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May 26th will see the release of "Aftermath", the sophomore album of Hundreds from Hamburg. Four years after the release of their debut album, Eva and Philipp Milner have expanded their minimalist electronic approach to include extensive melodies and pop greatness, making "Aftermath" the temporary highpoint of their exceptional and remarkable history.

Let's take a step back and remember: In 2010, two unknown siblings named Eva and Philipp Milner got together to record a small and nice and special album. And ever so slowly, step by step, without a big budget or radio airplay, it became one of the greatest indie pop stories in recent times.
Hundreds started playing shows all over Europe, they played international festivals like South by Southwest (US), Iceland Airwaves and The Great Escape (UK). Parallel to that, their first album "Hundreds" was released in more and more European countries.

When they started working on "Afternath" finally, they themselves had changed and they had grown out of the dark and melancholy feel of their debut. The siblings agree that during the four years after the release of "Hundreds" they had settled, both privately and professionally, feeling elated and relieved. This was the basic feeling they wanted reflected in their songs.
The new material was created in a very organic way, carried by a tension and an excitement that may be exclusive to the relation between siblings. Everything on "Aftermath" appears both familiar and foreign, seasoned and adventurous, distanced and deeply emphatic. A sound along the lines of Massive Attack, Dido or Radiohead. Of course, no comparison can really do them justice. For together with a small number of other artists, the Milner siblings were the first to establish the precise blend of post rock, synth pop, R'n'B, folk and electronics that is now modern pop music's state of the art. But with "Aftermath" Hundreds take that distinctive extra step towards pop music.

All in all, Hundreds have spent eighteen months working on "Aftermath". When most of the work was done, the Milners decided to admit a corrective into their workflow - a first in their career - introduced British producer David Pye (Wild Beasts) into the process. The new Hundreds music thrives on tension and dynamics and hypnotic arcs of suspense like you hear them in "Ten Headed Beast", where sparse little moments follow enormous bouts of passion and vice versa. Hundreds are still mainly an electronic band, but they have become warmer, more organic and more song-oriented than they used to be. Even though they did not know it at first, Eva Milner says: "This is exactly where we wanted to be. We wanted to develop this sound and express these emotions."
And it worked out. Well done.

Mit "Aftermath" erscheint jetzt das zweite Album des Hamburger Duos Hundreds. Vier Jahre nach dem Debüt ergänzen Eva und Philipp Milner ihren minimalistisch-elektronischen Entwurf um raumgreifende Melodien und große Pop-Momente. "Aftermath" ist somit der vorläufige Höhepunkt einer außergewöhnlichen und überaus beachtlichen Entwicklung. Alles auf "Aftermath" wirkt zu gleichen Teilen vertraut und fremd, routiniert und abenteuerlich, distanziert und von tiefer Emphase durchdrungen. Musik, die man am ehesten mit Massive Attack, Dido oder Radiohead vergleichen könnte. Letzen Endes greifen aber alle Vergleiche zu kurz: Zusammen mit einigen anderen haben die Milners genau jene Mischung aus Post Rock, Synthie-Pop, R&B, Folk und Elektronik etabliert, die in den Jahren nach ihrem Debüt zum State of the Art im Pop unserer Tage geworden ist. Und mit "Aftermath" gehen sie nun den entscheidenden Schritt weiter in Richtung großer Pop. Die neue Hundreds-Musik lebt von Dynamik und hypnotischen Spannungsbögen. Immer noch sind Hundreds zuerst eine elektronische Band, aber nun eben eine wärmere, songorientiertere und organischere als das zuletzt der Fall war. Jetzt erhältlich als Vinyl-Edition im edlen Gatefold Cover (inklusive Download-Code und Bonus CD mit mit Remixes, Coverversionen und exklusiven bislang unveröffentlichtem Material)!

2012 triple vinyl LP release from the Post-Punk legends led by Michael Gira. At nearly two hours, The Seer is over twice as long as its predecessor, 2010's My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky. The album features vocals from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs vocalist Karen O, Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker of Low, members of Akron/Family, Ben Frost, Grasshopper from Mercury Rev and former Swans member Jarboe

John Butler began his career as a musician in the streets of his country, Australia.

LP, Colored Vinyl, 180g, Gatefold Cover, Ltd 1000. Eindhoven based RMFTM are an instrumental space rock band that follows in the footsteps of The Heads, White Hills and Electric Moon. Their approach on the psychedelic rock scene is rather broad. By taking different genres in to account such as; shoegaze, neo-psych, space and noise rock, they take off in an interstellar exploration of new sounds that will take you on a trip far away into the unknown boundaries of space and time. Their debut album 'Echo Forever' (released on 'Fuzz Club Records') has sold out after two EU headline tours in 2013 and various one-off shows at the likes of: Roadburn Festival 2013, Duna Jam 2013, The Reverb Conspiracy Festival 2012, Freak Valley Festival 2013, multiple Yellowstock shows and Pietrasonica. After a crazy year of touring, RMFTM are ready to launch their new album 'Strange Wave Galore' through 'Fuzz Club Records' in 2014. Although they are known to be a three-piece band, new member Niek Manders joins the band in 2014 to deliver a full out sonic attack on the senses. The band will be touring heavily throughout 2014.

