Unreleased B-side from Caveman's self titled album

Empire

"Horseshoe" is the first single from Withered Hand's album "New Gods," and features a guest appearance from Pam Berry (Black Tambourine) on backing vocals.

Fortuna POP! (UK/Europe) and Slumberland Records (US/Canada) are proud to announce the new album by the Edinburgh based folk-rock troubadour Dan Willson who records as WITHERED HAND. “New Gods” is his stunning second album, following his critically acclaimed debut “Good News”.

Active in the world of visual art and dabbling in music for many years, Withered Hand’s Dan Willson came late to singing and songwriting at age 30, in a period of reflection between the death of a close friend and the birth of his first child. The resultant material, much of which went on to become the album “Good News,” has been praised for its depth and startling honesty.

Withered Hand has been embraced by Fife-based musical powerhouse the Fence Collective (whose sovereign King Creosote guests on the new album), seen his songs picked up on MTV and cult series Skins, and gained a legion of fans including Jarvis Cocker and Rolling Stone Magazine USA (who decreed him “Artist to Watch”).

A prolific live performer, recent Withered Hand shows have included collaborations with Pam Berry of seminal 90's US noise-pop band Black Tambourine and a rotating cast of musical friends embellishing Dan's exuberant and original songwriting alongside fragile and uplifting solo performances.

The long-awaited second album (produced by Tony Doogan – Mountain Goats/Belle & Sebastian etc - and part-funded by arts council body Creative Scotland) features guest appearances from the likes of Pam Berry, Eugene Kelly of The Vaselines and members of Belle & Sebastian and Frightened Rabbit.

The five years since “Good News” was recorded has seen Willson honing his songcraft, building his audience and gaining critical momentum. “New Gods” is a beautifully executed collection of songs from one of Scotland’s most gifted songwriters.

“Beautifully constructed lyrical frameworks ... on this banjo-tinged brand of Caledonian gospel” – **** MOJO

“the UK’s best lyricist” – King Creosote, in The Independent

“Killer melodies ... wobbly folk grooves ... tunes full of warm, woozy sing-song charm” – 'Artist to Watch', Rolling Stone

Withered Hand - Horseshoe

Mockasin's (single)

Hey Elbow  
Ellen Petterson (horns, electronics) 
Julia Ringdahl (vocals, guitar) 
Liam Amner (drums) 

Hey Elbow formed in 2013, and the debut single Blanca quickly made an impression and created waves in music media and on the net. The attention paved the way for gigs all over Scandinavia, London and Berlin, as well as opening for among others Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Cayucas and Color War.  

There music is another creature that strives to be free, and therefore Hey Elbow like to skip the usual genre descriptions and musical references when it comes to their creation.

The band took its name from an aerobics warm-up exercise they were taught while standing in the audience waiting for a show by The Knife. With their background in jazz and musical education, combined with an interest in noise, improvisation and freedom, they make odd and haunting pop music with a unique and personal expression. None and all of the three members are fronting the band, a democratic philosophy that gives the flugelhorn as much space as the singing, the electronics and the drums.

 "In our music the sound is at least as important as the actual compositions. We like to add little details to the mix, and they don't have to be notes, they can be just noises or hiss. They add just as much to the music as tonal things."  

They describe a liberating feeling when they started playing together, like finding something that had been waiting to take form. Their creative process is more intuitive than analytical and they don't limit themselves with thought-out stylistic moves.  

"Most of our inspiration is probably unconscious. We don't talk a lot before we write a song about how we want it to turn out, we try to just let everything happen. We have never talked about in what direction Hey Elbow should move or how we want to sound."

Atmosphere and weight, emotional charge, beautiful melodies and and a minimal restraint in combination with a joyful experimentation production-wise, are all contributing components which make it hard to forget Hey Elbow once you've heard them. Name-dropping comparisons feels superfluous, the music is powerful enough on it's own. 

The debut album was recorded in nine days, together with producer Joakim Lindberg in Studio Möllan in Malmö, Sweden. 

Ruth

From the new album ‘Slowness’ out 15 June on Memphis Industries.
 
Pre-order ‘Slowness’ on limited edition gatefold blue marble vinyl (with download code) or CD from www.outfit.band, or your local indie store. 
 
Alternatively order from iTunes or Amazon.

http://smarturl.it/slownessitunes

Special London preview show

13th May - Lexington, London
18th June - The Kazimier, Liverpool

https://tickets.songkick.com/events/23086713

Image by Lucy Hardcastle

Genderless

Bandcamp

Persimmon Drive ft. Toulip Wonder

The Golden Lion 12” out November 13, 2015 on Jagjaguwar
A Complex Coliseum Museum out January 22, 2016 on Jagjaguwar

Buy Links:
Buy 'The Golden Lion' 12”: http://smarturl.it/besnardlakes

Buy 'A Colisuem Complex Museum':
CD, LP & ltd white vinyl: http://smarturl.it/besnardlakes
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The Golden Lion 12” out November 13, 2015 on Jagjaguwar
A Complex Coliseum Museum out January 22, 2016 on Jagjaguwar

The Motorway

The Besnard Lakes - "The Motorway"

Drag

Order: bit.ly/1lhkzoR

Artist: Ashley Shadow
Album: Ashley Shadow 
Label: felte
Release Date: April 15, 2016 

felte.net/
https://www.facebook.com/ashleyshadowmusic 
https://www.instagram.com/ashleyshadowwebber/ 
https://soundcloud.com/ashley-shadow  

Ashley Shadow

Tired 

Ashley Shadow - Tired

Absentee

Download this from http://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/beaches-she-beats

From second album She Beats, out on Chapter Music 3 May 2013.

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www.twitter.com/beachesband
www.chaptermusic.com.au
Itunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/distance/id610715433?i=610715933&uo=4

Beaches - Distance

Adrian Recordings, Sweden.

ALICE BOMAN ALEXANDRA BERGER ANDREAS TILLIANDER BITCH HAWK BJÖRNS VÄNNER BOEOES KAELSTIGEN DAVID & THE CITIZENS DAVID FRIDLUND DEN SVENSKA TYSTNADEN DMITRY FYODOROV DÖDEN EDDA MAGNASON EMIL JENSEN FAMILJEN HENRIC CLAES HEY ELBOW JONAS LUNDQVIST LAAKSO LATELY LA LA MARCUS CATO MARCUS NORBERG AND THE DISAPPOINTMENTS MEDBORGARBANDET MF/MB/ OLD POIZON_SW3 PRINTER RA SHARIF SHE’S WILD AGAIN TONIGHT SURF PHILOSOPHIES SVART KATT THE BEAR QUARTET THE FINE ARTS SHOWCASE THIS IS HEAD ULF STURESON VED YAST NEED FOR SPEED BO MEHR BOB HUND SPUNSUGAR JH3 WHOMSOEVER TOI LET

Ruth

Adrian Recordings

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