Tom Williams & The Boat tour decided | Music News

Kent anti folk band Tom Williams & The Boat have announced the final details of their June tour. The run of 5 shows was an innovative project with detourjam.com that allowed fans to choose where the tour went simply by buying a ticket. The first 5 cities to sell 50 tickets got a show.

The band will play Leeds, London, Birmingham, Tunbridge Wells and Manchester from 4th to 8th June.

Male & British | Friday Five

Yes, you should be working but you can’t be bothered. This is the bit where Frost will introduce you to five brilliant acts that if you’re not listening to already, then you ought to be. Following on from last week’s Female & British piece, we thought we’d showcase some of the great male-fronted British bands out there.

This week the brief is British and Female.

Alto45 are a great Suffolk-based indie band whose influences probably include The Delgados, The Postal Service and Graham Coxon. Stunning!
Tom Williams & The Boat – listen to them loud and enjoy. Indie-folk-rock etc. Thinking man’s music.
The Sea are a rather stunning rock band, comprised of brothers Peter and Alex Chisolm. A novelty that they’re from Cornwall, too.
Something Personal are a bunch of Welsh-based ruffians. They look ugly as sin but don’t let that put you off listening as they make music that is beautiful. Something for the weekend!
The Great Park is splendid. It’s the nom de plume of Berlin-based “problem folk” singer Stephen Burch. Check out a lot more of stuff here, including a lot of his work available to download free.