Fo-tos: Rough Trade Release Day In-Store | 26 Oct.

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

We present to you (with permission) the exceptional live photos from the Rough Trade in-store Monday evening as shot by Harry Watko. The accounts we’ve read indicate this was a show for the ages, and these photos certainly don’t argue to the contrary. Thanks for letting us share them, Mr. Watko.

Live: Johnny Foreigner at SWN Festival, Cardiff

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

On Friday night we (well, one half of us) were fortunate enough to catch Johnny Foreigner’s set at Clwb Ifor Back as part of SWN Festival 2009. Playing the main upstairs room, the band followed strong sets by both Talons and You Animals who we highly recommend you check out, the latter of which later [...]

We Are All Alyf

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Seriously, Alyf, we feel you. One half of the editorial team of Keeping Some Dark Secrets is easily a whole-number multiple of your age, but we can safely say that we feel *exactly the same way* as you do when we listen to this song, and pretty much any Johnny Foreigner song. KSDS salutes you.

Grace and The Bigger Picture streaming on NME.com

Monday, October 19th, 2009

With 1 week until the release of Grace and The Bigger Picture, the album is now available to stream on NME.com in its entirety. However, users outside the UK can only hear 30second clips of each track (but we’re sure you know how to get around that one). We’ve already published our review here and [...]

[EDIT] Dark Harbourzz Tour! But No “Dark Harbourzz” Single This Year

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Late November tour with Internet Forever. And in case you are an international type, you might be interested to know that you can now order Grace And The Bigger Picture — which will be released by Best Before Records 26 Oct. — direct from the band right here. Grace tour shirts apparently heading to the [...]

Anti-Twee

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Our eagle eyes have spotted some predominantly new Johnny Foreigner related content, in the form of an interview with This Is Fake DIY from before their recent headline show at Manchester Deaf Institute. Whilst you’ll know already that Grace and The Bigger Picture has its roots away from Birmingham, the interview does ask a fair [...]

Footage: “Yr All Just Jealous” in Manchester, 13 Oct.

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Special thanks to YouTube poster Simister82, whose videozez we seem to recall pilfering before. You are the man, Mr. Simister82.

Thing Of Beauty By Lew

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Word is this poster is being sold at the shows. So hopefully it will make it to the online merch store, too, ’cause this is awesome.

Heard Anything Good Lately?

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

So, as you all know by now, we were right when we said we’re all just bricks in the wall. Also, we were right when we said the big surprise alluded to by Team JoFo last week was the remix EP, which as you can see from the art above seems to have an alternate [...]

If We Were The Gambling Type… We’d Now Up The Stakes

Monday, October 5th, 2009

As we posted about earlier this week, there’s a surprise coming later today, after midday (GMT) to be exact, and we’re pretty confident that it’ll be in the form of a 7-track remix EP of songs from upcoming album Grace and the Bigger Picture. Why are we so sure? Well, we have no insider scoop [...]