New mp3, video: Karen Elson - The Ghost That Walks

British-born model and singer; Karen Elson has confirmed details of her debut album The Ghost Who Walks, scheduled for release this year in conjunction with Nashville’s Third Man Records / XL Recordings.

The Ghost Who Walks was recorded at Third Man Studios in Tennessee with husband Jack White (The White Stripes) as producer.

The album features 12 songs - 11 original compositions by Karen and 1 cover of a song by her Citizens Band cohort Rachelle Garniez.

Karen Elson is no stranger to music, having previously performed with the star-studded art-cabaret collective Citizens Band and featured on Serge Gainsbourg’s “Je T’aime…Moi Non Plus” alongside Cat Power.

Download a free mp3 by signing up to the Karen Elson mailing list:

The Ghost That Walks [mp3]

New mp3 - La Gloria from Gotan Project's new album Tango 3.0


“Tango 3.0 has refined all the founding elements of what makes the Gotan Project the wondrous thing that it is” – Gilles Peterson 



After 2 million sales and 400 concerts worldwide, Gotan Project are set to return with their third studio album, the magnificent “Tango 3.0”. 



In 2000 Gotan Project, the trio founded by Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller released their debut album “La Revancha Del Tango”, a record that brought the sound of Argentina to the world. Their music is now familiar, from the cool and chic clubs of New York to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. Second album “Lunático” (2006) saw Gotan Project breathing more live recording and jazz influence into their sound… and also saw them visiting Australia for amazing gigs at Womadelaide, the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne’s Concert Hall.

LISTEN TO:
La Gloria [mp3]


Tango 3.0 is released April 16 through XL/ Remote Control.

New mp3 - The Golden Filter 'Hide Me'

The Golden Filter are a disco-pop band from New York made up of Penelope and Stephen. Their debut album, VOLUSPA, is released April 23.

Last year, The Golden Filter were the darlings of the online world, and were the only act to have three tracks in Stereogum’s ‘Most Downloaded Top 50 MP3s’ at the end of the year, including their spectacularly excellent track Solid Gold that's had a series of exemplary remixes by Cut Copy, Empire Of The Sun, Little Boots, Peter Bjorn & John, Polly Scattergood, and O.Children.

The Golden Filter's first fully distributed single from the album, ‘Hide Me’, is now available for free download from the band's website. All you need to do is sign up your email address to their mailing list and you'll be sent a link to the free download.

DOWNLOAD:

The Golden Filter 'Hide Me' [mp3]

Hide Me is out April 16 on Brille.

myspace.com/thegoldenfilter
thegoldenfilter.com

New mp3 - introducing... Otouto

Otouto (pronounced ‘otto-ootoe’) is melting pot art/ pop; a band from Melbourne made up of sisters Hazel Brown and Martha Brown, and Kishore Ryan.

"drums that sound like rain falling and simple keyboards underneath the layered vocal harmonies... their brand of stripped down art-pop is both refreshing and exciting." thedwarf.com

"like an extremely minimal take on Battles and with a hint of Cat Power's huskiness, the group's forthcoming album is a curious prospect worthy of anticipation." Mess + Noise

Astronauts is the exciting single from their forthcoming debut album Pip. Based around the uplifting twin vocal attack of Hazel and Martha, it's full of jangley guitars, distorted drums and home made synthesisers. Astronauts follows a sardonic disillusionment with love, but is contrasted by the joyful vocal lines and laconic daydreaming about outer space.

Astronauts [mp3]

Astronauts is a prime example why this Melbourne art-pop three-piece will be shimmering out of your speakers this year and why Otouto will be your new favourite band.

Pip is out March 26 through Two Bright Lakes.

New mp3 - Serena Maneesh announce new album

S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor is the second album following the release of their self-titled LP in 2006 which received much praise upon it’s release, establishing the Norwegian band as an act that could merge the lilting, ethereal melodies with crushingly loud, shimmering distortion. This new album is also their first release for 4AD, with them having recently been signed up to the label.

