Jazzanova – I Human feat. Paul Randolph (Official Video)

:: I keep coming back to this!

From the forthcoming Jazzanova “Funkhaus Studio Sessions” (Sonar Kollektiv / May 2012). ‘I Human’ will be released on the 7th of February 2012!

Album Cover:

Follow ‘Jazzanova’ on:
Official homepage at: www.jazzanova.com
Facebook at: www.facebook.com/jazzanova
Twitter at: https://twitter.com/real_jazzanova
Myspace at: www.myspace.com/jazzanovask

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More of ‘Jazzanova’ on Music Pickings:
2011, Oct 06 – Jazzanova – Theme From Belle et Fou (Danny Krivit Edit)
2011, Sept 19 – Jazzanova feat Ben Westbeech – I Can See (Filippo Moscatello Rmx)
2011, Aug 17 – Sonar Kollektiv – Celebration Of Curation 2011 – Mix
2011, Aug 14 – Jazzanova – Coming Home

Django Django – Default [Official Video] / Self-Titled Debut Album Out Now

:: “Surely this debut won’t be topped in 2012.” (Michael Hann – The Guardian) - Absolutely possible since this record’s nothing but excellent!

Django Django’s self-titled debut album was released yesterday (January 30, 2012) via Because Music in the US, France, UK and Ireland.

Default was out as single December 12, 2011 via Because Music. The Remixes (by Dan Carey, Tom Furse [The Horrors], JD Twitch [Optimo] and Walls) are available on vinyl and digital since January 16, 2012 via Because. The brilliant video film was directed by Dan Brereton, the concept’s by David Maclean.

This is the official video for Django Django’s first single “Waveforms” (directed by Kim Coleman).

Album Cover Art:

Album Tracklist:
01. Introduction
02. Hail Bop
03. Default
04. Firewater
05. Waveforms
06. Zumm Zumm
07. Hand of Man
08. Love’s Dart
09. Wor
10. Storm
11. Life’s a Beach
12. Skies Over Cairo
13. Silver Rays

Follow ‘Django Django’ on:
Official homepage at: http://www.djangodjango.co.uk/
Bandcamp at: http://shop.djangodjango.co.uk/ (Shop)
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Django-Django/99636325744
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/thedjangos
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/djangodjango
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/djangodjango
Vimeo at: http://vimeo.com/user3658644

Read more:
The Guardian − Django Django: Django Django review
BBC − Django Django Django Django Review

Ben Williams – What I Want [Official Video]

:: Great song. Great recording. Great video. Awesome Ben Williams!

Official music video for Ben Williams’ song What I Want from This Town EP
http://www.deezer.com/en/music/ben-williams/this-town-ep-1481299

Directed and Edited by Ben Williams and Hannes Vorhauser.
Staring Hannes Vorhauser and Petra Unterthiner

EP Cover:

Artist: Ben Williams
Title of Album: This Town
Release Date: 2012, January
Label: Record Union

Tracklist:
1. Intro (Going Alone film)     2:00
2. What I Want     4:14
3. Falling     3:39
4. Deadman     4:46
5. Penny (Interlude)     2:42
6. In a While     4:43
7. What I Want (Ayite Remix)

Follow ‘Ben Williams’ on:
Official homepage at: http://www.benwilliamsmusic.co.uk
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/BenWilliamsMusicPage
Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/ben_williams_m
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/benwilliamsmusic/tracks
You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/benwilliamsm

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More of ‘Ben Williams’ on Music Picking:
2011, Dec 30 – Ben Williams – Drunken Gun [Official Video]

New Album Out Now: We Have Band – Ternion (2012/01/29)

:: The whole record is nothin’ but marvellous! It just blows me off chair, shoes, whatever….

Tired of Running

We Have Band’s second album “Ternion” is in record stores today, officially released yesterday (January 29, 2012) via Naïve Records. Buy your copy on iTunes and it comes with some really great additional acoustic versions and videos.

You can download a free sampler of the album on We Have Bands website. Don’t hesitate, try it!

This is the first single taken from “Ternion”, a great track featured with an amazing video, directed by Alex Turvey.

Album Cover:

Album Tracklist:
01. Shift
02. After All
03. Where Are Your People?
04. Visionary
05. What’s Mine, What’s Yours
06. Steel In the Groove
07. Tired of Running
08. Watertight
09. Rivers of Blood
10. Pressure On

Follow ‘We Have Band’ on:
Official homepage at: http://www.wehaveband.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/wehaveband
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/wehaveband
Vimeo at: http://vimeo.com/user880474
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/wehaveband

Read more:
Musikexpress − Review zu: We Have Band – Ternion

MYRRYRS – Blood Of A Slave

:: Check it out!

