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Casiokids are the latest in an ever-lengthening line of bands/groups/acts from the Western coast city of Bergen in Norway to emerge. You might remember that at last year's Great Escape, roughly a year ago now, we co-hosted a Norwegian Music Export event, involving them. We got them to create a mixtape for us, too to help celebrate Norwegian music AND some of their other non-Norwegian faves. »
World conquering Damon Albarn supergroup creation Gorillaz will tour England in September, playing five arena dates. Unfortunately there are absolutely no dates out of INGERLUND, which is a shame for those who live in the extreme North or extreme West of this island we call Britain. »
We caught up with the affable Mr. Mason in the East London sunshine last week to have a natter about his new record, nostalgia and the dreaded Digital Economy Bill...»
Interpol has lost a member, in bassist Carlos Dengler, a man with a quite fantastic surname. The band, who release their fourth record later this year, announced the news on their website along with confirming some new tour dates.»
Earlier this year Quasi, featuring Janet Weiss once of Sleater-Kinney, released American Gong. We quite liked it, actually scoring it 8/10. Fair enough, because it is quite fantastical. »
Jeff Mangum solo shows are rare things. Some people might say that he's a strange fellow. But it's good to see him doing his thing, as he did last night over in Manhattan, playing a benefit show for Chris Knox, who also happens to be Mangum's mate. »
Hey! Moby's still around! And still releasing music, including an album out next week, entitled Wait For Me Remixes. It's a remix record (obviously!) of his track of the same name and features works by some of the good and great of the music industry, including Carl Cox and Tiesto. »
More. More. More.»
Band t-shirts are one thing. We've all got them, right? Sure, some of us possess more than a few of them, collecting the damned things like stamps. Others just have a prime selection, like that worn-out, tatty Wonderstuff one from a long, long, long, time»
Popular electronica duo Ratatat have confirmed the release of their next album, which will be the next in the series of logically titled records, being christened LP4, following on from LP3 etc. It'll come out on June 7 in the UK via XL Recordings, who have also released all of their other full-length records.»
Yesterday the oft unusual Fall took the unusual step of premiering/showing/whatevering their new video on Bury Council's website. The track itself is called 'Bury', so it all linked in quite well. You may well have watched it.»
If it's not the changes of pace which draws you into the heart then it's the intensity. Each and every time I've entered the world painted by Arnalds I've found it hard to leave, to stop listening to make dinner, make a drink or do anything... Upon the release of his full-length from last year, we said: “If Dyad 1909’s accomplishments serve as any indicator, his next full-length is likely to be a definitive statement.” For Arnalds to be defined by this alone would be no shame at all though, given his career ethic to date, it's not a possibility that he'll ever settle for that. »
Yesterday we brought you a slice of fresh 'Tenderoni' from the debut Kele Okereke solo album. Yeah, him out of Bloc Party. Now there's a brand new video sitting in my inbox, and YouTube, of the aformentioned cut of 'Tenderoni'. We apologise for a bit of a»
Australians Tame Impala release their debut album over here next week. That's called InnerSpeaker and follows on from a previous EP, the eponymously titled Tame Impala EP. As a result they've announced their first ever tour of America, where they will warm up for MGMT who are apparently on very friendly terms with the band. »
As reported last week, three-piece, two faces trio School of Seven Bells are set to return with their second full-length LP in July. Given the quality abundant in their first album, Alpimisms, we hold out high hopes on the new one. Thankfully we can now »
Jack Tatum may sound like a young superhero from a comic book, but he's not. Well, not in the traditional sense, anyway. He's more commonly know by his stage name, that of Wild Nothing and he releases his debut record next month.»
Last week we alerted you (perhaps) to Gayngs's free download giveaway of 'Faded High' with its sparse, space age mysticism and great service to the practice of multi-layered vocals. It was, in our eyes, an epic journey. This week we've got some visual de»
Pink Floyd's rock leviathan Roger Waters has launched a viral marketing campaign for his forthcoming The Wall: Live tour and ironically, a victim (if you want to call it that) of the promotion is the famous Elliott Smith Figure 8 WALL in Los Angeles, so reports LA Weekly.»
If you frequent our forums and happen to actually like "the beautiful game" then you probably won't have failed to notice that the popular indie-rock band from Sunderland, The Futureheads, challenged 'us' to a game of football. »
Foals release their quite-hotly-anticipated second record on May 10, which is next Monday, so only a few days away. From what we've heard so far - and likewise you, I assume - it should surpass their first effort in Antidotes, an achievement indeed.»
Bloc Party frontman and arguable band leader Kele Okereke announced that he would release his solo debut record in July, through Wichita recordings. Now there's a small slice of it to listen to, as well as a UK and Irish tour ANNNNNNND more: the album art has also been revealed.»
Listen to a previously unreleased track. »
The current wave of opinion suggests that Toronto's Crystal Castles have surpassed themselves with their latest offering, the once again eponymously titled Crystal Castles II, which we gave a first listen to here. It's out now digitally, but gets a proper release in a few weeks time.»
The inappropriately named Holy Fuck release their new and second record, Latin, in just under six days time, through Young Turks. We already got a taste of Latin when they 'released' lead single 'Latin America' as a free download back in March, but now the duo have unveiled the time-lapse-tastic video for it, which you can watch below:»
There's not much more information than that available but there is, fortunately, a track from the record available to stream and download. That's called 'Good Evening' and it's the first single. In terms of length it's about six-and-a-half minutes long. You can also listen to it below. It's a slow, slightly laid-back effort, but one which bursts through, albeit understatedly, towards the ending. Gentle.»
A show which involves sitting down in proper seats is always welcome, especially of a Sunday evening. Gigs in theatres are also al»
Interesting.»
Matthew Houck releases his latest album as Phosphorescent in the next month or so. He's already given away a track or two from it but today there is another free download for y'all. The forthcoming record is called Here’s To Taking It Easy and the track now available is the rhyming 'Mermaid Parade' which, we assume, is just across the street from Billy Bragg's Mermaid Avenue, though we'll have to check the A-Z. »
Self explanatory headline, really. »