They started recording for the new album in 2008 when they went back underground to record in to a cave on the outskirts of Oslo; “Studio environments often get on my nerves,” Emile Nikolaisen explains, “and I love the underworld, you can silently head down there and do as you please, leave the world behind. So we found this huge cave with stone walls, it looked like a refugee hideout from World War II, with a huge, undiscovered treasure of sound.”

Once recorded, they then worked on it further with Nick Terry (who has worked with Klaxons and Primal Scream), and Can associate René Tinner, who set about mixing the results – spending an incredible eight days on each song. It was even mastered at Air Studios by Ray Staff, who did the same for, among many others, Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, but this is no distended double-album, the end result is a concise eight tracks spread over just 38 minutes and 45 seconds.

Here are a couple of teasers from the new album:

I Just Want To See Your Face [mp3]

Serena-Maneesh performing ‘Reprobate’ on NRK (Norwegian TV):

S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor is out in Australia on March 19 through 4ad/ Remote Control.

New album, mp3: Holly Miranda 'The Magician's Private Library' out today!

Holly Miranda's debut album The Magician's Private Library is out TODAY!

Holly Miranda is no ordinary songbird.

Coming from strictly religious roots, Holly left her home town of Detroit when she was 16 and headed to New York where she formed her band, The Jealous Girlfriends. She met Dave Sitek five years ago. Dave was in the process of building his studio, next door to her rehearsal space and she would play him her demos and they talked about recording an album In the interim Dave got tied up with TV On The Radio and producing records by the like so The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Even without a record or a label word seeped out about Holly. There was a La Blogotheque session and Vanity Fair shout-outs, support slots with The xx, Friendly Fires and The Antlers, and rave write-ups in Dazed & Confused and the New York Times.

Eventually Dave and Holly made the album they had always planned, sifting through 40 demos Holly had recorded at her apartment, or on the road in the back of the van. The album was recorded during a month’s sessions at Sitek’s studio in Brooklyn, sleeping all day, recorded all night. The album also features guest appearances from TV On The Radio members Kyp Malone and Jaleel Bunton

The first taste of the album 'Forest Green, Oh Forest Green' has been lauded by blogs everywhere.

Here is yet another gorgeous track from the album:
Waves [mp3]

The Magician's Private Library is out through XL/ Remote Control.

Find it in stores today and available on iTunes on Monday

hollymiranda.com
myspace.com/hollymiranda

New video, mp3: Introducing... Giggs

The recent elevation of some of London’s premier grime MCs to the top of the charts has created a new challenge for the city’s underground. There’s a need for new voices, new stories, new sounds, a fresh take on the themes of doing what you need to do to get by and survive in some of London’s less glamorous boroughs.

Cue Giggs, the latest signing to the XL roster. Hailing from Peckham, Giggs' signing comes on the back of an amazing couple of years that have seen him become the most exciting name in British rap.

A truly unique voice, Giggs’ combination of slow flow, dark lyrics, a well-documented past and explosive street sales has got everyone excited.

Giggs is now set to release his latest single, Don't Go There from his upcoming album Let Em Ave It which is due for release later this year. 'Ave a listen.

Don't Go There (featuring B.O.B.) [mp3]

Giggs on myspace

Mp3/Stream - Listen to Shearwater's new album The Golden Archipelago

The sublime Shearwater are releasing their new album, The Golden Archipelago, next week.

Their latest album explores the beauty, menace, and fragility of the natural world.

Easily the band’s most absorbing and accomplished work to date, The Golden Archipelago follows 2006’s enigmatic Palo Santo and 2008’s acclaimed Rook, albums linked by themes of environmental and personal decay and humans’ impact on nature.

This time singer-songwriter Jonathan Meiburg turns his attention to life on islands – a world of lushness and austerity, silence and sudden cataclysms. From rising sea levels to displaced populations, Meiburg travels from the Falklands to Madgascar, from the Bikini Atoll to the Tierra Del Fuego.

The fabulous folks at NPR are streaming the album its entirety this week. Go listen to it here.

