Taken from their new album – set for release via Sub Pop on August 19 – Los Angeles noise duo No Age are streaming a new track, titled ‘C’mon Stimmung’. Set to feature as the third track on An Object – the follow-up to 2010’s impressive Everything In Between – the song is a brief but characteristically exuberant burst of experimental punk from the two-piece. Listen to ‘C’mon Stummung’ via YouTube below.
Filmed by none other than Therapy? bassist Michael “The Evil Priest” McKeegan and edited by Tristan Crowe, Belfast-based singer-songwriter Robyn G Shiels has unveiled videos documenting his recent EP launch. Performed in the totally unique live setting that is the Belfast Barge, Shiels launched his wonderful Underneath The Night of Stars EP following a set by fast-rising, Belfast-based band Arborist. Read our review of Shiels’ EP here. In the meantime, have a peek at the aforementioned videos below! ‘A Man To Your Wife’ ‘When We Were Brothers’ ‘If Now Is An Echo’
Directed by filmmaker William Armstrong, Electric Picnic have released a rather lovely promo video for this year’s festival. Shot on location at last’s festival, the brief yet altogether enchanting piece of film goes some distance to convey the magic of the annual Co. Laois festival, set to take place at Stradbally Estate from Friday August 30 to Sunday September 1. Fatboy Slim, Bjork and Arctic Monkeys will headline the festival, celebrating its 10th birthday. Tickets are the Electric Picnic are available to purchase here. Watch the festival’s official promo video via Vimeo below.
Were you at our launch party last month? You know, when Mojo Fury performed their debut album in full and the Blue Whale, Vanilla Gloom and PigsAsPeople provided totally kickass support, ensuring a totally unforgettable night and a truly excellent way to kickstart The Thin Air? 200 hundred people turned up on the night. It was loud, it was sweaty – it was captured by the upstanding gentleman (and indeed scholar) that is Joe Laverty. Thanks to Joe’s superb filming on the night (something he did out of the goodness of his own heart, we might add) and the killer…
L.A. dream pop trio Superhumanoids have unveiled a new track, the wonderfully laconic, decidedly lovely ‘Bad Weather’. Taken from the band’s forthcoming debut album Exhibitionists, the track is propelled by hazy synth and guitar arpeggios, as well as vocalist Sarah Chernoff’s superbly subtle delivery. Exhibitionists is released via Innovative Lesiure on August 6. Stream ‘Bad Weather’ below.
Northern Irish alt-rock band Rupture Dogs are streaming their new single, ‘Wake Up’. Taken from the band’s long-awaited debut album, Feral, the single will be officially released on June 20 at Belfast’s Limelight 2. Support on the night will come from Spies, Kill Goliath and Safe Ships. Stream ‘Wake Up’ and the single’s b-side via Soundcloud below.
Toronto-based label Arts and Crafts – home to Broken Social Scene, Bloc Party and more – celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. To help mark (et) the occassion, the people’s favourite ever-changing supergroup Broken Social Scene appeared on last night’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”, performing ‘Almost Crimes’ (from 2002’s You Forgot It In People) and ‘7/4 Shoreline’ (from their 2005 self-titled). Even Feist turned up! As well as photo exhibits and a one-day festival in Toronto, the label will also be releasing a collaborations compilation with other artists from the label’s roster, as well as a retrospective comp looking…
Seriously. FACT have revealed that the global hip-hop phenomenon that is Kanye West is the star of Kanye Quest 3030, a ““a hip-hop-themed science-fiction 2D roleplaying game starring Kanye West”. The game is reportedly set in a dystopian future and sees other rappers such as Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj and Biggie Smalls being controlled by a malevolent “dictator”. Whilst Yeezy hasn’t officially endorsed Kanye Quest yet, you can download the alpha version of the game here. View the trailer for Kanye Quest 3030 below.
Belfast-based singer-songwriter VerseChorusVerse AKA Tony Wright has released the video to a new track, ‘The Birds’. Filmed by Will McConnell of Bandwidth Films, it is latest promo video from the North Coast native, who is set to release his highly-anticipated debut album in the coming months. Next week, VerseChorusVerse will play to full-band shows in Belfast and Dublin. Go here for the event page for the former show, taking place on Saturday, June 15. In the meantime, watch the beautiful video for ‘The Birds’ below.
Having proved itself to be one of the country’s best outdoor urban festival sites at Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Derry’s Ebrington Square will host a free concert as part of the Music City celebrations on Friday June 21. Taking place between 4pm and 11pm, Sounds from this City vs. Sounds from Cities on the Edge Festival will stage to two arenas. Whereas The Sound from this City arena will host some of the most promising emerging and established bands and musicians from the city including Little Bear, Ryan Vail (pictured), Best Boy Grip, Wyldling, The Clameens, Wonder Villains, The Wood Burning…