"TV En Francais" wurde mit Produzent Chris Coady (Smith Westerns, Beach House, Gang Gang Dance, Blonde Redhead) in New York aufgenommen und erscheint auf 100% Records zum Start einer fünfmonatigen Tournee durch Europa, Amerika und Australien, sowie anschließender Sommerfestivals. We Are Scienstists, deren Debütalbum "With Love & Squalor" mit seinem Dancerock-Sound 2005 wie eine Bombe einschlug, zeigen sich begeistert von ihrem neuen Produzenten: "Die Arbeit mit Chris Coady hatte einen großen Effekt. Er hat so einen klaren und ausgeprägten Sinn für coole Sounds, gleichzeitig legt er immensen Wert darauf, die rohe Energie der Liveauftritte zu erhalten." "TV En Francais" enthält einige der besten Songs, die We Are Scientists jemals geschrieben haben. Genau wie beim Vorgänger "Barbara" war auch Drummer Andy Burrows (siehe auch Razorlight) mit von der Partie, der für die Aufnahmen für ein Jahr nach New York zog.

"Facettenreicher Indie-Rock." - Eventim.de

Communions is a new young quartet, from the same four-wall rehearsal space as Copenhagen contemporaries Iceage and Lower, and under the same roof as most of Copenhagen's new punk, industrial and synth scene - at the studio and venue complex called Mayhem in Copenhagen. Though Communions share a flame with the current Copenhagen wave, the torch is certainly their own. The four tracks that make up their debut EP entitled Cobblestones map out the aches and hopes of young hearts with remarkable precision and honesty, and is done with an unusual ear for melody and song writing. The four young men, brothers Martin and Mads Rehof, together with Jacob van Deurs Formann and Frederik Lind Köppen recorded their debut on their own - in their rehearsal space at Mayhem and in Frederik's living room, resulting in songs sounding exactly as they were intended, where the guitars scream like torn throats and the songs beat in rhythm of young hearts pouring over with passion.

Fortuna POP! are proud to announce the signing of London's LET'S WRESTLE, whose self-titled third album is due out in February. The record sees the band enter a new phase of maturity and sophistication giving frontman Wesley Patrick Gonzalez a forum to showcase his songwriting talents and love of classic pop. More heartfelt and musically diverse than previous albums, Let's Wrestle sees the band transformed and ready to move up to a different level completely. Straddling the sounds of the psych pop pioneers of the 60s and the Laurel Canyon cowboys of the 70s, Gonzalez still manages to give the songs a quintessentially English twist. For the first time, strings and horns are brought in giving the album a bigger, fuller sound, drawing on inspiration from the likes of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Judee Sill, Harry Nilsson, Fairport Convention and The Kinks. The songs reveal an open account of Gonzalez's life during the transition to adulthood, the band's two previous albums, In the Court of the Wrestling Lets (2009) and Nursing Home (produced by Steve Albini in 2011), having been written when he was still in his teens. The path to maturity is reflected in the approach to the making of the record too: whereas the previous records were more collaborative efforts, the recording saw Gonzalez seize the reins and assume total control. Recorded at Lightship 95, a converted boat on the Thames, the album was made with ex-test Icicles/Kasma man Rory Atwell at the helm, his work for Veronica Falls, Male Bonding and the Vaccines making him the perfect man for the job. Like many great English songwriters Gonzalez is adept at evoking feeling through location. 'Pull Through For You', is a duet with Veronica Falls' Roxanne Clifford and first single 'Codeine and Marshmallow', sees Gonzalez listening to country music and comparing Stoke Newington to the Old West. Named by Lawrence (Felt, Denim) after a book by David Shrigley, Let's Wrestle were formed by Wesley Patrick Gonzalez on guitar and vocals with Darkus Bishop on drums and Mike Lightning on bass, recording their first two albums with that line-up before Mike left and was replaced by Sam Pillay (who left after the recording of the new album to focus on his band Virginia Wing). The third album also saw the addition of Max Claps of The Proper Ornaments on guitar, along with guest appearances by Darren Hayman on B Bender guitar, Meilyr Jones from Racehorses on organ and Max Bloom from Yuck on trumpet. // LIVE : Tour in April/May // PRESS: Mojo, Q, Uncut, DIY, Loud and Quiet, London in Stereo, The Fly, NME, Artrocker, Line of Best Fit, Neon Filler all confirmed, many more will be added. Noisey premiere for video. // RADIO: Marc Riley (BBC Radio 6 Music) Spot Play and session confirmed. //

Nachdem ihr Debütalbum für den begehrten Mercury Prize nominiert wurde, schafften sie es mit den beiden Nachfolgern auf Platz 1 der britischen Charts. Auch in Deutschland zählen sie mit 150.000 verkauften Alben mittlerweile zu den ganz großen Indie-Bands. Doch die Arbeiten am vierten Album liefen zunächst nicht richtig rund und führten zur Trennung vom langjährigen Gitarristen und Keyborder Chris Urbanowicz. Der 1. Juli 2012 markierte schließlich den Wendepunkt - ihr sagenhafte Headliner-Gig vor 60.000 Leuten beim Rock Werchter Festival brachte die Energie zurück, die sie gleich mit ins Studio nahmen - und ab da hat es nicht lange gedauert, bis das Album fertig war. Die Aufnahmen entstanden in Nashville, wo die Band mit Produzent Jacquire King arbeitete (Tom Waits, Norah Jones, Kings Of Leon). Gemixt wurden die Songs von Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, Bon Iver). Folglich ist es keine große Überraschung, dass die neuen Stücke deutlich mehr von amerikanischem Rock inspiriert sind und die Songs wärmer und eingängiger klingen. "Wir haben ein paar echt düstere Monate durchlebt, die zum Teil sehr beängstigend waren", resümiert Sänger Tom Smith. "Aber wir haben uns durchgekämpft." Und ganz nebenbei haben sie sich auch noch selbst übertroffen.
Deluxe Version-Digipak mit alternativem Cover und 5 Bonus Songs












Bonus CD Deluxe Edition:

The LP will be on 180g black vinyl with a download code. Cursing The Sea, the debut album from Ireland's September Girls, is a dark kaleidoscope of echoey drums, buzzsaw bass, angular guitars and reverb-drenched vocals that blends garage rock and post-punk to extraordinary effect. Named after a Big Star song via The Bangles, September Girls are comprised of Paula (Bass/Vocals), Caoimhe (Guitar/Vocals), Lauren (Keys/Vocals), Jessie (Guitar/Vocals) and Sarah (Drums). Drawing inspiration from the likes of Phil Spector, The Velvet Underground, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus And Mary Chain, the five-piece play reverb-soaked noise-pop of the finest order, with distant layered harmonies, swirling organ and distorted guitars once described as "sounds from a transistor radio abandoned in a rural cinema." Formed in Dublin in 2011, the band quickly recorded some demos and began booking gigs in Ireland and the UK, before releasing a handful of well-received limited edition singles on various cassette and 7' labels around the world, most recently on the Haus of PINS cassette label run by their kindred spirits PINS, with whom the band have also toured. This release, for the song 'Ships', gave the band their biggest press to date, with a glowing review on Pitchfork. With four different songwriters and singers, each song begins with a secret life of its own, only to be unified by the distortion-drenched harmonies and hazy pop stylings of the band, songs that often seem to be of a sunny disposition taking on a darker, more sinister edge. First single proper 'Heartbeats' is a tale of unrequited love and betrayal, awash with fuzzy guitars, ethereal female vocals and entrancing melodies and underpinned by a hurt that catches the back of your throat, while the remarkable pop song that is 'Green Eyed' has the protagonist trapped in a relationship with someone untrustworthy. Elsewhere 'Sister' deals with the thorny subject of rape and victim-blaming in society over an insistent, urgent backing. Title track Cursing the Sea is an ode to long distance heartache and an apt title for the album, with many of the songs dealing with distance, insecurity and inner turmoil, and alluding to an overall sense of being adrift. In keeping with this, the band chose the setting of a beach at night for the artwork, hoping to capture that same unsettled feeling. Whirling around in a tornado of fuzz, dazzling harmonies, disarming lyrics and dizzying excitement, Cursing the Sea is awash with enough attitude and great songs to see September Girls safely to shore. '"Ships" takes their fuzzy garage pop and colors it several shades darker, resulting in an ominous amphetamine-fueled dirge full of screeching guitars, metronomic basslines, and cooly detached vocals. The Girls' pare down their sound to its steely core on "Ships", using angular guitar work to sharpen their sunniest melodies to a bleeding point, making this the most thrilling music they've released in their short existence.' (Pitchfork) // PRESS/Radio : But I Like You PR.

