‘Born To Die’ is set to drop on 23 January.
November, 2011
The Twilight Sad announce 2012 tour
The band will be heading out on a string of live dates in February next year.
Clean George IV – Real Men Take Speed // Song Of The Day #369
Monday getting you down? Wondering how you’ll make it to lunch? Well, it sounds like you might well need some chunky Scottish pseudo-glam.
Neon Indian – Heaven, London 16/11/11
After their last attempt to play London was scuppered by civil unrest, Neon Indian return for second go – and there’s not a dull moment, writes Andy Slocombe.
Photos: San Miguel Primavera Club – Day 3
The third day of Barcelona’s Primavera Club Festival sees Still Corners, Girls, Giver and Steven Malkmus taking the Spanish city by storm. Dani Canto shoots.
YUCK + Fanzine – Electric Ballroom, London 24/11/11
Fuzz pop revivalists Yuck play their biggest headline show to date in the captial, ably support by slacker quartet Fanzine. Burak Cingi provides the pictures.
Photos: San Miguel Primavera Club – Day 2
Dani Canto sends photos from the second day of Barcelona’s Primavera Club Festival in photos, including Jeff the Brotherhood, Spectrals and The Pop Group.
Photos: Okkervil River + A Classic Education – KOKO, London 22/11/11
Photos from Okkervil River’s recent headline show at London’s KOKO, with support from fuzz-garage quartet A Classic Education
Watch: Laura Marling and Ryan Adams perform ‘Oh My Sweet Carolina’
Taking the place of Emmylou Harris, Laura Marling provides backing vocals to Ryan Adams’ classic Heartbreaker featured number ‘Oh My Sweet Carolina.’
Civil Civic – Rules
Despite the absence of a leading man, not since the heyday of Death From Above 1979 have two people (and, yes, a robot) managed to make as glorious and irrepressible a racket as Civil Civic do on their debut album, Rules.
Watch: CANT – Too Late Too Far
Grizzly Bear man Chris Taylor has revealed the latest video for his solo project CANT.
Download: The 2 Bears – Tourettes Hero
‘Tourettes Hero’ is built around recordings of charity founder Jessica Thom’s vocal tics, one of which encourages us to “reboot Keith Allen” – a request to which we would be happy to adhere.
[Premiere] Listen: Troumaca – Elements mixtape pt 2
The second instalment of Birmingham quintet Troumaca’s Elements mixtape series is a delightfully eclectic selection, featuring tracks from a couple of the most overlooked records of the year.
K-X-P – Easy EP
The second release from Helsinki music scene veterans Timo Kaukolampi, Tuomo Puranen and drummers Anssi Nykänen and Tomi Leppänen (‘X’, indicating the mystery of guessing which drummer’s on duty), Easy EP mines a rich seam of semi-improvised strangeness, proving that Finnish music isn’t all about metal and pacts with Lucifer.
Eleanor Friedberger – Last Summer
Last Summer is a record unlike any of Friedberger’s previous ventures. Sharing superficial similarities with the Fiery Furnaces at their most accessible but with their wildest extravagances fine-tuned out of existence, leaving us with an at times glorious album of joyous quirk-pop.
Wilco release limited edition EP
‘Speak Into The Rose’ is out today in conjunction with Record Store Day’s Black Friday.
