New video from I Am In Love

Young up and comers I Am In Love have been getting a lot of buzz recently, gaining fans from BBC Radio 1 presenters such as Edith Bowman and Greg James, performing to huge crowds at summer festivals Kendal Calling, Summer Sundae, Y Not festival and a headline tour in Germany and judging by this video for 'Call Me An Animal', taken from their forthcoming EP, it's easy to see why.

It's a lovely slice of dark, electro indie, reminiscent of The Cure (always going to be a winner at E&D towers) and nods in the direction of Wild Beasts.

Matt Stevens releases glorious new album

Loop guitar magician Matt Stevens releases his new album today (26/09) after 11 months of slaving away over a hot pedal board.

It is available now from his Bandcamp site on Digipack CD or Download.

He's also supporting the amazing guitar fella that is Jon Gomm on Wednesday in Islington, London - at time of writing there are 14 tickets left at WeGotTickets

iconAclass unleashes brand new video and Black Heart Procession remix

Ahead of the release of 'For The Ones' on Deadverse, IconAclass (best known for his work in dälek) unleashes a brand new video for the song 'Long Haul' and also a remix for The Black Heart Procession's 'Heaven and Hell'. We strongly encourage you to check them out:



Black Heart Procession - Heaven and Hell (dälek/iconAclass remix) by deadverserecordings

The next UK live physical appearance for iconAclass will be at Supersonic Festival in Birmingham but before that he will be appearing online on Saturday 24th September as part of Label Love & Factory Worker Music's PIAS fire virtual benefit gig.

Trojan Horse give away album!

Our favourite new prog overlords, Trojan Horse, are celebrating hitting 10,000 plays on Bandcamp by launching a new website & giving the album away for free before heading out on tour.

Formed back in 2007, Trojan Horse’s success has been long overdue, the group’s strong belief in a DIY aesthetic finally paying dividends this year with the sold out launch of Trojan Horse in Manchester, support from BBC 6music and Drowned In Sound, support slots with the likes of Vessels and Beecher and appearances at breakthrough underground festivals Sounds From The Other City and Fat Out Fest as well as playing for Love Music Hate Racism. You can now catch up on all the latest ‘Horse news at http://trojanhorseuk.com including latest touring dates.

Made up of brothers Nick (vocals/guitar,) Lawrence (bass/vocals,) and Eden Duke (keyboards/vocals) as well as drummer Guy Crawford, the prog-rockers have a slew of Autumn gigs coming up, including shows with Secret Chiefs 3 and Zun Zun Egui as well as a brace of London shows including the Transient Constellations all-dayer at Brixton’s Windmill. Trojan Horse are a force that seem to be only gathering momentum, their penchant for the diverse and bombastic forging together with ever more exhilarating results, the next instalment set to be an EP to be released before the end of the year. For now don’t miss your chance to download, for free, one of the finest albums to come out of Manchester this year. For more info go to http://trojanhorse.co.uk.

Forthcoming Tour Dates:

17/9 WINDMILL, BRIXTON, LONDON
24/9 TOWN HALL PUB, ECCLES, SALFORD MUSIC FESTIVAL
25/9 THE WILLOWS, SALFORD MUSIC FESTIVAL
28/9 THE 229, EUSTON, LONDON 12/10 THE BASEMENT, YORK
19/10 SUPPORTING ZUN ZUN EGUI, RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER
20/10 SUPPORTING CIRCLES, ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD
29/10 WE ARE THE NIGHT, FELL FOOT FOREST, LAKE WINDERMERE, CUMBRIA

Free mp3 from Keith ToTP

After building up a stellar reputation among fellow musicians while touring Europe and the US, Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band are releasing their debut album - Fuck You! I'm Keith Top Of The Pops.

The band were formed by chance during an Art Brut show at The Knitting Factory in New York, when the support act pulled out at the last minute, and Keith and two members of the headline act joined forces to play some of Keith's songs. Since then, the band has existed in a constant state of flux, with band members often being recruited a few minutes before the show, and numbers ranging from just Keith and a drummer to 24 musicians, and a brass section, sharing the stage!

The band live by two rules - no rehearsals and no soundchecks - to ensure that every song they play sounds different every time. This novel approach is applied to the track listing on Fuck You! I'm Keith Top Of The Pops, as they were arranged based on the songs' first ever performance.

Keith has also attracted a fantastic line up of musicians to record alongside him, including Dyan Valdes of The Blood Arm, Fruitbat and Jimbob from Carter USM, Keith Murray and Chris Cain from We Are Scientists and Ian Catstiltskin, Eddie Argos and Jasper Future from Art Brut. As a result, the sound is a collection of wonderfully chaotic freeform rock tunes that sound like a cross between The Fall and Half Man Half Biscuit, with more bitter and twisted undertones.

