Altitude Friday Playlist - 18/12/2015

Fortuna Pop! Compilation winter 2015/2016

MoonRockPills#112

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Welcome to the new playlist from But i Like You PR with some exciting tracks for 2016 with new additions to the roster including Australian teen trio The Goon Sax, new Sub Pop signing Kyle Craft as well as Northern Irish musician Jealous of the Birds. There are some astonishingly good new tracks from Woodpigeon, Steven James Adams, The Hanging Stars, Carter Tanton, Nap Eyes and so many more. Highly eclectic, exciting and challenging, I'm sure you'll find something to enjoy!

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New cover version of Mazzy Star's 'Fade Into You' by Au Revoir Simone and Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes.

Fade Into You (feat. Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes)

The new single from Hexicon, from the forthcoming album 'The Blossom Sighs'. bunkeronthehill.com

Buy the vinyl

The Dodos: Retriever

Setting Sun

Django Django - First Light EP
12" vinyl repress available - http://po.st/DDfirstlightVINYL2

Watch the official video for First Light, directed by Daniel Swan: http://po.st/FirstLightOfficialVideo

Tracklisting:
First Light
First Light (Wrongtom Dub)
First Light (Mickey Pearce Remix)
First Light (Ghost Culture Remix)

Born Under Saturn Album out now - po.st/BornUnderSaturn

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www.because.co.uk
P&C 2015 Because Music

Released by:
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First Light

DESIRE / UNDER YOUR SPELL (Synthesizer Dub)

PoB: www.paradiseofbachelors.com/pob-24
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Amazon: smarturl.it/PoB24Am
Bandcamp: paradiseofbachelors.bandcamp/com/album/…fish-scale

Recorded live to tape, with no overdubs, on the North Shore of Nova Scotia, Nap Eyes’ quietly contemplative sophomore record refines and elaborates their debut, offering an airier, more spacious second chapter, a bracing blast of bright oceanic sunshine after the moonlit alleys of Whine of the Mystic (PoB-20). But the briny, cold Atlantic roils beneath these exquisite, literate guitar pop songs, posing riddles about friendship, faith, mortality, and self-doubt.

For fans of The Only Ones/England’s Glory, The Modern Lovers, The Clean, The Verlaines, The Go-Betweens, Bedhead, and all things Lou Reed. With lyrics, color inner sleeve, and download code.

“Nap Eyes moves from psych-riffs to astrophysicists; from Rubaiyatic poetry to punctuated bass, in easy fluid motions. Chapman’s calm, steady voice can be as pained as Bob Dylan’s, and his lyrics can be just as profound.” - Noisey

www.paradiseofbachelors.com/nap-eyes

Thought Rock Fish Scale

Nap Eyes - Thought Rock Fish Scale: "Lion in Chains" (2016, PoB-24)

Aeroplane

The Spook School return in October with their brand new album, Try To Be Hopeful. Fun and empowering, Try To Be Hopeful is brim full of noisy, tuneful and triumphant queer pop songs about identity, sexuality and being awesome.
 
The first single “Burn Masculinity” is an empowering anthem for our time. Sometimes it can seem difficult if you don’t fit in to society’s norms but the message is a positive one – change is worth fighting for and is possible. With effort and dedication we can work together and change things for the better. 

The_Spook_School-Burn Masculinity

produced by Nico Constantine ©Institution Records
captured and mixed by Jeff Bakos
mastering: JJ Golden at Golden Mastering

Brake

Lixo - Jar

Spilt Milk is the brand new album from indie auteur Pete Astor, previously of The Loft, The Weather Prophets, and other esteemed acts. It was recorded onto ½ inch tape at the home studio of James Hoare of Ultimate Painting, The Proper Ornaments and Veronica Falls, with James playing guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and singing backing vocals. “He was”, says Astor, “an amazing band.” Other contributions came from members of Astor's live band, with Pam Berry (Black Tambourine, Withered Hand) supplying vocals, Jack Hayter (Hefner) on pedal steel, Alison Cotton (The Left Outsides) on viola, and Robin Christian (Male Bonding) and Susan Milanovic (Feathers) on drums.
 
The album has all the hallmarks of a future Pete Astor classic, drawing together key strands and tributaries of his work over the years, blending intuitive songwriting, acute lyrics and incisive melodies. After many years making more experimental, electronic music Astor has come full circle to the sound that made his name. He explains, “I’m back to being myself, bringing together sounds that I’ve used over time to make a record that sounds more like me than me!” 

From the opening track “Really Something” to the recent single “Mr Music” (a favourite of Marc Riley and Gideon Coe on BBC 6 music) the album’s re-connects Astor’s bespoke guitar pop with his long-standing embrace of The Velvet Underground’s musical DNA. Other standout tracks include “My Right Hand”, a hymn to everyone’s best friend, with guest appearances from Tony Hancock, Marvin Gaye, Philip Larkin and a host of ex-girlfriends; the slow burning drama of “The Getting There” recalling the atmospheres of Astor’s 80s kindred spirits, The Go-Betweens. Also, there is the wry drive of “Very Good Lock”, summed up by Astor as “a description of an injurious medical condition that often affects the male of the species”. Elsewhere there are the gorgeous harmonies of the grown up country lament “Good Enough”, which wouldn’t be out of place on one of George Jones’ most heartbroken albums. 

Spilt Milk is part of a continuum: from Astor’s beginnings with The Loft and The Weather Prophets on Creation Records in the 1980s, via his solo work through the 1990s and his more left field albums with The Wisdom of Harry and Ellis Island Sound on Matador Records, Heavenly and Peacefrog, through to his return to solo work with the Songbox album in 2012. As well as this ongoing musical activity, Astor is also Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, where he teaches, researches and writes about music; 2014 saw the publication of his study of Richard Hell and the Voidoids’ Blank Generation as part of Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 Series. 
 
Astor remains in touch, engaged and vital in a way that is rare with someone with such longevity.  The album continues the story of one of one of England’s most respected and significant songwriters. As Astor says, “time passes, shit happens; some losses, some gains. Don’t cry – but I did!” 

This is Spilt Milk.

 
"Quintessentially English yet Cohenesque pastoral folk-pop songs bent the way of French chanson. Lovely, every one - and a striking reminder of Astor's influence on artists from Belle & Sebastian to Luke Haines" - Uncut
  

Pete Astor - My Right Hand

"Dream On, Baby Blue" is taken from Chorusgirl's debut album, which is due out on Fortuna POP! on 13 November. As singer Silvi Wersing explains it is; "mostly about feeling powerless and small and the demands that others make on you to speak up, but that there can also be beauty and dignity in silence if you just stay who you are. "

The brainchild of German songwriter, singer and rhythm guitarist Silvi Wersing, Chorusgirl blend the shimmering dreaminess of 4AD bands like Lush, the noir pop of The Cure and the bittersweet electricity of The Breeders across ten songs that sparkle with melody and pop nous but are stealthily subverted by something darker. 

Chorusgirl - Dream On, Baby Blue

Crippled Shining Blues

Come

“Really Something” is taken from Pete Astor's new album 'Spilt Milk' due out on Fortuna POP! on 8 January. The track re-connects Astor’s bespoke guitar pop with his long-standing embrace of The Velvet Underground’s musical DNA. 

Spilt Milk is the brand new album from indie auteur Pete Astor, previously of The Loft, The Weather Prophets, and other esteemed acts. It was recorded and produced by James Hoare of Ultimate Painting, The Proper Ornaments and Veronica Falls, with James playing guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and singing backing vocals. “He was”, says Astor, “an amazing band.” The album continues the story of one of one of England’s most respected and significant songwriters. As Astor says, “time passes, shit happens; some losses, some gains. Don’t cry – but I did!” This is Spilt Milk.

Pete Astor - Really Something

Indie powerhouse Fortuna POP! is proud to announce the release of Old Magick, the second solo album by Steven James Adams, former songwriter/singer/guitarist from the critically acclaimed Broken Family Band. Old Magick is proof that Adams’s gift for marrying exceptional lyrics with inescapable earworms is very much intact. 

