Disclosure – Boiling ft. Sinead Harnett / New EP ‘The Face’

:: Sweetest deep house vibes. This is gonna be huge!

 

The Face EP is their second release of 2012 so far and introduces guest vocalists of newcomers Sinead Harnett and Ria Ritchie. The first track to be taken from the four track EP is ‘Boiling’ feat. Sinead Harnett

Disclosure

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Artist: Disclosure
Title Of EP: The Face
Release Date: June 04, 2012
Label: Greco-Roman

Tracklist:
1 Boiling (feat. Sinead Harnett)
2 What’s In Your Head
3 Lividup
4 Control (feat. Ria Ritchie)

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More ‘Disclosure’ on Music Pickings:
2012, Jan 14 − New Single: Tenderly / Flow

Debut Album: Alt-J (∆) – An Awesome Wave (2012/05/28)

:: Awesome indeed!

‘An Awesome Wave’ is the debut album of ∆ (Alt-J), a young band from the UK. The four guys (Gwil, Joe, Gus and Thom) met in 2007 at Leeds University and started making music together. The band name stands for the Greek ‘delta’ sign, which is pronounced alt-J and represents change in mathematical equations. After releasing two singles in the past months, their debut album was released on May 28, 2012 in the UK and Europe via Infectious Music. US release follows on June 05.

Watch above the official video for ‘Breezeblocks’, the second single taken from the album. The video is directed by Ellis Bahl for Project Fathom.

So far, already quite a few highly enthusiastic reviews have been written about this debut, one comparing it to that one of The xx (Clash Music). The reviewers all try to name the influences on ‘An Awesome Wave’ or even to categorize it. The different terms thereby used clearly show what’s most interesting about this record: it fuses styles and influences together and creates something distinct and original. I guess that’s why it has been called ‘genre-defying’ (Any Decent Music?). Maybe one day, we’ll call it genre-defining…

Full Album Stream:

 

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Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. Interlude I
03. Tessellate
04. Breezeblocks
05. interlude II
06. Something Good
07. Dissolve Me
08. Matilda
09. Ms
10. Fitzpleasure
11. Interlude III
12. Bloodflood
13. Taro
14. Hand-Made

Upcoming European Tourdates:
Thu 31 May 2012 // London, UK // Corsica Studios
Fri 01 Jun 2012 // Bristol, UK // The Cooler
Mon 04 Jun 2012 // Newcastle, UK // The Cluny 2
Tue 05 Jun 2012 // Birmingham, UK // Hare and Hounds
Sat 09 Jun 2012 // Manchester, UK // Parklife Festival
Mon 11 Jun 2012 // Amsterdam, Netherlands // Paradiso
Mon 18 Jun 2012 // London, UK // The Borderline
Wed 20 Jun 2012 // Berlin, Germany // Festsaal Kreuzberg
>> more

Follow ‘Alt-J’ on:
Official homepage at: http://www.altjband.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/altJ.band
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/alt_j
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/alt-j
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/altjband

Read more:
music OMH − ∆ (Alt-J) – An Awesome Wave

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More ‘Alt-J’ on Music Pickings:
2012, Feb 10 − New Single: Fitzpleasure

Turboweekend – On My Side / New Album ‘Fault Lines’

:: Thank you for having made us feel this anticipation.

First single “On My Side” from Turboweekends forthcoming album.

Photo by Emil Rønn Andersen

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Artist: Turboweekend
Title Of Album: Fault Lines
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Label: EMI Nordic

Tracklist:
1 Fire of the Stampede
2 Neverending
3 Reflections on Chrome
4 On My Side
5 Boulevard
6 Good Morning, It’s Tomorrow
7 You’re the Cure
8 Rubicon
9 Drying Out In the Sun
10 Douglas
11  I Forgot
12 Fault Lines – Digital Booklet

Follow ‘Turboweekend’ on:
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Myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/turboweekend

More on Music Pickings:
2011, Nov 25 – Silas Bjerregaard – You know me // Turboweekend – Trouble Is

Cold Specks – Blank Maps / Debut Album ‘I Predict A Graceful Expulsion’

:: Such a great record, sung by a truly amazing voice!

 

This beautiful song is featured on the debut album of Cold Specks. The record entitled ‘I Predict A Graceful Expulsion’ was released May 21, 2012 in the UK and Europe via Broken Hertz Records (exclusive license to Mute Artists Ltd.). US release followed on May 29.

Cold Specks is the band behind singer Al Spx from Toronto, Canada. She is now living in London and refuses to reveal a real-life name. Even though we might be a little curious, she’s probably right since her name doesn’t play a role in the brilliant and innovative music she is making with her band. Highly positive reviews on the debut indicate that Cold Specks might become an highly acclaimed artist. For upcoming tourdates, visit their homepage.

