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A filthy Rock N' Roll sandwich layered with psychedelic, garage, blues, punk, and space. Served with a side of deep-fried distortion.

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Order the LP/free download: https://hardleft.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-hard-left

"We Are Hard Left" is the debut album from Hard Left. Brought together by the music, held together by the outrage -- Hard Left are a hard-mod/punk band borne out of a desire to explore leftist political ideas and marry them to rabble-rousing music worthy of the worldwide struggle against capital. Far from a dry exercise in doctrinaire thought, Hard Left's songs are great punk first and foremost, and ripping good fun.

The band members have been involved with punk and DIY music for nearly a century combined, including time in bands like Boyracer, Jüke, Whorl, Lunchbox and Black Tambourine, and operating the respected labels 555, Emotional Response and Slumberland Records. Initial Hard Left recording sessions in Spring 2014 led to the release of two limited edition lathe-cut singles, the Situationist-inspired "What's That Sound?" and the tough-as-nails "Safety." The band set to writing and in August 2014 gathered in the desert of Flagstaff, AZ to record. The results were two more singles ("Skinheads Home For Christmas" and a split 7" with Bad Daddies, both released in December 2014), and now this album.

"We Are Hard Left" is a concise and explosive punk record, packed with anthems of resistance and calls to action. These are crucial times that we live in, and Hard Left seek to inspire and invigorate. The opener "New Year" sets out the band's stall in fine fashion, urging listeners to "give up false needs" and embrace new beginnings. They follow with the blasting "Hard Left Rules OK," a call to arms if ever there was one. The album is tightly edited, each song on the heels of the previous one, exemplifying the group's eagerness to broadcast their message and energize their fans.

To that end, rousing chants and noisy interludes are interspersed throughout, cheeky but pointed references to their mod forebears and street-level terrace "politics." The message is always positive, the underlying mood is of hopefulness. "Hand In Hand" is an exhilarating call for solidarity and collective action, while "Future Perfect" imagines a world where the people were the true beneficiaries of the surplus created by progress, the perfect future we were all promised during the golden age of capitalism. Previous singles "Safety" and "Stay True" appear in re-recorded form, hard as nails and fitting in perfectly.

From the super-tough "Kicking If Off" to the Occupy-inspired "Red Flag" and the supremely uplifting (and also Situationist-inspired) closer "Imagination," this is a record that hits hard, crammed with guitars that soar and rage, group chants and raw-throated vocals. It's anthemic in the best way -- inspiring but never heavy-handed, a worthy successor to records by bands like The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, Sex Pistols and The Dils.  Call it "utopian Oi" if you will, or "hard mod" or just plain punk, but don't miss out on this passionate, thrilling record.


Hard Left are:
Mike: exhortations
Donna: bass, vocals
Tim: guitar, vocals
Stewart: drums, vocals


We Are Hard Left

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April 2015 Sounds

I Just Want To Love You

So Famous I'm Fucked

Lead-off track from our EP Things Too Obvious to Sing, out March 29 on My Little Owl Records.

Wond'ring

Taken from the Ninja Tune & IF Music Present: 'If 2.0' compilation, released April 19 for Record Store Day.

http://www.recordstoreday.co.uk
http://ninjatune.net
https://www.ifmusic.co.uk

Heidi Vogel - Turn Up The Quiet (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)

Released on LP and download  25 May 2014 
Recorded and mixed Summer / Fall 2013, at Marlborough Farms, by Gary Olson 
Mastered by Ron Harrity at Peapod Recordings 
Keyboards by Kyle Forester. Backing vocals by Suzanne Nienaber and Gary Olson 
Additional percussion by Gary Olson. Keyboards on Boy Of Your Dreams by Brooke Watkins 

Pale Lights on this recording are: 

Andrew Adler, guitar 
Lisa Goldstein, drums, vocals 
Maria Pace, bass 
Philip Sutton, guitar, vocals 

All songs by Philip Sutton 

© Calico Cat (CAL004) 

Another album that I’ve been listening a lot this week is that of New York’s own Pale Lights. […] But what an album this is. It’s only 30 minutes long and opens with a cracker of a song called “Another Broken Heart”. You already know what to expect in the other 9 songs. Just heartfelt jangly indiepop crafted in perfection. Highlights are “Port of Shadows” that reminds me of The Bats, their previous single “Boy of Your Dreams” that has that Felt-ish guitar, or The Chills inspired “Only an Ocean”. I don’t know what will happen in 2014, but this might be a serious contender for your next year list! 

Roque Ruiz, Cloudberry Cake Proselytism: www.cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=2321

These Things Happen

VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kly5_YX3Kkw



Line Up on the Solstice

From the album "The Big Come Up" on Alive Naturalsound : www.alivenergy.com

The Black Keys - Countdown

Hanni El Khatib - Build. Destroy. Rebuild.

