QRO’s spotlight swings across the glens to shine on Wales’ Los Campesinos!.
Name: Los Campesinos!
Hometown: Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
Members: Alexandra Campesinos! (former), Ellen Campesinos! (former), Gareth Campesinos!, Harriet Campesinos! (former), Jason Campesinos!, Kim Campesinos!, Neil Campesinos!, Ollie Campesinos! (former), Rob Campesinos!, Tom Campesinos!
Albums: Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP (2007), Hold On Now, Youngster… (2008), We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (2008), Romance Is Boring (2010), Hello Sadness (2011), No Blues (2013), Sick Scenes (2017), All Hell (2024)
Related Articles:
Review of Sticking Fingers Into Sockets
Live review at Mercury Lounge in New York, NY on August 9th, 2007
Photo gallery from Mercury Lounge
Interview with Gareth and Ollie Campesinos! in 2007
Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on November 30th, 2007
Review of Hold On Now, Youngster…
Live review at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ on May 14th, 2008
Review of We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Featured in “Top 40 Albums of 2008”
Interview with Ollie and Tom Campesinos in 2009
Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom on February 15th, 2009
Interview with Aleks Campesinos on her last-ever tour in 2009
Photo gallery from secret show at Union Pool in Brooklyn, NY on August 3rd, 2009
Tribute to Aleks Campesinos! feature
Interview with Ellen, Neil and Ollie Campesinos! in 2010
Photo gallery at Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza in New York, NY on April 26th, 2010
Review as part of Truck Music Festival in Steventon, U.K. on July 25th, 2010
Live review at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on October 15th, 2010
Featured in “Top 50 Albums of 2010”
Photo gallery from Tramlines Festival in Sheffield, U.K. on July 23rd, 2011
Interview with Jason, Kim & Tom Campesinos! in 2011
Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom on November 16th, 2011
Photo gallery from Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 17th, 2011
Photo gallery from Leeds University Stylus for Live at Leeds in Leeds, U.K. on May 5th, 2012
Live review at (le) Poisson Rouge in New York, NY on June 22nd, 2012
Photo gallery from (le) Poisson Rouge
Review of Arts & Crafts: 2003-2013, including Los Campesinos!
Featured in “Top 40 Albums of 2013”
Live review at Irving Plaza in New York, NY on January 22nd, 2014
Photo gallery from Irving Plaza
Photo gallery from Leeds University Refectory for Live at Leeds in Leeds, U.K. on May 3rd, 2014
Live review at Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY on March 9th, 2017
Photo gallery from Warsaw on March 9th, 2017
Live review at Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, NY on July 9th, 2019
Photo gallery from Brooklyn Bowl
Live review at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, NY on August 24th, 2022
Live review at Warsaw on June 15th, 2024
Photo gallery from Warsaw on June 15th, 2024
Tour dates:
9/20/24 – Sheffield, U.K. – The Foundry
9/21/24 – Glasgow, U.K. – QMU
9/22/24 – Manchester, U.K. – New Century Hall
9/27/24 – Bristol, U.K. – SWX
9/28/24 – Brighton, U.K. – CHALK
9/29/24 – Birmingham, U.K. – The Crossing
Los Campesinos! playing “Knee Deep At A.T.P.” live @ Bowery Ballroom on November 30th, 2007:
Los Campesinos! playing “…And We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes In Unison” live @ Bowery Ballroom on November 30th, 2007:
Los Campesinos! covering Pavement’s “Frontwards” live @ Bowery Ballroom on November 30th, 2007:
Los Campesinos! covering Pavement’s “Frontwards” live @ Maxwell’s:
Los Campesinos! playing “…And We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes In Unison” live @ Maxwell’s:
Los Campesinos! playing “Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks” live @ Maxwell’s:
Los Campesinos! playing “Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #1” live @ Bowery Ballroom on February 15th, 2009:
Los Campesinos! playing “Miserabilia” live @ Bowery Ballroom on February 15th, 2009:
Los Campesinos! playing “You! Me! Dancing!” live @ Bowery Ballroom on February 15th, 2009:
Los Campesinos! playing “We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives” live @ Bowery Ballroom on February 15th, 2009:
Los Campesinos! playing world premiere of “R.I.B.” live @ Union Pool:
Los Campesinos! playing “International Tweexcore Underground” live @ Union Pool:
Los Campesinos! playing “My Year In Lists” live @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza:
Los Campesinos! playing “The Sea Is a Good Place To Think of the Future” live @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza:
Los Campesinos! playing “Broken Heartbeats South Like Breakbeats”, with Gareth, Kim, Neil and Rob in the crowd, live @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza:
Los Campesinos! playing “The Sea Is a Good Place To Think of the Future” live @ Music Hall of Williamsburg:
Los Campesinos! playing “By Your Hand” live @ (le) Poisson Rouge:
Los Campesinos! playing “Hello Sadness” live @ (le) Poisson Rouge:
Los Campesinos! playing “Songs About Your Girlfriend” live @ (le) Poisson Rouge:
Los Campesinos! playing “There Are Listed Buildings” live @ (le) Poisson Rouge:
Los Campesinos! playing “To Tundra” live @ (le) Poisson Rouge:
Los Campesinos! playing “Baby I Got the Death Rattle” live @ (le) Poisson Rouge:
Los Campesinos! playing “By Your Hand” live @ Brooklyn Bowl:
Los Campesinos! playing “5 Flucloxacillin” live @ Brooklyn Bowl:
Los Campesinos! playing “Baby I Got the Death Rattle” live @ Brooklyn Bowl:
