2015

June 2015

Bob Thiele & The Forest Rangers - “Trying To Believe (ft. Alison Mosshart)” (Official Music Video): https://youtu.be/-xXvxj0SaQ4

Ducktails - Surreal Exposure :https://t.co/rMD2g6NQ4k

Thundercat - 'Them Changes' (Official Video): https://youtu.be/GNCd_ERZvZM

MoonRockPills#96

Contemporary AF

Track of the Week 2015

Pre-order Celeste on iTunes from http://smarturl.it/iCeleste


Celeste EP

Celeste

Another Wave

Co-composed with Jack Walton

Available Dec 3rd as part of the "Retro Future" compilation presented by Violent Success. Order here:

http://synthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/violent-success-presents-retro-future

Soft Lighting - How You Do It

So Good EP: smarturl.it/SoGoodEP

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NAO vs. A. K. Paul - So Good

Rafael Lyric Video: http://goo.gl/Wq3iCl

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The Hanging Gardens Of Beatenberg

Rafael

Pinkshinyultrablast | ‘Umi’ | Club AC30

•	“Excessively impressive, unexpectedly fast-paced shoegaze from these Russian peeps.” Drowned In Sound

•	“It's one of those records that make you want to listen all day long. It's all there: guitar waves, distant voices, melodies and electrostatic. It's impossible not to play this on repeat." Sinewave

•	“In our minds, they’re the most interesting shoegaze band in the world right now.” The Dumbing Of America

‘Umi’ – first single to be taken from ‘Everything Else Matters’ due out in January.

Pinkshinyultrablast, are a five-piece band from Saint-Petersburg in Russia. The first single ‘Umi’ is due for release on November 10th. The song is indicative of an album full of melodic gems. Umi is rich with complexity, while underpinned with a beauty that both beguiles and entrances. The song evokes the spirit of bands like Slowdive and The Cocteau Twins, but at the same time remaining undeniably modern.

Hailing from a city more synonymous with the State Conservatory rather than a gang of shoegaze addicts, they’ve been compared to Lush. But this is no mere throwback tribute - due to their sharp, icy electronics and ability to subvert the genre, bringing something new to the table. They possess not only the spirit of late 80s/early 90s British bands like Ride, but also machine-made sounds of the same era from Sabres Of Paradise or Global Communication, not to mention wider vibrations like Cluster, Popul Vuh, Terry Riley and Philip Glass.

Disdain for a stagnant scene can often be a driving force of creativity; the band say of St Petersburg that, “we realised the local indie scene was totally boring and wanted to play something radically different”. That vision has been realised – this is a sound brimming with playful melody and finely-crafted songwriting. Imagine the scope of a Caribou record, fronted by Elizabeth Fraser soundtracking a grizzly Raskolnikov crime.

The band take their name from an Astrobrite album, an act who were, according to the band, instrumental in how they “researched spaces between ambient, heavy guitar and pop music” .The spaces are what stand out, the production creates a dream-like affair, while space to breathe and reflect on the beauty of the music is accommodated. There exists a sparseness to their sound, that, in turn gives spaciousness, even expansiveness.

Welcome to your new favourite Russian band.

Pinkshinyultrablast are Igor - bass, Lyubov - vocals, Sergey - drums, Rustam - synths and electronics and Roman – guitars.

For all UK print inquiries contact Jenna at 9PR and for all online inquiries contract Dan McCormick: jenna@9pr.co.uk / dan@9pr.co.uk . 0207 375 2725. www.9pr.co.uk

Pinkshinyultrablast - Umi

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Co-produced by Gianluca Buccellati & Tei Shi

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Verde

Bassically

iTunes*~*

Out March 9/10 on Slumberland Records (N & S America) and Fortuna Pop! (ROW).

