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Get Ready for A Weird Lap Dance
Feb 14, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Los Campesinos! have debuted an awkward music video for their Hello Sadness track "Songs About Your Girlfriend." More
Dec 05, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
UK septet Los Campesinos! have announced that they will be emarking on an extensive North American tour in support of their recently released album, Hello Sadness. More
Hello Sadness out Tomorrow
Nov 14, 2011
By Mi Tran
Welsh indie pop band Los Campesinos! have released a new video for the song "Hello Sadness," off their new album of the same title. We have the video.
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East Coast Tour Dates to Follow
Sep 08, 2011
By Katrina Yentch
After sharing news of Los Campesinos!'s upcoming album, Hello Sadness, (out November 15 via Arts & Crafts), the indie pop group has decided to grace fans with the first single "By Your Hand," a toe-tapping tune claiming the frustrations of relationships. More
Out November 15 via Arts & Crafts
Aug 31, 2011
By Mi Tran
Indie pop band Los Campesinos! will release their fourth full length album, Hello Sadness in November. More
Fall Tour Kicks Off October 8th
Aug 25, 2010
By Laura Studarus
On the heels of last year’s Romance is Boring, Welsh poppers Los Campesinos! have released new digital EP, All’s Well That Ends. We have the track list and upcoming tour dates. More
Romance is Boring out now
May 12, 2010
By Hong Le
Los Campesinos!, the seven piece band from Wales, U.K., performed “Romance is Boring” on Last Call with Carson Daily last night. It was in support of their third studio album, Romance is Boring. Check out their performance on Last Call. More
Cymbals Currently Touring with Bear in Heaven and Freelance Whales
Mar 31, 2010
By Hong Le
Cymbals Eat Guitars have announced another tour, this time with Welsh indie popsters Los Campesinos!, in support of Cymbals’ debut album Why There Are Mountains. The tour immediately follows their current tour with Bear in Heaven and Freelance Whales. We have the dates.
“The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future” is a Free Download Now
Sep 09, 2009
By Mark Redfern
Los Campesinos! are offering up a brand new song as a free download on their website. "The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future" is available at the band's site now. Atwww.loscampesinos.com you can also check out the song's video, which was co-directed by band member Ellen Campesinos! More
Welsh Band Have Been Recording in Connecticut at Doolittle Studio
May 19, 2009
By Mark Redfern
Welsh indie popsters Los Campesinos! Have recently been recording their third album in suburban Connecticut with producer John Goodmanson at the Carriage House, the same studio where Pixies recorded Doolittle. "[We're] experimenting with different sounds, a bit of electronics, extra instrumentation from people outside the band, which is really exciting," said drummer Ollie in a recent interview with Under the Radar. More
The Former Beatle Plays an Emotional Set on the Anniversary of His Wife's Passing
Apr 18, 2009
By Mark Redfern
Coachella 2009 kicked off with strong sets from living legends Leonard Cohen and Paul McCartney, as the crowd adjusted to a desert heat that was forecasted to get even hotter as the weekend went on. More
Under the Radar articles on Those Performing This Weekend
Apr 16, 2009
By Mark Redfern
We have posted to our website select previous Under the Radar interviews with some of the great artists playing the Coachella festival this weekend. If you're heading out to the festival, then check out these interviews at the links below to either give you a primer on an unfamiliar artist or remind you why they are one of your favorites whose set you will definitely be catching. Even if you're not hitting the desert festival, this is a great collection of back issue content newly posted to the site. More
Interviews
May 15, 2009
By Mark Redfern
"It's like a magical, unreal, heavenly land, isn't it?," observes Los Campesinos! violinist Harriet about the Coachella music festival. The Welsh band is hanging out backstage at the festival in the California desert a few hours before their energetic performance later that afternoon. Los Campesinos! released their first two albums, Hold on Now, Youngster and We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, in 2008. The band has been recording their third album in Connecticut, but took a break for a short U.S. tour, including their Coachella appearance. We spoke to Harriet and drummer Ollie as they spilled the beans on what to expect from their next album, which is due out next year. More
Mar 31, 2007
By Frank Valish
"We started out as seven friends, just jamming and writing some songs, and then this just kind of happened," says Neil of Cardiff, Wales' bright new band, Los Campesinos! "It's really weird. I'm having a conversation with someone from America, interviewing me. It's really mental. It doesn't make any sense." More
Reviews
Hello Sadness
Arts & Crafts
Nov 17, 2011
By Frank Valish
Los Campesinos!’ fourth album begins with “By Your Hand,” a perfect example of everything for which the Welsh five-piece has made its name—jaunty instrumentation, multi-voiced melodies, and witty lyrics (the chorus completes the title phrase “By Your Hand” with “is the only end I foresee,” a choice double meaning for the dichotomy of a complicated relationship). More
Romance is Boring
Wichita/Arts & Crafts
Jan 28, 2010
By Evan Rytlewski
If Los Campesinos!' first album, Hold on Now, Youngster, was the sound of worked-up adolescents pining for easy sex, and its rush-released follow up, We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, the sound of crushed young adults learning there's no such thing, the group's latest, Romance is Boring, is the inevitable realization that even stable relationships don't make sex any less elusive. More
Lollapalooza 2009 Day Two Report
Aug 09, 2009
By Lorraine Carpenter
A report from day two of Lollapalooza 2009, including Los Campesinos!, Chairlift, Glasvegas, TV on the Radio, Animal Collective, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. More
