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Posted 09.05.08

Midnight Juggernauts Rock Coachella And Ready To Rock Glastonbury!

Following their move to Europe to support the international release of their debut album Dystopia, local trio Midnight Juggernauts have just been confirmed to play the UK’s three day music extravaganza, Glastonbury.

Midnight Juggernauts will join a dazzling line-up that includes The Verve, Goldfrapp, Massive Attack, Leonard Cohen, Groove Armada, Hot Chip, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Roisin Murphy, and Aussie pals The Presets for what promises to be one huge party.

With the band on tour for much of 2008, Midnight Juggernauts are making their mark on the international circuit with upcoming festival performances at Primavera Sound (Spain), Eurockeenes (France), Lovebox (England), Rockness (Scotland), Electric Picnic (Ireland), and playing plenty of their own headline shows along the way.

Following sell out shows in London including a performance at Scala, airplay on the BBC’s Radio 1, and a rocking set at California’s Coachella Festival over the weekend, Midnight Juggernauts are nothing short of unstoppable right now.

With Midnight Juggernauts about to tour Japan with UK buzz band Foals, and Holy Ghost just added to the bill for their headline show at New York’s Bowery Room, life is proving pretty sweet for the Melbourne trio – stay tuned for more tales from Midnight Juggernauts’ overseas adventures!

May 9 - Bowery Room - w/ Shy Child + Holy Ghost - New York
Jun 27-29 - Glastonbury Festival - w/ The Verve, Goldfrapp, Massive Attack

Posted 09.05.08

Malcolm Middleton To Release Ep, Tour Australia

The captivating 4rd solo album of MALCOLM MIDDLETON (ex ARAB STRAP) ‘Sleight Of Heart’, (released 05th April) is the next defining statement in Malcolm’s journey which he will be flying over to Australia only weeks after it’s released to perform live!!!

Sydney - 7 May @ The Hopetoun (SOLD OUT)
Sydney - 8 May @ The Hopetoun
Melbourne - 9 May @ The Corner Hotel
Brisbane - 10 May @ The Zoo


Middleton is one of the true originals of our time, in the same lineage of passionate, pained songwriters as LEONARD COHEN, NICK CAVE & ELLIOTT SMITH. Like them, his songs are deeply cathartic, often depressing, but always able to inject humour and dry wit into the darkest facets of the human experience.

But Malcolm’s is a fragile gift. It all amounts to a captivating record from a man who’s fast becoming one of the UK’s most cherished – and prolific – artists. “Right now, everything sounds like a fat child throwing a Casio keyboard down a flight of stairs and hitting an old man at the bottom who's playing Verve songs badly on an over-priced guitar,” says Malcolm, but then, he’s never been one to blow his own trumpet.

Posted 09.05.08

Khan Brothers To Tour With Lior

With their debut album “Love Melts Fear” just released it is time for the Kahn Brothers to take their new songs out on the road. The brothers will be supporting LIOR on his upcoming regional tour. “Love Melts Fear” features vocals from Sarah Blasko and Jessica Chapnik, Ian Ball (Gomez) also plays guitar on a number of tracks. “Open” the first single from the album has received great reviews from press with Time Off describing the track as a “delightful summery pop song, full of gently strummed guitars and charming vocal melodies.” “Open” was also iTunes single of the week the first week of April, receiving an amazing 10 000+ downloads.

Catch the Kahn Brothers supporting Lior at the following venues:

THURSDAY JUNE 19 Bellingen Memorial Hall Bellingen NSW
FRIDAY JUNE 20 Stokers Siding Hall Stokers Siding NSW
SATURDAY JUNE 21 Majestic Theatre Pomona QLD
SUNDAYJUNE 22 Empire Church Theatre Toowoomba QLD
FRIDAY JUNE 27+28 The Clarendon Guesthouse Katoomba NSW
SUNDAY JUNE 29 Lizottes Kincumber NSW

Posted 09.05.08

Daedelus Gives Barack Obama The Beat!

Critically acclaimed recording artists Sa-Ra's front man Taz Arnold (TI$A) shot ‘Vote Obama’ throughout Los Angeles in support of Sen. Barack Obama. It’s set to a track produced by Ninja Tune artist (and fellow LA native) Daedelus.
Already a growing hit in the US!

Click here to check out Daedelus dancing/ Djing in the video.

Daedelus’ new album ‘Love To Make Music To’ is out on Ninja Tune on June 14th.

