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Goddess of weird folk and most magical harpist in all of Christendom, Joanna Newsom, will be playing two whole dates (don't call it a residency, they've been doing it for years...) at London's Royal Festival Hall in May. Specifically May 12 and 13, which is a prime time of the year.»
Masters of dynamics and general fans of noise, Mogwai, have launched their first EVER podcast, under the banner of their Rock Action record label, home to a chunk of great acts. Wanting to give it a stamp of individuality, they've decided to call it a 'Mogcast', if not the snappiest, makes sense.»
London! Bristol! Glasgow!»
One-man show Gold Panda has announced a pretty substantial tour - including his first headline dates - and some with the mighty Caribou and SMD - as well as a new single, and confirmation of a debut album, to be released in the Summer of this year.»
Hooray! For now.»
I know we (read: I) always bang on about it being great to see a PROPER music video, y'know, one with a storyline, a bit of a budget and a few question marks hanging over the top of it all. Sadly, budgetary requirements for a large chunk of bands nowadays mean that anything approaching extravagant is significantly less likely.»
Austin-based Strange Boys second record, Be Brave is out next week. Guess what. We've got an exclusive stream of it before the release date. Lovely stuff. They've also just announced a UK tour, and have a video for their lead single, which is also the title track. Out already. It's all go at Strange Boys HQ, ennit?»
More good news from the Sigur Rós man.»
Electronic-glitch-out-8-bit-whatever specialists Crystal Castles have announced a slightly less-than-generous smattering of tour dates, which includes just the ONE show in the UK.»
Screaming rockers Tubelord are currently in the process of releasing a plethora of remixes for their album track 'Stacey's Left Arm'. So far there's been TWO, and thus the next one must be the third. We've got an especiale download of the remix - this time done by Scrubber Fox. »
St Albans' finest ever act, Friendly Fires have announced a split single with remix specialist duo Holy Ghost!, with the added (but certainly not unique) twist that each band will cover the other's song. I remember NOFX did this once, possibly with Rancid or someone similiar.»
Giveaway. »
He even goes to watch a Hull City game!»
Life really is sweet!»
Not just one, but TWO whole Wild Beasts videos, the first coming for their new single, the fantastically titled 'We Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues', and now with the first instalment of their tour diary, filmed in Los Angeles. »
Who was yours?»
Electronic weird-out trio Three Trapped Tigers release the final EP in the series of three on April 5, entitled EP3, following on from the numerically inferior EPs 1 and 2. Fingers crossed it'll be as good as the previous two. »
WHO WILL WIN?»
Godfather of many things and general all-round leg-end Black Francis/Frank Black will be releasing his new solo record in the coming months. It'll be something like his eighteenth solo record since Pixies broke up. Man's a machine.»
Watch the new video for Eels' 'Unhinged'.»
At the beginning of the month an initiative was launched, aimed at the independent music industry, specifically that of indie record stores. They aimed to find the GREATEST indie record store in the land. That was launched on February 11 and the 'competition' closes on February 12, which is tomorrow. »
Download Cold Pumas' 'Tropical Guilt'.»
Sheffield noise-quintet Rolo Tomassi have announced details of their forthcoming Diplo-produced second record, which will be released through Hassle Records. »
When, in January, we reported the eventual demise of one of our favourite bands of the last ten years, and one of 'our own', Youthmovies, we were told that there were to be a handful of UK farewell dates before the band called it a day.»
British trio Archie Bronson Outfit return this year with a new record, their first since 2006's Derdang Derdang. High time indeed. The new record is called Coconut and drops (arf!) on March 1 through Domino, who they also released their previous two records with.»
New York's Bonnaroo festival has announced the first batch of acts for its 2010 incarnation, which currently features about a trillion bands. Not all of them are listed below, though. It's sometimes possible to use it as a rough indicator of what bands will be around the whole festival scene the time the Glastonbury juggernaut rolls around.»
Here we have a record which will, at the very best, leave a lot of people perplexed. Making music this extreme and devoid of anything approximating 'pop' will have that effect. For better, or for worse. Despite that, though, there remains the elements of appeal»
