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 […]
Ahead of the release of ‘Ester’ for release next month, London quartet Trailer Trash Tracys are capping off 2012 with the premiere of the video for ‘You Wish You Were Red’, the lead single from their debut album for Double Six. The video is a haunting and kaleidoscope affair and the perfect accompaniment to the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
‘Never Never’ is the first release from Bear Driver’s forthcoming as-yet-untitled debut album. Taking influence from bands such as Sparklehorse, The Flaming Lips and Yo La Tengo, Bear Driver write loved-up, fuzzed-up pop that demands your attention. It’s the sound of long-lost summers and hazy morning dreams, melodies that embed themselves deep in your subconscious […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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