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Combining poly-rhythmic Casio guitars, pulsing analogue synth, aching vocal melodies and chopping drum-lines, Foals create organic agitated dance-pop with a tangible air of achieving the impossible. This is accessible techno for kids who hate techno but love guitars.

The band is:

Yannis Philippakis
Jack Bevan
Jimmy Smith
Edwin Congreave
Walter Gervers

Upcoming events

• Glastonbury Firday, Fri 27 Jun at Glastonbury Festival with John Cale, The Gossip, Edwyn Collins, Young Knives, The Kills, Kings of Leon
• Underage Festival, Fri 08 Aug at London Victoria Park with Sons and Daughters, Ipso Facto, The Horrors, xx Teens, Gallows, Poppy And The Jezebels
• Field Day, Sat 09 Aug at London Victoria Park with Les Savy Fav, Fionn Regan, Of Montreal, Jeffrey Lewis, Mystery Jets, White Lies
• Reading Festival Saturday, Sat 23 Aug at Reading Richfield Avenue with Manic Street Preachers, Bloc Party, The Raconteurs, The Killers, We Are Scientists, Editors
• Leeds Festival Sunday, Sun 24 Aug at Leeds Bramham Park with Manic Street Preachers, Bloc Party, The Raconteurs, The Killers, Editors, Dirty Pretty Things
• Sat 27 Sep at Aylesbury Civic Centre
• Sun 28 Sep at Cardiff University
• Mon 29 Sep at Norwich UEA
• Tue 30 Sep at Nottingham Rock City
• Thu 02 Oct at Hull The Asylum at Hull University
• Fri 03 Oct at Liverpool Academy (Liverpool University)
• Sat 04 Oct at Aberdeen The Music Hall
• Sun 05 Oct at Glasgow Barrowlands
• Tue 07 Oct at Newcastle upon Tyne Academy
• Wed 08 Oct at Manchester University
• Thu 09 Oct at Leeds University - Great Hall / Refectory
• Fri 10 Oct at Lincoln Engine Shed
• Sun 12 Oct at Southampton Guildhall
• Mon 13 Oct at Bristol Academy
• Tue 14 Oct at Birmingham Academy
• Thu 16 Oct at London Brixton Academy

