Sounds of August

2015 (II)

GIGsoup September 2015

rock

New music from the One Beat roster. More info on the bands can be found here: http://www.onebeatdigital.com/roster

September 2015 Sounds

FALL 2015

October 2015

in the rain

Cut The With The Cake Knife was recorded by Rose McDowall in 1988/89 following the break up of her group Strawberry Switchblade. Produced with the aid of several musicians in several studios, the album features songs written for the fabled second Strawberry Switchblade album. More importantly perhaps it showcases the honest, direct and life-affirming songs of one of the greatest unsung songwriters of the modern pop era at a tumultuous time in her career.

Tibet opens the set and could be one of the best pop songs you’ve never heard. The innate sadness of the songs’ content – the loss of a friendship, impending sorrow – is heightened to heart-melting level by McDowall’s pop nous and melodic sensibility. Choruses and hooks are everywhere on Cake Knife, from the outsider take on stadium 80s pop in Wings Of Heaven to the spiraling, ecstatic So Vicious, a glorious anthem that highlights the human fragility in McDowall’s vocal performance, an instrument that has never lost the naïve purity it first exemplified in Strawberry Switchblade’s early 80s recordings. The centerpiece of the album, the title-track, is the greatest Switchblade pop chart hit that never was. Like the veiled melancholy of her former group’s hits, Cut With The Cake Knife hints at a darkness beneath the gloss, a darkness that saw McDowall delve into more esoteric territory with her subsequent recordings and collaborations. Cut With The Cake Knife serves as the bridge between the pop music McDowall had been making with her friends Jill Bryson, Lawrence from Felt and Primal Scream to what became a more extreme, deep sound informed by neo-folk and post industrial music.

Rose McDowall’s role in the canon has always been one of an outsider. Beginning in Glasgow’s East End in the avant proto-noise group The Poems, achieving fame briefly in the 80s and then disappearing into counter-cultural folklore, the emphasis in the internet-age has been skewed towards her image and cultural significance. Unseen to many, her solo work, her groups Sorrow and Spell and her collaborations with a whole host of underground luminaries have still touched lives. As McDowall elucidates: “They're real sad songs, about real life. I've had people come up to me to say I'd connected with them and helped them. I remember a gig in America when we made a whole room cry. It was bizarre. A couple at the front of the stage started crying and then these two boys beside and  suddenly everyone was crying. And I thought, "that's power."

Night School’s issue of Cut With The Cake Knife includes unpublished photographs, extensive sleeve notes from Rose McDowall and 2 bonus tracks culled from the bootleg 7” “Don’t Fear The Reaper.”


ROSE MCDOWALL - Tibet (from Cut With The Cake Knife LSSN027)

It's about time for some new music.

This is part of a soundtrack that has been a long time in the making and evolves around a couple of themes. Much of the music that precedes this piece is more ambient and more melancholic in places, this track is the final crescendo. So please forgive the gratuitous ending - when the full soundtrack is released there will be plenty more ambient!

I hope it makes you want to do something epic today :)

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Big thanks to the anonymous cover art creator

Doves

Danish four-piece Communions have announced details of a new EP. Communions will be released on Tough Love Records on Monday 1st June. There will be two vinyl pressings - one on black vinyl, the other on blue available only from the Tough Love store. 

iTunes pre-order - http://smarturl.it/CommunionsEP.iTunes
12" -  http://smarturl.it/Communions.RT 

The self-titled EP features lead track Out of My World and is accompanied by 4 other tracks, all recorded in their hometown of Copenhagen. The listing of the EP is as follows:

1. Forget it's a Dream
2. Wherever
3. Restless Hours
4. Summer's Oath
5. Out of My World

The EP is the second release on Tough Love Records, following the release of AA-side single So Long Sun/Love Stands Still at the end of 2014. The limited 7” sold-out and Pitchfork were quick to praise the A-side and hone in on their musical influences: “The song oozes effervescent warbles—from vocalist Martin Rehof, and the interplay of shimmering guitars, and lovely crescendos of reverb, reminiscent of early Stone Roses.” (Pitchfork)

Communions, made up of brothers Martin and Mads Rehof, Jacob van Deurs Formann and Frederik Lind Köppen, are fast-gaining attention for their transcendent melodies, delicate guitar lines and emotive pop songs about naivety and youth. 

