I Like Trains, or iLiKETRAiNS, offer the sort of fragile beauty that would melt the most frozen of hearts. The five-piece melded together over a love of music ‘progressively English and glacially Icelandic’.

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iLiKETRAiNS are:

Dave Martin - Guitar and Vocals
Guy Bannister - Guitar, Rhodes, Synths, Vocals
Alistair Bowis - Bass
Ashley Dean - Cornet and Visuals
Simon Fogal - Drums

Releases

• Elegies To Lessons Learnt - dvd, out 21/04/2008 on Beggars Banquet. (post review)
• Elegies To Lessons Learnt - album, out 01/10/2007 on Beggars Banquet. 1 review (read/post)
• The Deception - single, out 10/09/2007 on Beggars Banquet. 1 review (read/post)
• Spencer Perceval - single, out 26/03/2007 on Beggars Banquet. 1 review (read/post)
• Progress Reform - album, out 26/06/2006 on Fierce Panda. 1 review (read/post)
• Terra Nova - single, out 29/05/2006 on Fierce Panda. (post review)
• What We All Want - album, out 27/02/2006 on Dance To The Radio. 1 review (read/post)
• A Rook House For Bobby - single, out 17/10/2005 on Kids Records. 1 review (read/post)
• BEFORETHECURTAiNSCLOSE - single, out 04/07/2005 on Dance To The Radio. 1 review (read/post)
• New bands that we like: - demo, out 14/12/2004. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Sat 10 May at Dublin Crawdaddy. (post review)
• Fri 09 May at Cork Cypress Avenue. (post review)
• Thu 08 May at Galway Roisin Dubh. (post review)
• Thu 01 May at Leeds Brudenell Social Club. (post review)
• Wed 30 Apr at Manchester Roadhouse. (post review)
• Tue 29 Apr at York Fibbers. (post review)
• Mon 28 Apr at Lancaster Library. (post review)
• Fri 25 Apr at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. (post review)
• Thu 24 Apr at Oxford Academy 2. (post review)
• Wed 23 Apr at Colchester Arts Centre. (post review)
• Tue 22 Apr at London Bush Hall. (post review)
• Mon 21 Apr at Brighton Barfly. (post review)
• Tue 08 Apr at Paris Nouveau Casino. (post review)
• Sat 03 Nov at Madrid Moby Dick. 1 review (read/post)
• Wed 31 Oct at Paris La Flèche d'Or. (post review)
• Sat 06 Oct at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. (post review)
• Fri 05 Oct at Norwich Arts Centre. (post review)
• Thu 04 Oct at Colchester Arts Centre. (post review)
• Wed 03 Oct at London King's Cross Scala. (post review)
• Tue 02 Oct at Hertford Marquee. (post review)
• Mon 01 Oct at Cambridge The Soul Tree. (post review)
• Sun 30 Sep at Leicester Charlotte. (post review)
• Sat 29 Sep at Oxford Academy. (post review)
• Thu 27 Sep at Leeds Cockpit. 1 review (read/post)
• Wed 26 Sep at Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. (post review)
• Tue 25 Sep at Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire. (post review)
• Mon 24 Sep at Aberdeen Tunnels. (post review)
• Sun 23 Sep at Newcastle upon Tyne Academy 2. (post review)
• Sat 22 Sep at York Fibbers. (post review)
• Sat 22 Sep at York Fibbers. (post review)
• Thu 20 Sep at Stoke-on-Trent Sugarmill. (post review)
• Wed 19 Sep at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). (post review)
• Mon 17 Sep at Birmingham Barfly. (post review)
• Sun 16 Sep at Northampton Soundhaus. (post review)
• Fri 14 Sep at Brighton Barfly. (post review)
• Thu 13 Sep at Southampton The Joiners. (post review)
• Wed 12 Sep at Exeter Cavern. (post review)
• Tue 11 Sep at Cardiff Barfly Club. (post review)
• Mon 10 Sep at Bristol Academy. (post review)
• Lodestar Festival - Sunday, Sun 02 Sep at Cambridgeshire Sunnyridge Farm. (post review)
• BD1 Live, Thu 28 Jun at Bradford St. George's Concert Hall. (post review)
• Nastyfest VII - Saturday, Sat 23 Jun at Leeds The Faversham. (post review)
• Thu 29 Mar at London Camden Lock 17/Dingwalls. (post review)
• Wed 28 Mar at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
• Drowned In Sound presents..., Sat 10 Mar at Nottingham Junktion 7. (post review)
• Fri 20 Oct at Glasgow Barfly. (post review)
• Thu 19 Oct at Birmingham Barfly. (post review)
• Wed 18 Oct at Cardiff Barfly Club. (post review)
• Tue 17 Oct at London Cargo. (post review)
• Mon 16 Oct at Liverpool Barfly. (post review)
• Mon 04 Sep at Leicester The Musician. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 24 Aug at London Legion. (post review)
• it sounded better in my head #2, Tue 11 Jul at Manchester Night and Day Cafe. (post review)
• Thu 01 Jun at Leeds Brudenell Social Club. (post review)
• Tue 30 May at London Camden Dublin Castle. (post review)
• Fri 26 May at Hertford Marquee. (post review)
• Thu 25 May at Wolverhampton Little Civic. (post review)
• Sat 13 May at Leicester Sumo. (post review)
• Thu 11 May at Sheffield Leadmill. (post review)
• Wed 10 May at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. (post review)
• Tue 09 May at Birmingham Barfly. (post review)
• Mon 08 May at Bedford Esquires. (post review)
• Sun 07 May at Brighton The Freebutt. (post review)
• Fri 05 May at London Camden Barfly. (post review)
• Thu 04 May at Southampton The Joiners. (post review)
• Wed 03 May at Cardiff Barfly Club. (post review)
• Tue 02 May at Bristol Louisiana. (post review)
• Mon 01 May at Wakefield Escobar. (post review)
• Sat 29 Apr at Ipswich Drum and Monkey. (post review)
• Fri 28 Apr at Liverpool Barfly. (post review)
• Thu 27 Apr at Leeds Brudenell Social Club. (post review)
• Wed 26 Apr at York Fibbers. (post review)
• Sun 23 Apr at Glasgow Barfly. (post review)
• Sat 22 Apr at Aberdeen Lemon Tree. (post review)
• Fri 21 Apr at Newcastle upon Tyne Red Rooms. (post review)
• Thu 20 Apr at Manchester Music Box. (post review)
• Tue 21 Mar at London Camden Dublin Castle. (post review)
• Drowned In Sound presents..., Sat 11 Mar at Nottingham Escucha (formerly Cabaret). (post review)
• Thu 27 Oct at Lincoln The Shed at Lincoln University. (post review)
• Wed 26 Oct at Newcastle upon Tyne Cluny. (post review)
• Mon 24 Oct at Leeds Brudenell Social Club. (post review)

