YES, NO MEANS NO ARE BACK

The last I heard of No Means No was the album ‘One’ blasting out of my flatmate’s room until 2am, pretty much every day of 2001. It was a disturbing, sleep-depriving experience, and one that pretty much explains why it’s taken me over a decade to listen to the band again, as well as my [...]

NEWS: TUNNG – NEW TRACK ‘THE VILLAGE’ + UK TOUR AND ALBUM

  ‘The Village’ is the brilliant, billowing new single from Tunng – from their forthcoming, fifth album, ‘Turbines’ released on June 17th on Full Time Hobby (www.fulltimehobby.co.uk) Bands as individual and enduring as Tunng don’t come around too often. Across their decade together, the group have gone from newcomers, experimenting in the basement of a [...]

NEWS: POLIÇA – LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘TIFF’

POLIÇA have announced a one off single ‘Tiff’, released on 10 June 2013 via Memphis Industries. ‘Tiff’ is a slice of brooding R&B inflected pop with lead singer Channy Leaneagh sharing vocal duties with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, who came good on his statement last year that POLIÇA are ‘the best band I’ve ever heard’. POLIÇA’s debut album ‘Give You The Ghost’ was one [...]

NEWS: MONEY – ‘BLUEBELL FIELDS’ VIDEO + TOUR

Having signed to Bella Union after two limited edition 7″ singles last year, Manchester-based quartet MONEY are putting the finishing touches to their much-anticipated debut album, due for release late summer. In the meantime, they have revealed the mesmerising video to ‘Bluebell Fields’, the  first single from the album. The video represents a loving collaboration between the band and young [...]

NEWS: CAMERA OBSCURA – LISTEN TO ‘FIFTH IN THE LINE TO THE THRONE’

  With the release of their long-awaited new album ‘Desire Lines’ on June 3rd via 4AD, Camera Obscura have revealed another song, ‘Fifth In Line To The Throne’. A sonic foil to recent single ‘Do It Again’, ‘Fifth In Line To The Throne’ sees the Glasgow fifth-piece in full balladeer mode and features backing vocals [...]

NEWS: PVT – NEW STOP-MOTION VIDEO FOR ‘HOMOSAPIEN’

Australian electronic band PVT have released their new video for ‘Homosapien’. The clip is a unique take on the stop-motion technique, featuring a cast of collaborators, inspiring musicians, friends and supporters. Having already conquered the three dimensional in previous video offering ‘Vertigo’, PVT this time take to a 3’20’’ display of world class instrument-switching; beautifully [...]

NEWS: KESTON COBBLERS CLUB – LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘BEAM’ OUT NOW

The distinctive sound that makes Keston Cobblers’ Club so unique comes from a desire to create contemporary, catchy music fused with the wholesome grittiness of traditional folk.  With a festival count growing by the minute and support from BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson, Folk Radio UK amongst others, Bromley’s Keston Cobblers’ Club have released their new [...]

NEWS:TELEMAN – NEW SINGLE ‘STREAM TRAIN GIRL’ + SUEDE SUPPORT

Teleman have announced that their new single ‘Steam Train Girl’ will be released on July 1st through the band’s own imprint Encona Records. Produced by Bernard Butler  – who the band also worked with on their debut single – ‘Steam Train Girl’ starts with pulsating guitars before the rest of band gradually join in, layering psychedelic-tinged synths (Jonny Sanders) and [...]

NEWS: KULT COUNTRY – NEW SINGLE ‘AMONGST THE DEAD FOREVER’

Kult Country front man Yousif Al-Karaghouli is someone who makes things happen. Within a week of arriving back to Manchester from a spell in France he’d become part of burgeoning cult label Sways Records, within two he’d formed Kult Country with a disparate bunch of souls whose number and identity still isn’t quite clear, and [...]

NEWS: CLOUD BOAT ‘YOUTHERN’ VIDEO + LP

With a debut album ‘Book of Hours’ released 27th May, Cloud Boat unveil the video for new single ‘Youthern’, directed by You Ness. Sam Ricketts and Tom Clarke have been steadily getting a foothold in the world of bass music over the past couple of years as they tour their ever-evolving live show around the [...]

NEWS: NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS ‘MERMAIDS’ OUT 20th May + VIDEO

The new video for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ upcoming new single ‘Mermaids’ is an excerpt from the band’s recent performance earlier this year at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on February 21st. ‘Mermaids’  the third track to be taken from ‘Push The Sky Away’ (their fifteenth studio album) will be released in [...]

NEWS: MAJICAL CLOUDZ – NEW ALBUM ‘IMPERSONATOR’

Majical Cloudz is the voice of Montreal songwriter Devon Welsh exploring the negative space within electronic music, using his powerful vocals to say ‘no’ to the infinite possibilities digital instruments provide and instead choosing to focus his attention inwardly. Joined by Matthew Otto to collaboratively produce and perform his songs, the 2012 debut album II [...]

NEWS: DEAP VALLY – VIDEO FOR ‘BABY, I CALL HELL’ + LP RELEASE

Ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Sistrionix’ on June 24th, Deap Vally have unveiled the video for their new single ’Baby, I Call Hell’ (out June 17th) Deap Vally will be heading to the UK for live dates around the release of ‘Sistrionix’, including a headline show at London’s Scala on the 22nd May and UK festival appearances at Glastonbury, [...]

NEWS: A GRAVE WITH NO NAME – ALBUM, TOUR AND FREE SAMPLE

On Monday 1st July A Grave With No Name will return with a new album titled Whirlpool on Stare Records. Recorded over the course of a year at Holy Mountain Studios in Hackney, Whirlpool is an album of contrasting beauty, from the hushed lullaby of ‘Bones’ and the piano-led curtain call ‘Balloons’, to the euphoric [...]

NEWS: SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE WITH JOHN COOPER CLARKE

The extraordinary poet John Cooper Clarke will tread the boards at London’s Palladium for his biggest show to date in the capital this June. ‘Sunday Night Live with John Cooper Clarke’ will see the figurehead of ‘punk poetry’ bring his insatiable wit to London’s legendary theatre, with guest performers joining him for this very special [...]

NEWS: FAIR OHS – NEW ALBUM + UK LIVE DATES

Fair Ohs release their second full length, Jungle Cats on 28th May and just for added excitement they will be touring in June and starting off at Manchester’s Deaf Institute on the 4th. The threesome have returned with an enigmatic new opus by the name of Jungle Cats. A heat-soaked traipse through the psychedelic desert [...]

NEWS: DATE PALMS – LIVE VIDEO FOR ‘DUSTED DOWN’

Date Palms revolves around the core duo of Gregg Kowalsky (keyboards, electronics) and Marielle Jakobsons (violin, flute, electronics). They employ traditional rock instrumentation to create music informed by Indian classical music, country, minimalism, and spiritual jazz, arriving at a style that is wholly their own. On their third album, The Dusted Sessions, the duo expanded [...]

NEWS: OLYMPIANS – ‘ADVENTURE GUN’ EP AND VIDEO

The math-pop band, who consist of Daniel Harvey (vocals/guitar/synth); Benjamin Thompson(vocals/guitar/synth/trumpet); Christopher Neil (vocals/bass) and Michael Parkin (vocals/drums/glock), formed due to their love of technically proficient bands such as Youthmovies and Don Caballero. The four piece from Norwich have since honed their sound, building a psychedelic twist into their penchant for technical exuberance, producing an exquisite [...]

NEWS: JAMIE ISAAC – DEBUT EP DETAILS + HEAR ‘SOFTLY DRAINING SEAS’

Within the opening bars of his debut EP ‘I Will Be Cold Soon’, it becomes very clear that 18-year-old singer/producer Jaime Isaac inhabits a space like no other emerging talent. While his voice may be flooring, his command of the piano totally arresting, and the delicate textures of his electronic production infectious, no one facet [...]

NEWS: NOAH AND THE WHALE – TAPE DROP TREASURE HUNT!!!!

Noah and The Whale have created a treasure hunt for fans to track down their new album at local Record Shops, 
and unlock the album to hear online before the release date of 6th May. This will be Noah and The Whale’s fourth album and the release follows a hugely exciting few years for Noah [...]

NEWS: MAGIC ARM – NEW ALBUM ‘IMAGES ROLLING’ + LIVE DATES

They say moving house can be one of life’s most stressful tasks. If one person knows about that its Manchester-based Marc Rigelsford, better known as the DIY pop maverick, Magic Arm. His new album ‘Images Rolling’ follows on from 2009’s debut album Make Lists Do Something and is a further exploration of the musical playground that [...]

NEWS: DUTCH UNCLES ‘BELLIO’ VIDEO AND EP OUT THIS WEEK

Dutch Uncles keep on to the break of dawn. However, they were a wee bit tired once dawn broke, so they missed the trip to the aquarium, where coincidentally their latest video, for Bellio, was being filmed. To coincide with the fishy fun, they have an 8 track leviathan of a digital EP featuring Bellio, [...]

NEWS: UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA – NEW LIVE DATES + LIVE SESSION VIDEO

Following a sold out London show in February and a full tour in May including Manchester’s Deaf Institute (May 6th) which sold out 3 months in advance, Unknown Mortal Orchestra are returning to UK in November due to huge demand, to play London’s legendary Electric Ballroom (their biggest UK show to date) and Manchester’s Gorilla [...]

VIDEO: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – ‘SIGNAL 30′

Public Service Broadcasting get back on the road in 2013 with new single ‘Signal 30′, a cautionary tale of the dangers of disrespecting the rules of the highways and byways, and their hardest-hitting track to date. The lead single from their imminent debut album ‘Inform – Educate – Entertain’ (out May 6), the relentless, high-speed [...]

NEWS: GHOSTPOET – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + UK LIVE DATES

Two years on from the release of his Mercury nominated debut, ‘Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam’, Ghostpoet announces his sophomore album ‘Some Say I So I Say Light’ which will be released on the 6th May 2013 through Play It Again Sam. Obaro Ejimiwe, aka Ghostpoet, laughs when he remembers how Gilles Peterson “took [...]

VIDEO: SPRING OFFENSIVE – ‘NO ASSETS’

Oxford five-piece Spring Offensive put time and consideration into everything; from unique shows in churches, museums, art galleries and WWII bunkers, to self-directed music videos and hand-printed releases. BBC Introducing in Oxford’s Band of the Year for 2012 Spring Offensive release a new self-directed video for “No Assets”.  Recorded and mixed by David Pye in [...]

NEWS: NOISE OF ART’S 100 YEARS of ELECTRONIC MUSIC pres. ECCENTRONIC RESEARCH COUNCIL ft MAXINE PEAKE

Noise of Art kicks off its year long celebration of 100 years of electronic music with a stellar line up featuring the debut London show of the Eccentronic Research Council – featuring Maxine Peake – and stellar DJ line up. Marking a century since Luigi Russolo published his ‘Manifesto for An Art of Noises’ the [...]

NEWS: SONGS FOR WALTER – NEW SINGLE / FREE DOWNLOAD ‘FAMILY HOLD BACK’

The profusely prolific Laurie Hulme keeps on pumping out those hits, his alter ego ‘Songs For Walter’ has committed himself to giving away a free track each month. His last singles ‘Tougher Than A Soldier’s Boots’ and ‘Moon / Two Out Of Ten’ gained multiple radio plays by Lauren Laverne, Steve Lamacq and Tom Ravenscroft. [...]

NEWS: SAVAGES – HEAR NEW TRACK ‘SHE WILL’ TAKEN FROM DEBUT ALBUM

The first released track from Savages’ forthcoming album Silence Yourself available on 6th(UK)/7th(US) May 2013 from Matador Records. @savagesband http://www.popnoire.com http://www.savagesband.com http://www.matadorrecords.com http://www.facebook.com/savagestheband

NEWS: BLEACHED – ALBUM DETAILS / UK DATES / VIDEO ‘NEXT STOP’

Bleached, who release their debut album Ride Your Heart on April 1st, return to the UK for 3 shows in May as part of an extensive European tour. The Clavin sisters will play 14 dates taking in France, Germany, Belgium, Scandinavia and the UK. The duo showcased songs from their debut Ride Your Heart at [...]

VIDEO: BEACH HOUSE – ‘WISHES’

Directed by Eric Wareheim (of Tim & Eric fame) and starring Ray Wise (Twin Peaks). On the video, Eric Wareheim says… “Beach House, Ray Wise, fireworks, and horses.  How can I go wrong? This is the first project that I’ve ever collaborated creatively with the band.  Victoria’s imagery inspired me to create this special half time show. It also helps [...]

NEWS: FESTIVAL NO.6 – FIRST ACTS ANNOUNCED

Festival No.6 is excited to announce that Welsh trio Manic Street Preachers have been persuaded to end their self-imposed two-year exile to headline one of the nights at this year’s event, which will be a UK festival exclusive. The cover of their fifth studio album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours was shot in [...]

NEWS: STRFKR – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + NEW VIDEO ‘ATLANTIS’

It’s hard to say exactly when it happened. It could’ve been during one of the 100+ shows STRFKR played over the past two years — ecstatic sold-out dance parties that started in tiny, sweaty rooms before word of mouth spread and forced a move to larger (and even sweatier) venues. It might’ve been when touring [...]

NEWS: CYRIL SNEAR – SECOND ALBUM ‘RIOT OF COLOUR’

Cyril Snear don’t raise their heads above the parapet often. The Manchester-based four-piece have watched on as fads and fashions swept through the city since its musical renaissance towards the end of the last decade; but they themselves? They’re a band that emerge from its cultural catacombs only when they feel they’ve a definitive statement [...]

NEWS: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – HEAR NEW TRACK ‘SIGNAL 30’

Public Service Broadcasting get back on the road in 2013 with new single ‘Signal 30′, a cautionary tale of the dangers of disrespecting the rules of the highways and byways, and their hardest-hitting track to date. The lead single from their imminent debut album ‘Inform – Educate – Entertain’ (out May 6), the relentless, high-speed [...]

NEWS: MMOTHS – HEAR NEW SINGLE ‘ALL THESE THINGS’ + UK DATES ANNOUNCED

After a successful 2012 with the release of his debut EP, opening for The xx & At The Drive-In as well as performing at numerous festivals and sold out shows, MMOTHS’ has announced two exclusive headline UK dates this March to coincide with his upcoming release ‘Diaries’. Written, recorded, and produced by himself in Dublin, [...]

NEWS: HEART-SHIPS – LIVE DATES + HEAR ‘PINHOLE OF LIGHT’

In anticipation of an upcoming debut release, Heart-Ships have announced two select dates in Manchester and London. Manchester – 17th Feb // The Castle Hotel London – 22nd Feb // The Old Blue Last Having withdrawn themselves in recent months to focus on writing and recording, Heart-Ships much anticipated return sees the band ready to [...]

NEWS: BEACH HOUSE UNVEIL 4 SONG LIVE PERFORMANCE SHORT FILM ‘FOREVER STILL’

Beach House have just unveiled the short film Forever Still, a stunning 4-song live performance filmed in the desert around El Paso, Texas. The film follows the passing of one night, starting at sunset and ending at dawn. The band explain… “Forever Still is directly inspired by Pink Floyd’s Live at Pompeii. We wanted to [...]

NEWS: MATTHEW E. WHITE – HEAR NEW SINGLE ‘ BIG LOVE’ + UK DATES

The best part about leaving is coming back. After last week’s whirlwind, five-star love affair with the UK, Matthew E. White and Europe are counting the days ‘til they see each other again. It’s a long distance relationship — but not for long. With their hugely acclaimed debut album Big Inner out now on Domino, Matthew E. White and his band [...]

VIDEO: KING KRULE – ‘OCTOPUS’

King Krule -the primary creative vessel for 18-year-old south east London-based singer/producer/songwriter Archy Marshall, released double A-side single ‘Rock Bottom’ and ‘Octopus’ late last year, and now comes the video for ‘Octopus’ directed by Paraic and Michael Morrissey.

NEWS: EVERYTHING EVERYTHING – ‘KEMOSABE’ POST WAR YEARS REMIX

To celebrate the release of ‘Arc’ EE are giving away a limited run Post War Years remix of their single ‘Kemosabe‘. PWY (https://soundcloud.com/postwaryears) are close chums of EE and will be touring with them in February and most importantly they make jolly great music too. The remix is limited to the first 2,000 downloads If you’re quick enough [...]

VIDEO: BO NINGEN – ‘NICHIJYOU’ FEAT. SAVAGES’ JEHNNY BETH

Out now on Stolen Recordings, available for download http://boningen.info/ | http://savagesband.com/ | http://stolenrecordings.co.uk

VIDEO: TELEMAN – ‘CHRISTINA’ + HEAR B-SIDE ‘IN YOUR FUR’

Amongst a flurry of praise & growing excitement, London trio Teleman release their debut 7” single this week through Moshi Moshi records. The single’s a-side ‘Cristina’ has notched up over 35,000 listens in the last month. Now they unveil the second song on the release ‘In Your Fur’; a more guitar driven track that escalates [...]

NEWS: SIGUR ROS TO HEADLINE LIVE FROM JODRELL BANK

‘INCOMING TRANSMISSION’ The multi award winning Live From Jodrell Bank series is thrilled to announce another Transmission from the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire.  Sigur Rós are confirmed to headline this unique event in the shadow of the iconic Lovell Telescope, one of the biggest and most powerful radio telescopes in the world. Previous Live [...]

NEWS: DAUGHTER – NEW ALBUM ‘IF YOU LEAVE’

Daughter have revealed details of their debut album which will see the light of day this Spring. The London-based trio of Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella will release If You Leave on March 18th 2013 through 4AD worldwide (April 30th in N. America via Glassnote). If You Leave was recorded over a period of months at home and [...]

NEWS: REBEKKA KARIJORD – ALBUM ‘WE BECOME OURSELVES’+ LIVE DATES

The story that leads to REBEKKA KARIJORD’s stunning new album, WE BECOME OURSELVES, actually starts many, many years ago. That it begins with her parents is not especially unusual, but few musical journeys commence in such a poignant fashion. She was born in Sandnessjøen, just south of the Arctic Circle in Northern Norway, to two [...]

NEWS: FICTION – LIVE DATES

UK LIVE DATES: Feb 25, London, Electrowerkz Mar 15, Portsmouth, The Registry Mar 16, Bournemouth, Sixty Million Postcards Mar 17, Guildford, Boileroom Mar 18, Cambridge, The Portland Arms Mar 19, Brighton, Green Door Store Mar 20, Bristol, Louisiana Mar 21, Birmingham, Rainbow 250 Mar 22, Leeds, Cockpit Mar 23, Manchester, The Soup Kitchen  Mar 25, [...]

NEWS: SHMOO – LIVE DATES

There are a couple of things you need to know about brothers David and Neil Newport. Firstly, they come from Manchester. Secondly, they don’t play guitars. And, finally, they create commanding electronic arrangements from old school analogue synths. Or at least they do under the Shmoo guise, with critical comparisons already being drawn to an [...]

NEWS: SONGS FOR WALTER – FREE DOWNLOAD OF NEW SINGLE ‘MOON/TWO OUT OF TEN’

Songs For Walter alter-ego Laurie Hulme has been bashing out new songs as though they’re going out of fashion. Released just a month after his last single ‘Moon/Two Out Of Ten’ is the latest offering from the Manchester based singer songwriter. Rather than a biographical account of his Grandfather’s life the song focuses on Walter’s [...]

NEWS: WET NUNS – ‘BROKEN TEETH’ EP + UK TOUR

It’s fair to say that 2012 was a massive year for the hell-raising duo Wet Nuns. Having taken home the gong for Video Of The Year at the Artrocker Awards, Wet Nuns can look back on acclaimed performances at the Reading & Leeds Festivals, Bestival, Liverpool Sound City, The Great Escape, and two riotous headline [...]

NEWS: SWISS LIPS – NEW SINGLE/VIDEO ‘DANZ’ + LIVE DATES FOR 2013

Mancunian five-piece SWISS LIPS release their debut single ‘Danz’ on 3rd February 2013 and have confirmed three headline shows for later that month. An exquisite dance/pop/electro collaboration, ‘Danz’ showcases the band’s ability to write classic hits with infectious beats and irresistible hooks. The band recently hosted a month of gigs/parties and events at The Union [...]

NEWS: CAVE PAINTING – NEW SINGLE / LIVE DATES / DUOLOGUE REMIX ‘LEAF’

Cave Painting follow the release of their debut album ‘Votive Life’ with a new single and extensive headline UK tour in the New Year. Having released a succession of tracks throughout 2011 and 2012 that put them firmly on the radar of those who care about music, the debut album underlined the band as an intelligent voice in UK [...]

NEWS: THE RAINBAND – HOMETOWN SHOW

Support slots for Ocean Colour Scene, The Kaiser Chiefs, and Steve Cradock, to name but three. A headline grabbing guitar auction in aid of The Marco Simoncelli Foundation, a disabled charity set up to honour the motorcycle racer who died in a Grand Prix accident. Needless to say, these are hardly average activities for a [...]

VIDEOS: BATTLESHIPS – ‘IN RETROSPECT’ / ‘YOUR WORDS’

Sydney Indie Rock/Folk quartet Battleships have just released their debut 7-track mini album ‘To You’, following singles ‘In Retrospect’ and ‘Your Words’ earlier this year. ‘In Retrospect’ was the first track to grab attention with its blend of haunting vocals and atmospheric, intelligent musicianship, while follow up single ‘Your Words’ pushed their sound to the [...]

NEWS: FICTION – DEBUT ALBUM + NEW VIDEO

In the weird, hyper-speed blog-world of the 21st century musical underground Fiction’s ‘80‘s inflected, thoughtful, outsider indie has served to set them apart from a revolving door of faddish trends and fly by night ‘scenes’. Taking a template determined by debut single Curiosity, the London based quintet of James Howard, Mike Barrett, Nick Barrett, Dave [...]

NEWS: FRANK’S FINAL FUNDRAISER

Two successful fundraisers in 2012, one in Manchester and one in London, have lead towards an affordable solution to erecting the Frank Sidebottom Statue in Timperley and the target sum is now within grasp. With a final push to raise the last couple of thousand pounds, friends, family and fans alike are joining forces to [...]

NEWS: YEASAYER – NEW SINGLE & LIVE DATES

The latest single to be taken from the acclaimed Fragrant World, is the gothic and very addictive ‘Reagan’s Skeleton’. “A sure-fire dancefloor killer“ (Time Out), ‘Reagan’s Skeleton’ has already been championed by Zane Lowe and Nick Grimshawon Radio 1 and John Kennedy on Xfm. The new video, featuring a live performance of ‘Reagan’s Skeleton’, is directed by acclaimed artist and film makers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (http://www.iainandjane.com/) who have [...]

LISTEN: GIRL BAND – ‘FRANCE 98′ EP

Girl Band are a four piece noise-rock band from Dublin, Ireland. There are no girls in the band. They formed in late 2011 and “France 98” is their second release with Any Other City Records. Musically somewhere between Bleach-era Nirvana, mclusky, Jesus Lizard and even that incendiary first Idlewild demo in their teens, long before [...]

NEWS: NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – NEW ALBUM TRAILER ‘PUSH THE SKY AWAY’

“Well, if I were to use that threadbare metaphor of albums being like children, then Push The Sky Away is the ghost-baby in the incubator and Warren’s loops are its tiny, trembling heart-beat.” Nick Cave At the heart of Push the Sky Away is a naturalism and warmth that makes it the most subtly beautiful of [...]

NEWS: PURITY RING – ‘LOFTICRIES’ VIDEO / TOUR DATES

Acclaimed video director AG Rojas (Jack White’s ‘Sixteen Saltines’, Spiritualized’s ‘Hey Jane’) has added his macabre touch to the Purity Ring song ‘Lofticries’, placing it as a soundtrack to a fever dream of vast ideas – conception, birth, sickness, and death. The band start their first headline tour of Europe this week and will then [...]

NEWS : SUUNS – HEAR ‘EDIE’S DREAM’ FROM THE 2ND ALBUM

Suuns will release their second full-length album, ‘Images Du Futur’, via Secretly Canadian in the UK on 4th March 2013. The Montreal four-piece are also set to play a handful of UK and European dates including London’s Village Underground on the 5th Dec, followed by ATP later that month. The first single, ‘Edie’s Dream’, starts with [...]

