Music For Little Green Cars

New band Little Green Cars heads out on a first U.S. headlining tour this spring and plays the 7th St. Entry on April 1.

This Dublin-based quintet, currently riding high on the single The John Wayne, counts Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol amongst their biggest fans.



Recently signed to Glassnote/Island, they smartly hired producer Markus Dravs (Mumford and Sons, Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Bjork) to helm their first full length, Absolute Zero (out March 26 in the US) and are somewhat road-tested already, after stints opening for The Antlers and Jake Bugg.



These up-and-comers are a live show to catch for any fan of Irish country tinged rock, Band of Horses, The Lumineers, and Band of Horses, and before they blow up after two upcoming weekends at Coachella.



NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:

03/17/13 Atlanta, GA Vinyl/Center 03/18/13 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 03/19/13 Norfolk, VA Jewish Mother 03/20/13 Washington, DC DC9 03/21/13 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s 03/22/13 Pawtucket, RI The Met 03/23/13 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair 03/26/13 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall … 03/27/13 Montreal, QC Il Motore 03/28/13 Toronto, ON The Drake Hotel 03/30/13 Columbus, OH Lifestyle Comm.

03/31/13 Chicago, IL Schuba’s Tavern 04/01/13 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry 04/03/13 Denver, CO Walnut Room 04/05/13 Salt Lake City, UT State Room 04/07/13 Vancouver, BC Media Club 04/08/13 Seattle, WA Neumos Crystal 04/09/13 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge 04/11/13 San Francisco, CA The Chapel 04/14/13 Indio, CA Coachella 2013 04/16/13 Phoenix, AZ Rhythm Room 04/21/13 Indio, CA Coachella 2013

It’s that time of year again: SXSW. Of and around this time of year (March), we get a massive influx of British bands in the States. That’s really a benefit to everyone involved because the UK bands usually do a mini-USA tour or side shows. Expect to see more UK bands in the States (and expect us to cover many of them as possible).



Manchester’s The 1975 is heading out on the road for their new EP, Music For Cars (out March 4th on Dirty Hit). Expect the band to return to the studios after the US tour to finalize a debut album, co-produced by the band and the award-winning Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Foals).



Tickets can be purchased at artistticket.com.



Tour dates:

02/18/13 – London – Borderline 03/12/13 – Austin, TX – SXSW 03/20/13 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean 03/22/13 – Pittsburgh, PA – 6119 03/23/13 – Rochester, NY – Bug Jar 03/25/13 – Albany, NY – WEXQ-Miller Light 03/27/13 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge 03/28/13 – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie

03/30/13 – Washington, DC – DC9 03/31/13 – Norfolk, VA – 69X Spring Fling 05/22/13 – Newcastle – Northumbria University 05/23/13 – Sheffield – Queens Social Club 05/27/13 – Glasgow – Oran Mor 05/28/13 – Birmingham – HMV Institute Library 05/29/13 – London – Heaven 05/31/13 – Portsmouth – Wedgewood Rooms