 

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Tracklist:
01. The Mark
02. Heavy Hands
03. Winter Solstice
04. When the City Lights Dim
05. Hector
06. Holland
07. Elephant Head
08. Send Your Youth
09. Blank Maps
10. Steady
11. Lay Me Down
12. Reeling the Liars [Bonus Track]

This is an exclusive performance of ‘Winter Solstice’, filmed at Hoxton Hall in London. The video is filmed and directed Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.

Follow ‘Cold Specks’ on:
Official homepage at: http://coldspecks.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/ColdSpecks
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/coldspecks
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/coldspecks

Read more:
DIY − Cold Specks – I Predict A Graceful Expulsion

Chromatics – These Streets Will Never Look The Same [Official Video]

:: Great tune. I could listen to this for hours!

CHROMATICS

Upcoming Tourdates:
May 30 – Copenhagen – Distortion Festival at Skuespilhuset
May 31 – Paris – La Gaite Lyrique
June 2 – Barcelona – Primavera Festival
June 4 – Dublin – Forbidden Fruit Festival
June 5 – London – Madame Jo Jo’s
June 6 – London – The Village Underground
June 7 – Rome- Circolo degli Artisti
June 8 – Milan – Salumeria della Musica
June 9 – Brussels – Brussels Film Festival at Flagey

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2012, March 15 -  Chromatics – Back From The Grave / New Album ‘Kill for Love’

New Album: The Walkmen – Heaven (2012/05/29)

:: This is possibly the best new album I have heard so far this year. Been listening to the stream the whole day now…

 

‘Heaven’ is the sixth studio album of The Walkmen,the five-piece indie-rock band from New York. The record is released today (May 29, 2012) in the United States via Fat Possum Records. UK and European release follows on June 04, 2012 via Bella Union. The record is streaming exclusively over at npr.music from May 21 till May 28.

Listen above to the title-track of the new album. ‘Heaven’ will be available as 7″ vinyl single which comes with the beautiful ballad b-side track ‘The House You Made’. Listen to it below.

 

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Tracklist:
01. We Can’t Be Beat
02. Love Is Luck
03. Heartbreaker
04. The Witch
05. Southern Heart
06. Line By Line
07. Song For Leigh
08. Nightingales
09. Jerry Jr.’s Tune
10. The Love You Love
11. Heaven
12. No One Ever Sleeps
13. Dreamboar
14. Pestering Sins

Follow ‘The Walkmen’ on:
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Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/thewalkmenmusic

Summer Heart – I Wanna Go / New Album ‘About A Feeling’

:: Perfect track for the perfect day… Summer Heart!

“Fall into a blissful whirl of vision and harmony with Swede, David Alexander aka Summer Heart. He provides chill dream pop vibes with mellow vocals that still gives a scintillating increase of your heartbeat.” [via Biography]

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Artist: Summer Heart
Title Of Album: About A Feeling
Release Date: April 25, 2012

Tracklist:
1. Rusty Scars 04:24
2. I Wanna Go 04:07
3. I Wanted You To Stay On The Other Side 04:06
4. A Million Times 03:03
5. Los Angeles Lies 03:49
6. Kiss Me 03:06
7. When Worlds Collide 05:02
8. Say Goodbye 03:03

Full 8-track album stream:

 

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Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/mysummerheart

New Album: Regina Spektor – What we Saw from the Cheap Seats (2012/05/29)

:: To me, she definitely is the undoubted queen of songwriter-pop. Great music, timelessly classical!

 

Regina Spektor’s sixth studio album ‘What we Saw from the Cheap Seats’ is released today (May 28, 2012) in UK. Official worldwide release follows tomorrow on May 29, 2012 via Sire Records (Warner Bros. Music). The record is produced by Mike Elizondo and was recorded last summer in Los Angeles in six weeks time. It features older songs (Don’t Leave Me from her 2001 album Songs), a Nina Simone sample in Oh Marcello as well as new songs that were written by Regina after her critically acclaimed 2009 album Far. Most songs of the album were recorded under live conditions, with Regina playing the piano, and carefully orchestrated in parts afterwards.

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Tracklist:
01. Small Town Moon
02. Oh Marcello
03. Don’t Leave Me (Ne me quitte pas)
04. Firewood
05. Patron Saint
06. How
07. All The Rowboats
08. Ballad of a Politician
09. Open
10. The Party
11. Jessica
12. Call Them Brothers (feat. Only Son) [Deluxe Version]
13. The Prayer of Francois Villon (Molitva) [Deluxe Version]
14. Old Jacket (Stariy Pedjak) [Deluxe Version]

Follow ‘Regina Spektor’ on:
Official homepage at: http://reginaspektor.com/
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Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/reginaspektor

Read more:
Sputnik Music − Regina Spektor ⎪ What We Saw from the Cheap Seats

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2012, Mar 01 − New Single: All The Rowboats [Official Video]

Ludovico Einaudi – Fly / New Album: Islands

:: Everytime… I fall in love again. Magnifique!

