2014 part 3

ORDER LP HERE - http://www.toughloverecords.bigcartel.com/product/tlv066-moon-king-obsession-12-lp-w-download-code

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Toronto’s Moon King will be issuing their debut European release on September 16th via Tough Love. Entitled Obsession, the record compiles all of the band’s output to date as well as one previously unreleased track, and will be available on LP, CD and digital download. 

Comprised of Toronto native Daniel Benjamin and collaborator/co-conspirator, Maddy Wilde, the duo have been making music together for most of their lives. As Moon King, the two singers weave dreamlike harmonies over buzz-saw guitars and electronic percussion, their live performances capturing a raw-nerve intensity that verges on ecstatic. 

While they have ties to a handful of other Canadian projects – Majical Cloudz, Grimes, Austra – they more obviously share a sonic affinity with the alien androgyny of Cocteau Twins, mbv and The Breeders. Many of Daniel’s songs appeal to our darker subconscious desires, revelling in the embrace of fear and ego as a means of escape. Daniel also frequently performs with his brother Airick's group, Doldrums.

Moon King tour Europe in September with Born Ruffians. All dates are listed below.

Obsession is released on 16th September on Tough Love Records

September
18th - The Soup Kitchen, Manchester, w/ Born Ruffians
19th - Concrete, London w/ Born Ruffians
20th - Green Store Room, Brighton w/ Born Ruffians
21st - Incubate Festival, Tilburg
23rd - Video, Ghent
24th - Birthdays, London
26th -Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg
27th - Gebaude 9, Cologne, w/ Born Ruffians
28th - Berlin Independent Night, Berlin
30th - Witoof Bar, Brussels, w/ Born Ruffians
October
1st - La Grande Mix, Tourcoing, w/ Born Ruffians
2nd - Trabendo, Paris w/ Born Ruffians
November
2nd - Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik


 For all press and radio enquiries please contact - Ivano@trailofpress.co.uk

iTunes

Moon King - Only Child

TLV068: AUTOBAHN - AUTOBAHN 1. - 12"/digital EP&#13;
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Buy on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/autobahn-1-single/id718862141&#13;
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'Seizure' is the lead track taken from AUTOBAHN's debut 3-track 12" EP, released on 11th November. &#13;
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On 11th November, Leeds-based five-piece AUTOBAHN announce themselves to the world with their unapologetically sinister and aggressive self-titled debut EP. A record for, and of, the night, AUTOBAHN conjure the dystopian nightmare world of 80s post-punk across three unrelenting tracks. Consider them Leeds’ very own Lost Boys, cloaked in feedback, showing their teeth. Despite forming in February 2013, and playing their first gig just months ago, they appear eerily fully formed.&#13;
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The group - a bunch of unknowns - have notched up word-of-mouth acclaim for their handful of visceral live shows, appearing on stages with the likes of Merchandise and Eagulls. While those bands are appropriate touchstones for those new to AUTOBAHN, if you look closer you’ll notice in their velvet jackets and puffed shirts a stargazing glamour at odds with their peers.&#13;
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On the surface, AUTOBAHN are a classic modern day punk band. But dig a little deeper and there’s a colourful underbelly to their sonic ambitions, vivid like a new bruise. Their name’s a reference to Kraftwerk, hinting at a European intensity, while tracks like the scabrous ‘Lost Tongue’, are transgressive in the same way as early Public Image Limited. What’s more, there’s real catharsis at the heart of these songs: the opening track, 'Seizure', is about having a small fit in Brighton., while all the lyrics point to a very millennial sense of helplessness. AUTOBAHN 1. , then, is a bacchanalian trawl through the psyche, kind of unhinged, and staring right through you.&#13;
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They have announced a UK tour with dates supporting Girls Names and the aforementioned Eagulls, as well as a special EP launch show at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. Dates are as follows:&#13;
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24 October - Sheffield, Bungalows and Bears w/Girls Names&#13;
29 October - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club w/Girls Names&#13;
02 November - Brighton, Green Door Store w/Girls Names&#13;
16 November - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club **EP LAUNCH**&#13;
05 December - London, Sebright Arms w/Eagulls&#13;
06 December - Cardiff, Moon Club w/Eagulls&#13;
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AUTOBAHN - Seizure

