Phantogram’s mini LP

04 December 2011

Phantogram

Phantogram released Nightlife last month (Nov 1st) on Seattle’s label Barsuk Records.
The 6-track EP, or mini LP as they prefer to call it, follows their acclaimed debut album Eyelid Movies, which they toured relentlessly for over a year and a half.
The electronic pop duo from Saratoga Springs, NY consisting of Sarah Barthel (Vocals/ Keys/ Samples) and John Carter (Guitar/ Vocals/ Samples) wrote Nightlife whilst touring between hotels and clubs.
‘Don’t Move’ is the 1st single taken from Nightlife, a bright and hypnotic upbeat track with the opposite effect from its title.
The mini album leaves us wanting more and whilst we wait for another full length album, listen to the single here:

Sleigh Bells back with Reign Of Terror

02 December 2011

Weird noise pop duo Sleigh Bells posted a trailer last night on a new website for their upcoming album Reign Of Terror, which will be the follow up to their 2010 debut album Treats.
In an interview to Rolling Stone earlier in the year, Sleigh Bells’ guitarist Derek E Miller said “the new stuff differs from Treats in that emotionally, it is a really heavy record”.
Reign Of Terror will be out early 2012 but there is no set release date yet.

Check out the enticing video teaser below:

The New Lines drop double treat

01 December 2011

NJ/NY’s psych retro pop trio The New Lines released their debut LP only a few weeks ago (Nov 11th) via The Great Pop Supplement. A treat of an album. But hold on, there’s more and November goes down as a jubilant month for The New Lines and their fans. They just dropped a new EP yesterday on the tape label Moon Glyph. Witches’ Milk comes as a limited edition of 150 tapes and it can be ordered here.

Here’s a taster:

Primavera Sound 2012 lands in Porto

30 November 2011

Primavera Sound 2012 logo

The renowned Primavera Sound Music Festival is having a second edition in 2012 for the first time. Porto was the place chosen to host it from 7th to 10th June, one week after Barcelona’s instalment. The festival will take place in Parque da Cidade, an astonishing 83 hectare urban park right by the sea.

The organisers have already unveiled a tasty batch of bands that will perform in one of the 4 different stages. ATP will run one of the stages like they have been doing in Barcelona for the past few years.

Some of the artists confirmed so far include the likes of Björk, Explosions in the Sky, The Drums, Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Death Cab For Cutie and Neon Indian. Head over to the Primavera Sound website to see the rest of the line up.

The first 1000 tickets priced at 65 Euros sold out in no time. Tickets are now available until 31st December at 75 Euros (+booking fee). Word of advice, hurry to get yours before they sell out. Points of sale are Ticketline, Ticketmaster, Seetickets UK, Paypal, Optimus Primavera Sound official Facebook and Optimus stores (Portugal only).

More info at the Optimus Primavera Sound website.