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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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