NEWS: JIM JAMES – LISTEN TO ‘KNOW TIL NOW’ / ALBUM DETAILS

“I wanted the album to sound like it came from a different place in time,” says Jim James. “Perhaps sounding as if it were the past of the future, if that makes any sense—like a hazy dream that a fully-realized android or humanoid capable of thought might have when it reminisces about the good old [...]

VIDEO: BEACH HOUSE – ‘WILD’

Following their recent sold-out UK tour and with a triumphant 2012 under their belts, BEACH HOUSE premier a new video for ‘Wild’, one of the many highlights from their fourth album Bloom. The intense and compelling clip was directed by filmmaker Johan Renck (Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Madonna, The Knife).

VIDEO: THE LOVELY EGGS ‘I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH’

A message from The Lovely Eggs…. “Our new single ‘I Just Want Someone To Fall in Love With’ comes out on Monday. Here is the brand new video to it done by mind warbler Casey Raymond… We are trying to get with it so it is our first ever digital only release.You can pre-order it here… [...]

LISTEN: MS MR – ‘DARK DOO WOP’ (CHET FAKER REMIX)

After having self-released their single ‘Hurricane’ with the accompanying popilepsy-inducing video, and their Candy Bar Creep Show EP  release via Tumblr, New York’s duo MS MR (Lizzy and Max) have recently toured with Marina & The Diamonds and GROUPLOVE. The band have their eyes on returning to Europe and Australia, while finishing up their debut album. [...]

NEWS: STUBBORN HEART – DEBUT ALBUM / VIDEO / TOUR DATES

Stubborn Heart – aka Luca Santucci & Ben Fitzgerald – set ears buzzing last year with a then unidentified white label 12” and followed it up with their EP ‘Need Someone’ on Kaya Kaya records. Now signed to One Little Indian, their full length eponymous debut, Stubborn Heart (released on November 5th) revealed a stunning [...]

NEWS: ESBEN & THE WITCH – NEW ALBUM / FREE TRACK / LIVE DATES

Esben and the Witch return with their new album Wash the Sins Not Only the Face, out January 21st on Matador Records.  The Brighton trio follow up their acclaimed 2011 debut album Violet Cries by transcending ‘second album’ preconceptions, crafting a record that’s bold, confident, expansive and not ‘difficult’ in the slightest.  Daniel Copeman of [...]

NEWS: COLD PUMAS – DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS + VIDEO

With the release of their debut album, ‘Persistent Malaise’ today, Cold Pumas share the first visual accompaniment to their longplayer; the fruity and fanciful feast that is ‘Sherry Island’. Shot and edited by Phil Whitby and directed by Cold Pumas’ own Patrick Fisher, the setting is one of glorious hues and faded splendour, with a [...]

NEWS: THE ZOLAS – NEW ALBUM ‘ANCIENT MARS’ + HEAR ‘KNOT IN MY HEART’

After debuting with Tic Toc Tic in 2009, The Zolas scaled the precipice of cult status across their native Canada, thanks to a loyal fanbase carried over from Zach Gray (vocals, guitar) and Tom Dobrzanski’s (piano) earlier years as acclaimed indie rock quartet, Lotus Child. On their sophomore release, Ancient Mars, The Zolas are set to continue [...]

NEWS: EVERYTHING EVERYTHING – 2013 TOUR DATES + PRESALE LINK

Everything Everything are pleased to announce details of their full 2013 UK tour to celebrate the release of their new album Arc on January 14. The band have just celebrated their first entry into the UK top 40 with lead single Cough Cough and enjoyed a run of fully sold out dates airing new material [...]

LISTEN: KING KRULE – ‘OCTOPUS’ (RATKING REMIX)

It has been a manic couple of weeks for King Krule, aka 18-year-old south east London-based singer/producer/songwriter Archy Marshal. Having just released a stunning double A-side single ‘Rock Bottom’/’Octopus‘ via Rinse, he completed an incredible trio of sold-out headline shows in Paris, Manchester and London in support of the release, which proved very much the talk of [...]

NEWS: TWEAK BIRD – NEW VIDEO ‘THE WEIGHT’ + FREE DOWNLOAD

The mighty Tweak Bird are back with a brand new video ahead of their mini-album release. Filmed at the American Legion Hall in Highland Park, CA, this smoking new video for ‘The Weight’ captures the intensity of the band’s live performance balanced with imagery of exploring the need for release. ‘The Weight’ is one of [...]

NEWS: FISHING – HEAR THE NEW TRACK ‘CHOY LIN’

Whilst doing a bit of travelling over summer, I came into contact with a lot of Australians. Disappointingly, they weren’t too keen on entertaining my hilarious one-sided dialogues about koala bears, kangaroos and all Australians being the descendants of prisoners. However, most of them did seem more than happy to talk to me about was [...]

NEWS: ERRORS – ‘RELICS’ REMIXED BY EGYPTIAN HIP HOP

The lead track from the mini-album, ‘Relics’ has been given the Egyptian Hip Hop treatment which, as RCRDLBL explain, involved the track being “melted into a bloopy goop punctuated by springs, wobbles and cumulous FX”. As well as being released on all the normal formats, the Scots are reviving the VHS. Each track on the [...]

NEWS: DUTCH UNCLES – UK TOUR DATES + NEW ‘FESTER’ REMIX/FREE DOWNLOAD

Three albums into their career, Manchester’s Dutch Uncles, a group who pitched their tents firmly in pop’s leftfield with their eponymous first album before releasing Memphis Industries debut Cadenza in 2011, have made another huge step forward with their forthcoming album ‘Out Of Touch In The Wild’. The album is due for release on 7th [...]

VIDEO: ON AN ON – ‘GHOSTS’

ON AN ON was birthed from the ashes of Scattered Trees, following the departures of two members earlier this year. Nate Eiesland, Alissa Ricci and Ryne Estwing decided to carry on with a name change, and they already have a 10-track debut album to show for it. Recorded with Dave Newfeld (Broken Social Scene), ‘Give [...]

VIDEO: DAUGHTER – LIVE ON LETTERMAN

The other night, Daughter made their worldwide TV debut on long-running US chat show, The Late Show with David Letterman. Ahead of their short US tour – beginning this week – the London-based trio of Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella performed ‘Youth’, a stand-out track from their 2011 EP The Wild Youth.   [...]

NEWS: DJANGO DJANGO – NEW SINGLE

Following on from the release of recent single Hail Bop and subsequently the extended Hail Bop EP, Django Django are pleased to confirm details of their next release from their exceptional eponymous debut album – which was today nominated for this year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize. This revered accolade is yet another deserved nod, as it [...]

NEWS: THE LOVELY EGGS – NEW ALBUM ‘WILDLIFE’ + LIVE DATES

The Lovely Eggs return with their third album ‘WILDLIFE’ after a year and a half touring their critically acclaimed second album ‘COB DOMINOS’. This time the Eggs return with an album that encapsulates the isolation of extensive touring and brief time back in their home town Lancaster. The two piece raucous noise pop duo combine [...]

NEWS: VALERIE JUNE – LISTEN TO HER DEBUT SINGLE ‘WORKIN WOMAN BLUES’

Valerie June’s debut single, ‘Workin’ Woman Blues’, unfurls the story of her self-styled “organic moonshine roots music”, a warm mix of aching vintage country, gospel and powerful delta blues, it’s as if Bobbie Gentry fronted a Stax soul-revue, her mesmerising vocals telling it how it is. Born, raised and honed in Jackson, Tennessee, the self-taught [...]

NEWS: THE VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME – ‘BRAIN FREEZE’ VIDEO + APP SINGLE

Since making 2011′s largely electronic album The Grandad Galaxy – The Voluntary Butler Scheme’s Rob Jones has been learning some new non-electronic skills in the shape of the Trumpet and the Saxophone.  Having learnt them largely from Youtube clips and iPhone apps – it inspired The Voluntary Butler Scheme to release his next single as [...]

NEWS: PURITY RING – DOWNLOAD ‘BELISPEAK II’ + UK LIVE DATES

Purity Ring’s Corin Roddick has reworked their song ‘Belispeak’ to feature a ferocious new verse by Danny Brown. Brown, who first saw Purity Ring on their summer tour, expressed interest in wanting to work with them via Twitter. The two then exchanged ideas through email and Brown re-imagined ’Belispeak’s fairy-tale creepiness as an evocative snapshot of his [...]

NEWS: HOT CHIP VINYL EMPORIUM TO PLAY MANCHESTER OXFAM SHOP

Oxfam and Domino have announced that Hot Chip will be continuing their DJ ‘takeover’ of Oxfam shops with a gig in the Oxfam Emporium shop, Oldham Street, Manchester on Saturday 13th October. The Oxfam shop will give up its floor space to become an exclusive Oxjam shop for a one-off gigs, whilst simultaneously selling great [...]

NEWS: JAMES BLAKE – ‘CONFIDENCE BOOST’ VIDEO + LIVE DATES

It’s been almost a year since The Kentish Town Forum hosted James Blake’s last live performance on UK shores, but his unique brand of introspective electronica will return to the British stage once again for a series of performances this winter. Having released one of 2011’s most talked about and critically praised records in the [...]

LISTEN: NIGHT ENGINE – ‘I’LL MAKE IT WORTH YOUR WHILE’

The music of the city, of the dark, of the underground basements and behind locked doors clubs is back. Night Engine, four young men with a belief in the power of music to move feet as well as minds, have been in rehearsals since their formation in January 2012 with the express intent of rekindling [...]

VIDEO: EMBERS – TUNNEL VISION

Limited edition double A side 7″ Vinyl. Tunnel Vision/Sins Unknown. Recorded at Sandhills Studios, Liverpool. Engineered by Kyle Western. Mixed and produced by Embers. Directed by Sam Alder & Toby Potter (Plastic Zoo/MCR Scenewipe) Shot by Luke Bather & Nathan Bather Purchase here - http://embersembers.bigcartel.com/ www.embersembers.com

NEWS: SCOTT AND CHARLENE’S WEDDING – DOWNLOAD A TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM

Heartbreak, working shitty jobs to survive and the loneliness of public transport in a city, Craig Dermody knows no other way than heart-on-sleeve. Hailing from Australia but now living in New York, Dermody’s debut album under the moniker Scott and Charlene’s Wedding is due for release on Critical Heights in November. ‘Para Vista Social Club’ [...]

LISTEN: TOKOLOSH – DEBUT SINGLE ‘THE HOLLOW/TOKOHORSE’

TOKOLOSH is the coming together of a collection of Manchester musicians, Christian and Nicky Madden and Richard Young from The Earlies, Nathan Sudders from The Whip and Liam Frost. Liam, who is the band’s sole lyricist, describes the lyrical content of the songs as “a slant on the desperate and obsessive nature of love and [...]

VIDEO: GREAT PAGANS ‘TEENAGE SILHOUETTES’

Great Pagans are the third act to release on Anti-Ghost Moon Ray Records, the Brighton DIY Label/Collective that put out Gazelle Twin’s critically acclaimed debut ‘The Entire City’ and Bernholz’s leftfield take on Madonna’s Material Girl’. It’s a label with a very carefully selected, small but perfectly formed roster. Great Pagans are the label’s band [...]

NEWS: BRETON – NEW SINGLE + HEAR BUSY P REMIX OF ‘GOVERNING CORRECTLY’

Breton have announced the release of a brand new single ‘Population Density’, due for release on 5th November 2012 on FatCat Records. Recorded between festivals over the summer at the band’s creative HQ The Lab, the band road tested it for the first time at the Route Du Rock festival in France in front of [...]

NEWS: WAVE MACHINES – SINGLE ‘ILL FIT’ + UK DATES

With a short run of UK live dates and a brand new 10” single, Wave Machines prepare to deliver the first taster of the new album this October. A tightly wound Prince-esque work out, lead signer Tim Bruzon describes Ill Fit as “the fuzzy moment right before you make a decision to do something right [...]

LISTEN: EVERYTHING EVERYTHING – ‘COUGH COUGH’ (XAPHOON JONES REMIX)

Cough Cough is taken from their new album Arc which will be released on Jan 14th. This press picture was taken acclaimed photographer Nadav Kander. One of his most recent commissions was Obama’s People – Kander had 52 full page colour portraits published in one issue of The New York Times Magazine. He also has exhibits at London’s V&A Museum [...]

NEWS: SCROOBIUS PIP – SPOKEN WORD TOUR DATES

At Latitude 2012 Scroobius Pip headlined the spoken word tent on a Saturday night to a crowd of, to his surprise, over 4000 festival goers. All of whom stood in silence during each piece and engaged like a good drunk festival crowd should in between. It was this overwhelming show that made Pip decide to [...]

NEWS: KING KRULE – HEAR AA SIDE ‘ROCK BOTTOM/OCTOPUS’ + LIVE DATES

King Krule -the primary creative vessel for 17-year-old south east London-based singer/producer/songwriter Archy Marshall – has just released a stunning double A-side single  featuring two stunning new tracks, ‘Rock Bottom’ and ‘Octopus’. The release comprises two very different songs, revealing alternate sides of the project’s coin. ‘Rock Bottom’ is a triumphantly doomed airstrike of rhythm [...]

NEWS: TAME IMPALA – HEAR ‘APOCALYPSE DREAMS’ + NEW ALBUM & UK LIVE DATES

Modular Recordings is proud to announce that Australian psych warriors Tame Impala will return with their new album Lonerism, to be released globally this October 2012. Again recorded and produced almost entirely by Kevin Parker in studios, planes, hotels and homes around the world, and mixed by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips / MGMT), Lonerism’s [...]

NEWS: 2:54 – HEAR THEIR COVER OF ‘KILLER’

2:54 -sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow- have debuted a special cover version of Seal and Adamski’s Nineties classic, ‘Killer’. Currently main support to the XX on their European comeback tour, they just premiered the surprise track online, with Colette commenting, “There’s a nostalgia to ‘Killer’ that each member of the band identifies with. We grew [...]

VIDEO: WE ARE AUGUSTINES – ‘PHILADELPHIA’

Brooklyn’s We Are Augustines have released a live video of Philadelphia (The City of Brotherly Love) this week following successful appearances at both Reading and Leeds Festivals playing in front of packed audiences. The video was recorded at The Neptune in Seattle this year, one of their favourite venues on the gig circuit since they [...]

NEWS: MAGIC ARM – DOWNLOAD THE TITLE TRACK FROM THE ‘PUT YOUR COLLAR UP’ EP

DIY pop raconteur Marc Rigelsford – the mastermind behind Manchester’s Magic Arm – has got some nerve. It takes a brave soul to pen a debut album as daring and different as 2009’s acclaimed Make Lists, Do Something – a record that tumbles through the kaleidoscopic pop sprawl of early McCartney and Beach Boys adding [...]

VIDEO: FIRST AID KIT – ‘WOLF’

First Aid Kit have unveiled the dreamlike and kaleidoscopic video for their new single ‘Wolf’ which is out now on Wichita Recordings. Shot in the forest of Järvsö, Hälsingland in Sweden and directed by Johan Söderberg. “It’s about our destruction of the planet,” said the band. “But it’s also about finding the animal within you. [...]

NEWS: THE MINX – LIVE DATES

Mixing an energetic blend of punk, ska and northern soul with a healthy dose of pop sensibility and hometown swagger The Minx have been tearing up venues around the UK collecting an ever growing fanbase. With support from Mike Joyce (The Smiths), Jennie Matthias (The Belle Stars), Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets) and a number of [...]

NEWS: DUTCH UNCLES – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + FREE DOWNLOAD

Dutch Uncles have announced the release, via Memphis Industries, of their new album ‘Out of Touch in the Wild’ on 14th January 2013 and new single ‘Fester’ on 12th November. Isn’t it great to see a young band growing the old fashioned way? Three albums into their career, Manchester’s Dutch Uncles, a group who pitched [...]

NEWS: MATTHEW HALSALL – NEW ALBUM ‘FLETCHER MOSS PARK’ DETAILS

Manchester based trumpeter, composer, arranger and band-leader Matthew Halsall is one of the rising stars of the UK jazz scene. His unique sound was brilliantly described as “Rain-streaked spiritual jazz from Manchester” by the Independent On Sunday and previous albums have found Halsall exploring the modal jazz of John and Alice Coltrane or paying heartfelt [...]

VIDEO: CAT POWER – ‘CHEROKEE’

Here is the new Cat Power new video for ‘Cherokee’, starring and directed by Chan Marshall (Cat Power), it’s the first music video to be taken from her new album, ‘Sun’. Shot in the Californian desert, it depicts a post-apocalyptic world in the near future where road gangs rule a lawless land. The video follows [...]

VIDEO: PINS – ‘LUVU4LYF’

The first track from PINS debut EP LUVU4LYF, released on glittery 10″ vinyl in collaboration with Bella Union. Order here Video credits: Director – Sing J Lee Director of Photography – Davey Gilder Editors – Sing J Lee & Dan W Jacobs

NEWS: INDIANS – WATCH THE 4AD SESSION

Indians, the musical alter ego of Copenhagen resident Søren Løkke Juul, have just signed to 4AD. While they only played their first concert in their hometown in February of this year and self-released their debut single in April, they’ve already garnered enough attention to perform shows across Europe and in North America, playing shows with [...]

NEWS: MIDNIGHT MAGIC – DOWNLOAD ‘SAME WAY I FEEL’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM

Midnight Magic’s blend of funk, soul, and electro-tinged disco has been setting airwaves and dance floors ablaze in NYC where they lay their roots and beyond. Since bursting onto the scene in 2009 with a series of 12” singles, including “I Found Love,” a recent collaboration with Tommie Sunshine, and dance floor smash “Beam Me [...]

NEWS: DEPTFORD GOTH – LISTEN TO ‘LIFE AFTER DEFO’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM

South Londoner Daniel Woolhouse sees his music as, “sitting somewhere between real and synthetic”, but the emotional impact of his alter ego Deptford Goth is about as human as it gets. Imbued with an intimate, intense, yearning melancholy, perfectly matched to a seamlessly woven ‘scape of synths, beats and atmospheric vocals, new track ‘Life After [...]

NEWS: THE SOFT PACK – LISTEN TO A TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘STRAPPED’

The Soft Pack return with ‘Strapped’, which is due for release 1st October on Mexican Summer. It’s an adventurous album that finds the Los Angeles-based foursome breaking with expectations and exploring the possibilities of how they can push their sound. In making it, the group took to heart a quote from the sage Pasadena thinker [...]

VIDEO: FUTURE ISLANDS – ‘GREASE’

The Future Islands video (directed by Jay Bulm) shot in black & white and using an innovative 360 panning style, documents the band’s typical day on the road. ‘Grease’ is the last track taken from their acclaimed album ‘On the Water’ which was released last year.

NEWS: MS MR – TWIN SHADOW REMIX UNVEILED THROUGH TUMBLR

Last week, MS MR started to unveil their 4-track debut EP ‘Candy Bar Creep Show’ exclusively via Tumblr This week, they share a Twin Shadow remix of the single “Hurricane”. In classic MS MR fashion, they’ve done things a little differently – for the first time ever, an EP is completely revealed through Tumblr. Here’s how it works: [...]

NEWS: REBEKKA KARIJORD – WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘USE THIS BODY WHILST IT’S STILL YOUNG’

Rebekka Karijord has crafted a record of unforgettable, eerie magic as epic yet peaceful as the Northern Norwegian landscape into which she was born with new album, ‘We Become Ourselves’. We Become Ourselves’s centrepiece, the first single ‘Use My Body While It’s Still Young’ is a song built upon a bedrock of vast, tribal drums. [...]

NEWS: LAST DINOSAURS – WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘TIME & PLACE’ + TOUR DATES

Following a fantastic run of live shows this summer including Lovebox, Field Day and a headline performance at The Nest in London, Last Dinosaurs have announced a full regional tour this September including two headline London Shows at Madame JoJo’s and Barfly. Coming in the wake of a string of live dates in the UK [...]

NEWS: THE GARY – LISTEN TO THE NEW ALBUM ‘REMAINS’

2012 marks the fourth release by Austin , Texas trio The Gary, an LP titled ‘Remains’, the follow-up to last year’s Albini-recorded ‘El Camino’ EP. This also marks their first full-length since 2010’s acclaimed Logan. The Gary began in 2008 as an informal gathering three friends with instruments, with no more ambition than to get [...]

NEWS: JAN – DOWNLOAD ‘WORK FOR THE CITY’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM

Jan, aka Kim Talon, will release a self-titled debut album on November 13th. With riot grrrl-infused vocals, fuzzed out guitar lines, and blissed out grunge rhythms, Jan is a genre-straddling album that packs a mean punch. Known for being the latter half of art-rock band Eagle and Talon, Kim is now joined by Chloe Saavedra [...]

NEWS: JOE BANFI – LISTEN TO ‘GUTS AND BONES’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT EP

Already championed at XFM and 6Music, Northwich’s Joe Banfi has that stark individualism that Communion discovered with the debut releases by both Michael Kiwanuka and Ben Howard. And what immediately proved so distinctive for Kevin Jones and Ben Lovett of Communion, after receiving an unsolicited email from Joe linking them to his demos, is what [...]

NEWS: CASPIAN – WATCH THE NEW ALBUM TRAILER + LISTEN TO 2 TRACKS

Beverly post-rock quintet Caspian will release their new full-length studio album ‘Waking Season’ on 24th September through Triple Crown Records. Co-produced by Matt Bayles, former keyboard player from Minus the Bear and producer for such seminal albums as Isis’ ‘Oceanic’, Botch’s ‘We Are Romans’ and Mastodon’s ‘Blood Mountain’, ‘Waking Season’ is the follow-up to Caspian’s [...]

NEWS: ERAAS – DOWNLOAD ‘BRIAR PATH’ ANOTHER TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM

A sense of place. It’s a notion that has informed some of our most memorable works of art — everyone has a favorite book or painting or album that somehow has the power to immerse you completely in its world, so much so that you don’t want to leave. This sense of creating art that [...]

NEWS: DJANGO DJANGO – NEW SINGLE ‘LIFE’S A BEACH’

Following on from the release of recent single Hail Bop and subsequently the extended Hail Bop EP, Django Django are pleased to confirm details of their next release from their exceptional eponymous debut album – which has been nominated for this year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize. This revered accolade is yet another deserved nod, as it [...]

NEWS: BAILTERSPACE – DOWNLOAD ‘BLUE STAR’ FROM THE NEW ALBUM ‘STROBOSPHERE’

It has been thirteen long years. What were they doing? Where have they been? Somewhere, perhaps under a Manhattan substructure, or maybe above a spiral nebula, we know they have been doing something. But what? Probably checked out. Gone exploring. Pioneering tonal semiotics, developing rhythmic syntax, plugging in, turning up – creating sheer bloody massive slabs [...]

LISTEN: THE SEA AND CAKE – ‘ON AND ON’

‘On and On’ is The Sea and Cake‘s second single, taken from the Chicago group’s highly anticipated forthcoming album ‘Runner’. Head HERE to hear the well received first single, ‘Harps’. You can also hear the track ‘Pacific’ on Marc Riley’s BBC 6 Music show HERE. ‘Runner’ will be out on 17th September via Thrill Jockey Records

NEWS: SPRING OFFENSIVE – NEW VIDEO/SINGLE ‘NOT DROWNING BUT WAVING’

In addition to their exceptional self-directed video portraying one man’s struggle with guilt, Oxford’s SPRING OFFENSIVE share a slightly darker side to their songwriting prowess with brand new single ‘Not Drowning But Waving’. The dynamic quintet confirm its physical availability will be on very limited edition 7” vinyl with download code in bespoke packaging assembled [...]

NEWS: RINGO DEATHSTARR – VIDEO ‘RIP’ + NEW ALBUM DETAILS

Ringo Deathstarr have announced details of the release of their second album. Mauve will be released through Club AC30 Records on Monday 24th September 2012. The album, produced by Elliott Frazier from the band, was recorded at The Bubble in Austin, Texas and Skylab in Los Angeles in the spring of 2012. Ringo Deathstarr formed [...]

