We love Whitney and can’t wait for you to experience their magic at Laneway Festival this January. Watch their goosebumpingly good performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, performing their Light Upon The Like hit “Golden Days” for their TV debut. Continue reading →
Tycho has revealed another stunning track “Horizon”, the third in a series of recent singles, and confirmed their brand new album Epoch is available digitally in NZ over the weekend, via Inertia Music, with CD and LP arriving on January 20 worldwide, in time for the band’s appearances at Laneway Festival next year.
When discussing the surprise element of this release Hansen said, “I’ve never been fond of handing in an album then waiting 4 months for it to be released. I wanted to be more connected to the people consuming the music. There is a kind of visceral fulfillment you get from sharing something that you’ve just created with other people. That’s a very satisfying feeling as an artist” Hansen continues, “All art is in some way shaped by the current state of the world around the person creating it so there’s a element of zeitgeist built into any album. We just finished mastering the album so it will be a month old when people hear it. I’m hoping people get a sense that this music is directly connected to the time they are experiencing it in.”
We are incredibly excited about this coming Laneway Festival on Auckland Anniversary Day (Jan 30th 2017) at Albert Park. The lineup is filled with eclectic wonders, as well as more well known crowd-bringers. But we are particularly delighted that Kathleen Hanna will be making her way over to our city in The Julie Ruin! Continue reading →
Watch the ‘Julia’ video HERE
‘Julia’ is taken from the Jungle’s acclaimed, self-titled debut album. Described by Q magazine as a “brilliant, joyous, unsettling debut” and by NME as “the pop-art album of the summer”, the album was shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Music Prize before featuring in many end-of-year ‘best of’ lists including Time Out, Clash, NME, Amazon and Q. Jungle were also nominated for ‘British Artist Of The Year’ at the BBC Music Awards, named iTunes’ ‘Best New Alternative Artist Of 2014’ and featured as one of Spotify’s ‘Top 5 Breakthrough Artists’. They then rounded off 2014 with a show-stopping US TV performance on the Tonight With Seth Myers show, which can be seen HERE
After leaving the NZ shores they headed across the ditch to Laneways Festival and had Vic Mensa join them on stage in Sydney! http://instagram.com/p/yoImSeEEaL/?modal=true Knew we shoulda gone!
The guys have started an Instagram http://instagram.com/jungle4eva (please follow)
http://www.junglejunglejungle.com/
Currently on tour following her mesmerising appearance at St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, FKA Twigs performed a new track (referred to as ‘Figure 8’) last night at Melbourne’s 170 Russell.
This is the first flash of new material since the release of LP1. Check out the video below for a sneak peak…
The Waterboys have released the official video for new single ‘Beautiful Now’. It debuted Monday 2nd February on the US website, Entertainment Weekly…
‘Beautiful Now’ is single number 2 off the band’s highly-anticipated new album Modern Blues, which has experienced some great chart positions across Europe including #10 in Ireland and Norway, #14 in UK, #18 in Holland and #21 in Belgium.
Catch them on the New Zealand leg of their international tour on 31st March at ASB Theatre, Auckland.
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THOM YORKE
NEW ALBUM – TOMORROW’S MODERN BOXES
Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes is the second solo album by Thom Yorke of the English alternative rock band Radiohead, produced by long-time collaborator Nigel Godrich. Downloaded over a million times within six days of its release, the eight-track album was platformed via a paid-for BitTorrent bundle on 26th September 2014, followed by its Australasian release on 23rd January 2015.
Pressed onto heavyweight 180g white vinyl complete with undersize 75mm centre labels, housed within heavy white board inner and outer sleeves. These are printed with a metallic silver laminate then multi-tone black and a striking neongreen; the whole is enclosed in a bespoke anti-static shield bag – a metallised laminated material usually used by the electronics industry for protecting components from electrostatic interference. The bag is printed with neon green on both sides, and has a resealable grip closure.
http://tomorrowsmodernboxes.com/
http://thomyorke.bandcamp.com/
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Texan-music blog Gorilla vs. Bear premiered the track, and had this to say: ““Catch the warm breeze as Cat + Stas get spaced-out with their Black Constellation cohorts and label mates Porter Ray and the Palaceer on the laid back and lifted title track from their new LP” (see post)
Produced by THEESatisfaction and Erik Blood, mixed by Blood at Protectand Exalt Labs: A Black Space and mastered by Adam Straney at BreakPoint Mastering in Seattle, the album features cameos from Shabazz Palaces, Meshell Ndegeocello, Porter Ray, Blood and Taylor Brown.
Listen to the single HERE
What people are saying about THEESatisfaction…
“EarthEE is pure message music, where cuts like “No GMO” and “Planet For Sale” raise environmental awareness, and “Post Black Anyway” gets us pensive on social issues. The true gift of this Seattle-based duo is their ability to seamlessly weave serious commentary into music that also seriously brings the party.” [EarthEE, 4/5] – BUST
“20 Albums To Get Excited About In February” [EarthEE] – NME
“”Recognition” shines a light on the duo’s spacey roots with a dazzling atmospheric treatment.” [“Recognition”] – Okay Player
“…Spacey, kaleidoscopic” [“Recognition”] – Stereogum
“The panoramic rhythms, chants, and deep space synths on this cut are alluring and intoxicating.” [“Recognition”] – The Needle Drop
http://www.theesatisfaction.com/
https://www.facebook.com/theesatisfactionofficial
https://twitter.com/stasandcat
http://theesatisfaction.tumblr.com/
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Read an excellent feature from FasterLouder with our pals Belle and Sebastian.
Read it HERE
The band will be playing Auckland Laneway later this month.
Their new album ‘Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance’ is out on Jan 16th via Matador Records / Rhythmethod
Pre order HERE
Future Islands have shared a lovely little documentary about their time on the road entitled ‘Road Dawgs’, watch it now:
The band’s album ‘Singles’ recently topped Pitchfork‘s Top 100 Tracks of 2014, get it on iTunes now
Future Islands have shared a spectacular 4AD Session overnight.
The playlist features performances of tracks from their album Singles which was released this year via 4AD / Rhythmethod
Watch ‘Doves’ :
Future Islands will be playing Laneway 2015
Singles is out now via 4AD
OUT NOW IS SBTRKT’S SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM ON THE YOUNG TURKS LABEL & DISTRIBUTED IN NZ BY RHYTHMETHOD
AND Here’s SBTRKT performing “Wildfire (feat. Drake & Little Dragon)” from their debut album, at the iTunes Festival in London…
