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Jasper Sloan Yip is a multi-genre singer/songwriter with a dynamic and versatile band behind him. His musical career began with the release of his solo debut “White Elephant” under the moniker “the Blenheim Street Project” in the summer of 2007. Recorded at home with a single broken microphone, “White Elephant” was the first and only public expression of Jasper’s songwriting. For the release, Jasper built a stage in the backyard …

Silver Apples play The Luminaire in Kilburn, London this Sunday – 8th August. Sonic Boom, will be joining Simeon on stage for a handful of tracks. Silver Apples are a psychedelic electronic music duo from New York City composed of Simeon Coxe III, who performs as Simeon, on a primitive synthesizer of his own devising (also named The Simeon), and until his death in 2005, drummer Danny Taylor. The group …

School of Seven Bells released this video for Windstorm this week which premiered on Facebook. They’ve also released a couple of tracks for full preview. Babelonia is included below. The video was filmed in Brooklyn and was directed by David Altobelli.

Sonny and the Sunset’s vintage-style west coast pop songs tell sordid tales of death, drowning, outcasts, heavenly visions and otherworldly despair. Their newest LP, Tomorrow is Alright radiates with a classic yet indefinable sound, almost like a futuristic 50’s R&B. California native Sonny Smith started his career playing in a blues piano bar nestled in the mountain towns of Colorado at the age of eighteen. He then embarked on a …

Blabbermouth, aka Steve Thompson, burst on to the UK music scene in 2008. After leaving university with a degree in Fine Art, ever the gambler, Steve struggled to be an ‘artist’ in the city and so he buried his paintbrushes when he won £250 at the casino and invested in a 12-string guitar. Despite having to trade his guitar on numerous occasions for rent, his talent, wit and love of …

A great podcast from Domino Records for you to download and enjoy. In this episode, hit-makers The Count & Sinden speak with genial host Billy Reeves about their debut LP (“Mega Mega Mega”). Villagers have been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and Domino celebrate with “Ship of Promises”. Plus new songs by Tricky, These New Puritans, Lightspeed Champion and Chief.

Wilderness Heart is the next album instalment from Black Mountain (UK release: 13/09). Their label Jagjaguwar state it’s arguably the band’s tightest, most concentrated venture, but there’s still plenty of raw rock energy at work. “It’s our most metal and most folk oriented record so far,” McBean says. “I’m not gonna say it’s our best record or the album that we always dreamt of making ’cause that’s what everyone says.

Since the release of Jonsi’s solo album go which we mentioned back in April the music press have been all over it. This was not suprising, taking into account the mammoth world tour and a stage set designed by 59 productions, bringing together the worlds of theatre and music. With each video release, expectations are raised even further. You can decide for yourself whether the latest video for Animal Arithmetic …

Angus and Julia Stone are well underway with a European tour and will be heading to the UK in December if you want to catch them. Their latest album, Down The Way, was released in March this year. Whilst hunting around the web we came across this great session put together by the good folks at Le Cargo! that’s really worth watching:

The fabulous Willkommen Collective are out in force this Friday when they take up residence at The Big Chill’s Lazy Land stage. In addition to 35 of the collective being present from Thursday onwards it’s also Willkommen clarinet player Emma “The Mad Gatter” Gatrill’s birthday so they have extended an open invitation to come and party with them. Sounds too good to miss! The line-up for Friday – August 6th …

As mentioned on their main site The Decemberists are now well underway recording their sixth album at a barn in an undisclosed location near Portland. Their management suggested they provide some photos of their endeavours so they provided this interesting photo of a strange looking cross dressing fairy:

When First Aid Kit came to the UK recently our London based reviewer, Melanie, managed to have a lovely pre-show talk with them before their show at The Garage. If you missed Melanie’s pre-show interview and gig review then read it here (plus some great photos from Michael on the night). They have since headed on over to the states where they have had a lovely welcome from the good …