October Song – News Roundup.
..by the one and only Amy Winehouse (rip)!
News, updates and new releases for the coming month(s). See the rest of the news here!
Liam Finn has released an all-new video for the song “Jump Your Bones” for fans to check out. The song appears on Liam’s latest recordFOMO. Click the player below to watch the video now!
FOMO is available now on CD, 180 gram LP and digital at the Yep Roc Store. Order the CD or LP and get the full digital album instantly for free to start enjoying right away. Click HERE to read more about the album and to place your order now.
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club Announce UK / European Tour
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club, who released their third album ‘Bag Of Meat’ via This Is Fake DIY Records in June 2011, have just announced details of a Europe wide tour, kicking off next week in Norwich.
The album, the follow-up to 2009′s ‘Love On An Oil Rig’, was recorded over Autumn/Winter 2010/11 in Cardiff, with producer Charlie Francis.
The band describe the record as having ‘two halves’: the first, “a reaction to the last album, heavier and darker with lots of layers of brutal noise”, and the second “a return to our earlier stuff – quirkier and emptier, more vocal lead”. The songs are nearly all sub-three minutes.
A Conversation
07 OCT WOMBATWOMBAT @ NORWICH ARTS CENTRE
22 OCT SWN FESTIVAL | CARDIFF
27 OCT LUZERN | TREIBHAUS | SWITZERLAND
28 OCT YVERDON-LES-BAINS | AMALGAME
29 OCT REITSCHULE FESTIVAL | BERN | SOUS LE PONT | SWITZERLAND
31 OCT INTERNATIONAL | PARIS | FRANCE
04 NOV NÜRTINGEN | PROVISORIUM | GERMANY
05 NOV OFFENBACH | HAFEN 2 | GERMANY
07 NOV BERLIN | COMET CLUB | GERMANY
08 NOV HAMBURG | HAFENKLANG | GERMANY
11 NOV OLTEN | COQ D’OR | SWITZERLAND
12 NOV AUDIOSCOPE FESTIVAL | OXFORD
Tall Ships Announce New Shows Including CMJ And Biggest London Headline Date Yet
Tall Ships have just wrapped up a busy featival season which saw them wow crowds at Bestival, Hop Farm, 2000 Trees, The Great Escape, Live At Leeds, Tramlines and numerous others, and recently returned from a week of playing shows in Brazil.
Their next overseas adventure takes place later this month as they fly out to New York to take part in the CMJ Music Marathon, playing a handful of shows through the week. Exact dates and times will be announced via the bands Facebook next week.
Back on this side of the Atlantic, they’ve also announced a handful of shows, including their final (and biggest headline so far) London show of the year at The Lexington.
Plate Tectonics
10.11 – Cardiff, Undertone (Ten Feet Tall)
11.11 – Wrexham, Central Station (w/ Three Trapped Tigers & Gallops)
12.11 – Birmingham, The Flapper
29.11 – London, The Lexington
The Brighton based trio, who released (and immediately sold out) their first 7″ single earlier this year, are currently in the studio recording their debut album. The record is being produced by Jamie Field (Tubelord, Colour) in Bovey Tracey, Devon, and is tentatively set for release next spring.
Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo: UK Tour, Frank Turner Support + Album Release
Emily Barker is one of the most critically acclaimed female folk artists of recent years.
November 2011 will see the release of Emily’s 3rd album ‘Almanac’.
With 2 tracks used by the BBC to soundtrack prime-time TV series Shadow Line and the multi-award winning Wallander, live sessions recorded for Dermot O’Leary, Cerys Matthews, and Lose Lips, a ‘Record Of The Week’ from Nemone on 6 Music, and glowing reviews from Q (4/5), The Times (the hills have yet to be emptied of gold if you know where to look), BBC (‘Almanac’ – editor’s choice Feb 2011) and Uncut, Emily Barker is a name on the ascendancy.
This October Emily, with her band The Red Clay Halo will head out on her biggest headline tour to date (listing below) before spending November on tour in support of good friend, and regular guest vocalist, Frank Turner.
October Tour 2011
Weds 12th- Komedia, Brighton 0845 293 8480
Thurs 13th- Bridport Arts Centre 01308 424 204
Fri 14th- Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth 01453 833 320
Sun 16th- The Jericho, Oxford 01865 311 775
Weds 19th- Phoenix Arts, Exeter 01392 667 080
Thurs 20th- Fibbers, York 08444 77 1000
Fri 21st- Guildhall, Gloucester 01452 503 050
Sat 22nd- Leadmill, Sheffield 01142 212 828
Sun 23rd- The Cluny, Newcastle 01912 304 474
Mon 24th- The Musician, Leicester 01162 510 080
Tues 25th- The Met, Bury 01617 612 216
Thurs 27th- Royal Albert Hall- Elgar Room, London 0845 401 5045
Fri 28th- Bodega, Nottingham 01159 505 078
Sat 29th- Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 01132 752 411
Supporting Frank Turner
Tue Nov 22 BOURNEMOUTH O2 Academy
Wed Nov 23 NEWPORT Centre
Thu Nov 24 BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy
Fri Nov 25 GLASGOW Barrowlands
Sat Nov 26 MANCHESTER Apollo
Sun Nov 27 LONDON Hammersmith Apollo
Billowing Sea
Khalid Rafique, aka Shells, has released a brand new single in the form of ‘Arctic’ on his Bandcamp. The single consists of two tracks, ‘Arctic’ and ‘Spiders’.
