Probably one of the most prolific bands around at the moment, Pontiak, have announced another new album, to be released through Thrill Jockey in September.
June, 2010
The Chemical Brothers – Further
Lurching from huge, arms-in-the-air, limb-failing, wanton abandonment, to low-tempo downtime, to shimmering effervescent psychedelia to juddering synths, there’s not a weak track on the album. Chemical Brothers have, quite simply, done it again.
Ed Harcourt – Lustre
Lustre is a solid return, and offers plenty for old fans and newcomers alike, as well as providing further evidence that Harcourt is consistently one of the best songwriters operating in Britain today.
SOTD #84 // Myles Cooper: ‘Gonna Find Boyfriends Today’
Floating hearts, walking peanuts, talking strawberries – and that’s just the video. Unless Dustin Hoffman gets his shit together soon this bad boy’s going pandemic, and we can’t wait to see the results.
Rock Plaza Central’s Chris Eaton Announces New Book of Fiction, Summer Dates
As we’ve mentioned previously, Rock Plaza Central have taken a little break, but that doesn’t mean they’ve not been busy. Chris Eaton has “another job” writing rather splendid fiction, and has turned his hand back to this during their break from touring. Canada’s ECW Press is have announced the launch of a new e-book imprint [...]
Ryan Adams empties the vault… kinda
We posted about Ryan Adams’ recent flirtation with metal with the release of Orion, a vinyl only release, but it seems his been busy organising other stuff as well.
Matisyahu – Light
A white middle-class Jewish kid sounding like a cross between Phish, the Chilli Peppers and Barrington Levy is never going to cut much slack from the reggae purists, but Kahne’s shiny production puts too much distance between Light and Matisyahu’s earlier work…
TLOBF Interview // Perfume Genius
With a life descending into darkness and danger Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius escaped to the sanctuary of his mother’s house to avoid being forever lost to the shadows. Whilst there he sat down at the piano and began to write and record – the results are Learning – a haunting album of raw emotion that will no doubt top many of the end of year polls. Adrian Mules recently caught up with Hadreas for some learning of his own….
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
If you think you’ve read as many Ariel Pink reviews as you can handle this month, think again. Here, Joseph Knowles tells the *real* story of how “Before Today” came to be.
Memory Tapes: ‘Bicycle’
Talk about on a roll…. Jamie Harley delivers perhaps his best video yet for the one and only Memory Tapes. Harley transforms last years colossal blog hit ‘Bicycle’ into a three and a half minute acid trip. Only positive vibes though.
Active Child announce new UK dates, reveal new live footage
After a string of incredible shows last month, Active Child will return to the UK once more in July for a run of support slots with School of Seven Bells, festival appearances and indeed his own headline shows culminating at London’s Lexington with current TLOBF darlings Phantogram.
Kurt Vile – Square Shells EP
Matador have announced Kurt Vile’s latest 7-track EP Square Shells as a stepping stone release, but it’s a timely opportunity for the lo-fi artist from Philadelphia to divest himself of band and focus more on the songwriting, with some warm themes of friendship and loss.
Perfume Genius – Learning
Out of the darkness comes Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius with his eagerly anticipated debut album. Akin to the lady in Eraserhead’s radiator, his fragile voice and simple orchestration shimmers, almost from beyond.
Robert Plant brings Band of Joy to the masses in September
Robert Plant has announced a new album, the follow-up to the Grammy Award winning Raising Sand.
