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June 30, 2014

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out  Listening Post 115 and tell us which tracks they liked best. Here, in alphabetical order, are our readers' top favourites. Our reviews are written by Tom Robinson from BBC Radio 6 Music  - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves115


Fresh Faves: Batch 115

FOTN 6July

lush girls

She keeps bees

Sukasi galvoje

She Keeps Bees - Counter Charm (live at Glasslands)

Lady In White

'HUMAN DRAMA' is the first single to be taken from the forthcoming album 'ALL LOVE'S LEGAL'.

'HUMAN DRAMA' OUT NOW: bit.ly/IHCtPn

Pre-order 'ALL LOVE'S LEGAL', released 10th February, 2014: bit.ly/HdeuXR

LYRICS:
Been burning up inside day to today
Trying to find the words to explain my sexuality
It's liquid, it's living, a moving love defined by itself
There's no rules, no convention
This love can go where ever it wants

Gimme a human drama
And understand that gender's just a game
Gimme a human drama
All sexuality is not the same
Gimme a human drama 
The personal is so political 
Gimme a human drama
Again, again

Gimme a human drama
We break a box to find a hundred more
Gimme a human drama
There's lots to learn but so much more to unlearn
Gimme a human drama 
The personal is so political 
Gimme a human drama
It kinda feels like genders just a lie
Genders just a lie


PLANNINGTOROCK 'HUMAN DRAMA'

getting closer

www.twitter.com/leokalyan
www.facebook.com/leokalyan

leo kalyan - why'd you only call me when you're high for this

From the album, Angel Guts: Red Classroom, out now.

Order CD, LP cassette (red tint tape), and digital here - http://polyvinylrecords.com/angelguts

Angel Guts: Red Classroom will be available in Europe through Bella Union - http://bellaunion.sandbag.uk.com/Store/DII-11293-10-xiu+xiu++angel+guts:+the+red+classroom+preorder.html

Buy on iTunes

Xiu Xiu - Stupid in the Dark

Bignose
writes from the lost and found
says he had this girl he felt rather proud about
Summer
brought a new one around
says he’s sleeping better now but feels a hole where once there was
that nice feeling of blamelessness

They’re trying to put the weight of life on us
Our first rule should be to never look behind
And when deep in doubt deny we’re in two minds
If they tell us just how wrong we are it’s talk
talk, talk, all they ever do is talk

Mother
tells me she’s so ashamed
knows there’s no one else but her who should take the blame
Her kids are
supposed to be deeply hurt
She knows she’s better off apart but she could do with some of that
nice feeling of blamelessness

They’re trying to put the weight of life on us
Our first rule should be to never look behind
And when deep in doubt deny we’re in two minds
If they tell us just how wrong we are it’s talk
talk, talk, all they ever do is talk

MORO & THE SILENT REVOLUTION - Blamelessness [Radio Edit]

Sea Change's 3rd single Bridges. 

Available to buy at www.seachange.no/merchandise. 

Mixed by Ole Torjus Hofvind
Cover art by Lorella Paleni

Bridges.

The Love Club (LORDE COVER)

Sharon Van Etten, 'Are We There' out May 27th (May 26th in the UK) on Jagjaguwar. 

Pre-order the album now:
iTunes: <a href="http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten3?IQid=vevo">"http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten3</a>
Amazon: <a href="http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten2?IQid=vevo">"http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten2</a>
SCD/Jag bundle: <a href="http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten?IQid=vevo">"http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten</a>
Indies: <a href="http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten4?IQid=vevo">"http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten4</a>


Sharon Van Etten
Artist Page http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=vanettensharon
Website http://sharonvanetten.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SharonVanEttenMusic
Twitter https://twitter.com/sharonvanetten
Instagram http://instagram.com/sharonvanhalen

Sharon Van Etten - "Taking Chances" from 'Are We There' out May 27th (May 26th in the UK) on Jagjaguwar.