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Artist: Ludovico Einaudi
Title Of Album: Islands
Release Date: July 08, 2011
Label: Decca

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Official homepage: http://www.einaudiwebsite.com/

When Saints Go Machine – Mannequin [Official Video]

:: Can’t get enough of this brilliant tune!

‘Mannequin’ is the new single by When Saints Go Machine from Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the first track taken from a forthcoming new album, set for release later on this year. The amazing video is created by Intense Studios and directed by Mia Fremming.

‘When Saints Go Machine’ picture:

Follow ‘When Saints Go Machine’ on:
Official homepage at: http://whensaintsgomachine.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/When-Saints-Go-Machine/10036951470
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/WhenSaints
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/WHENSAINTSGOMACHINE
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/when-saints-go-machine

New EP: Josh Osho – The Manifesto [Free Download]

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Artist: Josh Osho
Title Of EP: The Manifesto
Release Date: March 09, 2012
Label: Island Records

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Myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/joshoshomusic

iamamiwhoami – play / in due order / idle talk

:: Audiovisual art that will be recalled and revisited for a very long time…

During the last two months, a couple of new tracks and videos by iamamiwhoami dropped. Exactly every two weeks, one new video appeared. Everytime, the day after sees the digital single release of the track via To Whom It May Concern / Cooperative Music. This publishing regular leeds to but one destination: the day when the last of nine videos will drop that altogether represent the Kin cycle. That is June 11, 2012 when iamamiwhoami’s audiovisual album ‘Kin’ will be released (digital and vinyl formats as well CD & DVD package) via Cooperative Music. Opened by an introduction to the cycle, the album will comprise all videos published since sever. Every video visually starts where its predecessor ended. Today, there’s only one video missing, and tension is still rising. More soon.

Video Release Dates:
play − March 27, 2012
in due order − April 10, 2012
idle talk − April 24, 2012

Cover Art (play Single):

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Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/iamamiwhoami/270417754335
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/iamamiwhoami
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/iam_ami_whoami

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More ‘iamamiwhoami’ on Music Pickings:
2012, Mar 17 − New Videos: drops / good worker
2012, Feb 16 − New Track & Video: sever
2012, Jan 07 − t [Official Video]
2012, Jan 02 − u-1 / u-2 [Official Video]

Radiohead – Skirting on the Surface

:: Can’t say it often enough, I love it.

Skirting on the Surface (Unofficial Fan Music Video)

Upcoming German Tourdates 2012:
Fri 06, July in Berlin at Waldbühne
Sat 07, July in Berlin at Wuhlheide
Sun 14, October in Berlin at Wuhlheide
Mon 15, October in Cologne at Lanxess Arena

Follow ‘Radiohead’ on:
Official homepage: http://radiohead.com/
Myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/radiohead

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2012, Jan 12 – Radiohead – The Daily Mail / Staircase
2011, Nov 20 – New Album: Radiohead – TKOL RMX 1234567

Hot Chip live at ‘Later with Jools Holland’ [Series 40, Episode 5]

:: After listening to this, I have the highest expectations for the album. Besides, these guys are live hell of amazing!

Hot Chip once again performed at famous BBC Two’s flagship music show ‘Later… with Jools Holland’. They presented their new single Night & Day (broadcasted on the Tuesday Show last week, May 15) as well as the two previously unheard songs How Do You Do? and Don’t Deny Your Heart (both broadcasted on the Friday Show last week, May 18). All of them are taken from Hot Chip’s forthcoming new album In Our Heads, set for release on June 12, 2012 via Domino Recording Co.

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Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/hotchip
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/hot_chip
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Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/hot_chip

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More ‘Hot Chip’ on Music Pickings:
2012, May 04 − New Single: Night & Day [Official Video]
2012, Mar 21 − New Song: Flutes

New Single: CocoRosie – We Are On Fire

:: So gorgeous!

 

The single was produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio. The “We Are on Fire” single will be backed with a song called “Tearz For Animals”.

CocoRosie are two American-born sisters, Sierra and Bianca, who started making music together in Paris in 2003. Their first album, La Maison de Mon Rêve, was released in 2004 and their second album, Noah’s Ark, followed in 2005. Their third and, to now, most recent album, The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn, came out in 2007. All three of these albums were released worldwide on Touch and Go Records and earned positive critical acclaim both overseas and at home.

The nomadic duo (currently and temporarily residing in New Mexico) spent much of 2008 writing and recording in Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Berlin, New York, and Paris, finding amazing and diverse musicians to collaborate along the way. The result is their 11-song Sub Pop debut, Grey Oceans, due out May 11th, 2010. [via subpop]

Track 8 ‘Lemonade ‘ of the Album Grey Oceans

 

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Artist: CocoRosie
Title: We Are On Fire
Release Date: June 4th, 2012
Label: Touch and Go

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Myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/cocorosie