Mae Announce UK/European Tour w/ Rookie Of The Year

Mae have announced details of a UK tour next year with support from Rookie Of The Year and Kyoto Drive.

January
3rd - Glasgow The Classic Grand (UK)
4th - Leeds The Well (UK)
5th - Milton Keynes The Crauford Arms (UK)
6th - Paris Backstage O'Sullivans By The Mill (FR)
7th - Alphen Aan Den Run Het Kasteel (NL)
8th - Mulheim An Der Ruhr AZ (DE)
9th - Southampton Joiners (UK)
10th - London Bowery (UK)

The Morning Of Kick Off UK Tour with Kyoto Drive and Paige

The Morning Of have kicked off their UK tour with Paige and Kyoto Drive tonight.

06/08 - Harry's Bar: Stoke On Trent, England
06/09 - Studio 24: Edinburgh, Scotland
06/10 - Dexters: Dundee, Scotland
06/11 - The Classic Grand: Glasgow, Scotland
06/12 - Tunnels: Aberdeen, Scotland
06/13 - 02 Academy 2: Newcastle, England
06/14 - Lock 42: Leicester, England
06/15 - The Retro Bar: Manchester, England
06/16 - The Sound Bar: Birmingham, England
06/17 - Sin City: Swansea, Wales
06/18 - The Crauford Arms: Milton Keynes, England
06/19 - The Camden Barfly: London, England
06/20 - The George: Andover, England
06/21 - The West Coast Bar: Margate, England

The Morning Of UK Tour with Kyoto Drive and Paige

The Morning Of begin their UK tour with Kyoto Drive and Paige (UK dates only) next month.

06/08 - Harry's Bar: Stoke On Trent, England
06/09 - Studio 24: Edinburgh, Scotland
06/10 - Dexters: Dundee, Scotland
06/11 - The Classic Grand: Glasgow, Scotland
06/12 - Tunnels: Aberdeen, Scotland
06/13 - 02 Academy 2: Newcastle, England
06/14 - Lock 42: Leicester, England
06/15 - The Retro Bar: Manchester, England
06/16 - The Sound Bar: Birmingham, England
06/17 - Sin City: Swansea, Wales
06/18 - The Crauford Arms: Milton Keynes, England
06/19 - The Camden Barfly: London, England
06/20 - The George: Andover, England
06/21 - The West Coast Bar: Margate, England

The Morning Of UK and European Tour with Paige and Kyoto Drive

The Morning Of will be heading to the UK to play their first UK and European tour in June. Support comes from Paige (UK dates only) and Kyoto Drive.

06/08 - Harry's Bar: Stoke On Trent, England
06/09 - Studio 24: Edinburgh, Scotland
06/10 - Dexters: Dundee, Scotland
06/11 - The Classic Grand: Glasgow, Scotland
06/12 - Tunnels: Aberdeen, Scotland
06/13 - 02 Academy 2: Newcastle, England
06/14 - Lock 42: Leicester, England
06/15 - The Retro Bar: Manchester, England
06/16 - The Sound Bar: Birmingham, England
06/17 - Sin City: Swansea, Wales
06/18 - The Crauford Arms: Milton Keynes, England
06/19 - The Camden Barfly: London, England
06/20 - The George: Andover, England
06/21 - The West Coast Bar: Margate, England

Exclusive Music Video: Kyoto Drive - So Much Alive (Engineer Records)

Alter The Press! has joined up with Kyoto Drive and Engineer Records to debut the bands new video for 'So Much Alive'.


'So Much Alive' can be downloaded for free as part of Kyoto Drive's double A-side single here.

Kyoto Drive on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

Single Review: Kyoto Drive - So Much Alive/Chapters

Kyoto Drive are an Alter The Press! Pick for 2011 and this two song single shows exactly why, filled with catchy hooks and even catchier vocals, this Birmingham pop rock lot, look set to make next year their own.

'Chapters' does take a little while to get going, but once it does it’s worth the wait, as soon as the chorus kicks in you’ll find the melody embedded in your head, and you’ll soon be singing along. From there on in, there is a constant motion to the song that just doesn’t let up and before you know it you’re finished and looking for more.