<strong>TOUR DATES:</strong>
[all tickets: <strong><a href="http://bit.ly/sve_tour">jagjaguwar.com/tour</a></strong>]

Sun. May 25 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique Grand Salon (Nuits Botanique)
Wed. May 28 - Paris, FR @ Café de la Danse
Fri. May 30 - Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
Sun. June 1 - Koln, DE @ Studio 672
Mon. June 2 - Berlin, DE @ Privatclub
Tue. June 3 - Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet	
Thu. June 5 - London, UK @ KOKO
Wed. June 11 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair
Thu. June 12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall at Williamsburg (Northside Festival)
Fri. June 13 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Sat. June 14 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Tue. June 17 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Wed. June 18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Thu. June 19 - Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small's
Fri. June 20 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Sat. June 21 - Nashville, TN @ Exit In
Tue. June 24 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Wed. June 25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Sat. June 28 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Sun. June 29 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Mon. June 30 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Wed. July 2 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
Thu. July 3 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
Sat. July 5 - George, WA @ Sasquatch Festival
Sun. July 6 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
Tue. July 8 - Calgary, AB @ Republik
Wed. July 9 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
Mon. July 14 - Fargo, ND @ Aquarium
Wed. July 16 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Thu. July 17 - Madison, WI @ University of Wisconsin
Fri. July 18 - Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
Sat. July 19-Sun. July 20 - Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
Thu. Aug. 7 – Sun. Aug. 9 – Goteborg, SE @ Way Out West
Sat. Aug. 9 – Olso, NO @ Øyafestivalen
Tue. Aug. 12 – Bezirk-Landstrasse, AU @ Arena Wien Open Air
Fri. Aug. 15 – Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
Sat. Aug. 16 – Crickhowell, UK @ Glanusk Park – Green Man Festival

Are We There

Your Love is Killing Me

Pre-order on Amazon

Sharon Van Etten - "Your Love Is Killing Me"

Parquet Courts "Sunbathing Animal" out June 3 on What's Your Rupture?/Mom+Pop (US), June 2 on Rough Trade (UK/EU).

Pre-order on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/sunbathing
Pre-order on CD/LP: http://sunbathinganimal.com

Parquet Courts - Instant Disassembly

Heiðrik is a Faroese singer, songwriter and producer, who has recently been working on his upcoming debut single Maria’s Donkey. He teamed up with the multi-award winning composer Rosabella Gregory (BMI Award, Cosmopolitan Woman Of Achievement, BBC Pebble Mill Winner, Pullen Memorial Prize) to create a unique strings- driven arrangement for his song. 

Having collaborated with the likes of Jools Holland and Delilah, Rosabella’s long-standing experience gorgeously compliments Heiðrik’s creative songwriting skills to bring together the sonically elegant Maria’s Donkey. 

The tone is set immediately by a very minimalistic intro with just the pizzicato strings for company. Leading into a soft and crystal-clear vocal, it creates a feeling of restraint that is softly audible to the listener. 

Maria’s Donkey resembles Gotye doing a Lars Von Trier soundtrack, and is an interesting lead into the world of one of Scandinavia’s hottest new artists. In other words, Heiðrik’s upcoming new single is a real treat for everyone, and will be available for sale and download everywhere from 14th July. 

For press and radio enquiries please contact james@mysticsons.com or liv@mysticsons.com 

Heiðrik- Maria's Donkey

TELL NO FOXX - Silence

Summer Song is the first single to be released from Mat's debut album. It is released through Plethora Records on 21st July. Enjoy!

Summer Song (Radio Edit)

"Is What It Is" by SHE KEEPS BEES is the first single taken from their new album "Eight Houses", out now in Europe through BB*ISLAND (on LP / CD / DL)

"Is What It Is" written by Jessica Larrabee, performed by She Keeps Bees. 
Guest appearance Sharon Van Etten.
Produced and recorded by Nicolas Vernhes at Red Book Studio

album at iTunes (EU): http://snip.ftpromo.net/eighthouses

She Keeps Bees is a duo from Brooklyn, NY, consisting of singer guitarist Jessica Larrabee and drummer/producer Andy LaPlant. They have self-recorded and released music made at home since 2006. Their debut album, Minisink Hotel, was described by NYC’s Other Music as “the best album you’ve never heard." Nests, their second full-length, was admired by the Guardian as “sparse, soulful and defiantly retro.” Their third LP, Dig On, was praised by the BBC as "an album of fire, spirit, and sweat."

