Liars premiere loony animated video for new single ‘Brats’

31 July 2012

‘Brats’ will be the second single lifted from Liars‘s sixth studio album, WIXIW, released last month via Mute. The new single will be released on 12″ and digitally on October 15th in Europe and a day later in the US.

Ahead of it, the threesome have just premiered an animated video à la ‘Looney Tunes’, directed by Ian Cheng.
Liars’ singer and guitarist Angus Andrew said he was “intrigued by Ian Cheng’s ability to re-imagine computer graphics that are as awkward and out of control as real life.” He added that “it’s unusual to see computer-animated, digital bodies with flaws that breathe, pulse, and bear traces of their imperfect analog origin and I’m honored that we could provide the inspiration for this very unique vision.”
Check the video for ‘Brats’ now.

Poppy Ackroyd’s debut solo album is on the way

30 July 2012

Edinburgh via London multi-instrumentalist and composer Poppy Ackroyd, also known for being Hidden Orchestra’s keyboard and violin player, will release her debut solo album entitled Escapement, in November December via Denovali Records.

‘Seven’ is the first taste off the forthcoming album, and Tobias Feltus did a video for it.
Watch it below and also listen to ‘Aliquot’,  another wonderful and cinematic cut lifted from Escapement.

BEAK> announce release of deluxe boxset and share new track

27 July 2012

Bristol trio BEAK> have announced the release of a deluxe limited edition fabric boxset of their recently released somophore album >>.
The boxset will be on sale at the band’s upcoming live shows and a small number of copies is now available at the label’s website.
The upcoming boxset features ten previously unreleased tracks, recorded during the >> sessions. BEAK> have unveiled one of these unreleased tracks, ‘0898’, and you can listen to it below.

Django Django premiere video for new single and sign to Ribbon Music

25 July 2012

Django Django were quick to conquer audiences all over the world.  The quartet’s eponymous debut album came out in Europe in January via Because Music and having just been signed to Ribbon Music, the album will be reissued in the US. A digital release will be available on August 14th and the LP and CD release is due out on September 25th, coinciding with a North American tour.

There’s more good news coming from the world of this Scottish foursome. Last week they announced the release of a new single, ‘Hail Bop’, and also dropped its B-side ‘Bail Hop’.
Now Django Django have just premiered a futuristic video for ‘Hail Bop’, directed by Daniel Swan. Check it out below.

Deerhoof tease Breakup Song with Jingletron widget

24 July 2012

Deerhoof announced today the release of a new studio album entitled Breakup Song.
The band’s drummer and producer Greg Saunier described it as “a sensational record of Cuban-flavored party-noise-energy music.”

Breakup Song will be available on LP, CD and digitally and is due out on September 3rd in Europe via ATP Recordings and a day later in the US via Polyvinyl. The album will also be released on a special tape edition, limited to 250 hand-numbered copies on white tapes, via Joyful Noise.

You can now preview the album in their website. Deerhoof are teasing Breakup Song with a jukebox widget called Jingletron, where you can listen to snippets from the songs in the album. All you have to do is insert a token into the Jingletron, and it will play snippets off three tracks, chosen randomly. And yes, you can keep on using the tokens and listen to more new tracks.

Whilst we wait for the first single to drop, here’s ‘I Did Crimes For You’, off their 2011’s album Deerhoof vs Evil.

Meshell Ndegeocello to release tenth studio album, tribute to Nina Simone

21 July 2012

This fall will see the release of Meshell Ndegeocello‘s tenth studio album Pour Une Âme Souveraine (“For a sovereign soul”), a dedication to Nina Simone.
In the words of Meshell, the forthcoming album is “a dedication to Nina Simone and her incredible influence but it is also a dedication to the single, interior life we all experience.”

Pour Une Âme souveraine sees Meshell reworking some of the iconic tracks written by and for Nina Simone.

“The aim was not to re-create the existing versions, because we felt strongly that the only way to honor Nina would be for Meshell to find her own voice in the material.” explained Chris Bruce, who co-produced the album with Meshell. “Nina was always exploring and experimenting, and quite cathartic. If you are familiar with her work at all you will frequently find that there exist multiple versions of the same song. So we wanted to tap into that same creative spirit and make the songs our own.”

The album drops on October 9th via Naïve Records. Ahead of it, Meshell has unleashed ‘Be My Husband’, the first taste off Pour Une Âme souveraine . ‘Be My Husband’, written originally by Nina Simone’s former husband and manager Andrew Stroud, features vocal guest Valerie June. Listen to it now.