Esmerine give away digital single

14 May 2012

Montreal outfit Esmerine, who are currently on an European tour, are offering a digital single, ‘Front End Loader’, and it comes backed with b-side ‘Learning to Crawl’.

‘Front End Loader’ features guest Colin Stetson on horns and it was recorded and mixed by Mark Lawson (Arcade Fire). The track was recorded during the sessions for Esmerine’s third album La Lechuza, released last year via Constellation Records.
The band thought the track “did not fit the arc of the album at the time”. It’s great news they’ve decided to make this gem available now.

B-side ‘Learning To Crawl’ is one of the two songs composed by Esmerine, under the leadership of percussionist Bruce Cawdron, as a commission for “Aarti”, a recent Indian modern dance piece by Sonia St-Michel.

Both tracks are free to grab, check them out below.


My Best Fiend premiere video for single ‘Cracking Eggs’

14 May 2012

Brooklyn based quintet My Best Fiend have just shared a video for the single ‘Cracking Eggs’, off their debut album In Ghoslike Fading, out now via Warp.

They’ve been on tour all over Europe since the end of April and have a few more scheduled shows in Germany and France, and a last stop in the UK tonight in London. Click here for more info.

Now here’s the video, directed by Jeremy Liebman.


Gaggle’s debut album arrives in June

13 May 2012

British riotous 21-strong female choir Gaggle, led by Deborah Coughlin, are ready to deliver their debut full-length album entitled From the Mouth of the Cave. The album was written by Deborah and her songwriting partner Simon Dempsy and will drop on June 4th via Transgressive Records.

Ahead of it, lead single ‘Army of Birds’ will be released on May 1st and they have just premiered a stunning animated video for it.
Here it is.

A Lull offer lead single from upcoming album

11 May 2012

Chicago quintet A Lull, made up of Nigel Evan Dennis, Todd Miller, Mike Brown, Ashwin Deepankar and Aaron Vincel, have announced the release of a new album, Meat Mountain. It follows their 2011’s debut LP Confetti.

“Meat Mountain employs open  space as an instrument as well.” says the press release. ” Most of the core instrumentation was written live, recording demos, rehashing and rebuilding. The band continued to diversify its sound by discovering synth tones that seemed to almost feel like throwback sounds, but new all the same. There was more experimentation with elements such as saxophone solos, flute riffs and even cymbals into the recordings for the first time.”

The forthcoming album arrives on June 26th via Lujo Records and pre-order is now available.

Ahead of the release, A Lull are offering the electrifying lead single ‘Summer Dress’ as a free download. Check it out below.

Baiana System share brand new track

10 May 2012

Bahia natives Baiana System aim to explore the sounds of the Bahian guitar, an electric guitar created in Bahia in the 1940s.
The outfit led by guitarist Robertinho Barreto, draw influences from African, Jamaican and their own Brazilian culture.

Baiana System released their self-titled debut album last year, you can grab it free here.

They have just unveiled a brand new track, ‘Nesse Mundo’, listen to it below.