News

• 15/04/2008: The great iLiKETRAiNS robbery: band mugged by fake Italian policemen
• 14/04/2008: Glissando announce new album and tour
• 06/02/2008: Nottingham DiS update: iLiKETRAiNS confirmed for DJ set this Saturday
• 07/01/2008: iLiKETRAiNS play gigs, release ltd edition vinyl
• 20/09/2007: Her Name Is Calla, and she likes to tour
• 20/07/2007: Truck festival: leave the car at home
• 06/07/2007: Oxjam gets Brainwashed in Leeds
• 02/07/2007: Their name is Gizeh? Calla Sign Deal, Tour
• 29/06/2007: Truck X: Line-up announced
• 25/06/2007: iLiKETRAiNS: album and tour details in your face

Features

• 22/04/2008: iLiKETRAiNS get animated: Elegies on DVD explained
• 11/04/2008: DiScover: MySpace Trail #4
• 03/01/2008: Slight return: DiS's tips for 2007 reprised
• 06/07/2007: Festival Preview: Bestival 2006
• 06/07/2007: Reading/Leeds: The Other Stages
• 19/04/2007: Some Questions: iLiKETRAiNS
• 16/04/2007: The Camden Crawl starts here: DiS preview
• 05/01/2007: DiS's Tips for 2007, Part Two
• 18/12/2006: A Review of 2006: DiS is what it's all about, yo
• 21/11/2006: DiScover: iLiKETRAiNS

Links

• iLiKETRAiNS - official site

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