Gardens & Villa - Thorn Castles (COVER)

TLV068: AUTOBAHN - AUTOBAHN 1. - 12"/digital EP&#13;
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Buy on iTunes - itunes.apple.com/gb/album/autobah…ngle/id718862141&#13;
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'Force Fed' is taken from AUTOBAHN's debut 3-track 12" EP. &#13;
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16 November - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club **EP LAUNCH**&#13;
05 December - London, Sebright Arms w/Eagulls&#13;
06 December - Cardiff, Moon Club w/Eagulls&#13;
19 December - Manchester, The Castle w/Loom&#13;
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www.facebook.com/autobahnmusik&#13;
www.twitter.com/autobahnmusik&#13;
www.instagram.com/autobahnmusik&#13;
&#13;
PRESS RELEASE&#13;
Leeds-based five-piece AUTOBAHN announce themselves to the world with their unapologetically sinister and aggressive self-titled debut EP. A record for, and of, the night, AUTOBAHN conjure the dystopian nightmare world of 80s post-punk across three unrelenting tracks. Consider them Leeds’ very own Lost Boys, cloaked in feedback, showing their teeth. Despite forming in February 2013, and playing their first gig just months ago, they appear eerily fully formed.&#13;
&#13;
The group - a bunch of unknowns - have notched up word-of-mouth acclaim for their handful of visceral live shows, appearing on stages with the likes of Merchandise and Eagulls. While those bands are appropriate touchstones for those new to AUTOBAHN, if you look closer you’ll notice in their velvet jackets and puffed shirts a stargazing glamour at odds with their peers.&#13;
&#13;
On the surface, AUTOBAHN are a classic modern day punk band. But dig a little deeper and there’s a colourful underbelly to their sonic ambitions, vivid like a new bruise. Their name’s a reference to Kraftwerk, hinting at a European intensity, while tracks like the scabrous ‘Lost Tongue’, are transgressive in the same way as early Public Image Limited. What’s more, there’s real catharsis at the heart of these songs: the opening track, 'Seizure', is about having a small fit in Brighton., while all the lyrics point to a very millennial sense of helplessness. AUTOBAHN 1. , then, is a bacchanalian trawl through the psyche, kind of unhinged, and staring right through you.&#13;
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Press - leah@inhousepress.com&#13;
Online/radio - matthew@enganche.co.uk

AUTOBAHN - Force Fed

Released on March 18, 2014. 

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Perfect Pussy // Interference Fits

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In stores April 1 in North America
In stores April 4 in Australia
In stores May 5 in UK/UE 

ON TOUR:
March 14 ­­ Oxford, MS ­­ Proud Larrys
March 16 ­­ Columbus, OH ­­ Double Happiness
March 19 ­­ Cambridge, MA ­­ The Sinclair *
March 20 ­­ Cambridge, MA ­­ The Sinclair *
March 21 ­­ Burlington, VT ­­ Higher Ground *
March 22 ­­ Montreal, QC ­­ Il Motore *
March 23 ­­ Toronto, ON ­­ The Opera House *
March 25 ­­ Madison, WI ­­ Majestic Theater *
March 26 ­­ Minneapolis, MN ­­ Fineline *
March 27 ­­ Chicago, IL ­­The Metro *
March 28 ­­ St. Louis, MO ­­ Firebird *
March 29 ­­ Nashville, TN ­­ Exit / In *
March 31 ­­ Atlanta, Ga ­­ Terminal West *
April 01 ­­ Charlottesville, Va ­­ Jefferson Theater *
April 02 ­­ Washington, DC ­­ 9:30 Club *
April 03 ­­ Philadelphia, PA ­­ Union Transfer *
April 04 ­­ Brooklyn, NY ­­ Music Hall Of Williamsburg *
April 05 ­­ New York, NY ­­ Webster Hall *
April 06 ­­ Brooklyn NY ­­ Baby's All Right
April 09 ­­ Oklahoma City OK ­­ The Conservatory
April 10 ­­ Dallas TX ­­ City Tavern
April 11 ­­ Houston TX ­­ Fitzgeral'ds ­ Downstairs
April 12 ­­ Austin TX ­­ Empire Control Room
May 2­4 ­­ Austin, TX ­­ Austin Psych Fest
* with Real Estate

Pure X - Heaven

Taken from the album, Process by YVETTE, released on 5th May 2014 in Europe on Tough Love. Many thanks to GODMODE.

