At the beginning of the year London quartet Trailer Trash Tracys released their debut album “Ester”, a gorgeous, beguiling collection of pop songs with an intriguingly offbeam slant which quickly earned them glowing accolades from the broadsheets to the style press. The intervening months has only seen their profile grow exponentially, as they have journeyed around Europe […]
Beach House are pleased to share details of their fourth album, Bloom. Like their previous releases it further develops their distinctive sound and stands apart as a new piece of work. The landscape of Bloom was largely designed on the road, between the countless sound checks and myriad experiences of two years of touring. These ideas were later gathered and developed in […]
Bombay Bicycle Club have unveiled a brand new remix of their current single ‘How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep’ from UK dubstep’s most idiosyncratic of voices, Scuba. ‘How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep’ is the fourth single from Bombay Bicycle Club’s third album ‘A Different Kind of Fix’. It’s released on the 9th April via Island Records. […]
Sleigh Bells will release their sophomore album, entitled Reign of Terror, on February 14th, 2012 on Mom + Pop Music. Produced by guitarist Derek Miller, and written by Miller and singer Alexis Krauss, Reign of Terror is the highly anticipated follow up to 2010’s Treats. Prior to Reign of Terror’s release, Sleigh Bells will embark […]
Grinderman are pleased to announce the release of ‘Grinderman 2 RMX’ – a collection of remixes, reinterpretations & collaborations based on the songs contained in the band’s 2010 critically celebrated album ‘Grinderman 2’. Out on Mute on 12th March, ‘Grinderman 2 RMX’ marks the first time all these tracks have been collected together. The album […]
Django Django will release their eagerly awaited self-titled debut LP on January 30th through Because Music, with the single ‘Default’ dropping a week prior on the 23rd. The band are pleased to announce a full tor of the UK in support of the releases. Full dates below. David Maclean (drummer and producer), Vincent Neff (singer […]
Mercury Prize winners The XX asked TRACEY THORN to record a track from their debut LP for an album they were commissioning of covers by their favourite artists. Unfortunately the project fell through a few months later for numerous logistical reasons, but Tracey’s version of ‘Night Time’ now sees the light of day on her […]
Setting the stage for the full-length release in early 2012, Last Gang will release CRYPTOCRACY by Finish producer and executioner Huoratron (pronounced whore – a – tron). Huoratron is the solo project of Finland’s Aku Raski, who began using two Game Boy consoles to produce experimental and dark electro. Since then, he’s risen from the […]
Victories At Sea are an experimental 3 piece from the Midlands, citing influences as wide and diverse as Slowdive, Boards of Canada, and M83 through to more unadulterated alternatives such as Echo and The Bunnymen, New Order and mid 80’s Cure. By using various electronics and drum loops live, their traditional set up is enveloped […]
Due for release on November 7th, ‘Hollandaze’ is a grimy, gum-splattered ménage of surf-gaze, punk and lo-fi, cut from twanging reverb & fuzz heavy guitars, thick driving bass & drum machines and overdriven hammond organ. Based in Toronto, Odonis Odonis make killer hook-driven tunes that hark back to the classic ‘80s sounds of The Jesus […]
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