The band will be touring next March in support of their debut album.
December, 2011
Watch: Tennis – Deep In The Woods
‘Deep In The Woods’ is taken from Tennis’ recently released double A-side single.
John Maus w/ Gary War + Maria Minerva – Tufnell Park Dome, London 17/11/11
Andy Slocombe on an astonishing show by one of the few genuinely unique talents on the landscape…
Grizzly Bear, Beach House and The Antlers amongst the first acts confirmed for End Of The Road 2012
End Of The Road have announced the first bunch of acts for the 2012 edition of the festival. Returning to the glorious setting of Larmer Tree Gardens for its sixth year, the organisers have confirmed Grizzly Bear as the first headlining act.
No One Can Ever Know: The Line of Best Fit meets The Twilight Sad
The Twilight Sad talk to Adam Nelson about their latest album, due out in February as well as stage presence, thinking to album number four and developing a taste for Buckfast.
Festival Diary: Les Rencontres Trans Musicales, Rennes 1-3/12/2011
Les Rencontres Trans Musicales runs into its 33rd year and features the likes of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Orchestra of Spheres, Breton and SBTRKT. Francine Gorman heads to Rennes to check it out.
I Break Horses announced as main support for M83 USA dates
After this week’s sterling opening salvo of shows in the UK, Stockholm duo I Break Horses have been named as main support for M83′s 2012 stint across the United States of A. Seemingly a match made in dream-pop heaven, catch the two acts across April and May next year.
Photos: M83 – Heaven, London 01/12/11
Anthony Gonzalez brought his epic nostalgia fuelled shoegaze to London’s Heaven last week. Our photographer Burak Cingi was there to capture the magic.
Nite Jewel announces new album
‘One Second of Love’ will be released on 5 March and you can listen to the title track right now.
Kindness – SEOD // Song Of The Day #374
‘SEOD’ is the sound of a woozy, amphetamine-addled wander round the halls of some mysterious mid-’70s disco. It is also what is colloquially referred to as “the shit”.
Metronomy, Gold Panda and Franz Ferdinand to play Field Day 2012
Field Day have confirmed the first batch of bands due to play at next year’s festival.
SXSW confirm more bands for 2012
Blood Orange, Theme Park and The War on Drugs have been added to next year’s line up while Bruce Springsteen has been confirmed as the Keynote Speaker.
Atlas Sound – Parallax
Apparently conceived in the midst of trying personal relationships, in an environment of dank European hotel rooms and soul-snapping depression, Parallax stands out as a tribute to mixed feelings, isolation, and feeling perennially displaced – even more so than, you know, other Atlas Sound records.
Benjamin Shaw – There’s Always Hope, There’s Always Cabernet
They say it’s the hope that kills you, but I daresay Shaw’s music would still sound pretty beaten up without it. Solitary, stream-of-consciousness, broken folk, pricked with acerbic spikes of wit, this is a rare thing: a record that offers a venting of desolation alongside odd doses of hilarity.
Fairewell – Poor, Poor Grendel
Musically, Fairewell’s debut is a velvet pillow of an album, but its yielding exterior hides a kernel of something harder at its centre. Despite some major missteps, this Grendel is as engaging as it is lonely.
