White Rabbits offer ‘Heavy Metal’ ahead of new album release

31 January 2012

Missouri-born and Brooklyn-based dance rockers White Rabbits have announced the release of their third album entitled Milk Famous.
The new album is set to be released digitally and in CD format on March 6th via tbd records. You can also get your hands on a pink swirled vinyl a week later via White Iris.
Pre-order is now available via the White Rabbits website, where you can also check details for the quintet’s upcoming spring tour with Tennis and War on Drugs throughout the United States.
Milk Famous was produced by Mike McCarthy except for self-produced track ‘Back for More’.
The first single off Milk Famous will be a track called ‘Temporary’ but right now the band are giving away the opening track ‘Heavy Metal’. You can download it free here.
‘Heavy Metal’ has a slightly unsettling video accompanying it. Andrew Droz Palermo directed it and you can watch it below.

Julia Holter’s somophore album due out in March

30 January 2012

Los Angeles avant-pop experimental composer Julia Holter will release her second full length album Ekstasis on March 8th via RVNG Intl.
Ekstasis is the follow up to last year’s brilliant debut album Tragedy released via Leaving records.

The first single taken from the new album is the stunning track ‘Marienbad,’ named after the 1961 film ‘Last Year At Marienbad’ by French director Alain Resnais.
Rick Bahto did a video for it and you can watch it below.

James Blackshaw unleashes new album due out in April

27 January 2012

British exquisite composer and guitar virtuoso James Blackshaw has to date graced us with eight full-length albums and other works.

James Blackshaw, who is well known for his 12-string guitar pieces, has just announced the release of his ninth album Love is The Plan, The Plan is Death.
The album features six original tracks titled after short stories from science fiction author James Tiptree Jr aka Alice B. Sheldon.

Love is The Plan, The Plan is Death was recorded in Chicago and it will be out on April 24th via Important Records.

Whilst we wait to hear any cuts from Love is The Plan, The Plan is Death, here’s the title track from the Holly EP released last September.

Dumbo Gets Mad teases new album with sketch video

26 January 2012

Photo by Silvia Bergomi

Italian-born and now Los Angeles based psychedelic pop one-man-project Dumbo Gets Mad dropped his debut album Elephants At The Door last year (February 2nd 2011). The album was released via creative commons label Bad Panda Records and made it to several end of the end year lists.
The digital release of Elephants At The Door is free to download, in exchange you just have to tell your friends about it. It also comes in 12” vinyl format with gatefold jackets, orders can be done via Bad Panda Records.

Dumbo Gets Mad announced today the release of a new full-length album and teased with the first video sketch. No other details have emerged yet but I’m watching for updates.

Here’s the sketch video for the upcoming album and also ‘Eclectic Prawn’, a track off Elephants At The Door. The vocals here and in the rest of the album are shared with Dumbo Gets Mad’s girlfriend.

Portico Quartet’s third eponymous album out next week

25 January 2012

London-based Portico Quartet are an astounding outfit drawing inspiration from jazz / post-jazz, electronic, contemporary classical, ambient and dance music.
The foursome comprising Duncan Bellamy on drums and electronics, Jack Wyllie on saxophones and electronics, Milo Fitzpatrick on bass and electronics and Keir Vine on hang and keyboards will release their third self-titled and self-produced new album next week. Portico Quartet is out on January 30th in Europe and a day later in North America via Real World Records. Pre-order is available here.

Mike Flynn of Real World Records said the forthcoming album “finds the band expanding on their trademark sound of eerie hang, ethereal sax, earthy bass and drums via an organic use of electronics and effects diving headlong into an epic, cinematic sound palette”. Portico Quartet is an “album of compelling musical journeys exploring both inner and outer spaces. Abstract, virtual, visceral, horizon-less landscapes of sound, melody and rhythm; unlike anything you’ve ever heard.” he adds.

The first taste of the eponymous album shared a while back is the beautiful, dark and hypnotic track ‘Ruin’. You can download it free here and watch the video below.

The band is now running a remix competition for the track ‘Sleepless,’ also included in the new album. They are inviting fans to remix the track and upload it on their soundcloud page until February 6th. You can download the stems from ‘Sleepless’ and check out the prizes here.
‘Sleepless’ features the haunting and calming vocals of Swedish guest collaborator Cornelia. Enjoy it.

New video to fall in Love with Mwahaha

24 January 2012

Today, like every day, Mwahaha try to take over the world. And with their brand new video, it looks like they just might.

As previously mentioned, Mwahaha released their self-titled debut album last December on their own imprint Mwahaha Music (December 6th). Head over to their bandcamp to stream/buy Mwahaha.

Earlier today they unveiled a brand new video for ‘Love’, directed by Michael Baker.
‘Love’ is the fourth track off the album and it features vocal guest Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YarDs.

Sit back and enjoy the video below.

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