and 4/20), but expect the band to do a number of smaller shows of and around the West Coast (if not a national tour).

In the meantime, the band will be doing some UK dates.

02/28/13 Dublin, Ireland Academy 03/01/13 Dublin, Ireland Academy 03/02/13 Manchester Ritz 03/04/13 Liverpool O2 Academy Liverpool 03/05/13 Glasgow ABC1 03/06/13 Birmingham The Institute 03/08/13 Norwich Univ. Of East Anglia

03/09/13 Leeds Metropolitan University 03/11/13 Bristol O2 Academy Bristol 03/12/13 Nottingham Rock City 03/13/13 Portsmouth Pyramid Centre 03/16/13 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso 03/20/13 Cologne, Germany Live Music Hall 03/28/13 London Royal Albert Hall

PONY TIME
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Seattle's Pony Time has a new LP called Go Find Your Own coming out February 19th, 2013, on Per Se Records. You can download their new single "Because I Care" on SPIN (hear it on Soundcloud).

The two-piece garage rock band will be heading out on tour in support of the album:

02.22.13 - Seattle, WA @ The Black Lodge
03.06.13 - Portland, OR @ East End
03.07.13 - Eureka, CA @ The Shanty
03.08.13 - San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
03.09.13 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project
03.10.13 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
03.11.13 - San Diego, CA @ The Shakedown
03.12.13 - Phoenix, AZ @ Select.Stateside Presents
03.13.13 - TX @ TBA
03.14.13-03.16.13 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.19.13 - Wichita, KS @ Rock Island Live
03.19.13 - Denver, CO @ Mouth House
03.20.13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ TBA
03.21.13 - Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival
03.22.13 - Portland, OR @ The Know

BRIEFLY:

DARK HORSES darkhorsesmusic.com Brighton's Dark Horses will be releasing a debut album, Black Music, on April 2nd, 2013, on Last Gang Records. The album was produced by Death in Vegas' producer, Richard Fearless, and features guest vocals from Kasabian's Tom Meighan. You can preview "Boxing Day" over at Soundcloud.

JONNY DEBT bandcamp.com Jonny Debt's new album, Prince of the Golden Horseshoe is available now (released January 1st, 2013). Not a whole to information given, I think they are based out of Toronto Hamilton. I did confirm with them that the title "Your Mine" is not a misspelling. "Bonze" is a free download, you can watch the video over at youtube.com.

HORSEHANDS holdyourhorsehands.com Not a lot of information given on Horsehands. I think they are from Boston. Their album, Sirs was just released February 1st, 2013. Playing around in support of the album: 02/17/13 - Brooklyn, NY - Cameo Gallery 03/30/13 - Allston, MA - O'brien's 04/11/13 - Somerville, MA - PA's Lounge 04/12/13 - Brooklyn, NY - Party Expo

WHITEHORSE whitehorsemusic.ca I've previously mentioned them here and here. Sure, I'm a fan. The husband and wife duo will be arriving in Minneapolis next week. 2.13 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry 2.14 Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall 2.16 Chicago, IL @ Schubas 2.17 East Lansing, MI @ Lakehouse Music 2.22 Portland, ME @ Empire 2.24 Albany, NY @ Valentine's 2.25 Buffalo, NY @ Ninth Ward

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