NEWS: FESTIVAL No. 6 ANNOUNCES MISCHIEF MEADOW

The UK’s unique boutique luxury festival, Festival No. 6, has announced details of its children’s area, Mischief Meadow. Festival No. 6, already feted as the festival highlight of the season, plays host to an incredible and eclectic bill headlined by New Order, Primal Scream and Spiritualized. And now mini festival goers can look forward to [...]

NEWS: HUSKY – LIVE VIDEO + DOWNLOAD ‘TIDAL WAVE’ + TOUR DATES

Sub Pop are delighted to announce that Australian quartet Husky are returning to the UK for a series of dates this month. This is a great opportunity to catch the band live following the release of their debut album ‘Forever So’. You can watch a stunning rendition of the album’s opening track “Tidal Wave” in [...]

NEWS: BETH JEANS HOUGHTON & THE HOOVES OF DESTINY – NEW SINGLE/VIDEO + UK LIVE DATES

Following a phenomenal response for the debut album ‘Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose’, released in February this year, Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny are set to release a new single: the brilliant ‘Dodecahedron’, which was formerly picked up by Radio 1 BBC Introducing playlist. Showcasing Beth’s extraordinary voice and off-kilter lyrics, ‘Dodecahedron’ explodes [...]

NEWS: OF MONSTERS AND MEN – UK LIVE DATES

Icelandic alternative folk sensation Of Monsters and Men have emerged as the breakthrough international act of 2012. Whilst the excitement around the UK release of their debut album ‘My Head is An Animal’, out 27th August on Island Records, continues to grow, the band announce details of a 2013 UK tour. Of Monsters and Men’s [...]

NEWS: CUUSHE – LISTEN TO THE REMIX OF ‘DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SLEEP’ BY SLOW MAGIC

After three years of silence since the release of her debut album ‘Red Rocket Telepathy’, contemporary Japanese dream-pop singer, Cuushe is back with a new set of breath-taking material. In this masterfully produced new EP, entitled ‘Girl / You Know That I am Here / But the Dream’, the multi-talented Cuushe once again carefully crafted [...]

NEWS: KARLIE BRUCE – DOWNLOAD ‘PAPERBACK LOVER’ FROM HER DEBUT ALBUM

Australian folk-rock chanteuse Karlie Bruce has already made a splash in the US and further afield. With a background that is as dynamic as her work, she is a back-up singer for NYC’s 17-piece disco band Escort, has opened for renowned pianist Brad Mehldau and graced the stage of New York’s esteemed Carnegie Hall alongside [...]

VIDEO: FINDLAY – ‘YOUR SISTER’

Findlay is a new 20-something artist from Manchester, and Your Sister and You Gave Me Grace are her first offerings – evoking a gritty and raw garage fuelled energy that could easily give her male counterparts a clear run for their money when she hits the stage. There’s a limited 7″ released on Manchester label [...]

NEWS: CLOUD SEEDING – LISTEN TO ‘THE LIGHT’ FEAT. NADINE CARINA

Cloud Seeding is a music singles project by Brooklyn-based guitarist Kevin Serra. The project was conceived as a space for collaboration to showcase vocalists he admires. On the third single, Serra worked with Swiss singer Nadine Carina who now resides in Liverpool, England where she attended Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), a school founded [...]

NEWS: JANICE GRAHAM BAND – HEAR THE NEW SINGLE ‘ASSASSINER’

Acid Jazz celebrates its 25th year as a genre-defining label by looking to the future with their newest signings, hotly tipped Manchester outfit the Janice Graham Band. Averaging 21 years of age, JGB are Joe Jones (vocals/bass), Andy Morton (guitar), Josh Hunt (Trumpet & BV’s) and Tom Scott (Drums/BV’s). Following the fantastic response to their [...]

NEWS: CAVE PAINTING – WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘SO CALM’ + TOUR DATES

Having become the toast of the blogs and those in the know with their early releases ‘Rio’ and ‘Gator’, Brighton’s Cave Painting announce the release of a new single, ‘So Calm’, their debut album, ‘Votive Life’ and a UK tour throughout October. Cave Painting’s debut album, ‘Votive Life’, released on September 24th, features the singles [...]

NEWS: MOCK & TOOF – LISTEN TO ‘MY HEAD’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM

Mock & Toof are back following on from their debut album ‘Tuning Echoes’ in 2010. The first material to emerge from the new album is called ‘My Head’ and it features vocals from young Swiss artist Ghostape. In a nutshell it’s one little catchy chugger with a heavy analog sound. The beats of the Boss [...]

NEWS: FRIGHTENED RABBIT – NEW EP + ‘STATE HOSPITAL’ VIDEO + LIVE DATES

Frightened Rabbit are pleased to announce details of their eagerly awaited new EP ‘State Hospital’, out September 24 through Atlantic Records. The acclaimed Scottish quintet will celebrate the EP’s release with a UK and Ireland tour throughout September. The dates will kick off in Portrush’s Playhouse on September 6, taking in Navan, Michelstown, Dundalk, Dublin, [...]

NEWS: TOY – HEAR THE NEW ALBUM IN FULL

TOY’s much anticipated self-titled debut album, heralded by Mojo as ‘British Alt Rock’s finest debut of 2012, will be released by Heavenly Recordings on Monday 10th September. The album will be preceded by the release of a new single, Lose My Way on Monday 3rd September 2012. The 7” single, features the B-Side Bright White Shimmering [...]

NEWS: TAFFY – HEAR THE NEW SINGLE ‘FLOWER CHAIN’ + UK LIVE DATES

On September 3rd Tokyo sensation taffy continue to take the UK by storm, with the release of ‘Flower Chain’, on Club AC30. Plus, due to huge demand the band have announced a national headline tour. Following widespread print and online praise for the debut album ‘Caramel Sunset’, the amphetamine-esque, angular indie-disco-pogo of ‘Flower Chain’ looks set [...]

VIDEO: PALMA VIOLETS – ‘BEST OF FRIENDS’

Up until now Rough Trade’s Palma Violets have had minimum online presence and no songs recorded, instead preferring for people to come and experience their raucous live shows at their Lambeth art studio / squat Studio 180, and then later on a UK co-headline tour with Savages. As of today, the London four-piece’s debut single ’Best Of Friends’ is available to buy from iTunes. [...]

NEWS: GRASS HOUSE – LISTEN TO NEW TRACK ‘THE BOREDOM ROSE’

With their darkly poetic lyrics and Americana leanings, Grass House will release a new single, ‘The Boredom Rose’ b/w ‘Caught Green’, the first for brand new independent label Dancing Coins on the 10th September. Grass House will be the first band to be released on the up-and-coming London label. Dancing Coins was founded this year [...]

NEWS: LEMONADE – LISTEN TO THE HYETAL REMIX OF ‘SOFTKISS’ + TOUR DATES

The release of their new LP “Diver”, found New York electronic pop trio Lemonade drawing critical acclaim on both sides of the pond, with everyone from LA Times and Village Voice to the Guardian and NME falling for its bold, sensual style, a glorious melange of early 90’s R&B, UK 2-step Garage, Balearic house and [...]

LISTEN: DJANGO DJANGO – ‘HAIL BOP EP’

Fresh from playing Reading and Leeds festivals and also BBC 6 Music’s Summer In The City and Media City Salford, Django Django have made their Hail Bop EP available in full for your listening pleasure. Hail Bop EP available here - http://smarturl.it/HailBop Debut Album out now - http://smarturl.it/DjangoDjango www.djangodjango.co.uk www.because.tv P&C 2012 Because Music

NEWS: OPOSSOM – WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘GETAWAY TONIGHT’ + UK TOUR DATES

With their debut album ‘Electric Hawaii’ due for release on Fire Records in August, New Zealand’s Opossom are pleased to announce a US and European tour this coming October/November. ‘Getaway Tonight’ is directed by Joel Kefali from Special Problems (Tame Impala, Flying Lotus) and is inspired by b-grade sci-fi, featuring frontman Kody Nielson as two cyborgs [...]

NEWS: THE BABIES – LISTEN TO ‘MOONLIGHT MILE’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM

The Babies share a new song, “Moonlight Mile,” from a 7″ that was released by Woodsist last week. This is also the first single from their upcoming album, ‘Our House On The Hill’, which will be released this autumn. The 7″ features an exclusive B-side and is limited to 1,000 copies. The Babies formed in Brooklyn in [...]

NEWS: GET WELL SOON – DOWNLOAD A TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM

If you check your Mayan calendar, you’ll see that 2012 marks the end of the world; a subject that has always been close to the dark heart of one Konstantin Gropper – the “bastard child of Radiohead and Bright Eyes” as Music Week once christened him – or Get Well Soon as he’s better known [...]

VIDEO: POND – ‘MOTH WINGS’

Pond, have just released a video for recent single ‘MothWings’. The video was shot using iPhone application Funny Movie Maker. www.facebook.com/pondling www.modularpeople.com

NEWS: BIRDS OF MAYA – ‘READY TO HOWL’ LIVE VIDEO

Over the past few months and years, dropouts all over the world have been nodding out to the amped up riffing of Purling Hiss and the economical chug-a-lug zen of Spacin’. But only the most committed seekers have been privy to the roaring big bang that started it all: Birds Of Maya. Agitated Records are [...]

NEWS: THE SANCTUARIES – 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COOKING VIDEOS FOR THE ‘NOT GUILTY’ EP

In light of The Sanctuaries’ upcoming self-release ‘Not Guilty’ EP, the quartet share two instructional cooking videos which end with endearing mom-activities as a reward. The Rickenbacker-loving band teamed up with The Deli to premiere the recipe for chicken schnitzel alongside their track “Not Guilty” calling it “the perfect blend of indie songwriting charm and [...]

VIDEO: BJORK – ‘DECLARE INDEPENDENCE’ DEDICATED TO PUSSY RIOT

Bjork statement: ‘dear folks here comes a statement in defense of pussy riot : as a musician and a mother i would like to express i fiercely dont agree with them being put to jail because of their peaceful protest performance . they are currently standing trial and facing seven years in prison for this [...]

NEWS: 2:54 – WATCH THE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘SUGAR’ + TOUR DATES

One of the UK’s exciting new bands, 2:54 -sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow- have unveiled the video for their new single ‘Sugar’, taken from their self-titled debut album released in May on Fiction. Ahead of their September tour with the XX and slew of high-profile summer festival dates including Reading, Leeds and Bestival they debut [...]

NEWS: CHEW LIPS – LISTEN TO THE XXXY REMIX OF ‘HURRICANE’

Chew Lips will release the first single ‘Hurricane’ from their second album on 3rd September, released through the bands own label Family Records as part of a new deal with Sony Music. ‘Hurricane’ will follow free download track ‘Do You Chew?’ released last month. It is a bold and sassy track and a surefire future [...]

NEWS: THE CAST OF CHEERS – DOWNLOAD THE CITIZENS! REMIX OF ‘HUMAN ELEVATOR’

Hot on the heels of the release of their much anticipated album “Family” on July 23rd, The Cast of Cheers are releasing their brand new single “Human Elevator” – perhaps their most addictive track to date. As drums pound and looped riffs unspool, lead singer Conor brings a thrilling air of combustible menace to proceedings [...]

NEWS: BELLA UNION – 15TH ANNIVERSARY COMPILATION WITH ROUGH TRADE

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the birth of Bella Union Records, and to celebrate they have teamed up with Rough Trade Shops to compile 145 minutes and 52 seconds minutes of music, old and new, that reflects fondly on the beginnings of the label and looks towards the prospects of the future. As [...]

NEWS: FIRST AID KIT – LISTEN TO ‘WOLF’ + UK TOUR DATES

First Aid Kit are fresh from a European tour with Jack White and to continue their inexorable rise in 2012, they are releasing album highlight ‘Wolf’ on 17th September (Wichita). They will then head back to the UK for their biggest headline dates thus far, calling at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 20th November. Added to [...]

VIDEO: TOM WAITS – ‘HELL BROKE LUCE’

“As most of you guessed, it’s a tour…a tour de force! Matt Mahurin has created an apocalyptic war dream to accompany the song ‘Hell Broke Luce’. Kathleen and I envisioned it as an enlightened drill sergeant yelling the hard truths of war to a brand new batch of recruits. The video grew from the gnawing [...]

NEWS: MOON DUO – DOWNLOAD ‘SLEEPWALKER’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING SECOND ALBUM

After their recent Rough Trade in store show, which saw the queue to get in stretch right around the block, Moon Duo have confirmed the release of their second full-length LP ‘Circles’ for Oct 1st on Souterrain Transmissions. ‘Circles’ is the product of a long winter’s isolation in the Rocky Mountains, though the road to [...]

NEWS: KARIN PARK – LISTEN TO THE MAYA JANE COLES REMIX OF ‘THOUSAND LOADED GUNS’

UK house golden girl Maya Jane Coles dusts off her Nocturnal Sunshine alias for a remix of Karin Park’s new single Thousand Loaded Guns, released 10 September on State Of Eye Recordings. Karin Park shook up the underground in 2011 with the release of her critically acclaimed EP ‘Tiger Dreams’. Reigniting Sweden’s electronic scene with [...]

NEWS: VACATIONER – WATCH THE LOMOGRAPHY-SHOT VIDEO FOR ‘TRIP’

Vacationer have shared the worldwide release of their visually stunning video for single, ‘Trip.’ The video was shot on Oahu’s North Shore by surf cult cinematographer Dave Homcy. Vacationer teamed up with Lomography, the international community dedicated to analogue photography, for the filming, the first partnership of this kind. The video was shot on Lomography’s [...]

NEWS: PERFUME GENIUS – LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘TAKE ME HOME’ + TOUR DATES

2012 has seen Perfume Genius, aka Seattle native Mike Hadreas, go steadily from strength to strength. His second album ‘Put Your Back N2 It’ saw him earn his biggest raves to date on both sides of the pond, with resulting tours across the UK and Europe selling out and effortlessly capturing audience’s hearts. Add in [...]

NEWS: ANE BRUN – WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘WORDS’

Norwegian songwriter, Ane Brun has released her new video for ‘Words’ this week, the prologue from a short film based to music from Ane Brun‘s album ‘It All Starts With One’. The film that houses no fewer than four orchestrated songs will be premiered in 2012. The Director for the whole project, Ane’s long-standing video [...]

NEWS: SISSY & THE BLISTERS – HEAR TWO TRACKS FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM

Sissy & The Blisters have unleashed an energetic live performance of ‘Do It Alone’, filmed as part of a Youth Hymns Session. The track, alongside their forthcoming single ‘Killing Time’, is taken from Sissy & The Blister’s debut album, set for release early 2013. Sissy & The Blisters had a sensational year in 2011. The lead [...]

NEWS: LIARS – WATCH THE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘BRATS’ + TOUR DATES

Liars – Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross – have announced details of their brand new single, ‘Brats’ which is set for release on 12″ and download on 15th October, via Mute. One of the stand-out tracks from recent live shows, ‘Brats’ is the latest track to be taken from Liars’ current album ‘WIXIW’ [...]

NEWS: PURITY RING – EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

After releasing their debut album ‘Shrines’, Purity Ring have announced they will return to Europe and the UK in November for a month-long tour. Purity Ring is a Halifax/Montreal-based duo comprised of Corin Roddick and Megan James. They make lullabies for the club, drawing equally from airy 90s R&B, lush dream pop, and the powerful, [...]

NEWS: TY SEGALL – LISTEN TO THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THE FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM

Like an echo from a desperate, war-torn future, Ty Segall’s latest cry of love crashes the party and detonates without warning on the drink-soaked dance floor. Female voices ricochet, deadpanning from ear to ear. Fuzzy thunders reels on high, thudding slam into your life-chest and rolling out the door. Like a quicksilver wire at the [...]

NEWS: TOY – LISTEN TO THE NEW SINGLE ‘LOSE MY WAY’

‘Lose My Way’ is the third single proper from TOY, released through Heavenly Recordings on Monday 3 September 2012. The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming self-titled debut album, set for release on 10 September. Released as a 7″, ‘Lose My Way’ features the B-Side ‘Bright White Shimmering Sun’, a live favourite which does [...]

NEWS: WOODS – LISTEN TO ‘SIZE MEETS THE SOUND’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM

Woods have streamed another track from their September 17th released full length, ‘Bend Beyond’. September Tour Dates: 1st – The Blind Tiger, Brighton 2nd – End of the Road, Dorset 3rd – Cargo, London 4th – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 5th – The Fleece, Bristol

NEWS: ‘NORTHERN QUARTER TAKEOVER’ STREET PARTY DETAILS

It’s back, 8% better than last time. Common bar have once again teamed up with neighbours Home Sweet Home to bring you a day of live musics, quiz times, DJs, foods, drinks, heads, games, arts, buntings, #laughriots … supporting Mind and Macmillan charities. Joining them for the day will be the Common BBQ, Portable Street [...]

NEWS: THE ECCENTRONIC RESEARCH COUNCIL – ’1612 UNDERTURE’ ALBUM DETAILS

A new album featuring actress Maxine Peake (TV’s Shameless, Silk) to make the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials. Exactly 400 years since the trials and execution of the 12 women now known as The Pendle Witches, on 20 August 1612 in Lancashire, England, a purpose assembled collective of artists, sound designers, experimental pop [...]

NEWS: BEAK> – HEAR PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACK ‘0898’ + TOUR DATES

Bristol band BEAK> (Geoff Barrow/Billy Fuller/Matt Williams) will hit the road in support of their second album ‘>>’ freshly released on their hometown label Invada. To coincide with the news, Invada have released details of a special edition fabric boxset of the album which includes a bonus disc of 10 previously unreleased tracks from the [...]

NEWS: SPECTOR – MANCHESTER INSTORE GIG

London quintet Spector have announced a Manchester instore gig for the day of their debut album release. They will play at Manchester’s HMV at 6pm on the 13th August to coincide with the release of ‘Enjoy It While It Lasts’, as well as their new single ‘Never Fade Away’, a firm fan favourite.  The band [...]

NEWS: 2:54 – HEAR THE NEW SINGLE ‘SUGAR’

Having established themselves as one of the most distinctive and compelling new bands around with their spellbinding, critically acclaimed, eponymous debut LP, released in May on Fiction, sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow -aka 2:54- have been announced as main support to The XX on their highly-anticipated European comeback tour this September.  A teaser date together [...]

NEWS: DUM DUM GIRLS – WATCH THE ‘MINE TONIGHT’ VIDEO TAKEN FROM ‘END OF DAZE’ EP

Sub Pop is pleased to share release details for Dum Dum Girls’ End of Daze EP, due out 24th September. The EP is led by the single “Lord Knows”, along with track highlights “Mine Tonight”, “I Got Nothing”, and a cover of Strawberry Switchblade’s “Trees and Flowers”.  The band recently recorded an acoustic version of [...]

NEWS: BO NINGEN – DETAILS OF NEW ALBUM ‘LINE THE WALL’ + LIVE DATES

London based, Japanese four piece, Bo Ningen are set to release their eagerly awaited new album on Stolen Recordings on the 8th of October 2012. ‘Line The Wall’, the follow up to 2010’s eponymously titled debut, was self produced and recorded at London’s Lynchmob Studios and features ten brand new tracks. Regarded by many as [...]

NEWS: SIINAI – DOWNLOAD THE ‘OLYMPIC GAMES’ REMIX BY THE HORRORS’ TOM FURSE

Now ‘event of a lifetime’ London 2012 is upon us, music fans are starting to worry about what to do with their time over the summer. Sodden festivals aside, and with very few releases and gigs happening, what are the tote bag-wielding music-loving populous going to do to amuse themselves? Step forward up-and-coming Finnish band [...]

NEWS: RINGO DEATHSTARR – HEAR NEW SINGLE ‘RIP’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING 2ND ALBUM

Ringo Deathstarr have announced details of the release of their second album. ‘Mauve’ will be released through Club AC30 Records on Monday 24th September 2012. The album, produced by Elliott Frazier from the band, was recorded at The Bubble in Austin, Texas and Skylab in Los Angeles in the spring of 2012. Tracklisting: 1. Rip [...]

NEWS: ZEUS – WATCH THE VIDEO AND DOWNLOAD NEW SINGLE ‘ARE YOU GONNA WASTE MY TIME?’

Few bands can be simultaneously timeless and relevant, but that’s exactly the hi-wire act Zeus have become. Signed to Arts And Crafts and the sometimes support of Broken Social Scene, Zeus are not so much typical of the Canadian indie scene as they are classic British rock circa 1974-1975. Taking their name from a mythological [...]

NEWS: TAME IMPALA – HEAR THE FIRST SINGLE ‘ELEPHANT’ TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM

The first official single off Tame Impala’s anticipated second album ‘Lonerism’ is ‘Elephant’. ‘Elephant’, with remixes by Todd Rungren and Canyons, will be available worldwide in August. ‘Lonerism’ Tracklisting: 1. Be Above It 2. Endors Toi 3. Apocalypse Dreams 4. Mind Mischief 5. Music To Walk Home By 6. Why Won’t They Talk To Me? [...]

NEWS: CHEW LIPS – ‘HURRICANE’ VIDEO + REMIX FREE DOWNLOAD

Chew Lips will release the first single ‘Hurricane’ from their second album on 3rd September, released through the bands own label Family Records as part of a new deal with Sony Music. ‘Hurricane’ will follow free download track ‘Do You Chew?’ released last month. It is a bold and sassy track and a surefire future [...]

NEWS: TAMARYN – LISTEN TO ‘I’M GONE’ FOR THE FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM

Tamaryn return with their second album ‘Tender New Signs’, released 15th October 2012 on Mexican Summer. ‘Tender New Signs’ is the kind of record that exists where experiences connect to the senses, where memories emerge and bring with them all the feeling and imagery that had been resting just below the surface of consciousness. It’s [...]

NEWS: NIFE – VIDEO FOR DEBUT SINGLE + FREE TRACK DOWNLOAD

Nife are a female-fronted 3 piece rock band, hailing from London via Austria and Bath. They describe themselves as “60s Psych meets Krautrock in a Classic Rock casing”. They are Nicky (AKA Nife – lead singer and guitar), Howey (drums) and Scott (bass guitar). Their music is a collage of moody undertones, affecting lyrics and distorted noisescapes. [...]

NEWS: DEAD RAT ORCHESTRA – DOWNLOAD ‘JOY/SORROW’ FROM THE BBC DOCUMENTARY ‘THE GUGA HUNTERS OF NESS’

This month saw the release of the new album from Dead Rat Orchestra on Critical Heights. It was originally recorded as the soundtrack to Intrepid Cinema’s critically acclaimed BBC Documentary ‘The Guga Hunters of Ness’, which follows the journey of ten men from the community of Ness on the Isle of Lewis as they embark [...]

NEWS: ESCAPOLOGISTS – HEAR THE NEW SINGLE ‘CONSCIENCE OR REGRET’

Escapologists are a Nottingham/Berlin based trio making dreamy indie-electronica that seems to exist within its own self-contained world. A world filled a sense of yearning and nostalgia. Recalling Talk Talk at the point where their early indie dance-floor hits morphed into a more introspective body of work. Escapologists make songs of a pop sensibility full [...]

NEWS: CORNELIA – HEAR FORTHCOMING SINGLE ‘STORMY WEATHER’ + THE CIRCLE TRAPS REMIX OF ‘AQUARIUS DREAMS’

On August 28th Swedish musical force of nature Cornelia presents ‘Stormy Weather’ on Exceptional / Camp Mozart records. Although no two of Cornelia’s inventive records sound the same, ‘Stormy Weather’ exemplifies her eerily beautiful, off-kilter electronic pop and sweet, spectral vocals. Her voice and originality has won friends in high places: in a short space [...]

NEWS: MENOMENA – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + TEASER VIDEO

Barsuk Records is excited to announce that Menomena will release their new album, ‘Moms’, on October 8th. ‘Moms’ is the Portland-based band’s fifth, and their first as a duo. In support of ‘Moms’, Menomena will embark on a North American headlining tour in Autumn, followed by dates in Europe and an appearance at the All [...]

VIDEO: DJANGO DJANGO – ‘HAIL BOP’

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NEWS: FLYING LOTUS – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

This Autumn, Flying Lotus releases ‘Until The Quiet Comes’, the long-awaited follow-up to 2010’s Cosmogramma. Composed, according to FlyLo, as “a collage of mystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies”, ‘Until the Quiet Comes’ has the distinct feel of this nocturnal trip. From the twitching descent into a subconscious state and the out-of-focus time-ether of the [...]

