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KiLi Live & SWN presents MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS

KiLi Live

&

 

MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS

with support

 

Tuesday 15th May

Cardiff Coal Exchange

7.30pm / 14+ Show

Under 18's must be accompanied by an adult

0844 871 8803

Tickets Avilable online from

www.kililive.com / www.seetickets.com

 

SINGLE: 'PRIMADONNA' 16TH APRIL

ALBUM: 'ELECTRA HEART' 30TH APRIL

 

Marina and The Diamonds releases her brand new album ‘Electra Heart’ on 679/Atlantic on 30^th April 2012. ‘Electra Heart’ is preceded by the first single to be taken from the album, ‘Primadonna’ which is released on 16^th April.

 ‘Electra Heart’ is a huge leap forward for Marina and promises to be one of the most exciting pop releases of 2012, underlining that she is amongst the most talented young British artists around. A ground-to-air missile of ambitious and confident songs, ‘Electra Heart’ was written and recorded in London and LA over the last 18 months whilst on tour.  Featuring 12 brand new self-written tracks, Marina handpicked a close group of collaborators to write and produce with including Dr Luke (Katy Perry), Rick Nowels (Madonna), Liam Howe (Sneaker Pimps) and Greg Kurstin (Lily Allen).

 ‘Electra Heart’ is a blisteringly honest story of identity, love, rejection, doomed romance and hope all tinged with humour and British eccentricity. 

Marina says, ”It's an Ode to dysfunctional love. I based the project around character types commonly found in love stories, film and theatre, usually ones associated with power and control in love, as opposed to weakness or defeat. I guess it was a way of dealing with the embarrassment that, for the first time in my life, I got 'played'. Rejection is a universally embarrassing topic and Electra Heart is my response to that. It is a frank album”

‘Electra Heart’ is the follow up to Marina’s top five debut album ‘The Family Jewels’.  Known for her unique and iconic look, and for her attention to every detail of her creative output, she doesn’t disappoint on the artwork for ‘Electra Heart’. Full images and a video for ‘Primadonna’ will be released soon.

The tracklisting for the album is still tbc but tracks include Primadonna, Bubblegum Bitch, Lies, Power and Control, Homewrecker, Starring Role, The State of Dreaming, Living Dead, Sex Yeah, Valley of the Dolls, Hypocrates and Fear and Loathing.

She has taken her critically acclaimed live show to all points on the globe over the last two years and has firmly cemented a reputation as one of the most enthralling performers around.

As well as playing on the forthcoming short tour (Cambridge – 24^th Feb, Brighton – 25^th Feb, NME Awards show @ Shepherds Bush Empire – 26^th Feb) Marina undertakes a full UK tour in May 2012:

 

May 4^th                 MANCHESTER                   Cathedral            http://bit.ly/GaTours

May 5^th                 LIVE IN LEEDS FESTIVAL                                 0113 245 5570

May 7^th                 EDINBURGH                       Queens Hall        http://bit.ly/GigsinScotland

May 8^th                 GLASGOW                          ABC                        08444 999 990

May 10^th               LEAMINGTON                   Assembly Hall    0844 8541358

May 11^th               BIRMINGHAM                  Institute               http://bit.ly/AltTickets

May  12^th                     SHEFFIELD                          Leadmill               http://bit.ly/LeadMill

May 14^th                      NORWICH                           Waterfront         http://bit.ly/NWaterfront

May 15^th               CARDIFF                               Coal Exchange   http://bit.ly/KiliLive

 

Twitter: http://bit.ly/MarinaTwitter  /  #electraheart

Official Site: http://bit.ly/MarinaSite

 

 

SWN presents ISLET

ISLET

plus support

Thurs 31st May 2012
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
7.30pm / 14+ show
£7 adv from | www.swnpresents.com |

| www.seetickets.com |
| www.clwb.net |
| www.wegottickets.com |
| www.cardiffboxoffice.com |
| Spillers Records |

ISLET
Debut album 'Illuminated People' released today on Shape Records (Turnstile)
Video for 'A Bear On His Own' now available - http://www.youtube.com/v/7Fi76ldbBSY