"Waiting For the One" is the third and brand new effort for Sugarpie and the Candymen. This album represents a further evolution in the sound and in the musical direction of the band. The 'Swing' trademark it's always there but the spectrum broadens with new colours,styles and inspirations : the marching bands of New Orleans, Cuban sound, Reggae, Nu Jazz, Rhythm and Blues of early 50's, all of these Sounds are here, and... why not Pop as well !. The Record is equally made up by originals Songs and covers , as we have seen in their previous work "Swing'n'Roll ," but here the tracking list is shuffled differently to show that there are two sides of the same coin. The original tracks range from the traditional swing of "Blue About Love " to the French flavors of "Madness in the Rain" from the Beatles pop sound of "Lil " to the battered and Waits (Tom) sounding "Dusty", from the progressive fairy tale of "QMV" to the country manouche of " Warchild " ... While amongst he covers we find a number of hits of the last decade ("Single Ladies" by Beyonce sounds like it's straight out of a Dr. John Album !, while "Toxic" by Britney Spears winks at Buena Vista Social Club. Catchy Hits of the '80s like "Bad" has kept the original dance beat with a bit of gypsy flavor, "Material Girl" arrangement is inspired by Louis Jordan and 50's Jump Blues", Hard Rock milestones like "Highway Star" by Deep Purple has received the "Count Basie" treatment, but the most remarkable accomplishments of the Album must go to the two Pop Symphonies, the evergreen and worlwide Hits, massively known that go by the names of : "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Good vibrations" . In most of the tracks the Band has had the pleasure to have special guests on them : a horn section with Gianni Satta on trumpet, Rudy Migliardi on trombone and tuba and Gregory Agid hailing New Orleans on clarinet and sax. Daniel Richiedei is on violin and Giovanni Colombo on the piano, the accordion played by Fausto Beccalossi and the percussions by Riccardo Marenghi. The same Candymen themselves, quite often switch instruments quite freely. these to follow were quite in use on this Recording (dobro, banjo, piano, organ, mandolin, glockenspiel, kazoo and various percussions ... ).

«Une cordelette en l'épaule, Une cicatrice sur le blair Nous sommes la crème de la crème de la crème» aus La Grande Nation

Pari Pari können kein Französisch. Pari Pari heißen nicht «LeBon», «Dominique» oder «Madame TuTu». Sie kommen nicht aus Paris, nicht von der Straße, sind keine Punks und nicht cool. Pari Pari ist keine Band.

Mais alors quoi
Was dann Kunst Aus Kassel Das Projekt eines schizophren frankophilen Konzertgitarristen mit klassischer Gesangsausbildung Eines verschrobenen aber konzertreifen Blockflötisten... am Schlagzeug, begleitet von einer wortkargen Pianistin mit müdem Blick und hellwachen Fingern - nur nebenbei der wohl besten Bassist seit Flea

Stridence, s'il vous plait!
Wer auch immer sie sind: Pari Pari sind nicht am Start. Sie sind voll in Fahrt! Mit außergewöhnlichem Talent und fulminantem Unterhaltungswert. Live schlagen sie ein mit ihrem Sprengsatz aus Charme und Revolte. Ihre Videos laufen auf Festivals. Ihre Songs in Werbespots. Die erste EP hinterließ mit «Badaboum!» eine rauchende Schneise zwischen The Hives und Bonaparte.

Und doch steht das Debüt erst bevor. Am 31. Januar 2014 erscheint das erste Studioalbum «La Grande Nation» auf Mayolove Music / Rough Trade. Mit elf neuen, komplett live eingespielten Songs und drei kunstvollen Musikvideos malt das Trio mit dicken Pinseln weiter an seinem einzigartigen Gesamtwerk.

«La Grande Nation» klingt nach goldener Zeit. Nach Chansons in der Façon eines Jacques Brel und einem Elan, der an die besten Tage des Punkrocks erinnert: ungeschminkt, handgemacht, schrill und original. Mal dada, mal oh là là. Immer avantgarde.

Je suis lá, tu es où
Nach gut fünf Minuten, wenn nach «Hardy» und «La Grande Nation» ohne Atempause «Le Fond» unter den Füßen schlackert ist alles klar: die Drei meinen es ernst. Wie ernst zu nehmend sie wirklich sind, zeigt das mystisch eindringliche «Obsession» genauso wie «Je t'aimes», eine zarte und gefühlvolle Ballade. Scharfzüngig, kritisch und humorvoll setzt «Tous Pur Un» zum Hochmut vor dem Fall in die «Tristesse» an.

Pari Pari spielen dabei gekonnt die ganze Bandbreite ihres schmalen Instrumentariums aus und schaffen es so, über den gesamten Verlauf des Albums zu überraschen. Ihre Sprache wirkt dabei so unbedarft und ausdrucksstark, als sei sie das vierte - leicht verstimmte - Instrument.