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LP/CD pre-order: http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/283

Evans the Death return with their second album "Expect Delays" in March via Fortuna POP! (Europe) and Slumberland Records (USA). Recorded again with producer Rory Atwell, the album bristles with an underlying tension and veers from rip-roaring noise to quiet contemplation, underpinned by Katherine Whitaker’s extraordinary voice.

Still barely out of their teens, there’s a tremendous sense across "Expect Delays" of a band coming into their own, honing a plethora of influences to make a sound that is uniquely them. Each song on the album has a different feel to it: some of them are melodic and pretty; some of them heavy and dissonant; and some of them are, to quote guitarist Dan Moss, “a bit strange”. While retaining the post-punk and 90s alt-rock inspired elements that peppered their debut, the music is more expressive, heavier and more experimental, and the lyrics more nuanced, the sense of despair leavened by sharp wordplay and humour.

The unsettling undercurrent of melancholy and hopelessness that pervades the record has its roots in the last three years, spent eking out an existence on the poverty line in Cameron’s Britain, leaving them with a succession of minimum-wage jobs and unemployment benefits interviews. As guitarist Dan Moss relates, the album is about “being in London and feeling hopeless and a bit lost. Not having any money, relationships falling apart, things just not connecting or going anywhere and getting absolutely wasted all the time.”

Named after the undertaker in Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood,' the band’s 2012 self-titled inaugural album saw critical acclaim from the likes of Q, Uncut and Artrocker, as well as radio play on BBC Radio 1, BBC 6Music and XFM. After a change in line-up following the release of their debut, the band regrouped around the core of brothers Dan and Olly Moss and singer Katherine Whitaker for the recording of "Expect Delays." Drummer James Burkitt was recruited from Leeds’ band The ABC Club to complete a taut new four-piece.

More ambitious and focused than their previous record, whilst sacrificing none of their spontaneity and vitality, "Expect Delays" is a supremely inventive and intelligently crafted album from a band who have suffered for their art, and used that experience to inform and nourish their work. Expect no more delays, Evans the Death have arrived.

“Evans the Death manage to make humdrum everyday existence seem quite magical” Q ****

“A wonderful marriage of converse elements elegantly crafted into its own neat mess.” Artrocker *****

“Terrific” Uncut

Evans The Death - Don't Laugh At My Angry Face

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GAP DREAM - "Strong Love"

Bonjour Monsieur/Madam...

Whyte Horses are pleased to offer this free exclusive download of 'Astrologie Sidérale' a succinct cosmic French love song taken from the forthcoming debut album ‘Pop or Not'.

Pre-order an exclusive limited edition private press vinyl LP of the debut album 'Pop or Not' here (100 copies only) : http://whytehorses.bigcartel.com

Astrologie Sidérale

So Good EP: smarturl.it/SoGoodEP

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Produced by @johncalvertmusic

NAO - Take Control Of You

Music video (released May 2015) for POLY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii49de0u4Ds
From Little Bark's critically acclaimed new album 'USB' on limited edition purple vinyl + CD:
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Poly

Taken from Diagrams' new album "Chromatics" out now! Available to buy here: http://bit.ly/1ocqKNp

Diagrams - Gentle Morning Song

Taken from the forthcoming album Mysteries by Tigercats (due out on Fortuna POP! on 2 February 2015), a pop gem in the shape of bishops, knights, kings and queens - a Bobby Fischer-referencing love song and anthem for chess fans everywhere.

Tigercats - Junior Champion

Taken from the forthcoming BLONDE EP, limited to 100 7"s only inc. downloads of all 4 tracks. Released 16th February 2015. Click the Buy tab to pre-order now! 

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AUTUMNS - Je Veux Être

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Pelicans We

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Rich (Edit) (Ft. Anndreyah Vargas)

Does it feel good?

