The Whip - New album in Stores, Confirm US Tour

UK buzz band, The Whip, today released their debut album, X MARKS DESTINATION, and will soon perform at SXSW, Winter Music Conference, and a North American tour with Late of the Pier and DeadMau5.

It's been quite a year for the Manchester, UK band, touring non-stop at some of last summer's biggest festivals like Glastonbury, Reading, and Creamfields as well as US stops at SXSW and CMJ Music Marathon. Making a name for themselves, The Whip bring their blend of dance/rock stateside with songs like "Sister Siam," "Blackout," and "Sirens."

The press has taken notice with features in Nylon Magazine, SOMA, XLR8R, Pitchfork and more. Spin called the first single "Trash," "a killer single..... can wreck a room." Rolling Stone selected The Whip as five bands to watch calling The Whip "ready-made for dance parties, evoking Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem." NME raved "Best Thing to happen to dance music. Mutilatingly brilliant" and Wired declared, "If the White Stripes are the new Led Zeppelin, The Whip is the new New Order." The Whip's song "Dubsex" was recently featured on MTV's Hill's spin off, The City.

The Whip are: Bruce Carter (vocals/ guitar), Danny Saville (keyboard/ synthesizers), Nathan Sudders (bass) and Fiona Daniels (drums).

THE WHIP on tour:

MARCH 20 Austin, TX SXSW
21 Austin, TX SXSW
24 New Orleans, LA House of Blues - with Pendulum
26 Miami, FL WMC
27 Miami, FL WMC
28 Miami, FL WMC
30 Atlanta, GA The Earl **

APRIL
1 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom**
2 New Haven, Ct Yale Afro-American Cultural Center**
3 Brooklyn, NY Studio B**
4 Philadelphia, PA TLA*
7 Washington, DC 930 Club*
8 Boston, MA Paradise*
9 Montreal, Canada Les Saintes**
10 Toronto, Canada Kool Haus*
11 Chicago, IL Congress*
14 Seattle, WA Chop Suey**
15 Portland, OR Dantes**
16 San Francisco, CA Pop Scene**
19 Las Vegas, NV Hard Rock
21 Los Angeles, CA Cinespace
*with DeadMau5 and Late of the Pier **with Late of the Pier