One of the UK’s most hotly tipped bands, Jungle, play the Hare & Hounds this Thursday 20th March thanks to the team at This Is Tmrw & Leftfoot.

The London based duo are one of the most exciting. yet unknown bands to emerge from Britain in recent years and have been described as creating world music for rundown inner cities. Check out the new video for their latest single ‘Busy Earnin’ below;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcsfftwLUf0

Advanced £8 tickets are on sale now, you can find them here.

Most 21-year-olds still don’t know what to do with their lives, but Marika Hackman has already been a model for Burberry, and is tipped to be a breakthrough pop artist this year.It was when she was 14 years old and she played her first gig with school friend Cara Delevingne (Hackman played drums while the supermodel played guitar and sang) that she gained a taste for being a musician.

Marika’s music is something very different to the happy-clappy nature of recent folk , hers is a far more potent vision in the lineage of Syd Barrett, but presented by an enigmatic beauty with a striking vocal delivery more akin to that of Nico deftly exploring an unsmiling bereft landscape.

Having already toured  with Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Marika Hackman has scheduled her biggest headline touring stint to date, hitting the road during March. The singer, whose Sugar Blind EP is streaming beneath, will play shows in London, Manchester, Sheffield and other UK cities. She’ll also soon head into the studio to work on her debut album.

Watch her performance of ‘Itchy Teeth’ below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy30JchLdVE

It all kicks off this Sunday 16th March, pick up your advanced £7 tickets here.

We’re delighted to announce that This Is Tmrw bring Childhood to the Hare & Hounds on Tuesday 29th April.

The South London based psychedelic, lo-fi indie quartet are signed to Rough Trade and recently supported Temples on a few UK tour dates. Check out the video for the bands single ‘Pinballs’ below;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wTOoyNIClI

Tickets go on sale this Friday 14th March at 9am, you can get hold of yours here.

We’re pleased to announce that This Is Tmrw will be bringing September Girls to the H&H on Wednesday 7th May.

Named after a Big Star song as covered by the Bangles, September Girls comprise Paula on bass and vocals, Sarah on drums, Caoimhe on rhythm guitar and vocals, Lauren on keys and vocals and Jessie on lead guitar and vocals. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Phil Spector, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine and Jesus and Mary Chain, the five-piece play reverb-soaked noise-pop of the finest order, with distant layered harmonies, swirling organ and distorted guitars once described as “sounds from a transistor radio abandoned in a rural cinema.” Check out the video for their single Heartbeats below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbXlkmZzUu0

It all kicks off at 8pm on Wednesday 7th May with advanced £7 tickets on sale now, you can find them here.

Australian four-piece Howling Bells return with their stunning new album, Heartstrings, set for release on 2nd June 2014. Recorded at London’s Assault and Battery Studios with producers Catherine J Marks and Alan Moulder, the album is preceded by a single, ‘Slowburn’, on 7th April. The band will celebrate the release of the single by hitting the road and stop by Hare & Hounds Birmingham on Tues 3rd June 2014.

Heartstrings is Howling Bells’ fourth album, and the first they have recorded in their adopted hometown of London (the band’s debut, Howling Bells (2006), was demoed in Australia and recorded in Liverpool, while Radio Wars (2009) and 2011’s The Loudest Engine saw the band decamp to Los Angeles and Las Vegas respectively).

Taking a different approach to the making of their previous records, Howling Bells made the recording of Heartstrings an intense process, laying down a track a day for 11 days, resulting in a potent collection of songs.

Howling Bells Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter

Howling Bell play Hare & Hounds Birmingham on Tues 3rd June 2014. Tickets available here here.

http://youtu.be/RLKku_tKQpo

Fancy winning two tickets to Mr Scruff & Floating Points at the Hare & Hounds on Friday 14th March? All you have to do tell us is who’s in the box? First person to guess right as a comment on this blog wins the tickets…

One of the most lauded singer-songwriters of her generation, Dar Williams has been captivating audiences with her sheer elegance and honesty in her folk-pop songwriting since the early ’90s. As documented on her last album, the 2010 two-disc retrospective Many Great Companions, Williams’ growth as an individual over her almost two-decade-long career has gone hand-in-hand with her evolution as an artist. She has toured with such distinguished artists as Joan Baez, Patty Griffin, Ani DiFranco, and Shawn Colvin, and recently became a regular contributor to the Huffington Post’s Green Blog.

Dar’s last album from 2012 ‘In The Time Of Gods’, Dar’s first album of original material in four years was produced by Kevin Killen (U2, Elvis Costello, andPeter Gabriel), and features special guests Shawn Colvin and Larry Campbell, and a remarkable set of musicians including Charley Drayton, Gerry Leonard, and Rob Hyman. Williams presents 10 original compositions on In The Time Of Gods, which explores many of today’s most challenging social issues told against the parables of Greek mythology. The inimitable collection of songs includes some of the richest and most evocative writing of Williams’ career. Check her live performance of the her single ‘I Am The One Who’ll Remember Everything’ here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se-nY2rEC6o

It all kicks off at 7:30pm this Sunday 9th March with advanced £10 tickets available here.

We’re delighted to announce that The Heels will be headlining our Easter Jam on Thursday 17th April.

The Ska, Reggae, Soul & Funk infused 8 piece will be joined on the night by Tempting Rosie & Jamtidy whilst Leftfoot & Freestyle resident Sam Redmore will be taking to the decks for the evening playing a selection of Reggae, Funk & Soul to see you through to the early hours. Check out the Heels Soundcloud below;

https://soundcloud.com/theheels/skaculation

Advanced £5 tickets are on sale now, you can find them here.

The Pizza Underground finally gets around to doing what we’ve all been thinking about for years: rewriting Velvet Underground songs to be about pizza.

Band-members Matt Colbourn, Deenah Vollmer, Austin Kilham, Phoebe Kreutz and Macaulay Culkin will burn your mouth with low-fi hits like “All the “All the Pizza Parties” (All Tomorrow’s Parties), “Pizza, It Hurts” (Venus in Furs), and “Take a Bite of the Wild Slice” (Walk on the Wild Side”).

The band’s “Fresh to Your Door Tour” starts making deliveries to the UK in May, and calls at Hare & Hounds Birmingham on Mon 26th.

The Pizza Underground Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter

The Pizza Underground play the Hare & Hounds on Monday 26th May, tickets go on sale this Friday 7th March at 9am. You can find them HERE.

Watch the band’s debut video below:

http://youtu.be/kmgq81Ww7K4

This Friday 7th March Goldie will be making his Circles debut at the Hare and Hounds.

Goldie is a true maverick of the Drum’n’Bass genre, not only as a musician but also as a supporter of many of the scenes emerging artists throughout the years. His imprint ‘Metalheadz’ has produced many classics, from his master piece album ‘Timeless’ to D: Bridge’s ‘True Romance’ and Commix’s ground breaking ‘Satellite 2’.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx9-fjlh7Y4

Circles 4th Birthday last month with Fabio & Grooverider was one of their best yet so we’re expecting another capacity crowd. Make sure you don’t miss out and pick up your advanced £10 tickets here.