:: Incredible song! I can’t really put it into words…
Official video for the song “The Rip Tide” from the album The Rip Tide.
Directed by Houmam Abdallah.
Upcoming Tourdates 2012:
6/29 Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium
6/30 OPEN SOURCE FESTIVAL Dusseldorf
7/13 Quebec City Intl Summer Festival
7/16 Metropolis Theatre Montreal QC
9/14 Hammersmith HMV Apollo London, UK
9/15 We Love Green festival, Paris Paris, France
9/18 TonHalle Munich, Germany
9/19 columbiahalle Berlin, Germany
>> The full touring schedule is available here
‘Wings’ is the next single taken from The Invisible’s new record ‘Rispah’. The electro-rock track was remixed by Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points. His take on ‘Wings’ deepens the electronic touch of the track and creates a dreamy atmosphere that will drive you away while listening. The remix will be released as b-side to the ‘Wings’ single on July 09, 2012 via Ninja Tune. If you wanna check out the original version of ‘Wings’, watch the official video below. It is directed by Mark Glenister & Joe Hunt.
Alex, Kev and Sam of Two Door Cinema Club have announced their awaited sophomore album. The record is entitled ‘Beacon’ and will be released in the UK and Europe on September 03, 2012 via Kitsuné Records. North-American release will follow on September 04 via Glassnote. Watch the album trailer above. The songs featured are highly promising and I’m quite curious if the the whole record is going to keep up to that. ‘Beacon’ will be available as eleven-track album or as deluxe edition including a second disc with fourteen songs recorded at the band’s live show at Brixton Academy in London. You can preorder the album in both versions here.
Two Door Cinema Club:
Upcoming Festivals:
Fri 29 Jun 2012 // St. Gallen, Switzerland // Open Air St. Gallen
Sat 30 Jun 2012 // Paris, France // Rock Dans Tous Ces Etats Festival
Wed 04 Jul 2012 // Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic // Rock For People
Sat 07 Jul 2012 // Kinross, United Kingdom // T In The Park
Sun 08 Jul 2012 // Turku, Finland // Ruisrock
>> Two Door Cinema Club are touring throughout the festival season. Check out more here.
This is the band’s performance of their major hit ‘I Can Talk’ at BBC Two’s Later with Jools Holland (Series 37, Episode 9, broadcasted on Friday, 12 November 2010). I just watched it again, and it got me even more excited for what’s to come.
Upcoming German Tourdates:
Mon 19 Nov 2012 // Cologne, Germany // E-Werk
Tue 20 Nov 2012 // Munich, Germany // Tonhalle
Wed 21 Nov 2012 // Offenbach, Germany // Capitol
Fri 23 Nov 2012 // Berlin, Germany // Astra Kulturhaus
Sat 24 Nov 2012 // Hamburg, Germany // Grosse Freiheit
Artist: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Title of Debut Album: Trouble Release Date: June 11, 2012 Label: Polydor Group
Tracklist:
01 Promises 04:20
02 Trouble 03:54
03 Shimmer 04:45
04 Household Goods 03:35
05 Your Love 03:50
06 You Need Me On My Own 03:45
07 Panpipes 06:11
08 Garden (Album Version) 04:36
09 Solo 05:48 10 Tapes & Money 03:40
11 American Dream Part II 05:08
12 Closer 06:38
13 Fair 02:32
14 Stronger
American Dream Part II. This is an edit for Soundcloud.
Upcoming Tourdates 2012:
Thu Jun 28 – Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, France
Sat 08 Sep – Berlin Festival, Berlin, Germany
Wed Oct 10 – o2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, United Kingdom
>> The full touring schedule is available here
:: Stunning cover version. And I thought the original song couldn’t be any better…
This is Triggerfinger’s great and minimalistic take on Lykke Li’s beautiful ‘I Follow Rivers’. Their version has became a major hit for the three Rock’n'Roll gentlemen of Triggerfinger, including the number one chart position in der home country Belgium. The song was released as single on May 11, 2012 via Excelsior Recordings. Enjoy!
XXYYXX is the name of Orlando, FL’s 16 year old producer, Marcel Everett. Marcel works out of his bedroom creating harmonious music that provokes emotion and transmits vivid images of peace and still sadness. His music has been featured on XLR8R, The Needle Drop, Earmilk, Indie Shuffle, BIRP and many more. His full-length releases are available for digital download on Relief in Abstract Records. [press release]
Marcel Everett aka XXYYXXPhotography by Joe Potchen
:: I really like this fine record a lot. A shame that it took the labels more than six months to release it in Europe.
‘Addicted To Progress’ is the first single taken from the third album by the Irish indie Rockers of The Coronas. The record entitled ’Closer To You’ was released in Ireland on November 11, 2011 via 3ù Records. It is produced by legendary Tony Hoffer who already worked with Air, Beck, The Kooks or Belle and Sebastian. Although The Coronas currently are the Irelands top-selling band and their records attain platinum status, ‘Closer To You’ was at first exclusively brought out in Ireland. European release finally followed on May 18, 2012 via Lix Records (Rough Trade). The video for ‘Addicted To Progress’ is directed by Marc Dillon. It was filmed at Marley Park at @thepark Festival to a crowd of 7.000 fans. Listen below to two of the album tracks, including my favourite ‘Closer To You’ which is the new single.
