Tune into Amazing Radio at 8pm on Saturday 12th May to hear Louise's debut single "The Hand You Hold" played on the Amazing Rock Show with Aaron Philips.

www.amazingradio.co.uk

Louise's new interview for the The Guardian Music Weekly Podcast is now available to download.
The podcast also features the album version of the track "Bullets", featuring Jamie Oliver ( UK SUBS ) on drums and
Mick Talbot ( Style Council, Dexys Midnight Runners ) on keys and is not available to hear anywhere else prior to
 Louise's debut album release in late 2012.

Click HERE at 37 mins to hear "Bullets", and Louise talking about her mission to bring punk, politics and protest back into the musical mainstream.

 "The Hand You Hold'" was played again last night on the BBC Radio 1 Punk Show with Mike Davies.
Listen back on iPlayer here at 1:25:00

Louise is also featured in the 'Band Crush' section of this weeks NME Magazine by Ryan Jarman from The Cribs (23/04/12):



MORE INTERVIEWS AND PRESS

Louise Distras is confirmed to support The Mahones at the 02 Islington Academy on 6th July.
Tickets go onsale at 9am on Saturday 28th April. BUY TICKETS

Tickets are also now available for the following gigs and festivals:

13th May
Moho, Manchester with UK SUBS
BUY TICKETS

1st June
The Barfly, Camden with The Newtown Kings
BUY TICKETS

2nd June
Long Division Festival, Wakefield with The Vaselines
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3rd June
Strummercamp Festival, Manchester with New Model Army
BUY TICKETS

2nd - 5th August
Rebellion Festival, Blackpool with Rancid, Public Image Ltd, Agnostic Front & more
BUY TICKETS

 
13th August
Sanctuary, Basingstoke
with Star Fucking Hipsters
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18th August
Beacons Festival with Willy Mason, Star Slinger, Roots Manuva
BUY TICKETS

 

Louise is featured on The Independent website today talking about
sexism in music, gender stereotypes and the sexualisation of young girls in the media.
"All the Single Ladies: Music, Gender and the Fight To Write" by Mark Donne also features comments from Kate Nash, Rose Elinor Dougall ( The Pipettes, Mark Ronson and the Business International ),and Tor Cesay.

Included also is the music video for Louise's debut single 'The Hand You Hold'.

 Read the article HERE and download Louise's debut single for free HERE.

MORE PRESS.

Louise's debut single 'The Hand You Hold'  was played by Mike Davies on last nights BBC Radio 1 Punk Show, and BBC Introducing with Alan Raw.
You can listen back on the BBC iPlayer HERE, and download the track for free now HERE.

Louise will be returning to the Netherlands next month for a short run of dates.
Support comes from Rob Galloway ( The Yalla Yallas )

17th May - De Molli, Amsterdam
18th May - Knoflook, Den Bosch
19th May - Kafe Bijstand, Nijmegen

Dawsons Music and Farida Guitars are proud to endorse Louise Distras alongside Frank Turner, The Wombats and Two Door Cinema Club , and invited her instore for a live session and interview.

Here's Louise performing her debut single, 'The Hand You Hold' on her brand new Farida J -16E Jumbo Acoustic ( with D'Addario EZ910 Acoustic Strings ) exclusively for Dawsons Music in Leeds.
Interview coming soon.


Download 'The Hand You Hold' for free HERE.

Today on International Women's Day, Louise Distras has released her debut single and music video for the brand new track, entitled 'The Hand You Hold'.

Described as ' A fierce anthem for female empowerment ' ( God Is In The Tv Zine ), 
 'The Hand You Hold' is taken from Louise Distras' forthcoming debut album expected to be released in late 2012, engineered by Pat Collier (New Model Army, X Ray Spex, Maximo Park ) and produced by Steve Whale at Perry Vale Studios in London,

FREE DOWNLOAD

Click HERE to request this track on the BBC Punk Show with Mike Davies.

Tune into BBC Introducing on 92.4FM / 95.3FM /DAB tonight from 7pm to hear the first exclusive airplay of 'The Hand You Hold', followed by Louise talking about International Womens Day live on 106.6FM Bradford Radio from 9pm 

 More album updates to follow over the next few months.

Louise has announced that she is currently working on her debut album.
The as-yet-untitled full length release is being engineered by Pat Collier ( New Model Army, X Ray Spex, The Holloways, Maximo Park )
and produced by Steve Whale at Perry Vale Studios in London.

More updates to follow over the coming months. 
 

 Louise Distras and Mike Scott (Phinius Gage) are touring mainland Europe throughout November.
Catch them live here:

10th - De Molli, Amsterdam NL
11th - De Bakkerij, Castricum NL
12th - Stoned Bar, Leipzig DE
13th - Mighty Bar , Prague CZ
14th - Bistro Central, Nonnweiler DE
15th - Gegendruck, Heidelberg DE
16th - Mark Freizeit Kultur, Salzburg AT
17th - Demoz, Ludwigsburg DE
18th - Desperados, Bielefeld DE
19th - F115, Hamburg DE 
20th - Autonoom Centrum, Den Haag NL
21st - De Bijstand, Nijmegen NL
22nd - Cosmopolite, Antwerp BE

Louise will also be playing a short run of Austrian Dates in January 2012:

27th - The Shakespeare, Salzburg AT
with The Mighty Stef
28th - Recordbag Musik & Fashion Instore, Vienna AT
28th - Venster 99, Vienna AT
 

Louise has been confirmed to support New Model Army on the following dates in October:

12th  - The Empire, Middlesbrough
13th  - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
14th  - Roadmender, Northampton
16th  - University SU, Cardiff


 To find out more information and book your tickets, click HERE.
Or visit www.newmodelarmy.org