2017

2017 part 1

New Music 2017

emptv // february 17 mix

Alternative and eclectic - March's playlist will expand as new tracks are released throughout the month. Your new favourite band is probably here so you really should take the time to listen!

March 17 - New tracks for indie lovers

This past week in new music has been incredible, and the Weekend Showcase 3.08 edition reflects the quality with 52 songs. From dizzying psychedelic to intimate dream-folk, raucous punk-rock to energizing indie pop, and cinematic electro-pop to searing indie rock, the last seven days had it all. The playlist also reflects the the global nature of music today, as the artists and bands featured represent 12 countries. They include Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, and the United States.

Learn more about the playlist at: http://therevue.ca/2017/03/05/weekend-showcase-3-08/

Weekend Showcase 3.08

WireHQ

Chelsea's Kiss, Taken from Special edition cassette released for Cassette Store Day 2016 by Blank Editions / Ecstatic Peace Library.

Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Brooklyn-based drummer Ryan Sawyer along with UK-based members of Thurston Moore Group: bass player Deb Googe (also of My Bloody Valentine) and guitarist James Sedwards (also of Nøught) met up in the studio to record these songs offered here to support the campaign to FREE CHELSEA MANNING.

Partial proceeds of the sales of this cassette will support the Chelsea Manning Support Network (chelseamanning.org), and will be earmarked for the defence of Army Pvt. Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning. Former Private Manning was sentenced to thirty years in military prison for sharing the video of a US helicopter attack that killed a dozen Iraqis, exposing US State Dept. cables, the "Iraq War Logs", and the "Afghan War Diaries" with the WikiLeaks website.

Thurston Moore - Vocals / Guitar
Deb Googe - Bass Guitar
James Sedwards - Guitar
Ryan Sawyer - Drums

Limited edition cassette tape available from select stores, Ecstatic Peace Library events, Thurston Moore shows and online from blankeditions.com for a limited time.

Thurston Moore - Chelsea's Kiss

"Modern Act" is taken from Cloud Nothings' forthcoming album "Life Without Sound." Out January 27th, 2017 on Carpark Records.

Pre-order the album & receive "Modern Act" instantly:
Carpark Records (US)- http://smarturl.it/withoutsound_carpark
Wichita Recordings (UK) - http://smarturl.it/withoutsound_wichita
iTunes - http://smarturl.it/withoutsound_itunes

TOUR DATES
October 14th - Greenville, SC - Fall for Greenville Fest
November 12th - Santa Ana, CA - Outpost Festival
November 14th - Oakland, CA - Starline Social Club
November 16th - Los Angeles, CA - Hi Hat
January 26th - Cleveland, OH - Beachland ballroom 
January 27th - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
January 28th - Montreal, QC - Fairmount Theatre
January 30th - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
January 31st - Boston, MA - Paradise
February 1st - New York, NY - Webster Hall
February 3rd - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
February 10th - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall 
March 1st - Copenhagen, DK - Loppen
March 2nd - Malmo, SE - Babel
March 3rd - Stockholm, SE - Debaser Strand
March 5th - Oslo, NO - Parkteatret
March 6th - Hamburg, DE - Knust
March 7th - Berlin, DE - Bi Nuu
March 8th - Munich, DE - Kranhalle
March 9th - Cologne, DE - Luxor
March 11th - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
March 12th - Brussels, BE - Botanique
March 14th - Paris, FR - Petit Bain
March 16th - Bristol, UK - Thekla
March 17th - Glasgow, UK - Stereo
March 18th - Manchester, UK - Deaf Institute
March 19th - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
March 21st - London, UK - Koko
March 22nd - Birmingham, UK - The Hare & Hounds
March 23rd - Brighton, UK - The Haunt

LYRICS
Here we are among the living,
see and count your friends
gathered in a room together.
This is how it ends.
Can’t stand the modern act
whose war is this, what god is that?
Feels like the tide is only
starting to come in.