«Tour de France» ist das gelungene Finale eines wahrhaft großen Albums: der Kreis wird geschlossen, zugleich eröffnet der Bruch mit der klassischen Liedstruktur einen verheißungsvollen Ausblick auf das, was da auf uns zukommt: die vielleicht beste französische Musik, seit es Punkrock gibt.

Aimez-les ou laissez-les!

ATP Recordings are proud to be presenting this series of SQÜRL releases. An enthusiastically marginal rock band from New York City who like big drums and broken guitars, cassette recorders, loops, feedback, sad country songs, molten stoner core, chopped and screwed hip-hop, imaginary movie scores, mushrooms, girls, and cheese sandwiches.

Deluxe Picture disc
Includes postcard download code
Numbered and limited to 1000 copies worldwide
Second in a series of 3 highly collectible picture disc EPs.
Download includes additional track - Remix by Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

*ATP Recordings are proud to present the first of SQÜRL's releases. *The release comes as a deluxe hand numbered limited edition 12' picture disc (first in a series of three), with only 500 copies available for Europe. Featuring photo postcard art taken from Luc Sante's Folk Photography book. Including a postcard backed with a download code.
SQÜRL is an enthusiastically marginal rock band from New York City who like big drums and broken guitars, cassette recorders, loops, feedback, sad country songs, molten stoner core, chopped and screwed hip-hop, imaginary movie scores... *SQÜRL began in 2009 when Jim and Carter teamed with producer/engineer Shane to record some original music for the film THE LIMITS OF CONTROL. Echoing the varied Spanish landscapes captured in the film, the three emerged with a set of slow-motion psychedelic rock'n'roll songs (releasing them as Bad Rabbit). *Following these scoring sessions Jim, Shane, and Carter continued to record new originals while also exploring the back-alleys of American country, noise, and psychedelia. Now having changed their name to SQÜRL the group has readied a series of EPs of these songs, recorded over a 3 year period by Shane at Treefort

Melophobia' is Cage The Elephant's highly anticipated third studio album. Recorded in Nashville, the album reunites the band with producer Jay Joyce who produced the group's prior two releases.

"This album has tested us as individuals and as a collective. We're five people fighting for our own ideologies of good music - we clash stylistically and sometimes even personally,' said drummer Jared Champion. 'The studio is the place where we push all of those individual creative emotions together and smash them to the dispersion point until they explode like a time bomb. With the explosion arrives something beautiful and in the end, when you listen back and goose bumps prick your skin like the first few drops of a summer rainfall on searing concrete, you know that you and your band of brothers have created something substantial. Conquering our melophobia is what drives us.'

Reissue of the long deleted 2008 album. This CD includes 2 bonus tracks. Classic Scandinavian industrial/dark ambient in the best CMI tradition. Features South African jazz trumpetist Alex van Heerden (RIP).

Originally released as cassette in 1987. Al Margolis has been an activist ("the godfather") in the 1980s American cassette underground through his cassette label Sound of Pig. He was co-founder of experimental music label Pogus Productions which he continues to run. Active under the name If, Bwana since 1984, he's been making music that has swung between fairly spontaneous studio constructions and more process-oriented composition. Margolis has earned an international reputation for his dadaistic noise music. Instrumentation: Otari 8-track, Akai S-612 sampler, violin, clarinet, bass guitar, trumpet, toy guitar, kalimba, voice, Yamaha DX-9, acoustic and electronic percussion, found sounds. Remastered CD housed in cardsleeve.
1. Watery One
2. They Call Me 'Bwana'
3. The Sleepwalkers
4. Bleeding At Limelight
5. Summers Holiday
6. Untitled #651
7. What Martin Et
8. Fifth At Five
9. Jaws Of Hell
10. Not Wanted
11. This Means You

'Copperdollar, The Back Of Beyond' is a 15 track digipack CD and download compilation album. It is put together in collaboration with Copperdollar, the award-winning performance company known for their cutting-edge and mixed-media immersive theatre productions inspired by Mexico's Day Of The Dead. Copperdollar have become a wildly popular and surreal fixture at numerous UK music festivals winning a dedicated following from everyone lucky enough to have stumbled across their after-hours tent in the eponymous Back Of Beyond.
1. She Who Dares - Colman Brothers (Lounge Mix)
2. Come Together - Al Lindrum & Frederik Bohling
3. Bohemia - Elkano Browning Cream (Makala Remix)
4. Moo Juice - Renegades Of Jazz (Remixed by Benji Boko & Boycom)
5. Skankin' Riddim - Omegaman
6. The Scatterer - Solo Moderna
7. Pretty Cliche - Wara (Palov Remix)
8. Entre Rejas - Quantic & Anita Tijoux
9. Changui De Manteca - Kidboy ft. Julio Cesar Rodriguez
10. Barcelona - La Troba Kung-Fu (Andyloop & Toti & Maxey Remix)
11. Fiesta De Negritos - Luchos Bermudez Y Su Orquesta
12. Mojito Com Cachaca - DJ Farrapo & Yanez
13. O Telefono - Sono Rhizmo'
14. Clear As Water - Una Mas Trio ft. Bajka,Hidden Jazz Quartett
15. West Pier - Lemon (DJ Marc Stylus Poem Mix)

