[Listen] Warpaint - "Love Is To Die"

I love waking up to surprises. Those days where you wake up a little worse for wear and you realise you still have you phone, wallet and passport, but then you check your wallet and there's still money in it! It's a magical feeling. I like it even more when I wake up to find that the night before while I was in a dream-like state that a band I really like released a new track and announced a new album. Today was one of those days as Warpaint have announced their sophomore album and following the ever growing trend it's a self-titled one. Along with that they've tickled our ears with brand new music in the shape of a track called "Love Is To Die" which you can check out below. The ladies are currently doing a short stint around the UK but I'm sure we can expect more dates to be announced in 2014. The 12 track S/T will be released via Rough Trade on January the 20th.

They play Manchester Academy this evening (October 39th) and Brixton Academy in London tomorrow on the 30th Oct. For now treat yourself to the huge sounding track below.

[Watch] Warpaint's Rough Trade Session

Sensual melodies and catchy hooks galore right here in some session footage of Warpaint filmed recently for Rough Trade. The band will release a deluxe edition of their great full length debut LP The Fool. On the release will be the original tracklist plus the bands first ever EP Exquisite Corpse.

Up at the top you can enjoy them performing "Billie Holiday" while after the jump you can watch "Bergundy", "Composure" and "Majesty".

[Watch] Warpaint - "Undertow" Live At Reading Festival 2011

Getting to see these lovely ladies live for the first time over the weekend was an absolute delight. I'd heard purely rave reviews of Warpaint up until this point and they didn't disappoint, playing the majority of their wonderful full length debut, The Fool, it was pure bliss. You can enjoy their hit single "Undertow" from Reading Festival at the top. If you get a chance to see these guys live I would recommend it highly.

[Listen] Warpaint - "Billie Holiday"

Warpaint have announced their next single to be "Billie Holiday which originally appeared on their 2008 EP, Exquisite Corpse. The track has been a favourite with fans and the bands alike and in turn it's been re-worked and mixed up a bit. Not to mention they got it mixed by Pulp bassist Steve Mackey and it was produced by none other than John Frusciante. Pretty impressive to say the least.

The track is also set to appear on the deluxe version of the beautiful debut LP from the sultry ladies, The Fool. The deluxe edition isn't set for release until next month on September 19th but you can listen to "Billie Holiday" below via Rough Trade.

[News] Arctic Monkeys and Smith Westerns Announce Tour Dates

This Fall, Arctic Monkeys will join forces with Smith Westerns in an epic tour across both North America and Europe. The two bands will also boast backup from TV On The Radio, Panda Bear, and Warpaint during various legs of their tours, as well, Das Racist will be joining Smith Westerns during the Pitchfork Music Festival afterparty. You can check out all the tour dates for both bands after the jump, and head here to watch the music video for Arctic Monkey's Suck It and See single "The Hellcat Spangled Shangrilalala."

Arctic Monkeys 2011 Tour Dates:

08-01 Dallas, TX - The Palladium Ballroom
08-02 Austin, TX - Stubbs
08-03 Houston, TX - House of Blues
08-06 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
08-07 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08-10 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
08-11 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
08-12 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
08-13 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands
08-19 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08-20-21 Staffordshire, England - V Festival
08-27 Saint Cloud, France - Rock En Seine
08-28 Munich, Germany - Energy in the Park
09-03 Bologna, Italy - I-Day Festival
09-23 Las Vegas, NV - The Pool @ The Cosmopolitan @*
09-24 San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theatre @*
09-25 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl @*#$
09-28 Vancouver, British Columbia – Orpheum Theatre *
09-29 Calgary, Alberta, Canada – MacEwan Ballroom *
09-30 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – The Odeon *
10-01 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Burton Cummings Theatre *
10-03 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room *
10-04 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant *
10-05 Nashville, TN – War Memorial Auditorium *
10-07 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live *
10-08 Sunrise, FL - Langerado Music Festival
10-09 Tampa, FL – The Ritz *
10-11 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle *
10-12 Raleigh, NC – Disco Rodeo *
10-14 Atlantic City, NJ – Showboat Atlantic City *
10-15 Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live *
10-16 Columbus, OH – The LC Pavilion *
10-18 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE *
10-28 Nottingham, England - Capital FM Arena *
10-29-30 London, England - The O2 Arena *
11-01 Cardiff, Wales - Motorpoint Arena *
11-02 Manchester, England - MEN Arena *
11-04 Birmingham, England - LG Arena *
11-05 Newcastle, England - Metro Radio Arena *
11-06 Aberdeen, Scotland - AECC *
11-08 Glasgow, Scotland - SECC Hall 4 *
11-09 Liverpool, England - Echo Arena *
12-30 Marion Bay, Tasmania - The Falls Music & Arts Festival
12-31 Lorne, Victoria - The Falls Music & Arts Festival
01-07 Busseltown, Western Australia - Southbound Festival

