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Matador records are going all out with the launch of Belle and Sebastians forthcoming album Write About Love due out on October 12th. Last week saw the launch of the first in a series of televisual transmissions of varying sizes and shapes from Matador to mark the album’s impending release. Here’s the first one which features two new tracks from the album: “I Want The World To Stop” and “I …
Will Sheff of Okkervil River recently played a solo show at The Living Room in New York, during which he treated the crowd to two new songs “Walked Out On A Line” and “Lay of the Last Survivor” which you can watch below. His label, Jagjaguwar are not giving anything away on whether the songs will appear on the next Okkervil River record. Although I’d hazard a guess that there …
We recently posted about the release of Black Mountain’s new album Wilderness Heart. The band have just released a new video for “The Hair Song” which was directed by Zoe Bower and Simon Chan. It tells a great story based around those coming of age years that many of you may remember…how can you forget?…or you’re having those hassles right now such as being shut out of clubs and having …
Silje Nes was recently filmed by the fabulous Blogotheque in Toronto on her recent North American tour with DM Stith (see, I told you his name keeps cropping up), for one of their Take Away shows. Silje performs a wonderful, stripped-down, acoustic guitar, voice and viola rendition of the track Symmetry of Empty Space (taken from her forthcoming full-length Opticks). The sunshine and atmosphere was perfect for the song. They …
This has got to be one of the more amusing sessions recorded by Vincent Moon of La Blogotheque, not least because up until recording the session he was not convinced by Yeasayer. When he saw them perform in Brooklyn they puzzled him, when he heard them on record it was worse…but after all that the session turned into something no one was expecting. A joyous underground session followed by a …
Tasseomancy is a continuation of what was a bare bones neo-gothic folk duo. Formerly known as Ghost Bees, Sari and Romy Lightman have begun to experiment with heavier, ambient sounds, influenced by death ritual, hebraic song, war drums, ancestry and myth. The sisters recorded their second full-length this winter with producer Taylor Kirk and accompanying band, Timber Timbre. It will be released sometime before the next thaw.
We stumbled across The Loom thanks to the good folk at Brooklyn Vegan who covered a recent Mercury Lounge gig which featured The Loom and another Frukie favourite, Lost in Trees. The Loom describe themselves as a six-piece indie rock band from Brooklyn that features male/female vocals, horns, guitars, banjo, ukulele, keys, and percussion. All sounds very straightforward and humble, but they have been attracting a lot of attention since …
Matthew over at Song, By Toad has been making a great video diary of the Fence Collective’s Haarfest 2010. Needless to say, in typical Toad fashion things don’t always go according to plan. The Day Three video is below. There was a problem with the power supply and the workmen that turned up to fix it managed to spread the problem and then the gas board were called out…despite this …
Antony and the Johnsons have released a powerful new video to Thank You For You Love which we covered recently. The video is so open and honest, an expression of angst and refuge. Of suffering and pain, rejection and solace. Individuality amongst the fear of just that. The flash up of a sign stating: “Do You Want to Hurt Me?” summed it up for me…
Open House Festival, have offered a free treat for your ears. A download of some great tracks from some of the artists performing at this years outstanding Indie Festival of the year in Belfast. They have offered this year on year and it only serves to highlight the talent that will be arrving and performing in Belfast next month! For those that want to enjoy the culture and luxury on …
Hey Rosetta! recorded a session for La Blogotheque in San Francisco. In the words of Art Perez at La Blogotheque: I found myself having to give this band a chance. I needed to listen to something new. They were cunning and heart wrenching. Polite and angry. Happy and sad. Their lyrics were smart and their melodies were powerful. They weren’t just something “new” they were something “great”.
Springs is the new brainchild of guitarist and vocalist Mike Visser. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa he spent 8 years in California playing with the band Frank Jordan and touring the United States. After that project dissipated, he bounced from Sacramento, CA to Shwanksville, PA before settling in Brooklyn and setting to work on new material.
Sarah Blasko recently performed at The Flowerpot in London, collaborating with Angus & Julia Stone as part of a Communion Club Night. The extension of the Communion umbrella to Australia has resulted in some fine artists joining the ranks for extra exposure in Europe. Sarah Blasko is certainly one to watch out for. Bjorn Yttling of Peter, Bjorn And John fame produced her latest album As Day Follows Night. Her …
The weekends have always been about chillin’ and relaxing, taking some time out, enjoying your freedom! Or at least that’s how I remember them from many moons ago. Here’s some Frukie goodness to help you along or to recover from the night before: Blitzen Trapper, one of my favourite tracks – Black River Killer
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:
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 …