Do you know what it’s like
to be out and alive?
To say you’re doing alright,
yeah, you’re doing just fine?
When you feel like an ocean
coming out of a creek,
filling rivers to wait for you wherever you are?
When you’re out and around
and all you ever see
are people looking away?
It’s nothing new to me.

I want a life, that’s all I need lately.
I am alive but all alone.

Calling on the light, forgiving,
see to all and then
waiting on the old, expiring force
to go and end.

SOCIALS
facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cloudnothings/
twitter - https://twitter.com/cloudnothings
instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cloudnothings/

"Modern Act"

Off the new album from Valerie June, The Order Of Time, due out January 27, 2017.

Valerie June - Astral Plane

'Got To Be Free' is the first single to be taken from Communions debut album, Blue, released on 3rd Feb 2017

Pre-order
vinyl (ltd ed 'blue smoke' pressing) - http://smarturl.it/BlueLP
CD - http://smarturl.it/BlueCD
iTunes -  http://smarturl.it/Blue.iTunes 


Communions live
26th Oct – Pitchfork Avant Garde / La Mecanique Ondulatoire, Paris
29th Oct – London Calling / Paradiso, Amsterdam
24th Feb '17 - VEGA, Copenhagen

Blue (MP3)

Communions - Got To Be Free

From the album Hey Mr Ferryman, out January 27, 2017 on Merge Records.

Hey Mr Ferryman

Buy from Merge

Mark Eitzel "The Last Ten Years"

They Put A Body In The Bayou

Flying Microtonal Banana

Rattlesnake

First single from the forthcoming Six Organs of Admittance album entitled Burning The Threshold, Out February 24th!

Pre-order: http://www.dragcity.com/products/burning-the-threshold
iTunes: http://geni.us/iTunes6ORGANS

Six Organs of Admittance- "Taken By Ascent"

"Oceans" is taken from the new EP "Then I Woke Up In Paradise" released December 2nd on Progress Productions. This is a worldwide license deal from our compadres at Adrian Recordings.

Order CD here: http://progress-productions.com/product.php?pid=108&aid=157

Then I Woke Up In Paradise

RA "Oceans"

Shelflife is proud to bring you We Thought It Was Okay at the Time (2013-2015), a three year-spanning compilation of songs released by the Spanish dream-pop duo Lost Tapes, out January 13 on limited edition off-white colored vinyl, cd and digital. 

Made up of Pau Roca and RJ Sinclair (formerly of La Habitación Roja and Tokyo Sex Destruction, respectively), Lost Tapes are a small but formidable supergroup. However, they want to make it clear that this band is "by no means a side-project," and after listening to these tracks you won't need any further convincing. Both of these guys have a serious knack for crafting infectious melodies, and every track on this collection is likely to be stuck in your head for days after listening. Although they call upon influences like The Pastels and other c86-era groups, Lost Tapes channel the magic of those bands while gracefully sidestepping a derivative sound. 

The duo's music captures a warm nostalgia, an emotion they're acutely aware of and heavily influenced by. "When you're young you think everything sucks," Sinclair has said, "but now I'd love to be back." This longing is an integral part of their songs, whose bright guitar melodies and enveloping synths invoke a comforting, reflective atmosphere. It becomes quickly apparent upon listening that We Thought It Was Okay at the Time is a record to get lost in. 

Roca and Sinclair released their debut full-length album Let's Get Lost earlier in 2016, but it would be a shame to forget about the fantastic 7-inch and digital singles that came beforehand. You'll quickly realize that We Thought It Was Okay at the Time feels more like a fleshed out album than a compilation encompassing the first years of this group's existence. Don't miss your chance to own these 14 tracks from a band that is not only one of the most exciting bands coming out of Spain in recent memory, but the world.

