Tours and Videos - The XX are coming to Australia!

The XX have been announced as performing at the Laneway Festivals in 2010!

Here's a taste of what Australian audiences can look forward to:



The XX will be playing Laneway Festivals across the country Jan/ Feb 2010:
Fri 29 Jan - Brisbane, Laneway Festival
Sat 30 Jan - Melborne, Laneway Festival
Sun 31 Jan - Sydney, Laneway Festival
Fri 5 Feb - Adelaide, Laneway Festival
Sat 6 Feb - Perth, Laneway Festival

More details here.

The XX's album XX is out now through Young Turks/ Remote Control.

New videos from The xx

Londoners The xx recently appeared on Later with Jools Holland.
Take a look at their performances of Islands and Night Time.





Also floating 'round the bloggoshpere is a kaleidoscopic fan video for Crystallised.

New Kid Harpoon mp3 and video

“Exceptional” – NME
“He has the seeds of something special” – The Independent
“Dreamy imagery sparkling with passion” – The Sun

It’s been over a year since Kid Harpoon released any new material. Since then, he’s been in Los Angeles with producer Trevor Horn working on his debut album.

The first fruits of these sessions, which included musicians who have worked with Bob Dylan, Dean Martin and Elvis Presley playing on the record, is this limited edition single ‘Stealing Cars.’

Debuting Kid Harpoon’s more refined, fuller sound, ‘Stealing Cars’ sees the singer-songwriter develop the lo-fi acoustics of earlier songs and transform them into a rich, textured sound as demonstrated here.

Stealing Cars [mp3]

The single will come backed with the exclusive new track ‘Don’t Cry On Me.’ Kid Harpoon will also be playing an instore at Pure Groove on the day of single release.



Stealing Cars is out July 20 through Young Turks/ XL.

New The xx MP3 - Crystalised

Introducing the latest band toted as the “next big things”. The xx.
Four 19 year olds from London producing music with the kind of brooding minimalism you’d expect from someone a lot more advanced in age.

Earlier this year, they put everyone in a flurry with their cover of the Womack and Womack track Teardrops. It seems the more we here from these guys, the more we hear that they are most certainly the ones to watch in 09’.

Their knack for tense, slow burning no-wave pop is obvious on their latest track Crystallised, taken from their debut album due out sooner hopefully than later this year.

Crystalised [mp3]



The xx's first 7" will be out soon through Young Turks/ XL, with a debut full-length to follow in September.

Jack Peñate - new single 'Tonight's Today'

Following on from his ridiculously catchy debut album Matinee, released late last year, UK's pop darling Jack Peñate returns with his new single Tonight's Today.

The single just debuted on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show as his 'Hottest Record In The World'. Hear why for yourself:

[mp3] (128kbps)

“Pure out-and-out fun” NME
“This is the kind of pop music that makes me rub my hands together with glee... it's bloody great” Inpress

Tonight's Today is out early 2009 on 12" with a new album due out early/mid 2009.

Torn On The Platform (Live at Melbourne's HiFi Bar, February 2008)
From the album Matinee

Tanlines - New Flowers

Tanlines are duo Eric Emm (from production duo Brothers) and Jesse Cohen (Professor Murder). The Brooklyn based duo came to some prominence and notoriety earlier this year with a playful, synth-led remix of Telepathe’s ‘Chromes On It’ [mp3]


Their unique approach to having their music heard includes using YouTube (which they describe as the best record label ever), to post tracks accompanied by self-made videos on their own channel as soon as the songs are done, creating a bizarre, almost psychedelic visual experience of Tanlines music.

They will release their debut 12", New Flowers, in January through Young Turks (Holy Fuck, El Guincho). The Balearic house-meets-Larry Levan’s NYC disco groove track was created when artist Marisa Olson asked them to contribute to the launch of her art book, Poems I Wrote While Listening to the Doors, 1992-1994 (Before I Found The Internet). They took one word from the suggested poem - “flowers”, and created this euphoric (mostly) instrumental track. The video features visual by Marisa.

New Flowers


myspace.com/tanlinestheband

Holy Fuck touring soon

Early December will see Toronto's Holy Fuck perform in Australia for the very first time.

Known for their mesmerising live shows; expect tight space disco rhythms, robotic synth rock and spellbinding jams which build to all-out rave pandemonium.

On their chaotic, yet precise, recordings Holy Fuck don’t hide behind laptop computers and walls of synthesisers – think of them as a celebration of lo-fi noise and weirdo casio-driven rock. One might say that if modern electronic music is a highly sophisticated robot operated by hi-tech computers, Holy Fuck are the evil counterpart. They are less of a modern indie rock band than they are an exploded diagram of an indie rock band, splitting open to reveal their organic guts, tangled wires and broken bits of drumsticks. Their reputation as a must-see live band is TOTALLY deserved.

Last month saw Holy Fuck tour the UK with Foals, covering their track Balloons while Foals reciporcated by recording a cover of Super Inuit from Holy Fuck's debut album LP. In case you missed our post, here are the covers again:

Holy Fuck - Balloons (Foals cover)


Foals - Super Inuit (Holy Fuck cover)


Download the tracks (hosted on zshare):
Holy Fuck - Balloons (Foals cover)
Foals - Super Inuit (Holy Fuck cover)

HOLY FUCK - TOURING THIS DECEMBER

Wed 10 Dec – Melbourne, The Corner w/ Love Of Diagrams + Mountains In The Sky
Thu 11 Dec – Sydney, Annandale Hotel w/ Mountains In The Sky + Wow
Fri 12 Dec – Meredith, Meredith Music Festival
Sat 13 Dec - Brisbane, The Zoo w/ Taste Of Teeth + Toy Balloon

myspace.com/holyfuck