NEWS: ERRORS – HEAR NEW TRACK ‘RELICS’ + UK TOUR DATES

Errors have announced the release of a brand new 8-track mini-album due for release on Rock Action Records in October and UK tour including a show at Heaven in London. The new record entitled ‘New Relics’ follows on from the critically acclaimed ‘Have Some Faith In Magic’ released earlier this year. ‘New Relics’ was recorded [...]

NEWS: KARIN PARK – NEW SINGLE ‘THOUSAND LOADED GUNS’ + DOWNLOAD DAN LE SAC’S REMIX OF ‘RESTLESS’

Karin Park shook up the underground in 2011 with the release of her critically acclaimed EP ‘Tiger Dreams’. Reigniting Sweden’s electronic scene with her own injection of dark, synth driven goth-pop, Karin is regarded as Scandinavia’s hottest new export. With a Norwegian Grammy already securely in her clutches and a growing army of fans and [...]

NEWS: SPECTOR – VIDEO TO NEXT SINGLE ‘NEVER FADE AWAY’ + UK LIVE DATES

Spector have revealed the video to their next single ‘Never Fade Away’, out 13th August through Fiction/Luv Luv Luv Records. The third track to be taken from their hugely anticipated debut album ‘Enjoy It While It Lasts’, to be released 13th August, ‘Never Fade Away’ is a perfect pop moment. A gloriously epic song with [...]

NEWS: TWO WOUNDED BIRDS – HEAR NEW SINGLE ‘TO BE YOUNG’ + HEADLINE UK TOUR ANNOUNCED

With the release of their long-awaited debut album under their belts, Margate quartet Two Wounded Birds have announced details of their first headline UK tour in October and that their next single ‘To Be Young’ will be released on August 5th. The band have also created a promotional video that you can watch below. A [...]

NEWS: TY SEGALL – NEW ALBUM ‘TWINS’ + UK LIVE DATES

How does time work anyway? Did you know that 2008 is as much yesterday as yesterday is? 2008, that was when it began – a sweat young thing boiling up out of the mythical swamps of ooze and grooves. Ty Segall was just getting started, his need to rock was ordering itself into existence. Now [...]

NEWS: CAMERA – FREE DOWNLOAD OF ‘AUSLAND’

Dubbed “Krautrock Guerilla”, the Berlin-based trio Camera has played with Krautrock legends Michael Rother and Dieter Moebius and performed at the German Film Prize and Echo Awards ceremonies. And in August 2012, as unlikely as it may once have seemed, their debut album will be released. A lot has been going on with the three [...]

NEWS: ERAAS – DOWNLOAD A TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM

ERAAS is a tribal atmospheric quartet based in Brooklyn led by its two founding members Robert Toher and Austin Stawiarz. The band arose from the ashes of New England-based project Apse in 2011, forming with the desire to create more ritualistic and darker themes. Live, the band, generally as a 4-piece, elicit foreboding, cautionary themes, [...]

NEWS: RIMAR – STREAM A TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING EP

On Monday 23rd July Brooklynite Rimar will release his new EP ‘Closer’ on Bella Union. Rimar came to our attention last year with the rather sublime EP Higher Ground, seven songs which showcased his talents to mould 70’s funk with the smoothness of modern R&B. These are themes he continues on Closer, taking the brash rhythm [...]

VIDEO: REN HARVIEU – ‘TONIGHT’

21 year old Salford born singer Ren Harvieu, whose breathtaking  voice has had the critics reaching for the superlatives and whose critically acclaimed debut album “Through The Night” stormed into the UK chart this week at no. 5, releases her new single “Tonight” on July 16th through Kid Gloves/Island Records.  Ren has just announced her [...]

NEWS: BROWN BROGUES – LIVE DATES + VIDEO ‘ANYONE BUT YOU’

2012 has been a great year for Brown Brogues. So far have toured the UK and America for the second time, toured France for the first time and released their 3rd single and video ‘Anyone But You’ on Flexi disc. They also returned to Sweden to headline the Friday night of Whole Lotta Midsommar. They [...]

NEWS: THE WALKMEN – TWO NEW VIDEOS + UK LIVE DATES

The Walkmen have a new visual accompaniments to share with you for ‘The Love You Love’ taken from their new album Heaven. This beautifully shot black & white video was directed by Sean Pecknold and sees Hamilton and his son looking rather creepy in a house with floating cats and fireworks, the whole thing has [...]

NEWS: PURITY RING – SEE THE VIDEO TO ‘FINESHRINE’

Purity Ring is excited to reveal their video for their song ‘Fineshrine’. Directed by Young Replicant (www.youngreplicant.com), the video is available for your viewing pleasure below. ‘Fineshrine’ is the lead single from the band’s forthcoming debut album Shrines (reviewed here), which will be released by 4AD on July 24th. Pitchfork recently awarded the song ‘Best [...]

NEWS: FRIENDS – HEAR THE ALUNA GEORGE REMIX OF ‘I’M HIS GIRL’

You’d be forgiven for thinking that Summer isn’t going to happen this year but with their debut LP “Manifest!”, released June 4th on Lucky Number, Brooklyn five piece Friends, have still delivered the soundtrack regardless. Oozing effortless cool and sexy insouciance, full to bursting with instantly infectious songs and singer Samantha Urbani’s subversive lyrics, it [...]

VIDEO: KARIMA FRANCIS – ‘GLORY DAYS’

Karima Francis releases her stirring new single ‘Glory Days’, August 6th on Mercury, self-penned and produced by Flood (U2, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave). ‘Glory Days’ is the rousing, emotionally charged centrepiece from the Blackpool born singer-songwriter’s extraordinary new album ‘The Remedy’. It captures the album’s overriding sense of rediscovered strength, perspective and newfound [...]

NEW: DARK DARK DARK – HEAR ‘TELL ME’ TAKEN FROM NEW ALBUM + UK LIVE DATES

‘Who Needs Who’, the new album by Dark Dark Dark, is a stirring and rich body of songs that sees the band breaking new ground, and settling into the strengths of a quintet that has worked incredibly hard, both on the road and in their personal lives. The band’s commitment to their music has proven [...]

NEWS: MICKEY GLOSS – VIDEO FOR ‘CROCODILE SMILE’

X-Ray Recordings are proud to introduce the latest band to join the fold and commit their music to flexi disc, Mickey Gloss. Their single ‘Crocodile Smile’ is available from the X-Ray Recordings online store from July 9th and in most independent record stores from July 16th. Mickey Gloss is a Psychedelic Punk Party Band that [...]

NEWS: CLARK – HEAR A TUNE FROM THE ‘FANTASM PLANES’ EP

Clark announces the release of ‘Fantasm Planes’. The six track EP is due for release on 3rd September. It is a counterpart to Iradelphic, featuring new variations on key album tracks as heard in his recent live shows; this includes 3 reworks of album tracks and 3 brand new tracks. ‘Fantasm Planes’ sees Clark exploring [...]

NEWS: OPOSSOM – NEW VIDEO ‘FLY’ FROM DEBUT ALBUM ‘ELECTRIC HAWAII’

Taken from Opossom‘s debut album ‘Electric Hawaii’, this video for “Fly” is another zany sci-fi-themed adventure directed by Sam Kristofski, following on from the promo video for ‘Blue Meanies’ (single out digitally on 30 July). Their psych-pop, sun-drenched tunes are sure to brighten up your summer. Frontman Kody Nielson describes the “Fly” video like this: [...]

NEWS: ANTIBALAS – HEAR ‘DIRTY MONEY’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM

‘Dirty Money’ is the second song to be released from their forthcoming self-titled album, released via Daptone on 6th August. It follows hot on the heels of ‘Sare Kon Kon (Redux)’ (also below). “The idea,” says singer Amayo “was to come up with something hot. We’ve had so many collective money talks in Antibalas from [...]

NEWS: SUSANNE SUNDFØR – WATCH ‘WHITE FOXES’ VIDEO FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM

Susanne Sundfør is set to release new album ‘The Silicone Veil’ on 8th October 2012 in the UK through Sonnet Sound, preceded by forthcoming first single ‘White Foxes’. When you listen to Susanne Sundfør it is no surprise that she is both Norway’s most critically acclaimed artist of the year, and one of it’s most [...]

NEWS: CHELSEA LIGHT MOVING – STREAM SINGLE ‘BURROUGHS’ FROM THURSTON MOORES NEW BAND

Chelsea Light Moving are set to release their debut on Matador Records later this year. All words below are by Thurston Moore: FOR IMMEDIATE…mmmmm…RELEASE (newsflash courtesy of Love Sick Times, free periodical for poets and punks) This song is called BURROUGHS. It is by the band CHELSEA LIGHT MOVING. ‘Burroughs’ is the first track from [...]

NEWS: ZOLA JESUS – NEW PHILOSOPHY INSPIRED VIDEO FOR ‘SEEKIR’

Since her last trip to the UK for her November tour last year, Zola Jesus has continued to surprise and inspire her fans. Providing guest vocals on an Orbital track, an orchestral performance at New York’s Guggenheim Museum, and most recently an appearance on US talk show Conan accompanying hip hop artist El-P, 2012 has [...]

NEWS: ALABAMA SHAKES – TOUR DATES + LIVE VIDEO OF NEXT SINGLE ‘HANG LOOSE’

Following a string of sold out European dates and a US tour supporting Jack White earlier this year, Alabama Shakes have announced that they will be doing a full European tour this November, which will include their two biggest headline shows to date at London’s Coronet and The Forum. November 2012 dates: 4th – Muffahalle [...]

NEWS: MISSION OF BURMA – FREE MP3 TRACK FROM THE NEW ALBUM ‘UNSOUND’

With today’s release of the  LP ‘Unsound’ via Fire Records, Mission of Burma share another track from the album, the Clint Conley penned “Second Television”. According to founding bassist Clint Conley, the track’s title is a reference to the influential New York band Television. As he explains, “The song could be about material aspirations, but [...]

NEWS: FESTIVAL NO.6

The UK’s most unique boutique luxury festival, Festival No. 6, has revealed its next wave of acts including Richard Hawley, almighty psychedelic rock band Death in Vegas, Gruff Rhys, Kindness and LA indie rockers Local Natives. Joining headliners New Order, Primal Scream and Spiritualized will also be Field Music, Everything Everything, Beth Jeans Houghton, Alt-J, [...]

NEWS: STEALING SHEEP – DEBUT ALBUM ‘INTO THE DIAMOND SUN’ + UK TOUR DATES

What’s in the water up on Merseyside? It’s as if there’s an endless source of almost psychedelic otherness running deep beneath the place. It’s there in the music of everyone from the La’s to Ladytron; an off-kilter wonder that sets the place and its art apart from the rest of the country. Stealing Sheep are [...]

NEWS: WE ARE AUGUSTINES – UK TOUR DATES

Following the success of the band’s sold out UK tour in May and the critically acclaimed album ‘Rise Ye Sunken Ships’, Brooklyn‘s We Are Augustines announce today that they will return for a full UK tour in October this year. After speedily earning a reputation as a triumphant live act, We Are Augustines have scored highly coveted spots [...]

NEWS: OF MONSTERS AND MEN – ‘LITTLE TALKS’ VIDEO + UK TOUR DATES

Celebrated Icelandic indie-pop sextet Of Monsters And Men, will release their boisterously catchy, chart topping second single ‘Little Talks’ on the 6th August through Island Records. Since winning a local battle of the bands competition less than twelve months ago, Of Monsters And Men’s trajectory to music’s upper echelons has been unstoppable. The band’s debut [...]

VIDEO: ALT-J ‘TESSELLATE’

Directed by Alex Southam, “Tesselate” is a twist on Italian Renaissance painter Raphael’s ‘The School of Athens’, set in a modern day gangster’s paradise. The incredible ‘Tessellate’ will be released on 16 July 2012 through Infectious Music. The track is lifted from their stunning debut album ‘An Awesome Wave.’ Get debut album ‘An Awesome Wave’ [...]

NEWS: GUILLEMOTS – FREE ALBUM TRACK ‘FLEET’ + SEE THE LIVE VIDEO

Guillemots are giving away a free download of their stunning album track ‘Fleet’. The track is taken from their most recent album ‘Hello Land!’, which is the first of four albums to be released this year by the band! They like a challenge. They’ve also posted a rather beautiful video of a live performance of Fleet which can [...]

NEWS: SCRAPS – DOWNLOAD ’1982′ FROM THE FORTHCOMING EP

Brisbane’s enigmatic synth pop songstress Scraps (AKA Laura Hill) is to release the EP ‘Secret Paradise’ containing single ’1982′, on July 23rd. Laura wears her obsession with 80’s synth rock on her sleeve, citing The Human League, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Flock of Seaguls, OMD, Gary Numan and Devo as influences. The 80′s loom large in [...]

NEWS: VACATIONER – DOWNLOAD REMIX OF ‘TRIP’ BY MMOTHS

With their debut album, ‘Gone’ ready for release on the 25th June via Downtown Records, Vacationer continues to share a number of remixes that they’ve been keeping under wraps, including a reworking from MMOTHS, and their own remixes of Tennis and Deleted Scenes tracks. “I was really excited to hear MMOTHS take on our track [...]

VIDEO: THE CHANTEUSE & THE CRIPPLED CLAW – REWORK OF M83’S REUNION

Sheffield’s premiere Eccentronic Popgroup THE CHANTEUSE & THE CRIPPLED CLAW have reworked M83’s track ‘REUNION’ features Philly Chanteuse on lead vocals. TCCC say “Was going for a Janet Kay(Silly Games) via Althea & Donna Sheffield Dub Eccentronic Lovers Rock sound.”

NEWS: HOLY OTHER – DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS + STREAM ‘LOVE SOME1′

Following on from the release of his universally acclaimed debut EP ‘With U’ in 2011, Holy Other is now ready to unveil his debut album ‘Held’. Working with the same blend of R&B, UK garage and house sounds that influenced the funereal pop sounds of ‘With U’, Holy Other found another significant influence during the [...]

NEWS: DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT – ALBUM DETAILS + DOWNLOAD SINGLE ‘WHO’

David Byrne & St. Vincent have confirmed the September 10 release of their album, ‘Love This Giant’, to be released worldwide by 4AD under exclusive license from Byrne’s label Todo Mundo. Recorded over two years largely at Water Music in Hoboken, NJ, the album is a collaboration in the truest sense of the word, with [...]

NEWS: WILD NOTHING – VIDEO FOR NEW SONG ‘SHADOW’ + 2ND ALBUM DETAILS

Bella Union records are thrilled to announce the signing of Wild Nothing who returns this summer with second album ‘Nocturne’, the follow-up release to his acclaimed debut ‘Gemini’. Ask Jack Tatum what ‘Wild Nothing’ means and he’ll answer: ‘a contradiction’. In 2010, 21 year old Tatum released one of the finest cult pop records of [...]

NEWS: FLAMING LIPS – NEW ALBUM & NEW LABEL

Bella Union are truly thrilled to announce the signing of one of our all-time favourite bands The Flaming Lips. The Flaming Lips’ first release for the label will be a project that’s shaping up to be one of the most talked-about releases of the year: THE FLAMING LIPS AND HEADY FWENDS. In between one-off shows [...]

NEWS: CATE LE BON – ‘CYRK II’

The reviews are in. The second album by silver-plated songstress Cate Le Bon, CYRK, is a bona fide critical hit. The cavalcade of comparisons that crop up in every review – John Cale, Nico, Malkmus et al – give you an idea of the regard in which Le Bon is currently held. So it’s with [...]

NEWS: THE ANTLERS – NEW EP DETAILS + VIDEO TEASER

Transgressive are thrilled to announce the release of The Antlers four song record Undersea. In January the celebrated Brooklyn band returned from a year of touring and entered their studio. The despair of “Hospice” and the subsequent recovery of “Burst Apart” felt like a closed chapter and there was a newfound freedom to change the [...]

NEWS: ONE OF THESE DAYS – A FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS

One Of These Days will capture the essence of Field Day, Oya Festival, Melt!, Kendal Calling, Glastonbury Dance Village, Electric Elephant, End of The Road, DFA Records, SWN Festival, The Warehouse Project, Now Wave, Free Rotation, Eden Sessions, Fiber Festival, and Shambala to create a truly unique experience in the suitably elaborate and legendary Blackpool [...]

NEWS: THE HICKEY UNDERWORLD – SEE THE MAD VIDEO TO NEW SINGLE ‘THE FROG’

It’s been two years since THE HICKEY UNDERWORLD released their eponymous debut album, featuring the radio-friendly hit singles ‘Future Words’ and… Actually, that’s it. So what have the boys from Antwerp been up to in the mean time? Younes Faltakh (vocals, guitars, keys) is about to launch his own line of perfume, enticingly labelled ‘Vagrance’. [...]

VIDEO: BRETON – PERFORMANCE FILM OF NEW SINGLE ‘JOSTLE’

To coincide with the release of their new AA single, ‘Jostle’/’Foam’, due for release of FatCat Records on 2nd July 2012. Breton have released a performance film of ‘Jostle’. It was recorded for A Take Away Show, filmed by and for the acclaimed French site La Blogotheque. Breton transported all their recording equipment and PA [...]

VIDEO: BIRDS Vs PLANES ‘WE GET TO DROP’ (LIVE)

Formed in Carlisle, Cumbria in 2006, finalists in MTV’s unsigned artists competition ‘Get Seen Get Heard’ in 2008, Birds vs Planes are part of a new wave of alternative bands breaking out of the North East and Cumbria scene in recent years, following in the footsteps of fellow locals Wild Beasts, Little Comets, and Shields. [...]

VIDEO: THE YOUNG – ‘LIVIN’ FREE’

A few weeks ahead of the UK release of The Young‘s new album ‘Dub Egg’, Spotify host an exclusive stream of the album HERE. Watch The Violinist sessions - Matador blog ‘Dub Egg’ album released June 25th on Matador Records

NEWS: SAVAGES – TOUR DATES VIDEO

Not to be missed! July: 24th Manchester – Deaf Institute 25th Liverpool – Leaf 26th Glasgow – Captain’s Rest 27th Newcastle – The Cluny 28th Leeds – Cockpit 3 30th Nottingham – Bodega 31st Oxford – Jericho

VIDEO: CAT POWER ‘RUIN’ + NEW ALBUM DETAILS

‘Sun’ is the first album of original material from Cat Power in over six years. Chan Marshall performed and produced ‘Sun’ herself in various locations including a studio she built in Malibu. ‘Sun’ Track Listing: 1: Cherokee 2: Sun 3: Ruin 4: 3,6,9 5: Always On My Own 6: Real Life 7: Human Being 8: [...]

NEWS: CFCF – WATCH THE VIDEO TO ‘EXERCISE #3’ + EP DETAILS

Toronto/ New York-based director Adam Beck has directed the first official video from fellow Canadian producer CFCF’s extraordinary eight-track EP ‘Exercises’, released on Dummy. Like the EP, the video is inspired by modernist architecture and mid-century visions of the future. Also like the EP, it’s pretty, moving and makes the viewer wish for a kinder, [...]

NEWS: OPOSSOM – FREE DOWNLOAD AND VIDEO OF ‘BLUE MEANIES’

Fire Records are excited to announce the worldwide signing of hotly tipped New Zealand band Opossom. The brainchild of Kody Nielson, formerly of acclaimed “trouble gum art punks” The Mint Chicks, Opossom have produced the exceptional and captivating album ‘Electric Hawaii’, which is due for release on 6 August. Home-written, recorded and mixed by Kody [...]

NEWS: FEAR OF MEN – LISTEN TO NEW TRACK ‘GREEN SEA’

Having received acclaim from the likes of Gorilla Vs. Bear, The Fader, and the NME for the song ‘Doldrums’, taken from their last demo cassette, Fear of Men return with the 7” ‘Green Sea’, which sees the band combine the warmth and intimacy of their first home recordings with a more ambitious and textured production [...]

NEWS: DARK HORSES – LISTEN TO NEW TRACK ‘RADIO’

Little did Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno know that when he pressed PLAY on his Cape Town tour bus CD player to first listen to Dark Horses, that before the song was over he would be surrounded by two armed response team’s, pushing revolver’s in his face demanding him to stop this ‘disturbing and unholy clamour’… consequently [...]

NEWS: BEACH HOUSE – ‘LAZULI’ VIDEO + UK LIVE DATES

Beach House are pleased to announce the ‘Frightened Eyes‘ 2012 tour, in support of Bloom, the Baltimore-based band’s critically-acclaimed new album. The tour will begin September 13th in Richmond, VA at The National and close on November 19th at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. Upcoming UK live info below… Friday 31 August – DORSET – End Of The Road festival [...]

NEWS: MILK MAID – DETAILS OF FORTHCOMING SECOND ALBUM ‘MOSTLY NO’ + TEASER TRAILER

‘Mostly No’, Milk Maid‘s second album, follows hot on the heels of last year’s debut record ‘Yucca’ and finds frontman Martin Cohen cementing his reputation as a talented songwriter able to straddle the line between noise and pop whilst also expanding the sonic terrain the band covers. Adding swirls of Psychedelia to ‘Yucca’s’ crafted fuzz, [...]

NEWS: SNORKEL – ‘ONE LONG CONUNDRUM’ EP DETAILS + HEAR ‘DEAD SKIN’ REMIX BY CREWDSON

In a typically left-of-center move from Slowfoot Records and its “house band” Snorkel, the follow up to their lauded Stop Machine LP is a remix EP with a twist; the twist being that it kicks off with a new recording, an improvisation laid down to tape and film simultaneously in their studio. It is also [...]

NEWS: THE MYNABIRDS – WATCH THE VIDEO FOR NEW TRACK ‘GENERALS’

It’s time to get your black boots on and your marching drum ready because The Mynabirds released their second album, ‘Generals’, on June 4th. To celebrate the release of their album, The Mynabirds have shared the video for the title track. Directed by Tessa Wedberg and Jonathan Tvrdik, the video shows an underground network of [...]

NEWS: THE SEE SEE – MANCHESTER LIVE DATE DETAILS + HEAR ‘FIX ME UP’

To celebrate the release of their second long player ‘Fountayne Mountain’ (released May 28th), Cloud Sounds brings The See See to The Castle Hotel, Manchester on Saturday, June 9th. London-based psychedelic pop band The See See are Richard Olson, Pete Greenwood, Kevin Peyok, Paulie Cobra, Phil Anderson and Ben Swank. They originally hail from as [...]

NEWS: BAIO – LISTEN TO ‘TANTO’ FROM DEBUT SOLO EP

Chris Baio from Vampire Weekend‘s debut solo EP was released this week on Greco-Roman. Three tracks of psychedelic electronic music with a sun kissed tropical edge, balearic guitars, disco beats and house piano, best summed up by Chris as “We make colourful music because we dance in the dark.” Greco-Roman, the influential Berlin-London party collective [...]

NEWS: tUnE-yArDs – HEAR THE COLLABORATIVE FELA KUTI COVER ‘LADY’ + UK TOUR DATES

The first single from the forthcoming album ‘(RED) Hot + FELA’ has debuted with a remake of Fela Kuti‘s ‘Lady’ available to buy now. The track also appears as part of a launch for a ten day AIDS awareness initiative, (RED) RUSH TO ZERO, hoping to raise funding and awareness to help deliver an AIDS [...]

NEWS: LAWRENCE ARABIA – WATCH THE VIDEO TO ALBUM TRACK ‘TRAVELLING SHOES’

New Zealand songwriter / producer Lawrence Arabia returns this July with The Sparrow, the follow up to the critically-acclaimed and award-winning Chant Darling. One of the album’s many highlights is Travelling Shoes which has just been made available for free download. Venturing away from the harmony-laden, classic pop production of that release, The Sparrow is [...]

NEWS: GHXST – FREE DOWNLOAD OF ‘DOOMGIRL’ + UK LIVE DATES

GHXST is a New York based noise grunge trio composed of Shelley X, Chris Wild and Nathan La Guerra. With influences such as the Jesus and Mary Chain, White Zombie, and Sonic Youth, they evoke the rockin’ 90s with a new kind of stylish noise rock, full of killer distortion, bluesy vocals, and heavy drums. [...]

