Sparrow and the Workshop - 'Snakes in the Grass' video taken from new album 'Spitting Daggers'‏

Sparrow and the Workshop will be releasing their new album ‘Spitting Daggers’ on May 23 through Distiller Records. The album was produced and mixed at the new recording studio, The Distillery, by Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno / Sam Amidon). ‘Snakes in the Grass’ will be the first single and is also released on May 23; the album will be available on CD and download.

The band comprises of Belfast born, Chicago-raised Jill O’Sullivan (vocals/guitar/violin), Welshman Nick Packer (guitar/bass) and Scotsman Gregor Donaldson (drums/vocals.) Jill's voice has developed into a powerhouse of flexibility, allowing her to soar from keening Sandy Denny-esque tones to sensual peaks you're more likely to expect from PJ Harvey. With Gregor providing vocal harmonies alongside drumming and percussion duties, and Nick playing guitar and bass and an instrument combining the two affectionately referred to as the 'basstard'.

Check the video here:

True Widow video for 'Skull Eyes' & album release date

Leading up to the release of their stunning new LP on May 02, True Widow have unveiled the music video for its lead track ‘Skull Eyes’.

Having recently signed to Kemado for this release, the band have already received an excellent reaction stateside from the likes of Pitchfork, Village Voice and Stereogum. Combining the slow-core of Low and Codeine, the Shoegaze textures of My Bloody Valentine and the heavier sounds associated with label mates The Sword and Xasthur, True Widow have forged a niche all of their own.

South Central give away free mini-mix ahead of album release

Dance monsters South Central are trailing the album ‘Society of the Spectacle’, out April 04 through Egregore Records, by giving away an awesome free mini-mix:

SOUTH CENTRAL IN THE SHADOW GALLERY MARCH 2011 by South Central

Tracklist:
TAI - Big Bass Drum
Autokratz - Opposite ( Les Petit Pilous Remix )
Feed Me - Green Bottle
Boys Noize - Yeah
Cyberpunkers - Cabala ( South Central Remix )
Skrillex - Kill Everybody
John Lord Fonda - Bang
Jayzina and Squeak - Kraken
TAI - Rockin The Set
South Central - The Day I Die ( Qemists Remix )

We Are Enfant Terrible - new single & video

We Are Enfant Terrible release their new single 'Filthy Love' on the March 28 through Last Gang Records.

An infectious slice of 8-bit electro-pop with a dark hypnotic undercurrent, the French trio is comprised of three Lille natives - Lead singer and keyboard player Clo Floret, guitarist Thomas Fourny and hyper wild drummer Cyril Debarge.

Check the video here:

Meat Puppets free download & tour news

The rock legends that are Meat Puppets are giving away the first track off their new album
'Lollipop', out April 12 through Megaforce Records, for your delectation.

The band are also set to play the following dates.

May 14th – ATP Festival Minehead (performing classic album Up In The Sun)

May 30th The Garage – London

May 31st The Butterfly Factory – Dublin

Fight Like Apes announce UK tour & new single

Fight Like Apes return to the fray with a new single – 'Jenny Kelly' – ahead of the release of their second long-player and UK tour. The band will play a run of nine dates, beginning in Leeds on April 30, before finishing in London on May 10.

'Jenny Kelly' is a typically Fight Like Apes skewed tribute to a character from the 1990's low-budget Aussie TV sci-fi series 'The Girl From Tomorrow'. The special effects on the show made 'Blake’s 7' look like 'The Fifth Element'; and as such it has been embraced by Fight Like Apes as a trashy touchstone in their motley milieu.

'Jenny Kelly' will be released digitally on Model Citizen Records on April 04 ahead of their UK tour in early May.

The band will play the following shows:

APRIL
30th - Leeds, Live at Leeds, Joseph Well www.seetickets.com/Tour/LIVE-AT-LEEDS 0870 264 3333
MAY

1st - Glasgow, King Tuts www.gigsinscotland.com 08444 999 990
2nd - Sheffield, O2 Academy2 www.ticketweb.co.uk 0844 477 2000
4th - Liverpool O2 Academy2 www.ticketweb.co.uk 0844 477 2000
5th - Manchester Night & Day www.gigsandtours.com/?a=fight+like+apes&site=fightlikeapes 0161 832 1111
6th - Nottingham, Bodega www.alt-tickets.co.uk 0845 413 4444
8th - Birmingham, O2 Academy3 www.ticketweb.co.uk 0844 477 2000
9th - Bristol, O2 Academy2 www.ticketweb.co.uk 0844 477 2000
10th - London KCLSU www.Kclsutickets.com 0870 90709

Amazing video for 'The Day I Die' 'by South Central

South Central are releasing their new single ‘The Day I Die’ on March 14 and have unleashed the video for the track online. It certainly holds nothing back, with a sniper taking out anyone unlucky enough to get in their sights.

The Get Up Kids album teasers

Influential Kansas City five piece, The Get Up Kids, return in February 2011 with a new studio album, ‘There Are Rules’ – the band’s fifth full-length collection, and the first on their own Quality Hill Records imprint.

Seven years after what looked to be their final album ‘Guilt Show’, with the group disbanding a year later in 2005 after 10 years of constant touring, The Get Up Kids returned to the studio in 2009, sparked by a spur-of-the-moment decision to start writing songs together again, made while they were rehearsing to promote the tenth anniversary edition of their breakout album ‘Something to Write Home About’.

The first fruits of these new recordings was ‘Simple Science’, released in April 2010 and now comes an eagerly anticipated new album.

Check out these two tracks to get a hint of what to expect:

AUTOMATIC (PROMO)-THE GET UP KIDS from PAT VAMOS on Vimeo.

Untitled from PAT VAMOS on Vimeo.

World Cup Carnival

New Young Pony Club have been confirmed alongside XFM’s Eddy Temple-Morris to DJ in Round 2 of Division's World Cup Carnival. More details in this vid:
                  

Subfocus - Splash Feat. Coco

Surefire dancefloor filler from Subfocus, fresh from remix work with The Prodigy & Empire of The Sun, here's the vid for 'Splash' featuring up and comer Coco on vocal duties:

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