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&&& CALL IT A PROCESS &&&

This record doesn’t exactly go down easy. Not that it’s misanthropic. Far from it. The first track says it all: YVETTE are pure pleasure. Loud and live and just bizarre. Some songs sound like the end of days, others like spells and sacrifices. It’s hard to imagine the people making this music as actual human beings with day jobs and girlfriends and health insurance. Frankly it’s hard to think or do much of anything when this record is on. The music has a way of throttling you, pinning you down, really scaring the shit out of you. Good stuff.

We are in the midst of an unfortunate Music As Term Paper era, where experimental artists don’t write music so much as theories about music. Some of that stuff is passable in a ‘sounds good drunk at a museum’ kind of way. But it’s a drag to listen to, never that rewarding to think about, and the worst kind of exclusive. Without the theory, you can’t hear their song…

YVETTE take the opposite approach. The music is not anti-intellectual, but given their emphasis on the physical, I’d say it’s anti-intellectualizing. You don’t need a theory to get this record. If anything, you need to be deprogrammed. A lot of these songs strike me as doing just that – trying to teach us how to get past our own bullshit. To forget how to listen, to remember how to hear. Move through the signifiers, the context, the endless referentiality. Melt us to the core until all we feel is the thing itself.

And so we get a song like “Attrition.” On one hand, it’s the most straightforward thing on the record. On the other, the song doesn’t feel built up so much cut in half – bones and nerves and ventricles all firing in plain sight. Like one of those human anatomy sculptures, you experience all layers, all at once. You could say YVETTE have a way of taking you out of your own skull, but if only for the sake of tidy metaphor, let’s go with the converse: YVETTE never want you to forget you are a body.

These are songs, to be sure – just not songs you merely listen to. Your entertainment is a by-product of some hidden spiritual agenda. Here I go again with the voodoo stuff. Maybe it’s because it’s all so elemental – the pummeling toms (“Carbon Copy”), the three-note cherub melody that morphs with every repetition (“Everything In Reverse”), the painful blasts of feedback (“Tempered Glass”) and sub-bass (“Absolutes”) – but these songs really do something to you. They really shake you up.

For all this talk of getting back to nature, I owe you an admission: We didn’t exactly shit this one out. The band and I recorded live in a converted auto garage, with cranky wiring and bad isolation and no chance whatsoever this would sound like a studio record. It was a cursed space, and what I witnessed those weekends was nothing short of a seance. (If you listen closely, you can hear the fallen hum.) Most songs went through eleven or twelve rounds of remixing, never to build up but to break down, to get the sound rawer, to rid the music of any and all deliberation. Call it a process, he says!

This record took over our lives for many months – the first thing we thought about when we woke up, the last thing we thought about before we went to sleep. We will not profit off this record, most people will not hear it, and of those who do, many will not like it. We could protect our egos with visions of life after death, but that’s the worst kind of hubris. The night before we turned in final mixes, I just had to know. “Why did we do this?” I asked Noah. “What are we doing?”

He couldn’t tell me. Neither could I. But such is the privilege of being a servant – of humbling ourselves before a vision much bigger than either of us realized.

-Nick Sylvester

YVETTE:
Noah Kardos-Fein: guitar, vocals, electronics
Dale Eisinger: drums, electronics
PROCESS:
Recorded at Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY
Mixed at Sound City, Brooklyn NY
Mastered by Sarah Register at The Lodge, New York NY
Produced by Nick Sylvester


YVETTE - Radiation

Pantie Lover

Released on April 19, 2014. 

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Bok Bok // Come Back To Me

Released on april 19, 2014. 

