• Boards Of Canada to stream new album today

    June 3, 2013 - By 

    A reminder that Scottish electronic duo Boards Of Canada will be streaming their new album Tomorrow’s Harvest over on their website tonight. The live stream of the group’s highly-anticipated new album represents a climax of all the internet hysteria to this point, which has so far included mysterious tweets from the band themselves, vinyl prints being sold on eBay for over $4,000, and several codes found on vinyl singles and internet messageboards. There was also a listening party streamed from a Californian waterpark last week, but unsurprisingly the feed didn’t last very long. You can see what all the fuss…

  • Stream: Fyfe – ‘Conversations’

    May 31, 2013 - By 

    London musician Paul Dixon AKA Fyfe has unveiled the wonderfully disjointed slice of brooding electro-pop that is ‘Converastions’ The follow-up the equally immerseive ‘St. Tropez’ – taken form his debut EP Solace, released earlier this year – the track is officialy released on July 8. Stream ‘Conversations’ below.

  • Album stream: Camera Obscura – Desire Lines

    May 29, 2013 - By 

    Ahead of its official release on June 3, Glasgow indie pop band Camera Obscura are streaming their fifth studio album, Desire Lines. Featuring guest appearances by the likes of Neko Case and My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, the twelve-track release comes four years after their last studio album, the exquisite My Maudlin Career. It was recorded in Portland, Oregon by Tucker Martine. Stream the album below.

  • Watch: VerseChorusVerse – ‘Spiders’

    May 29, 2013 - By 

    Belfast-based singer-songwriter VerseChorusVerse has unveiled the new video for the track ‘Spiders’. A so-called “paper crushed, insected, digital love story” the video for the song was animated, directed and designed by Pixelgram AKA Aaron McKee. VerseChorusVerse AKA ex-And So I Watch You From Afar guitarist Tony Wright take part in a ‘Getting to Know’ session at Belfast’s Oh Yeah Centre on Thursday, June 6. He will also play a full band show ahead of the release of his highly anticipated debut album at Belfast’s Voodoo on June 15. Go here for more information. Stream/pay what you like for the ‘Spiders’ via…

  • David Byrne and St. Vincent give away free EP

    May 29, 2013 - By 

    Ahead of a pretty hefty U.S. and European tour David Byrne and St. Vincent have made their Brass Tactics EP available to download for free online. A collaborative release alongside their superb 2012 full-length debut Love This Giant, the EP consists of two remix tracks, two live tracks (including Talking Heads’ ‘Road To Nowhere’ and a previously unreleased track from Love This Giant. Brass Tactics tracklisting: 1. ‘Cissus’ 2. ‘I Should Watch TV’ (M. Stine Remix) 3. ‘Lightning’ (Kent Rockafeller Remix) 4. ‘Marrow’ (Live) 5. ‘Road to Nowhere’ (Live) Sound good? Download the EP for free below.

  • Nine Inch Nails make surprise album announcement

    May 28, 2013 - By 

    Just twelve hours after it was announced that they are to play this year’s Belsonic festival in Belfast, Nine Inch Nails have made a surprise announcement stating a brand new album is finished and set for release later this year. On a statement released on the official Nine Inch Nails website, the band’s founder and brainchild Trent Reznor wrote, “I’ve been less than honest about what I’ve really been up to lately. For the last year I’ve been secretly working non-stop with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder on a new, full-length Nine Inch Nails record, which I am happy to…

  • Nine Inch Nails and more announced for Belsonic

    May 28, 2013 - By 

    Playing Northern Ireland for the first time since forming a quarter of a century ago, U.S. industrial rock legends Nine Inch Nails are amongst several new acts announced to play this year’s Belsonic festival in Belfast’s Custom House Square. Set to take place on Wednesday August 21, North Coast post-rock quartet And So I Watch You From Afar have been confirmed as support for the iconic band, fronted by Trent Reznor (above). Several new support acts have also been announced for this year’s festival. Manchester band James will up the nostalgia factor by supporting Suede on August 24; The Courteeners,…

  • The Alice Kona Band split, release final EP

    May 27, 2013 - By 

    Belfast garage-pop quartet The Alice Kona Band have cushioned the blow of announcing they are no more by releasing their final EP online, the aptly-titled Alice Is Dead. Having released a couple of stellar singles over the last while – both of which feature on the release – the parting EP was recorded at Belfast’s Start Together in the summer of last year by Ben McAuley. On a brief statement made online, the band said, “We’ll be announcing a new project in the very near future. Huge thanks and much love to everyone that’s supported us over the last 4…

  • Stream: Malibu Shark Attack – Internal Organs

    May 27, 2013 - By 

    Taking from their forthcoming debut album, transatlantic indie-rap group Malibu Shark Attack are streaming their track ‘Internal Organs’ via Soundcloud. Made up of Rocky O’Reilly (Belfast’s Start Together Studio/Oppenheimer) and Atlanta, Georgia’s Tribe One with varying guests thrown in for good measure, it is the group’s first online release. ‘Internal Organs’ was released in physical form with ‘Monsters Under Your Bed’ last month. Stream Internal Organs’ – featuring the fine trumpeting skills of Linley Hamilton – below.

  • Stream: HAERTS – All The Days

    May 25, 2013 - By 

    Comprised of members from Germany, England and the United States, Brooklyn-based band HAERTS have released their superb new single, ‘All The Days’. After the success of their debut single ‘Wings’ – released to much hype and hubbub last year – the five-piece have returned with a similarly seductive follow-up, propelled by triumphant rhythms, washes of hazy synth and Nini Fabi’s enchanting vocals. With toes, fingers and everything else crossed for regular material over the next while, stream ‘All The Days’ via Soundcloud below.