"Togetherness" is a topical meditation on how our society treats people from other countries, set to a disarmingly pretty tune.

Steven James Adams - Togetherness

In collaboration with Four Tet and Floating Points, Katy B reveals Calm Down, the first piece of music taken from her new project entitled ‘Honey’ that will see Katy teaming up with a number of producers and artists, further exemplifying Katy’s ability to push boundaries and create exciting new music. Expect more details of Honey to follow in the new year.

Alongside Honey, Katy announces her biggest London show to date, taking place at  the O2 Brixton Academy on May 14th. Tickets are available here - http://po.st/KBOnSale

Get Calm Down on iTunes - http://po.st/CalmDowniT
Listen on Spotify: http://po.st/CalmDownSp 
Listen on Apple Music: http://po.st/CalmDownAm



See Katy live!

Katy B x Four Tet x Floating Points — Calm Down

@chemistuk remixes Infinite Plane, taken from @tomevercetti's forthcoming release on @coyoterecordsuk.

Read more and listen to a mix from Tom E. Vercetti on Dummy: http://www.dummymag.com/new-music/dummy-mix-297-tom-e.-vercetti

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Premiere: Tom E. Vercetti - Infinite Plane (Chemist Remix)

Dan Ghenacia is the Parisian underground house and techno king who is also is one of three minds behind the now legendary label and b2b2b DJ outfit Apollonia who have mastered their unique blend of underground house that verges on the techno tip. Joining forces with Chris Carrier once again on yet another deep and groove filled Apollonia release. Press play on this exclusive i-D premiere.

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Premiere: Dan Ghenacia & Chris Carrier - Habibi

Jealous of the Birds- Plastic Skeletons out now: 
CanvasbackMusic.lnk.to/JOTBTheMothsso

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Goji Berry Sunset

Baby I'm Blue

Buy "Hearts In Motion": http://smarturl.it/yuckheartsinmotion

Pre-order new album Stranger Things on vinyl, Hearts In Motion picture disc 7", and more at http://smarturl.it/strangerthings

Pre-Order digital at http://smarturl.it/strangerthingsitunes and get "Hearts In Motion" and "Hold Me Closer" instantly.

YUCK ON TOUR:
Feb 26: Moth Club, London
Feb 27: Moth Club, London

Mar 11: Savannah Stopover, Savannah GA
Mar 12: Aisle 5, Atlanta GA
Mar 13: Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge LA
Mar 14-18: SXSW, Austin TX
Mar 19: Spillover Festival, Dallas TX
Mar 21: Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix AZ
Mar 22: Bunkhouse Saloon, Las Vegas NV
Mar 23: Soda Bar, San Diego CA
Mar 24: The Echo, Los Angeles CA
Mar 25: Cellar Door, Visalia CA
Mar 26: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA
Mar 28: Mississippi Studios, Portland OR
Mar 29: Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver BC
Mar 30: The Crocodile, Seattle WA
Mar 31: Neurolux, Boise ID
Apr 01: Metro Bar, Salt Lake City UT
Apr 02: Larimer Lounge, Denver CO
Apr 04: 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis MN
Apr 05: High Noon Saloon, Madison WI
Apr 06: The Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Apr 07: The Loving Touch, Ferndale MI
Apr 09: Silver Dollar Room, Toronto
Apr 10: The Haunt, Ithaca NY
Apr 11: The Sinclair, Cambridge MA
Apr 12: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY
Apr 14: The Space, New Haven CT
Apr 15: Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington DC
Apr 16: Phuzz Phest, Winston-Salem NC

May 12: Arts Centre, Norwich
May 13: Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh
May 14: Broadcast, Glasgow
May 15: Deaf Institute, Manchester
May 16: The Boileroom, Guildford
May 17: Oobleck, Birmingham
May 18: Sticky Mikes Frog Bar, Brighton
May 19: Exchange, Bristol
May 20: Bodega, Nottingham
May 21: Gold Sounds, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
May 22: Esquires, Bedford

Hearts In Motion

desesperación

Released on February 5th, 2016.

