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Following on from two of the finest EPs released this year in CMYK and Klavierwerke - it's fair to say that a James Blake full-length is being quite hotly anticipated. Which is why it's good news that we now know the release date of it and a possible title (via FactMag).»
You may think that, whilst Joanna Newsom's career so far has been relatively sparkling, she's hardly a worthy subject of whole albums of covers. Some people might agree with you, but if you sit down and think about it, the quality of material points towards more worthiness than not. So reconsider.»
Last year saw Leeds duo worriedaboutsatan release their debut record, Arrivals. It was, and still is, a masterpiece of nocturnal electronica, with the odd bit of guitar-related content creeping in. There's been a few bits and bobs from them this year, including the equally excellent 'Heart Monitor' and the remix of White Hinterland's 'Icarus'.»
Hey! It's time for a new ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead track. It's not streaming here, but it is streaming over at Spin.com, which is a very, very, very good reason to visit that website, even if you don't normally do so. The track is called 'Summer Of All Dead Souls' and is a motivating piece of work, at least in a semi-physical sort of way. Not quite wall-punching in its intensity, but approaching it. »
We like I Like Trains. You should have worked that out by the glut of articles we ran last week, including a track-by-track insight of their new record, He Who Saw The Deep, as well as a literature inspired mixtape. Top, top lads. »
British Sea Power may have released one of the most criminally underrated albums - and indeed whole musical projects - in last year's Man Of Aran. Which, in some ways, is a shame. They return with a new album next year, though, and we can now get a little taste of it as they've made a track free to download.»
Talons release their debut record on November 15, which was yesterday. It came out on Big Scary Monsters, that indie label of much repute and excellent releases. It's called Hollow Realm and you can listen to all 10 tracks below, via the embedded SoundCloud player. Brilliant-e stuff.»
Following on from her storming black-toned appearance at London's Heaven not two weeks ago, Swedish starlet Lykke Li has announced another batch of UK dates for next year, as well as releasing a video for new track 'Get Some', taken from her forthcoming record. »
Brilliant Texan four-piece Spoon release a new single on November 15 through Anti- Records. It's not exactly new because it comes off Transference, which was released a little while ago now, but it is still as good as it ever was. We've got the premiere of the video.»
This week's content-themed round-up of songs in the form of a playlist, featuring Pulp, Weezer, Hjaltalin, Terror Danjah, Dreamend, Spoon, David Bowie and some more people. »
Don't want to bleat on too much here, but Ash are playing London at The Park Rooms on Saturday November 13. We're not just giving away a pair of tickets this time but a pair of VIP tickets to see them play. This includes access to the sound-check and, of course, the after-party. All worth having I'd say.»
A nice touch.»
I can't say I've ever had the desire to interview John Lydon, although I'm sure he'd be an entertaining person to do so with. If you're a fan of the man and fancy having a 10-minute one-to-one chat with him then you're in luck, or you could be. »
Next Monday - November 16 - Norah Jones releases an album chock-full of collaborations. That's the general idea of it, actually, as it's called ...Featuring and has a whole host of guest stars, as you'd expect. These include Belle & Sebastian, Herbie »
Earlier, quite some time earlier in fact, Everything Everything released a video for 'Photoshop Handsome'. That video has, however, now been re-done, to coincide with the release of the track as a single on January 17. You can watch it here. As ever, we'l»
Over the last few weeks there's been a drip-feed of information about Gruff Rhys's new solo record. We'd learned about the release date, the tracklisting, even saw a video. But there was still no title. Or rather, we didn't know what the title was. Well now we do.»
The brilliant Danish group Efterklang have been busy working with French film maker and director Vincent Moon for a film. Exciting stuff. The band made the film in August this year on an island in the Danish countryside, hence the film being called An Island. We are told the aim was to shoot a piece which would be roughly as long as an album with plenty of musical collaborations and general messing about.»
He's here. Honestly!»
Now, we don't normally do these sort of "remix of X by person Y" type articles but today we make an exception. Firstly, we make an exception because it is Leeds Day on DiS and the band in question here are very much from Leeds. Secondly, we make an exception because the remix is abso-fucking-lutely fantastic. It may even be - whisper it - better than the original. That takes some doing, by the way. »
Earlier this week, as I was walking in between the Northbound and Southbound sections of Camden Town underground station, I was sure I saw James from Pulled Apart By Horses on a phenomenally long advert for Converse. I can't be 100% sure, but it definitel»
Here's a new video from of Montreal, who released their new album, False Priest, quite recently. It's for 'Famine Affair', which was directed by Jason Miller and Kevin Barnes's wife, Nina Barnes. Yet again the man Kevin Barnes is on hand to explain a little more about the video and what it all means.»
You'd have thought we'd have all got quite fed up of bands from yesteryear reforming, even the good ones. Probably not this time, mind, as Pulp will be reuniting for some shows in the middle part of next year. A great way to start the week.»
This week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring the works of Liars, !!!, NLF3, Ramadanman, Raime, Danny Saul, Andrew Bird and more!»
Guest stars a-plenty.»
Watch Blonde Redhead play 'Oslo' for 4AD.»
Damon Albarn is not a man who shies away from collaboration and nor is he all that likely to take any sort of extended break any time soon. He recently revealed that he's got a ton of projects ongoing in an interview with The Stuff (via Pitchfork). This includes three albums. Man's a machine, no?»
Earlier this week the news broke that Patrick Wolf was to return with a new single in December entitled 'Time Of My Life'. The good news today is that you can now not only HEAR this very track but also watch the video for it. It's a pretty low-budget affair and Patrick doesn't actually appear in it, nor does anybody else but, y'know, the song promises much for the full album.»
In this video interview Brian Eno talks to an inappropriately named man (Dick Flash) about his new album, which is called Small Craft On A Milk Sea, and comes out through Warp Recordings on November 15. Dick Flash is from Pork Magazine, by the way. We are»
The other day The Decemberists confirmed that they were to release a new record. It's called The King Is Dead and will come out on January 17 through Rough Trade. Exciting times. There will be a single - 'Down By The Water' which features R.E.M's Peter Buck and Gillian Welch. It officially comes out on November 15, but you can get it here! »
As with our other themed and celebratory weeks having digests of their content, we thought it'd be best to do the same thing for our 10 Years of Nordic Series. There was a large chunk of content, so here's a run-down of what happened in News, Features and whatever else we through up. Thanks for reading. Also, while you're here...the list page will not just be home to the crop of stuff that was posted during those two weeks but also to any other relevant Nordic content over time. »