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The Snow // Memory Loss

Taken from Cloud Nothings' brand new album "Here and Nowhere Else", coming April 1 on Carpark/Mom+Pop (US), and March 31 on Wichita (UK/EU).

Pre-order now on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/nowhereelse
Pre-order now on deluxe LP, standard LP, and CD: http://cloudnothings.com

04/01 on Carpark/Mom+Pop (US) 
03/31 on Wichita Recordings (UK/EU)
03/26 on Hostess (JP)
03/28 on Stop Start (Aus/NZ)
04/01 on Hi-Note (Taiwan/China/Hong Kong)

http://cloudnothings.com
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http://twitter.com/cloud_nothings

Psychic Trauma

Every now and then there's a band that pops up whose sheer enthusiasm in making music, that joy in finding the RIGHT songs and playing them the RIGHT way is so obvious that it's just contagious. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart is one of those bands. Since forming in early 2007, the Pains have released a handful of EPs and compilation tracks on classy labels like Slumberland, Atomic Beat and Cloudberry, each one issued to greater anticipation and even wilder reception. The band's breathless noise-pop sound has garnered them critical acclaim from such quarters as Stereogum, Big Takeover, Skatterbrain, Indie Pages, Drowned In Sound, Indie-MP3, Clash Magazine and uncountable others.
And now we have their brand new single in hand, and we think you'll agree that it's the most infectious blast of pop perfection you will hear all year. Taken from their forthcoming debut album (due in January 2009), "Everything With You" is a tidy distillation of all the great noise-pop precedents - early MBV, House of Love, Pale Saints, Rocketship - but with that incredible exuberance and energy that the Pains bring to every song. There is simply no such thing as a rote moment or lazily-delivered tune in their repertoire. Every song is delivered with pure conviction and unstoppable verve, the excitement of youth just rushing forth and sweeping the listener along.
This autumn is looking to be a mighty busy one for the Pains, with a tour of Sweden in September and December jaunt around the British Isles accompanying The Wedding Present. "Everything With You" and its anthemic b-side "The Pains of Being Pure At Heart" will be the sounds that you'll hear all fall, rocking the discos and blasting from iPods. The Pains are crafting noise pop gems that are timeless but completely NOW, and these two examples are all the proof you need that this is definitely a band to cherish.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Everything With You

Sharon Van Etten - "Taking Chances" from 'Are We There' out May 27th (May 26th in the UK) on Jagjaguwar.

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten3
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten2
SCD/Jag bundle: http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten
Indies: http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten4

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

Get ticket links here: http://bit.ly/1mSrpC3

TOUR DATES:
Thu. May 8 - Northampton, MA  @ Iron Horse Music Hall
Fri. May 9 - Hudson, NY @ Helsinki Hudson
Sat. May 10 - Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
Sun. May 11 - Hamden, CT @ Ballroom at the Outer Space
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

Are We There

Taking Chances

Pre-order now

Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances

Released June 24, 2014. 

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Donovan Blanc // Minha Menina

Merchandise "Figured Out"

Released on June 10, 2014.

Digital: https://itunes.apple.com/album/nausea/id845312726 
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Craft Spells // "Breaking The Angle Against The Tide"

"Country Kills" is the first single from Popstrangers' new album "Fortuna".

Buy Here

Popstrangers - Country Kills

"Guy Picciotto" is the first single from Greys' debut album "If Anything".

Greys - Guy Picciotto

Woman's Hour [@womanshourband] - "Conversations"

Taken from the album 'Conversations' out July 14, 2014 on Secretly Canadian.

Pre-order 'Conversations' now:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/womanshour_itunes
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Secretly Canadian / deluxe bundle: http://smarturl.it/womanshour
Indie stores: http://smarturl.it/womanshour_indies

Website: http://www.womanshour.co.uk


Conversations

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Woman's Hour - "Conversations"

Taken from the brand new album "Freak Waves" out now on LP/DL via CF Records, also available digitally from http://seapinks.bandcamp.com, itunes, amazon etc. 

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2014 part 3

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