Fire Records announce Half Japanese re-sign and are currently recording a new album. November will bring the final volume of the extensive four-part Half Japanese box sets “Volume 4: 1997-2001”.
Central São Paulo’s Bixiga 70 announce their third album ‘III’ – shape-shifting contemporary afro-funk, Moroccan cumbia, spiritual jazz, Cuban blaxploitation, Arabian dub, Malinké drumming, Angolan guitar music, traditional bamboo fife bands and more.
Minneapolis band Magic Castles bring their psychedelic pop & sun-drenched west coast folk-rock to the UK this month culminating in a performance at the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia.
Our Song of the Day is from Phaedra, the solo project of Ingvlid Langgård whose debut album “The Sea” was released in 2011 drawing comparisons to Vashti Bunyan, Elizabeth Fraser and Nico. Watch her latest video for Lightbeam, taken from Blackwinged Night, the second album realease in her trilogy.
Villagers unveil new video for Hot Scary Summer from the latest album Darling Arithmetic. Plus Conor O’Brien is re-joining the cast of In Dreams: David Lynch Revisited for dates in November.
Marry Waterson returns with a brand new album made in collaboration with David A. Jaycock. Two Wolves is released on 20 November from which we have the pleasure of premiering ‘Sing Me Into Your Tune’. Listen to it here and find out more about the album.
We have the first in a special four-part feature from Ange Hardy in which she reveals four tracks from her new album Esteesee exclusively to FRUK readers. Listen to and read about the title track Esteesee here.
Keston Cobblers Club have unveiled their new video for Wildfire, the title track of their new album. Watch it here and don’t miss their extensive album tour.
Sands of Now is the new live CD/DVD from Elephant Revival recorded at their sold-out homecoming shows at Boulder Theater in November 2014. Watch an extract from the DVD.
After the fantastic response from our readers to her new album, Stone’s Throw, The Lament of The Selkie, we are very pleased to be able to premiere Rachel Taylor-Beales wonderful new video for the title track. Watch it here.
Glen Hansard has shared the new video for Lowly Deserter, a strong roots driven number that features on his forthcoming album ‘Didn’t He Ramble’. Through the clever use of a house based ‘hedge school’ the video weaves Irelands history and struggles into the story.
Our Song of the Day comes from Stroud based quartet and FRUK favourites Hot Feet who have unveiled a new song and video: ‘Away the Day’. Catch them at the free family festival Stroud Fringe this weekend.