The Golden Archipelago

1. Meridian

2. Black Eyes [mp3]

3. Landscape At Speed

4. Hidden Lake

5. Corridors

6. God Made Me

7. Runners Of The Sun

8. Castaways

9. An Insular Life

10. Uniforms

11. Missing Islands

The Golden Archipelago is out Feb 19 though Matador/ Remote Control.

Mp3/Stream - Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! announce debut album

Our second Dot Dash announcement this week! We're very pleased to announce that Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! will be releasing their debut album through Dot Dash next month.

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! are out of Adelaide and their debut album Sea Priest is set for a March release.

The album is the culmination of a year of national touring, headlining their own gigs, supporting the likes of The Rapture's Matt B. Safer, Spank Rock, Midnight Juggernauts, Muscles, Young and Restless, Sarah Blasko, Dappled Cities, and Snowman and playing the Homebake, Laneway, Parklife and Big Day Out festivals. This relentless live schedule has blown the band’s sonic palette wide open - gloriously abandoned vocal interplay, synths splashing colour all over the songs, twin guitars that often don’t even sound like guitars and a rhythm section keeping it all hovering above the dance floor

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!’s ability to squeeze a startling number of ideas in to their instantly infectious songs has been a never ending source of amusement at Dot Dash’s shabby offices. Now we are ready to share.

LISTEN TO:
Little Cowboys, Bad Hombres [mp3]

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! play a teasing run of dates in anticipation of the album
Fri 12 Mar - Adelaide, Jive
Fri 19 Mar - Sydney, Spectrum
Fri 26 Mar - Brisbane, The Troubadour
Thu 1 Apr - Melbourne, Northcote Social Club

Check out Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! on: Myspace + Facebook

Sea Priest is out March 2010 through Dot Dash.

Videos - The xx tour

Everyone wanted to speak with The xx while on their debut Australian tour last week.

You can check out interviews the band did with Myspace and The Vine from the Laneway Festivals.

The xx interview, Laneway Festival 2010

MySpace Summer Festival Guide | MySpace Video

Don't forget to tune into Triple R's Kinky Afro tonight from 4.00pm to hear Yo La Tengo pop in for a chat and couple of acoustic songs and between 6.00pm and 7.00pm AEST to hear The xx's live set recorded by at The Corner Hotel last week! Stream it online at rrr.org.au

Mp3/Stream - Deerhunter recorded live for FBi airing this Valentines Day

[Deerhunter live photos, from Triple J website gallery]

FBi Radio in Sydney bring us the love this Valentines Day by airing their recording of Deerhunter's set recorded at The Annandale Hotel in Sydney on 20th July 2009.

The set will be airing 2.00pm Sunday 14th February on 94.5FM, streaming on www.fbiradio.com

So snuggle up to your loved one and tune in!

News: Recording of The xx Melbourne sideshow airing this Thursday on Triple R

Melbourne fans of The xx should be sure to tune into Kinky Afro on Triple R this Thursday night for a very special airing.
The Triple R crew recorded The xx's live show last Wednesday amongst a sold out crowd at the Corner Hotel, Richmond.

The South West Londoners played tracks from their highly acclaimed debut album that has been winning them a massive following world wide.

Do not miss! You'll be kicking yourself.

Airing between 6.00pm and 7.00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time Thursday 11th of Feb.

If you're not in Melbourne you can stream it online here

Mp3/Stream - listen to the new Gil Scott-Heron album, out now

This week sees the release of GIl Scott-Heron's first album in 13 years, the highly anticipated and already critically acclaimed 'I'm New Here'.

The album sees Scott-Heron as forward thinking as ever, still pushing boundaries, challenging conventions and expectations ... and we hope you'll enjoy it every minute of it.

Here's what people are saying about it:

"A stunning return" - Q ****
"Spellbinding" - Dazed & Confused
"As striking a return as you're likely to hear all year" - Observer Music Monthly ****
"A stunning new album" - GQ
"A brave, brilliant and highly personal statement" - Uncut ****
"Brilliant, dark and brooding" - The Independent

Listen here:


I'm New Here is out now through XL/ Remote Control

Tour news - Mountain Goats announce April tour

The Mountains are returning to Australia this April!

