Kirin J Callinan drops new single off debut album today

31 July 2013

I wasn’t familiar with Kirin J Callinan until last night when I saw him performing with the ever-shifting improvisational project FLRL. I realize I had been hugely missing out on this truly exceptional guitarist, singer and songwriter and I now find myself completely enveloped by his music.
Earlier this month, Callinan released his debut solo album, Embracism, via Siberia Records, Terrible Records and XL Recordings. Produced by The Presets’ Kim Moyes and mixed by Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor, Embracism is a record impossible to pigeon hole. It’s raw and refined, ferocious and delicate, weird and beautiful, timid and shameless.
The latest single off Embracism, ‘W II W’, is out today and it comes backed with B-side ‘Thighs’. Listen to both tracks below to see what Callinan can really throw down.

Capitol K gives away brand new track

30 July 2013

Call it your lucky day! Kristian Craig Robinson aka Capitol K is giving away a new frantically mad song called ‘GGIGA GGIGA’.
Last year we saw the Malta born, London based multi-instrumentalist and producer release his sixth full-length album, Andean Dub, filled with South American flavours. These spices can be tasted again in ‘GGIGA GGIGA’. Listen to it below and head over to his bandcamp to grab your free download.

Atlanter drop first single off upcoming debut album

29 July 2013

Norway’s Atlanter started as the duo of Jens Carelius and Arild Hammerø and turned into a quartet with the addition of Jonas Barsten Johnsen and Morten Kvam. The band have announced the release of their debut album entitled Vidde and slated for a August 26th release via Jansen Plateproduksjon.
Here’s what the band’s own Arild Hammerø said about their music and Vidde:

“Atlanter has an open-minded approach to playing music. The songs change from one concert to another, and we try to avoid a polished and rehearsed sound. I think everyone in the band enjoys this openness, that something new can happen on every song. We captured this feeling on the record too, and what brings it all together is that it is mostly based on very distinct rhythms. Playing with Atlanter is like dancing around a fire, there is an intense energy there. Our goal is for the audience to feel this energy too, so they can join in on the dance.”

Ahead of the album’s release, Atlanter are alluring us with ‘Tree Song’, the album’s excellent opening track. We are all in for a treat.

Gulp release new 7″ single ‘Play’

26 July 2013

Last year Gulp caught our ears with their shimmering single ‘Game Love‘. Since then, the project of Super Furry Animals’s bassist Guto Pryce and Lyndsey Leven enlisted guitarist Gid Goundrey and drummer Gwion Llewelyn (Race Horses) and have been working on their debut full-length album, due to be finished this summer.
Ahead of it, they have shared a stunning new single, ‘Play’, which will be released on limited edition white vinyl 7″ this Monday July 29th via E.L.K.Records. Head over here to order yours and stream ‘Play’ below.

Graph Rabbit’s debut album Snowblind set to be re-released in vinyl

25 July 2013

When we first heard Graph Rabbit’s Snowblind at the end of last year, we were instantly enamoured of this cinematic, beautiful and outstanding album, which was one of our Album Picks of 2012. We are delighted to hear the debut album of Austin Donohue and Shy Kedmi is being re-released in glorious white vinyl. Limited to 500 copies, Snowblind arrives on September 3rd via Butterscotch Records and pre-order will be available soon. If you haven’t heard this album, you are absolutely missing out. To entice you, here’s the official video for the magical ‘Only Fields’, the first single extracted from Snowblind.

Halo Halo share new video for ‘Taro Taro Taro’

24 July 2013

Rachel Horwood, Jack Barraclough and Gill Partington, who make up Halo Halo, create some of the most inventive and infectious pop.
The London based trio’s self-titled debut album dropped a couple of weeks ago via Upset The Rhythm. ‘Taro Taro Taro’, the second song on the album. has just received the visual treatment. As the label describes, ‘Taro Taro Taro’ “sublimely loses itself in echoes of melody and propulsive rhythms, underscoring the song’s subject matter of a time travelling fisherman lost to the waves for 300 years”. The story is taken from Urashima Taro, a famous Japanese fairy tale. Watch the video below.

If you’re around London next Thursday August 1st, see them perform live alongside one of our favourite bands, Flamingods. It’s at Birthdays, and it’s free.

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