Official Music Video: https://youtu.be/osDUWf1zKzI

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Then Comes The Wonder

Second Fall (DEMO)

“That is kind of a song that is the most similar to what we’ve done in the past. I read a lot of Dr. Seuss books when I was a kid and the book I took the title from is one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read. All Dr. Seuss books make incredible adult songs. I was reading the book to my kids and I realized Dr. Seuss wrote so many smart things in it that even adults don’t tell each other. If something were to ever happen to me and when my kids become twenty years old I would want them to listen to this song as my personal message to them.” 

Love Songs For Robots

Places You Will Go

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someday somewhere EP

Someday Somewhere

Firefly (feat. NAO)

"Heart" on Hype Machine here: http://awe.sm/t92yq

Snow White

Taken from the album 'Universes', released 24th July 2015 on Ninja Tune.

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Sunday Morning

iTunes

Seven Davis Jr - 'Sunday Morning'

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February 15

Inhale Exhale ('15)

Sunkissed psychpop - full of soul and lo-fi bliss. "Can of Worms" is the delicious debut single from Norwegian psych pop band GOLD CELESTE. Debut album out this fall through Riot Factory.

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GOLD CELESTE - Can Of Worms

The new 5 track 'Sunwalker' EP is out now everywhere

Buy on iTunes

Sunwalker (feat. Bonj)

Debut Album from PMtoyou. 
10 tracks released via Electric fantastic sound.

Out digitally on the 29th of May 2015.

D.R.E.A.M

Gold

Hi man, i release this new track now on Electro Posé Records with an official music video : It's been a long time that i wait to show you this beauty, i think you'll like it, follow the links to dl this new single. <3
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Alone

HAWK - ‘Glass’ - Out Now - Free Download
VETA RECORDS & soundcloud.com/hawk_official

 “This isn't a song that breeds fear or trauma, but rather a resolute power. It's focused on driving forwards, no matter what” - The Line of Best Fit

“I absolutely love that (Glass), I’ve been playing it all week” - Dave Rowntree XFM

“Unveiled as lead singer Julie heads home to Galway to vote” - Hot Press

“Hypnotic video and hauntingly beautiful vocals” - Gay Times

“Feels like Kate Bush fronting Daughter” - Artrocker

“HAWK are a band that keep progressing onwards and upwards” - The Vinyl District

“Terrifyingly beautiful and stunningly haunting are two phrases to perfectly describe Hawk” - GigSlutz

HAWK the Anglo-Irish Indie-Noir quartet based in London return with their most striking work to date, ‘Glass’, released via Veta Records, and available as a FREE DOWNLOAD via the band’s Soundcloud page.  soundcloud.com/hawk_official

Inspired by the Marriage Equality Referendum that took place in Ireland on May 22nd and meeting fans invested in the YES Campaign #YesEquality, HAWK wanted to encourage people to vote on this important issue and released ‘Glass’, accompanied with a rainbow coloured kaleidoscopic video, to raise awareness and show solidarity with the cause.  

‘Glass’ has a distinct ethereal quality to it, with lead singer Julie’s haunting vocals juxtaposed against post-rock styled drums and stripped back guitars, creating an ambience akin to COCTEAU TWINS melded with KATE BUSH via DAUGHTER.  With a number of Irish artists including HOZIER, VILLAGERS’ Conor O’brien and SOAK pledging their support or dedicating tracks to boost awareness of the campaign for marriage equality, it was HAWK’S ‘Glass’ that featured most prominently on UK Music and LGBT blogs.  HAWK were also lauded by Ireland’s Hot Press magazine with lead singer Julie shown as an example of the young, Irish creatives going home to make their voices heard.

HAWK are Julie Hawk (Vocals), Matthew Harris (guitar), Chris Handsley (bass) and Sam Campbell (drums).   Airplay support for HAWK includes Dave Rowntree & John Kennedy XFM, Simon Raymonde plus playlisting on Amazing Radio, Steve Lamacq & Tom Robinson on BBC 6 Music, Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio plus RTE1, Today FM and RTE2 TV. 

