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by Luke Slater
Today at pretty much approximately NOW, Nicolas Jaar releases a new single, called 'Don't Break My Love'. The good news is that it's absolutely free to download and, although you can't do so from here, you can very much do it from Cloud and Sunset, which »
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by Luke Slater
Vessels have produced a couple of cracking videos in the past, but their new one is slightly different. Different in that it's interactive. It was just produced by Studio Murmur and has been directed by Tim Harrison and Ian Pons Jewell. »
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by Luke Slater
To mark the tenth anniversary of Lex Records, Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have collaborated on a track with mystical MC DOOM, who was previously known as MF DOOM and many other things. The track is called 'Retarded Fren' and can be streamed»
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by Luke Slater
It'll be no great surprise if The Antlers' Burst Apart features quite highly in our end of year list. Although we do like to keep you guessing, so nothing is a dead cert around these parts. Still, it's a great record. And good news follows in the announce»
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Danish lot When Saints Go Machine released the stunning Konkylie earlier this year (read our review here) and on November 14 they will release a single from the record, 'Parix'. Obviously you'll have to pay for that, but if you want a slice of free 'Parix' then you're in luck today as the band have a reworking by fellow Dane Taragana Pyjarama up for downloading.»
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by Luke Slater
As you may have noticed during the past week or so, it's around this time of year where things get a bit busy for albums being released in the early part of 2012. There has been literally tens. Anyway, the next in line to announce a mini-album is Gonjasufi, whose new project is released on January 23 next year.»
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Wichita-signed Cloud Nothings will follow up the success of 2011's self-titled record with another one in 2012. It's called Attack On Memory and will be released on February 6 through Wichita Recordings once more. As is usually the way with album releases, you can stream and download a track from the album right away.»
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by Luke Slater
There's been a lot of EMA love from these quarters over the past year or so and today is going to be no exception. She releases her new single, 'Marked', digitally today and the b-side is a new track, one called 'Angelo'. You can stream it here. »
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by Luke Slater
We're used to The Barbican providing plenty of musical greatness over the years and months, especially in recent times. It's with great delight, then, that we bring you the news of their Spring Season of Contemporary Music. Have a peek here for a round-up of what's going on in Spring 2012 at the great London institution.»
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by Luke Slater
Earlier this year record label 4AD released a vinyl and digital compilation of their "sessions", which have been going on for quite a while now. I have held the physical product in my hands and it is wondrous. This doesn't signify their end, though, and t»
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by Luke Slater
As you know, we're big fans of Ghosting Season at DiS. That much would be obvious. They, and in their guise as worriedaboutsatan, have done some super remixes in the last year or so, and this time it's the turn of Cloud Control to be remixed. The track in»
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by Luke Slater
Crunch festival - a mixture of art, philosophy and music based in Hay-on-Wye - has announced its full line-up for its 2011 edition. As you'd expect, it's quite an eclectic mix. See below for the full line-up. Some choice gems in there, naturally.»
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This week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring lots of stuff from the year 2000, including At The Drive-in, Coldplay, Outkast, Deftones and Eels. »
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by Luke Slater
Summer Camp are in the process of releasing their debut album, Welcome To Condale. It comes on the back of a great EP and a few really great singles. They're doing things the right way. As a guide to that record they wrote and released a fanzine, somethin»
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by Luke Slater
Earlier this year Michael Brown gave Amplifier's new record an 8/10, writing that it embraced its past but was unafraid of the future, which sounds like a good mix to us. There's a hive of activity around them at the moment, with a track to download, video and some upcoming tour dates. The track is 'Planet of Insects' and it can be downloaded here, via BandCamp.»
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by Luke Slater
Watch Fujiya and Miyagi perform "a session".»
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by Luke Slater
On December 5, Scottish-types We Were Promised Jetpacks release a double A-side single through FatCat. Yep, people still do release double A-sides. The two tracks in question are 'Human Error' and 'Ink Slowly Dries'. You can, handily enough, listen to both of here below in the embedded SoundCloud player.»
In Depth by Luke Slater
There is just something about Iceland. In reality it is not one single thing but a combination of them, from the people, the weather, the city of Reykjavík and, above all, all of these distilled in a few days in the middle of October that make up the annual Airwaves festival. Although 2011's edition was marked by several performances of Björk's Biophilia at the resplendelty and long-awaited Harpa Music Hall, it's quite arguably not what Airwaves is about. That said, every festival is helped by a "marquee" performance or two and Sinead O'Connor made an appearance, too.»
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by Luke Slater
Noisy, loud, and well-named lot Ice, Sea, Dead People have a new single out very soon indeed. In fact it might be out already, but I've been so busy listening to it I've not really bothered to check. Anyway, it's a single, yes, but it's also a free download. Which can be obtained here in exchange for some social media type messages. Easy.»
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by Luke Slater
Mister Heavenly, the band made up of Nick Thorburn of Islands and The Unicorns, Ryan Kattner of Man Man and Joe Plummer of Man Man, have announced their first ever date in the United Kingdom and some more in Europe, too. They are all listed below and start at the end of next month, moving through to December.»