* with Smith Westerns
@ with TV on the Radio
# with Panda Bear
$ with Warpaint

Smith Westerns 2011 Tour Dates:

07-15 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (Pitchfork Music Festival afterparty) !
07-31 Montreal, Quebec – Osheaga Festival
08-04 Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern
08-05 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
08-13 Osaka, Japan – Summer Sonic
08-14 Tokyo, Japan – Summer Sonic
08-18 Hasselt, Belgium – Pukkelpop Festival
08-19 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands Festival
08-25 Groningen, Netherlands – Noorderzon Festival
08-26 Paris, France – Rock En Seine
08-27 Reading, England – Reading Festival
08-28 Leeds, England – Leeds Festival
09-03 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest
09-13 Norman, OK – Opolis
09-14 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
09-16 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
09-23 Las Vegas, NV – The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas @*
09-24 San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theatre @*
09-25 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl @*#$
09-28 Vancouver, British Columbia – Orpheum Theatre *
09-29 Calgary, Alberta – MacEwan Hall Ballroom *
09-30 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – The Odeon *
10-01 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Burton Cummings Theatre *
10-03 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room *
10-04 St. Lois, MO – The Pageant *
10-05 Nashville, TN – War Memorial Auditorium *
10-07 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live *
10-08 Sunrise, FL - Langerado Festival
10-09 Tampa, FL – The Ritz *
10-11 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle *
10-12 Raleigh, NC – Disco Rodeo *
10-14 Atlantic City, NJ – House of Blues @ Showboat Atlantic City *
10-15 Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live *
10-16 Columbus, OH – The LC Pavilion *
10-18 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE *
10-28 Nottingham, England – Capital FM Arena *
10-29-30 London, England – 02 Arena *
11-01 Cardiff, Wales – MOTORPOINT Arena *
11-02 Manchester, England – Men Arena *
11-04 Birmingham, England – LG Arena *
11-05 Newcastle, England – Metro Radio Arena *
11-06 Aberdeen, Scotland – AECC *
11-08 Glasgow, Scotland – SECC Hall 4 *
11-09 Liverpool, England – Echo Arena *

! with Das Racist
* with Arctic Monkeys
@ with TV on the Radio
# with Panda Bear
$ with Warpaint

[Watch] TV On The Radio, Battles, Elbow, Chemical Brothers & Warpaint Glastonbury 2011 Highlights

If you've been living under a rock for the past week then you may have missed last weekend, which musically was what we'd call a goodie. With the 40th anniversary of Glastonbury Festival being this year the festival went off with a huge bang. Loads of surprise sets not to mention the actual line up minus surprise sets. We posted a good deal of our favourites yesterday (sorry if they got taken down before you got a chance to watch 'em but the internet police got to some). Today though we have our final blast of personal faves for you to sit back enjoy.

We have TV On The Radio for you to enjoy firstly up at the top followed by Battles after the jump. Then my local boys done good Elbow will entertain you with some great sing alongs from the crowd. Don't fret though, there's still two more lots of highlights to check out after that with a great set from The Chemical Brothers and a chilled set from those sultry girls, Warpaint. 

With it being such a momentous weekend of live music in a rather large gathering of fields in the UK Countryside why not soak it up from the comfort of your home or office. Sit back and enjoy one of the greatest festivals the world has to offer. It'll be 2013 when we next see bands performing at Worthy Farm with them taking a year off next year to rest the  fields (plus there's some event in London with loads of Athletes and stuff, the Olympics or something, Google it). So until 2013 let's have a toast to the organisers and performers for what was truly a great weekend of music.

Battles

Elbow

Chemical Brothers

Warpaint

[Watch] Warpaint - "Elephants" Live on Later...with Jools Holland

Warpaint were also on last weeks episode of Later...with Jools Holland and you can enjoy their track, "Elephants" which features on their beautiful debut, The Fool. The band live seem to bring that extra je nes se quois that the album doesn't. Give it a watch and see if you agree. Head on over here to pick up their debut, you won't regret it. 

[Watch] Warpaint - "Undertow" "Live on Interface

Warpaint, those sultry mellow ladies are at it again, laying down solid performances from their debut, The Fool. This time the ladies stepped up to the cameras for our friends over at Spinner and their Interface setup. Check out a performance of the infectious "Undertow" at the top and if you want to see more simply head on over to Spinner where you can see another three tracks.

The Fool is out now and will be the perfect listen for these ever increasing in heat summer days.