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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes on Fuel TV's "The Daily Habit" 2 July 2009 in Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
ANOTHER NEW RELEASE ALERT ! MONSTERS OF FOLK ! ! ! ! 2 July 2009 in news
Monsters of Folk is a super group consisting of Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and singer/songwriter M.Ward.
Their releasing their first collaborative album on September 21st on Rough Trade in the UK & Europe.
Check out their website and in gratitude for signing up to their mailing list they’ll give you the tools you need to make your own Monsters of Folk merchandise, in true home crafted style!
Simply go to http://www.monstersoffolk.com and give them your email address. From their you’ll have the step-by-step instructions to make a Monsters of Folk stencil with which...
Jarvis on Question Time! 2 July 2009 in Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis will be chewing over this week’s current affairs on Question Time tonight.
Don’t miss it, BBC1, 10.35pm
In the meantime, check out this killer performance of Angela in the John Peel Tent at Glastonbury this weekend.
Special Adam Green show in New York Next Week 1 July 2009 in Adam Green
Next Thursday Adam Green will be taking part in a benefit concert for Jon Wiley at The Shank in Brooklyn, New York. Together with Chairlift, Lightspeed Champion and Johnny Tropical, they aim to raise awareness for uninsured musicians.
Amazing footage of Antony doing CRAZY IN LOVE with the Metropole Orchestra in Amsterdam 1 July 2009 in Antony and the Johnsons
Yim Yames - 'Tribute To' released August 3rd 24 June 2009 in Yim Yames
John Lennon once said he didn’t believe that musicians created emotions in their listeners. Rather, he believed that an artist’s role is to bring feelings to the surface that already live deep within us. Thus, while all human beings are connected to one another in some way, there is a special bond we feel with the artists that help us shine a light within our own core.
A few days after George Harrison passed away in 2001, Yim Yames was moved to record this six-song EP of Harrison covers, paying tribute to a man that he never met, but...
Super Furry Animals Take The 'Mountain' To You! 22 June 2009 in Super Furry Animals
Over at Super Furry HQ, they’ve just finished up the new video for “Mt.” from Dark Days/Light Years. This time, instead of offering the WORLD PREMIERE of the video to one of our usual TV, web or blog outlets, we want YOU to premiere the new video for “Mt” on YOUR website/blog/Facebook/MySpace/YouTube channel (or any other platform of your choice).
In 150 words or less tell us why you are the world’s most rabidly committed SFA fan, and include a picture to help make your case. The most convincing entry wins, and Rough Trade and the...
God Help The Girl - OUT TODAY! 22 June 2009 in God Help The Girl
God Help The Girl is finally released today (22nd June). The album features 13 songs from the pen of Stuart Murdoch and one by Stevie Jackson, sung by an array of predominantly female voices and played by assorted members of Belle and Sebastian and an orchestra.
It is available in a deluxe hardback sleeve, a standard jewel case CD, gatefold vinyl and download. It is available from all major retailers – and can be purchased online from HMV, Amazon, Rough Trade and digitally from iTunes and other digital retailers.
Copies can also be found...
Jarvis Cocker - 'Angela' Out Now 15 June 2009 in Jarvis Cocker
The little fuzz guitar thriller that is ‘Angela’, the first single from “Further Complications.”, is to be released today on limited 7” and with just 1000 copies being pressed and an exclusive B Side entitled ‘I Found Myself Looking For God’, you’ll have to be quick to get one! You can view its video here that uses footage of Jarvis performing the song live to the Parisian public from the front steps of Gallery Chappe. You can grab yourself a copy from all good indie record shops and HMV.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros live @ KCRW 12 June 2009 in Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
A great performance of ‘Janglin’ for the KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic show…
God Help The Girl - Funny Little Frog & Podcasts 9 June 2009 in God Help The Girl
Here’s the latest video Stuart Murdoch’s new project God Help The Girl. It’s been made to accompany the forthcoming single Funny Little Frog which was previously recorded by Belle & Sebastian for their 2006 album The Life Pursuit, but this time Stuart has handed over vocal duties to Brittany Stallings.
You can listen to and download the track right now from the widget beneath. It’ll be in the shops on 7inch July 20th, but is also available as part of a special subscription deal, more info...
