Auditory Sketch of Me

Amelia Rivas and Christian Pinchbeck don't just sing about feverish, frayed and  fractured romances – in the three years since forming  Elephant, they've been living one.

Their first recordings, recorded in the strung out early mornings after the night before, were delirious and light-headed. Rivas’ stream of conscious lyricism combined with Pinchbeck’s innate melodic nous to create vignettes of delight and wonder.  A debut single followed, 2011’s woozy Ants, followed by the Assembly EP.   But before they had a chance to capitalise on the growing acclaim around them the duo’s relationship broke down, almost to the point of no return.

That seemed to be Elephant’s graveyard.  Yet an unexpected rapprochement in late 2012, and a renewed musical hunger saw Rivas and Pinchbeck reconcile.  The first fruit was this year’s gauzy single Skyscraper, which announced their return in spectacular fashion, with Rivas’ swooping vocals allied to a spectral chorus creating an eerie, lens-flared 3 minute wonder of song.

Now, new release Shapeshifter provides confirmation that Elephant are truly back as a force to be reckoned with. “I flew to the moon to mirror you and I saw the future” sings Rivas, with a raw melancholy and nostalgic longing. A sumptuous missive of love lost and lessons learned, that sparkles with charm, optimism, and the sort of lush swoonsome string arrangements that reach into your chest and wring your heart dry. 

Backed by the sparse and stretched out Snowday, as icily cool as it sounds, full of chiaroscuro contrasts and flickering atmospherics, it’s a release that suggests their debut album is set to be one of the standout albums of 2014.

ELEPHANT LINKS: 
 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/elephanttheband    
Twitter – www.twitter.com/ElephantTwit  
Label -  www.memphis-industries.com


Elephant - Shapeshifter

Debut single by School. Released December 11 on Luxury.

http://open.spotify.com/album/38CplrVjJsjfsgna03R9Xo
https://www.facebook.com/Schoolmusik

Like You EP

SoLong

School - SoLong

On “Hot Dreams”, the title single off Timber Timbre's third studio album for Arts & Crafts, Taylor Kirk and collaborator Simon Trottier daub vibrant colour across the restless evolution of the band’s earthy, angular palette. Seductive guitars drape over languid synthesizers, animating an otherwise reticent Kirk singing in his singular low intonation. The consonance of Mika Posen’s strings mingle with vintage contributions from Mathieu Charbonneau on keys and Olivier Fairfield on drums. Guest Colin Stetson envelops the backing vocals of Romy Lightman (Tasseomancy, Austra) in timeless cycles of velvet saxophone. The breathtaking video by Scott Cudmore and Michael LeBlanc clearly defines the new space of Hot Dreams' Timber Timbre, slathered in viscous tonality: new sonic admissions, ringing sensuality and caprice, neon and haze. Hot Dreams is Timber Timbre's most fully realized work in a sinuous and infinitely rewarding catalogue of vivid imagistic music.

Hot Dreams, Timber Timbre's third studio album for Arts & Crafts is out on April 1, 2014.

Pre-order the album from http://timbertimbre.com or iTunes and get the "Hot Dreams" single for free: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/hot-dreams/id797823421

Watch the NSFW video for "Hot Dreams", produced by Scott Cudmore and Michael LeBlanc: http://vimeo.com/84341456

http://www.timbertimbre.com
http://www.facebook.com/timbertimbre
http://www.twitter.com/timber_timbre
http://www.shorefire.com/client/timber-timbre


Timber Timbre - "Hot Dreams"

Future Islands - Singles - A Dream Of You And Me

I took a rocket to the moon once, on a night a long time ago
The night I shuttled to the moon was quite a fright and very cold
Look out the window see the Earth disappear 
The shuttle lands and it was clear - I'm on a rock, oh god. 

I suited up and took my first step on the white dirt we see from home.
Seven steps I look behind me to see my shuttle, it had flown. 
I try to run in its direction, make my footprints fly. 
I didn't make the connection. My shuttles home, I'm gonna cry

And the tears in my helmet made it hard to see. 
My head started spinning and my knees were weak
But then my ears didn't fool me,
From not to far, there was a beat,
And then some singing, yeah. 

"You are not alone"
Said the rumble, under my feet.
"I've been so alone, if you walk to me, we can meet."

It was a voice that I'd never heard, but a presence to which I was familiar.
I glide in the direction that the sound drew me. It was a long way, a journey.
The white rocks that were below me started to fight with my feet. 
The moon surface below me started to crack apart into a smile.

It was then that I realized,
I was standing on a face that I'd seen many times.
And then my eyes weren't playing games,
From right below me, there was a smile,
And then some singing, yeah. 

"You are not alone"
Said the rumble, under my feet.
"I've been so alone, if you walk to me, we can meet."
"You are not alone"
Said the rumble, under my feet.
"I've been so alone, it was a matter of time
(matter of time)
For you to save me
(save me)
It was a matter of time
(it was a matter of time)
For you to save me, dooo doo doo dooooo

Do do do

I had become the savior of the man on the moon.
I'd stay to solve his loneliness and not go home soon.
And all we had was this old tune,
In not too long, we'd kill the gloom.


Moon

Fleet Foxes on Sub Pop http://www.subpop.com/artists/fleet_foxes 
From the May 3, 2011 album, Helplessness Blues  

Helplessness Blues

Grown Ocean

Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean

Blue Jeans On

"The Magician" by Andy Shauf from the album 'The Party,' available now on Anti (World Excl. Canada) and Arts & Crafts (Canada)

Order CD / Vinyl: http://found.ee/AStheparty_store 
Apple Music: http://found.ee/Astheparty_iTunes
Spotify: http://found.ee/Astheparty_Spotify

Official Site: http://andyshauf.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/andyshauf
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andyshaufmusic

Andy Shauf - The Magician

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale

Father John Misty on Sub Pop http://www.subpop.com/artists/father_john_misty

Fear Fun

Nancy From Now On

Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On

Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost

Gardens & Villa

Black Hills

Gardens and Villa - "Black Hills"

"We The Common [For Valerie Bolden]" is the first single from the new Thao & The Get Down Stay Down album 'We The Common' out February 05, 2013 in North America and February 04, 2013 in rest of the world.

Pre-orders via the Ribbon Mart will receive a bonus limited edition 7" titled 'We The Covers' featuring Thao & The Get Down Stay Down covering Melanie's "Brand New Key" + The Troggs "With a Girl Like You".

Buy 'We The Common' Here:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/thaowethecommon
Ribbon Mart (North America): http://bit.ly/RibbonMartUSWeTheCommon
Ribbon Mart (Rest of the world): http://bit.ly/RibbonMartWeTheCommon

www.thaoandthegetdownstaydown.com
www.ribbonmusic.com

2012 Spring US Tour Dates:
03-02 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
03-05 Portland,OR - Doug Fir Lounge
03-06 Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
03-07 Seattle, WA - Neumos
03-08 Boise, ID - Neurolux
03-09 Salt Lake City, UT- Urban Lounge
03-11 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
03-16 Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds
03-17 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
03-18 Atlanta, GA - Smith's Olde Bar
03-19 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
03-20 Washington DC - Black Cat
03-22 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-23 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
03-24 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
03-27 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
03-28 Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
03-29 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
03-30 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
03-31 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
04-01 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
04-02 Iowa City, IA - Mission Creek Festival
04-03 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
04-05 Alburquerque, NM - Launchpad
04-02 Iowa City, IA - Mission Creek Festival
04-06 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
04-07 San Diego, CA -Casbah
04-08 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour

Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean

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