The New Yorker magazine has proclaimed Mountain Goats main man, John Darnielle, “America’s best non-hip-hop lyricist”, whilst Rolling Stone declared him “one of the best songwriters of the ‘00s”. High praise indeed, but also unquestionably deserved praise.

Over the course of a dozen albums, and countless singles, EPs & tracks on compilations Darnielle’s wry, intimate & cathartic songwriting has cast its spell on a growing legion of devoted fans.

Their latest album, “The Life of the World To Come”, once again sees The Mountain Goats deliver their trademark exposition of skewed characters, vibrant images and perfectly-framed narratives in what Darnielle says are “twelve songs the bible taught me, kind of”.

Even more engaging in the live setting, which sees the band create an intense, reflective and often joyous encounter with their audience, the Mountain Goats return to Australia this April for their fifth tour.

“John’s lyrics are breathtakingly wonderful.” J MAG

“He generally sets the bar pretty high, yet The Life Of The World To Come surpasses those lofty standards. Amen to that.” Xpress

“Darnielle is a truly gifted storyteller and lyricist” Time Off Album Of The Week

LISTEN:
Genesis 3:23 [mp3]

WATCH:

Check out John Darnielle's fantastic performance and interview on the Colbert show last year here.

All shows on sale Friday February 12. Dates & details below:

Brisbane
Sunday April 11 - The Zoo
Tickets from Oztix phone sales 1300 762 545, www.thezoo.com.au, Moshtix (Ph: 1300 GET TIX or www.moshtix.com.au ), Rockinghorse Records (City), Kill The Music (City), Butterbeats (City & Valley), Bombay Rock (Townsville), Cooly Hotel (Coolangatta), Disasterpiece (Southport), Gooble Warming (West End), Great Western (Rockhampton), Moshpit Music (Maroochydore), Rockaway Records (Springwood), Sands Tavern (Maroochydore) & Sunflower Music (Broadbeach)
Presented by Rave

Sydney
Tuesday April 13 - Manning Bar
Tickets from Moshtix www.moshtix.com.au or ph 1300 Get Tix (438 849) and all Moshtix outlets) & Manning Bar (venue access centre ph: 02 9563 8000 or www.manningbar.com)

Presented by Drum Media

Melbourne
Wednesday April 14 - The Corner Hotel
Tickets from Corner Box Office (57 Swan St Richmond 12-8 Mon-Sat), ph. 9427 9198 or online www.cornerhotel.com, Moshtix (Ph: 1300 GET TIX or www.moshtix.com.au) & Polyester Records (City & Fitzroy store)
Presented by Beat

Adelaide
Friday April 16 - Fowlers Live

Tickets from VenueTix (Ph: 8225 8888 or www.venuetix.com.au) & Moshtix (Ph: 1300 GET TIX or www.moshtix.com.au)

Perth
Sunday April 18 - The Rosemount
Tickets from Heatseeker (www.heatseeker.com.au & Heatseeker retail outlets) and Moshtix (www.moshitx.com.au & 1300 GET TIX (438 849))

The Mountain Goats “The Life of the World To Come” is out now on 4AD/ Remote Control

www.mountain-goats.com
www.myspace.com/themountaingoats

New mp3: Efterklang - Modern Drift

Fresh, new material from Efterklang!
The Copenhagen-based quartet are on the horizon of releasing their third studio album and we have an mp3 for you to sink your teeth into in the meantime.

Modern Drift is the first track on Magic Chairs and it perfectly illustrates the new direction Efterklang are taking in their sound.
All the usual signatures can still be heard (an electronic buzz here,
a choral flair there) but these ten new tracks see Efterklang strip down their sound to something far more streamlined, deconstructed and altogether melodious.

Modern Drift [mp3]



Magic Chairs is released February 19th through 4AD/Remote Control.

