If you live in mainland Britain, chances are Ida Maria will be appearing on a stage near you soon.
The group, fronted by 23-year-old singer-songwriter Ida, will play the majority of the shows as support to a number of acts currently floating around in the indie stratosphere before returning for their own show at Islington Academy.
Foals, Joe Lean, Wombats, Good Shoes. See for yourself:
November
6 London Borderline *
7 London ULU +
8 London Barfly ^
11 Birmingham Academy 2 ±
13 Manchester Academy 2 ±
14 Leeds Metropolitan University ±
15 Glasgow ABC ±
18 Cambridge Junction ±
19 Norwich Waterfront ±
20 Brighton Concorde ±
21 London Astoria ±
29 London Islington Academy
* = w/ Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
+ = w/ The Wombats
^ = w/ Foals
± = w/ Good Shoes
An EP will enter our worlds at some point before the year’s out; pre-cursing an album expected in May ’08.
who?
first time i've heard of this lot!
IDA
she is SO great. this swedish guy called timo raisanen worked on some of her album and he's brilliant too. bring on the swedes I say!
astoria
show should be great, im going to try and go, love good shoes, so good live!
she am teh best.
well she is very good indeed.
ask her
about whale meat. I recommend it, by the by. The taste of near-extinction is quite good.