August 2009
15 posts
New A Sunny Day In Glasgow
I previously reported on the upcoming new album from dream pop troupe A Sunny Day in Glasgow here. Now there are two tracks from the record available, take a listen to ‘Failure’ and ‘Ashes Grammar Ashes Maths’ below. Ashes Grammar will be released on September 15th.
A Sunny Day in Glasgow on Myspace
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talons' - Songs for Babes
Songs for Babes is the third release from the fledgling new label MIE Music, which last year brought us the blissful sounds of Ohio’s Trouble Books. Talons’ is the solo moniker of one of Trouble Books main players, and guitarist for The Six Parts Seven, Mike Tolan. His band’s UK debut The United Colours of Trouble Books, and recent follow up EP Endless Pool, were insular pieces of sweet...
New Daniel Johnston - Freedom
A track from the upcoming Daniel Johnston album ‘Is and Always Was’. This is his first studio album in six years and exhibits a bit of a fuller sound than his usual. As always it’s his distinctive vocals which steal the show but there’s some lovely slide gitar and organ sounds buried in there as well. The album is due on October 6th, here’s the tracklist:
01. Mind...
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Bleeding Heart Narrative & Gosia Winter - Wire and...
Collaborations, especially those like this one, which are done via the magic of new technology and without the participants ever having actually met one another have the potential to often be disastrous. Thankfully the meeting of London’s Bleeding Heart Narrative and Australian art pop songstress Gosia Winter manages to avoid this by some distance.
Wire and String is somewhat of a surreal...
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Richard Walters - The Animal
Singer Songwriter types are ten a penny, and as such the majority of them are easily dismissible as dull and predictable, spewing the same old faux emotional balladry that’s given the genre a bad name. Every year or two though there’s an album which emerges from beneath the rubbish heap, something which embraces the origins of the genre (guitar + tortured soul) and serves up something of...
Listen to: Golau Glau
Those of you with your ears to the ground will possibly already be aware of Golau Glau, as in their short period as a band they’ve caused a little bit of a stir in the alternative blogosphere . And have even broken out in to the fringes of popular consciousness with countless plays on radio stations such as BBC 6 Music and a mention in The Guardian. All quite impressive for a duo who only...
Pyramids with Nadja - Another War
Here’s a little peek at the forthcoming full length collaboration between bombastic post-rockers Pyramids and eloquent drone merchants Nadja. The style of the two bands meld together naturally to create an incredible sound, terrifying drones permeate hauntingly beautiful vocals and endlessly reverberating piano. Here’s the second track on the album ‘Another War’,...
Good Shoes - The Way My Heart Beats
Morden four piece Good Shoes are set to return later this year with their second album, and they’re currently giving away a free taster track through their website. I was a big fan of their debut album, and this track suggests they could have another collection of cracking angular indie anthems up their sleeves. The song is called ‘The Way My Heart Beats’ and you can download...
Pelican annunce new album
Mighty metal instrumentalists Pelican have unveiled details of their forthcoming fourth studio album ‘What We All Come To Need’. There isn’t a set release date as yet but we have a track listing and some comments on the album from guitarist Laurent Lebec on the themes of the record: ”There is a current of inspiration that feels particular to each album’s music and...
Atlas Sound - Quick Canal
Another new track from the upcoming Atlas Sound album ‘Logos’. Quick Canal is a mesmerizing eight minute journey through undulating synths and multi layered vocals, even featuring a contribution from Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier. This, as well as previous track Walkabout suggest that Logos may well even surpass the much praised Atlas Sound debut. We’ll just have to wait...
Daniel Johnston - Daytrotter SXSW Session
I’ve just stumbled across this brilliant little acoustic session by the inimitable Daniel Johnston, it was recorded by the Daytrotter squad at SXSW and contains four songs. 1. Love Wheel 2. Living Life 3. True Love Will Find You In The End 4. Rock and Roll/EGA You can listen or download the tracks here. Daniel is set to release a new studio album, ‘Is and Always Was’, in...
Ex Aereogramme men announce new project
Glasgow rockers Aereogramme have been dearly missed by much of the indie community since their split in 2007. Now though vocalist Craig B and lead guitarist Iain Cook have unveiled some details of their new project, The Unwinding Hours. In a blog post Craig said the following: “Hello. Thanks for coming. This is “The Unwinding Hours” – Craig B and Iain Cook. We have been slowly writing,...
Unreleased Our Brother the Native track
Our Brother the Native have uploaded an unreleased track on to their Myspace page. The track is called is called Hauntings and in an accompanying post they’ve suggested that this is an indication of the kind of stuff we can expect to hear on the next album. It utilises a range of bizzare noises and several insturments coming off like a mixture of Aphex Twin and Animal Collective on a world...
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than The...
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart had one of the best records of last year in their self titled debut, and they’re set to release a new EP called ‘Higher Than the Stars’ through Fortuna Pop on September 22nd. The title track from said EP is now available for your listening pleasure. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart on Myspace
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Cassettes Won't Listen Interview
Cassettes Won’t Listen is the musical alias of Jason Drake, a multi instrumentalist DJ and producer from Brooklyn, New York. Under this guise he crafts hip hop infused electronica which combines memorable hooks with a deft experimental touch, which has seen him garner praise from everyone from SPIN to Perez Hilton. Cassettes Won’t Listen recently released a new instrumental album, ‘Into the...