Posted 09.05.08

Zico Chain Release Debut Album

Zico Chain are about to set fire to everything you thought British heavy rock could be. Like Motorhead crossed with Queens Of The Stoneage (and of course, a dollop of Nirvana), they’re here to bring back both the fun & the fire. Together they’re the tightest of rock threesomes and the closest of comrades.

Zico Chain are Chris Glithero, songwriter and singing bassist with a fire in his belly and an evil Mancunian glint in his eye; Paul Frost, the long-haired wiry guitarist whose zen-like calm might trick you at first, until you hear the frenetic, screeching punishment he gives Chris’ melodies. And finally, Ollie Middleton on drums, a pogoing force of nature with hair as big as his heart

ROCKSOUND “One of the first bands to have found the middle ground between Nirvana and Guns & Roses ”

KERRANG “Like Queens of the Stone Age taking on Motorhead…rocks like a bastard”

METAL HAMMER “11 heavy instant anthems .. the album never relents”

NME “This is the kind of sinister, leather jacketed rock n roll that guitars were made for”

SLASH (GUNS & ROSES) “Zico Chain are an amazing rock band”

‘Food’ is out 17th May 2008 on Pod.

Posted 09.05.08

Santogold - Triple J Album Of The Week

Rolling Stone named Santogold the "#1 Artist to Watch in 2008". NME called her debut single "LES Artistes", "the most incredible, powerful, King Kong pop-song to come out of America since 'Crazy In Love'." Now, Australia's very own TRIPLE J have become the next to proclaim their inextinguishable love for this indie-pop superstar in the making, naming her debut album 'Santogold' their ALBUM OF THE WEEK!

So if you want a taste of the album that's going to redefine pop music for 2008, make sure to tune in to Triple J all throughout next week.

In the meantime, check out the stunning video for Santogold's debut single, "L.E.S Artistes", as directed by Nima Nourizadeh (the incredible creative mind behind recent videos by Maximo Park, Hot Chip, Lily Allen and Chromeo):

 

Posted 09.05.08

Tracy Redhead Solo Debut Album Out Through Inertia In June!

Over the past two years Tracy has been busy crafting and refining the sounds on her soon-to-be released debut album. The solo project has seen her work with acclaimed drummer and producer, Tim Powles from The Church – taking on indie pop/rock with a quirky and sometimes dark outer layer. Tim is also known for his work with Iota and Laura Imbruglia.

With her latest single now on high rotation on Triple J and the album following her collaborative projects with The Green Mist and The Chapel of Ease, Tracy's is definitely a name to watch! Debut album 'Walking Home A Different Way' is scheduled for release via Perfect Sun/Inertia on June 7.

Tracy plays with 'comedy-rockers' The Camels at the Hopetoun Hotel on May 10.

Posted 09.05.08

New Tapes Found Of Lost Us Sixties Folk Icon Karen Dalton

On the back of the acclaimed re-issues ‘It’s So Hard To Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best” (CDMEGA10) and “Cotton Eyed Joe” (CDMEGA15) the Megaphone label has unearthed some unreleased recordings from the once obscure now revered ‘60s US Folk singer Karen Dalton.

Her influence has been immense on the current crop of folk artists like Joanna Newsom & Devendra Banharrt.

“Green Rocky Road” (CDMEGA18) consists of recordings made by Karen herself at her Boulder home on reel-to-reel. It sounds like the album Dalton would have released in 1963 had she been given the opportunity then.

MOJO 4/5. "This deeply moving album is proof that the singer is as important as the song."

UNCUT 4/5 "The results are startling."

RECORD COLLECTOR 4/5 "A truly unique singer"

INDEPENDENT 4/5 "It exudes an on-the-spot intimacy and raw power, the vocals crackling like smoke and fire."

NICK CAVE "She is my favorite female blues singer."

DEVENDRA BANHART "Without a doubt, she is my favorite singer."

BOB DYLAN (in his ‘Chronicles’ autobiography, on arriving in NYC) "My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton. Karen had a voice like Billie Holiday's and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed."

TIM HARDIN "An incredible broad."

FRED NEIL "The greatest female singer I have ever heard."

CLICK HERE TO ORDER KAREN DALTONS "GREEN ROCKY ROAD"

Posted 09.05.08

360 Lands Regular Monthly Spot On Triple J Hip Hop Show!

Melbourne hip-hop sensation 360 will be making a regular monthly appearance on the Triple J Hip-Hop Show with the new '(W)rap Up' segment!