Cover Art (Ireland):
Tracklist:
01. What You Think You Know
02. Mark My Words
03. Closer to You
04. Dreaming Again
05. Blind Will Lead The Blind
06. Addicted To Progress
07. My God
08. Dreaming Again Part 2 (Wait For You)
09. Write To Me
10. Different Ending
11. Make It Happen
12. Listen Dear (Bonus Track)
13. Someone Else’s Hands (Bonus Track)
The full mix will be available July 2nd (July 24th in the US). It features Nicolas Jarr, The Invisible, Caribou. Julio Bashmore, Konono No1, Tony Allen, Teen Girl Fantasy, Sepalcure and much more. The first 200 pre-orders, will receive a special limited edition cassette with songs from the mix.
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Artist: Foals Release Date: Jul 2, 2012 Label: !K7 Records
:: That’s the kind of music making me smile. No matter what…
‘Tree Bursts In Snow’ is the sophomore album of the Scottish folk-pop band Admiral Fallow fronted by Louis Abbot. The new record was released on May 28, 2012 in the UK and Europe via Nettwerk Productions (Nettwerk Music Group). US release follows today (June 26) via Nettwerk. Above, you can listen to the first single taken from the the album (The Paper Trench) and another album track (Beetle In The Box). Also worth checking out is the band’s live performance of The Way You Were Raised, my favourite track of the record. It was filmed in the summer of 2010 at T In The Park (BBC Introducing). Watch it below.
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Tracklist:
01. Tree Bursts
02. The Paper Trench
03. Guest Of The Government
04. Beetle In The Box
05. Old Fools
06. Isn’t This World Enough?
07. Brother
08. The Way You Were Raised
09. Burn
10. Oh, Oscar
Upcoming UK Festival- & Live Dates:
Sun 08 Jul 2012 // Kinross, UK // T In The Park
Fri 13 Jul 2012 // Stornoway, UK // Hebridean Celtic Festival
Sun 29 Jul 2012 // Fochabers // Speyfest Music Festival
Sat 18 Aug 2012 // Fakenham, UK // Jelly Festival
Sat 18 Aug 2012 // Funkirk Estate, Skipton, UK // Beacons Festival
Sat 15 Sep 2012 // Bury, UK // Ramsbottom Festival
Sat 08 Dec 2012 // Glasgow, UK // Barrowlands
Wed 12 Dec 2012 // London, UK // Scala
‘Wild Peace’ is the debut album of Linda Jarvis and Thom Hill from London, UK. Using the band name Echo Lake, they are releasing songs ranging somewhere between dreamy and psychedelic indie-pop compositions. The album is out today (June 25, 2012) in the UK and Europe via No Pain In Pop. North-American release follows tomorrow via Slumberland. Above, you can listen to Even The Blind, the first single taken from ’Wild Peace’, and the title-track. Both are made available for free download by Slumberland on Soundcloud. The record is streaming exclusively over at Huffington Post. If you’re more into the music video thing, there’s the one for Even The Blind to watch below. It is directed by Natalia Stuyk & Alex Oliver.
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Tracklist:
01. Another Day
02. Breathe Deep
03. Wild Peace
04. Even the Blind
05. Monday 5AM
06. Young Silence
07. In Dreams
08. Last Song of the Year
09. Swimmers
10. Just Kids
These two stunningly beautiful songs are taken from the debut album of Keaton Henson. The record entitled ‘Dear…’ was released on April 02, 2012 via Oak Ten Records. Keaton Henson is a London-based, multi-talented artist. His designs and illustrations of shirts, skateboards and record cover art as well as stage settings are much in demand. With ‘Dear…’, debutes as a singer and songwriter who captures with his fragile voice and introspective, very personal folk compositions. Watch above the official video for Small Hands. It is written and directed by Joseph Mann employing beautiful puppets by Jonny Sabagh.
A couple of days ago, the new video for To Your Health premiered on Channel 4. It shows Keaton Henson performing his song in the background while ballet dancer Elizabeth Harrod is perfoming a very fragile dance. The video is directed, produced and edited by William Williamson for Channel 4′s Random Acts Short Films Series-
Cover Art:
Tracklist:
01. Prologue
02. You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are
03. Charon
04. Oliver Dalston Browning
05. Sarah Minor
06. Small Hands
07. Flesh and Bone
08. Nests
09. Not That You’d Even Notice
10. Party Song
First track off the upcoming album ‘Look A Little Closer’.
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Artist: Levek Title Of Debut Album: Look A Little Closer Release Date: September 25, 2012 Label: Lefse
Tracklist:
1. Black Mold Grow
2. Canterbury Bell
3. Terra Treasures
4. With A Slow Burn
5. Muscat Mingle
6. St. Francis
7. Can’t Buy This Love
8. Girl In The Fog
9. Solemn Feeling Forever Healing
10. French Lessons