New Mp3: Pantha Du Prince - The Splendour

Fusing house, techno, shoegazy electronica and psychedelic
electro-acoustic soundscapes into music that is at once both beautiful and bewitching Pantha Du Prince is Germany's rising electronic star.

Releasing several recordings to date through the respected German label
Dial Records, Pantha Du Prince makes his Rough Trade label debut with Black Noise.

The music on Black Noise balances precariously on the slippery threshold between art and nature, between techno and folklore, which lends it a certain spectral and intangible aspect.

This one is for fans of Fennesz, The Field, Flying Lotus, Boards Of Canada and Four Tet.

Take a listen to "The Splendour" featuring Tyler Pope of !!! and LCD Soundsystem on bass.

The Splendour [mp3]




Black Noise is due out February 5th through Rough Trade/Remote Control.

New video, mp3 and news: The xx land in the country this week!

Fans of The xx, our time has come. The xx land in Australia this week! And just in time, we have a swag of new stuff to feast your eyes and ears on.

First up we have the video for their next single VCR. Directed by Marcus Söderlund, the VCR clip depicts a sweet young couple having adventures in a dark, abandoned building.
Making out, lighting fires and kicking in walls... ahh young love!
PS: Keep an eye out for the little monkey at the end.



The VCR single has also gotten the remix treatment by producer Matthew Dear.
Have a listen:

VCR [mp3]

The xx tour kicks off this Friday with the Laneway Festival dates, followed by a couple of special shows for lucky Melbournians.

The Corner Hotel headline show sold out in an instant. Those in the know and on the Polyester Records mailing list were tipped off for a special offer to see the band's exclusive instore performance at their city store next week too (all tickets for this one were snapped up within a couple of days too).

Fri 29 Jan - Brisbane, Laneway Festival
Sat 30 Jan - Melbourne, Laneway Festival
Sun 31 Jan - Sydney, Laneway Festival
Wed 3 Feb - Melbourne, Corner Hotel SOLD OUT
Fri 5 Feb - Adelaide, Laneway Festival
Sat 6 Feb - Perth, Laneway Festival

The xx's incredible debut album is out now through Young Turks/ XL/ Remote Control.

New video and mp3 - Gil Scott-Heron 'Me And The Devil'

Feast your eyes on this - the first video taken from "I'm New Here", the latest album from the legendary Gil Scott-Heron.

Gil Scott - Me And The Devil on MUZU.

13 years in the making, "I'm New Here" sees Scott-Heron sounding vital as ever, still looking forward and still challenging conventions and expectations. Unfamiliar with the backstory? Make sure to check out the recent BBC Newsnightly doco here.

Me And The Devil features Gil's raspy vocals and spoken word over a bed of steady beats and ambient sounds.

The tracks atmosphere and creepiness is brought to life in the video, aided by visuals of urban decay, skeletons and dark city streets.

Me And The Devil [mp3]

Gil Scott-Heron's album "I'm New Here" is out February 5 through XL/Remote Control.

New Mp3 : Shearwater - Castaway

"Shearwater captures the vibrant beauty of what lies beneath out concrete jungle existance." Beat

"Simply magical"
Daily Telegraph

"A band who are truly worth your time"
Rave

"Wondrous"
Time Off

Shearwater return with The Golden Archipelago, their latest album which continues to explore the beauty, menace, and fragility of the natural world.
Easily the band’s most absorbing and accomplished work to date, The Golden Archipelago follows 2006’s enigmatic Palo Santo and 2008’s acclaimed Rook, albums linked by themes of environmental and personal decay and humans’ impact on nature.

This time singer-songwriter Jonathan Meiburg turns his attention to life on islands – a world of lushness and austerity, silence and sudden cataclysms. From rising sea levels to displaced populations, Meiburg travels from the Falklands to Madgascar, from the Bikini Atoll to the Tierra Del Fuego.

The first taste from The Golden Archipelago is Castaway.

Take a listen.

Castaway [mp3]



The Golden Archipelago is released February 19th through Matador/Remote Control.

