Following the release of their squelchy new burst of synthpop ‘Det Haster!’ (“it’s urgent!”) this week on Moshi Moshi Records, Norway’s CASIOKIDS have revealed a creepy video for the track featuring all manner of teddy bear abuse. The Det Haster! single, which comes backed with a remix of the track by Of Montreal, is taken […]
– THE GOOD FUN ISSUE – Kitsuné’s head-honcho and the brain behind its renowned compilation series, Gildas Loaëc, is letting us discover it for the first time on headphones because his young sons are sleeping next door. However the energy is more present than ever in the spontaneous musical outbursts gathered in this new edition […]
Tiga and Zombie Nation have both rocked remarkably long and prolific careers, the members of ZZT possess uncanny staying power in an industry where hype ends faster than it begins. Zombie Nation’s production credentials are impeccable, and his reputation as a live performer has made him a permanent fixture on Europe’s main stages. Meanwhile, Tiga’s […]
On the heels of their US tour opening for the legendary Bryan Ferry, The Phenomenal Handclap Band will release “Following” – the first single off their forthcoming new album, Form & Control, out January 31st via Tummy Touch Records. The track finds the group taking the next step forward from the cosmic disco-funk and international, […]
Due for release on November 7th, ‘Hollandaze’ is a grimy, gum-splattered ménage of surf-gaze, punk and lo-fi, cut from twanging reverb & fuzz heavy guitars, thick driving bass & drum machines and overdriven hammond organ. Based in Toronto, Odonis Odonis make killer hook-driven tunes that hark back to the classic ‘80s sounds of The Jesus […]
Cherry Ghost have added a third date to their acoustic live shows which will be taking place this December. Fans will now be given the opportunity to be captivated by their poetic ballads once again at The Deaf Institute in Manchester on 11th AND 19th December and at Bush Hall in London on 13th December. […]
With her new album “Tumble Bee”, a collection of folk songs for children, due for release next month on Bella Union records, Laura Veirs has just announced a 6-date UK tour for January / February 2012. (Dates below) Recorded by Grammy-nominated producer Tucker Martine in their home in Portland, Oregon in the spring of 2011, […]
Visual experimentalists Breton have released a short film for their forthcoming debut single ‘Edward The Confessor’, due for release on Fat Cat Records on 21st November 2011. The track’s lyrics are based on a field recording of a conversation taking place between two unknown men, the subject matter of which is immigration and the frustration […]
With the release of his first solo musical project ‘Crazy Clown Time’ through Sunday Best Recordings on November 7th, David Lynch marks a departure from his revered and influential musical collaborations in the past with Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks), Polish pianist Marek Zebrowski (Inland Empire), and Sparklehorse and Danger Mouse (Dark Night of the Soul). […]
With their debut LP “Welcome to Condale” just around the corner, the duo Summer Camp are announcing the release of a brand new single, “Down”. While their album evokes a cinematic microverse of teenage lovers and loners, freaks and high school geeks in American suburbia, “Down”, appropriately enough, comes across as a cry of frustrated […]
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