Alexei, Kelly and Junior listen to loud and quiet music, take too much time off work, write slogans on their t-shirts, and make up noisy pop songs about girls and gin.

www.myspace.com/johnnyforeigner

For fans of: Ash, Q And Not U, Owls, Minus The Bear, Blur, Bloc Party, Los Campesinos!, Distophia, Pavement...

Photo: Andrew McLean

Upcoming events

• Drowned In Sound UK Tour, Fri 09 May at Glasgow Barfly with The Mae Shi, The Lionheart Brothers
• Drowned In Sound UK Tour, Sat 10 May at Liverpool Barfly with The Mae Shi, The Lionheart Brothers
• Drowned In Sound UK Tour, Mon 12 May at Birmingham Barfly with The Mae Shi, The Lionheart Brothers
• Drowned In Sound UK Tour, Tue 13 May at London Kings College London (KCLSU) with The Mae Shi, The Lionheart Brothers
• Sun 25 May at Hereford Jailhouse with Frank Turner, I Was A Cub Scout, Pull Tiger Tail, Grammatics, Jay Jay Pistolet, Gossamer Albatross

Releases

• Waited Up 'Til It Was Light - album, out 02/06/2008 on Best Before. (post review)
• Our Bipolar Friends - single, out 10/03/2008 on Best Before. (post review)
• Arcs Across The City - album, out 26/11/2007 on Best Before. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Drowned In Sound UK Tour, Thu 08 May at Aberdeen Moshulu. (post review)
• Drowned In Sound UK Tour, Wed 07 May at York Fibbers. (post review)
• Drowned In Sound UK Tour, Tue 06 May at Cambridge Barfly at The Graduate. (post review)
• A Day At The Races '08, Tue 06 May at Manchester New Century House. (post review)
• Sun 04 May at Belfast Spring & Airbrake. (post review)
• Fri 02 May at Darlington Inside Out. (post review)
• Thu 01 May at Manchester Jabez Clegg. (post review)
• Tue 29 Apr at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Mon 28 Apr at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
• Sun 27 Apr at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). (post review)
• Wed 23 Apr at Leicester Sumo. (post review)
• Thu 17 Apr at Dundee Fat Sam's. (post review)
• Wed 16 Apr at Aberdeen Kef (formerly Lava). (post review)
• Tue 15 Apr at Glasgow King Tuts. (post review)
• Sun 13 Apr at Birmingham The Rainbow. (post review)
• Sat 12 Apr at Hastings The Crypt. (post review)
• Fri 11 Apr at London Koko. (post review)
• Thu 10 Apr at London ULU. (post review)
• Tue 08 Apr at Southampton Brook. (post review)
• Mon 07 Apr at Brighton Concorde. (post review)
• Sun 06 Apr at Peterborough Metropolis Lounge (Met Lounge). (post review)
• Sat 05 Apr at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). (post review)
• Fri 04 Apr at Cardiff The Club With No Name. (post review)
• Thu 03 Apr at Bristol Louisiana. (post review)
• Wed 02 Apr at Portsmouth Envy. (post review)
• Tue 01 Apr at Exeter Cavern. (post review)
• Sat 29 Mar at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
• Thu 27 Mar at Birmingham Barfly. (post review)
• Wed 26 Mar at Stoke-on-Trent Sugarmill. (post review)
• DiScover Sheffield, Mon 24 Mar at Sheffield The Harley. (post review)
• Fri 21 Mar at Birmingham Flapper and Firkin. (post review)
• Wed 19 Mar at Milton Keynes Opus. (post review)
• Fri 29 Feb at Bradford St. George's Concert Hall. (post review)
• Sat 23 Feb at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms. (post review)
• Thu 21 Feb at Kingston upon Thames The Works. (post review)
• Wed 20 Feb at Reading Fez Club. (post review)
• Tue 19 Feb at Brighton Concorde 2. (post review)
• Mon 18 Feb at Manchester Club Academy (Cellar). (post review)
• Sun 17 Feb at Sheffield Leadmill. (post review)
• Sat 16 Feb at Newcastle upon Tyne Northumbria University. (post review)
• Thu 14 Feb at Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. (post review)
• Wed 13 Feb at Birmingham Academy 2. (post review)
• Tue 12 Feb at Bedford Esquires. 1 review (read/post)
• Mon 11 Feb at Dublin The Village. (post review)
• Sat 02 Feb at London Barden's Boudoir. (post review)
• DiScover Club @ RoTa, Sat 26 Jan at London Notting Hill Arts Club. (post review)
• Wed 23 Jan at Edinburgh Henry's Cellar Bar. 1 review (read/post)
• Artrocker Festival, Fri 18 Jan at London Islington Buffalo Bar. (post review)
• 2008 rocks!, Thu 10 Jan at Cambridge The Portland Arms. (post review)
• Tue 18 Dec at London Camden Dublin Castle. (post review)
• LOTW present..., Fri 09 Nov at London The Fly. (post review)
• Fri 09 Nov at London The Fly. (post review)
• Tue 30 Oct at London Koko. (post review)
• Wed 24 Oct at London Camden Barfly. (post review)
• Mon 22 Oct at London The Social. (post review)
• Sat 20 Oct at Birmingham Sunflower Lounge. (post review)
• Fri 12 Oct at Liverpool Barfly. (post review)
• Last-ever Wolfgang Bopp, Fri 05 Oct at London New Cross Montague Arms. (post review)
• Thu 04 Oct at Cambridge The Portland Arms. (post review)
• Levi's One To Watch, Tue 04 Sep at London Camden Barfly. (post review)
• Tough Love Records 2nd Birthday Party, Sat 28 Jul at Coventry Taylor John's House. (post review)
• Tue 10 Jul at London Kilburn The Good Ship. (post review)
• Do Not Conform half-dayer music extravagansa, Sat 23 Jun at Cambridge The Portland Arms. (post review)
• Thu 01 Mar at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. (post review)
• Sat 27 Jan at London Camden Purple Turtle. (post review)
• Supernight presents..., Thu 21 Sep at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. (post review)

News

• 06/05/2008: Indie: Los Campesinos!, Four Tet, Mum and more for Day at the Races festival
• 18/04/2008: DiS at the Camden Crawl: our Bullet Bar bill
• 07/04/2008: The Lionheart Brothers join Johnny Foreigner, Mae Shi on DiS live tour
• 01/04/2008: Mae Shi and Johnny Foreigner bunk up together for DrownedinSound live tour
• 27/03/2008: In photos: DiScover Sheffield launch party
• 23/02/2008: Camden Crawl 2008: line-up announced
• 22/02/2008: [Sheffield-centric] monthly DiScover showcase announced
• 25/01/2008: Tomorrow: Drowned in Sound live, twice
• 14/01/2008: Grand designs: Artrocker festival imminent
• 08/01/2008: A Week in Drownload: Magnetic Fields, Johnny Foreigner, Broken Records

Features

• 07/05/2008: Johnny Foreigner's 2008 diary: April
• 01/05/2008: DiS's May UK Tour: Mae Shi, JoFo and Lionheart Brothers previewed
• 23/04/2008: In Photos special: The Camden Crawl 2008
• 17/04/2008: Camden Crawl 2008: the DiS preview
• 11/04/2008: Johnny Foreigner's 2008 diary: March
• 10/03/2008: Johnny Foreigner's 2008 diary: February
• 10/03/2008: Singles Round-up (10/03/08)
• 29/01/2008: Johnny Foreigner's 2008 diary: January
• 21/01/2008: DiS in London: three shows this week
• 09/01/2008: DiScover: Johnny Foreigner

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