Here you’ll find all the latest news from this week’s UK Indie Album and Singles Charts, as well as Live4ever’s highlights taken from some of our featured tours going on in a major city near you over the next 7 days.
UNKLE - 'Where Did The Night Fall'
US rock band The National debut at no.1 in this week’s UK Indie Album chart, with their fifth studio album ‘High Violet‘ replacing last week’s no.1 ‘Heaven Is Whenever‘, which drops to #6. Elsewhere, British electronic duo UNKLE enter at #2 with their new record ‘Where Did The Night Fall‘. After 47 weeks on the Indie chart, Prodigy’s album ‘Invaders Must Die‘ climbs five places to #8.
Rapper and producer Fugative is at no.1 in the Indie Singles chart, with his third release ‘Crush‘, narrowly edging out fellow producer Sub Focus, who’s track ‘Splash‘ enters at no.2. Last week’s no.1, Faithless’ ‘Not Going Home‘ drops to #3, and the latest in Irish rock band Ash’s series of single releases debuts at #8.
UK Indie Album Chart:
1/ The National – High Violet
2/ UNKLE – Where Did The Night Fall
3/ The xx – xx
4/ Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N Cheek
5/ The Temper Trap – Conditions
6/ The Hold Steady – Heaven Is Whenever
7/ Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
8/ Prodigy – Invaders Muse Die
9/ Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden – Jasmine
10/ Vampire Weekend – Contra
UK Indie Singles Chart:
1/ Fugative – Crush
2/ Sub Focus – Splash
3/ Faithless – Not Going Home
4/ Sidney Samson – Riverside (Let’s Go)
5/ The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
6/ TV Rock – In The Air
7/ Vandarth – Nothin’ On You
8/ Ash – Insects
9/ Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers
10/ The Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird
If you’re wanting to get out to a gig this week find out where tickets are still available for some of the best shows currently going on across the UK with our Gig Guide. To view the featured bands’ full tour details, as well as many other UK events, head over to our dedicated tickets page.
BIRMINGHAM:
Tuesday – British Sea Power @ The Glee Club BUY TICKETS
BRISTOL:
Sunday – Holy Fuck @ The Cooler BUY TICKETS
CARDIFF:
Sunday – Delays @ ClwB Ifor Bach BUY TICKETS
GLASGOW:
Sunday – Little Comets @ O2 ABC 2 BUY TICKETS
LEEDS:
Thursday – Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster @ The Cockpit BUY TICKETS
LIVERPOOL:
Thursday – Field Music @ Masque BUY TICKETS
Formed in Sunderland in 2004, Field Music (pic) is built primarily around brothers David and Peter Brewis and has featured members of The Futureheads and Maximo Park in it’s previous line-ups. They released their eponymous debut album in August 2005, which was followed by a compilation of b-sides and early recordings in May 2006. They released their second studio album, ‘Tones of Town’, in January 2007, which was folllowed in February of this year by ‘Field Music (Measure)’. Check out a selection of Field Music’s tracks on their Myspace page.
LONDON:
Tuesday – New To Q @ The Relentless Garage BUY TICKETS
MANCHESTER:
Wednesday – Hip Parade @ O2 Ruby Lounge BUY TICKETS
NEWCASTLE:
Saturday – Goldheart Assembly @ The Cluny BUY TICKETS
NOTTINGHAM:
Wednesday – Real Estate @ Stealth BUY TICKETS
OXFORD:
Thursday – Blood Red Shoes @ The Jericho BUY TICKETS
SHEFFIELD:
Thursday – Male Bonding @ The Harley BUY TICKETS
WOLVERHAMPTON:
Friday – Lostprophets @ The Civic Hall BUY TICKETS
YORK:
Wednesday – Chapel Club @ Stereo BUY TICKETS
(all gigs listed have tickets still available as of 17th May 2010)