Heydays is the sophomore album from Ohio's Total Babes, and their first record for Wichita Recordings. It will be released on the 18th May (19th in North America).

You can pre-order the record now and receive "Circling" and "Heydays" as an instant grat download:

Wichita – smarturl.it/totalbabeswrs (LP, CD or download)
iTunes – smarturl.it/TotalBabesiTunes




Heydays

Fond Han's new single "Hub City Blues" is the debut of the band as a dank quartet. Recorded by Paul Howells at The Sidecar Studio.

Full length debut coming in 2015. 

Fond Han is:
Vinnie Daidone: guitar
Kira McDonald: bass
Zach Miller: drums
Thomas Baumann: guitar/vocals

Fond Han - Hub City Blues

Taken from Ivy Tripp, out 6th April 2015.

Pre-order now:

CD/LP (includes signed poster & sticker) - http://smarturl.it/ivyphys

Itunes - http://smarturl.it/ivy-tripp

http://www.waxahatcheemusic.com/
http://www.wichita-recordings.com/

Ivy Tripp

Waxahatchee - Under A Rock

"Falling From The Sky" featuring guest vocals from Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses - from the upcoming Calexico record 'Edge of the Sun', out 13/14 April 2015

Album Preorder:
Amazon - smarturl.it/CalexicoEOTSAmazon
iTunes - smarturl.it/CalexicoEOTSiTunes

VINYL Album Preorder - limited coloured DoLP from 
City Slang in Europe - smarturl.it/CalexicoEOTSlabel
Anti in the US - http://kingsroadmerch.com/anti-records/search/?search=calexico
Rough Trade in the UK smarturl.it/CalexicoEOTS_RT

Falling From The Sky (ft. Ben Bridwell)

Landshapes - Ader

Legend

This song is taken from the forthcoming third solo album from Meg Baird, Don't Weigh Down The Light.

The album will be released on 21st June in Europe by Wichita Recordings (22nd June elsewhere on Drag City).

Meg Baird - Counterfeiters

Order the LP/free download: https://hardleft.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-hard-left

"We Are Hard Left" is the debut album from Hard Left. Brought together by the music, held together by the outrage -- Hard Left are a hard-mod/punk band borne out of a desire to explore leftist political ideas and marry them to rabble-rousing music worthy of the worldwide struggle against capital. Far from a dry exercise in doctrinaire thought, Hard Left's songs are great punk first and foremost, and ripping good fun.

The band members have been involved with punk and DIY music for nearly a century combined, including time in bands like Boyracer, Jüke, Whorl, Lunchbox and Black Tambourine, and operating the respected labels 555, Emotional Response and Slumberland Records. Initial Hard Left recording sessions in Spring 2014 led to the release of two limited edition lathe-cut singles, the Situationist-inspired "What's That Sound?" and the tough-as-nails "Safety." The band set to writing and in August 2014 gathered in the desert of Flagstaff, AZ to record. The results were two more singles ("Skinheads Home For Christmas" and a split 7" with Bad Daddies, both released in December 2014), and now this album.

"We Are Hard Left" is a concise and explosive punk record, packed with anthems of resistance and calls to action. These are crucial times that we live in, and Hard Left seek to inspire and invigorate. The opener "New Year" sets out the band's stall in fine fashion, urging listeners to "give up false needs" and embrace new beginnings. They follow with the blasting "Hard Left Rules OK," a call to arms if ever there was one. The album is tightly edited, each song on the heels of the previous one, exemplifying the group's eagerness to broadcast their message and energize their fans.

To that end, rousing chants and noisy interludes are interspersed throughout, cheeky but pointed references to their mod forebears and street-level terrace "politics." The message is always positive, the underlying mood is of hopefulness. "Hand In Hand" is an exhilarating call for solidarity and collective action, while "Future Perfect" imagines a world where the people were the true beneficiaries of the surplus created by progress, the perfect future we were all promised during the golden age of capitalism. Previous singles "Safety" and "Stay True" appear in re-recorded form, hard as nails and fitting in perfectly.

From the super-tough "Kicking If Off" to the Occupy-inspired "Red Flag" and the supremely uplifting (and also Situationist-inspired) closer "Imagination," this is a record that hits hard, crammed with guitars that soar and rage, group chants and raw-throated vocals. It's anthemic in the best way -- inspiring but never heavy-handed, a worthy successor to records by bands like The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, Sex Pistols and The Dils.  Call it "utopian Oi" if you will, or "hard mod" or just plain punk, but don't miss out on this passionate, thrilling record.