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Communions
Website - http://www.communions.dk

iTunes

Communions - Out Of My World

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Young And Crazy - Frankie Ballard

From The upcoming album "Abyss", available everywhere August 7th, 2015

iTunes pre-order includes "Iron Moon" Instantly: http://smarturl.it/CWAbyss 
US CD/LP Pre-Order: http://chelseawolfe.hellomerch.com
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Chelsea Wolfe - Iron Moon

Purchase from label: paradiseofbachelors.com/shop/pob-023
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On their most refined and ruefully elegant album, Gun Outfit perfect their incandescent sonic signature: a dusky, canyon-cult blues fueled by melodic dual-guitar weaving and seductive male/female incantations at zero hour. It’s the nocturnal sound of desert-damaged L.A. burnout, a soured American surrealism in rock and roll creole: white line fever, paint fume flashbacks, a stranger wading out alone into the black surf.

Gun Outfit - Dream All Over (PoB-23, 2015): "Worldly Way"

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Major Lazer - Be Together (feat. Wild Belle)

"It's Too Late" is the second mp3 single from Gone by the Dawn, the new LP from Bay Area trio Shannon and the Clams, due out 9/11/15 on Hardly Art records.

Pre-order Gone by the Dawn:
Hardly Art: www.hardlyart.com/shop/shannonandtheclams.html
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/gone-by…awn/id1002099249
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It's Too Late

Shannon and the Clams - "It's Too Late"

Written, arranged and performed by Hideous Towns. 
Recorded and mixed by Matthew Hosking. 
Mastered by Mikey Young.

Eternal gratitude to Matthew Hosking, Mark Monnone and Lost and Lonesome, Mikey Young, Andy Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Stirling for their tolerance and anyone who's come to watch us play or listened to our songs.

Skin

HERBCRAFT - Push Thru The Veil

This set primarily contains samples from 8Dio Santur - a virtual music software instrument (VST/AU/AAX) by www.8dio.com

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8Dio Agitato Legato Arpeggio: "Departure" by James Everingham

Faultlines

Lanterns on the Lake - Faultlines

Unknown in the scene

Laced "Laced" 7" EP out October 30th. 
Pre-order the 7" now: http://bayonetrecords.com/collections/music/products/laced-laced

Laced

Laced "Clear" Official Single

Fit Me In

Frankie Cosmos "Sand" Official Single

From our new LP, Horizons, out 9/4 on Polyvinyl.

Pre-order CD, LP, cassette, MP3 here:
polyvinylrecords.com/horizons

Refractor

Taken from my forthcoming 'Travel Slow' EP

'Be There Soon' Official Video - youtu.be/ymDl74eFb_U

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Travel Slow

From the album 'Why Choose' out 10/2 on FatCat Records

SHOPPING TOUR DATES:
Thurs Oct. 15 - Rough Trade NYC
Thurs Oct. 15 -  NYC, Cake Shop
Fri. Oct. 16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
Sun. Oct. 18 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre *
Mon. Oct. 19 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott *
Tue. Oct. 20 – Winooski, VT @ Monkey House *
Wed. Oct. 21 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB *
Thu. Oct. 22 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern *
Fri. Oct. 23 – Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory *
Sat. Oct. 24 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean *
Tue. Oct. 27 – Madison, WI @ The Frequency *
Wed. Oct. 28 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
Sun. Nov. 1 – Portland, OR @ Star Theater *
Tue. Nov. 3 – San Francisco, CA @ The Knockout
Wed. Nov. 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
Thu. Nov. 5 – San Diego, CA @ The Hideout
Fri. Nov. 6 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room
Sat. Nov. 7 – Phoenix, AZ @ 51 West
Sun. Nov. 8 – El Paso, TX @ Low Brow Palace
Tue. Nov. 10 – Dallas, TX @ Double Wide
Wed. Nov. 11 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
Thu. Nov. 12 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
Fri. Nov. 13 – New Orleans, LA @ The Hi Ho Lounge
Sat. Nov. 14 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
Sun. Nov. 15 – Durham, NC @ Pinhook #
Tue. Nov. 17 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat #

^ w/ Ought
* w/ Shannon and the Clams
# w/ Priests



Straight Lines

Part 9 of the Handcut Record Club marks the return of old friends as we welcome Husband Material onboard. Launching earlier this year with NME Radar’s track of the week ‘What Did I Do Wrong’ (and following a quick stint in our AIH vs Mac DeMarco sessions), HM prove who is the ‘Bigger Man’ – available now for free download as part of our HCRC collection. 