The '(W)rap Up' is a lyrical montage of the past month's news and current affairs highlights, delivered in 360's inimitable hip-hop style. This ain't your regular nightly news bulletin! It will appear on the last Hip-Hop Show of each month.

The first installment of 360's '(W)rap Up' aired on Monday 28th April.

The Triple J Hip-Hop Show airs Monday nights from 10pm-1am.

CLICK HER TO DOWNLOAD THE TRACK VIA THE TRIPLE J WEBSITE
CLICK HERE TO STREAM THE TRACK ON 360'S MYSPACE

CLICK HERE TO ORDER 360'S 'WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET'

 

Posted 09.05.08

Wolf & Cub Sign To Uk Domino Publishing Company + New Album Due In 2008

Adelaide based Wolf & Cub have signed a deal with one of the hottest worldwide music publishers, Domino Publishing. The deal covers the USA, Europe and the UK. Domino Publishing represents a veritable army of amazing writers and musicians including Bonnie Prince Billy, Vashti Bunyan, Burial, Diplo, The Kills, Spiritualized, Robert Wyatt, Yo! Majesty and James Yorkston.

Wolf & Cub first caught Domino's attention with their debut album “Vessels”. When the band performed at SXSW in 2007, Domino Publishing were there to see them play.

Wolf & Cub are on the verge of recording their second album which will be released on Remote Control’s Dot Dash label And distributed by Inertia Distribution later in 2008.

 

Posted 09.05.08

Ben Lee For Splendour In The Grass!

With Ben Lee's brand new single "American Television" hitting TV and airwaves nationwide, Splendour In The Grass have now announced Lee as part of their incredibly 2008 festival line-up. Make sure to catch Lee, as he performs at the event for the very first time, and experience first-hand the charming, intelligent and downright catchy tunes that made the whole nation fall in love with his 2007 album, 'Ripe'!

Posted 09.05.08

Jill Scott To Undress For Allure

Allure Magazine has chosen Jill Scott as one of five celebrities to go completely naked for a pictorial in its May issue. The point of the photo spread, which also includes Zoe McLellan, Gabrielle Union, Ana Ortiz and Angie Harmon, is to celebrate various shapes of the female body.

"Here I am, naked in a magazine at size 16 ... We are all beautiful, each and every one of us," said Scott, according to People magazine.

Harmon reaffirms that the photos are not about selling sex. "It's about showing the female body in a positive, beautiful way," says the actress.

CLICK HERE TU BUY JILL SCOTT'S "THE REAL THING, WORDS & SOUND VOL.3"

Posted 09.05.08

Burial Announced For The Next Dj Kicks

!K7 are buzzing on the announcement that the next installment in the DJ-Kicks series comes from the hugely acclaimed, underground dubstep producer BURIAL. The South London producer is notoriously shy of press and public performances yet his last two albums on KODE 9's HYPERDUB label have established him as one of the global leaders in this exploding scene on word-of-mouth alone.

The most recent DJ Kicks from FOUR TET, HENRIK SCHWARZ, BOOKA SHADE and HOT CHIP have all pushed new limits in eclecticism, making linear genre-specific DJ mixes a thing of past... so who knows where Burial will take it next. We hear whisperings from the studio that he may treat his dearest dubstep, techno and even r'n'b tracks with his unique production style before mixing them with exclusive material and... well watch this space.

No he won't do any press and no he won't DJ, but all that's just a thing of the past anyway.

So here's to the future - Burial DJ-Kicks is released out June 23rd on !K7 Records.

Posted 09.05.08

Schvendes: From Perth With Love!

Recently signed to Good Cop Bad Cop, infamous Perth quintet, Schvendes are whetting their wheel and sharpening their knives in anticipation of their imminent return to the Melbourne and Sydney. The shows, in Melbourne at The Tote on Friday May 2 and Sydney at The Hopetoun on Saturday May 3 in support of their new single ‘Repent And Repeat’ as well as preview songs from Schvendes’ brooding debut studio album Sweet Talk Your Enemies due for release on June 28. The Family Grimm of indie-rock, Schvendes tell tales of murderers, lovers and the disquiet suburbs, with tenderness, honesty and brutal glee. Known for their intense live shows, they craft sounds with guitars, cello, Rhodes keys and drums that is nothing short of epic, while weaving in and out of this sweet din is a voice akin to Peggy Lee on crack.

