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From 'Worth' | Mas Ysa's debut EP | Out 2/4 
U.S. Pre-order at iTunes: smarturl.it/masysaworth
Watch the video for 'Why': youtu.be/C1OAR4LJhr4

Worth

Years

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The first single from "It's a Girl!" by Childbirth, out January 7 via Help Yourself Records. 

Download "It's a Girl" via Bandcamp: http://childbirth.bandcamp.com/

Buy the cassette version (w/digital download) here: http://shophelpyourselfrecords.com/

Childbirth - I Only Fucked You As A Joke

The new album 'Post Tropical' available now.

Purchase on:
iTunes http://smarturl.it/PostTropical
Amazon http://smarturl.it/PostTropicalAmz
Store http://smarturl.it/jvmstore

Lyrics:
I will not cave under you
for my heart is an unending tomb
i will not trouble your rest
for my heart is infinity blessed

ever a hard rot
cut from an ancient cloth of old

someone is ringing a bell
it chimes through this shimmering shell
that once was my vision of birth
now is my vessel and curse

heat from the tall lamp
melting the outer wax that holds
blood from a deep cut
some of the reddest stuff to flow

sometimes my hands they don't feel like my own
i need someone to love i need someone to hold

Post Tropical

Red Dust

Purchase on iTunes

School of Language - Between the Suburbs from upcoming album Old Fears 

Out 7 April on Memphis Industries.  Order from www.field-music.uk

School Language - Between The Suburbs

Taken from Actress' 'Grey Over Blue' 12", released on Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune.

Buy now at the <a href="http://smarturl.it/actressgob">Ninjashop</a>

Pre-order <a href="http://www.werkdiscs.com/actress">Ghettoville</a> at the <a href="http://smarturl.it/ghettoville">Ninjashop</a> / <a href="http://smarturl.it/ghettovilleit">iTunes</a> / <a href="http://smarturl.it/ghettovilleam">Amazon</a>

<a href="http://www.werkdiscs.com">werkdiscs.com</a>
<a href="http://www.ninjatune.net">ninjatune.net</a>

Grey Over Blue

Buy 'Grey Over Blue'

Actress - 'Grey Over Blue'

Get "Swim" on iTunes here: http://po.st/pZ4JvE
Listen on Spotify here: http://po.st/SwimSp

Official Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQjbNrUCYA0

Co-Produced by Charlie Hugall

Swim

White Hinterland, 'Baby' out April 1st, 2014 on Dead Oceans

Pre-order the album now:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/whitehinterland2
SCD/DO: http://smarturl.it/whitehinterland
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/whitehinterland3
Indies: http://smarturl.it/whitehinterland4

Watch the official lyric video directed/animated by Derrick Belcham: http://bit.ly/1mokcnH

White Hinterland
Artist Page http://deadoceans.com/artist.php?name=whitehinterland
Official Site http://whitehinterland.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WhiteHinterlandOfficial
Twitter https://twitter.com/WhiteHinterland

White Hinterland - "Ring The Bell" from 'Baby' out April 1st, 2014 on Dead Oceans

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White Hinterland - Ring The Bell

From the album, Human, out now

iTunes: www.smarturl.it/MCHuman
Beatport: http://smarturl.it/HumanBeatport
Vinyl + CD Pre-order: bit.ly/FIELDSshop

So, it's my next album single, and this time it's a bit crunching. There is a reason for this abomination lacking softness or melody though - the album is called "Human", and it's my attempt to translate some common themes about the human condition, into musical form. And of course not everything about being human is beautiful or pleasant - we experience all sorts of things, and this one is about the impacts of life, in the form of pounding mechanical collisions. It's a club track really, and if you've seen me in recent months you've probably had your face smashed by it a little - sorry about that!

Big thanks to Pitchfork for featuring this along with the amazing acid-style excursion from Gabe Gurnsey of Factor Floor.....AND....watch out for the Perc mix coming very soon, which takes the track to whole new labels of abrasion.


Here is the press spiel in case more info and fafferage is needed -

An album that sets out to examine sonic extremes, Max Cooper's debut Human juxtaposes a whole range of electronic styles:  lush orchestration fighting savage distortion, and clinical digital sound anchored by warm analogue grooves.  And nowhere is that restless curiosity to experiment as apparent as the contrast of the first and second singles - first, the delicate and downtempo Adrift, versus this second release, Impacts, the roughest, toughest sampler workout Cooper has produced.
On the album, they're sequenced in a focused line to be the centre of the album's first act and then its midpoint, before the album's more experimental final act.  But as a single on its own?  Impacts is a stop-start stomper that has had festival crowds asking WTF!?!? for months now, and the album's only purely dancefloor moment - as far from voguish k-house sounds as it is.  