Their new album "Eight Houses"  finds She Keeps Bees working with an outside producer, Nicolas Vernhes (Wye Oak, Deerhunter, The War On Drugs, Dirty Projectors, Lia Ices a.o.) for the first time and enlisting guest musicians including Sharon Van Etten and Adam Schatz.

She Keeps Bees have created a beautifully timeless and haunting album. Eight Houses revels in the raw power of subtlety, silence and space, coloring Jessica Larrabee's compositions with lean piano lines, hazy horns and warm organ rolls.

:::LIVE IN EUROPE April/May 2015::::
24.04.15 BE-Bruxelles, Homeplugged
25.04.15 GER-Offenbach/., Hafen 2
26.04.15 GER-Berlin, Roter Salon
28.04.15 GER-Jena, Glashaus
29.04.15 CH-Basel, Parterre
30.04.15 CH-Lausanne,Le Romandie
01.05.15 CH-St.Gallen, Palace
02.05.15 BE-Arlon,Les Aralunaires
03.05.15 BE-Brügge, Cactus Club
04.05.15 FR-Llle, La Péniche
05.05.15 FR-Paris, Espace B
06.05.15 FR-Nantes, Stereolux
08.05.15 ES-Madrid, Siroco
09.05.15 ES-Barcelona, Sala Apolo
12.05.15 FR-Figeac, La Chapelle de Figeac
13.05.15 FR-Macon, Cave a Musique
15.05.15 UK-London, Bush Hall
16.05.15 NL-Amsterdam, London Calling
17.05.15 BE-Hasselt, Muziekodrom
18.05.15 NL-Utrecht, Ekko
19.05.15 GER-Leipzig, UT Connewitz
20.05.15 GER-Regensburg, Alte Mälze
21.05.15 GER-Freiburg, Great Räng Teng Teng
22.05.15 GER-Dortmund, "Way Back When"-festival
23.05.15 GER-Beverungen, Orange Blossom Special Festival
24.05.15 GER-Hamburg, Knust "About Songs Festival"
see all European tour dates for November/December 2014 
http://www.bandsintown.com/SheKeepsBees
see all European tour dates for November/December 2014 
http://www.bandsintown.com/SheKeepsBees

Vinyl / CD pre-order  eg. at
Rough Trade UK
http://roughtrade.com/albums/85304
Piccadilly Records LP and CD
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/prod/SheKeepsBees-EightHouses-Bb*Island-98135.html
or in Germany 
https://www.flight13.com/details/111069/she-keeps-bees-eight-houses
http://www.finestvinyl.de/de/item/74243/vinyl.20.html
in Benelux
http://www.konkurrent.nl/winkel/produkt/she_keeps_bees_eight_houses_4260064999610/


shekeepsbees.com/
www.facebook.com/shekeepsbees
www.bbisland.de

She Keeps Bees - Is What It Is

The first track from the Album 'Epitaph'.
Music & Lyrics by Robjn.

Lyrics:
what's inside your heart love
do you have a heart for me
throw it all upon the fire
won't you tell me  that you don't belong to me
 
just let it all go
just let the time fade
it's only ten years and a day
it's only ten years and a day yesterday

just let it all go
and behind the window
is a memory of yesterday
is a memory of yesterday

and i know i've acted stupid
but i've always looked stupid to me
when life is viewed retrospective
we can't erase what we came to be.

just let it all go now
just let the time fade away
it's only ten years and a day
it's only ten years and a day yesterday

just let it all go 
and behind the window
is a memory of yesterday
is a memory of yesterday