Posted 09.05.08

The Return Of Pop Levi!

Welcome back. You’ve been out in the wilderness – wandering, lost, confused. Now it’s time to come home. Pop Levi – genuine maverick – is returning with a new album, the avant-pop masterpiece “Never Never Love”.

“A true cult hero” (NME), probably the only contemporary musician in the world beloved of both Jarvis Cocker and Noel Gallagher, ex-Ladytron bassist Pop was never likely to come back with the same record all over again and “Never Never Love” doesn’t disappoint.

Recorded entirely in Hollywood at Quincy Jones’ old studio, Westlake, where both Thriller & Off The Wall were laid down, Mr Levi has returned with an album about the madness of love - 100% autobiographical, 100% clever, 100% dumb, 100% unique. And that’s giving 400% already.

Pop spreads his wings on his sophomore album taking in the explosive rock dynamics he is known & loved for but be prepared for all kinds of weird & wonderful directions. Crazed danger pop, wonky dub and even contemporary R&B… through a Pop Levi filter of course.

Flamboyant, utterly self-confident, completely his own man and so uninterested in the back and forth of fashion that everything he makes is an instant classic, Pop Levi is in the building. Bow down and give thanks…

Never Never Love - the album - is released on July 19th.

Never Never Love - the single - released on May 3rd is a cheeky yet mournful ode to failing love and multiply requited lust. Scattered electro toms, taut beats and powering guitar chords.

CLICK TO HEAR THE NEW TRACKS

Posted 09.05.08

Brian Jonestown Massacre Aus Dates Announced

After much anticipation dates have been announced for an East Coast tour from the in-famous Brian Jonestown Massacre.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre have firmly earnt a seat in the house of influential underground music, the band are well known as the true pioneers of the contemporary underground psychedelic revival.

Some 40 different members have passed through the group's ranks over the years and have gone on to form such iconic groups as BLACK RECBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, THE WARLOCKS, THE RAVONETTES, THE LOVETONES, & SPINDRIFT just to name a few, but at the heart has always been the bands brain child ANTON NEWCOMBE.

The largest profile of the bands career came in 2004, when it became the unlikely focus of an award-winning documentary, DIG!, which charted the trials of Newcombe and those of his rival, Courtney Taylor, leader of the Dandy Warhols.

See the BJM in full swinging action when they hit Australian shores this August.

Posted 09.05.08

The Death Set Release Debut Album

Is this Gold Coast by-way-of Baltimore Fluro Punk? Are they the Casiotone Ramones!

Heralded as “the best live band” and the “..Black Flag for a new generation” The Death Set have earned a reputation for their raucously energetic live shows and their infectious brand of catchy electro punk and their super sonics have ignited blogs and social networking sites across the globe.

The Death Set are Australia’s most talked about export, currently residing on the mean streets of Baltimore (via the Gold Coast, Australia), the band have found themselves sharing stages with the likes of Japanther, Best Fwends, Dan Deacon, Ponytail, Girl Talk, Bonde Do Role and Spank Rock, and now they’re set to dominate with the release of their debut album entitled ‘Worldwide’

VICE MAGAZINE “They make the Libertines look like Dire Straits... Original, entertaining and fun.”

MAD DECENT (DIPLO’S label) Blog “I thought I’d put you all up on the best live band in town, The Death Set. They’re a 2 piece raging punk band with a drum machine & samples, and I’ll be damned if they don’t blow away 95% of the more high-fidelity acts I’ve seen this year, in either rock or dance music.”

The Inertia version of the album contains an exclusive track, “Paralysed”. This track is so good we can’t believe it wasn’t on the original album!

‘Worldwide’ is released 19/05/08.

Posted 09.05.08

The Herd Proclaims The King Is Dead!

A tribute of sorts to the power of change: "The King Is Dead".

Less than a rant about the last decade of politics and more about the optimism of looking ahead to the next decade, The Herd produce a melodic war-cry of celebration. Celebration, of course, that’s heightened by an equally-felt sense of relief. After 12 years in power a government collapsed under the weight of a nation's demands for a better deal.

Already recieving high rotation on Triple J, "The King Is Dead" is another anthemic offering from one of the nation's most influential and iconic hip hop groups.

"The King Is Dead" will be available on iTunes on Saturday 12 April 2008. The Herd's new album, 'Summerland', will be out May 2008 on Elefant Traks / Inertia.

