Guillemots Reveal Cavernous UK Trek

Their forthcoming tour will stop at these unusual locations:

Fri 7th Nov Birmingham Custard Factory
Sat 8th Nov Bath Pavilion Theatre
Sun 9th Nov York The Duchess
Tue 11th Nov Inverness Eden Court
Wed 12th Nov Middlesborough Empire
Thu 13th Nov Edinburgh Picture House
Sat 15th Nov Lancaster Library
Sun 16th Nov Sheffield Plug
Mon 17th Nov Bradford St Georges Hall
Wed 19th Nov Liskeard Carnglaze Caverns
Thu 20th Nov Falmouth Princess Pavilion
Fri 21st Nov Portsmouth Pyramids Centre
Sat 22nd Nov Brighton St Georges
Mon 24th Nov Derby Assembly Rooms
Tue 25th Nov Cambridge Junction
Wed 26th Nov London Barbican

Visit Guillemots on MySpace.

MP3: Guillemots - Clarion

Guillemots Unveil New Video

Enjoy Red's 'Kriss Kross' below. Download a Guillemots selection at bottom.


MP3: Guillemots - Clarion

Guillemots Interviewed At O2 Festival

Enjoy 'Trains To Brazil' followed by this weekend's brief Q&A session below.


MP3: Guillemots - Clarion

Guillemots Visit London Live

Enjoy last week's performance of Red's 'Get Over It' below. MP3 at bottom of post.


MP3: Guillemots - Who Left The Lights Off, Baby?

Guillemots Cover Sam Sparro On Jo Whiley

Listen to their take on 'Black & Gold' below. Download a Guillemots tune at bottom.


MP3: Guillemots - If The World Ends [alt link]

Guillemots Interviewed By Chris Neadham

Watch the bizarre Q&A session below. Enjoy a Guillemots tune at bottom of post.


MP3: Guillemots - Big Dogs [alt link]

Guillemots Debut New Video

Enjoy Red's 'Falling Out Of Reach' below. Visit Guillemots on MySpace. MP3 at bottom.


MP3: Guillemots - Falling Out Of Reach [alt link]

Guillemots Record New Song For Q Magazine

Here's the story: *Q challenged the super prolific Guillemots to write and record a song from scratch in just 24 hours. The band stopped by their East London studio to document the songwriting process - which, this being Guillemots, involved car keys, scissors, a camera shutter and a hoover pipe!* Watch the 'making of' plus a teaser of the tune below.


MP3: Guillemots - Cockateels [alt link]

Guillemots Visit 'Lily Allen & Friends'

Enjoy Red's 'Get Over It' below. Visit the band at their official MySpace page.


MP3: Guillemots - Last Kiss [alt link]

Guillemots Release New Video

Enjoy the official clip for Red's 'Get Over It' below. MP3 at bottom of post.


MP3: Guillemots - Who Left The Lights Off, Baby?

Guillemots Visit Jonathan Ross

Enjoy the first single off of their sophomore LP, Red (entitled 'Get Over It'), below.


MP3: Guillemots - Who Left The Lights Off, Baby?

New Guillemots LP Due Out In March

The as-of-yet untitled sophomore record bears the following track listing: Kriss Kross, Big Dog, Falling Out Of Reach, Get Over It, Clarion, Last Kiss, Cockateels, Words, Standing On The Last Star, Don’t Look Down & Take Me Home.

For further teasers, head to MOJO.

Visit Guillemots at their MySpace page.

MP3: Guillemots - Trains To Brazil (via G&G)

Guillemots Choose Fave Tunes For 'Back To Mine'

Here's the complete track listing for the compilation:

1. Sonic Youth - Providence
2. Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope)
3. Fourtet - A Joy
4. Joan As Police Woman - The Ride
5. Esther Phillips - And I Love Him
6. Daniel Johnston - Speeding Motorcycle
7. Kenickie - I Would Fix You
8. Tartit - Eha Ehenia
9. Bjork - All Neon Like
10. Amon Tobin - Reanimator
11. Charles Mingus - Tensions
12. The Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You
13. Liars - The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack
14. Cartola - Preciso Me Encontrar
15. Raphael Saadiq - Still Ray
16. Buffalo Springfield - Expecting To Fly
17. Sandy Denny - No End (Solo Piano Version)

Pre-order a copy of the LP here.

MP3: Guillemots - Woody Brown River

The World Of B-Sides & Rarities, #59

Guillemots - Never Went To Church

Roughly a year ago, outstanding British 4-piece, Guillemots, covered The Streets tune, 'Never Went To Church'. The song appeared as the B-side to the Streets single for the track and we adore it.

As does Binky The Doormat. Binky declares: "As with most Guillemots stuff it's multi-layered to the point of absurdity, but it's a lot better than Skinner's version. Plus they have a hot bassist, so they can be forgiven almost anything."

Listen to the tune below.

MP3: Guillemots - Never Went To Church (Streets cover)

Guillemots: Love Is In The Air!

How come I never gushed about Guillemots over the last few months? My apologies to the band. Their debut EP released earlier this year was one of the strongest short-players I've heard in quite some time and their first full-length, also released recently, Through The Windowpane, is pure genius.

The Mercury Prize nominees had an amazing 2006 (in spite of losing the aforementioned award to Arctic Monkeys). Firstly, they received all sorts of critical buzz, played to their biggest crowds to date and won over hordes of new fans, on each side of the Atlantic.

Their delicate, melodious and inspiring sounds made my iPod a very happy camper all year long (particularly 'Trains To Brazil'). Their next single 'Annie, Let's Not Wait' will be released in January in the UK. I can't wait to hear what's next from these guys (hopefully another visit to Bowery, at the very least). In the meantime, I present to you Through The Windowpane's closing track. It's epic, powerful and so goddamn moving. Hope you love it as much as I do.

MP3: Guillemots - Sao Paolo

(Hear some more tracks over on their MySpace page)