The Futureheads

The Futureheads - Oran Mor, Glasgow, Mon 9 Apr

Stripped down acoustic and a capella show from the indie-rock group

25 Apr 2012

For a band who made one of their very earliest trips around the UK a tour of working men’s clubs, there was a certain sense of having come full circle here. Billed as an acoustic and a cappella tour, it was more than just a stripped-down version of…

The Futureheads releasing festive single

Music Gossip

24 Nov 2010

The Futureheads are releasing a festive single, 'Christmas Was Better In The 80s'. The British 'Beginning Of The Twist' rockers are releasing the single, an ode to the golden era of Christmas hits, on December 18, in a bid to get into the UK…

The Futureheads' a cappella appeal

Music Gossip

9 Jul 2010

The Futureheads have launched an appeal for fans to select songs for their new album. The indie rock band - who won the NME Best Single award for their 2005 cover of Kate Bush classic 'Hounds of Love' - announced via twitter they would be releasing a…

The Futureheads, with Lions.Chase.Tigers and Admiral Fallow

15 Apr 2010

Two years after The Futureheads’ guitarist Ross Millard supported the launch of The Mill as a platform for young bands, the circle is complete. The indie kingpins behind ‘The Beginning of the Twist’ and storming Kate Bush cover ‘Hounds of Love’ will be…

The Futureheads - The Chaos

14 Apr 2010

(Nul Recordings) When your average indie band reaches record number four, you can usually expect a slowing down of sorts (blame the sex and drugs) as they bloatedly lose the hunger for hot riffage and instead explore experimental noodling, epic…

Musicians' guide: How to make it in the music industry

27 Nov 2008

Want to make it in music? Fancy yourself as The Next Big Thing? Claire Sawers and Malcolm Jack track down nine very different people currently working in the industry and quiz them on just what they do and how they do it In addition, for detailed…

Also Released - Music

22 May 2008

The Futureheads - This is Not the World (Nul) Much underrated Mackem quartet unfurl this, their third album, showing considerable depth to their harmonious fevered guitar pop. Highly recommended. Radiohead - Best Of (Parlophone) Despite being…

Singles & Downloads

28 Feb 2008

With Spring’s arrival comes a whole bunch of new tracks from bands who are readying an assault on 2008, and boys with guitars look set to feature just as heavily this year as in any other. Or resilient old fellas with guitars, as The Charlatans ’ ‘Oh…

The Futureheads

17 Jan 2008

INDIE Strathclyde University Students’ Union, Glasgow, Thu 24 Jan The Futureheads could quite easily have ended up on the rock’n’roll scrap heap when the angular impulse in British guitar music faded circa 2006. In the two years prior, the…