Click on the link below to buy 'The Kind Is Dead' on iTunes:

 

Posted 09.05.08

The Breeders Australian Tour August 2008

Having played a string of sell out shows around the country in 2003, The Breeders are at long last back with a new album, the wonderful Mountain Battles, & are finally visiting our shores again this August to celebrate.

Anyone who saw the 2003 shows (or Kim's performances with the Pixies) knows these will be gigs not to miss. Catch the Breeders in Australia on the following dates, tickets on sale Friday April 18.

Wednesday July 30 – Perth, Capitol
Thursday July 31 – Adelaide, Fowlers Live
Saturday August 2 – Sydney, Metro Theatre
Monday August 4 – Brisbane, The Zoo
Tuesday August 5 – Melbourne, Billboard

Posted 09.05.08

Ratatat Announce Tour And New Album!

New York's RATATAT return to Australia this month playing shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. After their fantastic reception here in 2006 and their unforgettable Classics album, along with their various tours in Europe and the US supporting CSS, Bjork and others the band are back in the country playing the Essential Festival as well as some shows with Regurgitator. This time the 2 piece is augmented by their touring keyboard player.

The band will also be releasing a brand new album entitled ‘LP3’ due out later this year

Make sure you catch Ratatat previewing the new material on their run of dates this month:

Thu 24 Apr – Melbourne, Essential Festival
Fri 25 Apr – Sydney, Essential Festival
Sat 26 Apr – Brisbane, Tivoli
Sun 27 Apr – Byron Bay, Great Northern
Wed 30 Apr – Auckland NZ, Kings Arms
Thu 1 May – Wellington NZ, Bar Bodega

‘LP3’ is due out later in 2008.

Posted 09.05.08

Booka Shade New Album To Initially Be A Limited 2cd Set!!

Following 2006’s massively acclaimed Movements album, which included the club hits "Night Falls", "In White Rooms", "Mandarine Girl" and the classic "Body Language", and an extensive world tour which saw them play over 150 dates in 20 months, Booka Shade, aka Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, return with their third album, The Sun & The Neon Light.

It’s a mature work that tackles the contradictions between our day-life and our night-life, between the organic and the artificial, the individual and the crowd, the inner and the outer. This eternal tension is reflected not just in the range and complexity of the album’s moods, but also its mingling of acoustic and electronic textures – of course Booka Shade’s roots lie in club music, but for The Sun & The Neon Light they adopt a song-based approach, and expertly weave real instruments and voices with superbly detailed electronics to create a futuristic but very human kind of music.

The Sun & The Neon Light addresses the different kinds of joy and consolation which both day and nightlife can provide. We know that there’s a certain kind of self-knowledge, peace and enlightenment that’s only possible when we face the sun; yet we’re still drawn to the un-reality of night and its cool, bright neon like moths to a flame – why? It’s about possibility. It’s about what might happen. It’s to escape our loneliness, to be part of a crowd – together, or at least alone together – and above all it’s for the music. There’s something about that music which we can’t forget, something we’re addicted to and must return to again and again. Above all it’s this pull, this love, which Booka Shade celebrate over the course of The Sun & The Neon Light, their most fluid and exquisitely arranged album to date.

‘The Sun & The Neon Light’ will be released on Saturday 24th May and will initially be a super limited 2CD set!!

 

Posted 09.05.08

Duke Spirit To Release Second Album Neptune

THE DUKE SPIRIT are one of the UK’s most brilliant rock bands and are back with the much anticipated second studio album Neptune. Who share the same management as RADIOHEAD!

Produced by the Godfather of Stoner rock CHRIS GOSS (KYUSS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE as well as SOULWAX & UNKLE), ‘Neptune’ comes almost two years after the Duke Spirit’s debut ‘Cuts Across the Land’

‘Neptune’ belongs to the illustrious British lineage of MY BLOODY VALENTINE, THE STONES, and JESUS AND THE MARY CHAIN. It’s a melting pot, boiling over with blistering guitars and pounding percussion/’Neptune’ is fraught & stirring album of charged emotions (heartbreak & redemption). Set to the stirring, passionate & commanding vocals of front woman LEILA MOSS (UNKLE), she’ll have you in raptures on your 1st listen!

