‘The Drummer’ is classic N&TD and exactly what we’ve come to expect from this seemingly unstoppable Stockholm based duo.
August, 2011
Two legends of music to be honoured at inaugural AIM Independent Music awards
Two of the recipients of the first AIM Independent Music Awards have been announced today: Domino Record founder Laurence Bell and Icelandic legend Björk.
Exclusive Album Stream: Tasseomancy – Ulalume
The dark and openly experimental sounds of Tasseomancy have been captured for their debut full length album Ulalume, available to stream exclusively here at The Line of Best Fit.
Listen: Rachel Zeffira (Cat’s Eyes) – To Here Knows When (My Bloody Valentine cover)
Rachel Zeffira (Cat’s Eyes) introduces herself as a solo artist by turning the fuzzy and sublime layers of My Bloody Valentine’s ‘To Here Knows When’ into a haunting and classily executed orchestral piece, both loyal to the original and unique to itself.
Festival Diary: Summer Sundae, Leicester, 12-14 August 2011
In its eleventh year, Summer Sundae again provides three days of quality live entertainment, featuring Warpaint, Toots & the Maytals and Blood Red Shoes.
Theme Park announce debut UK tour details
Bright young things and current TLOBF darlings Theme Park have announced a bevvy of live dates throughout the next few months.
Stream: Neon Indian retrospective and remix compilation
Ahead of his second album Era Extrana, Neon Indian has decided to catch people up with a collection of new songs, old favourites, remixes of and covers by the man himself. Steam inside.
Watch: The Weeknd – The Birds (Part 1)
The Weeknd takes cues from Black Swan in a new video more polished than ever before but without losing any of the R&B protege’s alluring, mysterious appeal.
Listen: Toro y Moi x Star Slinger – New Beat (Dancehall Mix)
Star Slinger steps away from his glitch and soul formula to create a Caribbean vibe with dancehall percussion.
Watch: Wilco – Dawned On Me
Shot in and around the newly renovated Peabody Opera House, Tweedy performs an acoustic version of ‘Dawned On Me’ – one of the many highlights from the forthcoming LP The Whole Love.
Active Child – You Are All I See
It’s not necessarily a break-up album, more one which symbolises the inability to let go through fear of being alone. Yet Grossi cuts a very lonely figure indeed; damaged from the broken promises made to him by emotionally engagement.
Festival Diary: Stockton Weekender 2011
A festival with massive potential that could be a flagship for music in the North East of England? Emma Smith reports from the Stockton Weekender.
The Deer Tracks – The Archer Trilogy Pt 2
This Swedish boy-girl duo offer up the second part of their musical trilogy, and in doing so provide us with another helping of pristine Scandinavian pop music.
Fionn Regan – 100 Acres of Sycamore
With a fine line in love songs and pleasing sheen of string-embellished sentiment, Fionn Regan’s return to mellow mode brims with natural beauty. Chris Jones reviews the third installment from the Irish troubadour.
Hefner – Dead Media
Dead Media, newly reissued in a two-disc set with a generous helping of b-sides, outtakes and remixes, is now getting a well-deserved second look. Joseph Knowles takes reappraises the sound of a band flaming out in the best way.
Listen: D/R/U/G/S curate paradYse mixtape 001
Download the first in a new series of Monday Mixtapes from Transgressive imprint paradYse.
