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Strange Fires: In memory of Chris Reimer

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:40:00 +0000

Strange Fires: In memory of Chris Reimer:

RIP Chris Reimer. I only met him twice but it’s ultimately so sad to lose such a sparkling individual so young. The below tribute is wonderful, as is this one too. It was a sad day yesterday for everyone who adored his music in Women, The Dodos plus his solo material and the many friends he had made all over the world, especially those through Jagjaguwar.

strangefire:

I really want to share this story with you, it seems appropriate now.

I met Chris Reimer last summer when I was still playing 2nd guitar in Gauntlet Hair and we did an extensive east coast tour with the Dodos. Chris was touring with The Dodos as a semi-permanent 2nd guitar player and none…

The new video from and directed by Porcelain Raft,...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:45:00 +0000

The new video from and directed by Porcelain Raft, ‘Something In Between’ is the b-side to new single ‘Unless You Speak From Your Heart’ (out 20th Feb on Secretly Canadian). Watch the a-side here:

Porcelain Raft has just announced a headline show at The Lexington 26th March, get tickets here.

Ahead of their first UK tour starting this weekend, Outfit have...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:49:21 +0000

Ahead of their first UK tour starting this weekend, Outfit have revealed details of a new EP and a brand new track.

The screwed pop of ‘Dashing In Passing’ is the first track to be pulled from their upcoming debut EP ‘Another Night’s Dreams Reach Earth Again’ out The Sounds of Sweet Nothing in April. The song is a slowed down, feline take on their dark sound of before - this time revelling in slinky choruses and rumbling bass.

‘Dashing In Passing’ is available to buy on Bandcamp now and via iTunes from the 13th February. Stream it here, as premiered by Abeano yesterday:

More info here including their full UK tour dates.

We’re really excited to welcome back Brooklyn’s Here...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:14:07 +0000

We’re really excited to welcome back Brooklyn’s Here We Go Magic with news of their third album ‘A Different Ship’, released 7th May in the UK, 8th May in the US via Secretly Canadian.

Hear the blistering first track from this, ‘Make Up Your Mind’.

Stream it:

Or download it. Make up your mind!

We Have Band have released a slick live session for All Saints...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:00 +0000

We Have Band have released a slick live session for All Saints this week, following on from the release of second album ‘Ternion’ on Monday 30th Jan via Naive.

The London trio recorded the 3-track session for All Saints Basement Sessions last month with a 9-strong crew. Have a look at the fantastic footage starting with album track ‘Tired Of Running’ below:

Direct link to the All Saints Basement Sessions is here, massive thanks to them and their Spitalfields branch for setting this up.

Here’s introducing Vancouver electronic newcomers No Gold....

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:37:27 +0000

Here’s introducing Vancouver electronic newcomers No Gold. The Fader premiered their new track ‘Good And Bad’ this week, download it here:

Click for more info on No Gold.

of Montreal are in pole position today, sitting at the top of...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:22:38 +0000

of Montreal are in pole position today, sitting at the top of NME.com’s homepage with a full exclusive stream of forthcoming new album ‘Paralytic Stalks’ HERE!

The album will be released on the 6th Feb in the UK via Polyvinyl. Frontman Kevin Barnes is also set to take part in a gchat and album listening party at Rough Trade West, Sat 4th Feb. More info about that here.

splendourrr: MARIBEL’s “REVERIES” is out FEB. 13th in UK/ EU...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:25:43 +0000

splendourrr:

MARIBEL’s “REVERIES” is out FEB. 13th in UK/ EU and FEB. 8th in Japan/ Taiwan.

Pre-order UK

Pre-order Norway

Pre-order Japan

greatescapefestival: BAND OF THE DAY #100 - Porcelain Raft ...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:31:04 +0000

greatescapefestival:

BAND OF THE DAY #100 - Porcelain Raft

Meet Mauro Remiddi, a former member of the band Sunny Day Sets Fire, now recording under the name Porcelain Raft. His brand of fidgety synth-pop sits somewhere between 1990s George Michael and M83.

His debut album, Strange Weekend, will be released on Monday (23rd January). Check out the video below for his latest single ‘Put Me To Sleep’.

Hear and host ‘Strange Weekend’, the debut album by...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:04:50 +0000

Hear and host ‘Strange Weekend’, the debut album by Porcelain Raft, as streamed one week ahead of release date via Hype Machine here:

Porcelain Raft has also added a new London show on the eve of starting his European tour with M83 tonight, more info here.