We Thought It Was Okay at the Time (2013-2015)

Lost Tapes - Teardrops

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Home

Credit:
Musikk: John Olav Nilsen (vox, synth, trommeprog)
Lars Andreas Eriksen (gitar, bass, synth, vox)
Einar Vaagenes (gitar, bass, synth, vox)
Lyrikk: John Olav Nilsen
Diverse synth og trommeprog: Yngve L. Sætre

Innspilt i Duper Studio og Poilen 2 av Yngve L. Sætre og John Olav Nilsen 
Produsert og mikset av Yngve L. Sætre 
Co-produsert av John Olav Nilsen

Tekniker: Mikael Knutsen Kanstad 
Mastret av Jørgen Træen i Duper Grotten

Omslag: John Olav Nilsen
Foto: John Olav Nilsen

Tekst:
flygende svevende og stupende
det kjennes ut som om vi er de siste levende
de eneste som kom seg løs

vold med innhold åpner øyne med blindvold
ser ut i verden med bind foran
stirrer rett i lyset mens de skyter i Paris
går rundt i Bergen med bind foran

men aldri vi

varmeste korteste og våteste
vi er blitt sånn som vinteren som oftest er
rundt om her

vold med innhold åpner øyne med blindvold
ser ut i verden med bind foran
stirrer rett i lyset mens de skyter i Paris
går rundt i Bergen med bind foran

men aldri vi
eg lukker aldri øynene rundt deg
men aldri vi
men aldri vi
eg lukker aldri øynene rundt deg
men aldri vi
alle øynene på deg
men aldri vi
eg lukker aldri øynene rundt deg
men aldri vi

John Olav Nilsen & Nordsjøen - Paris, Bergen

Altar

Clinic Hope

Little Bubble

Little Bubble (edit)

Second single from the album 'Music To Draw To: Satellite' featuring Emilíana Torrini, out January 20 on Arts & Crafts.

www.kidkoala.com

Music To Draw To: Satellite

Kid Koala - Collapser (featuring Emilíana Torrini)

Horse Thief - Little One

Download / stream ’Star Roving’: https://slowdive.lnk.to/star-roving

STAR ROVING

Slowdive - Star Roving

The Dreams of Dr. Plague

Fifth Dream

Icelandic trio Fufanu have released the third single from their upcoming album, Sports, which Nick Zinner produced. "Liability" is a frantic flirtation between post-punk and synthpop that reminds listeners of their responsibility to speak out against the increasing evils of an endlessly chaotic society. It follows previous Sports singles "Sports" and "Bad Rockets"; the album arrives February 3 via One Little Indian. 

Pre-order the new album 'Sports' here: https://OLI.lnk.to/Sports-LPSo

Sports

Liability

From the forthcoming, Self-titled album by Ty Segall. 
Preorder here: http://www.dragcity.com/products/ty-segall
iTunes: http://geni.us/iTunesTySegall

Ty Segall

Ty Segall - "Break A Guitar"

Vinyl: http://bit.ly/halfwaifvinyl
Bandcamp: halfwaif.bandcamp.com/album/form-a
iTunes: smarturl.it/HalfWaifiTunes
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'Frost Burn' is the second single taken from Half Waif's form/a EP, which launches February 24, 2017.

form/a is a collection of tracks that expand on Nandi Rose Plunkett's exploration of home. “There's an inherent restlessness in the way that I write and think about sound," she explained. "I'm the daughter of a refugee, and somewhere in me is this innate story of searching for a home. As a result, I have many – a collection of places that I latch onto, that inspire me, that fuse themselves to me. I'm sentimental, nostalgic – yet constantly seeking what’s next, excavating the sound of my past and coloring it to make the sound of my future. I'm a child of divorce, fiercely loved but forced into independence at a young age; I rocket into relationships with the desire to find roots, commonality, to create stillness in the midst of public noise. In this way, my songs are like the notes of a large scavenger hunt, clues pinned to trees I have known, or tucked under rocks on my path, urging the listener to keep looking a little deeper, because maybe they will find something special in the end.”