FRESH ON THE NET - “During our Irish tour we met loads of people that were canvassing and raising awareness for the vote. Our date at Dolan’s in Limerick ran on the same night as a major LGBTQ party run by OUT in UL in the downstairs venue. After the gig, we met and spoke to a variety of passionate campaigners. Their enthusiasm really stuck with us. James Byrne (director) had suggested the idea of filming colours dispersing in water and we felt this was the perfect opportunity to do something that would raise awareness of the vote, and keep it front of mind, not just with people who follow us in Ireland, but with people in London and the UK as well. With the amount of effort we saw going into the cause we’re so happy to be making a contribution.”  http://freshonthenet.co.uk/

For info and sessions contact        Darren Broome 07896 500220         info@thelostagency.co.uk        www.thelostagency.co.uk         www.facebook.com/HAWKOFFICIAL   www.hawkofficial.com   www.twitter.com/HAWKofficial     www.soundcloud.com/hawk_official

HAWK - Glass - Out Now - Free Download

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SomeMinds
Video: https://youtu.be/Fx8pS_sOi-A
Tour: http://www.flumemusic.com

In our home all day I waited for the change
Something warm that I could say
Somehow I don't care
Though I love the clothes she wears
And I love her body bare

So I pray that it wont feel the same
Don't think that I can't see it in your eyes
Darling yeah we both knew it from the start
Some minds are better kept apart.

Here I pass the day in a most peculiar way
Watching ships out on the bay
And I swallow so hard
Am I too weak to fight
As the day becomes the night and I don't want to be right

So I pray that it wont feel the same
Don't think that I can't see it in your eyes
Darling yeah we both knew it from the start
Some minds are better kept apart.

Get It Now

Some Minds feat. Andrew Wyatt

Pre-order 
LP, CD or limited edition cream vinyl - http://smarturl.it/GirlsNames.ToughLove 
iTunes - http://radi.al/AAAViTunes

Northern Ireland’s Girls Names return this autumn with their third full-length album, Arms Around a Vision, due for an October 2nd release via long-term home, Tough Love Records.

PRESS RELEASE:
“We look to Europe for inspiration. For romance. For the idea of a better life,” says the band’s frontman, Cathal Cully, when discussing the album. “For me, living in Belfast just makes you focus on your own art.”

True, Girls Names formed in Belfast, but they’ve long considered themselves a European band. The distinction is important – their vision of Europe is one of weird, labyrinthian histories, blackest-ever-black coffee, and long drives to dismal places. Romantic notions for those of a certain disposition, but behind the thousand-yard stares they’ve always been a soft-hearted lot. As the title of Arms Around a Vision would suggest, they’re all set to let love in.  

The band initially came together as a relatively lean two-piece back in the summer of 2010, but over the course of a handful of EPs and three very different albums, they’ve grown in number and ambition. Their last album, The New Life, was an unexpected underground hit in early 2013, taking the band around the world and garnering much critical praise, culminating in nominations for both the Northern Irish and Irish Music Prizes. Emboldened by the reception to that record, in March they returned with an 11-minute single that was played in full on Radio 1 and, typically, does not feature on their new album. Girls Names like to do things a little differently. 

On Arms Around a Vision, they’re more widescreen than ever but also more direct and aggressive. The bass, drums and guitars are still there, but so are saxophones, organs, detuned broken guitars and pianos, and even sheets of metal assaulted with hammers. Conceptually, Arms Around a Vision acts as a love letter to European elegance – Italian futurism, Russian constructivism, Germany’s Zero Group and both Neubaten and Bowie’s Berlin. 

Love and pain, romance and fucking. It’s all in there somewhere. Grand claims, perhaps, but in an ever bleak world, why not skygaze? The album opens with ‘Reticence’, a song in two parts that’s half metallic knockout, half midnight swagger. It sounds unlike anything they’ve ever done before, and is a perfect primer for an album that treads a course between Eno-era Roxy sleaze, Birthday Party dissonance and M.E.S’ three R’s: repetition, repetition, repetition.  

