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Two Wounded Birds are releasing a new double a-side single, ‘All We Wanna Do’ / ‘Midnight Wave’, which comes out on April 18th on limited edition 7” and digital download on Moshi Moshi.
The band formed in 2008, are originally from the seaside town of Margate and last year toured with The Drums throughout November and December.
You can listen to their new single ‘All We Wanna Do’ here:
Brooklynites The Last Royals have covered the Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark track ‘If You Leave’. You can check it out here:
‘United’ is the new single from Pete And The Pirates’ forthcoming album ‘One Thousand Pictures’. It’s available for pre-order now, comes with 3 bonus tracks, and will be issued on May 16th. The album, produced by Brendan Lynch, is due for release on May 23rd. The band have made a video, which can be viewed here:
They set out on a UK tour this week, dates as follows:
11-Apr The Joiners, Southampton
12-Apr Audio, Brighton
13-Apr Millennium Music Hall, Cardiff
15-Apr The Ruby Lounge, Manchester
16-Apr Record Store Day, Rough Trade West, London
16-Apr Coventry Kasbah, Coventry,
18-Apr The Duchess, York
19-Apr Cluny, Newcastle
20-Apr The Hop, Wakefield
16-May Winchester Railway Inn, Winchester
17-May Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
18-May The Cockpit, Leeds
19-May Mojo, Liverpool
20-May Westgarth Social Club, Middlesbrough
22-May Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
23-May The Underground, Stoke on Trent
25-May Sub 89, Reading
26-May Heaven, London
27-May Stereo, Glasgow
Stolen Records will be releasing an exclusive sampler for Record Store Day this week, with the repertoire featuring six of the label’s acts, each contributing two tracks, one new and one classic. The vinyl only release will be limited to 200 copies, each one hand silk screen printed and numbered. Featured artists are Bo Ningen; JEFF The Brotherhood; My Sad Captains; Serafina; The European, and the aforementioned Pete And The Pirates.
The International Artists label is best known for the 13th Floor Elevators’ hit singles and seminal albums but the label also released a series of groundbreaking records from acts such as The Red Krayola, Lost & Found and The Golden Dawn. Over the past two years Charly Records have embarked on a re-issue programme, with all of the original albums released on the label as distinctive limited luxury editions. For these releases the albums have been re-mastered from the original tapes and it is from these new sessions that these two new limited edition 7″ singles are taken.
‘Wait For My Love’ is the Elevators ‘lost’ sixth single, which was originally planned as a single in 1968 but never released. The 7″ will be pressed on green vinyl with ‘May The Circle Remain Unbroken’ on the b-side. The versions of the tracks on the single differ from those previously released as they have been re-mastered by Sonic Boom (Spacemen Three).
Sonic Boom, who recently produced albums for MGMT and Panda Bear, has also re-mastered the Red Krayola single. The A-side is an exclusive remix of the track ‘Hurricane Fighter Plane’, especially for this release, whilst the flip side is taken from forthcoming 2CD deluxe edition of the ‘Parable Of Arable Land’ album.
Both singles are limited to 2000 copies worldwide, will be packaged in International Artists’ house bags and are available this coming Saturday, as part of Record Store Day.
Tim Smith, the lead singer songwriter and guitarist of Cardiacs and numerous other music projects, suffered a severe stroke in 2008. The stroke has left Tim incapacitated, so a host of the acts that he has influenced have recorded versions of his tracks for the charity album, ‘Leader of the Starry Skies’.
Two of the tracks from the album are now going to be released on a very limited white vinyl 7″ single. The tracks are Steven Wilson’s version of ‘Stoneage Dinosaur’ and Oceansize’s cover of ‘Fear’. In addition to raising awareness and money for Tim (all profits from the single will go to him) the single will also be supporting this year’s Record Store Day, which, as I’m sure you all know by now, takes place on Saturday.
‘Stoneage Dinosaur’ / ‘Fear’ is limited to only 2000 copies (which will only be available in the shops participating in Record Store Day in Europe).
Steven Wilson is currently on tour with his Blackfield project following the release of their latest album, ‘Welcome To My DNA’, but it for his work with Porcupine Tree that he is best known. While Steven’s career has been in a constant ascendancy for the last few years, unfortunately Mancunian progressive / post-rock greats Oceansize have recently decided to call it a day.
