Poison The Well have a new track ‘Bowie’ for stream today on their MySpace page.
Grab their ltd edition 7″‘s now featuring unreleased material that will not appear anywhere else except on vinyl via www.ferretstyle.com
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Black Lips 200 Million Thousand album
Atlanta’s Black Lips are back with a brand new album scheduled for release on Vice Records on Feb 23rd.
The highly anticipated new album titled 200 Million Thousand will contain 14 snotty garage punk tracks and also see the band on tour throughout Europe so go to their Myspace page for tickets quickly before they sell out.
February 2009
3rd Nijmegen Doornroosje
4th Rotterdam Watt
5th Munich 59:1
6th Berlin Festsaal Kreuzberg
7th Hamburg Molotow
8th Cologne Gebäude 9
11th Lille Club Aeronef
12th Dijon Generiq Festival at La Vapeur
13th Brussels Botanique
14th Paris Super Mon Amour Festival at Maroq
15th London Islington Academy (NME show)
16th Bristol Fleece & Firkin
17th Glasgow ABC 2
18th Manchester Institute
19th Brighton Audio
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Rolo Tomassi
It seems that over the past year, Rolo Tomassi have become a fashionable name to drop, with even the likes of the NME and Vice showing them no end of love. Not that the Sheffield quintet don’t deserve such love, mind; but you have to wonder how many hangers-on will embrace such a twisted, schizophrenic beast of an album as ‘Hysterics‘.
They will if they know what’s good for them, though, because it’s an awesome debut. One that swings from melancholic calm to sheer sonic warfare, and from beauty to savagery – often within the same song. This lot specialise unholy hybrid of twinkling electronics, metallic bludgeon, and all-out hardcore fury, and they spit it out in the form of surprisingly addictive nuggets like ‘Abraxas‘ and ‘Everything Went Grey‘. Hats off to vocalist Eva Spence for her cold croon and spine-chilling roars. That’s versatility.
It’s progressive in the best sense of the word, and – as you’d imagine from a band who count Gallows, 65daysofstatic and Horse The Band amongst their former tour mates – it makes for uneasy (but ultimately rewarding) listening. Check out the track ‘Fofteen‘ on the link above and decide for yourself.
They’ve just been confirmed for the second leg of the ‘Shred Yr Face‘ tour, alongside The Bronx and Fucked Up. Come join the fun at the following shows:
Feb 26th – Leeds Cockpit
Feb 27th – Glasgow Garage
Feb 28th – Manchester Club Academy
Mar 2nd – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
Mar 3rd – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Mar 4th – London Electric Ballroom
Mar 5th – Brighton Concorde 2
Mar 6th – Birmingham Academy
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Psychemagik vs Obama
As Barack Obama moves into the Whitehouse and the world looks to one mans vision to change the planet Psychemagik have released a soundscape of the historic speech for your ears that you should listen to and pass on to others.
Look out for Psychemagik throughout 2009 as they will be releasing bangers soon. Click here for the download.
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Justice
Be warned: if your knowledge of French electronic duo Justice goes no further than the ubiquitous, Simian-sampling ‘We Are Your Friends‘, then the delights on offer here will be something of a surprise (to say the least). In the live setting, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay are not so much DJs as mad sonic scientists, gleefully splicing and re-wiring their repertoire into one of the most visceral live experiences since prime-era Prodigy, with many a gibbering, sweat-soaked, adrenalised crowd standing testament to this.
My turn came at this year’s Benicassim festival in eastern Spain, and if you’ve been lucky enough to see these guys over the past year, then the live CD (recorded in San Francisco) will bring back some fond memories. ‘Phantom‘ is distorted almost to the point of sheer sonic warfare (and then returns for a second strike towards the end of the set), ‘Two Minutes To Midnight‘ is hypnotically refined over seven-odd minutes, and the aforementioned ‘We Are Your Friends‘ is only briefly recognisable in its original form before industrial-strength riffs gatecrash the party (courtesy of Ministry’s ‘Just One Fix‘). Awesome.
There’s also the rather excellent bonus of a DVD that chronicles the band’s brief (but eventful US tour) in March last year. To summarise: Gaspard, Xavier, a gun-obsessed tour manager, a philosophical bus driver, a Las Vegas wedding, loads of excited fans, alcohol, extensive partying, police…and plenty more besides. Check it out for yourself, and get your ears around ‘DVNO’ on the link above
Alex Gosman.
YEAH YEAH YEAHS have revealed the title of their forthcoming studio album “It’s Blitz” on their website www.yeahyeahyeahs.com Release date to be announced soon.
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Ane Brun Changes the Seasons
Ane Brun is a singer that should be on your radar if you like to chill. This Norwegian has delivered an incredible album titled ‘Changing Of The Seasons‘, recorded at Atlantis Studio in Stockholm with producer Valgeir Sigurdsson. It’s out on February 3rd, check out the Treehouse video below.
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La Roux tour dates
La Roux has announced some UK tour dates.
The hugely tipped singer who released Quicksand [check the video below] last year, will hit the following dates before heading off to support Lily Allen in March.
JANUARY
24th – Indie Club @ Cavern, Exeter
26th – Kasbah, Coventry
29th – Fuzz Club @ University, Sheffield
30th – Somewhere In The Universe @ New Hero, Brighton
31st – Stealth vs Rescue @ Stealth, Nottingham
FEBRUARY
5th – YoYo @ Notting Hill Arts Club, London
6th – 444 Club @ The Rainbow, Birmingham
7th – Contort Yourself @ Roadhouse , Manchester
12th – YoYo @ Notting Hill Arts Club, London
13th – The Square Club Night, Harlow
19th – YoYo @ Notting Hill Arts Club, London
26th – YoYo @ Notting Hill Arts Club, London
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You’re So Ugly!
In the build up to the re-release of Atmosphere‘s GodLovesUgly album, a new site has been launched to make you a cover star!
You’re So Ugly allows you to upload a photo which you can then move onto the cover of the album and then post in the gallery on the site. The album will be released along with the Sad Clown Bad Dub 4 DVD on Rhymesayers today [January 20th]. Get uploading!
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Get Up Kids aim for UK dates
Ryan Pope, drummer of influential emo originals The Get Up Kids has confirmed that the band are hoping to play some UK shows in May.Having called it a day during the UK tour in 2004 the five piece have kept themselves busy with various band/label ventures with the Pope brothers taking an active role in the running of Black Lodge Studios as well as numerous band ventures.
Frontman Matt Pryor released a solo album, ‘Confidence Man‘ on Vagrant whilst keyboardist James Dewees has been kept busy touring with My Chemical Romance, New Found Glory and with his side project Reggie and The Full Effect , and guitarist Jim Suptic has set up an indie label Curb Appeal Records.
The band’s reunion coincides with the 10th anniversary of the release of ‘Something to Write Home About’, and following their comeback show in November, they have confirmed appearances at the Bamboozle Festival in May, and the Groezrock Festival in Belgium in April.
Watch this space for confirmation of UK dates…