Impressive Americana from young Louisana based troubadour Dylan Le Blanc. Signed to Rough Trade, Le Blanc releases his debut album Paupers Field on August 23, preceded by single ‘If Time Was For Wasting’ which is out now via the usual digital outlets.
July, 2010
SOTD #101 // Bodebrixen: ‘I Was Sad & You Were Lonely (Dreamtrak Diamond Sound)’
Never a pair to shy away from their love of Swedish music, this is perhaps their finest moment to date. Taking the progressive beats of Studio and mixing in the naivety of The Embassy with the cock sure swagger of The Tough Alliance, it’s genuinely thrilling stuff.
Introducing // Spectrals
It’s really quite hard not to fall for the alluring doo-wop pop of Spectrals; it’s everything good about about Phil Spector’s sixties output filtered through a very British sense of melancholia. We fired over some “getting to know you” questions to L, the brains behind this particular sonic experiment.
David Karsten Daniels & Fight The Big Bull – I Mean To Live Here Still
David Karsten Daniels and Virginia avant-gardes Fight The Big Bull have produced a brave and beautiful album, marrying the North American folk vernacular with interesting free-jazz textures and atmospheres.
[Premier] Mystery Claws: ‘Phony Checks’
Following on from the success of their Princeton single back in January, 7″ singles label Jodie & Victor return with a split 45 from California based Sleeping Bags and Mystery Claws.
Women announce UK tour dates
Women have confirmed a UK tour for August / September in support of their second album Public Strain (due out on 23rd August). August 30 – Sheffield, DiS @ Harley 31 – Cardiff, Globe September 01 – London, Cargo 02 – Manchester, Deaf Institute 03 – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club 04 – Glasgow, Captain’s Rest [...]
Deerhunter get ready for fourth LP release
Deerhunter have announced their fourth LP, Halcyon Digest, though an interactive xerox art project and the launch of a website, halcyondigest.com, will be released by 4AD on September 27th (28th in the US). Frontman Bradford Cox describes “…always being fascinated with the ephemera of 70′s – 80′s artrock in record stores like Wuxtry in Athens [...]
School Of Seven Bells – Disconnect From Desire
Ex-Secret Machine Benjamin Curtis prepares to up-anchor and set sail on seas of dreamy-electro-pop with the Deheza twins.
Richard Youngs – Beyond The Valley Of Ultrahits
The experimental and prolific Youngs’ “pop” album reveals itself as a tranquil, subtle, understated success.
Arcade Fire – Hackney Empire, London 07/07/2010
“Arms were held aloft, the impassioned caterwauling of the crowd almost drowned out the band, and finally, we got a reminder that at their best, there’s no live act on Earth that can touch them.” Adam Elmahdi witnesses the Arcade Fire’s first UK live show in quite some time…
Junip confirm October UK tour
Junip, Jose Gonzalez’s band project, who release their debut album Fields on 13th September via City Slang, will tour the UK in October. Find them at the following fine establishments: October 03 BRISTOL – Thekla 04 LONDON – XOYO 06 NOTTINGHAM – The Bodega Social Club 07 MANCHESTER – Deaf Institute 09 GLASGOW – The [...]
SOTD #100 // Abe Vigoda: ‘Throwing Shade’
It’s here! Our 100th Song of the Day! And what better track to have than a party-anthem crafted by the changeling Abe Vigoda.
More acts added to Cambridge’s Wish You Were Here Festival
We only recently mentioned details of a brand new multi-venue one-day festival in Cambridge called Wish You Were Here, but things seem to be moving quickly. More acts have been added to the already impressive bill, including TLOBF favourites Pulled Apart By Horses and Alessi’s Ark plus many more. Current line-up now looks like this: [...]
The Pipettes – ‘Earth vs. The Pipettes
Whoever greenlighted this whole project ought to be quickly ushered out of the music industry.
Jeremy Jay – Splash!
Jeremy Jay wants to remain a capricious lyricist upon a musical backdrop that he says is inspired by Siouxsie Sioux and Pavement. Those elements can be heard, but any promise given by such comparisons are instantly lost within their greater setting.
