November 2009
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Unwinding Hours album announced
Chemikal Underground have officially announced details of the forthcoming debut album from former Aereogramme fellas Iain Cook and Craig B. The following message was tucked away in their latest mail out: “The much anticipated post-Aereogramme project for Craig B and Iain Cook has finally arrived and will be released on February 15th. Their self-titled, 10-track debut, The Unwinding Hours,...
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Lazarus Clamp - Against Entitlement
Against Entitlement is Lazarus Clamp’s fifth studio album and it’s really about time they get the level of recognition that they’ve earned. They’ve been consistently churning out delightfully off-kilter pop since the beginning of the decade, so why is nobody listening? Well I can’t really answer that because they’ve come up trumps here yet again with another collection of great tunes which if...
Beach House - Norway
Here’s the first track available from the forthcoming Beach House album Teen Dream. Norway retains the haunting organ sound of their previous albums and Victoria Legrand’s vocals are sultry as ever. There is a more prominent pop sensibility than their other material though, particulalry in that recurring vocal hook. It’s definitely an interesting indication of what the album...
Stream the new Zelienople album
You can now stream the new Zelienople album Give It Up through the Type Records website. It’s another stunning collection of low key jazz infused melancholy which recalls the likes of Bohren der Club of Gore and Bark Psychosis whilst remaining 100% Zelienople. I could try and describe what makes it so great, but you could just listen instead: Zelienople on Myspace
Preview Kodiak and Nadja Split
Coming straight off the back of their stunning collaboration with Pyramids, Nadja are set to release yet another split project. This time their partners in crime are German three piece Kodiak. Nadja have now become synonymous with expansive walls of reverberating doom infused drones. Anyone who heard Kodiak’s self titled LP earlier this year would probably testify that before long they will...
Mogwai DVD/Live Album
Mogwai have announce details of an upcoming live album and concert film. The album is titled Special Moves and will be released on their own Rock Action label sometime in 2010. Scheduled for release at the same time is Burning, a film of their recent shows in Brooklyn which was directed by Vincent Moon of La Blogotheque and Nathaneal Le Scouarnec. You can view the teaser trailer for the film...
New Ace Bushy Striptease album
There are many bands who it is claimed take their influences from a massive musical palette, incorporating everything from the popular to the cult, from Philip Glass to Girls Aloud. There are very few whose songs suggest this is actually the case, an exception to this is Ace Bushy Striptease. The Birmingham quintet have just made their second album available for free download, the typically...
New Jaga Jazzist
Jaga Jazzist have announced a few details of their new album ‘One Armed Bandit’ which is due for release on January 25th through Ninja Tune. They’ve also made the title track available, have a listen to that below. This of course is the radio edit, you can also grab a free download of it here, but we’ll have to wait until January to hear the full version. Jaga...
