As you may have noticed we’re super excited about the release of Warpaint’s debut album ‘The Fool‘ (October 25th via Rough Trade in NZ!) and now we have the first track from it we can share with you, ‘Undertow‘.
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We hope you like it as much as we do!

Who doesn’t love a good cover?

Warpaint do a cover of Bowie’s Ashes To Ashes as part of the two disc tribute album titled We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie.
The varied album is said to feature artists as varied as MGMT, Chairlift and Duran Duran. Can’t wait to hear the results!

Warpaint – Ashes To Ashes mp3]

Who doesn’t love a good cover?

Warpaint do a cover of Bowie’s Ashes To Ashes as part of the two disc tribute album titled We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie.
The varied album is said to feature artists as varied as MGMT, Chairlift and Duran Duran. Can’t wait to hear the results!

Warpaint – Ashes To Ashes mp3]

You heard right, El Guincho’s brand new album Pop Negro is streaming in full. Right here, right now. The lovely physical product – CD & delicious vinyl LP -  will be in NZ stores next week!
Thank the lovely people at Young Turks and Drowned In Sound.
Click here to read a special track by track analysis of Pop Negro by the man himself.
YT047 – El Guincho – Pop Negro by Young Turks

To mark the impending release of their eight album Belle and Sebastian Write About Love, Glasgow sweethearts Belle and Sebastian have created Belle and Sebastian TV.

The first episode of Belle and Sebastian TV is a fully realized, half-hour mixture of music, chat, revealing and not so revealing insights from the band, filmed in Glasgow over the last few weeks.

Presented by Dougie Anderson and produced by Forest of Black, Belle & Sebastian TV features performances of two of the songs from Belle and Sebastian Write About Love: I Want The World to Stop and  I Didn’t See It Coming.

View episode one of Belle and Sebastian TV:

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Certainly some of the nicest folk we’ve met here at The Label HQ. It was our pleasure to feed and water them and culturally enrich them with episodes of “The InBetweeners”.. err.. ok…maybe not… funny though!

UK trio The XX have taken out the highly prestigious Mercury Prize award for most outstanding album in recognition for their critically acclaimed, self titled debut XX.
The XX beat 11 other acts including Dizzee Rascal, Mumford and Sons, Paul Weller and Laura Marling for the honour.

Released in August last year, the album XX has achieved outstanding heights, winning the Guardian’s First Album Award, being voted as album of the year by both Rough Trade Shops and XFM, being the highest British entry in the HMV Poll of Polls, and receiving two South Bank and one NME Award nominations. XX has achieved silver status in the UK, gold status in France, has sold over 100,000 records in the US, and over 15,000 is Australia -racking up over 300,000+ worldwide sales. Meanwhile The XX’s live reputation has gone from strength to strength, selling out tours in the UK, USA, Australia and mainland Europe.

Congratulations The XX!

XX is out now through Young Turks/XL/Rhythmethod

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Certainly some of the nicest folk we’ve met here at The Label HQ. It was our pleasure to feed and water them and culturally enrich them with episodes of “The InBetweeners”.. err.. ok…maybe not… funny though!

UK trio The XX have taken out the highly prestigious Mercury Prize award for most outstanding album in recognition for their critically acclaimed, self titled debut XX.
The XX beat 11 other acts including Dizzee Rascal, Mumford and Sons, Paul Weller and Laura Marling for the honour.

Released in August last year, the album XX has achieved outstanding heights, winning the Guardian’s First Album Award, being voted as album of the year by both Rough Trade Shops and XFM, being the highest British entry in the HMV Poll of Polls, and receiving two South Bank and one NME Award nominations. XX has achieved silver status in the UK, gold status in France, has sold over 100,000 records in the US, and over 15,000 is Australia -racking up over 300,000+ worldwide sales. Meanwhile The XX’s live reputation has gone from strength to strength, selling out tours in the UK, USA, Australia and mainland Europe.

Congratulations The XX!

XX is out now through Young Turks/XL/Rhythmethod