News, widget, mp3/stream - VAMPIRE WEEKEND 'CONTRA' OUT NOW!

Vampire Weekend's new album Contra is in stores now!

You can hear the entire album here:



Click 'embed' above to get the code to put this widget on your own page!

Contra is in stores now through XL/ Remote Control

New Mp3: Holly Miranda - Forest Green Oh Forest Green

Holly Miranda is no ordinary songbird.
Coming from strictly religious roots, Holly left her home town of Detroit when she was 16 and headed to New York where she formed her band, The Jealous Girlfriends. It wasn't 'till she decided to go solo and met Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio member and knock-out producer) that the ball really started rolling.
The pair spent three weeks locked in a studio recording what would become her debut album “My rehearsal space was down the hall. Dave was sleeping on site.
We slept all day, recorded all night for about three weeks.
It was a pretty intense experience. If my prior recording sessions were school, this was
like getting a master’s."
But even before landing a recording contract Holly was fast becoming the talk of the town. On top of scoring support slots with the likes of Friendly Fires, The Antlers and The xx, she was getting rave reviews and write ups in Dazed And Confused, Vanity Fair and Kanye West's blog.

You'll have to wait 'till February to get your hands on her album. In the meantime, take a listen to 'Forest Green Oh Forest Green'.

Forest Green Oh Forest Green [mp3]

New Mp3: Basia Bulat - Run

This January sees the release of Basia Bulat's second album 'Heart Of My Own', the follow up to 2007's 'Oh My Darling'.
In the producer's seat once again is Howard Bilerman (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Arcade Fire) who worked on Basia's first album.
Taking a varied approach to the instrumentation on this album Basia plays autoharp, guitar, piano, organ, pianoette, banjo, ukulele, bass and sings (phew!).
Have a listen to Run

Run [mp3]

New Mp3: Adam Green - What Makes Him Act So Bad

Take a deep breath and forget everything you think you know about Adam Green: the early Moldy Peaches days, his following 5 solo albums, the Billboard heights reached thanks to the Grammy Award winner, platinum selling soundtrack to Juno.

This new album is his “break-up album”, following the end of his marriage, and it features his emotionally deepest songs to date.

Minor Love was recorded at the house of the producer and musician Noah Georgeson (Devendra Banhart). Adam played almost every instrument on the record. A few friends such as Rodrigo Amarente of Little Joy and Greg Rogove of Megapuss gave him a hand with the rest.

Minor Love is his most mature album to date and opens a new exciting chapter in Adam Green’s story.

Take a listen to the first single from the album 'What Makes Him Act So Bad'.

What Makes Him Act So Bad [mp3]
Minor Love is out now.

New Stream: Listen to the new Vampire Weekend album in full!

You don't have to wait 'till Friday to get your Vampire Weekend fix. The entire album is streaming from their website right now!

Let the listening begin!

If you wanna get your hands on the real deal, Contra is released this Friday the 8th of January through XL/Remote Control.

News, Videos, MP3s: Gil Scott-Heron releases first album in 13 years

After a lengthy hiatus the legendary Gil Scott-Heron returns in the new decade with a new album entitled I'm New Here

Without doubt one of the most important voices in 20th century music, in 1971 Gil Scott-Heron laid out the blueprint for the whole rap genre with his slinky, bad-as-fuck anthem “The Revolution Would Not Be Televised”. He is cited as an influence on countless hip hop vocalists and producers.

If you aren't familiar with the influential poet/musician, now is the time to educate yourself. Here's a good place to start:

Uncompromising and upfront, his politically driven work has influenced countless musicians and inspired a movement of intelligent rappers.

Check out his new track Where Did The Night Go



Where Did The Night Go [mp3]

I’m New Here is due out February 5th through XL/ Remote Control.