Jarvis Cocker, Radio Session Bonanza & The 1000 7"s 9 June 2009 in Jarvis Cocker
This month you’ll have regular opportunities to catch the elusive Jarvis on your radios, where he’ll be performing songs, chatting with various disc jockeys and even co hosting. The times and dates of these sessions are below along with helpful ‘Listen Again’ links that enable you to travel back in radio time and hear the show up to seven days after it first aired, which you’ll already have to do with yesterday’s Radcliffe & Maconie appearance.
June 8th – 20:00
BBC Radio 2 with Radcliffe and Maconie Listen Again
June 9th – 19:00
BBC 6Music co hosting...
Power Walking 8 June 2009 in British Sea Power
This weekend’s Observer featured a great article in which the boys from British Sea Power led journalist Alexis Petridis on a ramble of the South Downs in Sussex. It’s an official Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and obviously worth a trip, but especially when armed with BSP’s guide to the area. Should you take an iPod with you, may we suggest that you download the suitably entitled ‘Come Wander With Me’ to take with you. The boys are currently giving away the track taken from their latest ‘Man of Aran’ album for free via their website....
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - Desert Song 8 June 2009 in Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Here’s the first video from Rough Trade’s latest signing. It’s high grade epic psychedelia shot in the desert, like an acid powered Sergio Leone. Best of all the band have promised to make one of these for each of the 13 tracks on the album! Enjoy…
Read more about Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros.
The Best Things In Life Are Free 5 June 2009 in Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Janet Jackson must have seen this news post coming from way back in 1992 when she sung those illustrious words. For what we have for you is not 1, not 2, but 3 free tracks to give you a taste of what’s to come from a new band who are honestly one of the best and most exciting things we’ve heard in years. They hail from LA, from where we’ve had more than one report of fans becoming so overcome with joyful emotion at their live shoes that they cry tears of euphoric joy.
They make big, open-hearted anthems that evoke a different era when cynicism and irony didn’t course through pop music like countermelodies. The band’s aesthetic, no matter how contemporary and organic its evolution, screams ’60s psychedelia and ’70s boho-rock right down to touring in a converted school bus with the band’s name in script on the side and a driver named Cornfed.
So please take a listen and prepare yourself to spend this summer barefoot.
Be quick – it’s for one week only!
Enjoy! x
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros debut album ‘Up From Below’ will be released in the UK and Europe on Rough Trade 13th July 2009.
http://www.myspace.com/edwardsharpe
http://www.roughtraderecords.com/edwardsharpe
Golden Phone 1 June 2009 in Micachu
One of the highlights from Micachu & The Shapes acclaimed debut album Jewellery is out today on limited etched gold vinyl and as you may have guessed it’s ‘Golden Phone’. The song harnesses a multitude of sounds – vocal looped beats, mica sighing, electro-static squawks, keyboards being dropped – and fuses them into 24 carat pop gold.
And whilst we’re talking Micachu, don’t forget about her all night mixtape launch party this Friday at London’s Cable.
Golden Phone 7’s are available to order from Rough Trade.
http://www.myspace.com/micayomusic
Mary's Market 1 June 2009 in God Help The Girl
Stuart Murdoch has posted a free MP3 for you all to enjoy at the website for his latest God Help The Girl project. Entitled Mary’s Market, its intended to be the B side to the forthcoming single Funny Little Frog, out 20/7/09.
The cover features Scottish BBC newsreader, Mary Marquis as when Stuart was writing the song, he wrote the lines,
You showed me yesterday’s dress
The one you nicked from Mary’s Market
Which sounded like Mary Marquis, so she got on the cover and by the looks of...
A New Signing.... 29 May 2009 in Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Fanfare It’s our great pleasure to announce the signing of LA’s Edwarde Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. For the best introduction to them and their music available we highly recommend you check out yesterday’s KCRW session.
They’re a musical collective led by Alex Ebert make big, open-hearted anthems that evoke a different (but perhaps no less turbulent) era when cynicism and irony didn’t course through pop music like countermelodies. The band’s aesthetic, no matter how organic its evolution, screams ’60s psychedelia and ’70s boho-rock right down to touring in a converted school bus with...
Get Ready to Rox 29 May 2009 in news
Cast your mind back to last summer when Winehouse was too ‘exhausted’ to play some big UK festivals with Mark Ronson and a young woman took the helm that made you question whether Amy really deserved her mantle. That young woman was Rox, a singer who writes her songs like she writes her diary, has an obsession with harmony, Frida Kahlo, Mahalia Jackson, love, tragedy and all that other good stuff that makes art enjoyable.
