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So, the LCD Soundsystem album This Is Happening has been drip-fed to us in the last month or so, firstly with the abrasively arrogant 'Drunk Girls' and then a some more. Rumour has that it has, unfortunately, leaked onto the vast space of information that makes up the internet. As tends to happen with events like this (see: MGMT) bands now put up an album stream sharpish. »
Following much speculation about the future of the doomed BBC 6Music radio station, the corporation's Head of Audio and Music, Tim Davie, has said that 6 will not be repackaged as BBC Radio 2 Extra (or Xtra, however you render it...), as some reports had proposed. Whether or not the campaign to save 6 Music thinks this a good or bad thing is not clear. (via The Guardian). Perhaps good. »
New track - 'Laredo'.»
Quite recently Gyratory System released an EP which featured some new material. It was called Yowser Yowser Yowser. The title track was then released as a single, or a remix EP if you want to flog it particularly strongly. The tracklisting for all of the»
Following from the resounding success that was HEALTH//DISCO, the Californian fans and exponents of BIG NOISE will be releasing another remix record of a similar bent, this time called DISCO2. Heartening news of a sunny Tuesday afternoon (via Pitchfork). »
Having one self-titled record is de rigeur these days. Having two, well, that's less conventional for obvious reasons relating to clarity. Toronto glitch-core purveyors Crystal Castles have adopted that tactic, and have decided to go with Crystal Castles again for their forthcoming second LP. »
The BBC do and have done a many great wonderful things. All those nature documentaries, Newsnight, Match Of The Day, 15 Storeys High etc. Now they've started filming and posting videos of the variety of interesting artists who perform live for them, including Essex's finest (TM) These New Puritans, who waltzed over to Maida Vale studios to perform for/on Rob Da Bank's Radio 1 show. »
In a slightly unconventional tactic, The Chap have decided to promote their new record by releasing a version of it which is but three-and-a-half minutes long, compressed for your listening 'pleasure'. You can listen to that version of Well Done Europe by visiting their BandCamp here. The chances of you getting through all of it are minimal. »
Supernatural American folkist D.M Stith has set the UK release date for a collection of remixes, covers and alternative versions of his songs in a double album entitled Heavy Ghost: Appendices. The sharp-eyed of you will notice that this Heavy Ghost was his debut record, released last year. So yes, this serves as an appendix to it. As you should have worked out. »
Quite recently we brought you Scottish four-piece Copy Haho's documentation of their recent European tour with not-actually-Welsh indie-pop renegades Los Campesinos! It was quite good. It made me, and I hope in turn you, laugh. Well, now there's another Los Campesinos! video to watch, albeit one which is slightly longer and less...jauntily edited. Yeah.»
"What comes to mind when you think of West Palm Beach?" the press release asks. Well, I think of the Bonnie 'Prince' Billy song of that very name. But Florida's Surfer Blood are also from that locale and they have now confirmed the UK release date of their debut LP release. Hooray..for those of you who haven't already heard the record, by means legal or illegal. »
Hmmmm. We did mention overload when we ran that HEALTH video earlier yesterday, but since our back-end was totally ruined all of Monday we've had little else to do other than dunk biscuits into ever-increasing cups of tea and b) watch plenty of music vide»
Though his chums - Laura Marling, Mumford and Sons et al. - may be getting plenty of recognition and what could broadly be termed as limelight in recent weeks and months, dear Johnny Flynn has been plugging away at his new record in the meantime. The albu»
The single has changed an awful lot over the years, from the 7" platters of decades gone by to the digital freebies which permeate the musical landscape quite frequently these days. The latter is what the trio known as Ganglians are offering.»
We may have seen somewhat of a video overload in the past month or so, though last week was surprisingly barren when it came to anything decent. So it's a undoubtedly a good thing that the first music video of this week is of a high standard and from a ba»
It may feel slightly late to be announcing tours to take place in the fine month of May, but that hasn't stopped Dinosaur Jr, who have done exactly that, much to the delight of many of you people. Apparently this has been floating around for a little whil»
Walter Schreifels is commonly remembered as the fellow who founded Rival Schools back in 1999. We all know what happened there. Since they split up and more recently, he's embarked on a solo career but with music of a different...style to what came before»
You should have noticed that on our front page there is a trio of reviews of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds records, they being Henry's Dream, Tender Prey and The Good Son, along with a photo of Imelda Marcos. That's because they've been remastered and re-»
Never did we think there'd be a day when SEVERAL of our news stories were NICKED from The Sun, but today is just that day. Following the news that Blur are to release a new single, the news comes to us that Twilight Star Robert Pattinson is due to play Kurt Cobain in a film of the singer's life. »
Blur are to release their first single for an absolute age, to be released next week, in aid of Record Store Day on April 17, reports The Sun. It is, they point out, the band's first single since way back in 2003, when 'Good Song' was released, reaching number 22 in the chart. »
More Spotify based musical relevance this week, featuring Youthmovies, Darwin Deez, The Thermals, Erykah Badu, Sleater Kinney and more! Click here to listen to it. 1. Darwin Deez - 'Radar Detector' If this song has been played on 6Music once this wee»
Well, I've stayed up about 20 minutes past my usual bedtime and heaven knows some of you hard working British (and non Brits) people have too. I have no idea what the rumours floating around were saying, but I hope none of you are disappointed by the announcement that Godspeed You! Black Emperor will curate All Tomorrow's Parties' first December weekend for 2010, more commonly known as The Nightmare Before Christmas.»
Just as one Corin leaves us, another pops her head up once more. »
A couple of weeks back the wonderful Wax Fang had just a handful of UK dates scheduled for May, including a couple in London, one at ATP and one in Brighton for The Great Escape. Now they've added more dates, taking it from a mere handful to perhaps a bucketful, or something around that size of measurement. »
Florida's Surfer Blood have been getting a fair bit of praise around these parts, and in other sections of the indie music press and online type websites. They have the sort of name that only American bands can get away with. They also have the sort of sound that only American bands can get away with. They were also recently confirmed to play ATP, so they must be doing something right. Right?!»
The seemingly doomed radio station BBC 6Music has picked up an encouragingly high number of nominations for this year's Sony Awards, the radio industry's most prestigious annual prize-giving ceremony. »
Listen to some new material!»
FESTIVAL RELATED LINE-UP NEWS, ENNIT!»
Well hello there. What's this we have ourselves here? A free sampler by all-round pretty-damn-good record label Kill Rock Stars, the home of records by Elliott Smith, The Thermals, Sleater Kinney, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof and about a thousand other wonderful artists. Yes, yes it is.»
A strong but not astounding record.»
