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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 …
Nathaniel Rateliff of Denver will be making his first debut appearance in Ireland this week at the Open House Festival in Belfast. Nathaniel will be performing on Wednesday 8th September at the Festival Marquee, a performance that I’m personally looking forward to seeing this week. This will be a great highlight of the festival as the crowd will also be treated to Iron and Wine and Low Anthem in the …
When Hi54lofi Records, based in Edmonton, Canada contacted us, linking their website we felt like we’d struck oil: a mountain of music from all over the globe, that unless your were an agoraphobic, insomniac no amount of Myspace/Lastfm/YouTube trawling would help you track down all the brilliant artists they cite. They aren’t really a record label as such, just a bunch of like minded folk hoping to spread the word about music they …
The Cave Singers have a unique sound that is unmistakeable. Since first releasing Dancing on our Graves they have been causing a stir. There is a raw energy in their music more akin to that of an Old Time band. Their music isn’t complicated and Derek’s guitar picking along with Pete’s vocals and Marty’s percussion create a simple sound that is both original and captivating.
The Duke & The Kings debut album Nothing Gold Can Stay was one of 2009s most acclaimed albums, with its heady mix of rootsy folk-rock and vintage soul earning comparisons with artists ranging from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to Sly & The Family Stone. Little over a year later, the band lead by Simone Felice and Bobbie Bird Burke prepare for the September 27th release of their second album, …
The Let’s Colour Project is an initiaitve by some big paint companies to bring colour to grey areas around the world. They have currently worked in Brazil, France, the UK and India with local communities to transform and brighten up grey spaces. Something most of us are all too familiar with. There is nothing more depressing then being faced with grey concrete so I’m all in favour of transforming such …
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 …