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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Following the recent announcement of their new remix album (‘Grinderman 2 RMX’), Grinderman are currently giving away one of the album’s stand out tracks. The Silver Alert remix of ‘Evil’ which features guest vocals from Matt Berninger, from The National, is now available for free download below. ‘Grinderman 2 RMX’ is set for release on 26th March via Mute Records. The album […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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