NEWS: DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR. – VIDEO ‘WE ALMOST LOST DETROIT’ + NEW ALBUM DETAILS

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.’s debut album ‘It’s A Corporate World’ received a succession of positive reviews when it was released in North America last year, with Paste Magazine listing the duo as their second best new band of year and the album as the sixth best of the year. Now, after select UK shows which [...]

NEWS: LIARS – HEAR THE VINCE CLARKE AND MATMOS REMIXES

Liars – Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross – release their eagerly awaited new album ‘WIXIW’ (pronounced “wish you”) on 4 June 2012, via Mute. ‘WIXIW’ is the band’s sixth studio album and the follow up to 2010’s critically lauded ‘Sisterworld’. ‘No. 1 Against The Rush’ is the first single to be taken from [...]

NEWS: NEON INDIAN – LISTEN TO ‘HEX GIRLFRIEND’ REMIX BY BECOMING REAL

Ahead of Neon Indian’s return to the UK next month for a sold out show at London’s Village Underground and a special performance at the Manchester leg of the Dot To Dot festival, you can now hear this remix of new single ‘Hex Girlfriend’ by producer Becoming Real. ‘Hex Girlfriend’ is out next week on [...]

VIDEO: WE ARE AUGUSTINES – BEHIND THE SCENES OF ‘JUAREZ’

Following the success of their sold out dates on this month’s UK and European tour, Brooklyn‘s We Are Augustines have released footage from the ‘making of’ their current video for ‘Juarez’ released as a single via Oxcart Records. The stand out track on the critically acclaimed album ‘Rise Ye Sunken Ships’, ‘Juarez’ is a song [...]

NEWS: DOLDRUMS – FREE MP3 ‘JUMP UP’ + LIVE DATES

With great reviews resonating from SXSW and The Great Escape and a European tour with Grimes now well underway, Doldrums has uploaded the second track from his forthcoming 3-track 12” single for free download and confirmed a London headline show. Released on June 4th through Berlin label Souterrain Transmissions, ‘Jump Up’ is the second track [...]

NEWS: THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH – STREAM NEW SINGLE ’1904′ FROM THE FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM

The Tallest Man On Earth (aka Kristian Matsson) has unveiled the first track from his forthcoming new album ‘There’s No Leaving Now’. A 29-year-old songwriter from Dalarna, Sweden, Matsson spent the winter months of late 2011 and early 2012 in his home studio in Dalarna, recording this, his third full-length album. Like with his previous [...]

NEWS: SAVAGES – HEAR THE NEW TRACK ‘FLYING TO BERLIN’

For Savages the intention was to create a sound, indestructible and musically solid, written for the stage, designed with enough nuances to provide a wide range of emotions. The songs aim to remind us that human beings haven’t evolved so much, that music can still be straight to the point, efficient and exciting. Savages are: [...]

FREE DOWNLOAD: TOY – ‘MOTORING’ (PEAKING LIGHTS REMIX)

Peaking Lights are Aaron and Indra, a musical duo from Wisconsin who came to prominence last year with their debut album ’936′. It’s an awesome listen, taking in sun-soaked reggae sounds, minimalist electronica, woozy, dreamy synths and some beautiful vocals to make your heart melt. Don’t be fooled though; there is nothing soppy or soft [...]

NEWS: PERFUME GENIUS – FREE NEW TRACK ‘RUSTY CHAINS’ + UK LIVE DATES

Following a (mostly sold out) headline tour through the UK this month, Perfume Genius is now giving away a brand new track, “Rusty Chains” for free. In Mike Hadreas’ own words, “it’s a song for a man whose lover has died. He remembers a time, before his partner took sick, where everything felt safe and [...]

NEWS: NIGHT WORKS – ‘I TRIED SO HARD’ VIDEO + GOLD PANDA REMIX

Night Works create, in their own words, make-out music for the end of the world. The mood is pitched right at the crest of the wave – the moment where everyone in the room realises that they’ve played high stakes and lost: the hands are revealed, and everyone’s been bluffing all along. We all have [...]

VIDEO: SEVENTEEN EVERGREEN – ‘BURN THE FRUIT (PEGASUS)’

“Burn The Fruit (Pegasus)” is from the San Francisco band’s second LP, ‘Steady On, Scientist!’, slated for release June 25 via Lucky Number. Directed by Brian Ziffer, the video continues in Seventeen Evergreen‘s tradition of producing highly visual creative art around their music. Following the success of the band’s December 2011 Psyentist EP, ‘Steady On, [...]

NEWS: BRETON – HEAR ‘JOSTLE’ FROM THE NEW AA SIDE + UK TOUR DATES

Fresh from an extensive and hugely successful two month tour of the UK, Europe and the States, Breton have announced a five date tour of the UK. They will also play further dates in Europe including a support slot in Paris with Hot Chip in July and various festival appearances including Latitude Festival throughout the [...]

VIDEO: MS MR – ‘HURRICANE’

New York’s MS MR will officially release the 7″ ‘Hurricane’ in July via IAMSOUND Records. The duo are going on tour with Marina & The Diamonds in July/August in America. UK Live Date: June 13th – Birthday’s, London http://www.msmrsounds.com/ http://msmr.bandcamp.com/ http://www.msmrmusic.tumblr.com/ http://www.facebook.com/msmrsounds

NEWS: SYD ARTHUR REVEAL NEW VIDEO FOR ‘EDGE OF THE EARTH’ + UK LIVE DATES

Syd Arthur have finally revealed the video for their new single Edge of The Earth, the first single to be taken from their forthcoming album On An On, released July 2nd. Greatly inspired by the sonic pioneers of the late 60s and early 70s, Syd Arthur have put together an album that not only revels [...]

NEWS: COCOROSIE – HEAR THE NEW SINGLE ‘WE ARE ON FIRE’

‘We Are On Fire’ is the new single from CocoRosie, the celebrated duo comprising US-born, Paris-based sisters Sierra and Bianca Casady and named for their childhood nicknames. It offers a glimpse into the sisters’ intricately spun, thoroughly imagined world, their music incorporating elements from opera, electronica, and folk; tied together with fairytale lyrics. ‘We Are [...]

NEWS: NOVELLA – HEAR A TRACK FROM THE DEBUT EP

After an incredibly busy 2011 in which London’s Novella released their first single on Dirty Bingo Records, toured with the Dum Dum Girls and were part of a split record with Gross Magic, Echo Lake and The History of Apple Pie, 2012 is already proving to be another big year. On May 28th, they release [...]

NEWS: THE YOUNG – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + LIVE VIDEO

Austin, Texas quartet The Young have kept a somewhat shadowy profile since their inception in 2007. Guitarist/vocalist Hans Zimmerman expanded his home recording venture into a full-fledged, elite punk unit with the additions of bassist Jason Costanzo, guitarist Kyle Edwards and drummer Ryan Maloney, undergoing a stylistic shift shortly after the release of their first [...]

NEWS: THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS – ANDY STOTT REMIX VIDEO + TOUR DATES

The Hundred In The Hands are releasing their new album ‘RED NIGHT’ on June 12th via Warp Records, and in anticipation, the band have shared Andy Stott’s ethereal remix of their single “Keep It Low.” The remix swells with added bass and percussion, which Stott transposes against Eleanore Everdell’s transfixing vocals throughout. It can be found [...]

NEWS: NEDRY – ‘IN A DIM LIGHT REMIXED’ ALBUM DETAILS

London UK’s dark electronic trio Nedry released a special remix version of their second album ‘In A Dim Light’ this week, via Monotreme Records. The 12-song collection features reworkings by Rosko John, Paper Tiger, Worship, Ghosting Season, Capac, Polinski and many others. It is available at the Monotreme Webstore with a bonus free MP3 of [...]

NEWS: MARRIAGES – DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS + PROMO VIDEO

Marriages is a new band comprised of Red Sparowes members Emma Ruth Rundle (vocals, guitar), Greg Burns (bass, synthesizer) and David Clifford (drums). Their sound is a singularly sensual kind of heavy, dramatic rock, but perhaps the most stark contrast to their other band, Marriages employs vocals in their songs. Their music is also considerably [...]

NEWS: LIVE FROM JODRELL BANK UPDATE

Internationally acclaimed star Paul Weller headlines the show performing songs from his hit laden career.  A significant figure in British culture, Live From Jodrell Bank is Paul Weller’s only stand alone performance of the summer.  Paul Weller comments “I’m excited to play Jodrell Bank, it’s always good to perform in unique places and this will be the [...]

NEWS: TWIN SHADOW – 2ND ALBUM DETAILS + ‘FIVE SECONDS’ VIDEO

Twin Shadow, the creative moniker of George Lewis Jr., will release his second album, ‘Confess’, on July 9th. Self-produced and with mixing duties handled by Michael H. Brauer (Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney), the follow-up to 2010′s ‘Forget’ finds Lewis Jr. doing what he does best; remembering and reinventing, and fashioning a soundtrack which sounds refreshingly [...]

VIDEO: PARAKEET – ‘PAPER, SCISSORS, STONE’

Yuck’s Mariko Doi and The History of Apple Pie’s James Thomas unveiled their joint project Parakeet back in January with debut single ‘Tomorrow’. Self-released as a 7” in April the swirling, heady number was backed by ‘Paper, Scissors, Stone’, which now has its very own kaleidoscopic video directed by Maria Cecillia. You can watch the [...]

NEWS: DOT TO DOT LINE UP EXPANDS

The countdown to this year’s Dot To Dot is hotting up with just a month to go until a litany of the globe’s biggest buzz bands hit Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester over this coming Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend. Headlined by The Drums and Pulled Apart By Horses, and with appearances from Wavves, Willis Earl Beal, [...]

NEWS: LIARS – WATCH THE VIDEO TO LATEST SINGLE ‘NO. 1 AGAINST THE RUSH’

Liars – Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill, and Julian Gross – have unveiled the video for their new single ‘No. 1 Against The Rush’ which is the first track to be taken from their eagerly awaited new album ‘WIXIW’. The eerie video, which sees each member of the band abducted by a shadowy figure in downtown [...]

NEWS: BEAK> – SECOND ALBUM + HEAR NEW TRACK ‘YATTON’

There is an accepted music industry strategy, mainly from the mouths of experienced music managers and A&R men, that for a band to get ready to present themselves to the world they should go on tour. In most cases this advice works; the band hone their craft on the road so by the time they [...]

NEWS: SMOKE FAIRIES – DETAILS OF SECOND ALBUM ‘BLOOD SPEAKS’

Since their acclaimed 2010 debut album, “Through Low Light And Trees”, Smoke Fairies’ Jessica Davies and Katherine Blamire have been on an epic journey, both physically and spiritually. Touring Britain, Europe and America, drawing increasingly devoted audiences with their exquisitely original and mesmerising music. All these experiences bleed from every pore of their new album, [...]

NEWS: TENNIS – HEAR THE NEW SINGLE ‘MY BETTER SELF / PETITION’ + UK LIVE DATES

ATP Recordings have announced the release of the second single (double A-side) from Tennis’ fantastically received second album ‘Young & Old’. The release will be on 7″ vinyl picture disc limited to 500 copies (cat no. ATPRSP17), as well as digital download (cat no. ATPRSP17D). To coincide with the single out on May 28th, Tennis [...]

NEWS: SACRED ANIMALS VS STEFFALOO – HEAR THE NEW EP TRACK ‘ON FIRE’

Dublin’s Darragh Nolan steps out again under his musical guise, Sacred Animals, to collaborate with US blogger darling, Steffaloo on a version of the title track from her recent EP ‘On Fire’. “On Fire” is a mediation on the joys one can get from purely simple experiences in life, as Steffaloo aka Steph Thompson explains: [...]

NEWS: S. CAREY – GRAB A FREE TRACK FROM NEW EP ‘HOYAS’

Hoyas by S. Carey is a hospitable statement about love, longing and the celebration of knowing it well. You will find the familiar S. Carey modern classical repetition pushed into the vernacular of electronic music and beat-making. This is the warmest electronic music you’ll ever meet. The beats swing, stutter and pulse while each instrument [...]

NEWS: KARIMA FRANCIS – WATCH THE VIDEO TO NEW SINGLE ‘WHEREVER I GO’

After a three-year break, the extraordinary Karima Francis returns on June 4th with a stunning new single ‘Wherever I Go’, new LP ‘The Remedy’ – out August 6th on Mercury.  The follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut ‘The Author’, this second album is a personal landmark for the Blackpool born singer-songwriter; upfront, personal, narrative-rich, and [...]

NEWS: PURITY RING – DOWNLOAD A TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM

Set for release on July 23rd 2012, ‘Shrines’ is the debut album by Purity Ring, a Halifax/Montreal-based duo comprised of Corin Roddick and Megan James. Purity Ring make lullabies for the club, drawing equally from airy 90s R&B, lush dream pop, and the powerful bone-rattling immediacy of modern hip hop. Megan’s voice is at once [...]

NEWS: ANYWHERE – HEAR A TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM

ATP Recordings have announced the full release of the debut album from Anywhere – a new collaborative projected started by Christian Eric Beaulieu (Triclops!, Liquid Indian) and Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In) alongside very special guests Mike Watt (The Stooges, fIREHOSE, Minutemen) and providing guest vocals alongside Cedric, Rachel Fannan (ex-Sleepy [...]

NEWS: FANZINE – VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘L.A.’ + TOUR DATES

Hailing from London, but drawing equally from the power pop sounds of West Coast America to the rainy streets of Glasgow, Fanzine are here to inspire, to incite and to invigorate in the most laid back, understated yet radiant way they can. There’s a knack to making this positively inviting brand of modern, heart filled, [...]

NEWS: MY GOODNESS – DEBUT UK SINGLE/VIDEO ‘C’MON DOLL’ + UK SUPPORT DATES

The Seattle music scene, famous for its contribution to breeding amazing musicians in the USA has once again delivered another rocking band that are coming for your ears this summer. Local garage duo My Goodness are about to unleash their energy-packed blues-rock to the UK and release their debut single ‘C’Mon Doll’ digitally on Monday 28th May following their debut [...]

VIDEO: THE LOVELY EGGS – ‘FOOD’

The single is out on May 14th on Cherryade Records. THE LOVELY EGGS UK FOOD TOUR DATES THURS MAY 3RD The central Bar, NEWCASTLE FRI MAY 4TH Fishtank, DURHAM SAT MAY 5TH  The Grand, CLITHEROE SUN MAY 6TH Sounds From The Other City Festival @ Salford Arms, SALFORD MON MAY 7TH The Continental PRESTON TUES [...]

NEWS: FIELD MUSIC ANNOUNCE SUMMER + AUTUMN TOUR DATES / COVERS COMPILATION

With the release of their recent hugely acclaimed album Plumb, and having completed a sold out tour of the UK, Field music, a.k.a. Sunderland siblings Peter and David Brewis (along with Kev Dosdale on guitars and synth and Andrew Lowther on bass) have just announced a 12 date tour of the UK this coming October [...]

NEWS: DUKE SPECIAL – HEAR LATEST RELEASE ‘PUNCH OF A FRIEND’ & WATCH THE BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO OF THE NEW ALBUM

Duke Special is an artist aptly named. Dynamic, musically ambitious and bracingly eccentric, with his inimitable style and lush musicality. Hailing from Belfast with a sound that is self-confessed “hobo-chic”, Duke Special – AKA the endlessly inventive Peter Wilson - is once heard, never forgotten. Blissfully at home in his own alluring genre of beautifully bruised romanticism, Duke [...]

NEWS: SEX HANDS / DAILY LIFE – SPLIT 7″ ON ICECAPADES

Bringing together two of Manchester’s most promising and invigorating breakout bands of recent times, the latest offering from our Manchester based micro-label, Icecapades, crams 12 minutes of classic, hook-laden pop precision onto both sides of this 45rpm 7”. Side A is taken up by Sex Hands, three childhood best friends from North Wales, and one [...]

NEWS: DEVIN – STUDIO FOOTAGE + ALBUM DETAILS & TOUR DATES

With the release of his debut album ‘Romancing’ just around the corner, one of Brooklyn’s most exciting exports Devin has taken us behind the scenes of his album recording, revealing studio footage set to album track ‘I Don’t Think I’. ‘Romancing’ is out on April 30th through No Evil following the new single ‘Masochist’, out [...]

NEWS: OUTFIT – HEAR NEW TRACK ‘DRAKES’ + EP DETAILS

Outfit have revealed more details about their debut EP ‘Another Night’s Dreams Reach Earth Again’, alongside a stream of new track ‘Drakes’. ‘Another Night’s Dreams Reach Earth Again’ is set for release on Double Denim 14th May and shows a different side to the electronic quintet, not dissimilar to the post r n b of [...]

NEWS: SHMU – ‘HOUSE OF STARES’ VIDEO FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT SOLO ALBUM

Sam Chown, drummer/singer/multi-instrumentalist in Austin’s hyper-kinetic duo Zorch premieres the first song from his forthcoming solo debut under the moniker Shmu. “House of Stares” showcases a much more subdued and dare we say “pop” side of the musician’s talents seldom heard in Zorch. Throughout, Shmu‘s album ‘Discipline/Communication’ is a melodic exploration into combinations of pop, [...]

NEWS: POND – NEW VIDEO ‘YOU BROKE MY COOL’ + FULL ALBUM STREAM + EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

The video follows hot on the heels of Pond‘s previously announced debut European tour, details of which are below. Now back in Australia after a month wowing audiences at SXSW and then across Northern America, Pond resumed their tour on native soil, starting in Sydney on the 19th April. May 5th – The Great Escape, [...]

NEWS: ANNA TERNHEIM – ALBUM DETAILS & TRACK TEASER VIDEO

Having left her native Sweden to live in New York in 2010, acclaimed singer/songwriter Anna Ternheim reached out to her friend Matt Sweeney to play him the new songs she’d been writing. Having heard the songs, Matt presented an idea he had harbored for some time, the two of them taking their business to Nashville, [...]

NEWS: WHITE MANNA – HEAR A TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM

White Manna play space rock with a scorched-earth policy, taking their listener on a journey of intensity and intoxication over the course of five gloriously unfurling tracks. The Arcata, California quartet may telegraph where they’re coming from and where they’re going to take you with their track titles, but knowing the itinerary doesn’t dampen the [...]

NEWS: DOT TO DOT 2012 – SPECIAL DISCOUNTED TICKETS IN CONJUCTION WITH RECORD STORE DAY

Already well-established as the festival that brings you future stadium-fillers before any other event, Dot To Dot is set to unveil the second wave of acts on this year’s bill. The UK’s only touring festival, Dot To Dot will visit a multitude of venues in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester this coming Jubilee bank holiday weekend [...]

NEWS: FRIENDS – HEAR THE NEW SINGLE ‘MIND CONTROL’ + DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS

After blazing out of Bushwick in 2011 with the two buzz-worthy singles, “I’m His Girl” and “Friend Crush”, a reputation for turning live gigs into spontaneous DIY parties (and vice versa), and a bio built to withstand the most cynical indie-blog cred-vetting – Brooklyn’s Friends will release their debut album Manifest!, June 4th on Lucky [...]

NEWS: TOY – LIVE SESSION VIDEO OF NEW SINGLE B-SIDE ‘WHEN I WENT BACK’

TOY release their second single, Motoring, on Monday April 23rd 2012. It will be available on 7” vinyl and download through Heavenly Recordings.

NEWS: ANE BRUN COVERS ARCADE FIRE’S ‘NEIGHBOHOOD #1’ – FREE DOWNLOAD

Norwegian born, Swedish based Ane Brun has covered Arcade Fire’s classic song “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)”. The track will be included on the iTunes deluxe version of the album of It All Starts With One, which has already gone platinum in Brun’s native Norway. The UK release is April 23rd via Ane’s own label, Balloon Ranger Records. Speaking to Rolling Stone, [...]

NEWS: THE CAST OF CHEERS ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM ‘FAMILY’

The propulsive singles “Family” and “Animals” have already stormed the radio airwaves and hooked listeners, and now, Irish quartet The Cast of Cheers are getting ready to unleash their first proper album, released June 18th on School Boy Error/ Co-operative Music. Of course, it would be a bit of a misnomer to call this their [...]

NEWS: BEAR IN HEAVEN – HEAR 2 ALBUM TRACKS + UK TOUR DATES

Bear in Heaven are officially back in business and ready to hit the road with their new album, I Love You, It’s Cool out now on Dead Oceans/Hometapes). ‘I Love You, It’s Cool’ will be available 4 different packages that include a limited edition t-shirt, a thumb drive containing 2 hours of the drone stream as heard on [...]

NEWS: CROCODILES – SPOOF INFOMERCIAL ALBUM TEASER

After giving the super summery Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9) away for free last month, San Diego’s Crocodiles have revealed more music from their forthcoming album ‘Endless Flowers’ with a spoof infomercial album teaser. They have also unveiled the record’s slightly controversial artwork & an appearance at Field Day Festival. The first single from the album, [...]

NEWS: THE LOVELY EGGS – NEW SINGLE ‘FOOD’ & UK LIVE DATES

Once again northern psych punks The Lovely Eggs return in a splatter of noise with new single ‘Food’. Following hot on the trail of their awesome Too Pure release ‘Allergies’. Holly and David are back, bringing their brand of insanity into your homes, onto your radios and through your favourite venues. Gearing up for yet [...]

NEWS: OF MONTREAL – HEAR THE ALBUM ‘PARALYTIC STALKS’ IN FULL + EUROPEAN / UK TOUR BEGINS

  SPRING 2012 TOUR Apr 16, 2012 – Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland BUY TICKETS Apr 17, 2012 – Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway BUY TICKETS Apr 18, 2012 – Train, Århus, Denmark BUY TICKETS Apr 19, 2012 – Die Werkstatt, Cologne, Germany BUY TICKETS Apr 20, 2012 – Motel Mozaique Festival @ Off_Corso, Rotterdam, Netherlands BUY TICKETS Apr 21, 2012 – Botanique [...]

NEWS: TU FAWNING – HEAR THE NEW TRACK ‘ANCHOR’ + RECORD STORE DAY 7” & NEW ALBUM DETAILS

Following the grandiose, bold statement of 7 minute behemoth ‘Bones’ which was given away online last month, Portland’s TU FAWNING have set a Record Store Day release for the entirely contrasting first official single from their stunning new record ‘A Monument’ (out May 7th on City Slang). Available in stores on April 21st, ‘Anchor’ is [...]

NEWS: BOY FRIEND – NEW VIDEO & FIRST EVER UK TOUR

Following the release of their debut LP ‘Egyptian Wrinkle’ on Hell, Yes! last month, Texan girl duo Boy Friend bring their heartbreaking ethereal haze of luscious melodies to the UK for the first time, including an appearances at Camden Crawl, Simple Things & Great Escape festivals as well as a Perfume Genius support slot. The [...]

NEWS: LIARS – ALBUM DETAILS & LIVE DATES

Liars have announced the first details of a new album, out on Mute on 4 June 2012, this is their sixth studio album and the follow up to 2010’s critically lauded ‘Sisterworld’. Liars (Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross) will return to Europe this summer for live dates including Field Day on 2nd June, and a series of intimate [...]

NEWS: VINYL WILLIAMS – EP DETAILS & ‘CHROMA HEART’ VIDEO

Vinyl Williams AKA, Lionel Williams is a Los Angeles based artist and musician. His collage art & psyche-pop music fuses vast landscapes, multi-religious symbolism, and the supernatural into a paradoxical whirlpool — mystical scenes of simultaneity. Williams unites colour, lustre and vibrancy in his creations, as well as looking towards “tangibles of the intangible, sensory [...]

NEWS: SEVENTEEN EVERGREEN – ALBUM TRAILER & ‘FLUORESCENT KIND’ MP3

Five years after the release of their debut LP, Life Embarrasses Me On Planet Earth, San Francisco’s Seventeen Evergreen have made a return with new album ‘Steady On, Scientist!’, via Lucky Number. The album is about space and density – the polarity and the duplicity of life. Names like New Order, Air, Screamadelica-era Primal Scream, [...]

