Ballboy News

Los Campesinos! to headline Indietracks festival

DiS faves Los Campesinos! have been announced as the Sunday night headliners of this year's Indietracks festival.»

Strange Fruit Meets Shepherd's Bush

The Strange Fruit Collective is set to celebrate their 5th birthday in style with the 2nd Strange Fruit Festival. Running from the 19th to the 22nd November at the Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush, the Festival features 20 bands in 4 nights and is billed as "some of the most exciting off-kilter indie and ecl»

ballboy: new single details

News by Adie Nunn

Whimsical Scottish popsters, BALLBOY, have announced details of their new single. ‘A Europewide Search For Love’ will be released in April on long-time home, SL Records. It’s backed with ‘Fuck This For A Game Of Japs And Commandoes’. The band are back in Maida Vale studios this weekend,»

Jockrock: Awards a go-go

News by Adie Nunn

Jockrock website is holding its second annual awards ceremony on Sep 7th. The event happens in Glasgow's Nice 'n' Sleazy venue, featuring live sets from: Josephine
ballboy (acoustic)
Troika
Slowloris
Debaser It»

ballboy: New Album Details

News by Adie Nunn

Cult John Peel faves and Strange Fruit club regulars, ballboy, have finished recording their new album. 'A Guide To The Daylight Hours' will be released, accompanied by a single, in Oct/Nov 2002. It follows last year's compilation CD of past EPs. In true ballboy tradition, all the song-titl»

ballboy's Club Anthems and Boring Sex

News by Adie Nunn

Cult Scots indie heroes ballboy have an album coming out. Hurrah! And they've re-recorded some older tracks for it. 'Donald In The Bushes With A Bag Of Glue' and 'A Day In Space' have been reworked, a new song 'Postcards From The Beach' will see the light of day for the first time, and it's also to include an ac»

Planet Pop Festival Details

News by James Moore

This year Vitaminic and Planet Pop are presenting six FREE gigs as part of the festival.

All gigs take place at The Venue, Edinburgh and the full line up follows:

August
12th - Sputniks Down, El Hombre Trajeado, Lapsus Linguae
13th - Post Diluvian, Akira, Mercury Tilt Swi»

ballboy Gigs

News by James Moore

SL artists and John Peel fav's ballboy have a announced a few gigs.

The dates are as follows:

June
23rd - London, The Garage (w/ Trembling Blue Stars)
24th - London, The Betsey Trotwood (FREE)

July
25th - Birmingham, Flapper & Firkin
26th - Lon»