Releases

• Antidotes - album, out 24/03/2008 on Transgressive. 1 review (read/post)
• Cassius - single, out 10/03/2008 on Transgressive. (post review)
• Balloons - single, out 10/12/2007 on Transgressive. 1 review (read/post)
• Mathletics - single, out 20/08/2007 on Transgressive. 1 review (read/post)
• Kitsune Maison 4 - album, out 11/06/2007 on Kitsune Records. (post review)
• Hummer / Astronauts And All - single, out 23/04/2007 on Transgressive. 1 review (read/post)
• Try This On Your Piano / Look At My Furrows Of Worry - single, out 03/04/2006 on Try Harder. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Wed 16 Apr at Paris Le trabendo. (post review)
• Mon 24 Mar at London ICA. (post review)
• Mon 17 Mar at London Astoria. 1 review (read/post)
• Sat 15 Mar at Oxford Academy. (post review)
• Fri 14 Mar at Norwich Waterfront. (post review)
• Wed 12 Mar at Birmingham Academy 2. (post review)
• Tue 11 Mar at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH). (post review)
• Mon 10 Mar at Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. (post review)
• Sun 09 Mar at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH). (post review)
• Sat 08 Mar at Carlisle The Brickyard. (post review)
• Fri 07 Mar at Belfast Spring & Airbrake. (post review)
• Thu 06 Mar at Dublin Whelan's. (post review)
• Sat 15 Dec at London Alexandra Palace. (post review)
• Fri 14 Dec at London Alexandra Palace. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 13 Dec at Manchester Manchester Central (Formerly G-Mex). (post review)
• Wed 12 Dec at Glasgow SECC. (post review)
• Tue 04 Dec at Carlisle The Brickyard. (post review)
• Mon 03 Dec at Wrexham Central Station & Yales. (post review)
• Sat 01 Dec at Manchester Warehouse Project. (post review)
• Thu 29 Nov at Kingston upon Thames The Works. (post review)
• Wed 28 Nov at Kingston upon Thames The Works. (post review)
• Tue 27 Nov at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms. (post review)
• Mon 26 Nov at Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach. (post review)
• Sun 25 Nov at Leicester Charlotte. (post review)
• Fri 23 Nov at Liverpool Club EVOL. (post review)
• Festival les Inrocks, Fri 09 Nov at Paris La Boule Noire. (post review)
• LOTW present..., Thu 08 Nov at London Camden Barfly. (post review)
• Sat 03 Nov at Dublin Phoenix Park. (post review)
• Tue 16 Oct at Norwich Arts Centre. (post review)
• Mon 15 Oct at Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2. (post review)
• Fri 12 Oct at Glasgow Firewater. (post review)
• Wed 10 Oct at Carlisle The Brickyard. (post review)
• Tue 09 Oct at Birmingham Barfly. (post review)
• Mon 08 Oct at Bristol Thekla Social. (post review)
• Sat 06 Oct at Wrexham Central Station & Yales. (post review)
• Fri 05 Oct at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
• Thu 04 Oct at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Tue 02 Oct at London King's Cross Scala. 1 review (read/post)
• Mon 01 Oct at Brighton Komedia Theatre. (post review)
• Sun 30 Sep at Reading Fez Club. (post review)
• Sat 29 Sep at Cambridge The Soul Tree. (post review)
• Fri 28 Sep at Manchester Night and Day Cafe. (post review)
• Thu 27 Sep at Stoke-on-Trent Sugarmill. (post review)
• Wed 26 Sep at York Fibbers. (post review)
• Tue 25 Sep at Newcastle upon Tyne The Other Rooms. (post review)
• I Fly Spitfires, Mon 24 Sep at Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire. (post review)
• Fri 21 Sep at Dublin The Village. (post review)
• Tue 21 Aug at London Rough Trade East. 1 review (read/post)
• Field Day Festival, Sat 11 Aug at London Victoria Park. (post review)
• Electric Gardens Festival - Saturday, Sat 04 Aug at Kent Mount Ephraim Gardens. (post review)
• Camden Crawl - Thursday, Thu 19 Apr at Camden Camden Crawl 2007. (post review)
• Tue 10 Apr at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. 1 review (read/post)
• Transgressive Roadshow, Mon 02 Apr at Liverpool Academy (Liverpool University). (post review)
• Tue 27 Mar at Glasgow Queen Margaret Union (QMU) at Glasgow University. (post review)
• Mon 26 Mar at Newcastle upon Tyne Academy. (post review)
• Sun 25 Mar at Manchester Academy. (post review)
• Sat 24 Mar at Birmingham Academy. (post review)
• Fri 23 Mar at Loughborough University. (post review)
• Bad Sneakers, Sat 10 Mar at Leeds The Faversham. (post review)
• Fri 09 Mar at Liverpool Club EVOL. (post review)
• Wed 07 Mar at Hull Lamp. (post review)
• Tue 06 Mar at Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach. 1 review (read/post)
• Sun 04 Mar at York Fibbers. (post review)
• Sat 03 Mar at Stoke-on-Trent The Underground. (post review)
• Fri 02 Mar at Manchester Night and Day Cafe. (post review)
• Thu 01 Mar at Glasgow Arches. (post review)
• I Fly Spitfires, Wed 28 Feb at Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire. (post review)
• Sun 25 Feb at Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2. (post review)
• Fri 23 Feb at Wigan Cafe Nirvana. (post review)
• Thu 22 Feb at Coventry Kasbah (formerly Colosseum). (post review)
• Club Fandango, Wed 21 Feb at Eastbourne Funktion Rooms. (post review)
• Sun 18 Feb at Brighton Pressure Point. (post review)
• Sat 17 Feb at Bristol Thekla Social. (post review)
• Fri 16 Feb at Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach. (post review)
• Thu 15 Feb at Wolverhampton Little Civic. (post review)
• Tue 13 Feb at Guildford Boiler Room. (post review)
• Mon 12 Feb at Southampton The Joiners. (post review)
• Liars Club, Sat 10 Feb at Nottingham Stealth. (post review)
• Club Goo, Fri 09 Feb at Cambridge Junction. (post review)
• Thu 08 Feb at Newcastle upon Tyne Global Cafe. (post review)
• Tue 06 Feb at Birmingham Sunflower Lounge. (post review)
• Mon 05 Feb at London Trash @ the End. (post review)
• CHALK, Sat 03 Feb at London King's Cross Scala. (post review)
• Fri 02 Feb at Swindon Brunel Rooms. (post review)
• Tue 30 Jan at Manchester Late Room. (post review)
• Mon 29 Jan at London ICA. (post review)
• Sat 27 Jan at Brighton Ocean Rooms. (post review)
• Old Blue Last Christmas Party, Fri 15 Dec at London Old Blue Last. (post review)
• Adventures in the Beetroot Field - Free Warehouse Party, Sat 09 Dec at London Canvas. (post review)
• Insomniacs Ball, Sat 25 Nov at London SeOne. 1 review (read/post)
• Fri 24 Nov at London King's Cross Scala. (post review)
• Fri 10 Nov at London Shoreditch Bar Music Hall. 1 review (read/post)
• Sat 28 Oct at Leicester Charlotte. (post review)
• Fri 22 Sep at London Nambucca. (post review)
• Fri 25 Aug at Oxford Wheatsheaf. (post review)
• DiS at the Barfly: July edition, Fri 28 Jul at London Camden Barfly. (post review)
• Truck Nine - Day 2 (Sunday), Sun 23 Jul at Steventon Hill Farm. (post review)
• Fri 14 Jul at London Pleasure Unit. (post review)
• Sun 09 Jul at London The Luminaire. (post review)
• Sat 18 Mar at Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2. (post review)
• Fri 17 Feb at London Buffalo Bar. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 24/04/2008: Latitude gets better as Crystal Castles, British Sea Power and Foals join the bill
• 24/04/2008: Watch: new Foals video
• 22/04/2008: Blessed relief: more names added to Radio 1’s Big Weekend
• 16/04/2008: Fee fighters: Field Day tickets onsale at face value across London
• 15/04/2008: Seems British Sea Power are a pretty big deal now
• 07/04/2008: Guardian reveals its top ten music pubs in London
• 07/04/2008: Radiohead, KanYe collaboration on cards as Perry Farrell rages at Lollapalooza line-up leak
• 04/04/2008: A Week in Drowned in Sound: 04/04/08
• 02/04/2008: Youthmovies: Tired Irie replaced by House of Brothers for tomorrow's London show
• 01/04/2008: Grinderman eye-up Santogold as Summercase hots up

Features

• 24/04/2008: Math-Rock Family Tree: exploring the roots of Foals
• 28/03/2008: A Month in Records: March 2008
• 10/03/2008: Singles Round-up (10/03/08)
• 27/02/2008: DiS Missive: How to tell the difference between eccentricity and a hair cut
• 07/02/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: five new British obsessions?
• 11/01/2008: Foaling around: founders' foibles dissected
• 09/01/2008: It's great in 2008, yeah: DiS's Certifiable Successes picks
• 03/01/2008: Slight return: DiS's tips for 2007 reprised
• 02/01/2008: It's great in 2008, yeah: DiS's anticipated albums
• 10/12/2007: Artist Mixtape #2: Foals

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