NEWS: 130701 TRANSCENDENTALISTS TOUR FEAT. HAUSCHKA, JOHANN JOHANNSSON & DUSTIN O’HALLORAN

FatCat’s ‘post-classical’ imprint 130701 Records will be represented in live venues across Europe in May by Jóhann Jóhannsson, Hauschka and Dustin O’Halloran. Included in this stretch of dates is a triple headline bill at London’s Barbican Hall on May 18th, for details of the show seehttp://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=12895. Also worth checking is this month’s Barbican’s Music Podcast [...]

NEWS: JONATHAN BOULET – HEAR A TRACK FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM + NEW VIDEO

Sydney’s Jonathan Boulet is set to release a new album ‘We Keep The Beat, Found The Sound, See The Need, Start The Heart’ via Modular Recordings on 11th June in the UK. To whet people’s appetites, this experimental prodigy is giving away a free track from the album in form of ‘Trounce’. ‘We Keep The Beat…’ is a [...]

NEWS: SECRET HANDS – HEAR THE DEBUT ‘HOW’ EP IN FULL

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TRAILER TRASH TRACYS – HEAR NEW SINGLE ‘LOS ANGERED’ & UPCOMING TOUR DATES

At the beginning of the year London quartet Trailer Trash Tracys released their debut album “Ester”, a gorgeous, beguiling collection of pop songs with an intriguingly offbeam slant which quickly earned them glowing accolades from the broadsheets to the style press. The intervening months has only seen their profile grow exponentially, as they have journeyed around Europe [...]

NEWS: FATHER JOHN MISTY – FREE DOWNLOAD, NEW ALBUM DETAILS & VIDEO

When discussing ‘Father John Misty’, Tillman paraphrases Philip Roth: ‘It’s all of me and none of me, if you can’t see that, you won’t get it’. What I call it is totally arbitrary, but I like the name. You’ve got to have a name. I never got to choose mine.” He goes on, “‘People who [...]

NEWS: MAPS & ATLASES RELEASE NEW SINGLE + UK LIVE DATES

Formed in 2004, the technical ability and deft musicality displayed in the Chicago quartet’s early EP releases saw Maps & Atlases labelled with a ‘math-rock’/ ‘post-rock’ tag, but the band have consistently defied easy categorization – perhaps a factor in engendering such a fervently loyal fanbase . Beware and Be Grateful - recorded last year in a series [...]

NEWS: KEEP SHELLY IN ATHENS – NEW VIDEO / EP RE-RELEASES & UK LIVE DATES

Keep Shelly In Athens has unveiled the new video for ‘Our Own Dream’ alongside plans to re-release their first two Forest Family EPs and news of a May UK/EU tour (full details below). The EPs ‘In Love With Dusk’ and ‘Our Own Dream’ are available now digitally as one package in the UK and US here with a vinyl release to follow [...]

NEWS: TOY – NEW SINGLE/VIDEO ‘MOTORING’

TOY release their second single, Motoring, on Monday April 16th 2012. It will be available on 7” vinyl and download through Heavenly Recordings. Motoring follows their debut 12” only double A-side release, Left Myself Behind / Clock Chime, which is now on its 4th re-pressing. Having supported the Horrors at the end of 2011, they recently completed a sold-out 4-week residency at [...]

NEWS: SQUAREPUSHER – ‘UFABULUM’ SPECIAL EDITIONS

Squarepusher’s ‘Ufabulum’ is released on 14th/May. We can now announce further product information including special edition vinyl, CD and LP-T format (the vinyl and T-shirt are printed in phosphorescent & normal ink), plus there’s more music available in the form of 3 track Enstrobia EP with special CD & vinyl editions of the album. Order [...]

NEWS: LIVE FROM JODRELL BANK ANNOUNCES MORE ACTS

Graham Coxon has been confirmed as the main support for Paul Weller’s show at the Jodrell Bank observatory.  Live From Jodrell Bank sees artists performing large-scale outdoor concerts in the shadow of the iconic Lovell telescope, one of the biggest and most powerful radio telescopes in the world and the Blur lead guitarist and solo artist is a welcome addition [...]

NEWS: GRUFF RHYS & CATE LE BON ANNOUNCE SPLIT 7” FOR RECORD STORE DAY – HEAR BOTH TRACKS IN FULL NOW

With her second album, CYRK, hitting the shelves on 30 April, Cate Le Bon is set to release a Record Store Day exclusive split single with Gruff Rhys. Cate Le Bon and the Super Furry Animals singer have a long history: Le Bon was a major player in Rhys’s Neon Neon project. She toured extensively [...]

NEWS: STALKING HORSE ANNOUNCE SPECTERS PRE-ORDER

Specters is the debut album from Stalking Horse – produced by James Kenosha (Pulled Apart By Horses, Dry The River, Grammatics, Dinosaur Pile Up), with all tracks written and performed by Wu (ex-This Et Al). Specters is now available to pre-order on 12″ vinyl from http://www.stalkinghorse.co.uk, released 14th May 2012 via Role Model Corporate. All pre-orders (which include [...]

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NEWS: DOT TO DOT ANNOUNCE NEW WAVE OF ACTS

Already well-established as the festival that brings you future stadium-fillers before any other event, Dot To Dot is set to unveil the second wave of acts on this year’s bill.  The UK’s only touring festival, Dot To Dot will visit a multitude of venues in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester this coming Jubilee bank holiday weekend headlined by The Drums and Pulled Apart [...]

NEWS: EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS – NEW ALBUM ‘HERE’ + MAKING OF VIDEO

Edward Shape & the Magnetic Zeros will release their second studio album ‘HERE’ on 28th May via Rough Trade Records. The album, which is the follow-up to the LA group’s 2009 debut ‘Up From Below’, was self-produced and recorded in Bogalusa, LA and in their studio in Ojai, CA. Of the new album, frontman Alex Ebert says: “The making of this album has [...]

NEWS: WE ARE AUGUSTINES – MAY TOUR DATES + ABBEY ROAD VIDEO

Brooklyn’s We Are Augustines released their ‘Rise Ye Sunken Ships’ album via their own label, Oxcart Records this month and have lined up a short run of dates in the UK for May. The band lit up the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas last week with various gigs and secret acoustic shows and are currently taking their [...]

NEWS: MOON DUO – RECORD STORE DAY 12” + UK LIVE DATES

Coloradan two-piece Moon Duo, formed of Wooden Shjips’ Ripley Johnson and his partner Sanae Yamada, have confirmed a special Record Store Day 12” vinyl release and a string of UK dates. Due to popular demand, 800 white vinyl LPs featuring the remixes of their highly praised 2011 album ‘Mazes’ will be released exclusively on Record [...]

NEWS: PARKLIFE 2012 – LAST YEAR AT PLATT FIELDS PARK

Only 12 weeks are left until what is set to become Parklife Weekender’s third consecutive sold out festival, seeing revellers fillPlatt Fields Park in Manchester on 9th and 10th June. Promoters have now confirmed that 2012 will be the festival’s final year at its current location as plans for ever more impressive production and next-level line-ups supersede the potential of [...]

NEWS: Y NIWL – BBC 6 MUSIC SESSION & SALFORD GIG

To coincide with their Marc Riley 6 Music session on Monday April 2nd, Manchester promoters Cloud Sounds are putting on Y Niwl at The Kings Arms, Salford. Back in 2009, Cloud Sounds gave Y Niwl their first ever gig in England. They soon built a reputation for being one of the most exhilarating live bands [...]

NEWS: KARIMA FRANCIS – RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE & ALBUM + LIVE DATES

From the bright lights of Blackpool to the recording studio and now the open road, singer-songwriter Karima Francis returns after a three-year break. Blackpool based Karima is about to grab 2012 by the scruff of its neck with a massive 22-date spring tour, taking her much lauded live show to every major UK town or [...]

NEWS: I USED TO BE A SPARROW – DEBUT ALBUM + ‘LIFE IS GOOD’ VIDEO

With such a poetic shot at their name I Used To Be A Sparrow is a unique compromise between the powerful impact of an arena rock act and the urgency and dirt of a garage band, with a fondness for heartfelt songs. Dick Pettersson and Andrea Caccese definitely know how to stay busy. The former has been [...]

NEWS: FRANK TURNER – NEW SINGLE FOR RECORD STORE DAY

Following Frank’s epic headline show at London’s Wembley Arena on 13th April 2012, a very special limited edition double A-side 7” single of ‘I Still Believe’/Somebody To Love’ will hit the shops for this year’s Record Store Day. A rousing declaration of Frank’s unwavering faith in music ‘I Still Believe’ is a call to arms for those who are enraptured by the [...]

NEWS: SONIC FUSION FESTIVAL

The University of Salford is to play host to an exciting new music festival. Salford Sonic Fusion Music Festival will bring cutting-edge experimental music to Salford, showcasing a range of genres from art music and jazz, to folk and audio-visual work. Both international music stars and students will be gathering at the MediaCityUK campus to [...]

NEWS: AFTERSHOCK – 10TH ANNIVERSARY

Aftershock celebrates its 10th anniversary with a stellar line-up of Nitin Sawhney, Kirk McElhinney, Sam Carter, Denis Jones, Aruba Red, Mieko, Arun Ghosh, Mathew Halsall and Clive Hunte. There is no other project like Aftershock in the world. Over the last 10 years Artistic Director Nitin Sawhney has worked with some of the best new [...]

NEWS: RICHARD HAWLEY – NEW ALBUM DETAILS

Following the success of his award-winning, hugely acclaimed 2009 album ‘Truelove’s Gutter’, Richard Hawley will release his sixth studio album, ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’ - his first for new label Parlophone - on 7th May. Recorded at Sheffield’s Yellow Arch Studio in 2011, ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’ marks a seismic shift in direction for Hawley. The album is a euphoric, [...]

NEWS: DUKE SPECIAL – UK TOUR DATES

From The Muppets on Sesame Tree to Mother Courage at the National Theatre. From Huckleberry Finn and silent movie stars to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. From Belfast to the British Expo in Shanghai, via live performances around the world, the career of the inimitable Duke Special has been, to say the least, a varied and [...]

NEWS: SALFORD NOISE FESTIVAL DETAILS

- COME AND FEEL THE SALFORD NOISE – It’s about to get noisy for residents of Salford, as the city launches a brand new music festival. Salford Noise 2012 will be held over a number of nights at Salford’s best venues, The Crescent Pub, The Black Lion and cotton-mill-turned-creative-hub Islington Mill, in a bid to [...]

VIDEO: CAVEMAN – ‘VAMPIRER/OLD FRIEND’ (IN THE BACKYARD SESSIONS)

In anticipation of their upcoming headlining North American tour, Caveman are sharing an exclusive live performance of “Vampirer/Old Friend” that they shot in Los Angeles last year on their first visit to the West Coast. Their debut CoCo Beware will get a wide release on March 27th via Fat Possum Records after the self-release on the [...]

NEWS: LIZ GREEN – NEW SINGLE & TOUR DATES

The unique Liz Green received a plethora of praise for her wonderful debut album ‘O, Devotion’! upon its release in November 2011. She played a multitude of radio sessions that included a varied array from 6 Music’s Marc Riley and Radcliffe & Maconie (the station also gave her the ‘Album of the Day’ accolade) and Radio 1’s Gilles Peterson to Radio 4’s Loose Ends & XFM’s John Kennedy and [...]

NEWS: AFICIONADO RECORDINGS – DEBUT RELEASE

Aficionado is a Manchester institution, a Sunday night session devoted to the musical miracles which many overlook. Moonboots and Jason Boardman have, over many long years at the helm, championed an endless list of lost classics and new delights. It’s the very definition of Balearic, without genre or agenda… So it’s high time the pair [...]

VIDEO: GRIMES – ‘OBLIVION’

  Visions, her debut album for 4AD, is out a week today (March 12th) Grimes is currently on tour in North America and reaches the UK in May to play a handful of dates. Her show at London’s XOYO has sold out already so a headline show at London’s Heaven on September 5th is ready to be announced. May  6th – Simple Things Festival, Bristol 7th – Berkeley [...]

NEWS: SPECTOR – HEADLINE TOUR & VIDEO

Spector are pleased to announce their third headline tour to date; Spectour III. Currently rounding off Spectour II with 2 sold out shows at London’s legendary 100 Club, the quintet are supporting Florence + the Machine throughout the UK and Europe in March, before embarking on their first live dates in North America, including gigs in [...]

NEWS: WE ARE AUGUSTINES – DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS + FREE DOWNLOAD

We Are Augustines release their much anticipated debut album ‘Rise Ye Sunken Ships’ today via their own label, Oxcart Records and celebrate this by giving away a free MP3 of their wonderful album track ‘Augustine’ from http://weareaugustines.com/free/ The Brooklyn 3-piece enjoyed playing their debut US TV show performance on the David Letterman show in NYC, which can [...]

NEWS: ANE BRUN – VIDEO FOR FORTHCOMING SINGLE ‘WORSHIP’ FEATURING JOSE GONZALEZ

Norwegian born, Swedish based Ane Brun releases the second single ‘Worship’ from her recent, highly acclaimed album ‘It All Starts With One’ on April 2nd 2012. Worship is a duet with her fellow Gothenburg resident, José González, and is without a doubt one of the highlights of a record that has already reaped rewards across the globe, including a Norwegian Grammy (a [...]

NEWS: DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF ACTS FOR 2012

Dot To Dot, the UKs only tri-city travelling festival returns for 2012 announcing its first salvo of must-see artists. Renowned in its seven year history for offering guaranteed crowd-pleasing bands alongside the first live glimpses of some of today’s biggest acts, which have included double Brits winner Ed Sheeran, The xx, Florence & The Machine, The [...]

NEWS: BEIRUT – REVEAL BRAND NEW VIDEO TO ‘VAGABOND’

Beirut are confirmed to play 2012′s Field Day Festival, at London’s Victoria Park on 2nd June and have released a brand new video for the track ‘Vagabond’. Taken from the acclaimed album, The Riptide, the video was again directed by Sunset Television “We were really excited when Beirut asked us to direct another video, and knew we wanted to [...]

NEWS: BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – SCUBA REMIX OF ‘HOW CAN YOU SWALLOW SO MUCH SLEEP’

Bombay Bicycle Club have unveiled a brand new remix of their current single ‘How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep’ from UK dubstep’s most idiosyncratic of voices, Scuba. ‘How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep’ is the fourth single from Bombay Bicycle Club’s third album ‘A Different Kind of Fix’. It’s released on the 9th April via Island Records. [...]

NEWS: STEALING SHEEP – NEW VIDEO + TOUR DATES

Currently putting the finishing touches to their  debut album, following excellent coverage for their recent “Noah & The Paper Moon EP”, Liverpool’s Stealing Sheep will be taking to the road for some extensive touring over the next few months. Feb/March sees them joining kindred spirits Field Music on tour and performing headline shows in London [...]

NEWS: THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + TOUR DATES

Phenomenal Handclap Band return with their second album for Tummy Touch – Form & Control – an ambitious work which takes their fusion of international psych, soul, and cosmic disco a step forward. The band – or self-styled collective – broke through in 2009 with their debut single 15 To 20, a club hit both [...]

NEWS: BIG DEAL – NEW SINGLE ‘TALK’ VIDEO

With their debut album “Lights Out”, released last year on Mute Records, Big Deal staked their claim as one of the most thrilling and original new acts around. Comprising an American boy (Kacey Underwood) and British girl (Alice Costelloe), Big Deal can arguably be said to write rock music, but certainly not as we know [...]

NEWS: TRAILER TRASH TRACYS – NEW VIDEO FOR ‘ENGELHARDT’S ARIZONA’

The start of 2012 saw the release of “Ester”, the much anticipated debut LP from Trailer Trash Tracys, and to much critical acclaim too, with a whole slew of press praising its beautifully off-kilter sensibilities and daring sense of experimentation, paired with their unerring instinct for an infectious melody. Now, the band are releasing their [...]

NEWS: REN HARVIEU – DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS + LISTEN TO A REMIXED TRACK BY TARA BUSCH

After recently featuring in XFM’s New Music Award night at The HMV Ritz, “the Salford lass with the big voice” will release her debut album ‘Through The Night’ on Island Records on 23rd April 2012. The official launch night at Manchester’s Matt & Phred’s on March 7th has already sold out, but she has two [...]

NEWS: CATE LE BON – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + NEW VIDEO

Cate Le Bon, the Cardiff-based singer who popped up on Gruff Rhys’s Neon Neon album before issuing her own debut album, My Oh My, in 2010, returns with her second album, CYRK, in April 2012. It follows Le Bon’s extensive tour with St Vincent in the USA, where the album has already been released to [...]

NEWS: MMOTHS – BON IVER REMIX DOWNLOAD + VIDEO

One snowy December night at the end of 2010 the then 17 year-old school boy Jack Colleran, aka Mmoths, made two tracks and uploaded them to Soundcloud. Within months the resultant net buzz surrounding his dreamy take on electronica saw him fly to LA for a week of meetings and gigs, remix Interpol and support [...]

NEWS: BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – NEW ANIMATED VIDEO

North London’s finest, Bombay Bicycle Club, have this morning unveiled a beautiful animated video to their new single ‘How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep’, which is released on the 2nd April via Island Records. Created by animator Anna Ginsburg, it has taken six months to build & film and is made even more personal [...]

NEWS: BRETON – NEW EP ‘THE BLANKET RULE’ + TOUR DATES

On 17th January 2012 Breton released ‘The Blanket Rule EP’, to celebrate the announcement of a fresh set of dates, including shows in Paris, Dublin and the Mercury Lounge in New York, which will be the band’s first ever headline show. It consists of four new tracks that will not be included on their forthcoming [...]

NEWS: NEDRY – NEW VIDEO + STREAM TRACKS FROM THE NEW ALBUM

London UK’s dark electronic trio Nedry premiere the first video off of their forthcoming sophomore album In A Dim Light today via Consequence of Sound. In A Dim Light will be released worldwide via Monotreme Records on March 12th, following the March 5th release of “Violaceae” as a single. In anticipation of the album, two [...]

NEWS: MARK LANEGAN BAND – NEW VIDEO ‘THE GRAVEDIGGERS SONG’

Conceived and created by Alistair Legrand for The Masses, the director revealed his inspiration behind the video: “Inspired by the song, I wanted to create something dark and elegant that took place inside of a haunted house. That’s just what the song sounded like to me; a dream-like world of slow motion, macabre imagery. I [...]

NEWS: CLOUD NOTHINGS – ALBUM DETAILS + HEAR NEW TRACK ‘NO SENTIMENT’ NOW

Following the release of brooding album opener ‘No Future/No Past’ at the end of last year, Cloud Nothings are gearing up for the release of their heavier, Steve Albini-produced album ‘Attack on Memory’ on February 6th. Not content with teasing fans with just the one track, Dylan Baldi & co. are about to fully show [...]

NEWS: JUSTICE – HEAR THE NEW SINGLE ‘ON N ON’

Following the launch of ‘Audio, Video, Disco.’ their epic follow up to 2007′s Grammy nominated ‘‚Ć’,  Justice announce their new single ‘On ‘n’ On’, released on the 27th Feb on Ed Banger / Because Music. ‘On ‘N On’ is one of the true standout moments from ‘AVD’. Strident synth, harpsichord and melotron melodies are paired with [...]

NEWS: TENNIS – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + HEAR A TRACK IN FULL

Tennis’ widely praised debut Cape Dory, which The Wall Street Journal called “a winsome set of breezy pop songs,” was released early last year. For their forthcoming album guitarist Patrick Riley, vocalist Aliana Moore and drummer James Barone headed to Nashville to work with The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney. The first single from these sessions, ‘Origins’, is out now as [...]

NEWS: PORCELAIN RAFT – NEW VIDEO FOR ‘UNLESS YOU SPEAK FROM YOUR HEART’

Porcelain Raft has released a new video for next single ‘Unless You Speak From Your Heart’, which is to be released  on the 20th February in the UK through Secretly Canadian. The video was filmed in New York and directed by Porcelain Raft aka Mauro Remiddi himself. He says of video “Once I went to see an exhibition where inside a [...]

NEWS: THE CAST OF CHEERS – VIDEO FOR DEBUT SINGLE

Their free album ‘Chariot’, which they recorded in 3 days, has racked up over 150,000 downloads on BandCamp, they got nominated at the Choice Music Awards and their debut single ‘Family’, released on February 20th on School Boy Error/Cooperative Music, has been championed by Zane Lowe (who played it twice in a row on his Radio [...]

NEWS: GRIMES – EUROPEAN TOUR DATES + NEW VIDEO

With the release of her new album, Visions, scheduled for March 12th on Arbutus / 4AD (full album details here), Grimes is heading over to Europe this May for almost a month of touring. Starting at the Simple Things Festival in Bristol on the 6th, she then plays UK headline shows at the Berkeley Suite in Glasgow (7th), Brudenell Social Club in Leeds (8th), XOYO in [...]

NEWS: BLOOD RED SHOES – NEW SINGLE & ALBUM + UK TOUR DATES

Brighton-based duo Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell will return this year with their 3rd album ‘In Time To Voices’ out on March 26th and a new single ‘Cold’, released on March 19th via V2/Co-Operative Music. The band will also be hitting the road throughout the UK for an April and May tour. Since the release of their debut almost [...]

NEWS: BETH JEANS HOUGHTON AND THE HOOVES OF DESTINY – ‘SWEET TOOTH BIRD’ LIVE SESSION VIDEO

Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny have unveiled a live session recording of their brand new single ‘Sweet Tooth Bird’. Recorded at Lightship95 – a recording studio/boat moored on the Thames – you can now watch a video of the full band session below. With her dazzling debut album, ‘Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose’ picking up [...]

NEWS: FAIR OHS – NEW TRACK (LISTEN IN FULL) + LIMITED EDITION FLEXI-POSTCARD

After 2 years of making East London a sunnier, happier, better-looking place, the mighty Fair Ohs (Matt Flag – bass, Joe Ryan – drums and Eddy Frankel – vocals and guitar) are ready to release their next single, ‘Salt Flats’ via X-Ray Recordings. The single will be released on flexi-postcard (that’s a postcard that can [...]

NEWS: STILL CORNERS – DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS + TOUR DATES

Many bands lay claim to the adjective “cinematic.” But how many can claim a truly cinema-worthy moment as part of their inception? It was a dark and foggy night when Still Corners songwriter Greg Hughes first laid eyes on vocalist Tessa Murray. “It sounds stupid but it’s completely true,” he recounts. “I was on a [...]

NEWS: PULLED APART BY HORSES – VIDEO FOR THE NEW SINGLE + TOUR DATES

Pulled Apart By Horses release their brand new single, ‘V.E.N.O.M’ today through Transgressive Records. This will be the first opportunity to hear the results of the band’s work with legendary producer Gill Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters etc), ahead of the album’s release in 2012. The single will be released on digital and 7” formats and [...]

NEWS: THE BIG PINK – 4AD SESSION VIDEO + NEW ALBUM DETAILS & TOUR DATES

Coinciding with today’s release of The Big Pink’s second album ‘Future This’, the eleventh instalment of the 4AD Sessions is now available. Directed by long-term 4AD collaborators Iain and Jane, Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell are joined by live band members, Victoria Smith and Zan Lyons to help bring to life the immersive feel of [...]

NEWS: FOE – LIVE DATES + NEW VIDEO

‘Cold Hard Rock’ is the fuzzed up, anti fairy-tale from suburban punkette, FOE aka Hannah Louise Clark, and will be her debut release on Vertigo Records.  Foe’s previous border-crossing offerings ‘Deep Water Heart Breaker’ and EP ‘Hot New Trash’ gave a glimpse into the wonderfully deranged world of a fancy dress loving loner from Fleet. [...]

NEWS: DJANGO DJANGO – FULL UK TOUR IN SUPPORT OF DEBUT ALBUM

Django Django will release their eagerly awaited self-titled debut LP on January 30th through Because Music, with the single ‘Default’ dropping a week prior on the 23rd. The band are pleased to announce a full tor of the UK in support of the releases. Full dates below. David Maclean (drummer and producer), Vincent Neff (singer [...]

VIDEO: SIMIAN GHOST – ‘AS YOU SEE FIT’

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NEWS: STRUMMERCAMP 2012

New Model Army are one of Britain’s most enduring and unique bands, known for their intense passionate live performances, incredibly loyal following and humanitarian and political stance, will be headlining the Sunday night at Strummercamp Festival 2012. In their 31st year, with 13 albums to their name, New Model Army still possess an insatiable creative [...]