"Illuminated People overflows with ideas and adventurism" Q
"they're a model of how a left leaning rock band ought to conduct themselves in 2012" NME
"’Iluminated People' is a shining triumph" Clash
"beautifully beguiling" The Fly
Islet release their debut album today via Shape Records (Turnstile). Illuminated People follows 2010’s rapturously received pair of EPs – ‘Celebrate This Place’ and ‘Wimmy’ – which the NME described as being “a sonic boom in the face to anyone who might have thought they had something to hide”. A group who work under a strict autonomy, this is – as a result – their most cohesive sounding work to date.
It’s an album forged out of the Cardiff-based collective’s strong ties to a DIY sense of thinking and more outré passions in the arts. The subsequent ten tracks stand as a bold opening statement from a band that have quickly proven themselves masters of finding the common thread between at-first seemingly disparate influences.
That they’ve had the confidence to do this lies on an early decision to take control of their entire aesthetic – releasing on Shape Records, an entirely independent label run by the group's Mark Thomas. Islet have always sought to maintain direct contact with people in a less oppressive manner than the constant internet bombardment others pursue.

www.isletislet.com // www.turnstilemusic.net

SWN presents BEN HOWARD

BEN HOWARD
with special guest WILLY MASON

Sunday 4th November
Great Hall, Cardiff University
7.30pm / 14+ Show
£16 adv from | www.swnpresents.com |

| www.cardiffboxoffice.com |
| www.seetickets.com |
| www.ticketlineuk.com |
| www.wegottickets.com |
| www.gigantic.com |
| Spillers Records |
| www.benhowardmusic.co.uk |

http://tickets.benhowardmusic.co.uk/

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The date was October 23rd 2011, and the ever-popular Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street, which has housed some of the greatest up and coming acts since 1983, and the aforementioned date October 23rd 2011 was one of these moments. It was mild Autumn night in Cardiff and SWN festival 2011 was in full flow, with the streets ladened with show goers and buzzing with anticipation, there was one show on everyone's lips, BEN HOWARD, Sunday night, Clwb Ifor Bach. It was one of those once in a life time shows, everyone knew this artist had the talent to succeed and sell many records and his popularity had risen very quickly, so with this in mind people were queuing and waiting for what seemed an eternity to try and capture this unique and intimate show... It lived up to all it's expectations! =)

It's now been over three months since SWN Festival 2011 closed it doors and it has seemed to flyby, along with the release of his debut album 'Every Kingdom' back in September, BEN HOWARD has been touring constantly and has now announced his latest U.K tour which we are truly proud to to be a part of, so the next date in your diary is Sunday 4th November 2012, this will be another show not to be missed and will come around quicker than you can say SWN presents BEN HOWARD... Hold it there, to sweeten the deal even more the support is none-other than WILLY MASON and legend himself and to get the chance to catch both artists on the same bill will leave you speechless until the year after when who knows, The Motorpoint Arena?!? =)

This is our biggest and most exciting show to date and it will be hard to keep us from mentioning this for months to come SWN presents 2012 is going to be a corker.

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Ben Howard Announces UK And Ireland Every Kingdom Tour

Ben Howard is pleased to announce details of his biggest UK and Ireland UK tour for later this year.
The new tour commences on the 2nd November at The Dome in Brighton, and concludes at London’s Brixton Academy on the 28th November, his biggest headline show to date.
Tickets will go on pre-sale from Wednesday 8th February at 9am, and then on general sale from Friday 10th February through http://tickets.benhowardmusic.co.uk/


Support for this November tour will be Willy Mason.
As previously announced, Ben’s forthcoming UK tour is completely sold out and includes two nights at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire. He then heads out to SXSW in March ahead of his debut US tour.
Ben Howard releases his new single The Wolves on the 27th February. It is taken from his debut album, Every Kingdom, out now on Island Records.

Ben Howard UK And Ireland Winter Tour:

