BLUEDOT FESTIVAL AT JODRELL BANK LINE UP ANNOUNCED: HEADLINERS CARIBOU / UNDERWORLD / JEAN-MICHEL JARRE

The brand new 3 day festival to take place at Jodrell Bank Observatory has announced the headliners will be Caribou, Underworld and a UK festival exclusive from Jean-Michel Jarre. Taking place 22-24 July at Jodrell Bank, the Cheshire observatory at the cutting edge of humanity’s quest for knowledge, bluedot is a festival of discovery that […]
Manchester five-piece PINS have announced details of a brand new track “Trouble,” released on Record Store Day on 16th April through Bella Union Watch the teaser trailer below The limited-edition red 10” vinyl release will also feature “I’ll Get Mine” – another brand new track – along with a remix of “Trouble” by fellow Manchester […]

PINS REVEAL DETAILS OF RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE

LOUIS BARABBAS RELEASES VIDEO FOR ‘FAITH IN MYTHS’

Taken from his forthcoming LP Gentle Songs Of Ceasless Horror, which is released on 11th March via Debt Records. Louis Barabbas has shared a video for the fourth track on the album ‘Faith in Myths’ – the video is directed by Paul Wright and shot in Manchester. Louis Barabbas Official | Facebook | Twitter
Following their split 7” with Moon Duo late last year, Tokyo’s Kikagaku Moyo have announced details of their forthcoming new album ‘House In The Tall Grass’ for release on May 13th via Guruguru Brain. The album’s atmospheric & elemental first single “Kogarashi” (the Autumn wind) is streaming online now & the band have announced a […]

KIKAGAKU MOYO ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘HOUSE IN THE TALL GRASS’

MARK PRITCHARD ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘UNDER THE SUN’

Mark Pritchard is set to release Under The Sun on 13th May via Warp Records – His first solo album in five years. He draws on the sounds and influences genetically coded in his musical DNA; ambient, nu-wave, avant-garde electronics and folk; but reimagines them through an otherworldly filter that cements Under The Sun somewhere […]
Exploded View will be unveiled at SXSW by NY Label, Sacred Bones, fronted by German/Bristol political- journalist-turned-musician/singer Anika who released her self-titled debut album in collaboration with Geoff Barrow’s Invada imprint and Stones Throw to critical acclaim in 2010. This new project was created during the rehearsal sessions for Anika’s Mexican live debut back in March 2014.  An unexpected partnership formed between Annika and […]

INTRODUCING: EXPLODED VIEW

BETH ORTON STREAMS SONG PRODUCED BY FUCK BUTTONS’ ANDREW HUNG

Having relocated to California a couple of years ago, Beth began experimenting with a series of electronic loops that would eventually come together as her career-redefining new album; a record inspired both by the wide-open nature of Los Angeles and the spirit of Beth’s earliest recordings (electronic work with producers like William Orbit, Andrew Weatherall […]
To celebrate the release Palehound’s UK release of Dry Food on Heavenly Recordings on 4th March, the band has released a new music video for “Molly”. Directed by Lara Jean Gallagher and Brian Kinkley, the video follows the surreal (and slightly tragic) story of EggGuy, and the woman who eventually eats him. “EggGuy was concocted […]

PALEHOUND SHARES ‘MOLLY’ VIDEO

CATE LE BON ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘CRAB DAY’

CATE LE BON will release her fourth album Crab Day on 15th April via Turnstile on CD and download. In the US the album will be released via Drag City. Recorded at Panoramic House studio, West Marin, California last spring, Crab Day was produced by Noah Georgson and Josiah Steinbrick. According to Cate: “Crab Day […]
Japanese cult pop punk trio Shonen Knife celebrate their 35th Anniversary this year with a brand new album Adventure (out on 1 April via Damnably). They will be hitting the road for their most extensive UK and Eire tour in April, which includes a gig at The Ruby Lounge in Manchester Formed in Osaka by […]

SHONEN KNIFE ANNOUCE NEW LP & UK TOUR