With an album tour due in September, Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band, are sure to ruffle some feathers in the UK Indie music scene over the coming month.

You can download a sneak preview of this craziness here:
Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band - I Hate Your Band by abadgeoffriendship

Ghostpoet to play next Last FM pop-up session

The third in the summer (yes, it is summer still apparently) series of pop up gigs has just been announced.

Following gigs from Slow Club in Soho Square and Boxer Rebellion on Carnaby St, Mercury Music Prize nominated Ghostpoet is going to have a crack and will be popping up in The Big Chill Bar on Brick Lane this coming Monday (22nd) from 8pm.

This marks the last of the pop up sessions, hosted by Black Cab Sessions in association with Last.fm.

For the latest information on the pop-up sessions, exclusive content and artist interviews follow HP on Twitter and Facebook.

Hawk Eyes & Turbowolf released to wreak havoc together

The mighty Hawk Eyes are being let out of their cage to terrorise the country once again and this time they're bringing reinforcements in the shape of the awesome Turbowolf & The James Cleaver Quartet.

They will be riffing it up at these locations:

Tue 08 Nov 2011 Bristol Croft
Wed 09 Nov 2011 Cardiff Ifor Bach
Thu 10 Nov 2011 Colchester Arts Centre
Fri 11 Nov 2011 UK Southend Chinneys
Sat 12 Nov 2011 Nottingham Basement
Mon 14 Nov 2011 Birmingham Vudu
Tue 15 Nov 2011 Leeds Cockpit
Wed 16 Nov 2011 Glasgow King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
Thu 17 Nov 2011 Manchester Alter Ego
Fri 18 Nov 2011 UK Sheffield Corporation
Sat 19 Nov 2011 Aldershot Westend Centre
Sun 20 Nov 2011 Bournemouth Ibar
Tue 22 Nov 2011 London Upstairs at the Garage

Bring the fucking noise.

Free Spencer Park Music sampler

The lovely folk at Spencer Park Music have decided to pick a few of their favourite tunes by the artists on the label (Matt Stevens, The Fierce & The Dead, Datapuddle and Yonks) and compile them in to a rather fine, free, downloadable thingamabob.

As well as the fab music, it includes 2 essays, a discography, photos and press cuttings. It sums up the last 4 or 5 years of their stuff pretty well and hopefully will get some more people in to the music.

You can download it from their Bandcamp.

Neon Indian: Brand new album announced, London show next week and free download

Neon Indian is back with his second full-length offering ‘Era Extraña’, to be released on October 10th through Transgressive Records.

A special one-off London date has also been announced for Tuesday August 9th at Islington’s Electrowerkz venue. NPR exclusively revealed new track ‘Polish Girl'’ which you can hear by going to the Neon Indian Facebook page and clicking ‘Like’.

If that’s not enough, Neon Indian is also riding high in the blogging charts with the first taste of Era Extraña’, 'Fallout' which is online for free download now....

Esmerine release new video & October tour dates‏

In support of their recent album on Constellation, 'La Lechuza', Esmerine will embark on a UK tour this October. They have released a video to help promote the UK shows which can be viewed here:

Esmerine: UK Tour Promo 2011 from Constellation Records on Vimeo.

Here are the dates and touring line up info:

19 Sept Stereo, Glasgow
20 Sept Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
21 Sept Union Chapel, London

The touring line up is as follows:

Rebecca Foon - cello (Silver Mt. Zion)
Bruce Cawdron - marimba, percussion (Godspeed You! Black Emperor)
Sarah Pagé - harp (Lhasa de Sela, Barr Brothers)
Jamie Thompson - percussion (Islands, Unicorns)

With live lightbox projections by Clea Minaker
http://cleaminaker.wordpress.com/
(Responsible for live visuals for Feist tours 2008-2009)

Esmerine enters its second decade with an expanded line-up and a new album – the band's first in six years. As a duo co-founded ten years ago by percussionist Bruce Cawdron (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) and cellist Beckie Foon (Thee Silver Mt. Zion), Esmerine released two critically-acclaimed albums of modern chamber music in 2003 and 2005 that had one foot in the new music/experimental terrain of contemporaries like Rachel's or Town And Country and the other in a more visceral and lyrical landscape populated by the likes of Dirty Three (and GY!BE themselves).

Bruce and Beckie have continued stoking the embers of Esmerine, with occasional special events in their Montreal home town over the past few years, often including invitations to guest musicians. While Esmerine had made deft use of guest players on previous records, their performances over the past two years opened the band up to two new musicians in particular who were invited to join as full members: harp-player Sarah Page ( The Barr Brothers) and percussionist Andrew Barr (The Slip, Land of Talk, The Barr Brothers).