DFA records are offering eight free Hanukkah tracks via their own Menorah. The first track from the festive package is Gavin Russom‘s ‘Night Sky’ remixed by Swedish duo Roll the Dice.
You can listen to ‘Night Sky’ below or download it here.
Polinski’s new single release in January
Polinski, the solo project of Paul Wolinksi who is also one quarter of 65daysofstatic, is releasing ‘AWaltzOfLight’ on January 16th as a charity single.
‘AWaltzOfLight’ is the closing track from Polinski’s debut album Labyrinths released a couple of months ago (October 31st) via Monotreme Records. The version set to be released is the original one and according to Polinski it’s less noisy than the edited and rearranged version that ended up on the album.
The digital single is now available to pre-order here. All proceeds will be donated to a charity.
Enjoy the track below.
Leila’s new album due out in January
Electronic producer Leila is releasing U&I on January 23rd via Warp. This will be the fourth album from the Iranian born and London based artist who is also know for collaborating with the likes of Björk and Aphex Twin.
‘(disappointed cloud) anyway’ is the first single from U&I and it features vocals from Berlin based producer Mt Sims. You can pre-order the album now here.
Watch the video made by Ladypat.
Luke Abbott’s Brazil gets visual treatment ahead of EP release
More than a year after Luke Abbott‘s debut album Holkham Drones came out, the last single ‘Brazil’ is well matured and about to drop in stores on Monday December 19th via Border Community. The Brazil EP includes remixes from Gold Panda and Etienne Jaumet. ‘Grumble’ is a new track also included in the EP.
You can now watch the video for the single, directed by Katherine Mager and Luke Abbott himself with poetry by Sam Riviere.
Tennis’ somophore album out in February
Denver-based group Tennis will release their much anticipated second album Young & Old on February 13th in the UK via ATP Recordings and February 14th in the US via Fat Possum Records.
The group comprising couple Patrick Riley and Alaine Moore and drummer James Barone recorded their somophore album in Nashville with the help of producer Patrick Corney.
The first single ‘Origins’ was out digitally on December 6th as a double A-side release and it also includes self-produced bonus new track ‘Deep in the Woods’.
Listen to ‘Origins’ below and watch the creepy video for ‘Deep in the Woods’.
Details emerge for Bear in Heaven’s new album
April 3rd will see the release of Bear in Heaven’s third full length album titled I Love You, It’s Cool. The album was produced by David Wrench and it will be co-released by Hometapes and Dead Oceans.
To promote the album, Bear in Heaven have announced a US tour starting this spring.
Head over to Bear in Heaven’s website to stream I Love You, It’s Cool. This is not a regular stream, it’s slowed down by 400.000% so that the album will be streamed once in its entirety over three months. The album has now been streaming for a couple of days but do not worry if you have you missed it, there’s over 2000 hours to go (until April 3rd) and the first vocals haven’t yet kicked in.