form/a will be released on a limited-edition 12”. Art for the cover was shot by Aidan Carlo and hand-stitched by Chilean artist, María Aparicio Puentes. 
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Half Waif on FB: bit.ly/2fhWigW 
Cascine on FB: bit.ly/2fa3o9i

form/a

Half Waif - Frost Burn

The Mad Doctors - Dead Beach

The Courtneys - Minnesota

Meet Ukiyo. 20-year-old Australian multi-instrumentalist and producer Timothy Arnott who is redefining electronic music with his unique blend of hip-hop, dance, and classical motifs that create an atmosphere that'll take you anywhere from a road trip to the dance floor.

iTunes/Apple Music: smarturl.it/callingitunes
Spotify: smarturl.it/callingspotify
Bandcamp: http://ukiyoau.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: facebook.com/ukiyoau/
Instagram: instagram.com/ukiyoau/
Twitter: twitter.com/ukiyoau/
Your Girl Pho: soundcloud.com/yourgirlpho

Calling (feat. Your Girl Pho) - Single

Calling (feat. Your Girl Pho)

Stream/Download

Ukiyo - Calling (feat. Your Girl Pho)

Mon Amie Records
Buy flexi-vinyl here: https://www.monamierecords.com/products/the-tablets-not-a-sign-flexi

Not A Sign

"1 Billion Dogs" is taken from my new album, Everybody Works, out March 10.

Pre-order LP/CD/Tape/Digital: http://smarturl.it/everybodyworks

Everybody Works

1 Billion Dogs

Christine Leakey on vocals, guitar, sampling, songwriter, producer
Linda Perhacs on vocals
Matt Tecu on drums
Scott Bassman on bass
Kaitlin Wolfberg on violin
Sahra Featherstone on celtic harp
Dave "Squids" Kerzner on mellotron, synth
Fernando Perdomo engineer
Steve Hoffman mastered
Stephen Marsh mastered

Wanderlust Wishing Well

February 6, 2017

Walks Like An Angel (feat. Linda Perhacs)

Dance (Cry Wolf)

JOSEPH OF MERCURY

WITHOUT WORDS

Without Words

Second track made public from Wire's 2017 album "Silver / Lead" (pf24) - released 31st March 2017.

Silver / Lead

Wire - Diamonds In Cups

Taken from Hollow Everdaze's debut album 'Cartoons', out now via Deaf Ambitions.

Vinyl/digital: bit.ly/2lu6qGs

Produced by John Lee & Hollow Everdaze.
Mixed by John Lee. Engineering assistance by Zachary Schneider.
Mastered by David Walker at Stepford Audio.

Artwork by Jason Galea.

Hollow Everdaze - Catastrophe

The brand new Aside from London's Dead Coast via Greenway Records 7" out March 17th

Dead Coast - The Silt

Eight Hundred And Sixteen

Beach Fossils "Somersault" out June 2nd, 2017 on Bayonet Records. 

Pre-order physical CD/LP/Limited LP+goodie bag/Tape: http://hyperurl.co/BFsomersault
Pre-order limited LP+goodie bag+signed poster: http://hyperurl.co/BFsomersaultextraLTD
Spotify: http://hyperurl.co/BFThisYearSpotify
iTunes pre-order: http://hyperurl.co/BFsomersaultitunes

Beach Fossils "This Year" Official Single

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Since their formation in London in 1976, the members of Wire have maintained and advanced a musical project which treats the creative potential of a rock band as a fluid, amorphous medium. As removed from self-conscious intellectualism as they are from the inherent conservatism of much rock music, Wire employ their unique, endlessly restless and risk-taking creativity to question every aspect of songwriting, recording and performance. They delight and disturb in equal measure, troubleshooting the circuitry of perfect pop, or patrolling the limits of focused experimentalism. In terms of working together as Wire, the group's members disbanded in 1980, reformed in 1985, disbanded in 1992 and reformed for the second time in 2000. Such sabbaticals from their career as Wire have served to sharpen the group's edge and focus, updating the tactics with which they pursue this shared project.

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