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It's almost Christmas and, naturally things happen in relation to Christmas around this time of year. Christmas songs, remixes, giving of gifts and so on. It shouldn't be a great surprise for us to present to you a Christmas mix (or DiSmas...) and neither should it be much of a surprise to find out that it's those now-Manchester-based electronic typs Ghosting Season that have compiled it for us.»
Portland-based Blouse have announced their first collection of UK and European shows, otherwise known as a tour. Their debut record earlier this year was a top, top effort first off, we'll be very interested to see how they do in the "live arena", as some might call it. There are some shows in Mainland Europe, too. We've listed these both below.»
Yesterday we revealed that Fucked Up's David Comes To Life was in our Top albums of the year (click here for the list. Specifically it placed at number 26. Not bad at all. Anyway, the band have just released a video for 'Turn The Season', which is on that»
Following on from the news of an extensive UK tour for February next year, the quite-brilliant Allo Darlin' have confirmed the release date for their next album. That's called Europe and is due out in May through Fortuna Pop!. The first single to be taken from it has just been announced, too. It's 'Capricornia' and comes out on February 13 2012. »
Each and every year, there are records which slip through the cracks, that individuals who write for the site absolutely adore, yet few others seem to even be aware of. To help highlight a few lost records, a few years ago we invented the Lost List, and ask individuals to write some words explaining why they love the album in question. Next up is Jenny Hval's Viscera, released by Rune Grammofon back in February. »
Back when Mister Heavenly announced their first European tour in October there was a question of whether world famous actor Michael Cera would be playing bass with them. Well, in case you've been locked away somewhere without significant channels of communication then you'll know that this is happening. He's been on their European tour playing bass. Nice.»
It's up until Wednesday so, y'know, watch it over the weekend or on Monday or Tuesday. Just before Wednesday, like. »
If anyone ever asks you who the best Italian band are, remember that the answer is Ufomammut. Exciting news for any fans of these European brutalists in that they've just finished the recording of their sixth full-length record, the follow-up to last year's Eve. There's two parts of this, too, both of which will be released through Neurot Recordings. »
Here it is. A playlist of ten carefully selected tracks, hand-picked from the week of whatever has gone up on the website. Here you'll find tracks by Sacred Harp, The Cure, Dan Mangan, Death Grips, When Saints Go Machine plus a few more.»
We've had a few posts of and relating to Ghostly International in the past couple of weeks but now it's the work of co-founder Matthew Dear that concerns us directly. The news this time is that he's releasing a new EP, entitled Headcage, which will be released by Ghostly on January 17 (16). There's also a full-length called Beams on the way. Interestingly it features a duet with a bloke from The Drums.»
Some new stuff from The National.»
Back at the end of last week it was confirmed - in a strange sort of way - that Sleigh Bells would return with a new album in 2012, following on from 2010's Treats. There was scant information at that time but, thankfully enough, a bit more of that rare stuff has leaked out in the last day or so. We're here to report it. Firstly, it'll be out on February 14 through Mom + Pop Music in the US. We guess the UK release date will be around then, too.»
A new video from PHB. Plus the meaning behind it.»
Win a pair of tickets to the London premiere of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. »
Shearwater's new record is released in February next year and it is one many people will be looking forward to, naturally. The band have just announced a tour in support of that record, Animal Joy, across Europe, including a handful of dates in the UK, see those here.»
This year has certainly been yet another vintage one for Ghostly International, not that they tend to have many bad years, if at all. Quite simply, it is one of the best labels out there. They've just announced another release on their roster for 2012 too, with Danes Choir of Young Believers adding to their back catalogue with Rhine Gold. »
Last month Mark Lanegan announced the release of a new album, Blues Funeral, on February 6 through 4AD. It's his first since 2004, believe it or not. Now the opening track, 'The Gravedigger's Song' has been made available for free download and streaming here.»
A ten-date jaunt around the UK.»
February, people. »
WFMU is, if you don't know, one of the best radio stations out there, at least in terms of getting very good bands in to record sessions and whatnot. We'd like to take this opportunity to point out another one to you , as well, and it's from The Men, who recently released another full-length record, entitled Leave Home. The session is seven tracks long and you can have a listen to it here.»
Noisy duo Sleigh Bells have announced the follow-up their debut album Treats, which was released in 2010. The new album is called Reign of Terror and we know very little about it, apart from the video that is on the RoT website. Anyway, you can also have a peek at that here.»
The wonderful Felice Brothers are on tour around Europe at the moment, stopping off in the usual places, including a few shows in the UK, all listed below. They've also just released a new video for 'Millionaire', which is released alongside (as a double a-side) 'Fire At The Pageant'. You can watch both videos here.»
More free festive musical goods. »
Many times this year we've listened to PJ Harvey's Let England Shake and almost each and every time we marvel at its brilliance. You may remember the films which were made for every track on the album by Seamus Murphy, we ran a few of them after all. Well, the good news for anybody who was or still is a fan of these is that they're going to be released on DVD together on December 12 through Island.»
A new short, preview film from The Maccabees. Contains bits of new material, too.»
Following on from the release of their self-titled debut record, Veronica Falls are preparing to tour like mad in 2012, having just announced an absolute ton of dates for both the UK and mainland Europe, in March and April next year.»
Earlier this week the longlist for the second edition of the Nordic Music Prize was announced, with 50 entries from Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. Now they've announced the final 12 who will compete for the prize of Best Nordic album from 2011. The candidates are listed here.»
Erased Tapes labelmates Nils Frahm and Peter Broderick have collaborated to form Oliveray, with the reason for the name being the pair's middle names are Oliver and Ray. So yeah, it makes sense. Their first release is an eight-track collection entitled Wonders, which is available from December 12. »
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