The Morning Of, Paige and Kyoto Drive UK Tour

The Morning Of, Paige and Kyoto Drive will be touring the UK in June.

Dates are yet to be announced.

Free Kyoto Drive Double A-Side Single Released

Kyoro Drive have released a double A-Side single, 'So Much Alive'/'Chapters' for free and can be downloaded here.

Kyoto Drive To Release New Single on Friday

Kyoto Drive will their new double A-side single, 'So Much Alive'/'Chapters' on MySpace on Christmas Eve (December 24th).

The band will also be releasing the double A-side single for free on the same day.

Kyoto Drive Announce Free Double A-Side Single

Kyoto Drive will be releasing a free double A-side single, 'So Much Alive'/'Chapters' on December 24th.

Kyoto Drive UK Tour

Kyoto Drive have announced a new tour in support of their new album, 'This Is All We Ever Wanted' which is released this week.

18 March 2010 – The Skiving Scholar, Plymouth
19 March 2010 – iBar, Bournemouth
20 March 2010 – The Gildredge, Eastbourne (FREE SHOW)
21 March 2010 – The Ivy Leaf, Sheerness (FREE SHOW)
22 March 2010 – Camden Barfly, London
23 March 2010 – The Peel, Kingston
26 March 2010 – The Two Pigs, Cheltenham
27 March 2010 – The Brighthouse (opp Old Rep Theatre), Birmingham

Feature: Kyoto Drive - 'This Is All We Ever Wanted' Track By Track Guide

Later this month Birmingham's Kyoto Drive release their debut album 'This Is All We Ever Wanted'. It is a record that shows how the band has developed and progressed, with us here at Alter The Press! giving it a 4 out of 5 review.

With the release date just round the corner, we thought it'd be ideal for the lads from Kyoto Drive to give us a track-by-track breakdown of the record.

1. Transitions
Adam: When writing this song we had intentions very early on of it being the first song on the album. We wanted it to be something you could rock out to with one fist in the air, a pint in the other hand, singing at the top of your lungs with all your best mates. The lyrics to the song are about the transition that we had each gone through from our old bands to Kyoto Drive, quite fitting for the first song on our debut album I thought.

Mark: For a long time I actually didn’t like this song much, we had all said that we wanted a song that was in your face and dirty sounding for the start of the album, but to me it never felt like that, until we started laying the vocals down. Then I started to hear what the other guys were hearing and it quickly grew on me.

Mike: I remember wanting to have the first song on the album hit you and grab your attention from the start and I think we achieved just that with this song. It’s always a fun song to play live, it has loads of energy and I think is a great opening track.

Chris: This song for me, when we wrote it, was supposed to be a good fast hard hitting song just to start the album off. Personally I think we achieved what we wanted. The bit I love about this song is the break down where it is only Mark and I playing.

Kyoto Drive Album Stream

Kyoto Drive’s debut album ‘This Is All We Ever Wanted’ which is out 23rd February is streaming in full at www.purevolume.com/kyotodrive,

New Kyoto Drive Album Available To Pre-Order

Kyoto Drive’s debut album ‘This Is All We Ever Wanted’ is available for pre-order from today from the bands online store. for £5, all pre-orders will also be sent out with extra Kyoto Drive goodies.

'This Is All We Ever Wanted' is released on February 23rd.

New Kyoto Drive Songs Posted and Album Delayed

2 new songs from Kyoto Drive, 'Notes From Look Out Point' and 'Are You Taking Me Apart Just To See How My Insides Work?' can be heard on the band's MySpace.

The band's new album 'This Is All We Ever Wanted', has been pushed back to February 23rd, with pre-order's available from January 23rd.

Album Review: Kyoto Drive - This Is All We Ever Wanted

First of all I want to start off this review, by apologising to the band for taking so long to write this review. 'This Is All We Ever Wanted' was recorded last summer, sent to me in October and left on my desk till December, which is unfortunate because this Birmingham pop-punk 4 piece have came on leaps and bounds since their 'Spotlights and Stars' EP.

