Album Review: Mercury Rev – The Light In You
Pressing play on a Mercury Rev album is like the aural equivalent of opening a volume of fairy tales. You know you’ll be in for an intense and evolving series of narratives infused with melancholy and introspection best enjoyed in its entirety as an immersive experience. For a band with a track record of creating albums with this level of intricacy, it’s hardly surprising that Mercury Rev’s last full-length release was 2008’s Snowflake Midnight. However, like any underrated... Read More
Album Review: Shopping – Why Choose
October sees the return of Shopping with their first full length since their 2013 début Consumer Complaints (difficult to find on a search engine on two counts, I know). The band have been busy of late, having supported Montreal post-punk outfit Ought on their UK tour last month, the London trio continue with a plethora of shows. They’re doing an album launch for Why Choose at Bleach in Brighton on October 6th before heading to the states on the 10th for a tour starting in... Read More
DARKSTAR RELEASE ‘STOKE THE FIRE’ VIDEO
Darkstar To coincide with the release of their third album, ‘Foam Island’, released last week on Warp, Darkstar has released a new video for album track Stoke The Fire.The video directed by Cieron Magnat http://cieron-cieron.tumblr.com/ is a short uplifting and true documentation profiling the people featured on the album & photographed for the artwork. James Young from the band says: “Cieron traveled up to West Yorkshire to document the people that contributed to the... Read More
HINDS ANNOUNCE UK TOUR AND SHARE NEW VIDEO
Hinds and The Parrots photo by Anna Roig Hinds offer fans another glimpse into world, in the form of a double music video/ short film for their cover of Thee Headcoatees’ ‘Davey Crockett’ and The Parrots’ cover of ‘All My Loving’, which was released earlier this year for Record Store Day as a split 7 inch single. Hinds and The Parrots spoke to Pitchfork about the making of the video: “we are 7 dudes born and raised in madrid and we’ve... Read More
PROM ANNOUNCE AA SIDE 7″ SINGLE
Prom PROM are London’s new purveyors of minimal, utilitarian, regimented anti-boredom industrial surf music. New AA-side 7” single ‘Touch Me’ / ‘I’ll Teach You’ is self-released on October 23rd “The vocals are ugly,” frontwoman Angela Won-Yin Mak explains of the track’s brutish motive. “It’s about exploding platitudes and empty, exaggerated, romantic gestures born from guilt, regret and fear. Think of buying flowers when you’ve done something wrong, the... Read More
FIELD MUSIC ANNOUNCE FIRST UK TOUR IN FOUR YEARS
Field Music by Julien Bourgeois Field Music have announced their first UK tour since 2012 25 Feb – Newcastle, The Cluny 26 Feb – Newcastle, The Cluny 28 Feb – York, The Duchess 03 Mar – Cardiff, The Globe 04 Mar – Exeter Phoenix, Exeter 05 Mar – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham 10 Mar – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 11 Mar – Manchester, Band on the Wall 13 Mar – Glasgow, CCA 18 Mar – London, Islington Assembly Hall 19 Mar –... Read More
LIVE: 65DAYSOFSTATIC – 29/10/2014
65daysofstatic -MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER – Tonight is a special night. It’s ten years since Sheffield post-rockers 65daysofstatic released their debut album The Fall of Math, and tonight they are playing it in full in the magnificently moody surroundings of Manchester Cathedral. It couldn’t be more perfect for them, the grandeur of the venue matching the scope and intensity of this quite astonishing performance, it’s the ideal marriage of venue and band. Joe... Read More
DAVID SHRIGLEY AND MALCOLM MIDDLETON TO RELEASE ALBUM
A unique musical collaboration between artist David Shrigley and songwriter Malcolm Middleton will be released on December 15th via Melodic Records. The duo have blended their work to create Music and Words, a 12 track LP featuring the vocals of comic actor Gavin Mitchell, the transatlantic tones of Californian Scott Vermeire, actor Bridget McCann and Shrigley himself. “I loved all the music Malcolm made,” said Shrigley. “We have similar sensibilities; we’re both into... Read More
LIVERPOOL DUO BEACH SKULLS SHARE NEW VIDEO
Surf inspired Liverpool band Beach Skulls has shared a video for their track Dreamin’ Blue. The two-piece released the track on 7 inch vinyl earlier this month through Eighties Vinyl Records. The group say the track is inspired by the sun drenched West Coast U.S. Beaches of Huntington and Half Moon Bay. Beach Skulls Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud Read More
ELECTRONIC FIVE-PIECE BRETON PREVIEW NEW BONUS TRACK FROM EXPANDED REISSUE
Electronic five-piece Breton has shared a bonus track from their expanded reissue of their latest album War Room Stories. Exit Row is one of nine bonus tracks to appear on the reissued EP, set for release on November 10.The London group, which has previously toured with Local Natives and Foals, also include two new tracks, Titan and Parthian Shot, as well as previously unseen tour pictures and a PDF of all of the group’s lyrics to date. Breton will also mark the release... Read More
