Recommends: Record Store Day, Pt 1
This coming Saturday April 21 is Record Store Day, a day to celebrate great records and the stores that house them. In anticipation, we've asked some of our well-travelled, music loving friends to tell us about either a record store - or a record - that they love and want to share with others.
Here we have stories from Bag Raiders, Rough Trade, DJ/Producer and owner of Italians Do It Better, Mike Simonetti and Modular's own Shelley to help you discover some great record stores and some gems hidden in them!
Recommends: Ben Browning
While his band-mates are enjoying a well-deserved rest before embarking on their next album, Ben Browning, bass player for Cut Copy, has released a solo side project.
His debut EP 'Lover Motion' features cameos and collaborations with Architecture in Helsinki's Gus Franklin and Haima Marriott, and Cut Copy's own Dan Whitford and is out now on the band's label, Cutters Records.
Ben's on the road through-out April and May with a string of dates across America, more info here.
April 16, 2012 at 3:14pm in recommends, Cut Copy : Post A Comment
Modcast #115: Pional
This week's Modcast is brought to you by under-the-radar Spaniard Pional AKA Miguel Barros AKA Alt Fenster. He kicked off his career underneath DJ superhero John Talabot's Barcelona-based Hivern Discs label. Here he has contributed an hour long house mix to the Modcast canon. Tracklist below.
Watch: Ladyhawke - Sunday Drive
Here is the video for Ladyhawke's single 'Sunday Drive'. Premiered by #1 fan, Perez Hilton, and directed by Mat O'Brien, 'Sunday Drive' is the second single from Ladyhawke's forthcoming album 'Anxiety', due for release this coming May 25 (AUS) / 28 (EU/UK) / 29 (USA). It's dark and broody, yet still with that unmistakably catchy signature Ladyhawke hook.
Pre-order your copy of 'Anxiety':iTunes / JB Hifi / Ladyhawke Store / Get Music.
Australian and New Zealand fans can catch Ladyhawke playing live in July, dates below.
April 13, 2012 at 7:11am in news, Ladyhawke : Post A Comment
Recommends: Rustie's BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix
Glasgow producer Rustie, the winner of 2011's Guardian First Album Award, delivered a barnstormer mix for BBC1's Essential series this past Saturday night.
With a tracklist that encompasses fellow Numbers alumni Jackmaster and Hudson Mohawke, a trilogy of rap's First Ladies in Cassie, Nicki Minaj, and Destiny's Child, and one extremely bananas rework of his Glass Swords stand-out 'City Star', Rustie's Essential Mix is start-to-finish banging.
You can stream Rustie's Essential Mix here. BBC Radio 1 Essential Mixes are available for one week on the BBC site.
Watch: Van She - Idea of Happiness
Here it is, the video for the first single 'Idea of Happiness' taken from Van She's forthcoming album of the same name. They'll be showing off their new live show over the coming weeks kicking off in Adelaide on April 14th and moving around Australia.
The video is directed by the legendary Andreas Nilsson who has worked with The Knife, MGMT, Yeasayer, Jose Gonzales and others.
Get the single now on iTunes (AU) and the album will be out July 6 (AUS) / 9 (EU/UK) / 10 (USA). Tour dates below:
Muscles Announces New Album 'Manhood'
One-man party machine Muscles has done it again. Manhood is a destruction of truth and lies of Australian culture, recorded by a guy who grew up in rural Australia in his mid-20s, in a makeshift studio in South Melbourne.
Described as a prelude to his debut album Guns Babes Lemonade (which featured 'One Inch Badge Pin', 'Sweaty' and 'Ice Cream'), Manhood is a tour de force of 'no holds barred' electronic post-punk, euro-dance, Italo disco, engaging sophisticated (through drunkenness) camp masculine pop, this is an album that balances itself in It's extremity.
Muscles will be unleashing his Manhood on the world June 15, 2012.
Premiere: Van She - Idea of Happiness
Van She are back with their sophomore record, 'Idea Of Happiness', take a listen to the first cut and title track below to get a taste of things to come.
Recorded, engineered and produced by the band themselves in Kings Cross, Sydney and mixed in Los Angeles with Tony Hoffer (the perfect man for the job with a resume that includes work with Beck, Air, Phoenix and M83), the final result is so uplifting it's practically levitational.
'Idea of Happiness' will be out internationally on Modular July 6 (AUS)/ 9 (EU/UK)/ 10 (USA).
Be sure to be the first in the world to hear live the new material as Van She take to the road next month for a string of National Club show dates (below).
Modcast #114: Phi Unit + Cousin Cole Double Pack
This week, we present a super special edition of the Modcast this week with a killer double-bill.
Late last year New York DJ/Producers Cousin Cole and Phi Unit released their 'So Emotional' mixtape. Driven by the desire to make an EP of emotional Moombahton: "Emoton" they put together a soft, tissue friendly EP.
They put on a party, 'Moombahton Maxxin', in NYC with DJ Reck every other Thursday at 2A and are currently working on volume 2 but in the meantime they've both made mixes for the Modcast this week.
Stream: Upcoming Bag Raiders Releases
Next Friday Bag Raiders will celebrate the release of the digital deluxe reissue of their debut self-titled album, the deluxe edition features the original favourites and includes 10 new remixes. It's officially released April 6 (alongside their Leave Them All Behind mix) but you can listen all week here at Rdio.
They'll also kick off the Easter long weekend with the release of 'Leave Them All Behind 4', mixed by Bag Raiders. Listen via Rdio here. Pre-order via JB HiFi, iTunes.
Catch them as they hot-step their way across Australia at the following dates.
March 29, 2012 at 8:22am in news, Bag Raiders : Post A Comment
Events
22.05.12 - Pond
Cargo, London
23.05.12 - Pond
Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms
24.05.12 - Tom Vek, Jonathan Boulet and Kindness
The Hi Fi, Melbourne
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25.05.12 - Pond
Arches, Glasgow
25.05.12 - Cassian
La La Land, Byron Bay, Australia
26.05.12 - Pond
Soup Kitchen, Manchester
26.05.12 - The Swiss
Homecoming @ The Prince, Melbourne, Australia
26.05.12 - Cassian
Elsewhere, Gold Coast, Australia
26.05.12 - Tom Vek, Jonathan Boulet and Kindness
Opera House, Sydney
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31.05.12 - Canyons [live]
Northcoate Social Club, Melbourne, Australia
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02.06.12 - Pond
Field Day, London
02.06.12 - Pond
Dot to Dot, Bristol
02.06.12 - Luke Million
Chinese Laundry, Sydney, Australia
02.06.12 - Softwar
Chinese Laundry, Sydney, Australia
02.06.12 - Cassian
Suvrvivor! @ The Bottom's End, Melbourne, Australia
03.06.12 - Pond
Dot to Dot, Nottingham
04.06.12 - Pond
Dot to Dot, Manchester
16.06.12 - Beni
The Ivy, Sydney, Australia
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Cut Copy
"Need You Now / Where I'm Going 7"
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The Swiss
"Double or Nothing 12"
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The Rapture
"In the Grace of Your Love LP"
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Tame Impala
"InnerSpeaker (Deluxe, 2CD)"
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Sneaky Sound System
"From Here To Anywhere "
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