The Wave Pictures have a new album In Her Kitchen scheduled for release on August 22nd via Moshi Moshi Records. They’ll be performing a few dates leading up to the release.

08/17: New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
08/18: Brooklyn, NY @ Public Assembly
08/19: Philadelphia, PA @ Northstar Bar
08/20: Montauk, NY @ Sole East Hotel

Tour Dates
09/29: Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Cafe
09/30: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
10/02: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
10/04: San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
10/06: Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
10/13: Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s

Additional Listening

• Daisy (mp3)
• Life Coach

Tour Dates
> w/ Stone Temple Pilots
+ w/ Stone Temple Pilots, Cage the Elephant
* w/ Matt & Kim

08/13: Saint Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium >
08/17: Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion Outdoor Amphitheater +
08/19: Grand Rapids, MI @ Deltaplex +
08/20: Chicago, IL @ Charter One Pavilion >
08/22: Cleveland, OH @ Time Warner Cable Amphitheater +
08/25: Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend +
08/26: Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre +
08/28: Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion +

09/04: Dublin, IE @ Electric Picnic Music Festival
09/05: Glasgow, UK @ Captains Rest
09/06: Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny 2
09/07: London, UK @ Madame Jo Jo’s
09/08: London, UK @ Old Blue Last
09/10: Paris, FR @ Fleche d’Or
09/11: Berlin, DE @ Berlin Fest
09/12: Hamburg, DE @ Mondial Club
09/13: Gent, BE @ Café Video
09/14: Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
09/15: Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje

09/23: Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Music Festival
09/24: Cincinnati, OH @ Midpoint Music Festival
09/28: Seattle, WA @ The Showbox*
09/29: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater*
09/30: San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore*
10/01: San Diego, CA @ House of Blues*
10/02: Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues*
10/06: Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse*
10/08: Dallas, TX @ House of Blues*

The Charlatans will be releasing their 10-track album Who We Touch in North America on September 14 via The End Records. The UK quintet will be touring across the U.S. and Canada beginning on September 7th in support of the release.

Tour Dates
09/07: Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
09/08: Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
09/09: Washington, DC @ Black Cat
09/10: Boston, MA @ Royale
09/11: Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
09/13: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
09/14: Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
09/15: Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
09/16: Montreal, QC @ Cabaret
09/17: Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
09/18: Chicago, IL @ Double Door
09/20: San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s
09/21: Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar
09/22: Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey

Tour Dates
^ w/ The Wooden Birds
# w/ The Walkmen & Japandroids

8/20: Austin, TX @ The Parish ^
8/21: Norman, OK @ Opolis ^
8/22: St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House ^
8/23: Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop ^
8/24: Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s ^
8/26: Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room ^
8/27: Dayton, OH @ Do Tell Records ^
8/28: Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place ^
8/29: Portland, ME @ Space Gallery ^
8/31: Bosotn, MA @ Great Scott ^
9/01: Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall ^
9/03: New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge ^
9/04: Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar ^
9/10: Portland, OR @ The Crystal Ballroom w/ Okkervil River (Musicfest NW)
9/14: San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore #
9/15: Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda #
9/17: Phoenix, AZ @ The Clubhouse #
9/18: Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern #

Jukebox the Ghost‘s sophomore release Everything Under the Sun is slated for release September 7th on Yep Roc and the trio will be heading out on the road shortly after in support of the album.

Listen: “Empire” (mp3)

Tour Dates
* w/ Via Audio
# w/ Hooray for Earth
& w/ AB & the Sea
^ w/ Elizabeth & the Catapult

08/06: Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza BMI Stage
08/07: Chicago, IL @ Official Lollapalooza After-Party at Bottom Lounge
09/15: Boston, MA @ Great Scott *
09/16: Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
09/17: Baltimore, MD @ Sonar *
09/18: Charlottesville, VA- The Southern Cafe & Music Hall *
09/20: Louisville, KY @ The Vernon Club *#
09/21: St Louis, MO @ Cicero’s *#
09/22: Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s Cantina Ballroom *#
09/23: Houston, TX @ House of Blues *#
09/24: Austin, TX @ The ND at 501 Studios *#
09/25: Frisco, TX @ Oysterfest *#
09/28: San Diego, CA @ The Loft UCSD #&
09/30: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo #&
10/02: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill #&
10/04: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios #&
10/05: Seattle, WA @ High Dive #&
10/07: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court #&
10/08: Denver, CO @ Hi Dive #&
10/09: Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr #
10/11: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ^
10/12: Milwaukee, WI @ The Cactus Club ^
10/14: Indianapolis, IN @ MOKB Presents @ Radio Radio ^
10/15: Pittsburgh, PA @ The Brillobox ^
10/16: Washington, DC @ The Black Cat ^

Faded Paper Figures released their album New Medium back in late May and are now headed out on a tour up the west coast in support of the release.

If you need a little refresher on what Faded Paper Figures sound like, check the streams below and then see if they’re coming to your west coast hood.

Faded Paper Figures – Invent It All Again by MikeRog10

Faded Paper Figures – Small Talk by MikeRog10

Tour Dates
7/28: Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
7/29: Fullerton, CA @ Continental Room
7/30: Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse
8/02: San Francisco, CA @ The Elbo Room
8/03: Portland, OR @ Barbati’s Pan
8/04: Seattle, WA @ Nectar Lounge
8/06: Logan, UT @ WhySound
8/07: Provo, UT @ Muse

Toronto’s Chloe Charles is following up a performance this past NXNE with a tour of Europe. The European tour, which kicked off this past Friday, will take the performer through a number of stops in Germany, France, Great Britain, Ireland and Italy as she performs ahead of the release of her album Little Green Bud which is slated for release later this year.

Chloe Charles – Soon on a Snowflake by CrashAvenue

Chloe Charles European Tour Dates

06/25 Wagenhallen Innerer Nordbahnhof Stuttgart, Baden-Würt, DE
06/26 House Concert Koln, DE
06/28 House Concert Berlin, DE
06/30 Ä Berlin, Berlin , DE
07/03 Hassan Hajam’s House Concert Paris, FR
07/13 The Cuban Bar Camden, London, GB
07/17 Henry J. Bean’s Bar & Grill Wimbeldon, London, GB
07/20 The Cobden London, GB
07/21 The Bedford London, GB
07/22 Annies London, London, GB
07/24 Thatch Tullamoore, IE
07/26 The Spirit Store Dundalk, Louth , IE
07/31 Seven Arts Leeds, GB
08/05 Alan Walker Residence Notingham, GB
08/07 Sacchi Residence milan, IT

West Coast Tour Dates
7/21: Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
7/22: Duncan, BC @ Duncan Garage Showroom
7/23: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
7/25: Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party
7/27: Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Café
7/29: San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop

Common Prayer are headed off to the UK next month for a string of performances. In case you folks reading in the UK can’t remember why it is that you should care, give a listen to Us vs Them“. Remember now?

Tour Dates
07/05: New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
07/11: Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio w/ Little Gold
07/18: Cardiff, Wales @ Buffalo Bar w/ Dreaming Spires
07/22: London, UK @ The Relentless Garage w/ Neil Halstead and the Silent League
07/26: Truck Festival UK w/ a bunch of other awesome bands
07/27: Brighton, UK @ TBA
08/01: Camden, UK @ Shhh Fest