Bandcamp

Robjn - Epitaph

Get Never Wanted This on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/NeverWantedThis 
Listen on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/NeverWantedThisSp 
Pre-order the limited edition 7” Vinyl: http://smarturl.it/NeverWantedThis7 

Pre-order our new album ‘Always Tomorrow' on iTunes and get ’Never Wanted This’ & ‘Fool For You’ instantly: http://smarturl.it/AlwaysTomorrowiTunes 
Pre-order the new album on CD & Vinyl LP from the Wild Smiles Store: http://wildsmiles.sandbaghq.com 

Sing up to the Wild Smiles mailing list here: http://smarturl.it/WildSmilesMail 

Follow us on
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WILD.SMILES.the.band 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wildsmilesband 
Instagram: http://instagram.com/wildsmilesband 
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/WSonSpotify 

http://wildsmiles.co.uk 

Never Wanted This

Heavy Petting Zoo - Crash

Local record store: http://smarturl.it/akr103indies
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/AKR103Amazon
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/akr103itunes
Asthmatic Kitty Records: http://smarturl.it/buy-akr103
Paper Bag Preorder: http://shop.paperbagrecords.com/products/this-is-my-hand

From the LP "This Is My Hand." 
Available September 16, 2014.

Available on CD /Vinyl /Digital including limited edition translucent red 12" from Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Available in Canada from Paper Bag Records in frosted vinyl

Tour Dates: 
9/19/14 Detroit, Michigan
9/20/14 Toronto, Ontario
9/22/14 Cambridge, Massachusetts
9/23/14 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9/25/14 New York , New York
9/27/14 Washington DC
9/28/14 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
9/30/14 Charlotte, North Carolina
10/1/14 Atlanta, Georgia
10/4/14 Austin, Texas
10/10/14 Austin, Texas
10/12/14 Dallas, Texas
10/17/14 Stockholm, Sweden
10/18/14 Gothenburg, Sweden
10/19/14 Copenhagen, Denmark
10/21/14 Hamburg, Germany
10/22/14 Berlin, Germany
10/24/14 Brussels, Belgium
10/25/14 Amsterdam, Netherlands
10/26/14 Paris, Ile-de-France
10/28/14 London, UK
10/29/14 Leeds, UK
10/30/14 Glasgow, UK
10/31/14 Dublin, Ireland
11/8/14 St Paul, Minnesota
11/12/14 Grand Rapids, Michigan
11/13/14 Chicago, Illinois
11/14/14 Madison, Wisconsin
11/15/14 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
11/16/14 Iowa City, Iowa
11/17/14 Minneapolis, Minnesota
11/19/14 St. Louis, Missouri
11/20/14 Indianapolis, Indiana
12/2/14 Denver, Colorado
12/3/14 Salt Lake City, Utah
12/5/14 Portland, Oregon
12/6/14 Seattle, Washington
12/7/14 Vancouver, British Columbia
12/10/14 San Francisco, California
12/12/14 Los Angeles, California
12/13/14 San Diego, California

My Brightest Diamond, "Lover/Killer"

song taken from the  album "Eight Houses" (LP / CD / DL)
released through BB*Island in Europe
(and through Future Gods in America)
"Radiance" written by Jessica Larrabee, performed by She Keeps Bees.
Produced and recorded by Nicolas Vernhes at Red Book Studio

album at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/1eTCF4h3YSDlKn5YDqWFyX?si=jr1-T56QSt-RqRi9oKZ9DQ
album at iTunes (EU): http://snip.ftpromo.net/eighthouses

She Keeps Bees is a duo from Brooklyn, NY, consisting of singer guitarist Jessica Larrabee and drummer/producer Andy LaPlant. They have self-recorded and released music made at home since 2006. Their debut album, Minisink Hotel, was described by NYC’s Other Music as “the best album you’ve never heard." Nests, their second full-length, was admired by the Guardian as “sparse, soulful and defiantly retro.” Their third LP, Dig On, was praised by the BBC as "an album of fire, spirit, and sweat."