Comes with an exclusive Aus/NZ 2nd/bonus disc feat 8 previously unreleased songs. Which include Duke Spirit’s take on some classics from ARTHUR LEE & DESMOND DEKKER. As well as a remix of ‘The Step and The Walk’ by UNKLE resident, RICHARD FILE + the gorgeous ‘Echo Song’ feat. GERRY LOVE from TEENAGE FANCLUB.

WORD “This is rock music full of urgency, desire, and tunes… gorgeous, graceful and exhilarating”

NME “Bigger, bolder, brasher, back”

THE FLY “Truly infectious soaring melodies and brooding riffs”

Posted 09.05.08

The Sea Thieves Sign With Inertia

Adelaide natives The Sea Thieves have signed a deal with Inertia.

On their stunning debut album ‘Hiding In The Shade’ the band have created a beautifully simple record. Nine humble intimate & achingly blissful songs. A genuine diamond that will appeal to fans of Sparklehorse, M.Ward & The Shins. The Sea Thieves are Zac Coligan and Naomi Thompson, in their music you’ll hear wheezing of bellows, the echos of wooden floorboards and bluestone walls the pluck of the ukulele and the singing of a saw. This recording breathes with the sounds of the outside. The Sea Thieves are a band that like to use old sounds to create something new.

Prior to this release, and only on the strength of a few songs on their myspace page, The Sea Thieves have already been the Feature Artist on Triple J, opened for Bill Callahan (Smog) and will be supporting the release of their album with a heavy bout of touring in May performing alongside such peers as Ned Collette Band, check tours page for more details.

Their album ‘Hiding In The Shade’ will be released on May 3rd via Inertia

www.myspace.com/theseathieves

Posted 09.05.08

Black Strap Sign To Tee Pee Records

Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, Blackstrap is one of Europe’s most exciting new bands. They play blissful rock and roll drenched in the warm rays of fuzzed out guitars. Their Tee Pee Records debut “Steal My Horses and Run” conjures up a lush atmosphere that is equal parts hypnotic rock, dream pop, and shoe-gaze. These sonic landscapes stretch over twelve tracks, drawing upon the inspirations of genre pioneers Spiritualized, Primal Scream, and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Their album new album “Steal My Horses and Run” will be released May 24th via Inertia

www.teepeerecords.com
www.myspace.com/blackstrap001

Posted 09.05.08

Peret Mako Album Finally Released

Recorded earlier this millennium Sydney producer Peret Maoko’s debut album ‘Devil’s In The Detail’ inexplicably sat on a shelf. Over the years it has gained near legendary status amongst Australian producers & DJs when word spread from the few people lucky enough to hear it.

Finally this amazing record gets a full release on internationally acclaimed local label Future Classic (Deepchild, Jamie Lloyd, Stick Figures).

Peret Mako's music is highly textured, crafted with a love of detail and subtlety. Fans of artists such as Matthew Herbert and Henrik Schwarz will appreciate this rich, orchestral album - like Ravel and Mingus having a sound system battle over what oceans sound like. The influences of hip hop, techno, jazz and DEEP House, amongst many others, are woven into highly personalised style. The sounds cascade over each other causing the album to reveal itself over multiple listens; the details coming to life under the warm hug of a nice set of headphones!

Earning praise from some of the world's most respected producers, Peret has supported the likes of Charles Webster, Chris Duckenfield, Theo Parrish, DJ Krush, Mix Master Mike, Blackalicious, Cash Money and Craze as well as playing saxophone for Jamie Lidell's live show in Sydney. The album will be followed with 12” vinyl remixes by Charles Webster and Swag, also released on Future Classic.

www.myspace.com/peretmako

Posted 09.05.08

Brett Dennen 'so Much More' Album To Get Australian Release With Bonus Disc

The latest album from red-headed US singer-songwriter sensation Brett Dennen will get a full Australian release in May with a bonus disc of unreleased, rare and live tracks. Dennen already has a great relationship with Australia without ever visiting here (yet!) thanks to his national US tours with John Butler Trio & Missy Higgins. On top of that he has toured with the likes of John Mayer, Feist, Ben Fold & Elvis Costello. Hi songs have been featured on TV shows like Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy & House.

The Australian only bonus disc features a brand new acoustic track and rare tracks including a live cover of Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved".

THE WASHINGTON POST “a folk-rock revelation.”

THE HERALD (SEATTLE) “Brett Dennen is the performer we’ve been awaiting for far too long: a singer-songwriter who might be the missing link between our hopes and a time when musicians just tried to sing the truth, even if it made folks uncomfortable…He’s something special.”

