Archive for April, 2010

LOS CAMPESINOS! WICHITEN CELEBRATION SHOW

posted April 29th,2010 by Gareth

We are very pleased to announce that on July 15 we will be playing a show to mark the Tenth Anniversary of our beautiful home, Wichita Recordings. At London’s Relentless Garage venue, we will be joined by Frankie & The Hearstrings and Johnny Foreigner to play the final of four big celebratory Wichita shows. More [...]

Tour Rambles

posted April 29th,2010 by Ellen

Greetings, I do wonder what my life would have been like if I had been stuck in Cardiff right now instead of looking at a man unloading a Miller Lite van in Madison, Wisconsin. I would go with “less eventful.” As you can tell we have made it here safe and sound and undead from [...]

Los Campesinos! vs Volcanos

posted April 23rd,2010 by Ellen

Hello, so this is what happened with the  whole Planes vs Volcanos vs Los Campesinos! adventure… Although we had to cancel some shows which sucked a lot, we have made it over in the end (fingers crossed…I posted this before we boarded the plane) [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/11149892 w=400&h=225] see it bigger here It is a shame [...]

US TOUR RE-ROUTING (HIGH PRIORITY)

posted April 20th,2010 by Gareth

April 25 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club (18+) 26 New York, NY Irving Plaza 27 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 28 Covington KY Mad Hatter Club 29 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre 30 Chicago, IL Cabaret Metro May 01 Minneapolis MN First Avenue 04 Seattle, WA Showbox Theatre 05 Portland OR Hawthorne Theatre 07 San Francisco, CA [...]

SHOW CANCELLATION UPDATES

posted April 17th,2010 by Gareth

So, as I’m sure most the world is aware by now, currently all flights in and out of the UK are cancelled due to the eruption of an Icelandic volcano creating unsafe flying conditions. This leaves us with a US tour unravelling without us there to take up the twine. As it stands, the first [...]

Volcano News Update

posted April 15th,2010 by Ellen

Dear USA, Due to the volcanic situation in Iceland we are grounded in Heathrow with fingers crossed to fly tomorrow but here is a hastily thrown together visual update (better then CNN, Sky News or anything Fox will tell you) [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/10961664 w=400&h=225] On the upside the sunset will look lovely tonight so apparently every volcanic [...]

UK Tour Video part Deux

posted April 13th,2010 by Ellen

I think its better then the first one. But Vimeo made me seperate them. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/10892097 w=400&h=225] Bastards Keep the suggestions coming in, if there is anything in Burlington you would recommend that would be great. Also someone from Princeton, can I have a tour of Princeton? You know Im going to go and try [...]

UK Tour Vidz Part Uno

posted April 12th,2010 by Ellen

Hey ya! Here is the first part of the UK the tour vid for the February/March tour we partook in with Islet and Swanton Bombs. Both parts have a run time of 50 mins altogether but my mum said they totally didnt feel that long It features many wonderful things such as… A cultural dissection [...]

The Project – Update, Spring 2010

posted April 10th,2010 by Robert

Due to the power of wireless internet I’m writing this whilst sat in our garden.  Wilco is coming out of the kitchen and its warm and sunny.  It seems, possibly, that spring is actually here! So an update.  For anyone who has forgotten, I said I would try and liven up our back garden. Okay, [...]