Boasting one of the finest, most diverse line-ups of the summer at an insanely reasonable price, 2000 Trees is one of the UK’s most promising small festivals.
July, 2011
Los Campesinos! set date for album #4
Cardiff-based octet reveal new album is written, recorded and currently in the process of mastering, due November.
Listen: Four Tet, Lone, Pearson Sound remix Radiohead
With previous mixes from the likes of Caribou, this release steps things up a notch with a jungle influenced restyling by Lone, a slowed down and strung-out version of ‘Morning Mr Magpie’ from Pearson Sound and an eskew rendition of ‘Separator’ courtesy of the ever-brilliant Kieran Hebden.
Kanye West and Jay Z spark controversy over iTunes exclusivity deal
Independent stores react angrily to iTunes and Best Buy-favouring release.
Wolf Gang – Suego Faults
A great collection of pop songs Suego Faults, whilst packed with irresistibly catchy harmonies ripe for summer’s festival season, feels cloying and overplayed in an instant.
Sarabeth Tucek announces tour and single
NYC singer-songwriter plays host of UK shows to support second single from acclaimed album.
Listen: Frank Ocean – Thinking About You
The Odd Future smoothster gets all soppy in this stripped-down, falsetto-toned love song.
Download: Blu x Planet Asia x Alchemist – d o o w h o p
Blu’s ‘d o o w h o p’, featuring Planet Asia and produced by Alchemist, is a hazy, summer track taken from the ‘j e s u s’ LP.
Download: Sun Glitters – Eventide (ft Niva and Charlee)
Sun Glitters’ ‘Eventide’, featuring Niva and Charlee, is a strangely affecting four minutes of simple, touching melody and smoggy synths.
Sauna Youth – Backgrounds // Song Of The Day #300
We’ve hit the big three double zero. To celebrate, here’s something to make you hate guitar music a bit less – ‘Backgrounds’ by Sauna Youth.
Watch: Tasseomancy – Soft Feet (The Line of Best Fit session)
An ethereal, haunting and powerful take on one of the standout tracks from Tasseomancy’s debut Ululame for our latest The Line of Best Fit Session.
Listen: Erika Spring – 6 More Weeks
’6 More Weeks’ isn’t the long forgotten prequel to Bloc Party’s ‘Two More Years’. Instead, it’s a hyper-soft-rock track from Erika Spring, of Au Revoir Simone.
Photos: Friendly Fires + SBTRKT – The Roundhouse, London 14/07/11
Photographer Katie Anderson heads to London’s Roundhouse for the iTunes Festival to catch Friendly Fires and the ever wonderful SBTRKT.
DJ Format and Quantic join Playgroup 2011 festival bill
Crunchy hip-hop, soul and funk purveyor Format and riotous Latin folk/Cuban jazz ensemble Combo Barbaro join eclectic three-day line-up of music, theatre and creativity in Kent.
YACHT – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London 26/0711
Tonight feels like YACHT have come into their own – confident and charismatic, they deliver both in personality and sound leaving anyone who questioned the musicianship of this band in the very obvious wrong, writes Jen Long.
Highlife – Best Bless
A short mini-LP that bursts with energy and sunshine, Highlife’s Best Bless takes us to Western Africa for a genuine shot of traditional music, also handily called highlife.
