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May, 2011
Beat Connection – In The Water
A vibrant video populated by what appears to be surfing imagery accompanies the ambient electronic soundscape of Beat Connection’s latest track.
Ghost Eyes – Phantom Mountain
Check out Ghost Eyes latest single ahead of their performance at Stag and Dagger Festival this evening.
Explosions In The Sky confirm London show
Tickets for the show at Brixton Academy early next year go on sale today at 9am.
Perfume Genius – The King’s Arms, Salford 17/05/11
On a Salford stage, many thousands of miles away from his Seattle base and with the backdrop of an oil projector, Perfume Genius sings the most honest, aching lyrics about love and loss. It’s nothing short of breathtaking.
Four Tet, Wild Flag, Surfer Blood and more for ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas
Joining a line up that already includes Battles, Les Savy Fav and Caribou will be Surfer Blood, Wild Flag and many more.
Younghusband – Carousel
London band Younghusband premiere debut single ‘Carousel’, a nostalgic pop song with all the fuzz of the fair
Prince to headline Hop Farm Festival
Prince will be playing Hop Farm Music Festival on 3 July, the rest of the days line up is yet to be announced.
tUnE-yArDs – You Yes You plus interview
Watch a short interview with Merril Garbus aka tUnE-yArDs, about the naming of w h o k i l l, plus a rendition of ‘You Yes You’.
“It’s about time we started to make a living”: TLOBF meets Rival Schools
We caught up with Rival Schools’ guitarist, Ian Love and bassist Cache Tolman to talk about this long break between albums, their kids and nudist art parties.
Jonas Lundqvist – Du, Drommar & Jag
Du, Drommar & Jag is Sincerely Yours’ farewell gesture to Clash-meets-French-pop artist Jonas Lundqvist.
Austra – Feel It Break
This is an album of increments. It may not seize you on first listen, simply because it is not overbearing, and it avoids cheap tricks. But gradually, as the intricacies of this record become clear, it will begin to envelop you until, eventually, you will find yourself completely lost in this strange, glacial world.
James Blake – Lee’s Palace, Toronto 14/5/11
Pioneer of an entire musical movement or “Piano Man for the digital generation”? Melody Lau checks out golden boy James Blake live in Toronto
Diagrams – Antelope // Song Of The Day #255
Diagrams make expansive, propulsive pop that brings to mind an English Dirty Projectors. ‘Antelope’ is taken from their debut EP, and is today’s Song Of The Day courtesy of Full Time Hobby.
Bachelorette – Bachelorette
Written and recorded in various places across the world, Bachelorette’s self-titled third album of dreamy electopop could be her last if rumours are to be believed.