Having exhausted writing and recording as the short-lived Bos Angeles, Richard Board effectively strips preconceived ideals of how he may have evolved, championing minimalist melody and forlorn funk at its finest. Melting bass lines through intoxicating keys, it’s the impressive subtlety of swooning guitar cushioned by depreciative vocal that fuse the natural depth of Board’s pop sensibilities. Completing the group’s lineup are Charlotte Desborough (keys / vocals), Zac Harris (bass / vocals) and also of Bos Angeles, George Rothman (drums).

As with previous Hand Cut singles, Bigger Man will be released on lathe cut 7″ and limited to 25 copies. The 25 copies will be available from our shop here at 1pm today! As always it’s worth pointing out that because these records are handcut, they will sound slightly lofi! If you’re not down with that, then the track is available for free download from both our Bandcamp and Soundcloud. (http://artishardrecords.limitedrun.com/products/557695)

Not only will Husband Material join us at our upcoming 5th birthday event (https://www.facebook.com/events/696329020492478/) but they'll also play the follow dates;

29th August - The AIH 5th Birthday, Bristol
18th September - Transmission at The Winchester, Bournemouth
19th September - Secret location (!!), London

Husband Material - Bigger Man

Half shit rock, half bleeding-heart jams, Jumbo Catfish's Meat Puppet is out 8/28 — for free — on our Bandcamp Page. 
https://group-hug.bandcamp.com/

Jumbo Catfish — Surf Rock Daze (Meat Puppet out NOW)

"Pick Me Apart" is the first single off of Active Bird Community's new album "I've Been Going Swimming." 

Produced by Christopher Daly at Salvation Recording Co. in New Paltz, NY and mastered by Jamal Ruhe at West West Side Music.

The album will be out this fall. Artwork by Tara Grzinic.


Pick Me Apart

From the upcoming debut album, SPLIT FIGURE, available 10.02.15 on Grand Gallop.

PRE-ORDER LP + MP3 now at grandgallopmusic.com/shop

Official site: http://lineandcirclemusic.com
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/lineandcirclemusic
Twitter: twitter.com/LineAndCircle
Instagram: instagram.com/lineandcircle
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lineandcirclemusic

Pre-order Vinyl + MP3

Like A Statue

Vertical Slump are Simon Marsham (guitars, vocals), Andrew Milk (drums, vocals), Ed Shellard (bass,vocals) and Peter Simpson (synthesizers), a quartet of time-served hands at the DIY foundry who are/were also involved in (amongst others) the bands Shopping, Gloss Rejection, Omi Palone and Circuit Breaker.

This collection of songs was recorded in February of this year at Sound Savers studios with Mark Jasper, and follows on neatly from where a cassette E.P of early demos left us, released earlier in 2015 through Mïlk Records.

In collaboration with Mark, they have produced a fully formed and insistent record, oozing with confidence and vigour. It is four tracks of galloping, compelling post-punk wherein vocals are gulped with ardent

intensity; guitars jag and agitate across the mix, veering from the sweetly melodious to the darkly dissonant, while basslines rumble and lope hand-in-glove with sparse and sympathetic percussion. Keys change, amps squawk, and tense locked-in cadences give way to silvery, sweet-spot choruses.

Mastered with an added slice of punk grit by the evergreen Daniel Husayn at North London Bomb Factory, these recordings can be seen as both a pulsating introduction to a band, and a persuading proposition of what’s to come in the future.

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Vertical Slump - Tether

"Tiles" is the first single from Swings' new record "Sugarwater," due out November 13th via Exploding In Sound Records.

Swings - Tiles

Chastity TAPE released in Canada/Australia via Hand Drawn Dracula.
Premium Digital & Limited Cassette http://goo.gl/V4kY7T

→ Purchase / Stream via CAPTURED TRACKS in all other territories.
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Chastity - Saliva

Second single off our upcoming LP.

☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯
All day under the sun
Lookin for you
Faded in blue

All day I pay with tears
I´m calling him
To take it all away

Away

Let´s not talk about it.
☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯

Gracias infinitas a Andrés Jaime (Wet Baes) y a Juan Soto por ayudarnos con la mezcla, el master, y por ser tan padres; gracias también a Andrea Villalón por la foto, los queremos mucho <3.


Away

After time spent in Europe and North America, we teamed up with Dreems in Sydney and celebrated our personal climate change with a cover of The Moffs '80s cult classic.