Mitte Oktober 2013 erscheint - Let's Be Still', das zweite Album der aus Seattle stammenden Band The Head And The Heart. Es ist der Nachfolger des 2011 erschienenen selbstbetitelten Debüts mit dem die sechsköpfige Formation bei Musikkritikern sowie auch kommerziell in Amerika den Durchbruch schafften: Bis heute verkaufte sich - The Head And The Heart' alleine in den USA über 280.000 Mal und die grenzenlose Energie der Platte sorgte dafür, dass das Album zu einem der bestverkauften Erstlingswerke in der Labelgeschichte von Sup Pop in Nordamerika wurde. So schaffte es die Band in wenigen Monaten von Open Mic-Abenden in Kneipen und Straßen-Konzerten auf die Bühnen von ausverkaufen Clubs wie dem Fillmore in San Francisco, Seattles Paramount Theatre oder New Yorks Terminal 5, um nur ein Paar zu nennen.

- Durch unsere phantastischen Fans ist bei uns ein gewisses Selbstbewusstsein entstanden,' sagt Johnathan Russell. - Man beginnt sich selbst zu vertrauen. Als wir noch auf der Straße spielten, mussten wir uns immer wie verrückt reinknien, damit uns die Zuhörer nicht wegliefen. Nun sind wir ja in einer völlig anderen Situation.'

Neben ihren überzeugenden Liveshows konnten The Head And The Heart auch durch TV-Auftritte bei Conan O'Brian, Jimmy Kimmel, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman oder der in den USA legendären Show Austin City Limits für Furore sorgen.

Langsam aber sicher häuften sich die Ideen und die Songs für das nächste Album nahmen nach und nach Form an. Inspirieren ließen sich The Head And The Heart dabei von ihren Erfahrungen, die sie bei ihren weltweiten Konzertreisen sammeln konnten sowie dem Wissen um eine gewachsene Hörerschaft, mit einer tiefgründigen Verbindung zur Musik.

- Let's Be Still' wurde im Seattler Litho Studio mit Shawn Simmons produziert, der auch schon zuvor mit der Band gearbeitet hatte. Zum Mix des Albums wechselten The Head And The Heart zur Ostküste, um in Bridgeport, Conneticut den Songs gemeinsam mit Peter Katis (The National, Interpol & The Swell Season) den letzten Schliff zu verleihen.

Wer kennt ihn nicht, den Bestseller SHADES OF GREY, der den interessierten Leser in die Welt des Bondage, kurz BSDM einführte.
Wir liefern nun den Soundtrack dazu. SHADES OF GOTH - Domination Edition' liefert die passende Musik zu etwaige privaten Spielchen, die sich an der Beschreibung des Buches orientieren.

Wie der Name DOMINATION EDITION schon sagt, geht es auf dieser Compilation etwas härter zu und das mit EXPLICIT Artwork, dass sich als Wendecover in der CD befindet. Eigens für diese Compilation angefertigt. Natürlich folgt bald die - Submissive Edition', die sich eher mit der - Schmuseseite' des SM beschäftigt, aber jetzt erstmal die - harte' Version.

"Cool Wheels" is the new album of jazz-funk quartet Workout and represents a wide-ranging reflection on black contemporary music and its various forms. The group, originally from Mantua, after exploring the sound more "acoustic" jazz in the first album "Strange Decomposed" (Music Center), has been renewed in "electric" sound / style. Now the organic is : Gabriele Rampi (low, synth, piano), Marcello Abate (guitar), Nicholas Bardini (sax) and Riccardo Bringhenti (drums). The ten original compositions which make up the disc, written by bass player Gabriele Rampi, are in fact a real tribute to the beauty and mystery that characterize the soul and funk from James Brown on.

9 Track LP from Tee Vee Pop - not your average reissue !

Limited edition 12"x12" picture / lyrics insert, download coupon & picture sleeve

Laura Groves, lead singer of Nautic and original Bradford girl. Her forthcoming EP 'Thinking About Thinking' includes the first songs she's written since moving to London from her hometown. Self-producing for the first time (with additional production from DEEK label boss Bullion), Laura places her exquisite voice at the heart of lavish arrangements of harmonies, synths and guitars, building on where she left off with her 2009 solo debut as Blue Roses.

