21/12/09

Many thanks to everyone for coming to our gigs and the amazing support we have had over what has been quite a year. We have quite a few live gigs coming up over 2010, a session for the British Council's Selector Radio and many more things to be announced. Have a great Christmas and new year and see you in 2010!

10/11/09

We recorded a nice session for John Kennedy's great show on XFM. It is going out tomorrow(Wednesday) listen on XFM in the UK or online here http://www.xfm.co.uk/onair/shows/x-posure-about-the-show and you can listen again for a week after too!

26/10/09

Been out on the road a fair bit recently, thanks to everyone who has been coming down! We recorded a session for Radio 3 with flautist Eddie Parker and it is going out tonight at 11:30 PM. You can listen again for a week after here.

27/9/09

Just finished curating a lovely Spitalfields Summer Stew, many many thanks to everyone who came along. Led Bib are hitting the road this autumn, check out all the dates here. We start on Tuesday the 29th at Ronnie Scott's, our first gig there ever! We also just did a session for Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone, it's on tonight sometime between 5:30-8:00PM on BBC 6 music. You can listen again for a week after here. And listen out for a live session this coming Thursday on BBC radio 2 with Janice Long!

24/8/09

Sweet Chilli, from Sensible Shoes, single download release today...with video!!!Check it out here!

Also....Pete and Chris are now Yamaha endorsees! See their shiny new saxes on all the upcoming gigs!

25/7/09

Led Bib have moved into the 21st century. Check us out on Facebook and Twitter!

24/7/09

We are on wikipedia...truly the pinnacle of success! And we added some gigs, click here!

22/7/09

We have been made one of the Barclaycard Mercury Prize - Albums of the Year! We are still coming down to earth so any intelligent thought on this development will have to wait for another day.

13/6/2009

Our UK tour is almost finished! Thanks to everyone who made it, we had an amazing time and look forward to seeing you all again soon. We had some incredible gigs and look forward to two great upcoming gigs this week and next week at the Royal Festival Hall as part of Ornette Coleman's Meltdown and our return to the Vortex on the 24th!

Also, there has been some more amazing press coming in including a 5* review in the Telegraph tipping us for this year's Mercury Prize! Check the about page for more details.

And, for those of you in the UK who have been looking for digital downloads of Sensible Shoes, they are now available.

25/5/2009

Thanks to everyone who came down to the album launch...it was busy and fun! We just had some great dates in Holland too, with our date at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam being recorded for Dutch Radio 6. Listen live on July 1, 2009 worldwide.

Really looking forward to the tour dates, and we have announced an extra one, before Ornette Coleman on June 19th! Check live page for all the details.

16/5/2009

We are launching our new album 'Sensible Shoes' this coming Wednesday the 20th at the Arts Theatre Club in Soho, London, full details here (Pick of the week in the Guardian!). Book tickets here. Some more great press in too:

"Exuberant, intense, varied and exciting" BBC Music 4 stars

"A glorious melange of style, moods and sounds" The Wire

"One of the country's most innovative bands...Sensible Shoes is a chink of light in ever darkening skies" Artrocker

6/5/2009

The new album is out now! Buy it from us at shop page or from any good retailer. The press so far has been amazing, so thanks everyone for covering it!

"Veering from wild, Downtown-style free improvisation to rock-worthy riffola, with the odd subtle, sensitive moment thrown in too, it’s a hands-down triumph" The Independent

"...like a gale of fresh air" The Guardian

" highly energised studio album that reflects their reputation for adventurous experiment" The Scotsman

"altogether excellent album" All About Jazz(full review here)

27/4/2009

The Led Bib shop is open here. You can buy all of our CDs there, including, before the official release, our new CD 'Sensible Shoes'. Check it out.

20/4/09

Free download of 'Yes, Again' from new album 'Sensible Shoes' available now here!

Also some more great reviews of the track "an enjoyably loud jazz racket" from The Independent and a lovely one in the Observer Music Monthly of the album "Rarely have two saxes, keyboard, bass and drums sounded so dangerous yet so compelling" You can pre-order the CD now from loads of shops and you will be able to get it from our shop page from Monday the 27th, ahead of the official release.

Also, we are looking forward to playing live again, hope to see you out there, check here for details!

15/4/09

Our new album Sensible Shoes, has been gathering some rave review even before release!(See below) Including a nice mention in today's Time Out of our download(available from 20th April). In case you are looking for it, it will be at www.ledbib.com/download.html, not where Time Out said. Also in case anyone was confused, the album is coming out on Cuneiform Records!

"...one cool mutha of a death-jazz-cum-math-punk-freakout, as if Mike Patton had his wicked way with John Zorn" Time Out

"Almost certainly this year's token jazz Mercury Prize nominee" City Life

"Like a wake up call from an air-raid siren" Irish Tribune

"This is a blast, in all senses of the word" Chris Parker

21/3/09

Full UK album launch tour accounced with a few Dutch dates as well! We haven't played live in what feels like ages and are really looking forward to getting out on the road again. Hope to see you all out there!

08/03/09

Finally we are launching the new website! Here you will find all our dates, a shop selling all our CDs and you will be able to keep up with all the news about the group. Currently we are busy planning our tour dates to coincide with the release of our new album Sensible Shoes. Here are some key dates:

April 20th: Release of free download 'Yes, Again' on this site and myspace.

May 4th: 'Sensible Shoes' release on Cuneiform Records.

May 20th: Album Launch with many more tour dates to follow, see the live page.