NEWS: OF MONTREAL – ALBUM DETAILS + FREE DOWNLOAD

of Montreal is thrilled to announce release details for brand new album ‘Paralytic Stalks’, available 6th February in the UK, worldwide 7th February via Polyvinyl Records. The album will also be released via partnerships with Contrarede Records in Japan and with Baram Records in Korea. ‘Paralytic Stalks’ was written, performed, engineered, and produced by Kevin [...]

NEWS: S.C.U.M – ‘FAITH UNFOLDS’ REMIXES & VIDEO

S.C.U.M are set to release a new single, Faith Unfolds, on 2 January 2012. Faith Unfolds, the follow up to the recent Whitechapel single is anthemic pop at its very best and proved to be a live favourite during the bands recent UK and European tours.One of the many standouts from their critically acclaimed debut [...]

NEWS: BETH JEANS HOUGHTON – NEW SINGLE & VIDEO

Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny have unveiled the official video for their brand new single ‘Sweet Tooth Bird’ which is released February 20th on Mute Records. Following on from previous singles ‘Dodecahedron’ and the beautiful ‘Liliputt’, ‘Sweet Tooth Bird’ is the latest track to be taken from Beth Jeans Houghton & The [...]

NEWS: STEALING SHEEP – HEAR THE NEW EP ‘NOAH & THE PAPER MOON’ IN FULL

Stealing Sheep are a harmony drenched DIY-pop band from Liverpool. In the hazy shape of ‘psychedelic folktronica’, they play low-fi Casio & Yamaha synth’s that whirl in medieval patterns amongst 60’s style drones, along to hypnotic beats, spiralling whammy guitars and mystical harmonies. This year they recorded their first single ‘I am the Rain’ in [...]

NEWS: ROUGH TRADE SHOPS ELECTRONIC 11 CD

22 tracks, full sleevenotes. Exclusive ltd. edition varnished sleeve available from Rough Trade Shops only. The new Rough Trade Shops compilation CD is aimed squarely at the New Year. Shiny, fresh, clean and minimal electronic music in your earphones provide the perfect soundtrack for the cold and frosty early January. Rough Trade Shops Electronic 01 [...]

NEWS: THE DRUMS – VISIOMENTO VIDEO INTERVIEW + FREE REMIX DOWNLOAD

As the year draws to a close, The Drums continue to stay busy, wrapping up a mammoth year of touring with sold out shows at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire and The Ritz in Manchester this past weekend in support of their new album Portamento. In addition to touring and making music, the band have continued [...]

NEWS: BRETON – DEBUT HEADLINE UK TOUR + STREAMED MIX INCLUDING TWO NEW TRACKS

Fresh from an incredible performance in front of 3000 people at Transmusicales Festival last weekend, multimedia masterminds Breton announce their first UK headline shows. They will take place next March 2012 in support of their debut album ‘Other People’s Problems’, which will be released on Fat Cat Records. Dates are as follows: 28th March – [...]

NEWS: DAMIEN JURADO – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + FREE TRACK DOWNLOAD

‘Maraqopa’ is Damien Jurado’s newest collaboration with producer Richard Swift, which drops us into a brutal and benevolent landscape. The bold strokes and new turns the pair made with 2010′s Saint Bartlett are taken even further. He throws open the gate on his oft insular dirges and allows them do some real wilding out in [...]

NEWS: FREE RANGE AT THE ZOO – OPENS WITH DELPHIC & THE WHIP DJ SETS

London based electro/techno label-of-the-moment Bad Life is behind a new Manchester night ‘FREE RANGE’, which launches at THE ZOO on Friday 16th December 2011. Bad Life acts AUTOKRATZ, EVIL NINE & ATTAQUE are joined by local darling’s THE WHIP and DELPHIC for a Christmas do. The show will see THE WHIP mark the end of [...]

NEWS: GROUPLOVE – UK TOUR DATES FOR 2012

Canvasback Music/Atlantic Records artists Grouplove have announced details of a UK headline tour for February 2012 which will shortly be followed by a set of European shows. The band will also release ‘Colours’ on 20 February 2012, the next single to be taken from their critically acclaimed debut album, Never Trust A Happy Song. The [...]

NEWS: ODONIS ODONIS – NEW VIDEO TO ‘LEDGED UP’

Newly released album ‘Hollandaze’ is a grimy, gum-splattered ménage of surf-gaze, punk and lo-fi, cut from twanging reverb & fuzz heavy guitars, thick driving bass & drum machines and overdriven hammond organ. Based in Toronto, Odonis Odonis make killer hook-driven tunes that hark back to the classic ‘80s sounds of The Jesus & Mary Chain, [...]

NEWS: CYRIL SNEAR – LIMITED DISCOUNT TICKETS FOR AMPLIFIER GIG

Building on a critically-acclaimed debut album, as well as support slots with the likes of Vessels, Gallops and Nedry, Manchester based math-progsters Cyril Snear have announced that for the second time this year they are to support Amplifier at Manchester’s Academy 3, on Sunday. Cyril Snear have already featured in Silent Radio’s Who Are Ya? section and are [...]

NEWS: FIONN REGAN – ACOUSTIC VIDEO + FREE TRACK DOWNLOAD

Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan released his 3rd album, 100 Acres of Sycamore earlier this year and now he’s sharing a video of an acoustic rendition of ‘For A Nightingale’. 100 Acres of Sycamore is the young singer-songwriter’s most personal statement yet. You can get a taste of this by checking out the title track, which [...]

NEWS: CLOUD NOTHINGS – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + FREE TRACK DOWNLOAD

Just a year after their eponymous debut, Cloud Nothings, the Cleveland, Ohio-based group fronted by Dylan Baldi are set to return with a new album, ‘Attack on Memory’ on February 6th, 2012. The album was produced by the king of noise rock, Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies, Manic Street Preachers, and PJ Harvey). The pairing has [...]

NEWS: THE LOVELY EGGS – NEW VIDEO FEAT. GRUFF RHYS

NEWS: SHARON VAN ETTEN – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + HEAR THREE TRACKS IN FULL

Sharon Van Etten is delighted to share news of Tramp, her Jagjaguwar debut out 6th February and the follow up to 2010’s epic (Ba Da Bing). Tramp showcases an artist in full control of her powers. With her third album, Van Etten’s words and voice are now two parts of a larger evocative whole. The [...]

NEWS: THE MOTH & THE MIRROR – FREE TRACK DOWNLOAD FROM THEIR DEBUT ALBUM

“Scottish supergroup”, The Moth & The Mirror, released their debut album Honestly, This World earlier via Olive Grove Records this month. The Moth & The Mirror comprise of members taken from an array of Scottish talent including: Stacey Sievwright from The Reindeer Section and Arab Strap (vocals/guitar), Gordon Skene from Frightened Rabbit (guitar/vocals), Louis Abbott [...]

NEWS: TUNNG – LIVE FROM THE BBC ALBUM DETAILS + FREE TRACK DOWNLOAD

For any British band, the first live BBC session is a rite of passage, an entrance to a club stewarded by Peel, Lamacq, Harris and any number of legendary names from the annals of broadcasting history. Then, some years later, you realise that you’ve recorded an album’s worth of material. That’s what the peerless experimental [...]

NEWS: BUZZCOCKS – LIVE DATES ‘BACK TO FRONT’

May 2012 will see Buzzcocks all ‘back to front’. They’ll play two very special shows featuring their stuff ‘n’ things and things ‘n’ stuff from right now to back then. In a three-part evening of pure Buzzcocks entertainment, they’ll kick off with new and contemporary material featuring the current line-up of Pete Shelley (vocals / [...]

NEWS: TRAILER TRASH TRACYS – DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS + FREE REMIX DOWNLOAD

Earlier this month saw the release of brand new material from London quartet Trailer Trash Tracys in the form of “Dies in 55”, a gorgeous and utterly otherworldly pop song that sounds like nothing else around – like carnival music beamed in from another dimension, warped and rhapsodic. Now, with a much anticipated debut full-length [...]

NEWS: S.C.U.M. – WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THEIR NEW SINGLE

S.C.U.M are set to release a new single, Faith Unfolds, on 2 January 2012. Faith Unfolds, the follow up to the recent Whitechapel single and has proved to be a live favourite during the bands recent UK and European tours. One of the many standouts from their debut album Again Into Eyes, the single comes backed [...]

NEWS: NME AWARDS TOUR 2012

Running throughout February, the NME Awards Tour kicks off in Glasgow (8th) and visits 12 venues across the UK, bringing the very best in new music directly to music fans, ending with a show-stopping finale in London (25th). NME editor Krissi Murison says: “As far as NME Awards Tour line-ups go, it’s difficult to imagine [...]

NEWS: TENNIS – HEAR THE NEW SINGLE ‘ORIGINS’

The much anticipated second album from Denver-based Tennis, Young and Old, is set for release February 14th, 2012 on Fat Possum Records. Their widely praised debut Cape Dory, which The Wall Street Journal called “a winsome set of breezy pop songs,” was released earlier this year. For their forthcoming album guitarist Patrick Riley, vocalist Aliana Moore and drummer [...]

NEWS: BETH JEANS HOUGHTON – FEBRUARY UK TOUR DATES

To mark the release of her much anticipated debut album, ‘Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose’, the brilliant Beth Jeans Houghton will be taking her band, The Hooves Of Destiny, on a canter around the United Kingdom. For anyone picturing a girl and a guitar, think again – this is a full band performance with Beth plus [...]

NEWS: CITY REIGN – HEAR THE NEW EP + UK TOUR DATES

For the four members of CITY REIGN – Chris Bull (vocals, guitar), Michael Grice (guitar), Glaze (bass) & Sam Jones (Drums) – Numbers For Street Names is the culmination of 3 years of dedication and hard work into this comprehensive body of work. The record features songs spanning from their initial demo Daybreak EP to [...]

NEWS: WOLF PEOPLE – UK TOUR DATES FOR JANUARY + CD RELEASE FOR ‘TIDINGS’

Wolf People will play four UK shows in early 2012 (details below), including their biggest London headline set to date at the Garage on Tuesday January 17. The quartet will then return to the studio to start work on the follow-up to 2010′s debut album Steeple. In response to fan demand, Wolf People’s early material [...]

NEWS: CAVEMAN – DOWNLOAD A TRACK FROM THE DEBUT ALBUM

After a big year in which Caveman gained instant praise for their live shows and recorded songs alike, their 10-track debut album CoCo Beware is self-released on CD and vinyl today via their own label Magic Man! Records / ORG Music. The New York Times reviewed the debut here, saying:“The deliberate soft focus lends depth [...]

NEWS: SUNLESS ’97 – HEAR A TRACK FROM THEIR DEBUT EP

Sunless ‘97, currently residing in London, operate in a domain of their own design. Consisting of members Edward, Alice and Matthew, their “not-quite-electronica-not-quite-guitar-music-not-quite-pop” reflects the all-embracing diversity of Sunless ’97’s influences. From ESG to Bonnie Dobson, Robert Wyatt to Suicide, Broadcast to The Bhundu Boys, their well-received mix tapes are testament to their musical appetite. [...]

NEWS: JUSTICE LEAD THE NME AWARDS 2012 SHOWS

The NME Awards Shows explode onto London’s live music scene for 2012 with a line-up so packed full of talent that the Shows have burst out of the Capital and will visit five cities around the UK. This year influential Parisian duo Justice will lead a series of shows that will bring the The NME [...]

NEWS: SUUNS – NEW 12″ + TOUR DATES WITH BESNARD LAKES

Following on from their debut album Zeroes QC, Suuns will release a new pair of songs on 12″ vinyl and digital formats this month. “Bambi” and “Red Song” fit smoothly into the Montreal outfit’s oeuvre of dancefloor-friendly post-punk noir. The band explains: “With a couple weeks off this summer in Montreal, we thought we’d take [...]

NEWS: SUMMER CAMP – NEW VIDEO FOR ‘DOWN’

With the recent release of debut LP “Welcome to Condale”, the duo Summer Camp are announcing the release of a brand new single, “Down”. While their album evokes a cinematic microverse of teenage lovers and loners, freaks and high school geeks in American suburbia, “Down”, appropriately enough, comes across as a cry of frustrated independence [...]

NEWS: HYDE AND BEAST – NEW VIDEO + UK TOUR DATES + TRUMPETERS NEEDED!

Ian West, the director behind Hyde & Beast’s earlier videos for ‘(and the) Pictures in the Sky’ and ‘Never Come Back’, has returned to complete his trilogy for the band. Speaking on his latest work he says “This last one is perhaps my favourite, although I love the other two, this seemed more of a [...]

NEWS: FIRST AID KIT – HEAR A NEW TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM

As a precursor to their second album, First Aid Kit will release the title track ‘The Lion’s Roar’ as a single on limited 7” and digital formats on the 5th December. As well as supporting Lykke Li in the UK (and the US), the Söderberg sisters will return for a special headline show of their [...]

NEWS: KIRSTY ALMEIDA – TO TAKE PART IN BURY’S CHRISTMAS LIGHT SWITCH ON

Backed by her fabulous 8-piece band, The Troubadours, Kirsty will debut her latest album Wintersongs, a very special album inspired by the magic and darkness of the festive season. It will be launched with 300, limited edition, individually handmade covers and follows her debut album DejaVoodu, which was recorded at the State of the Ark [...]

NEWS: 5 YEARS IN PHOTOGRAPHS – THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK

Thousands of revellers and hundreds of performers have all been captured in ’5 Years in Photographs: The Warehouse Project Photography Book’. Sebastian Matthes has been The Warehouse Project’s official photographer since the 2006 launch event at Boddington’s Brewery and has taken photos at every series since. This new book presents a collection of some of [...]

NEWS: TRACEY THORN – HEAR TITLE TRACK FROM NEW EP & REMIX ALBUM DETAILS

Mercury Prize winners The XX asked TRACEY THORN to record a track from their debut LP for an album they were commissioning of covers by their favourite artists. Unfortunately the project fell through a few months later for numerous logistical reasons, but Tracey’s version of ‘Night Time’ now sees the light of day on her [...]

NEWS: 2:54 – NEW EP, VIDEO & UK TOUR DATES

London-based sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow, a.k.a. 2:54, are to release their debut 4-track EP, ‘Scarlet’ through Fiction Records on November 14th. The duo further explore a darkly cinematic sound, spanning stoner-rock, punk and atmospheric pop. Mixer Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails) and Mercury-winning producer Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey, Nick Cave) both worked [...]

NEWS: YES SIR BOSS – FREE DEBUT SINGLE DOWNLOAD

Stoned Records’ first signing ‘Yes Sir Boss’ have cultivated a truly original, distinct and indefinable sound that has elements of everything from a brooding Balkan blues band to a horn injected indie rock outfit… In the end, though, it’s the meeting of all their diverse sounds that makes YSB’s shambolic, funky, rootsy, tunes so unique. [...]

NEWS: FROM THE KITES OF SAN QUENTIN – NEW EP

November the 14th sees Manchester’s From The Kites Of San Quentin release their Mitochondria EP on their very own label This City Is Ours Records. The debut EP from FTKOSQ showcases the collective’s fresh and innovative musical style with three new original tracks backed by a series of remixes.   Comparisons to Portishead, Massive Attack, [...]

NEWS: THE DAMNED – FILM & 35TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

The storied career of seminal British punk band The Damned is coming to the big screen. When the band kicks off its 35th anniversary tour this month in Boston, they will be shadowed by New York-based filmmaker Wes Orshoski, who is directing/producing a feature-length documentary on the group. The as-yet-untitled-film, to be a production of [...]

NEWS: HUORATRON – NEW TRACK ‘CRYPTOCRACY’ (LISTEN IN FULL)

Setting the stage for the full-length release in early 2012, Last Gang will release CRYPTOCRACY by Finish producer and executioner Huoratron (pronounced whore – a – tron). Huoratron is the solo project of Finland’s Aku Raski, who began using two Game Boy consoles to produce experimental and dark electro. Since then, he’s risen from the [...]

NEWS: ST. VINCENT – 4AD SESSION VIDEO

In September of this year, St. Vincent took a giant leap forward with the release of third album, Strange Mercy. This time out Annie Clark was to combine her musical virtuosity with ambitious songwriting that ran a gamut of emotional cadences, all the while underpinned by a colourful sense of melody. Recording these songs live [...]

NEWS: AGNES OBEL – LOMOGRAPHY PHOTO COMPETITION FOR ‘RIVERSIDE’

Born in Copenhagen and currently based in Berlin, Agnes’ sparse chamber folk has spread through word-of-mouth across Europe and the U.S. The album ‘Philharmonic’ has been compared by critics to the likes of PJ Harvey, Joanna Newsom, and Roy Orbison. After a whirlwind year, Anges Obel is happy to partner with Lomography for the “The [...]

NEWS: OPTIONAL WALLACE – NEW SINGLE (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Optional Wallace, the brooding post-punk trio from Manchester, are releasing ‘Generation’ as a free download on November the 7th.  Recent supports with The Fall and Chapel Club are a good starting point for the band’s sound, with the live favourite and Steve Lamacq-championed ‘Generation’ available from http://www.optionalwallace.com/. The release comes with an acoustic recording of [...]

NEWS: VICTORIES AT SEA – DEBUT SINGLE (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Victories At Sea are an experimental 3 piece from the Midlands, citing influences as wide and diverse as Slowdive, Boards of Canada, and M83 through to more unadulterated alternatives such as Echo and The Bunnymen, New Order and mid 80’s Cure. By using various electronics and drum loops live, their traditional set up is enveloped [...]

NEWS: CASIOKIDS – NEW VIDEO

Following the release of their squelchy new burst of synthpop ‘Det Haster!’ (“it’s urgent!”) this week on Moshi Moshi Records, Norway’s CASIOKIDS have revealed a creepy video for the track featuring all manner of teddy bear abuse. The Det Haster! single, which comes backed with a remix of the track by Of Montreal, is taken [...]

NEWS: TIGA & ZOMBIE NATION’S ZZT PROJECT. ALBUM DETAILS & VIDEO

Tiga and Zombie Nation have both rocked remarkably long and prolific careers, the members of ZZT possess uncanny staying power in an industry where hype ends faster than it begins. Zombie Nation’s production credentials are impeccable, and his reputation as a live performer has made him a permanent fixture on Europe’s main stages. Meanwhile, Tiga’s [...]

NEWS: THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND – DOWNLOAD THE NEW SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM

On the heels of their US tour opening for the legendary Bryan Ferry, The Phenomenal Handclap Band will release “Following” – the first single off their forthcoming new album, Form & Control, out January 31st via Tummy Touch Records. The track finds the group taking the next step forward from the cosmic disco-funk and international, [...]

NEWS: ODONIS ODONIS – DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS. HEAR A TRACK IN FULL

Due for release on November 7th, ‘Hollandaze’ is a grimy, gum-splattered ménage of surf-gaze, punk and lo-fi, cut from twanging reverb & fuzz heavy guitars, thick driving bass & drum machines and overdriven hammond organ. Based in Toronto, Odonis Odonis make killer hook-driven tunes that hark back to the classic ‘80s sounds of The Jesus [...]

NEWS: CHERRY GHOST ANNOUNCE EXTRA MANCHESTER SHOW

Cherry Ghost have added a third date to their acoustic live shows which will be taking place this December. Fans will now be given the opportunity to be captivated by their poetic ballads once again at The Deaf Institute in Manchester on 11th AND 19th December and at Bush Hall in London on 13th December.  [...]

NEWS: LAURA VEIRS – UK TOUR DATES & NEW ALBUM. HEAR A TRACK IN FULL

With her new album “Tumble Bee”, a collection of folk songs for children, due for release next month on Bella Union records, Laura Veirs has just announced a 6-date UK tour for January / February 2012. (Dates below) Recorded by Grammy-nominated producer Tucker Martine in their home in Portland, Oregon in the spring of 2011, [...]

NEWS: BRETON – A SHORT FILM FOR THE DEBUT SINGLE

Visual experimentalists Breton have released a short film for their forthcoming debut single ‘Edward The Confessor’, due for release on Fat Cat Records on 21st November 2011.  The track’s lyrics are based on a field recording of a conversation taking place between two unknown men, the subject matter of which is immigration and the frustration [...]

NEWS: DAVID LYNCH – TRAILER FOR DEBUT SOLO ALBUM

With the release of his first solo musical project ‘Crazy Clown Time’ through Sunday Best Recordings on November 7th, David Lynch marks a departure from his revered and influential musical collaborations in the past with Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks), Polish pianist Marek Zebrowski (Inland Empire), and Sparklehorse and Danger Mouse (Dark Night of the Soul). [...]

NEWS: SUMMER CAMP – ‘WELCOME TO CONDALE’ ZINE / NEW SINGLE & FORTHCOMING DEBUT LP

With their debut LP “Welcome to Condale” just around the corner, the duo Summer Camp are announcing the release of a brand new single, “Down”. While their album evokes a cinematic microverse of teenage lovers and loners, freaks and high school geeks in American suburbia, “Down”, appropriately enough, comes across as a cry of frustrated [...]

NEWS: TING TINGS – UK TOUR

Platinum selling British duo The Ting Tings are set to embark on a string of intimate shows with a creative difference as they team up with some of the best arts and music courses in the country as part of their ‘Show Me Yours’ UK tour. Renowned for their artistic edge the band are on [...]

NEWS: THE LEISURE SOCIETY – NEW SINGLE /VIDEO & ALBUM REISSUE DETAILS

Symphonic pop band The Leisure Society have released a Bandstand Busking session on the eve of their support tour to Laura Marling’s UK Cathedral tour. Full details of all the dates are below. The Bandstand Busking session shows what people can expect from the current tour, which will be an acoustic set featuring band leader [...]

NEWS: BENJAMIN SHAW – DEBUT ALBUM, SINGLE & TOUR DATES

‘Somewhere Over the M6’ is the first single from Benjamin Shaw’s forthcoming debut album ‘There’s Always Hope, There’s Always Cabernet’ – out November 21st. Born to soiled genes in ‘80s Blackpool and loathed in soiled scenes of 2011’s London, Benjamin Shaw was perhaps best described by one reviewer as “a ‘singer-songwriter’ who obviously isn’t happy [...]

NEWS: THE VICTORIAN ENGLISH GENTLEMENS CLUB – EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

The Victorian English Gentlemens Club, who released their third album ‘Bag Of Meat’ via This Is Fake DIY Records in June this year, have just announced details of a Europe wide tour. The album, the follow-up to 2009′s ‘Love On An Oil Rig’, was recorded over Autumn/Winter 2010/11 in Cardiff, with producer Charlie Francis. The band [...]

NEWS: GIVERS – FREE DOWNLOAD OF DEERHOOF REMIX & ORIGINAL VIDEO

Givers released their debut album ‘In Light’ last Monday, via Glassnote/Island Records and to mark the release they’ve made available a remix of their current single ‘Meantime’, by Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier. Bombay Bicycle Club have also remixed the tune, which follows their debut single ‘Up Up Up’. Givers was formed by Taylor Guarisco (singer & [...]

NEWS: THE JOY FORMIDABLE – NEW EP ‘THE BIG MORE’ + UK TOUR DATES

The Joy Formidable follow a summer of worldwide festival performances with a UK tour and a new release this month. ‘The Big More’ is a digital accompaniment to the band’s debut album and features exclusive new tracks and a remix alongside lead track ‘Cradle’. The EP contains a Fang Island remix of ‘Cradle’, a live [...]

NEWS: HERMAN DUNE – NEW VIDEO FOR ‘BE A DOLL TAKE MY HEART’

Herman Dune have announced the second single from their latest album Strange Moosic. The French duo of David-Ivar Herman Dune and Cosmic Néman follow their first single ‘Tell Me Something I don’t Know’ with ‘Be A Doll and Take My Heart’, an upbeat pop ditty fuelled by acoustic guitars, David-Ivar’s distinctive vocals and fun-filled “oohs”. David-Ivar [...]

NEWS: MOON DUO – HORROR TOUR EP LTD ED 12” VINYL (LISTEN TO TITLE TRACK IN FULL)

For their loosely Halloween-themed EP ‘Horror Tour’, Moon Duo veer away from the sun-drenched tone of their recent LP ‘Mazes’, and towards driving themes from an antique book of spells they discovered at a library sale in rural New Hampshire. Three of the four tracks are instrumental – the titular ‘Horror Tour’ is the exception [...]

