The Wombats set for NME New York show
The Wombats are set to play their first-ever New York show, presented by NME.
The Liverpool-based trio have confirmed a show at the Annex (home to Club NME NYC) to take place August 15.
The band recently completed a tour with The Holloways and have been receiving rave reviews for their single 'Kill The Director'.
In recent weeks the trio entered the studio to record tracks for their forthcoming album, scheduled to be released in October.
Opening at the Annex will be Brooklynites MGMT. |
Maps set for debut US tour
Maps aka James Chapman has announced a short tour of the US, kicking off at Seattle's Crocodile Caf? on September 22.
He will play three west coast dates before heading east for a further two shows in New York City and Brooklyn.
Chapman will be joined on the jaunt by Philip Thurlby (synths, backing Vocals, percussion), Matthew Roberts (synths, guitar, backing vocals), Benjamin Gordelier (drums) and Andrew Lowther (bass guitar).
The tour will support the release of 'We Can Create' which came out June 17 in the US and was recorded in Chapman's Northampton bedroom. The album was co-produced by Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bonnie Prince Billy, Bjork) and mixed by Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, Hope Of The States). |
Iggy Pop to voice role in animated film
Iggy Pop will voice a role in an upcoming animated film.
The Stooges frontman is set to play a politically active uncle in 'Persepolis', an animated political drama about a young girl struggling with life in Iran after the fall of the Shah in 1979.
Pop will be joined by actors Sean Penn, Catherine Deneuve and Gena Rowlands, reports the Hollywood Reporter.
The film, which is the North American version of the French film of the same name, is due to be released in the US at the end of 2007. |