With a series of singles and EP’s already released, as well as an acclaimed remix of Southern Shores ‘Tangier Winds’, ‘Arctic’ sees Rafique consolidate his hypnotic brand of euphoric electronic into its most dance floor orientated yet.
Building from haze of reversed synthesizers and glacial guitar sounds, ‘Arctic’ brings in angelic, errant signals, understated basslines and seductive vocal samples to become a driving melodic force. Its counterpart, ‘Spiders’, then follows where his ‘Pastels’ EP led off. A maze of syncopated Tenori-on noise litter the driving kicks, as Rafique morphs his soundscapes ala Dan Snaith around the intricate weave of synth noise.
Shells will be performing live this Saturday at East London’s Lati Ri as part of the Downstairs Music night.
Zeus : New Single and Second album Announcement!
On the heels of a pair of stellar 7-inches intended to bridge the gap from 2010’s Polaris Music Prize nominated debut, Say Us, Zeus is back with “Are You Gonna’ Waste My Time?” the lead single from the band’s forthcoming sophomore album, due for release in early 2012.
“Are You Gonna’ Waste My Time?” delivers smart, heavyweight riffs that conjure some of the 1970′s best-loved artists.
London ‘bedroom pop’ duo Matt Poile and Alex Morris, better known as Crushed Beaks, are set to release their debut single proper through the Too Pure Singles Club on November 21st in the form of ‘Close-Ups/Sun Dogs’. The latter is available to stream now before the single’s official release.
Having formed in 2010 through a shared love of Italian horror films, Crushed Beaks set about putting their fuzzy wall of melodic noise to record. Their mixture of relentless, pounding drums and salacious, swirling melodies found the two creating a live force to be reckoned with and a slew of demos that caught the ear of many a tastemaker on their very upload.
Their first single proper sees the duo take the step into different surroundings to their DIY recording norm. Whilst the guitars were kept in their natural Wendy House environment, the drums were taken to New Cross’ Zion Chapel where they were given the somehow ghostly strength the songs so demanded. ‘Sun Dogs’, the first track to emerge from the sessions, finds the two at arguably their most romantically inclined to date. With a step up in terms of production from their bedroom beginnings, ‘Sun Dogs’ strides in on a haze of shredded guitars and driving drum beats, as Poile’s vocals play the wistful apparition amongst the melee. As a squeal of feedback beckons in the song’s cathartic, triumphant ending, there’s no doubting that Crushed Beaks confidence has grown magnificently, and is set to carry on further beyond their humble beginnings.
Forthcoming shows
14/10/11 – Servant Jazz Quarters, London
15/10/11 – NO DAYZE All Dayer, The Macbeth, London
09/11/11 – The Line of Best Fit presents @ The Lexington, London w/ My Sad Captains
11/11/11 – Too Pure Single Launch @ The Old Blue Last, London
17/11/11 – The Old Blue Last, London w/Young Husband
Monday 7th November will see the release of ‘Girl Walked Out of Town’, the second single taken from Dennis Hopper Choppers second album ‘Be Ready’. The 12 track album was produced by Ben Hillier (Depeche Mode, Blur).
Cairns-bred, but now Brisbane-based indie folk darling Emma Louise is having one hell of a year so far and it looks as if things are only going to continue to get more exciting as the release of her second EP is expected before too long. Before that, however, she’s heading on the road on her First Flight tour, proudly presented by Street Press Australia.
Jungle
Friday 4 November | Goodgod Small Club, Sydney
Saturday 12 November | Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
Thursday 17 November | Solbar, Maroochydore
Friday 18 November | The Loft, Gold Coast
Saturday 19 November | The Zoo, Brisbane
Saturday 26 November | Gorgeous Music Festival, McLaren Vale
Wednesday 30 November | Prince of Wales Hotel, Bunbury
Thursday 1 December | Malt Market Bar + Kitchen, Dunsborough
Saturday 3 December | Norfolk Lanes Youth Festival, Fremantle
Sunday 4 December | Mojo’s Bar, Fremantle¨
There’s a lot going on in the world of Guineafowl at the moment; they have a new single out early next month, they’re about to jet off overseas and upon their return they will head out on a massive national tour, proudly presented by Street Press Australia.
Friday 4 November: The Basement, Fremantle
Saturday 5 November: Capitol Theatre, Perth (w/ The Grates)
Friday 11 November: The Great Northern, Newcastle
Saturday 12 November: ANU Bar, Canberra
Wednesday 16 November: Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Thursday 17 November: The Spotted Cow, Toowoomba
Friday 18 November: The Zoo, Brisbane
Saturday 19 November: Sol Bar , Maroochydore
Friday 25 November: The Standard, Sydney
Saturday 26 November: Yours & Owls, Wollongong
Friday 2 December: Jive Bar, Adelaide
Saturday 3 December: East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
// ONE LINERS //
- On October 25th Robyn Hitchcock will release Chronolology, a digital format-only best-of collection; both firsts in his forty-plus year creative journey.
- London’s Peggy Sue will release her new album Acrobats on October 25. Pre-order here.
- Feist’s much anticipated new album Metals is now available.
- Bon Iver will tour Australia in 2012. See the dates here.