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Album Cover:

Artist: MYRRYRS
Title Of EP: Blood Of A Slave
Release Date: Oct 31, 2011
Label: B.YRSLF division

Follow ‘MYRRYRS’ on:
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/MYRRYRS/117434698304184
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/myrryrs

New Track: Miike Snow – Black Tin Box [feat. Lykke Li]

:: So so curious for the rest of the album. This track just gets better and better everytime I’m listening….

This one’s the next track taken from Miike Snow’s upcoming new album “Happy To You”, to be released March 13 (US) / March 19, 2012 (Europe) via Sony Music Entertainment UK.

Cover Art:

Follow ‘Miike Snow’ on:
Official homepage at: http://www.miikesnow.co.uk/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/miikesnow
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/miikesnow
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/miikesnow
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/miikesnowtv

Read more:
Pitchfork − Listen: Miike Snow and Lykke Li: Black Tin Box

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More ‘Miike Snow’ on Music Pickings:
2011, Dec 20 – New Track: Devil’s Work

New Album: Sean Carey – Redefine

:: Honor to whom honor is due.

Carey´s debut album ‘REDEFINE’ which was recorded and hidden away 3 years ago is being released on iTunes early Jan 2012.

Album Cover:

Artist: Sean Carey
Title Of Album: Redefine
Release Date: January 04, 2012
Label: Unsigned

Tracklist:
01 Redefine  3:46
02 Never Gonna Lose Ya  3:40
03 Madelin  4:13
04 ExplicitI’m So Lost  5:35
05 Up to You  4:20
06 Forever  4:21
07 Last Cigarette  3:07
08 Where I’m Supposed to Be  4:52
09 Stay With Me  4:12
10 Open Up Your Heart  5:44
11 Angry At the World

Follow ‘Sean Carey’ on:
Official Website at: http://www.seancarey.com.au/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/seancareymusic
Myspace at: www.myspace.com/scareymusic

Joseph Arthur – Wasted Days / New Album “Redemption City” [Free Download]

:: I love this track, could be listening to it for hours… 

Wasted Days

Joseph Arthur self-released his new album “Redemption City” on January 21, 2012. The double album is available for free download in two parts as mp3 or flac, all you gotta do is visit Joseph’s website.

Album Cover Art:

Album Tracklist:
Redemption City Pt. 1:
01. Travel As Equals
02. Wasted Days
03. Mother Of Exiles
04. Yer Only Job
05. I Miss The Zoo
06. There With Me
07. No Surrender Comes For Free
08. Night Clothes
09. Redemption City
10. Barriers
11. You’re Not The Only One
12. So Far From Free

Redemption City Pt. 2
01. Surrender To The Storm
02. Fractures
03. Free Freedom
04. Touched
05. Follow
06. Kandinsky
07. Humanity Fade
08. Sleepless
09. It Takes A Lot Of Time To Live In The Moment
10. Visit Us
11. I Am The Mississippi
12. Travel As Equals (Reprise)

Follow ‘Joseph Arthur’ on:
Official homepage: http://www.josepharthur.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Josepharthurpage
Twitter at: https://twitter.com/josepharthur
Tumblr at: http://josepharthur.tumblr.com/
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/josepharthur
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/josepharthurofficial

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Discovered on Der Impuls

Snow Patrol – In The End [Official Video]

:: This is a great tune….

Picture ‘Snow Patrol’:

New video taken from Snow Patrol’s sixth studio album for new single ‘In The End’.

Upcoming Tourdates 2012:
February 25 Berlin, Tempodrom
February 26 Düsseldorf, Mitsubishi Electric Halle
February 28 Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle
March 04.03.2012 Munich, Zenith
June 24 Hamburg, O2 World
June 29 Berlin, Zitadelle
July 03 Dresden, Elbufer
July 04 Cologne, Lanxess Arena

Follow ‘Snow Patrol’ on:
Official homepage at: http://www.snowpatrol.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/SnowPatrol
Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/snowpatrolband
Myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/snowpatrol

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More of ‘Snow Patrol’ on Music Pickings:
2012, 07 Jan – New Video: Snow Patrol – This Isn’t Everything You Are
2011, 16 Nov – New Album: Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires / This Isn’t Everything You Are

Debut Single: Jessie Ware – Strangest Feeling

:: Take note of her!

Jessie Ware’s debut single ‘Strangest Feeling’ is released on Special Limited Edition 10″ Vinyl and Digital formats on November 28th via PMR Records. Jessie is currently working on her upcoming debut album with Dave Okumu.

