Listen to the Popical Island Christmas album

This Saturday night will see the mighty Popical Island host their Christmas party at Crawdaddy and, to add to the incentive of Land Lovers, Hello Moon and Grand Pocket Orchestra playing live, you’ll also be able to pick up a copy of Ding Dongs Merrily Get High…. Featuring seven of the label’s acts, plus

Listen to St. Vincent’s little ditty from the Boardwalk Empire soundtrack

Back in September news reached us that St. Vincent had recorded a song for the soundtrack to the excellent Boardwalk Empire series.
At almost 90 seconds, ‘Make Believe’ is a lovely interlude that fits right into the 1920′s Atlantic City setting of the programme. It was used in the closing credits of episode 11 of…

Goldfrapp release singles collection, hear new song ‘Yellow Halo’

A message posted on the Goldfrapp site leads us to some new info from the band. On February 3rd, they will release the 14-track The Singles …which features two new songs “new wave ballad” ‘Melancholy Sky’ and the “slow building synth-pop” of ‘Yellow Halo’ as well as previous singles from their last five albums.
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Alex Winston covers The Black Keys – ‘Everlasting Light’

In support of her upcoming King Con album, Detroit singer-songwriter Alex Winston has recorded a sweet laid-back cover of The Black Keys’ ‘Everlasting Light’ with producer Charlie Hougall.
Hougall is the main producer of King Con… which is set for release at the end of February of next year.
Winston managed to hold out attention

New music from School Of Seven Bells

New York trio School Of Seven Bells release their third album Ghostory in February next year, the follow up to the well received Disconnect From Desire…. The band have released a lead track ‘The Night’ for free download, with their trademark combination of vocal harmonies and swirling guitars still very much in evidence.
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Perfume Genius, new song and album details

Michael Handreas will release the follow up to Learning – his emotionally crushing debut record – on February 17th, 2012 via Matador Records.
His second album is entitled Put Your Back N 2 It… and ‘All Waters’ is the first cut.
With organ keys and swelling synths, it has a fuller, more lush, arrangement than

Listen to Lana Del Rey’s new single ‘Born To Die’

Set to be one of the most talked about artists in the annual scrabble to predict the next big thing (expect to see her near the top of the BBC Sound of 2012 poll), Lana Del Rey releases her debut album Born To Die… on January 28th, with the title track emerging as a single

Free download: O Emperor – ‘Some Small Matter’

With a reputation for soft rock, the latest material from Waterford crew O Emperor may come as a bit of surprise.
It’s still vintage in its leaning but ‘Some Small Mater’ is shift in decades for the band, stepping out of the ’70s and into the ’80s. Percussion nods to kraut but the buzz-saw guitar…

Listen to the new single from Logikparty

Fiery Irish punks Logikparty are set to release their debut album Oh Cult!… in March of next year, recorded in London with producer Alalal (Al O’Connell). First up, however, is a free single ‘Anti Omerta’ via The Richter Collective, a track that sees the band expand on the promise of their debut EP. Get it

Listen to five tracks from The Black Keys new album

After dropping the brilliant video for ‘Lonely Boy’ last month, Ohio’s Black Keys will release their new seventh album El Camino… this Friday. Check out five tracks from it below and pre-order the album here.

EP Stream: The Holy Roman Army – Lazerians

Next spring will see the release of the new album from The Holy Roman Army but the duo aren’t content to wait until then to treat us to new material. The eight track Lazerians… EP features new material taken from the recording sessions and is available to download at your own choice of price. Give

Listen & download Owensie’s I Saw The Flashing Lights Remixes & Aliens debut

Owensie launched one of our favourite Irish albums of 2011 back in January and 11 months later, he is releasing Aliens as a free download for a limited time along with a cassette version featuring remixes entitled I Saw The Flashing Lights Remixes… on the B-side of the tape by Sertone, Sacred Animals, Tenaka, Bantum,

Listen to Adele’s Live At The Royal Albert Hall album

Adele has released a live version of her smash-hit album 21. The Live At The Royal Albert Hall… concert film DVD and Blu-Ray with a live CD of the show is in shops now since Friday but you can listen to the audio of the show and watch one video below.

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New music: Alpines

Self-described as “night-pop”, Alpines are Catherine Pockson and Robert Matthews from South West London. Earlier this year the duo released their debut Night Drive EP…, a stylish blend of wraithlike vocals and sharp synth production. The song ‘Cocoon’ followed, more dance orientated with darker shades while screaming classy sophistication.
Keen to experiment, Alpines have