Watch the video for "Ain't No Reason" here

 

CLICK HERE TO ORDER BRETT DENNEN'S "SO MUCH MORE"

Posted 09.05.08

Jamie Lidell Is Back

Ladies & gentlemen, JAMIE LIDELL is back, and with him comes ‘Jim’ his new alter ego. We're here to tell you that with 'Jim' our Jamie is sounding like an absolute mega star!

'Jim' co-stars Mocky, Gonzales, Alex Acuña, Peaches, Snax and Nikka Costa. Production is by Justin Stanley (Beck, The Vines)

‘Jim’ is ten very different songs. ‘Jim’ is energy, integrity, emotion. ‘Jim’ is all about the hooks. ‘Jim’ is putting on a great show. ‘Jim’ is getting the sounds absolutely right. ‘Jim’ is keeping things fresh. ‘Jim’ is the voice. ‘Jim’ is Jamie and Jamie is ‘Jim’.

‘Jim’ is a soul record with contemporary twists that showcases his incredible voice, it evokes memories of such greats as STEVIE WONDER, AL GREEN, SAM COOKE and OTIS REDDING as well as modern day giants akin to BECK, yet it still remains completely original. ‘Jim’ is a record destined to be a soul classic.

It’s a bold, promiscuously diverse album, mixing up gospel grooves, sweetly sung and fiercely passionate soul, delicately moving ballads, thumping early R & B, synthed-up disco, and even a touch of ‘hillbilly funk’.. and best of all it’s all for you!.

What the press are already saying about our ‘JIM’ is…

ROLLING STONE AUST 4 STARS“An erratic sense of joy permeates this heartfelt, intelligent album from Jamie Lidell, the best kept secret in soul.

BEAT (VIC) “Chock full of moments of pure gold” …

ELLE MAGAZINE 5/5 (RECORD OF THE MONTH) “The best album Prince never made? An unearthed 1970s Stevie Wonder classic? A Beck album with poppier songs? This sunshine superman will have us grinning until festival time” …

THE TIMES “He’s an electronic wizard with a perfect voice! Precious few could sing so sweetly that theyhave reviewers spinning a roulette wheel of iconic comparisons: Gaye, Cooke, Wonder, Mayfield.” …

TRAX MAGAZINE (Cover & Feature) “Is Jamie Lidell the new Amy Winehouse? Better maybe? We know so!

Posted 09.05.08

Warp Kick Off With Born Ruffians

WARP kick off 2008 by revealing one of their ace cards for 2008 – new signings, the prodigious & precocious Toronto based trio BORN RUFFIANS who were undoubtedly one the highlight showcases of the recent SxSW Festival in Austin, Texas!

Red, Yellow & Blue’ was produced by RUSTY SANTOS, the studio whizz behind ANIMAL COLLECTIVE and PANDA BEAR’s most recent efforts. Influences of PAVEMENT, THE PIXIES and all time heroes, THE STROKES go some way to explaining their unusual signature sound, or as has been suggested, JONATHAN RICHMAN fronting the TALKING HEADS, or the VIOLENT FEMMES’ GORDON GANO in the kitchen with Animal Collective.

However, what truly defines their sound is the essence of the band’s personality, their easy charisma, intrinsic, inimitable and pervasive in all they do.

You can’t have escaped the infectiousness of the 1st & current single over the airwaves & on the TV for ‘Hummingbird’, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Seek out the album & all the joy it beholds.

‘Crawling from a far more splendid cauldron are Born Ruffians, whose ludicrously good ‘This sentence will ruin/save your life’ sound like the Pixies, as played by er, pixies.’ NME, Radar picks. …

‘Generation Y's short attention span and hyperactivity is epitomized in the Born Ruffians. Their songs feel like three songs in one, with changes so abrupt, you need a neck brace’ – [Band of the Day] SPIN.COM … ‘

** The 1st 750 copies in-stores now, also offer a FREE 7 Track ‘Warp sampler’ of new recordings from the labels artists. Best in best dressed.

www.warprecords.com
www.bornruffians.com

 

Posted 09.05.08

Uk Press Acclaim For Barry Adamson!

Barry Adamson's great new album 'Back To The Cat' has been receiving rave reviews from the UK press and deservedly so!