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Physical: www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/is-the-is-are

DIIV // Is The Is Are

From the album T R O U B L E released 1 April, 2016 via Boompa Records (N. America) + WIAIWYA (EU).

Find "T R O U B L E" on iTunes and at: 
N.American: woodpigeon.bandcamp.com
EU / UK: wiaiwya.bandcamp.com

Find the Faithful EP featuring remixes and b-sides also available at the above bandcamp links and on itunes: http://apple.co/1XA8M4k

This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government
of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters.
Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement
du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.

Faithful

From the album 'Jettison the Valley' out March 4th, 2016 on Western Vinyl

iTunes hyperurl.co/9f3l3j
Bandcamp: https://cartertanton.bandcamp.com/album/jettison-the-valley
WV http://westernvinyl.com/shop/wv119

Carter Tanton:
Artist page http://westernvinyl.com/artists/carter-tanton
Twitter https://twitter.com/cartertanton
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cartertanton/

By the time he was 15, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Carter Tanton was already playing bar shows in his hometown of Baltimore.  Two years later, he caught the attention of Gary E. Smith, best known for discovering and producing The Pixies.  After working together for a year, they parted ways, but Tanton never slowed down.  In the mid-2000's he released a couple of EPs with his band Tulsa, prompting Rolling Stone's David Fricke to claim "…his indie-seraphim voice is not of this world…", and after a particularly impressive live set KEXP's John Richards said "…he's one of the best singer-songwriters in the country today."  Beyond his critical acclaim, Tanton's early work was cited as an inspiration by his old friend Adam Granduciel of The War on Drugs.  As Granduciel recalled in an interview with Pitchfork, "He was sleeping in someone's basement, playing every instrument, going through this breakup,...That was the first time I saw someone make music obsessively. I’d never seen anyone living inside of something, to that level."  

Over the years, Tanton has toured and recorded with numerous artists including Marissa Nadler, Strand of Oaks, Lower Dens, and The War on Drugs. In 2012, he assembled Freeclouds, his first collection of songs for Western Vinyl.  A couple of years later, Tanton moved to England where he wrote all of the songs on his new album Jettison the Valley. The change of environment, and his rediscovery of early British influences including Richard Thompson, Nick Drake and John Cale sparked a powerful shift in perspective, which led him to write his most cohesive and personal work to date.  Other than the pedal steel featured on two songs, Tanton engineers and plays every instrument on the album.  His old friend and collaborator Marisa Nadler contributes lead vocals to "Jettison the Valley", and Sharon Van Etten sings on "Twenty-Nine Palms" and "Through the Garden Gates".   

More about Jettison the Valley in his own words: 
"Jettison the Valley began in a little dot of a town outside Bristol called Hambrook in the Fall of 2013. I had just moved to England with my girlfriend where we lived in a caravan on her family's plot of land with the M5 motorway on one side, and a horse farm on the other.  To get away from the incessant low rumbling of cars, I often walked along the area's ancient public footpaths that carve strange ways through the countryside. On those walks, my previous 30 years in America billowed and collapsed in front of me. As I stood there in the blowback, the constant push of time seemed to finally relent, and I found enough distance from it to see my past in clear broad strokes.  After a few months we moved to Oxford and lived in a little attic apartment up on a hill. I spent most days watching the weather roll through the valley and writing these songs about my relationship ending.  Eventually, I felt I had to come back to the states to record them.  I consider this my first solo record. The other two releases I've put out under my own name since 2005 were simply collections of scattered recordings, mixtapes essentially. Jettison was written in one long sitting, each song feeding the next."  

Carter Tanton - "Twentynine Palms ft. Sharon Van Etten"

From my forthcoming album, 'Luck or Magic' which will be released April 29th on Double Feature Records
Pre-order available on pledgemusic.com/brittaphillips for limited edition
white vinyl, compact disc and download - along with deluxe packages and bonus content.