Art pop architects Breton are releasing a stunning new video to accompany their new song ‘The Commission’. It was directed by BretonLABS and Stuart Sinclair, a motion graphics artist who makes computer generated clips of space and satellites. The actor is Patrick Lyons, a beat poet from Boston – and legend on the south London squat party scene. The pair met […]
Charlotte Gainsbourg will release her new album ‘Stage Whisper’ through Because Music on 7th November. A double album of live and unreleased studio tracks, it will be the follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘IRM’ album, which came out in January 2010. ‘Stage Whisper’s studio material features collaborations with Beck, Conor O’Brien of Villagers, Noah […]
Following the recent success of second album ‘w h o k i l l’, released earlier this year, tUnE-yArDs return with both a new single and a handful of UK shows next month. This 12” takes the hip-hop inspired elements of ‘Gangsta’ even further with remixes from Adrock (Beastie Boys) and Cut Chemist (Jurassic 5, […]
British electronic-infused post-rock group 65Daysofstatic announce the North American release of their latest album We Were Exploding Anyway in a special deluxe edition that also features the recent Heavy Sky EP. The expanded set will only be released in North America and hits stores on 2xCD, LP and Digital Download on October 25th, 2011 via […]
Filmmaker David Lynch will make his solo debut as a musical artist this fall with Crazy Clown Time. Produced and written by Lynch, the album’s 14 original songs spotlight him on guitar and vocals. Independent British label Sunday Best Recordings will release the full album internationally on November 7 (US release is set for November […]
Dave Depper’s album ‘The Ram Project’ was released on Monday, August 22nd on City Slang. Following on from the live video of ‘Too Many People’, we’ve got a live video of him performing ‘Monkberry Moon Delight’ with members of Musee Mecanique and Joan Hiller in Oregon earlier this year. Initially only intended to be a […]
The Drums will return to the UK later this year for a full headline tour in support of their second album, ‘Portamento’, out September 5th through Moshi Moshi / Island Records. For the week of album release, the band plays three intimate, sold out, launch shows in London to preview the new record. Tour […]
In one year as a group, Total Slacker have released two singles on independent record labels both in the U.S. and Europe, and have played over 100 shows at some of the largest venues in New York, garnishing the attention of notable press and international radio play, including their single ‘Crystal Necklace’ being voted #36 […]
Named after Woody Guthrie’s guitar scrawl during WWII, “This Machine Kills Fascists”, This Frontier Needs Heroes is the Alt-Folk duo, Brad and Jessica Lauretti from Brooklyn, NY. Their songs are personal, honest stories of love, loss and longing for a better world. Utilising Kickstarter donations from their growing fan base to fund their second album, […]
Following on from their latest album ‘Ventriloquizzing’, Brighton electronic pop band Fujiya & Miyagi have released a running track. Entitled ‘Different Blades From The Same Pair Of Scissors’, the one-off extended track is available via the band’s own label Strange Tongues from today (Monday 22nd August). Fujiya & Miyagi recorded the track originally in 2008 […]
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