This is a one-off collaboration released to tie-in with Dreems current tour dates, mixed by Captain Ewan Pearson. 
Available on limited edition white label.

We are currently in the studio writing and recording our second album which is due to be released sometime next year and Dreems is working on a follow up EP to his debut album released earlier this year.

Jagwar Ma & Dreems - Another Day In The Sun

DEAR, YOU: a Response ver of ”약속 (EXO 2014)”

Vocal by @dorkyungsoo & @missylilli1
Lyrics by @dorkyungsoo
Orchestra instrumental by @hyelyeon
Audio mixing by @jarbone
Jacket art by Canti Clarinta

Youtube ver (lyrics + korean translation): https://youtu.be/h4G-O6WCbGA
Tumblr ver: http://melo-dio-us.tumblr.com/post/129563593956/promise
Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/hyelyeon/yqxd1emo3yb5

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Really glad this video is finally uploaded despite the troubles along the way. I can’t believe it’s uploaded on Chen's Birthday, so... Happy Birthday, Kim Jongdae!!! Please count this as your birthday present ^^
The original “Promise” song itself got me in tears the first time I listened to it, and ever since that day, I was determined to write a reply to the song.
EXO, if you happen to watch this video, I really hope you understand your fans’ sincerity and know that you’re never alone. We’ve got your back since the beginning and we’ll help you soar and achieve your dreams.
I’d also like to thank the owner of these fancams for giving me a consent to use the videos. All video’s copyright belongs to the respective owners.
Special thanks to Lyeon for the instrumental, to Pajar for dealing with my mixing demand, and also to Mei for the rap. Oh, and Luesnah for the korean translation.
Lastly, thank you to all EXO-L who have been giving me their insights and also thoughts to the message. Without the help of these people, the message can never be well delivered.

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DORKyungsoo
(from Indonesia)

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EXO - 약속 (EXO 2014) [Response Version]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdBPdOEblbo

Ellie Goulding - On My Mind (Katherine Cordova piano Cover)

Less than a year has passed since Naomi Baguley spotted Ben Lewis wearing a Perfect Pussy t-shirt in a Leeds nightclub and they began trading song ideas through phone voice memos. A first batch of ramshackle demos recorded in Lewis’ bedroom soon led to a sold-out debut show at Leeds’ Oporto, before Bruising began hosting a series of cult house parties in Hyde Park living rooms with the likes of Waxahatchee, Twin Peaks and Trust Fund. Word soon got out, and praise started coming in from the most unlikely of places – Andrew W.K, for instance and, in true fairy-tale style, Perfect Pussy’s own Meredith Graves.

Off the back of two stand-out contributions to our own Vol. 3 and Art Is Hard’s Family Portrait Pt. II earlier this year, Bruising return with their debut single ‘Emo Friends’, with a re-recording of early demo ‘Honey’ making up the AA single. Now split between Berlin and Leeds as Baguley begins a year studying abroad, the band reconvened at Suburban Home Studios in Leeds to record the single with Hookworms’ MJ. 

‘Emo Friends’ deals with the pains of helplessly watching both your own and your friends’ lives falling apart, and all that you can do to combat it is to have fun with them. Infectious guitar melodies contrast with Baguley’s softly layered cries of “I want to feel okay” before the song climaxes, in Lewis’ tongue-firmly-in-cheek words, “like the big smoocher hit at the end of an American teen movie circa 1999”. ‘Honey’, on the other hand, is a re-recording of the first song the duo wrote together, transformed from bedroom demo to straight up pop-punk hit. Baguley and Lewis try and out-do each other throughout, with floating vocals and ever-more venomous guitar lines thrown back and forth.

‘Emo Friends’ / ‘Honey’ is released 20th November on 7” vinyl and digitally via Beech Coma. Pre-order the single and/or sign up to the Beech Coma Singles Club here - https://beechcoma.bandcamp.com/album/emo-friends-honey-single

Buy 7"

Bruising - Emo Friends

"Sea" is the second single from Swings' new record "Sugarwater," due out November 13th via Exploding In Sound Records.

Swings - Sea

Adventure Club
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https://www.facebook.com/AdventureClub
https://twitter.com/adventuredub

Delaney Jane
https://soundcloud.com/delaney-jane
https://www.facebook.com/delaneyjanemusic

Artwork by Chris Cold
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Sheepy on Spotify
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Vertical Slump - Tether

Icecapades