After 10 years, Dark Lunacy came back where it all began, Mexico City. The stage where the band has been able to carve out a role of international level, so that 'Brutal Truth' and 'Voivod' were among the several opening acts. And this time there were not hundreds, but thousands of fans coming from Mexico and from neighboring countries such as the United States. An event that could not remain a mere memory to be delivered to posterity, but he deserved much more. For this, thanks to winning collaboration between the Fuel Records (the historical label of Lunacy) and Mexico's "The Art Records" (led by Oscar Reyes Torres), in September will be released a deluxe box fetauring LIVE CD + LIVE DVD, both capturing the entire performance of the band to 'Eye Scream Fest 2012. A valuable document through which fans around the world can enjoy what the band has been able to give, kidnapping the hearts of those who were present that evening in March to lead him through 10 years of pure poetry.
01. Aurora
02. Forgotten
03. Trough the non time
04. Pulkovo meridian
05. Motherland
06. Curtains
07. Heart of Leningrad
08. Varen'ka
09. Cold embrace
10. Stalingrad
11. Fall
12. Dolls

Nach dem Erfolg der ersten Single des Anfang September erscheinenden neuen Arctic Monkeys Album "AM" in der deutschen Radiowelt veröffentlicht Domino nun eine 7" mit der zweiten, sehr starken Single-Auskopplung "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High". Auf der B-Seite findet sich ein exklusiver non-Album Track namens "Stop The World".

200 Copies Only for Europe.




Earlier this year, Atlanta's Dog Bite found themselves with downtime in Los Angeles between a successful tour with labelmates Toro Y Moi and shows at SXSW in Austin. The four-piece that makes up the touring group started messing around with different sounds and came up with their first full-band release, the LA EP .

This document of the road-tested crew is a stunning sequel to Velvet Changes , the band's debut LP, which showcased the talents of singer-songwriter Phil Jones and bassist Woody
Shortridge.

The LA EP begins with 'Warm, Wake Up,' a song that captures the bliss of a sunny day in the palm tree-dotted landscape and the romantic intrigue of Hollywood's studio lots. Motoring back down that winding road, we hear 'Hunting Seasons" where mid-20th century boogie haunts the track's guitars as the reverberating beat floats us back up to the clouds.

A feeling of melancholia drifts throughout the EP's songs. But the saddest part about this collection is its 13-minute length. It flies by like a short vacation or a cool breeze. But much more than sorrow for its passing, the LA EP inspires excitement for the next gust of wind.

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Drenge, das dänische Wort für Jungen, ist ein passender Namen für die Brüder Rory und Eoin Loveless, beide um die 20 aus Sheffield. Ihr tosender Sound, eine Mischung aus Stoner-Rock, Garage-Rock und Blues, geht unter die Haut, und dies gelingt Drenge mit nur zwei Instrumenten, Rory an den Drums und Eoin mit der Gitarre. Gemeinsam mit dem Produzenten Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, MIA u.v.a.) haben Drenge die Arbeiten an dem selbstbetitelten Debütalbum abgeschlossen, das auf Infectious (Alt-J, The Temper Trap) erscheinen wird. Mit ihrem druckvollen Indie-Rock wurden sie bereits in den UK-Medien als eine der heißesten Entdeckungen 2013 gehandelt.

"Hottest Record in the World" - Zane Low
"Drenge's future looks set to be nothing less than heart-stoppingly, bone-shakingly exciting" - NME
"hugely enjoyable ..." - The Guardian

A little something, a gesture, for those that still believe in the 7" format and cramming each release with as much music/art/goodness as possible and because these artists have, more than anything else, enthusiasm to create their own sound and record it by whatever means possible.*Each release is only 100 copies and will be packaged in a unique sleeve with handstamped/stenciled vinyl, inserts, artwork, download codes and much more relating to the artist/band and each 7" plays at 33rpm to get as much music on to each release as possible.*This also an opportunity for exposure to new artists who wish to contribute with inserts such as artwork, DIY fanzines/rants/comicbooks, postcards, prints and any other item that can fit neatly into each release. Box Bedroom Rebels is named after a quote by Jo O'Keefe who was featured in the 1987 South Bank Show Documentary on The Smiths *The first release is by Manchesters WATER WORLD...a 3 piece linked with Feel Right, Former Bullies, Sex Hands & National Forest..writing a more pop heavy happy detuned garage rock aimed at partying.The tracks are short bursts of lo-fi Pavementesque pop energy with infectious hooks and bundles of joy.3 of the tracks are remastered from their 1st cassette only Lp. The track 'Wakeboarding' is unreleased and 'Cream Soda' is an earlier, longer version of the one to appear on their new album out in March.