Chicago 3-piece Smith Westerns are currently in the UK touring as main support to the Vaccines. The band play London’s Cargo, in Shoreditch tonight (Monday April 11th). The band are brothers Cullen and Cameron Omori (Vocals / Guitar and Bass, respectively) and Max Kakacek (Guitar). Produced and engineered by Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On The Radio), Dye It Blonde is the group’s first studio full-length, following 2009’s home-recorded ‘Smith Westerns’. Dye It Blonde will be released through Domino’s Weird World imprint on May 2nd, preceded by the single, Weekend on April 25th. You can watch the video for Weekend here:
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Following a brief hiatus, and the rather good Alex Turner songs that featured in the Submarine movie, Arctic Monkeys return with the release of the release of ‘Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair’, the first single from their new album, Suck It and See. The single will be available on exclusive white label 7” backed with album track ‘Brick By Brick’ through independent retail outlets in support of Record Store Day on Saturday the 16th of April. The single track will also be available digitally from midnight on the 11th of April. ‘Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair’ will also be available on 7” (RUG406S), 10” (RUG406T) and digitally on Monday the 30th of May, featuring brand new b-sides, exclusive to these formats. Details are as follows: Record Store Day 7” ‘Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair’ / ‘Brick By Brick’; 7″ ‘Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair’ / ‘I.D.S.T.’; 10″/Digital bundle ‘Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair’ / ‘The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap’ / ‘I.D.S.T’. ‘Suck It and See’ will be released by Domino on Monday the 6th of June 2011.
Towns hail from Bristol and played their first gig in February this year, having already been featured on BBC introducing. They release their debut single, ‘Fields’, on 23rd May. In the meantime, you can listen to ‘Fields’ here:
The B-Side (or at least the track that would have been the B-Side if this were a record, but in actual fact is a digital bonus track) can be checked out here:
Quite why Ladytron have begun to reveal information about their upcoming studio album, Gravity The Seducer, is anybody’s guess, particularly as it won’t be released until September 12th in the UK (September 13th in the US). The band released Best Of Ladytron: 00-10, a few days ago, so maybe this is a way of distancing themselves from that compilation? In any event, Ladytron recorded the forthcoming album in Kent’s countryside, with Barny Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Editors) co-producing, alongside the band. The record will apparently be a “grander sound, incorporating more baroque elements. Fans can expect the new tracks to be dreamy, romantic, beautiful, and lush.”, according to their publicity machine. For all the Ladytron fanatics counting the days until that far-off day in September, the band will be touring Europe, and Mira Aroyo will be DJing in several cities. Ladytron play The Forum in London on June 8th, and The Arches in Glasgow on June 9th.
Example, (pictured above) has made his latest single available for streaming. Click to listen here:
Also, check out the Example tour diary feat: Changed The Way You Kiss Me live, tour bus smoothies, the tour bus bike, and more here:
Sons And Daughters have announced the follow up to 2008’s The Gift, and they tell us that the new album is radically different to its predecessor. They describe Mirror Mirror as “A slow burning sensation, a wiry, raw, sensual injection of primal monochrome rock”. The band reached back to their own past – namely 2006’s The Repulsion Box and the band’s 2004 mini-album debut Love The Cup – for inspiration. As Scott Paterson observes – “We sound better when we’re more minimal. We wanted everything on the new album to be necessary, no added fluff, and only recording on 16-track.” With this model in mind the band enlisted friend and fan Keith McIvor, (aka JD Twitch of local legends Optimo Music) as producer. Mirror Mirror is his first full length album. “We knew someone like Keith could be really honest with us,” says Scott. “He has great taste in music, and we also knew we wanted to start using electronics, and he’s really into his dance music”. The mood was further enhanced with mixing by Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, These New Puritans). “I love the feel of this album and it’s the most balanced thing we’ve done,” Scott reflects. “There are great rocking moments but it’s also reflective and dreamy. It sounds odd in a natural way.”
Sons And Daughters are making opening track & statement of intent ‘Silver Spell’ available to download & stream here:
http://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/sons-daughters-silver-spell
Two Wounded Birds have a new single called ‘All We Wanna Do’, which is being released on limited edition 7″ vinyl and digital download, on April 18th via Moshi Moshi. The band formed in 2008 and last year the Margate four-piece received a helping hand from label mates mates The Drums, joining them as support on their UK tour, then releasing their debut EP on guitarist Jacob Graham’s Holiday Records.
Please feel free to post this video on your site! View the video for the new single here:
‘Come Around’ is the brilliant debut single from newbies Tim & Jean, whose short career has galloped ahead of many of their contemporaries. It’s uplifting electro-pop which communicates a gloriously youthful, yet somehow wistfully nostalgic vibe.
Watch it here and see what’s about to hit the airwaves…
The Heartbreaks have also released a video for their upcoming single ‘Jealous, Don’t You Know’ with northern-soul dancing, Morecambe seascapes and abandoned halls to accompany their romantic, indie brit-pop.
