Introducing... The Shaking Sensations

Our good friends at A Badge Of Friendship would like to draw your attention to a fine band of Danish Post Rockers who go by the name of The Shaking Sensations (not Shaking Stevens as i first read it!).

Having released their 2010 debut EP, 'This Is Your Hellfire Region', the band experienced a sharp rise to prominence in Denmark due to the simple melodies that would lead the listener on a tranquil, dream like journey before culminating in a beautiful, often deafening chaos.

Debut album, East of Youth, encapsulates everything that is good about an over populated genre with tracks like “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay” featuring heart-wrenching guitar work throughout which, while sparse, conjures up a variety of reflective emotions. This is in stark contrast to album closer, “Homage to Boyhood”, which really defines the bands heavier side. The track also showcases why the band have opted for two drummers perfectly, both rhythmically and in terms of the sheer wall of sound they manage to create.

Wondering what they sound like? Have a listen here:
The Shaking Sensations - Glass Wings by abadgeoffriendship

Videos from The Sound Of Arrows

Swedish duo, and alleged Madonna botherers, The Sound Of Arrows have not one but two videos for your delectation and amusement.

The first is for their new single, which was out on Monday (25th), called 'Magic'.
Set in a world where all the adults have disappeared, the colourful 4 minute epic video brings to mind the enchanting mystery of Del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” and the playful imagination of Pixar’s creations. It’s “Where The Wild Things Are” meets “The Neverending Story”, and every bit as fantastical, beguiling, and eye-poppingly stunning as that sounds.



As if that isn't enough, they've given us this lovely mini-doc on how the video was made:




The Sound of Arrows play the following festival dates this summer:

July 01 Blissfields Festival Winchester
July 15 Melt Festival Germany
July 16 Lovebox Festival London
Aug 18 Pukkelpop Festival Belgium

Bachelorette reveals psychedelic new video for 'Blanket'

Following her UK and European tour last month, Bachelorette (aka Annabel Alpers) hasn’t rested, as we can now bring you her kaleidoscopic new video for ‘Blanket’, taken from her self-titled, third album....

Bachelorette - Blanket from Souterrain Transmissions on Vimeo.

Jumping Ships Announce 2nd EP

In a welcome return following their highly praised 'Orientation' EP, Brighton's own Jumping Ships are set to strike again with what promises to be their best, but different, work yet. Their 2nd EP is titled 'Standard Bearer' and will be released on September 19, 2011. Expect to see a new side to the band that won fan's hearts in 2010.

The upcoming EP will be the bands second release on Alcopop! Records, following-up on the recent single 'Heart & Heart' showing the bands growing maturity. The release will be a part of Redbull Studios EP Club where half the EP was recorded.

August Tour Dates (All With Lightguides except *)

(15) London, Old Blue Last
(16) Bristol, The Croft
(17) Hereford, The Jailhouse
(18) Northampton, The Labour Club
(19*) London, Borderline w/ Brontide + Run Walk
(21) Hastings, Tubman
(22) Leeds, Milo
(25) Thurso, The New Market Bar
(26) Dundee, Dexters
(27) Glenrothes, The Greenside

Free track from Blitzen Trapper

Ahead of their new album, 'American Goldwing', on September 12th Blitzen Trapper are offering y'all the chance to download a track using this fancy widgetty thing below. Enjoy.

The Skull Defekts - EU Tour Dates October 2011‏

Great news! Skull Defekts, producers of what is undoubtedly going to be one of E&D's albums of the year, are hauling ass over to these shores in October.

They will be playing these dates:
Thu Oct 20 London, UK Borderline
Fri Oct 21 Cardiff, UK SWN Festival
Sat Oct 22 Birmingham, UK Supersonic Festival
Sun Oct 23 Boulogne-Billancourt, France Le Carré Bellefeuille
Fri Oct 28 Nantes, France D.F.A.

And you'd be crazy to miss them.

Win studio time at An Endless Room

An Endless Room, an intimate recording studio based in Primrose Hill, London, is launching today! To celebrate the launch, we've created a very special competition to showcase some of the UK's best creative talent!

They'd like to invite bands and musicians to record a song entitled "An Endless Room". The genre is open-ended and it's up to all entrants to interpret this title as they see fit! We'll listen to every single application and at the end of the month we'll decide the winning entry!

Our competition winner will receive free studio time at An Endless Room and coverage on our website, where the track will be available to stream and download.

The closing date is the 31st July and we'll announce the winner the following week.

To apply, you will need to:

1. Send an email to mail@anendlessroom.com with your name, phone number and email address. Please also include your band name/artist name, the names of all members of your band (if applicable), your official website and your Myspace, Bandcamp or Soundcloud link.

2. Please also send a link to your track named "An Endless Room" - this can be via WeTransfer, YouSendIt, Soundcloud etc. No file attachments please.

Thanks and good luck!

IndianRedLopez: Free MP3 and Video

IndianRedLopez debut album was released earlier this week, and to celebrate they've put together an amazing video for their album track, "Ropes", as well as giving away the free track -"K.Y.S."



IndianRedLopez - K.Y.S by abadgeoffriendship

Dananananaykroyd announce October/November UK Tour

The mighty Dananananaykroyd are bringing their live antics to a town near you this autumn. If you haven't seen these guys live you owe it to yourselves to remedy that with this tour, we promise you won't regret it!

The full list of headline dates are as follows:

OCTOBER
Sat 29th: Glasgow, ABC
Mon 31st: Manchester, Deaf Institute

NOVEMBER
Tue 1st: Leicester, Firebug
Thu 3rd: Brighton, The Haunt
Fri 4th: London, KCLSU
Sat 5th: Bristol, Cooler
Sun 6th: Stoke, Sugarmill
Mon 7th: Portsmouth, Wedgewood
Tue 8th: Exeter, Cavern
Thu 10th: Oxford, Bullingdon
Fri 11th: York, Fibbers
Sat 12th: Newcastle, Cluny

New single announcement coming soon, but until then here's the video for 'Muscle Memory'.

The Voluntary Butler Scheme: Exclusive free track & video ahead of album release

Voluntary Butler Scheme (aka Rob Jones) release their new album 'Grandad Galaxy' on July 18 through Split Records. Ahead of that we've got a video & download of the song 'Yo Yo Star' which, somewhat perversely, doesn't appear on the album.

Get the track here.

...and watch the video below: