This collaboration between the Malian kora player and the French cellist isn’t a “beginner-level” record.
August, 2010
TLOBF Interview // Edgar Wright & Michael Cera
With the epic Scott Pilgrim premiering this very week, Lauren Down had a (very short) chance to catch up with the director, Edgar Wright, and star, Michael Cera, to talk music and movies.
Venetian Snares – My So-Called Life
Aaron Funk aka Venetian Snares releases another record of electronic mentalism into the world, the nice people at Planet Mu have given him his own label entitled Timesig and the first release upon it is My So-Called Life.
ceo – White Magic
‘White Magic’ is the sound of Eric Berglund racing around his mind, facing demons with energy and spirit, extinguishing them with pop. And as interesting as the structure of the record may be, with its seductive themes and offbeat ideas, its most enduring quality is the power of the music – put simply, it’s a great pop record.
Warpaint confirm debut album plans, UK live shows
Warpaint have confirmed details of their debut album. The Fool will be released on 25th October via Rough Trade. It was recorded in a gym in LA and was produced and mixed by by Tom Biller (Liars, Jon Brion, Sean Lennon), with further mixes from Andrew Weatherall (New Order, Primal Scream, Bjork) and Adam Samuels [...]
Flying Lotus readies new EP
Flying Lotus’ Cosmogramma will go down as one of the year’s most important and influential releases. In my humble opinion anyway. It seems though, that Mr Lotus has hit a rich vein of form and has readied another release, an EP by the name of Pattern+Grid. It’ll be released via Warp records on vinyl (including [...]
Small Black get a New Chain in October
Some news for a sunny Wednesday afternoon, New York quartet Small Black have announced details of their debut album. It’ll be called New Chain and will be available, via Jagjaguwar on 25th October. That’s the artwork above. Tracklisting: 1. Camouflage 2. Search Party 3. Hydra 4. Photojournalist 5. Crisp 100s 6. Goons 7. Light Curse [...]
[Photos] Deerhunter w/Real Estate – Pier 54, NYC 12/08/10
As part of the series of free “River Rocks” out-door concerts held at Pier 54 in New York City, we sent our stateside photographer Cory Smith to shoot Deerhunter; prior to the release of their eagerly awaited new album Halycon Digest on 23 September.
Little Comets blaze a trail with new single
Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s Little Comets return with ‘Isles’; their first single since parting company with Columbia at the start of the year.
Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R [Deluxe Edition]
“Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, Marijuana, Ecstasy and Alcohol” – is this still Rated R ten year’s on? Rich Hughes investigates.
The Orb to release album with David Gilmour
Just had a heads up about this over at Brain Damage (a semi-official Floyd blog). It seems as though The Orb are to release a full album with Pink Floyd guitarist and songwriter David Gilmour. Coming out in October, the album entitled Metallic Spheres was a product of Dr Alex Paterson and Gilmour jamming in the studio [...]
Goldmund – Famous Places
Keith Kenniff has quietly become one of the most recognised names in the worlds of electro-acoustic and post-classical music with his releases under the Goldmund and Helios aliases. Famous Places might just be his finest album yet.
The Domino State – Uneasy Lies the Crown
The 11 songs (and intro track) on Uneasy Lies The Crown pulse forward with a mature, expansive sound that inhabits, but isn’t limited to, the post-punk genre.
[Competition] Win Sky Larkin Signed Vinyl!
With Sky Larkin releasing their, rather splendid, new album Kaleide last week, we’ve got 3 signed copies of it on vinyl for you to win!
Beach House announce November dates
Beach House have announced a series of UK dates for this coming November. The band are about to head out on a North American tour with Vampire Weekend… those kids are going to have a shock… November 19 MANCHESTER – Manchester Cathedral 20 GLASGOW – Oran Mor 23 LONDON – Shepherd’s Bush Empire 24 BRISTOL [...]
