From the new sub label of XL, Kaya Kaya records, comes Glass Animals and Stubborn Heart

For more info check out

http://www.kayakayarecords.co.uk/

http://glass-animals.tumblr.com/

http://www.stubbornheart.com/

Yours Truly filmed this stripped-down version of ‘Run My Heart’ in George’s backyard.

Twin Shadow Confess is out now via 4AD/Rhythmethod

www.twinshadow.net

“A euphoric treat.” – NME 9/10
“Makes our skin prickle with pleasure.” – Time Out
“Eleven strange but simple pleasures.” – The Fly 4.5/5
“It doesn’t half get under your skin.” – The Sunday Telegraph 4/5
“Most bands never manage a statement this forceful” – Pitchfork (8.4 BNM)
“The past, present and future of the label are all represented on this beautiful record.”
- The Times 4/5

This week marks the release of Shrines, the debut album by Canadian duo Purity Ring. Despite the band’s young age (Corin is 21, Megan 24) and short gestation (they formed in late 2010), they have delivered one of 2012′s most assured albums.

The record’s 11 tracks trace a unique aesthetic universe that is carefully crafted and fully realized, deftly walking the lines between trap-rap exhilaration and airy 90s R&B, lush dream pop and the powerful, bone-rattling immediacy of modern hip hop. Megan’s remarkable voice is at once ecstatic and ethereal, soaring joyfully through Corin’s carefully chopped beats, trembling synths, and skewed vocal samples. It’s hardly surprising, then, that Shrines feels like anything but a first record.

Shrines  out now on CD/coloured vinyl LP via 4AD/ Rhythmethod

For more on Purity Ring, check out

www.purityringsongs.com

USA Today wrote an amazing piece on Bobby Womack that hit stands this week. You can read it here:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2012-06-07/bobby-womack/56443918/1

The Bravest Man In The Universe is out now via XL/ Rhythmethod

www.bobbywomack.com

The xx returned to the US this week for the first time in two years. They landed in LA and taped a KCRW session, played on the famous Hollywood Tower Rooftop for 98.7, sang to a sold out crowd at The Henry Fonda Theatre and appeared on Conan to perform their new song “Angels”.

Coexist is out via Young Turks/Rhythmethod September 21

For more info check out www.thexx.info

Micachu & the Shapes have been beavering away over the past few months in their east London studio making music videos for EVERY track on their new album ‘NEVER’.

Howler join Bands In Transit to play their track ‘This One’s Different’ at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton.

Check out this new track by SBTRKT

For more on SBTRKT go to www.sbtrkt.com

Here’s the new video for Purity Ring’s stunning single ‘Fineshrine’, directed by Young Replicant.

The album ‘Shrines will be out on 4AD/Ryhtmethod July 20.

For more on Purity Ring, check out

www.purityringsongs.com