But despite the harsh uncompromising sonic contrast - and this is a track that grunts into focus like a sledgehammer picking a fight with a gang of hi-hats - Impacts is, to Cooper's mind, actually something very optimistic.  It's the sound of a person beaten again and again by life, but each time bouncing back and wanting more.

For the remixes, Cooper has gone for two artists with their own take on high-contrast sonics.  Gabe Gurnsey of Factory Floor has folded his band's hypnotic acid tweaking into the original's rasping beats, and Perc has gone balls out with an take-it-or-leave it experimental sub-lead mix for the serious heads and big systems.


Impacts (clip)

Artist: Lorca
Title: Forgive Me Love / Naoko
Cat: NKD007
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Release Date: 17 February 2014
Label: Naked Naked

Lorca kick starts 2014 with Forgive Me Love / Naoko, his debut release on Breach’s (aka Ben Westbeech)Naked Naked imprint, joining the ranks of Dusky, Dark Sky, Midland, Mak & Pasteman and Westbeech himself.

The two-­track EP follows up Lorca’s highly acclaimed 2013 If I Told You EP on 2020 Midnight Visions, and his stellar remix of Ghostpoet’s Cold Win which received widespread support, with Midland tipping it as quite possibly the remix of the year.

With highly lauded releases on Dummy, Throwing Snow’s Left_blank imprint and Church, Lorca has made a strong impression in the two short years he’s been producing. His superb Can’t See Higher / Missed Me EP in 2012 on Dummy was the turning point, transforming him from a promising young talent into an exceptional one, gaining support from the likes of Bonobo, Rob Da Bank, Deetron and Scuba...

This latest release meets building expectations, both tracks incredibly smooth, nostalgia-­inducing and heavily textured, solidifying Lorca’s unique sound.

Tracklist
A. Forgive Me Love
B. Naoko

Naoko

The Coathangers 
"Suck My Shirt" CD/LP/DIG
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Pre-order: http://suicidesqueeze.bigcartel.com/ 
Label: Suicide Squeeze Records
www.thecoathangers.com 
http://store.suicidesqueeze.net
Artist Instagram: @thecoathangers
Label Instagram: @suicidesqueeze

Follow Me by The Coathangers

Taken from the forthcoming LP - Rooms of the House, released March 18th, 2014. 
Pre-Order the new record at http://www.ladisputemusic.com/store
or on iTunes at http://smarturl.it/ladispute

Rooms of the House

Stay Happy There

new single Elusive Youth

get for free from www.thisiselephant.com



www.thisiselephant.com

Elephant  - Elusive Youth

Released on April 1, 2014. 

Digital: http://apple.co/1faFMrn
Physical: https://www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/salad-days

Mac DeMarco // Passing Out Pieces

From "The Soul of All Natural Things" (out March 4, 2014)
Get it here: http://akrec.co/1gFDpzV

Lyrics:
River of God
Written by Linda Perhacs, Fernando Perdomo, and Chris Price

River of God
River, river, river, river 
River of God


River of god, River of Love
River of god, River of Love


River of god how you fill up the sky
River of god, you’re much greater than I 
There’s a river of souls running fast by my door
There’s a river of souls going where who can know

There’s a river of souls streaming loud through the night
And the roar of the noise fills the sky with it’s might 
And to me it’s a mess and to me makes no sense
And yet all that I hear is a voice deep within saying 

All that I have
All that I am 
I would give for a chance 
To help them with their lives 

All that I have
All that I am 
I would give for a chance 
To help them with their lives 

River of God
River of Love

River of god how you fill up the sky
River of god you’re much greater than I 

River of god there’s an eclipse of the sun
The darkness is rising we’re all on the run
Forgive me your failings forgive us our wailings
When love is not loved then the darkness will come 
And when love is within ,all the light will return 
Like a river of love , like a river of sun

All that I have
All that I am 
I would give for a chance 
To help them with their lives 

When love is not loved then the darkness will come
When love is within, all the  light will return 
Like a river of love , Like a river of sun
Like a river of love , like a river of sun

Just to help them with their lives

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Linda Perhacs, "River Of God"

Palehound will release the Kitchen 7" on February 25th via Exploding In Sound Records. Recorded by Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez at Gravesend Recordings (at The Silent Barn).  Mastered by Josh Bonati. Artwork by Andrew Marathas.