Regal Degal presents the PYRAMID BRICKS EP --- the group's most personable and gratifying body of work yet.*NYC trio (-power) becomes LA free-o on account of self-imposed exile. Time spent living in a 100+ year old craftsman house in the once-sketchy, extra pretty, and wildly mundane Highland Park neighborhood allows for some much needed self-ishness and sees a shift in focus from live rock music to beautiful supersongcraft at all costs and low/no budget. The house becomes a recording court and many pick-up games ensue.
*Moral and musical support comes from Don Bolles of Germs/45 Grave/Vox Pop/etc. and No Age's Dean Spunt, who helps uphold the live rock ideal (see Regal Degal "Veritable Who's Who LP" on Spunt's PPM Recs). Moreover, it is one of LA's most musical provocateurs Jimi Hey (Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, All Night Radio, Indian Jewelry, + many more) who rightfully assumes his position as the group's guru and additional member. 
*Regal Degal singer/guitarist Josh da Costa cites J. Hey as a key influence in musical formation age 17 and beyond, right after senior year spring break and before first time mushroom trip, all thanks to one of Jimi's legendary mixtapes. The seeds were planted; it takes 5 critical years of NYC shuffling for REGAL DEGAL to take shape, conjure the right stuff, and manifest destiny out west.*New substances emerge and new elements enter the picture. Dehydrated coconut, chocolate mushroom, drum machine, organic blue dream. The musical output that accumulates over the course of the group's California stint is vast. Prior to returning east, the Regals review the material and recognize that it is not to be compiled sloppy-like. Consider it a musical galaxy -- there are planets, black holes, and energy fields of unspecified natures. But more importantly, there are stars. And for a band whose initial desire was to only ever release EPs, they couldn't resist -- faced with the chance to wrangle together 5 stars, 5 outstanding tracks, and let them speak for themselves, they take it. A 5-star EP: world class rock music.*The decision is made and immediately the group contacts Terrible Records, with whom a working and loving relationship has already been fostered. There is barely any deliberation and both parties proceed to make headway on this new j-j-j-joint venture. First stop: Cole MGN's house. Nite Jewel member, Julia Holter collaborator, and Beck engineer is friends with the group and more than comfortable moving forward with mixing duties, which is sweet and swift. This painless process is over and before you can say "odelay!", Regal makes a power move back east. Second stop: Heba Kadry, mastering engineer deluxe @ Timeless Mastering in Brooklyn. Fairly quickly done and done!*Wonderful results. When opening track "Unseen" turns the corner and walks on by, you will do a double-take and say "is that a she or a he". "Do You Live" is dramatic dark disco w/ tones on tail, horn, and hoof. "Freedom Free" is vying for your affection. The title track is certainly worthy of this distinction - bold, gold, hot, and cold, it's a good one --- "Pyramid Bricks" could be considered a DMT pop hit, unless that sounds a little over-the-top... And "Oppressive Living" is shocking resolution.*This record might be completely liberated. This record at least proves that guitars can sound like synths. This record is out as of September 2013.

LUNGS have announced the release of their debut single, 'Faraway / Loner' on July 29th 2013 through Hero Records, available on limited 7" white vinyl (250 copies only). The project of former Guillemots guitarist MC Lord Magrão and vocalist Suzie Blake, LUNGS first formed in 2012, creating sonically triumphant dreamscapes that build through layers of echoing beats, dreamy vocals and ethereal hooks. Suzie Blake's haunting vocals drift seamlessly over the canvas of instrumentation and depth created by MC Lord Magrão, giving a sense of what makes LUNGS one of the most exciting new acts to emerge in 2013.


On their debut release, the lush and yearning atmosphere of lead track 'Faraway' sets the marker for the trademark sound of LUNGS, contrasting with the menacing guitars that rush through flip-side 'Loner', a track showcasing the darker side of the duo. LUNGS said of their debut release, "We are really excited about bringing out our first single, especially because it's on vinyl. We've been locked up in the lounge for the past year so it feels we're coming out of hibernation."


The release comes with a download code for digital versions of the tracks, along with 3 digital-only remixes and a PDF booklet.

Jan Roth war zunächst der andere, der neben Tim Neuhaus auf Hundreds' fantastischen Live-Konzerten fantastisch Schlagzeug spielt. Neben Hundreds spielt der gelernte Schlagzeuger unter anderem auf Aufnahmen von Clueso, Max Prosa, Norman Sinn oder Ryo Takeda, hilft unzähligen Jazzkapellen im Studio und auf der Bühne oder krautet in diversen Postrock-Bands. Vom großartig anschwellenden Versprechen des Eröffnungsstückes bis zum sanften, leicht schwermütigen Ausklang birgt "L.O.W." ein cineastisches Kleinod, das mit pseudoelektronischen Kleinigkeiten der Freude am Detail aufwartet und in all seiner Holprigkeit, Wärme und stiller Zuversicht vor allem eins ist: eine kleine Liebeserklärung an die Sonnenseite der Melancholie.