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UK Chart Report

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun Sept 21st...

Albums:

• #7 The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed [Vid. His 4th album.]
  
• #13 The Coral - Singles Collection [Vid. Includes a 2nd disc of rarities.]
• #80 Little Man Tate - Nothing Worth Having Comes Easy [Vid. 2nd album from Yorkshire 5-piece.]

Indie-label album chart:

• chart never updated
  

Singles:

• #37 The Streets - "Everything Is Borrowed" [Vid. 1st single from his 4th album.]
• #78 Ladyhawke - "Dusk Til Dawn" [Vid. 3rd single from her debut album.]

Indie-label singles chart:

• #1 Travis - "Something Anything" [Vid. Ho-hum 2nd single from their 6th album.]
• #8 The Spinto Band - "Summer Grof" [Vid. Quite good 1st single from their 2nd album.]

These singles did not chart:

• We Are Scientists - "Impatience" [Vid. 3rd single from their 3rd album.]
• The Week That Was - "The Airport Line" [No vid? 1st single from their debut album. This is the new band from Peter from Field Music.]

The Rumble Strips kick-off U.S. tour next week

Devon ska-pop band The Rumble Strips will kick-off their first ever North American tour next week. Their debut album Girls and Weather was finally released in the U.S. last month via Gigantic.

Last year Mark Ronson had Charlie sing lead vocals on their cover of Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" at the BBC Electric Proms performance.

The Rumble Strips North American tourdates: (all dates w/ Birdmonster)

10/02 Princeton, NJ - Terrace Club
10/04 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
10/05 Washington, DC - Black Cat
10/06 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10/07 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10/08 Orlando, Fl - The Social
10/09 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
10/10 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
10/11 Austin, TX - The Parish Room
10/14 San Diego, CA - Casbah
10/15 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
10/16 San Francisco, CA - Pop Scene
10/18 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
10/19 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
10/20 Vancouver, BC - Media Club
10/23 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
10/24 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub
10/25 Madison, WI - Der Rathskellar
10/27 Newport, KY - Southgate House
10/28 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
10/29 Toronto, ON - El Mocambo
10/30 Montreal, QC - Zoo Bizarre
10/31 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bears
11/01 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

Little Britain USA giveaway!

I almost never like British comedy but I love Little Britain so I was very excited to see that the brilliant duo have done a U.S. version for HBO! To celebrate I have a great giveaway:

 

• 1 GB Mimobot USB flash drive of Vicky Pollard or Carol Beer. They are limited edition and will not be sold in stores.

To enter, comment below (including your e-mail address) with who your favorite character on the show is.

CLIPS:

• 10-minute preview trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3szcwWgvK0
• Vicky Pollard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2bolToJ4K0
• Bing Gordyn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwX_--0HrKM
  

Fun Britpop-related facts:

David and Matt both starred in the videos for:

• Pet Shop Boys - "I'm With Stupid"
• Fat Les -  "Vindaloo"
  

David was in the video for:

• Charlotte Hatherley - "Bastardo"

Matt was in the video for:

• Blur - "Country House" [the guy in the white lab coat]

Out in the U.S. on Tuesday

Here's the stuff that's out in the U.S. on Tues Sept 23rd that interests me...

Koufax - Strugglers [Stream. 4th album from Lawrence 5-piece.]

Friendly Fires - self-titled [Vid. Debut from St Albans electro-rock trio.]

High Places - self-titled [No vid? Debut from Brooklyn ambient duo.]