2nd November - Brighton, The Dome
3rd November - Plymouth, Pavilions
4th November - Cardiff, University (Great Hall)
5th November - Bristol, Colston Hall
7th November - Dublin, Olympia
9th November - Belfast, Mandela Hall
10th November - Glasgow, O2 Academy
12th November - Manchester, Apollo
14th November - Leeds, O2 Academy
16th November - Newcastle, O2 Academy
17th November - Aberdeen, Music Hall
19th November - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
20th November – Lincoln, Engine Shed
21st November - Leicester, O2 Academy
22nd November - Nottingham, Rock City
24th November - Birmingham, O2 Academy
25th November - Bournemouth, O2 Academy
26th November - Southampton, Guild Hall
28th November - London, O2 Brixton Academy


www.benhowardmusic.co.uk

SWN presents BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH

BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH

plus support from

REN HARVIEU

FOSSIL COLLECTIVE

Mon 20th February 2012

The Globe, Cardiff7:30pm

This is a 16+ show U18s must be accompanied by an adult

****SOLD OUT****

The first thing you notice is the voice. Haunting and sublimely other-worldly, it stops you in your tracks with the gentlest of touches, proving that sometimes the intoxicating simplicity of a single voice is all you need to make an impact. With Benjamin Francis Leftwich, that hypnotic, breathy voice is the reason for it all. It exposes his soul before anyone even hears the lyrics, letting the listener in to Benjamin’s most intimate world in a way no interview or video ever could. It is the essence of his being, laid bare without regret for us to share. Not just your average singer-songwriter then.

 

SWN presents BILL WELLS & AIDAN MOFFAT

BILL WELLS AND AIDAN MOFFAT
with support


Thursday 29th March 2012
The Globe, Cardiff
7.30pm
18+ show
£10 adv from |  www.swnpresents.com |

| www.seetickets.com |
| www.wegottickets.com |
| www.ticketlineuk.com |
| www.cardiffboxoffice.com |
| Bristol Ticket Shop |
| Spillers Record |


BILL WELLS AND AIDAN MOFFAT

Some partnerships just work, even if it takes time. Eight years in the making, the debut album by Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat is a special thing, full of gorgeous, jazz-inflected love songs fleshed out with a mixture of spoken word pieces and vocals delivered in Aidan’s distinctive rhotic singing voice.

Wells is the Scottish multi-instrumentalist, composer, leader of the Bill Wells Octet and collaborator with The Pastels, Isobel Campbell, Future Pilot AKA and many more. Moffat is a man of many projects, whether his solo material released under his full name Aidan John Moffat, his band Aidan Moffat & the Best-Ofs or, in a former life, his experimental work as L Pierre, Lucky Pierre and his long history as one half of iconic Scots duo Arab Strap.

If anyone was present at the pair's SWN Festival show back in October 2011 they'd be equally as pleased to welcome back this Scottish duo, for an much anticipated return to the Welsh capital. With a husky, deep meaningful lyrics and music to warm the cockles of your heart it's going to be a special night!

 

 

FLUX=RAD and SWN presents DRY THE RIVER

FLUX=RAD

and 

DRY THE RIVER
plus support

Weds 18th April 2012
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
7.30pm /
£8.00 adv from 
| www.swnpresents.com |
| www.drytheriver.net |
| www.clwb.net |
| www.wegottickets.com |
| www.gigantic.com |
| www.seetickets.com |
| www.cardiffboxoffice.com |
| Spillers Records |

***Also includes 'FREE ENTRY' into Clwb's 'Listen Up' after the show***

14+ only. 14s to 17s must be accompanied by an adult. No refunds will be given for incorrectly booked tickets.

Dry The River are: Peter Liddle (vocals / guitar), Matt Taylor (guitar), Scott Miller (bass), Will Harvey (violin) & Jon Warren (drums).

Dry the River formed in spring 2009 and have lived together in the same shared house in Stratford east London since. Citing an esoteric list of influences - Leonard Cohen, At The Drive-In, Neil Young, Arlo Guthrie, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bruce Springsteen and Devendra Banhart – the band draw as much from their shared love of U.S. hardcore as they do from the classic songwriters they all admire.

Following a run of headline dates in September which culminated in a sold-out show at London’s Scala, the band recently supported Bombay Bicycle Club on their sold-out UK tour. This summer also saw the band play some rapturously received festival gigs on both sides of the Atlantic, some highlights being their shows at SXSW in Texas, Reading and Leeds, Glastonbury, Latitude and most recently End of the Road and Bestival.

 

 

SWN presents NATURAL SNOW BUILDINGS

 

&

The Rusty Trombone of God presents

NATURAL SNOW BUILDINGS
MARS TO SAY
SNEAKY EARNEST

plus pop up record shop, handmade fayre and ltd prints on sale

Tuesday 6th March 2012
Buffalo Bar, Cardiff
7.30pm
18+
£6 adv 
from
| www.swnpresents.com |
| www.wegottickets.com |
| www.seetickets.com |
| Spillers Records |


NATURAL SNOW BUILDINGS

Enigmatic French duo combining experimental folk and drones with fragile beauty and psychedelic pop. There releases are as rare as hen's teeth and this is their third ever UK show

MARS TO SAY

Shoegazing, reverb drenched attic duo. Fragile, leftfield dream pop with hints of Joy Division and verging on the ambient.

