Category: Music News

The brothers Tweak Bird are preparing to hit up the UK this month as their tour kicks off on October 25th.

Make a note of when the noise-rock duo will be playing near your town and be sure to catch them. They’re awesome… and Dennis Busenitz skates to them too and this makes them even more awesome. See his amazing part in Diagonal set to ‘Shivers‘ after the dates.

25th – Manchester, Ruby Lounge
26th – Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s
27th – Glasgow, Captain’s Rest
28th – London, Camp Basement
29th – Brighton, The Albert
30th – London, Forum

This year will be remembered for a vast selection of high grade stoner psych and unless you have been under a rock for most of it Ganglians should be at the forefront of the charge.

Their amazing album Monster Head Room was re-released by Souterrain Transmissions in Europe this year after its initial debut on Woodsist which gained rave reviews from the British press and packed live shows.

Enjoy Valiant Brave today and go discover this gem if this somehow slipped through the net, you will not be disappointed.

It’s been nothing short of a phenomenal year for the emotive bedroom producer, James Blake, already appointed by many bloggers as the UK’s abstract spokesperson for London’s urban youth.

Having done the rounds on the internet earlier this year with an excellent reception, the vocal-heavy rework of Feist’s Limit To Your Love will be released on November 8th through ATLAS.

Blake has recently returned from filming a video for the single in Copenhagen with Martin De Thurah. Stay tuned for the video but until then listen to the track as it was given its first airplay on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show.

Gorillaz appeared on the David Letterman show last week and followed with a 45 minute concert at the Ed Sullivan Theatre featuring De La Soul and more…

You can watch the entire concert below and be sure to check out the virtual band’s latest track with British RnB newcomer Daley right here while you’re at it.

This weeks marks what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday. This will be a simple post to pay our respect to one of music’s most important and beloved figures, containing two videos. A clip for Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown) and Nick Trapasso’s section in And Now, which was set to one of Lennon’s finest songs.

Rest in peace…

www.johnlennon.com

As previously reported, Animal Collective’s Avey Tare will be releasing the crocodile inspired album Down There on October 25th through Paw Tracks. Unsurprisingly, the first video to come from the album to accompany ‘Lucky 1’ is like diving head first into a croc-infested geometric visual pool of goodness.

Directed by Avey Tare’s sister, Abby Portner, you can watch the video below.

Lucky 1 from Abby Portner on Vimeo.

The Count & Sinden seem to have taken inspiration from our very own Halloween methods of partying in their new video for ‘Addicted To You‘.

It begins innocently enough as a regular pumping house party but slowly morphs into a zombie disco complete with mass hysteria and undead vibesing.

Watch the excellent video directed by Paul Parulis below and stay tuned for a Crossfader interview with The Count dropping very soon.

‘Addicted To You’ drops on November 7th and appears on Mega Mega Mega which is out now through Domino Records.

Bobby Conn’s massively acclaimed record ‘Rise Up!’ has been scheduled for a remastered re-issue release on November 29th.

The release will be supported by a mammoth European tour including four UK dates where Bobby will rise up and play the album in its entirety.

He will play at the following dates:

27th Nov 2010 UK London – Windmill Brixton
28th Nov 2010 UK Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
29th Nov 2010 UK Glasgow – The Arches
30th Nov 2010 UK Cardiff – CLWB for Bach