The most recent edition of Uncut has hailed it " “HIS FINEST ALBUM YET, STIRRING EVERYTHING HE’S EVER LEARNED DURING AN ECLECTIC 30-YEAR CAREER

INTO AN ALMIGHTY, FRONTIER-LESS AND BEAUTIFULLY STRANGE BREW. JOHN BARRY TO BIG BAND BOWIE.” Perhaps going one better NME says “FORGET MARK RONSON, THIS IS THE MAN WHO SHOULD PRODUCE THE NEXT AMY WINEHOUSE ALBUM. HE’S LIKE THE TROUBLED, RUNAWAY SON SHIRLEY BASSEY AND SCOTT WALKER NEVER HAD.”  Barry’s ‘Back To The Cat’ is out now thru Central Control/Inertia and he will be touring the country this June presented by Civil Society (see tour page for details).

CLICK HERE TO BUY BARRY ADAMSON'S "BACK TO THE CAT"

Posted 09.05.08

Cinematic Orchestra Featured In National Tv Ad Campaign

If you've seen the innovative Schweppes ad on TV - the one with water balloons being thrown and bursting at a party in slow motion - you may have wondered what the music featured in it was. Well it was the gorgeous "To Build A Home" by The Cinematic Orchestra featuring Patrick Watson on vocals. The ad has been played heavily nationally and will continue airing for a few more months.

See it here:

Posted 09.05.08

Beasts Of Bourbon Infamous Back Cat To Be Re-issued

The Beasts Of Bourbon have re-mastered & re-vamped their now legendary first 3 albums:

‘The Axeman’s Jazz’ , ‘Sour Mash’ and ‘Black Milk’. These 3 albums have long been un-available and on many collectors and fans wish-lists for years. The band are set to re-release these ‘seminal’ albums in a deluxe box set collection later this year. Watch this space for more details.

 

Posted 09.05.08

Munk To Release Much Anticipated New Album On Gomma

 

Recent visitors to our shores for the V Festival, Munk (Mathias Modica) are due to drop their new album ‘Cloudbuster’ on his genre defying and ultra cool label Gomma – home to WhoMadeWho and Headman amongst others.

Described as “The German DFA” by NME, ‘Cloudbuster’ follows on from 2005’s ‘Appertivo’ (I-D Magazine “a superb futuristic mix of space disco and psychedelic soul") - a highlight of which was the disco anthem “Kick Out The Chairs” that featured James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem on vocals.

This time around the boys hook up with Italian actress Asia Argento (known from Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette – “The Queen of this year’s Cannes Film Festival” Herald Tribune), Busy P (founder of Ed Banger records and manager of Justice), and Matty Safer of The Rapture.

‘Cloudbuster’ is not a retro disco album. Its futuristic astral Funk from the year 2099 mixed up with 70ies psychedelic vibes, 80ies Italodisco and 90ies electronica. The album starts with some dirty disco hymns and ends in a superslow krauty cinematic sound orgy.

“Live Fast Die Old” is the first single to be lifted from the album and comes out in 2 weeks on lovely collectors edition vinyl featuring remixes from Busy P, Headman, WhoMadeWho, and The Juan Maclean. Check out the original mix here (www.myspace.com/munkfromgomma), and also a 10 minute mega mix of the album.

Don’t just take it from us, let Mathias tell you, Munk are like “Gnarls Barkley fuckin with ESG and Mr. Oizo in a Prefuse 73."

Don’t miss this Cloudburst!

CLICK HERE TO ORDER MUNK'S "CLOUDBURSTER"

Posted 09.05.08

Cajun Dance Party Release Debut Album

CAJUN DANCE PARTY’s debut album ‘THE COLOURFUL LIFE’ released via Inertia Distribution 26th April, 2008!

CAJUN DANCE PARTY are a north London quintet, four boys and a girl, only just tipping into their late teens. The band have toured with the likes of KINGS OF LEON and performed scene stealing-slots at last summer’s GLASTONBURY, READING and UNDERAGE Festivals. The Colourful Life elevate the five-piece out of the exciting but limiting confines of the new band explosion and into the stratosphere. The songs sound like the latest addition to a rich musical lineage that stretches through ARCTIC MONKEYS, MAXIMO PARK, THE LIBERTINES, THE KOOKS and early SUPERGRASS.

The album features their singles “The Race” and “Amylase”, which have both been added to Triple J’s playlist!

CLICK HERE TO ORDER CAJUN DANCE PARTY'S "THE COLOURFUL LIFE"