Los Campesinos!

On Tour
Play Radio
Listen to Los Campesinos! Radio, featuring artists like Johnny Foreigner, Slow Club, Dananananaykroyd, Sky Larkin and more…

13,975,905 plays (458,903 listeners)

Shop now at Amazon | Send Los Campesinos! Ringtones to Cell
More options
Add to my Library

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (2006 – present)

Los Campesinos! are an band which formed in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom in 2006. The band consists of Gareth Campesinos! (vocals, glockenspiel, keyboards), Kim Campesinos! (vocals, keyboards, piccolo, flute), Tom Campesinos! (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Neil Campesinos! (guitar), Ellen Campesinos! (bass, vocals), Rob Campesinos! (vocals, guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel, percussion) and Jason Campesinos! (drums).

Aleksandra Campesinos! (vocals, keyboards, glockenspiel) left the band in 2009 to focus on her studies. She was replaced by Gareth’s sister Kim in September 2009. Ollie Campesinos! (drums) left the band June 2010 and was replaced a three weeks later by Jason Campesinos!, the band’s longtime road manager and merch table salesmen. Harriet Campesinos! (violin, keyboards, vocals) left the band on in September 2011 to continue her studies. Rob Campesinos!, who performs solo as Sparky Deathcap, is the official eighth (or, since Aleksandra’s departure, ninth) Campesinos! - the band compares his role in the band to the one Bob Nastanovich had in Pavement. After a year of being a semi-official member, Rob was made a full member of the band upon Ollie’s departure. The band’s name translates to “The Peasants” (or “The Farmers”) in Spanish.

The band performed their first gig in May 2006 at a student union club night, and went on to play a number of increasingly well-received gigs around Cardiff.
Read more… Edit

Popular tags: indie pop, indie, british, indie rock, twee  See more

Shouts: 2,948 shouts

Share this artist:

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1
2,485
2
2,047
3
1,666
4
1,597
5
1,196
6
1,153
7
1,013
8
992
9
960
10
953
11
937
12
927
13
804
14
796
15
794
Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).

  • momosaic

    Los Campesinos! will be performing at Mosaic Music Festival 2012 in Singapore! 17 Mar 2012, Sat, 7.30 & 10pm Mosaic Club (Esplanade Theatre Studio) www.mosaicmusicfestival.com

    7 hours ago

  • FoxesPlayBanjos

    My mum said she's buying me tickets to see the guys in Norwich as it's two days after my birthday! I'm so excited!

    Tuesday evening

  • jmquinn011

    The first time I ever heard a Los Campesinos! song. I love them now, but damn. So fucking sad. http://bloggerphobic.com/2012/02/16/the-daily-doof-february-16th-2012/

    last week

  • ListeningYou

    "In the frost I drew a dick for every girl that wouldn't fuck me." Macho manly music for macho manly men.

    last week

  • mutexplosion

    And hey, there's nothing more macho than sleeping with other people's girlfriends and then bragging about how you made said girlfriends 'purr like a cat,' right?

    last week

  • mutexplosion

    Hello Sadness has definitely grown on me. I think the below observation of their music slowly matching their lyrical content over time is pretty accurate, and I don't think that's a bad thing at all. It's not as energetic-sounding, but it's still exciting.

    last week

  • ampoules

    Because I am not macho, I guess.

    last week

  • Karunaii

    good freshman year of high school, good now.

    11 days ago

  • Bongair

    Y U SO HIPSTER?

    13 days ago

  • ampoules

    AHahahaha. I came here to generally comment about the band, but now I can't because I just read that there is someone in the world who thinks dubstep is macho. And also the fact that someone is still using the word macho at all. I am dying.

    13 days ago

  • SarahIsPi

    Крестьяне! су сељаци! ロス・キャンペシーノス! کسانوں! οι αγρότες! 농민! Գյուղացիները! للفلاحين! 农民！! האיכרי دهقانان!

    14 days ago

  • bombsgoboom

    You guys say that the band has lost its fun and is more mature. I agree that is true from the music stand point and also some from the lyrical. Goodbye Sadness is not a happy feeling album not just in the way it sounds but the lyrics too. But Los Campesinos! has always had dark or slighty dark lyrics with deeper meanings its just that the songs sounded happy.

    14 days ago

  • bombsgoboom

    Hello Sadness is awsome.

    14 days ago

  • HeyJeremyC

    LC!4LYFE

    15 days ago

  • mutexplosion

    Cool interview! I like having a picture in my head of the rest of the band sitting around and drinking tea while Gareth sings newly-written lyrics for the first time.

    16 days ago

  • youngandgifted

    Neil Campesinos! interviewed on Ca Va Cool. http://www.cavacool.com/feature/los-campesinos-interview/

    17 days ago

  • bruno_borat

    By Your Hand

    18 days ago

  • Sentenzia22

    Tribute to Megaupload R.I.P: http://www.lastfm.es/group/We'll+miss+you%2C+Megaupload

    21 days ago

  • DayofLords

    I actually find Hello Sadness to be my favourite album and I play it almost daily without fail as it is always in my CD player. I like the more mature, less twee sounding output despite really enjoying Hold on Now Youngster also. Looking forward to seeing them in March!

    last month

  • GentlyMe

    No show in Detroit = unable to show love. :(

    last month
See all 2,948 shouts

Videos

See more

Events

See more Add event

News

Hello Sadness, Track by Track

28 Nov 2011 | from www.loscampesinos.com

Without saying too much, I am currently working on a reasonably extensive Track by Track guide to our recently released album Hello Sadness. Subsequently, I am interested in answering any …

Add comment

See more

Listening Now

Top Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more

Groups (115)

See more

More Information

Links
Labels

Email Newsletter

Universal Music Group Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Los Campesinos! from Universal Music.

“To Our Members, We're The Fourth Last.fm.”

More Last.fm Sites: Blog | Music Manager | Build | Playground (Subscriber VIP zone) | Best of 2011

© 2012 Last.fm Ltd. All rights reserved. | Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | Updated Feb 11, 2009
Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Text may also be available under the GNU Free Documentation License.