NEWS: THE VACCINES – ‘WETSUIT’ INSTAGRAM VIDEO

A few months ago The Vaccines asked their fans to help them make their next music video. All they had to do to participate was to tag their festival images on the photo sharing app Instagram with #vaccinesvideo and the best ones would be used to make the video. There was an overwhelming response. Nearly [...]

NEWS: DANNY DRIVE THRU – FREE DOWNLOAD ‘VIOLENCE MAKES’ NAIVE MACHINE REMIX

Danny Drive Thru, both DJ and Producer, has been having quite a busy 2011, with his music featuring on the Nihon Kizuna fundraiser compilation alongside the likes of Kode 9, Onra and Slugabed, as well as the recent Finest Ego collection of UK and Irish producers, which saw him in the company of such contemporaries in the beat scene as [...]

NEWS: FUJIYA & MIYAGI – NEW SINGLE & TEASER VIDEO

Following their critically acclaimed long player ‘Ventriloquizzing’ released in January this year, Brighton electronic pop band Fujiya & Miyagi are set to release a brand new single ‘Ecstatic Dancer’. The track will be available on the 24th October through Full Time Hobby. Although not originally included on the album, ‘Ecstatic Dancer’ is very much a continuation of it, as singer/guitarist David Best explains: “Ecstatic Dancer [...]

NEWS: A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN – FIRST LIVE VIDEO

Drone/modern classical duo A Winged Victory For The Sullen have released a live video, recently filmed in Brussels. This is the first live clip of the band to surface, following their self titled debut album, which was released on Erased Tapes last month. The clip is taken from the band’s first live radio session shot in former Sparklehorse and [...]

NEWS: ZOLA JESUS – NEW VIDEO & NOVEMBER LIVE DATES

Zola Jesus releases the first video from her new album, Conatus. Directed, as always, by Jacqueline Castel and filmed in the New Mexican desert, Vessel  shows Zola Jesus in dramatic form. Inspired by the Sphinx moth, who passes through metamorphosis in underground chambers and whose natural habitat is the desert, Castel explains her work: “In [...]

NEWS: TRAILER TRASH TRACYS – NEW AA SIDE (HEAR A TRACK IN FULL)

Earlier this month saw the release of brand new material from London quartet Trailer Trash Tracys in the form of ‘Dies in 55’. Now, with a much anticipated debut full-length awaiting release in January from Double Six/ Domino, Trailer Trash Tracys are expanding their sonic palette even further. ‘Wish You Were Red’ may take its [...]

NEWS: MOUNT FABRIC – EP DETAILS & VIDEO

On Monday 10th of October, Mount Fabric will release ‘Threads’ on Hairy Wolf Records. The second part of their trilogy of EP’s, ‘Threads’ picks up from their last EP ‘Secretly An Astronaut’ and moves on from the theme of disillusioned hope to full blown depression. Singer and lyricist Alex Marczak draws on his own experiences [...]

NEWS: BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – REMIX OF LIGHTS OUT

Having kicked-off their huge UK tour on Friday night with a stunning show in Brighton, Bombay Bicycle Club have this morning unveiled the first remix of their new single ‘Lights Out, Words Gone’ from the brilliant Dark Sky. ‘Lights Out, Words Gone’ is the second single to be taken from the band’s third album ‘A [...]

NEWS: THE NARCOLEPTIC DANCERS – DEBUT ALBUM + NEW VIDEO

The Narcoleptic Dancers release their debut album ‘Never Sleep’ on September 26th via Bleepmachine & Capitaine Plouf. Last year brought to light the unusual union of Melody Van Kappers and Anton Louis Jr, the half-brother and sister outfit that fate magically brought together. Forming a duo happened simply and naturally. Melody kindled a carefree attitude [...]

NEWS: AFICIONADO HALLOWEEN SPECIAL + YELLOW REUNION

Aficionado Halloween Special: Electrik, Chorlton. October 30th 7:00pm – October 31 at 12:00am Free Entry After a brilliant party with Phil Mison which saw us wave goodbye to this year’s Bank Holiday weekends, Aficionado are back at Electrik for an evening of ghoulish sounds & balearic beats with a very special Halloween flavoured event. Aficionado’s [...]

NEWS: UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA – UK TOUR DATES + NEW VIDEO

Unknown Mortal Orchestra return to the UK this November following their sold-out headline shows here in July.  The play a series of live dates supporting Foster The People in the UK, playing the winter Primavera Sound shows in Spain and headline shows in London and Paris. The band have also released a new video for [...]

NEWS: TUBELORD – NEW ALBUM & VIDEO + UK TOUR DATES

After a year that has seen the Kingston-based band expand to a quartet, take on an extensive European tour and cram in a summer of festivals, this autumn will see the release of the band’s second full-length, ‘R O M A N C E’, a prospect that sees Tubelord take on both a renewed sound [...]

NEWS: SURFER BLOOD – EP DETAILS + LISTEN TO ONE OF THE TRACKS IN FULL

On October 24, West Palm Beach based quartet Surfer Blood will release the 4 track Tarot Classics EP on Kanine Records. It will be their first extended release since their breakout debut LP Astro Coast, released in 2010 to widespread critical acclaim. In amidst a hectic year spent touring nonstop with the likes of The [...]

NEWS: ZUN ZUN EGUI – UK TOUR DATES + FREE DOWNLOAD

With blazing debut album ‘Katang’ out ON THE 3rd OF October on Bella Union records, Zun Zun Egui have just announced plans to bring their amped-up jamboree of 4th world song and joyous rocked-out sonics to the people for an extensive UK tour just after its release. The band’s groove-rooted riot has been brewed and [...]

NEWS: KURT VILE – NOVEMBER RELEASE AND FREE DOWNLOAD OF ‘THE CREATURE’

On November 7th, Philadelphia’s Kurt Vile will be releasing a brand-new 6-song EP on the 12″ vinyl and digital formats, entitled So Outta Reach. The EP contains 5 original songs initially recorded during the sessions for Smoke Ring For My Halo but not used for the album, which were reworked with producer John Agnello this [...]

NEWS: THE ANTLERS TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF UK TOUR

Earlier this summer saw the release of “Burst Apart”, the new album from Brooklyn trio The Antlers. With its swelling pulsebeats, intricately crafted arrangements and pop hooks, “Burst Apart” saw The Antlers’ ambition and artistry ascending to an extraordinary new plane, winning plaudits on both sides of the pond from the likes of the Guardian, [...]

NEWS: BRETON – NEW SINGLE STREAM AND SUPPORT TOUR WITH GHOSTPOET

‘Edward The Confessor’/’Kensington System’ is the debut AA single from art pop sonic and visual experimentalists Breton. Both tracks demonstrate the band’s sound, mixing up different musical genres with a load of attitude. Produced by BretonLABS, the tracks were recorded at Sigur Ros’ Sundlaughin studio in Iceland and mixed at the band’s base in Kennington, [...]

NEWS: NEON INDIAN RELEASES MINI SYNTH AND ANNOUNCES LONDON DATE

Having teamed up with Austin-based company Bleep Labs, Neon Indian brings you the PAL198X, his very own mini analog synthesiser. If that’s not enough, he has just announced his biggest London show to date and will be playing Heaven on Wednesday, November 16th. Whizz kid Alan Palomo has put together this tongue-in-cheek, retro video or [...]

NEWS: COLD SPECKS – NEW SINGLE STREAM AND LAUNCH SHOW

Recorded at Monnow Valley Studios and mixed at Sub Bubble, the single features tracks ‘Holland’ and ‘Old Stepstone’ and will be available on 7” and as a download. Cold Specks have announced a single launch show at The Lexington on day of release. Cold Specks is 23-year-old Al Spx from Etobicoke, Canada, who now lives [...]

NEWS: MY MORNING JACKET – NOVEMBER TOUR

My Morning Jacket released their sixth album ‘Circuital’ in early June. The album was greeted by across-the-board reviews heralding the album as one of their best and went top 5 in the US and top 20 in the UK upon its release. Following a performance at their sold-out show at Somerset House in mid-July, which [...]

NEWS: MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS – NEW SINGLE ‘RADIOACTIVE’ ANNOUNCED

The 25 year old Greek/Welsh singer-songwriter has been very busy over the past few months working on the follow up to her critically-acclaimed debut album The Family Jewels. She’s also been touring the USA with Katy Perry. And now Marina has joined forces with pop-producing duo Stargate to release the end of summer track ‘Radioactive’. [...]

NEWS: LOS CAMPESINOS! – NEW ALBUM ‘HELLO SADNESS’ RELEASED 14TH NOVEMBER

Hello Sadness is the imminent fourth studio album from Los Campesinos!, recorded earlier this year in Girona, Spain. Hello Sadness is ten songs of love, loss and heartbreak nail-gunned to a back- drop of broken, tangled bodies, creeping, dead-eyed animals, suffocating, looming shadows and World Cup exits. It is an honest, bare-bones documentation of breaking [...]

NEWS: BETH JEANS HOUGHTON – TOUR, VIDEO AND SINGLE STREAM

With her debut album now set for an early 2012 release on Mute, Newcastle psychedelic pop Artist Beth Jeans Houghton and her band The Hooves Of Destiny will be warming up for the rest of the year with a set of live dates and a very special, non-album release. The first fruits from the album, [...]

NEWS: GHOSTPOET REMIX OF FOE’S ‘DEEP WATER HEARTBREAKER’

- FREE DOWNLOAD – Having both featured on Entrepreneurs ‘Fuck Tactics’ earlier this year, GhostPoet now turns his attention directly to FOE, with his remix for new single ‘Deep Water Heart Breaker’. Applying the same low-fi minimalist style which earned him a nomination for this year’s Mercury Awards, GP takes the song somewhere far less noisy than [...]

NEWS: CAVEMAN DEBUT ALBUM AND LIVE VIDEO

Over the past year, Caveman have made an impact with their attention grabbing live shows around New York and on tours with The War on Drugs and Here We Go Magic. Caveman‘s 10 song debut album ‘Coco Beware’ was produced by Nick Stumpf (French Kicks) and shows front man Matt Iwanusa’s ability to craft melodies [...]

NEWS: SUMMER CAMP ANNOUNCE ALBUM ‘WELCOME TO CONDALE’

After a single, an EP and a couple of online tracks, London duo Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey – better known as Summer Camp – are finally unveiling their deliciously idiosyncratic, gloriously kaleidoscopic vision of pop with their debut full length “Welcome to Condale”, released on their own Apricot Recording Company imprint, in conjunction with [...]

NEWS: RAMSBOTTOM FESTIVAL – DISCOUNTED TICKETS

This weekend sees Ramsbottom festival take place and we’ve stumbled across discounted tickets for what we think is the best of the three days. Saturday sees acts such as Guillemots, Badly Drawn Boy, Cherry Ghost, Young Knives, The Travelling Band, The Janice Graham Band play on the main stage with many other acts too (full [...]

NEWS: HOWLING BELLS RELEASE ALBUM TODAY, PLUS UK TOUR DATES & VIDEO FOR ‘INTO THE SKY’

Howling Bells will release their new album on September 12th on Cooking Vinyl. Recorded in Las Vegas with The Killers’ Mark Stoermer producing, ‘The Loudest Engine’ will be preceded by a clutch of live shows, including a London date at the Electric Ballroom on September 15th. A raw, psychedelic third record, and the sequel to [...]

NEWS: LITTLE ROY TO PLAY NIRVANA EXHIBITION AFTER RELEASE OF ALBUM

Little Roy has been invited to play a live set at the In Bloom: The Nirvana Nevermind Exhibition, celebrating the music and history of the Seattle grunge luminaries in light of the 20th anniversary of Nevermind. This week saw the release of Little Roy’s full length LP Battle for Seattle, featuring adaptations of Nirvana classics [...]

NEWS: EMA – TOUR DATES + NEW SINGLE

Since her first trip to the UK playing as EMA, when she wowed Scout Niblett’s audiences and entranced The Great Escape attendees so much so than an extra secret 3rd show had to be put in, Erika M Anderson has been keeping busy Stateside; writing and recording new material, undertaking a hugely successful US headline [...]

NEWS: AIRSHIP – DEBUT ALBUM & UK TOUR

The Manchester quartet will release ‘Stuck In This Ocean’ on the 5th September through Play It Again Sam. Produced by Doves/Cherry Ghost producer Dan Austin at Rockfield Studios, the album was aided by Doves’ ambient programmer Rebelski, and Editors’ guitarist Chris Urbanowicz.  The album features the new Single ‘Algebra’ (out now) and the recent single, [...]

NEWS: THEME PARK – AUTUMN TOUR

Theme Park are excited to announce a number of UK dates beginning in September. The shows see the band play 3 dates for VICE, festival appearances and a tour support slot for Summer Camp amongst others. Their debut double A- side single ‘Wax’ / ‘A Mountain We Love’ was released on Monday 29th August. Both [...]

NEWS: WATERS – NEW SINGLE & STREAM OF ‘FOR THE ONE’

WATERS, the new project from former Port O’Brien front man Van Pierszalowski, will release their debut single ‘For The One’ on September 12th on City Slang. The first track to be taken from the album ‘Out in the Light’ which is set for release on September 19th, ‘For The One’ was recently leaked online and [...]

NEWS: EXITMUSIC – DEBUT EP ANNOUNCED AND FREE DOWNLOAD

Secretly Canadian have announced that Exitmusic will issue their debut EP ‘From Silence’ exclusively through independent record stores on October 3, with a full retail release scheduled for November 7. Church and Palladino started writing together several years ago, when Church moved to New York following a year teaching English in Taiwan and India. “We [...]

NEWS: JOSH T. PEARSON – NEW SINGLE, SUPER LIMITED LIVE ALBUM AND TOUR

Josh T. Pearson announces the release of ‘Sorry with a Song’, on 3rd October. His debut solo album ‘Last Of The Country Gentlemen’ is a collection of seven songs drawn from the lessons of what he describes as “a rough year”, which was released in March to universal acclaim after a self imposed hiatus that [...]

NEWS: SQUAREHEAD ANNOUCE DEBUT ALBUM ‘YEAH NOTHING’

Surf pop harmonies, guitar jangles and old school rock ‘n’ roll rhythms all come together on Yeah Nothing; the debut album from Irish garage pop trio Squarehead. A meeting point somewhere between the melodies of The Beach Boys and punk of Portland’s The Wipers, the record is scheduled for release through the Richter Collective on [...]

NEWS: THE NAKED AND FAMOUS NOVEMBER TOUR

The Naked And Famous have announced a UK tour for November. The New Zealanders picked up the Philip Hall Radar Award at the Shockwaves NME Awards in February as well as a place on the BBC Sound of 2011 longlist. Their album Passive Me Aggressive You (Fiction) has received positive reviews as have their recent shows [...]

NEWS: BIG DEAL ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES

Big Deal have announced additional dates for their UK tour. The band have taken to the road for a headline tour of the UK that includes a London date with support from Weird Dreams and Netherlands at Tamesis Dock on 7 September. The tour coincides with the release of their debut album Lights Out, and [...]

NEWS: DUTCH UNCLES – NEW SINGLE AND TOUR DATES

Dutch Uncles’ 2011 has been good, with their debut album for Memphis Industries ‘Cadenza’ garnering plaudits from critics and fans alike, and the band popping many a festival cherry. After a Europe-wide tour with Wild Beasts, Dutch Uncles will be heading off to begin work on their second album for Memphis. September 26th will see [...]

NEWS: FUCKED UP – NEW VIDEO

Set in late 1970′s Britain, ‘The Other Shoe’ is one of the record’s poppier moments and it’s accompanying video introduces us to the key narrative for the entire opera, capturing the moment when main character David meets Veronica for the first time and shows their subsequent plot to blow up the factory where David works [...]

NEWS: THE LEISURE SOCIETY – NEW SINGLE, UK TOUR WITH LAURA MARLING…

Symphonic pop band The Leisure Society have announced details of a new single, along with details of a reissue of current album ‘Into The Murky Water’ plus a support tour with Laura Marling. ‘Dust On The Dancefloor’ will be released through Full Time Hobby on Monday 24th October 2011. The single is taken from their [...]

NEWS: S.C.U.M. ANNOUNCE SINGLE AND VIDEO FROM UPCOMING ALBUM AND UK TOUR

S.C.U.M. are set to release a new single, ‘Whitechapel’ on Mute on 26 September 2011. ‘Whitechapel’, available on 12” and download, is the second single from S.C.U.M’s eagerly awaited debut album Again Into Eyes which is released on 12 September. The 12” comes backed with exclusive track ‘Blindness’ and both the vinyl and download feature [...]

NEWS: BRETON – NEW VIDEO ‘THE COMMISSION’

Art pop architects Breton are releasing a stunning new video to accompany their new song ‘The Commission’. It was directed by BretonLABS and Stuart Sinclair, a motion graphics artist who makes computer generated clips of space and satellites. The actor is Patrick Lyons, a beat poet from Boston – and legend on the south London squat party scene. The pair met [...]

NEWS: CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG TO RELEASE NEW LIVE AND UNRELEASED STUDIO TRACKS ALBUM

Charlotte Gainsbourg will release her new album ‘Stage Whisper’ through Because Music on 7th November. A double album of live and unreleased studio tracks, it will be the follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘IRM’ album, which came out in January 2010. ‘Stage Whisper’s studio material features collaborations with Beck, Conor O’Brien of Villagers, Noah [...]

NEWS: TUNE-YARDS – NEW SINGLE AND TOUR INFO & FREE REMIX

Following the recent success of second album ‘w h o k i l l’, released earlier this year, tUnE-yArDs return with both a new single and a handful of UK shows next month. This 12” takes the hip-hop inspired elements of ‘Gangsta’ even further with remixes from Adrock (Beastie Boys) and Cut Chemist (Jurassic 5, [...]

NEWS: 65DAYSOFSTATIC – 2 FREE DOWNLOADS AND TRAILER FOR ‘WE WERE EXPLODING ANYWAY’ & ‘HEAVY SKY’ RE-RELEASE

British electronic-infused post-rock group 65Daysofstatic announce the North American release of their latest album We Were Exploding Anyway in a special deluxe edition that also features the recent Heavy Sky EP. The expanded set will only be released in North America and hits stores on 2xCD, LP and Digital Download on October 25th, 2011 via [...]

NEWS: DAVID LYNCH TO RELEASE SOLO ALBUM ON NOVEMBER 7th

Filmmaker David Lynch will make his solo debut as a musical artist this fall with Crazy Clown Time. Produced and written by Lynch, the album’s 14 original songs spotlight him on guitar and vocals. Independent British label Sunday Best Recordings will release the full album internationally on November 7 (US release is set for November [...]

NEWS: DAVE DEPPER RELEASES ‘THE RAM PROJECT’

Dave Depper’s album ‘The Ram Project’ was released on Monday, August 22nd on City Slang. Following on from the live video of ‘Too Many People’, we’ve got a live video of him performing ‘Monkberry Moon Delight’ with members of Musee Mecanique and Joan Hiller in Oregon earlier this year. Initially only intended to be a [...]

NEWS: THE DRUMS – AUTUMN UK TOUR

The Drums will return to the UK later this year for a full headline tour in support of their second album, ‘Portamento’, out September 5th through Moshi Moshi / Island Records. For the week of album release, the band plays three intimate, sold out, launch shows in London to preview the new record.   Tour [...]

NEWS: TOTAL SLACKER ANNOUNCE ALBUM ‘THRASHIN’ AND STREAM OF ‘PSYCHIC MESA’

In one year as a group, Total Slacker have released two singles on independent record labels both in the U.S. and Europe, and have played over 100 shows at some of the largest venues in New York, garnishing the attention of notable press and international radio play, including their single ‘Crystal Necklace’ being voted #36 [...]

NEWS: THIS FRONTIER NEEDS HEROES – NEW ALBUM ‘THE FUTURE’ STREAM & VIDEO

Named after Woody Guthrie’s guitar scrawl during WWII, “This Machine Kills Fascists”, This Frontier Needs Heroes is the Alt-Folk duo, Brad and Jessica Lauretti from Brooklyn, NY. Their songs are personal, honest stories of love, loss and longing for a better world. Utilising Kickstarter donations from their growing fan base to fund their second album, [...]

NEWS: FUJIYA & MIYAGI – NEW FREE DOWNLOAD RELEASED

Following on from their latest album ‘Ventriloquizzing’, Brighton electronic pop band Fujiya & Miyagi have released a running track. Entitled ‘Different Blades From The Same Pair Of Scissors’, the one-off extended track is available via the band’s own label Strange Tongues from today (Monday 22nd August). Fujiya & Miyagi recorded the track originally in 2008 [...]

NEWS: MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCE UK TOUR

Following the success of their third album ‘Simple Math’ out earlier this year, Manchester Orchestra return to the UK for a headline UK tour. Kicking off in Bristol on October 2nd and ending with an appearance at Camden’s KoKo on October 7th. This is the band’s first ever UK Headline Tour, after opening for the [...]

NEWS: MAGAZINE – UK TOUR DATES

Magazine, the connoisseur’s choice, will play a series of 9 dates throughout the UK in November.The tour starts on the 1st at Bath Komedia and ends on the 10th at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London. The tour coincides with the November release of the fifth Magazine album, entitled ‘No Thyself’, the first new material recorded by [...]

NEWS: BLACKLISTERS DEBUT ALBUM AND FREE DOWNLOAD

This Leeds band formed in 2008 and quickly earned a reputation as a formidable live act through aggressive, confrontational performances riddled with dark humour. Track titles from their forthcoming 2012 album back this up with names like ‘I Can Confirm That Ruth Abigail Holmes Is Not Dead and Is Planning To Make a Movie About Her [...]

NEWS: GIVERS – DEBUT ALBUM AND FREE DOWNLOAD OF ‘UP UP UP’ REMIX

‘In Light’ is the name for the debut album from Louisiana’s Givers. ‘In Light’ will be released on the 10th October on Glassnote (Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, Kele, Two Door Cinema Club, The Temper Trap) and Island Records. Givers are a band that attepmt to fill your ears, hips and heart with uplift and sunshine. [...]

NEWS: TRAILER TRASH TRACYS RELEASE TASTER TRACK

London quartet Trailer Trash Tracys have signed with Double Six, the sister label to Domino Records, with a much anticipated debut full-length expected in January 2012. Trailer Trash Tracys – aka Suzanne Aztoria, Jimmy Lee, Adam Jaffrey and Dayo James –rose to prominence with the spiralling debut “Candy Girl/ You Wish You Were Red”. Taking [...]

NEWS: GIGSANDTOURS.COM ANNOUNCE GIG/TICKET APP

www.gigsandtours.com, the official website of two of the UK’s leading promoters, SJM Concerts and Metropolis Music are pleased to announce the first release of the Gigs And Tours App on iPhone/iPad for users to keep up with tour news, gigs nearby and interact on social networks. This is the first ticketing App to launch from [...]

NEWS: TIMBER TIMBRE ANNOUNCE TOUR AND VIDEO

Following the recent announcement that their second album ‘Creep On Creepin’ On’ has been nominated for the Polaris Prize, Canadian trio Timber Timbre have revealed a new video for album track ‘Bad Ritual’, featuring dark, Lynchian imagery akin to the track’s brooding melody. Having released their previous single ‘Creep On Creepin’ On’ via Full Time [...]

NEWS: LITTLE SCREAM ANNOUNCE TOUR AND TWO VIDEOS

Secretly Canadian are proud to announce that Little Scream – aka Montreal-based singer/guitarist Laurel Sprengelmeyer – will embark on a European tour next month, including two UK support slots with Sub Pop recording artists Handsome Furs plus a London headline show on Thursday September 14 at Brixton Windmill. Little Scream’s debut album The Golden Record [...]

FREE DOWNLOAD: EVERYTHING EVERYTHING – AIRSTRIKE ON YOUR FOREHEAD (DEMO)

Original demo of Everything Everything’s track ‘My Kz, Ur Bf’ called ‘Airstrike On Your Forehead’.

NEWS: 65DAYSOFSTATIC’S PAUL WOLINSKI ANNOUNCES SOLO ALBUM