From the start 'This Is All We Ever Wanted' sounds more confident and broader, as 'Transitions' is upbeat and fierce and leads nicely into 'I'd Give It All', a song which was first heard on our Autumn/Winter 2009 compilation a few months back and has good blend of light-heavy guitars and strong vocal melodies from Adam Binder, along with occasional 'woah-oh-oh'.

Kyoto Drive Posts New Song

A new Kyoto Drive track called ‘Notes From Look Out Point’ taken from their forthcoming album, 'This Is All We Ever Wanted' which is released on January 26th, can be heard here.

Kyoto Drive Member Launches Solo Project

Adam Binder of Kyoto Drive has launched an electro pop rock solo project going by the name of The Great State Race. Check out his first song at www.myspace.com/thegreatstaterace.

Live Review: Smudge, Lost On Landing, Eat Sleep Attack, They Sink Ships, Kyoto Drive and mynameishero - Manchester Retro Bar - 26/10/2009

A crisp, uncharacteristically dry Mancunian October night plays host to tonight’s show: an all-British affair with acts from all over the country.

Local boys MyNameIsHero step up to the plate first; there’s no doubt they’re having a ball doing their thing, but unfortunately the music is pretty uninspiring, falling roughly 4 yards short of the mark when it comes down to matching up to any of their obvious influences.

1.5/5

Next up are a sleepy-looking Kyoto Drive, who have legged it up the M6 from Birmingham straight from work, arriving in the nick of time. Regardless, they manage to find enough energy to deliver a passionate set, but to me they come across like a band who haven’t quite discovered what they want to sound like: some of the songs follow a fairly derivative pop-punk formula, whilst others are a much more epic proposition, hitting the ears out with a sound recalling Spitalfield at their stompiest, helped out with some Twin Atlantic-esque riffs thrown in. Stick with the latter and I’d say they’re on to a winner.

3/5

Then we have the talented Mr. Sam Little taking to stage in his present guise as Eat Sleep Attack. I literally cannot throw enough praise his way so I’ll try not to gush and go on too much: this boy has the voice of an angel and his songs are so catchy, well-written and downright marketable that there is no good reason he shouldn’t be selling out much bigger venues on his own next year. He’s born for it.

5/5

Following on from Sam are the Hertfordshire-based They Sink Ships, who have taken a hit after losing their bassist (not permanently!) to the public menace that is swine flu (doom sounds). Determined not to let it get them down, the boys get 10/10 for effort and a gold star for recording all the bass lines for the tunes onto a laptop on the long drive up, but you can tell being a man down has deflated them a little. Despite this they make the best of what they have to work with and still had me tapping my feet and singing along so all is well.

3/5

Last up on the out-of-town front are Southampton’s Lost On Landing, whose epic piano-led powerpop is initially not done many favours by the less-than-stellar PA, as they take to the stage launching into ‘Best Intentions’, the b-side from their new single ‘Sweet Talk’. Happily, by the time it gets to song two, ‘We’re Still Alive’, the sound is all cleared up. Their sound is equal parts Jacks Mannequin and Jimmy Eat World; think Andrew McMahon’s groove and vibe presented with Jim Adkins’ sincerity. Closing with It’s Now Or Never, the crowd are singing along with vocalist Chris Roberts’ every word, and the boys look happy they bothered with the long drive up.

3.5/5

Smudge close proceedings; now, I’m not sure how well they are doing on the nationwide front but they are one of Manchester’s biggest pop-punk acts, and a lot of people are in clearly in attendance for them tonight. The sound is polished, the hooks soar and the songs gleam, especially ‘The Thrill, The Ride’ and ‘Speechless’. The fans know every word and everything’s working out for them just like a headlining hometown show should. Smudge do not seem to be far off being the final product at all, so don’t be surprised if you see their name in lights any time soon.

4/5

Matt Sayward

Kyoto Drive Sign to Pacific Ridge Records and Announce New Album

Kyoto Drive have signed with Pacific Ridge Records to release debut album ‘This Is All We Ever Wanted’ set for release in December 2009.