Their new album "Eight Houses"  finds She Keeps Bees working with an outside producer, Nicolas Vernhes (Wye Oak, Deerhunter, The War On Drugs, Dirty Projectors, Lia Ices a.o.) for the first time and enlisting guest musicians including Sharon Van Etten and Adam Schatz.

She Keeps Bees have created a beautifully timeless and haunting album. Eight Houses revels in the raw power of subtlety, silence and space, coloring Jessica Larrabee's compositions with lean piano lines, hazy horns and warm organ rolls.

:::LIVE IN EUROPE April/May 2015::::
24.04.15 BE-Bruxelles, Homeplugged
25.04.15 GER-Offenbach/., Hafen 2
26.04.15 GER-Berlin, Roter Salon
28.04.15 GER-Jena, Glashaus
29.04.15 CH-Basel, Parterre
30.04.15 CH-Lausanne,Le Romandie
01.05.15 CH-St.Gallen, Palace
02.05.15 BE-Arlon,Les Aralunaires
03.05.15 BE-Brügge, Cactus Club
04.05.15 FR-Llle, La Péniche
05.05.15 FR-Paris, Espace B
06.05.15 FR-Nantes, Stereolux
08.05.15 ES-Madrid, Siroco
09.05.15 ES-Barcelona, Sala Apolo
12.05.15 FR-Figeac, La Chapelle de Figeac
13.05.15 FR-Macon, Cave a Musique
15.05.15 UK-London, Bush Hall
16.05.15 NL-Amsterdam, London Calling
17.05.15 BE-Hasselt, Muziekodrom
18.05.15 NL-Utrecht, Ekko
19.05.15 GER-Leipzig, UT Connewitz
20.05.15 GER-Regensburg, Alte Mälze
21.05.15 GER-Freiburg, Great Räng Teng Teng
22.05.15 GER-Dortmund, "Way Back When"-festival
23.05.15 GER-Beverungen, Orange Blossom Special Festival
24.05.15 GER-Hamburg, Knust "About Songs Festival"
see all European tour dates for November/December 2014 
http://www.bandsintown.com/SheKeepsBees

Vinyl / CD pre-order  eg. at
Rough Trade UK
http://roughtrade.com/albums/85304
Piccadilly Records LP and CD
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/prod/SheKeepsBees-EightHouses-Bb*Island-98135.html
or in Germany 
https://www.flight13.com/details/111069/she-keeps-bees-eight-houses
http://www.finestvinyl.de/de/item/74243/vinyl.20.html
in Benelux
http://www.konkurrent.nl/winkel/produkt/she_keeps_bees_eight_houses_4260064999610/


shekeepsbees.com/
www.facebook.com/shekeepsbees
www.bbisland.de

She Keeps Bees - Radiance

WATCH THE MAYBE YOU VIDEO HERE: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q_WjSWTh2s&hd=1

Twin sisters born and raised in Sweden / Australia.

www.sayloulou.com
https://www.facebook.com/SayLouLoumusic


Say Lou Lou - Maybe You

White Foxes Remix by <a href="http://manwithoutcountry.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Man Without Country</a>. Features as a bonus track on The Silicone Veil (on iTunes Music Store) 

Susanne Sundfør - White Foxes (Man Without Country Remix)

She Keeps Bees - Ribbon (live at Cameo Gallery)

"After The Storm" is taken from Ruled By Dreams, the forthcoming début solo album by ex-Geneva vocalist Andrew Montgomery. Released 5th October 2014.

Produced by Sean McGhee (Robyn, Imogen Heap, Alison Moyet). Features Suede guitarist Richard Oakes, Röyksopp / Schiller collaborator Kate Havnevik and Jody Gadsden & Simon Neilson from Autoheart.

Contact press@ruledbydreams.com for further information.

Critical praise for Andrew:

"Astonishing...sings like some heaven-sent of love child of Smokey Robinson & Harriet Wheeler." Andrew Mueller, The Independent
"Andrew Montgomery's yearning falsetto calls attention to himself...an extraordinary voice." - Allmusic
"Distinctive, powerful and evocative" - Metro