New mp3 : Tindersticks - Black Smoke

Up for release in early '10 is "Falling Down A Mountain" the eighth album from Tindersticks.
Gathering a somewhat cult following both in Europe and in Australia over the past 15 years, Tindersticks, like a good wine seem to only get better with age.
Their new records sees them harnessing their energy and creativity with the help of an extended line up including a guest appearance by legendary Canadian vocalist Mary Margaret O'Hara.
Here's your first taste: "Black Smoke"

Black Smoke [mp3]

Mp3/Stream - An Early Xmas Gift From 4AD

4AD are sharing the gift of music with these free downloads!

Click above to download the label's best tracks for free. You can get embed your own widget by getting the code from here.

Furthermore 4ad are offering the chance for a 4ad mailing list subscriber to win all of the listed albums. For your chance to win, e-mail your name and postal address to 4ad@4ad.com. Please mark your e-mail "4AD had my heart in 2009".
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Mp3/Stream - Space Invadas Mixtape 'Follow The Signs'

Here’s a little taste of what’s to come from Space Invadas in 2010. Their debut album Soul-Fi will be out in March.....but just so you don’t have to wait till then Space Invadas have cooked up a fresh mix tape to keep you going over summer. All unreleased exclusive material form the duo, the mix includes snippets and remixes of album tracks / bonus tracks that wont be on the album / new tunes from Katalyst and Steve Spacek's other projects and lots more good stuff.

Look to the sky and listen.....Space Invadas are coming!!

DOWNLOAD: Follow The Signs mixtape [mp3]

www.myspace.com/spaceinvadasoul
www.spaceinvadas.com
www.invadarecords.com

Stream: Ned Collette & Wirewalker listening party

Check it out.

Ned Collette and Wirewalker's new album Over The Stones, Under The Stars is currently being featured on AOL's Spinner Listening Party.
What does that mean? It means you can listen to the whole thing for free!

Click on the pic below to let the listening party begin.

Over The Stones, Under The Stars is out now through Dot Dash.

Stream: Cold Cave mix tape for Fact Magazine

Wesley Eisold, the lead man pf Cold Cave has put together this mix cd for Fact Magazine.

You can listen to it here -
Fact 97/ Cold Cave [mp3]

"Featuring Teenage Filmstars, Alex Chilton, Rephlex veteran Bochum Welt and more, it's a brilliant mixtape of weird synth experiments, twee-ed out indie, post-punk and more - featuring a bunch of stuff we've never heard of, but we're now obsessed with. You can't really ask more than that from this sort of thing."

It's just up til Nov 23 so hop to it!

Tracklist:
My Dad is Dead - The Quiet Man
Tronics - There Talking About Us
Bochum Welt - Fortune Green
Would Bes - I'm Hardly Ever Wrong
Trisomie 21 - Is Anybody Home? (Part 1)
Teenage Filmstars - Kaleidoscope
Alex Chilton - Like Flies on Schubert
Brett Smiley - VaVaVa Voom
AA - Suicide Fever
Minimal Man - She was a Visitor

Cold Cave's album Love Comes Closer is out now through Matador/ Remote Control

New Video and Stream: 4AD Sessions with Tune-Yards and Deerhunter

4AD have launched "Sessions", a new section on their website dedicated to capture live footage of performances by 4AD's best and brightest.
The first to get the ball rolling is Tune-Yards.

If you haven't come across the work of Merril Garbus' solo project Tune-Yards, this is the perfect introduction. Possessing an expansive sound that marries a coarse folk ingenuity with the bold pop sensibility of an R&B siren, Tune-Yards' eclectic sound is one that will resonate with fans of Micachu, Scout Niblett and Bjork.

Click here to watch the whole thing.

The 4AD sessions originally stemmed from the Deerhunter session recorded at Platt Eyot studio in 2008.
Click here to have a listen.

News and new Mp3: Camera Obscura announce Australian tour.