Kitchen 7" marks the first recordings of Palehound as a full band...
Ellen Kempner (vox/guitar)
Ben Scherer (guitar)
Thom Lombardi (bass)
Max Kupperberg (drums)

Palehound are going on tour this Spring including a stop at SXSW. Get in touch with the band at ellen.kempner@gmail.com with any show requests.

EIS016

Palehound - Holiest

INSTANT ALPHA first album
out on january 20th of 2014

booking fr : alex@thetalentboutique.fr
booking eu/world : martje@decked-out.co.uk
booking us : jake@bondmusicgroup.com

www.facebook.com/feadz
twitter.com/FEADZofficial

Feadz - Eastside

"Special Snowflakes" is the A-Side to Pile's upcoming 7" single. Recorded at The Sex Dungeon with Dan and James. Mastered by Richard Marr. Available March 11th via Exploding In Sound Records. Pre-order at www.pile.bandcamp.com 

Pile - Special Snowflakes

Purchase "Montana" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/montana-single/id799641047

Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

Purchase "Awake": http://shop.iso50.com/collections/awake

formats:
CD/LP/DIGITAL

artwork by:
ISO50

For nearly a decade, Tycho has been known as the musical alias of Scott Hansen, but with the release of Awake – his second LP for Ghostly International – the solo project has evolved into a three-piece band. Relating closer to post-rock than ambient soundscapes, the record is situated in the present, sounding more like Hansen than drawing from his influences. “This is, in many ways, the first true Tycho record.”

Following 2011’s Dive LP, the San Francisco-based designer toured extensively, and with a full band on stage, his sound coalesced into a percussive, organic whole. Zac Brown (guitars, bass) rejoined Scott on the road for this tour, but it was the particular addition of Rory O’Connor’s live drumming that ultimately sent Hansen back to the studio with a more precise vision. “After the tour, I decided that I wanted to capture the more energetic, driven sound of the live show on the next album,” Hansen recalls. Bringing musicians into Tycho’s creative process was a step towards expanding his own songwriting and advancing the project beyond its current sound.

In a cabin near Tahoe last winter, Zac and Scott began fleshing out the structure of the new record, but it wasn’t until they set up shop in the hills of Santa Cruz with Rory that it all fell into place. “It crystallized the vision of how the drums would come to the forefront on this record,” says Hansen. The sound was much more stripped-down and concise with more organic instruments in the fold. Songs like “Montana” and “Awake” are a departure from Tycho’s previous material – unique to the group effort poured into the songs on the new record – while “See” and “Dye” echo ideas from previous works, bridging a middle ground between the old and new. Working with Count Eldridge, who also engineered Dive, the team could fixate on the pulses that Tycho might previously layer under synthesizers and exhume them with distinct bass and guitar patterns.

Also known for his design work as ISO50, Hansen’s visual and sonic efforts have dovetailed throughout the course of his career. “This is the first time in my life I've dropped everything to focus on one artistic pursuit,” notes Hansen. Previous Tycho releases came to fruition when an amalgam of songs were nearing completion, but Awake is where music becomes the focus and true expression becomes the result.

WEB - www.tychomusic.com 
TWITTER - www.twitter.com/iso50 
FB - www.facebook.com/tychomusic 
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/user/iso50 
INSTAGRAM - @iso50

Montana

Ghost Culture plays LIVE @ Corscica Studios, London 23rd September 2015.
Limited tickets available here: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/jqc2309

Out now:
Rough Trade (Album Of The Month) CD / LP (includes free bonus CD): http://po.st/RoughTradeGC
Phantasy CD / LP: http://shop.phantasysound.co.uk
iTunes : http://po.st/PHLP04iTunes

Since announcing his arrival one year ago with a debut single 'Mouth', London based artist Ghost Culture has built up a feverish following with a further pair of ear catching singles.

Now Phantasy are proud to present his self titled debut album, a collection of ten tracks rich in emotion, musicality and sonic artistry, which will see release in January 2015. 

http://ghostculture.com/
https://twitter.com/ghostculture
https://www.facebook.com/ghostculture

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Giudecca [Edit]

https://rolemodel-music.bandcamp.com/

"Before Then Was Now", the new album by RLMDL, is available 11 June 2013. It was written and recorded between June 2012 and March 2013 in various bedrooms and studios in Toronto and London, Ontario. 
All songs written and produced by Jordan Allen (RLMDL).

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