Now on Rough Trade she’s certainly a star in the making, but there are still opportunities to catch...
Micachu's All Night Mixtape Party 27 May 2009 in Micachu
Micachu has been working on a second mix tape as a follow up to last year’s word-of-mouth, must have, Filthy Friends. Aptly titled ‘Kwesachu’ the new mixtape is collaborative project from Mica and her friend Kwes, a young producer from London. ‘Kwesachu’, features contributions from Mica’s friends: The XX, The Invisible, Man Like Me, Gold Panda and many more.
So to celebrate a lot of hard work and a job well done Micachu is throwing a launch party where she will giving a special Kwesachu live performance. Joining Mica and Kwes on the night...
Eddi Reader 'Roses' 26 May 2009 in Eddi Reader
This is Eddi’s latest single ‘Roses’. It’s a beautiful song and has been taken from her 9th studio album ‘Love Is The Way’, further info on which can be found here. Team Rough Trade no doubt be singing along when we see her sold out show tonight at Queen Elizabeth Hall on London’s South Bank.
‘Roses’ is currently available as a digital single from
iTunes.
British Sea Power - Come Wander With Me 19 May 2009 in British Sea Power
This is an excerpt from The BSP soundtrack to the 1934 cinematic gem Man Of Aran soundtrack, out now on CD / DVD. Each chapter of the DVD corresponds to a track from album, this is chapter 3 and the track is ‘Come Wander With ME’, watch out for the huge sharks in the later chapters…
Jarvis Puts Music In It's Place 19 May 2009 in Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker recently mused that if the voices suggesting or pronouncing the imminent death of the music industry are to be believed, then music may soon revert to an art form free from any commercial obligations. To explore this idea Jarvis and his band installed themselves in a Parisian art gallery for five days and exhibited themselves playing music under many different guises; as an accompaniment to an yoga class, as a treat for local school kids, as a facility for local musicians to drop in and improvise with and many more, full footage of which can be viewed
New Releases 18/05/09 18 May 2009 in news
Jarvis Cocker “Further Complications.”
“Further Complications.” is Jarvis’ second solo record on Rough Trade and is produced by Steve Albini after the pair met at last year’s Pitchfork music festival. Albini’s touch is noticeable on some of the rockier numbers and has delivered some brilliant fuzz and driving beats. Jarvis himself has given a performance to make us all proud, running the vocal gamut from roaring garage rock, to sleazy funk all spiced with his trademark story telling theatrics. The result is something quite kaleidoscopic in terms of mood, tempo and themes and features...
Jarvis Cocker 'Angela' 14 May 2009 in Jarvis Cocker
Enjoy…
And just a quick note to say that Jarvis will be appearing on Radio 4’s Loose Ends show tomorrow, Saturday 16th May at 6:15pm where he will an interview and performance. You can of course, listen live or digest at leisure via ’listen again’.
Stream "Further Complications." For Free From Today! 12 May 2009 in Jarvis Cocker
Thanks to our friends at the Guardian and We7 for this preview.
God Help The Girl - Come Monday Night 8 May 2009 in God Help The Girl
The first single & video from Stuart Murdoch’s God Help The Girl record released in June. For further info or to grab yourself the 7” visit godhelpthegirl.com and be sure to check out the ace little subscription deal whilst you’re there.
Jarvis Cocker Is Making An Exhibition Of Himself 5 May 2009 in Jarvis Cocker
And here’s the live stream to prove it http://www.jarviscocker.net/…
A message from Jarvis to explain exactly what this is all about:
Back in October 2006, when I was asked to edit The Observer Music Monthly in the UK, I asked the question “What is Music for?”. Two & a half years on I would like to shorten that question to: WHAT IS MUSIC?
ALSO
I have lost count of the number of articles proclaiming the imminent or actual death of the music industry. Does this mean that music can now go back to being an art form again? & If...
SFA at Somerset House 5 May 2009 in Super Furry Animals
This summer Somerset House will play host to a variety of acts including Grace Jones, Lily Allen and our own Super Furrys. So if you feel like spending the evening of July 18th in London overlooking the Thames, surrounded by beautiful Neoclassical architecture enjoying the brilliant kraut / psych / rock of SFA then click here for tickets.