As confident as it sounds, hardship has equally played a role in shaping Arms Around a Vision. “I'm not starving or anything, but I've practically been living hand to mouth since I was 22,” confirms Cully. “Most guitar music now is just a playground for the rich middle classes and it's really boring and elitist. We're elitist in our own way, in that we're on our own and you can't fuck with us when we’ve nothing to lose”. The near-6 minute ‘A Hunger Artist’ tackles that subject full on, addressing that age old adage of suffering for one’s art.

While the songs aren’t narrative-driven as such – the band still generally favour abstraction and ambiguity – there is a consistent underlying message: “We've got nothing. We’ve never had anything. And we don't expect to. The only person I ever wanted to impress was myself. I've never got anywhere close to succeeding in doing that until this album. I'm proud of it. I think I can start saying I'm a musician now.”

Tracklisting:

1. Reticence
2. An Artificial Spring
3. Desire Oscillations
4. (Obsession)
5. Chrome Rose
6. A Hunger Artist
7. Málaga
8. Dysmorphia
9. (Convalescence)
10. Exploit Me
11. Take Out the Hand
12. I Was You 


iTunes pre-order

Girls Names - Reticence

Hot Love

Here comes the next big UK name on the German Toy Tonics label: PBR Streetgang. With past releases on Hot Creation, Wolf, 20/20 Vision and a DJ residency at WE LOVE in Ibiza the guys belong to the finest in UK techno funk. Now they joined the new German label that has been chosen by Beatport recently as "one of 10 visionary labels that will rise to prominence in 2015".

PBR Streetgang's  "Move on" - EP is the next step in the German vs. UK collaboration history on Toy Tonics. Luke Solomon, Whitesquare, Montel were the first Toy Tonics releases made by British names. PBR Streetgang come up with this 2 tracker that includes a bomb-remix by newcomer KIAN T. Sounding like Max Graef taking a few MDMA pills to much and getting lost in the vintage synth hell..

PBR Streetgang - Move On, Don't Want Me (Kian T Remix)

Lackluster No.

Taken from "Inji", out June 29th 2015.

Pre-order:
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Lady's In Trouble With The Law

LA Priest - Lady's In Trouble With The Law

FREE Download

for the love of feat. d.r.a.m.

Returning to Beats in Space after their debut 12" (and the label's debut release) in the fall of 2011, Paradis offers "Hémisphère" and "Je m'ennuie", another pair of sophisticatedly crafted, noir-pop songs from the young Parisian duo. 

On the two tracks of their second 12", Paradis self-reflect to find an escape hatch away from themselves. The A-Side, "Hémisphère", a macabre story of a lonely guest of life determined to leave everything behind, defies the narrative's convention and captivates with pop melodies and up beats abound. 

On the B-Side, "Je M'ennuie", lovers settle into late-night melancholic routines soundtracked by a brooding bass line, an achingly affective synth lead, and vocals that grin behind the disaffected front. Ultimately, hope prevails as both tracks beg the listener to leave their headphones behind for the global village's dance floor. From Paris to Cologne, from Buenos Aires to New York, in the words of Michel Polnareff, "On ira tous au Paradis." 

Each 12" from Beats in Space features original artwork in considerate & serial form. The first 12" features artwork by Denise Kupferschmidt, a Brooklyn-based artist finding inner / outer space in the movement of line and assemblage of color. The 12" packaging constructed by Will Work For Good features a vinyl BIS logo cling. The 12" will be available on May 22nd, 2012 from fine retailers worldwide. The digital version will be available May 29th, 2012 from the drab internet universe.

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http://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/hemisphere-je-mennuie-single/id530036207
http://www.discogs.com/Paradis-H%C3%A9misph%C3%A8re/release/3663888

Hémisphère

The new album 'CARACAL' is out now
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Amazon: http://po.st/pPvCDJ
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Lackluster No.

Nova Heart