Jessie Ware:

Video: SBTRKT feat. Jessie Ware – Nervous

Follow ‘Jessie Ware’ on:
Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/jessiewaremusic
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jessieware
Myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/jessiewaremusic
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/jessieware

Read more:
Pitchfork – http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12594-strangest-feeling/
The Fader – http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/06/stream-jessie-ware-strangest-feeling/
Abeano: http://www.abeano.com/jessie-ware-strangest-feeling/7650

Shearwater – Breaking The Yearlings & You as You Were / New Album “Animal Joy”

:: I want more please!

Breaking The Yearlings

You as You Were

These two great tracks will be released February 14, 2012 via Sup Pop Records on Shearwater’s eighth studio album “Animal Joy”.

Download both tracks for free on the label’s Soundcloud page.

Album Cover Artwork:

Album Tracklist:
01. Animal Joy
02. Breaking The Yearlings
03. Dread Sovereign
04. You as You Were
05. Insolence
06. Immaculate
07. Open Your Houses (Basilisk)
08. Run the Banner Down
09. Pushing the River
10. Believing Makes It Easy
11. Star of the Age

Follow ‘Shearwater’ on
Official homepage at: http://shearwatermusic.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shearwater/156311098172 
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/shearwaterband

Read more:
Contactmusic – Shearwater – Animal Joy Album Review

Troels Abrahamsen/Sekuoia – Called/Evening (Jonas K.P. Remix)

:: Awesome remix by Jonas K.P.

Mash of two songs:
Troels Abrahamsen – Called
Sekuoia – Evening

Album Cover:

Follow ‘Troels Abrahamsen’ on:
Official Website at: http://troelsabrahamsen.com/
Bandcamp at: troelsabrahamsen.bandcamp.com
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/supertroels
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/supertroels
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/supertroels

Follow ‘Jonas K.P.’ on:
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/JonasKp.Music.Denmark
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/jonaskp
Myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/jonaskp

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More of ‘Troels Abrahamsen’ on Music Pickings:
2011, Nov 04 – New Album: Troels Abrahamsen – Unset

New Track: To Kill A King – Hospital Worker [Official Video] / UK Tour Dates

:: Can’t get enough of this band…

The song will be available as free download to all who visit To Kill A King’s upcoming UK headline tour, and afterwards as free download to anyone. All we folks outside the UK gotta wait till March 5, 2012 when the last concert will take place.

To Kill A King:

UK Tour Dates:
Sun January 22, 2012 / Glasgow / Oran Mor
Wed January 25, 2012 / London / XOYO
Thu February 23, 2012 / Oxford / The Bullingdon
Fri February 24, 2012 / Liverpool / The Shipping Forecast
Sat February 25, 2012 / Nottingham / Bodega
Mon February 27, 2012 / Manchester / Deaf Institute
Tue February 28, 2012 / Newcastle / Academy 2
Wed February 29, 2012 / Leeds / Brudenell Social Club
Thu March 01, 2012 / Wolverhampton / TBC
Sat March 03, 2012 / Southampton / Joiners
Sun March 04, 2012 / Brighton / The Prince Albert
Mon March 05, 2012 / Bristol / The Cooler

Follow ‘To Kill A King’ on:
Official homepage at: http://www.tokillaking.co.uk/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/tokillaking
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/tokillakinguk
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/tokillaking
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/tokillakinguk

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More of ‘To Kill A King’ on Music Pickings:
Dec 11, 2011 − Video Games (Lana Del Rey Cover)
Dec 03, 2011 − Wrecking Crew / “My Crooked Saint” EP

Jack Peñate – No One Lied

:: Yep, Jack’s back. Beautiful song, can’t wait for some more!

Picture ‘Jack Peñate’:

Directed by Dani Castro and shot in 1 take at home on 19th January 2012. ‘No One Lied’ is the first new material since his second album ‘Everything Is New’ (2009).

Follow ‘Jack Peñate’ on:
Official Website at: http://jackpenate.com/
Myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/jackpenate

Debut Single: Me And My Drummer – You’re A Runner [Official Video]

:: What a visual journey the amazing video takes you on! Enjoy!

“You’re A Runner” is the debut single of Me And My Drummer. It was out January 20, 2012 via Sinnbus Records (Rough Trade).

Single Cover Artwork:

Single Tracklist:
01. You’re A Runner
02. Runner (Reprise)

Follow ‘Me And My Drummer’ on:
Official homepage at: http://www.meandmydrummer.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/meandmydrummer