A Winged Victory For The Sullen have released this sumptious...

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:52:00 +0000

A Winged Victory For The Sullen have released this sumptious live clip, filmed in Krakow at Unsound 2011, ahead of their debut UK tour this month.

Full dates are here:

14/01/12 : Academy 3 - Manchester (UK)
15/01/12 : Oran Mor - Glasgow (UK)
16/01/12 : Cecil Sharpe House – London (UK)
17/01/12 : South Street – Reading (UK)
18/01/12 : Half Moon @ Cork Opera House - Cork (IE)
19/01/12 : The Sugar Club – Dublin (IE)

Also listen to this fittingly spectral remix by French musician Montauk In February, a rework of album track ‘A Symphony Pathetique’.

Happy new year! Following several Ones to Watch pieces flooding...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:52:50 +0000

Happy new year! Following several Ones to Watch pieces flooding in end of 2011, Outfit appear on their first magazine cover thanks to The Fly this month. If you approve do vote for them as your favourite cover stars, check the Poll on www.the-fly.co.uk’s homepage.

marathonpacks: Numbers

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:49:30 +0000

marathonpacks: Numbers:

Interesting how these lists translate into stats:

marathonpacks:

The U.S. sales numbers of Pitchfork’s top 50 albums. The ones with suspiciously round numbers are estimations based on when an album dropped out of the top 200 and the fact that it has to sell less than 300 copies in a week to do so. If you have verified numbers to fix any mistakes or omissions,…

Happy Xmas from Create Spark. Above’s one of my favourite...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:36:00 +0000

Happy Xmas from Create Spark. Above’s one of my favourite tracks of 2011, coincidentally with a slightly festive electronic peel of synths near the end.

My favourite albums of the year were:

John Maus ‘We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves’

Girls ‘Father, Son, Holy Ghost’

Destroyer ‘Kaputt’

Suuns ‘Zeroes QC’

St Vincent ‘Strange Mercy’

Moonface ‘Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped’ (ok, yes I know it’s an EP)

The War On Drugs ‘Slave Ambient’

Mogwai ‘Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will’

The Horrors ‘Skying’

Dirty Beaches ‘Badlands’

Bon Iver ‘Bon Iver’

Metronomy ‘The English Riviera’

Wild Beasts ‘Smother’

Gruff Rhys ‘Hotel Shampoo’

That PJ record.

Not discounting all the wonderful records and artists we’ve had the pleasure to represent this year too, which you can peruse here. Special mention should go to Sufjan Stevens and his mind-meltingly amazing live shows, something that was a total privilege to work on. And thanks to Outfit, for not only filling our lives with sonic joy, but also giving me some of the worst hangovers I’ve had for a while.

See you in 2012

Debbie x

Montreal electronicist Miracle Fortress starts a full European...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:14:55 +0000

Montreal electronicist Miracle Fortress starts a full European and UK Tour tonight, watch them performing new single ‘Everything Works’ (out 12th December on Republic of Music) live for BreakThru TV above. Full details on the single and tour is here: http://mim.io/38db02 http://www.miraclefortress.com

Create Spark’s Albums of 2011 (Part Four): ‘A Winged...

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:50:45 +0000

Create Spark’s Albums of 2011 (Part Four): ‘A Winged Victory For The Sullen’ by A Winged Victory For The Sullen

disco naïveté: premiere: We Have Band - Where Are Your People?

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:42:16 +0000

disco naïveté: premiere: We Have Band - Where Are Your People?:

New We Have Band!

disconaivete:

London-based trio We Have Band release the second single Where Are Your People? off their forthcoming new full-length Ternion on Monday, which you can stream exclusively below. The single is backed with their covers of The Horrors’ Still Life and Washed Out’s Within and Without. Where…

Continuing on with our round-ups of this years albums,...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:40:52 +0000

Continuing on with our round-ups of this years albums, here’s no 3 on Okkervil River’s ‘I Am Very Far’. Read on.

Here’s welcoming A Classic Education into the Create Spark...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:18:35 +0000

Here’s welcoming A Classic Education into the Create Spark fold. Download album track ‘Baby It’s Fine’ here

A Classic Education - Baby, It’s Fine by A Classic Education

Their debut album ‘Call It Blazing’ is out in the UK via Lefse on the 12th December. More info is here, album teaser below.

A little later than planned, here’s Create Spark’s...

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:07:00 +0000

A little later than planned, here’s Create Spark’s Albums of 2011 part two on Cut Copy’s ‘Zonoscope’.