Nottingham blues-rockers Lords (pictured) are to team up with Gringo Records labelmates Bilge Pump for a series of dates later this month.

Both, nicely, have new albums forthcoming: Rupert The Sky is coming your way courtesy of Leeds' Bilge Pump (MySpace), while Lords (MySpace) follow up their This Ain't a Hate Thing, It's a Love Thing debut (review) with Everyone Is People. Both are released via Gringo. D'uh.

Listen to new tracks by following those MySpace links. Full dates as follows:

March
20 Nottingham Rose of England
21 London Buffalo Bar with The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers, Who Owns Death TV, An Emergency and more
22 Bristol Country Sports
23 London Dalston House Party (see MySpace for details)
24 Milton Keynes Bletchley Kilm Farm Social
25 Liverpool Korova with Youthmovies, Rolo Tomassi
26 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
27 Glasgow The Ivy (Bilge Pump only)
28 Sunderland The White Room (Bilge Pump only)

Get your more info at Gringo's online HQ, HERE.