“A stunning listen from start to finish, My Maudlin Career is sure to be one of the finest releases of 2009”
Drum Perth (Album Of The Week)

"Campbell's gorgeous, heartbreaking and--well--maudlin songs deserve to be heard by an audience far wider than Camera Obscura's current cult- indie-pop devotees".
Q

"The album feels as if it could have been released any time in the last
50-odd years, but the inspired arrangements - and, of course, Campbell's indelible
voice - make it sound fresh, too."
Pitchfork (8.3/10)

“Make no mistake, this is a remarkably beautiful record.
(It) exists to reward those both mad, and sad, in love.”
NME (9/10)


This beautiful records will serve you well through love, loss, heartbreak
and anything in between.”
Canberra Times

Vice 9/10

After blowing audiences away as part of 2007's Laneway Festival, Glaswegian pop wonders Camera Obscura return to Australian shores.

Their second visit comes on the back of their critically lauded and much loved album,
My Maudlin Career.
A heady mix of Motown, orchestral indie and sixties girl group pop, Camera Obscura combine all these elements on My Maudlin Career to create a sound that is all theirs.

Following in the fine pop tradition embedded in Scotland's musical heritage, they have emerged over the years to be fondly regarded as one of the U.K's finest acts and in the process, gathered a cult-like following.

All shows were sold out on their last Australian visit, so be sure to get your tickets fast.
This is one show not to be missed!

Thursday January 21
SYDNEY
Beck’s Festival Bar, Sydney Festival


Friday January 22
BRISBANE
The Zoo


Saturday January 23
MELBOURNE
Corner Hotel

Monday January 25
PERTH
Amplifier

Too add to all the excitement, Camera Obscura have also released their latest single, 'The Sweetest Thing'. Have a listen!

The Sweetest Thing [mp3]

My Maudlin Career is out now through 4AD/Remote Control.

Mp3/Stream - Listen to Cold Cave - Love Comes Close in it's entirety

Cold Cave's debut album Love Comes Close is released next week.
Until then, thanks to the generous folk at Matador, you can stream the whole damn thing!

Want the real deal? Love Comes Close is out November 6th through Matador Remote Control.

STREAM: Basement Jaxx take over BBC Radio 1 from 1pm AEDST today!

Basement Jaxx will be guest hosting Giles Petersen's show on Radio 1 tonight (2am - 4am UK time).
During the show they will be debuting the legendary "soundscape" - a new selection of mellow tracks from the "Scars" sessions due for release later this year.

Click here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nfsc9 for more details.

Stream it live from 1pm-3pm AEDST today.

If you missed it, you can hear it here.

Basement Jaxx have just been announced to be playing Good Vibrations festival in February along with labelmates Friendly Fires.

Basement Jaxx's Scars is out now through XL/ Remote Control

New mp3 - Beak - I Know

Get ready to be blown away by Beak>.
The new musical project from Geoff Barrow (Portishead member and producer extrodinaire) Billy Fuller (Fuzz Against Funk) and Matt Williams (Team Brick).

The trio formed in January '09 and have since been creating musical landscapes that have been likend to that of Kraftwerk, Neu, Silver Apples, Fuck Buttons and Sunn 0))).

Most of Beak>'s sonic asthetic can be attributed to their strict writing and recording processes. Their debut album was recorded in one take, in one room, with absaloutely no overdubs or repair. Edits were only used for arrangements sake.

For your first taste of Beak>, take a listen to I Know.

I Know [mp3]

For more info, hit up their blog.

Their debut album Recordings 05/01/09 > 17/01/09 is due out this November through Invada/Remote Control.

Stream - Jack Penate - Everything Is New

To celebrate Jack Penate's upcoming UK tour, XL are streaming his latest album Everything Is New.
An Australian tour is not yet on the cards for Mr.Penate, but in the meantime you can stream his entire album in full, or better yet, get the real deal here!

New mp3 and video - ROX - Rocksteady

Introducing ROX, the 22 year old South Londoner brought up on a healthy diet of traditional Jamaican music and influential artists ranging from Rufus Wainwright right through to Mahlia Jackson.
ROX possesses the rare talent of a daunting vocal range matched with brilliant songwriting skills.

Take a listen to Rocksteady, the very first taste of her debut album due for release early next year through Rough Trade.

Rocksteady [mp3]

The folk at Rough Trade recently spent a day with ROX soaking in some sunshine and talking about her heritage, family and inspirations.