SNEAKY EARNEST

Solo, post-Fahey, guitar ragas and delay divinations from ex Fredrick Stanley Star and current Indigo Kid, Little Arrow and more...

 

 

SWN presents DAN LE SAC vs SCROOBIUS PIP

DAN LE SAC vs SCROOBIUS PIP
Warm up for the awesome duo as they prepare to support Frank Turner at Wembley Arena!
plus support

Thursday 12th April
The Globe, Cardiff
8.00pm / 18+ show

£12 adv from www.swnpresents.com

| www.seetickets.com |
| www.wegottickets.com |
| www.ticketlineuk.com |
| www.cardiffboxoffice.com |
| Bristol Ticket Shop |
| Spillers Record |


DAN LE SAC Vs SCROOBIUS PIP 

After making their name with the awesome 'Thou Shalt Always Kill', duo Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip went on to release two great albums. A blend of Pip's sermon on the state of the nation and Dan's beats, the twosome are a brilliant, intelligent, combination that proves you can dance and think and have fun and do all at the same time.

Rarely performing as a duo these days, as the pair puruse individual endeavours, they are reuniting at the special request of Frank Turner as they open for him at Wembley. We're delighted to be hosting this warm-up show in Cardiff. Expect it to fly.

 

 

 

SWN SELECTOR presents TRUCKERS OF HUSK

SWN SELECTOR presents..

TRUCKERS OF HUSK
GALLOPS
KUTOSIS

Hosted by DJ GOLDIEROCKS
This show will be recorded for broadcast on www.selector-radio.com

Saturday 3rd March 2012
The Globe, Cardiff
7.30pm / 18+ show
£6 adv from swnpresents.com

| www.seetickets.com |
| www.wegottickets.com |
| www.gigantic.com |
| www.ticketlineuk.com |
| www.cardiffboxoffice.com |
| Spillers Records |

TRUCKERS OF HUSK

Truckers provide an essential service to industrialized societies by distributing mathematics and raw materials over land, typically to and from manufacturing plants, retail parks and gig venues.

Through their use of abstraction and logical reasoning, truckers evolved from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Practical ‘truckermatics’ has been a human activity for as far back as written music exists.  

GALLOPS

A blur of a four-headed machine, weaving mechanically pivoting structures of sound that evoke imagery of retro videogame dystopias and B-movie horror soundtracks; it’s fair to say that Welsh instrumentalists Gallops are a band whose music transcends the sum of their basic components.

The band made an initial impression last year with a debut self-titled EP that saw them take carefully calculated segments of math-rock and gleefully throw them together with force, before feeding the resulting amalgamations through what sounded like a mutated ZX Spectrum - a result of, as they admit, “the 16-bit computer games we grew up playing.

KUTOSIS

Following their recent single ‘Shadows’, KUTOSIS release their debut album ‘Fanatical Love’ this November on Barely Regal Records.

The Cardiff three piece took just 6 days to record, mix and master the album with Rory Attwell, known for his recent work with Male Bonding, Yuck, Screaming Tea Party and Veronica Falls to name but a few.

'Fanatical love' sees the trio not only hone their craft but really push the boundaries of their multifaceted sound - from the infectious, guitar-driven hooks of 'Shadows' to the hypnotic electronic rhythms of 'Battle Lake'. 

Not content with just experimenting musically, the release heralds the start of an ambitious video project working with 10 film-makers, each of which making a video for one of the tracks on the album for a special one off screening at Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre.

SWN presents THE HORRORS

THE HORRORS
plus support

Sunday 20th May 2012
Solus, Cardiff University
7.30pm
18+

£14 adv from
| www.swnpresents.com |

| www.cardiffboxoffice.com |
| www.seetickets.com |
| www.ticketlineuk.com |
| www.wegottickets.com |
| www.gigantic.com |
| Spillers Records |
| Bristol Ticket Shop |
| www.TheHorrors.co.uk |

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