Hard Left are:
Mike: exhortations
Donna: bass, vocals
Tim: guitar, vocals
Stewart: drums, vocals


Hard Left - Hand In Hand

Hard Left - Red Flag

Astronauts, etc. is Anthony Ferraro, Scott Brown, Aaron Gold, Derek Barber, and Doug Stuart.

Recorded at Tiny Telephone Recording by James Riotto.

Vinyl: http://www.hitcityusa.com/store/vinyl/astronauts-etc-mind-out-wandering

Limited edition yellow-colored 180-gram vinyl: http://www.hitcityusa.com/store/vinyl/astronauts-etc-mind-out-wandering-limited-edition

Digital: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mind-out-wandering/id986583025?ls=1

I Know

It's Alright is co-written with Peter Morén and Markus Jägerstedt, produced by Joe Cross, mixed by Jon Gray and masted by Nigel Walton.

It is on our debut album "Home Before the Dark" out June 15th.

Stream on Spotify

Kid Astray - It's Alright

Eclipse

When the Lights Turn Out

Hard Left - Hard Left Rules OK

UK romantic producer Michael Greene (Ghostly International / Live At Robert Johnson) proves his talent in remixing legendary Nigerian Fela Kuti drummer last hit.

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We believe that « everything is a remix »

Remixes are a major part of the electronic music history. The club culture take off on remixes, some of the greatest dance hits where made from remixing original tracks.
Our primary purpose is to highlight this exercise by offering the opportunity to artists to either work on a remix of their choice or offer a track to be remixed by an artist they admire. It is overseen and curated by independent music lovers and supported by The Absolut Company, a brand that is permanently involved in the field of contemporary arts and creation with a tradition of supporting artists such as Keith Haring and Andy Warhol. The Absolut Remix project is dedicated to the art of combining or editing existing materials, to produce something new.

As a start, every last Friday of the month, we will unveil a new remix, from a newcomer or a legend, from disco to techno or IDM and house music. And more to come...

'Go Back' was originally released on Tony Allen's album Film of Life (Jazz Village) in october 2014
www.jazzvillagemusic.com/#/albums?id=53

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Website: www.tonyallenafrobeat.com/

Fort Romeau
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Soundcloud: @fortromeau

Tony Allen ft. Damon Albarn - Go Back (Fort Romeau Absolut Remix)

Hard Left - Holiday

Hard Left - New Year

Hear a bit of the first track from Prinzhorn Dance School's new LP, "Home Economics". Listen to the whole thing at DFA Direct! 

Digital preorder - http://hyperurl.co/PrinzhornHE 
Ltd Wine-colored vinyl preorder - http://store.dfarecords.com/products/dfa2444


Buy Ltd Vinyl

Prinzhorn Dance School - Reign (Snippet)

'Everything Is A Mess' out 22nd June on Transgressive Records

Pre-order on iTunes: hyperurl.co/fistcityeiam
Pre-order physical copies and bundles: http://fistcity.tmstor.es/

Upcoming Live Shows

MAY
16 Brighton - The Great Escape
18 London - Alberta Showcase at The Islington
22 Liverpool - Liverpool Sound City Festival
25 Leeds - Gold Sounds Festival

Fist City - F*** Cops

Hard Left - Future Perfect

Hard Left - Stay True

Your X by Jawbreaker Reunion, from the upcoming release "haha and then what ;)"

i like it when you say i'm the one
the person that you want to love
you only say it when you're drunk
i don't know where i went wrong

i feel contempt for myself
without you next to me
i feel okay with myself
only when i'm laying with you

you love me when we're alone

Your X

Assed Out 7" available 7/3 via Shea Stadium Records
http://sheastadiumrecords.com

Produced & Mixed by Adam Reich
Recorded & Engineered by Joe Pecora, Red Room Studios Staten Island NY
Mastered by Mike Tucci at The Engine Room

Assed Out

DONE - Slash Fiction
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http://donewithmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fuckups-i

DONE - Slash Fiction

Taken from HOT LUNCH's debut full-length LP | WHO-15

Edition of 500 copies on black vinyl.

Hot Lunch - Gold Lyre

Out May 22 on Manic Pop! Records!

Visit our Kickstarter Page for advanced downloads and pre-orders! www.kickstarter.com/projects/638863…sprin?ref=email


Return to Sender

Hard Left is a political punk band inspired by liberatory leftist movements of the past and present. Our music is a soundtrack for direct action, an invitation to critical thought and a challenge to complacency. We privilege the "we" over the "I" and argue for the centrality of class struggle in our collective battle against neoliberalism, authoritarianism and imperialism. Hard Left believes in the power of art to enlighten as well as entertain, and we strive to do both.

Hard Left - Hard Left Rules OK

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