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First Aid Kit – ‘Emmylou’
The second album by Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg was reorded with producer Mike Mogis in Omaha, Nebraska.
‘Emmylou’ is the follow up single to ‘The Lion’s Roar’ from the record of the same name. As the name suggests it’s a tribute to Emmylou Harris as well as June Carter and Johnny Cash –…
Clock Opera’s affecting new video for ‘Once And For All’
With the Olympics around the corner, London-based crew Clock Opera are destined to soundtrack the coverage and highlights – their music being immediately emotive and rousing.
‘Once And For All’ has been knocking about for a while now, but a new sleek version will be the opening track to the band’s anticipated debut record Ways …
Watch an artful video for The Japanese Popstars with James Vincent McMorrow – ‘Shells Of Silver’
We recently ran a feature on abnormal associations and few collaborations are more unexpected than arena ravers, such as The Japanese Popstars, jamming with a folky, such as James Vincent McMorrow. But it happened and ‘Shells Of Silver’ wass the outcome, a beautiful falsetto harmonised over ambient reverbed piano.
‘Shells Of Silver’ is the latest…
Watch the trailer for a documentary about Road Records
Director Mark O’Toole has made a 34 minute documentary on Road Records – One For The Road: A Short Film About Road Records…, the much-loved record store in Dublin city which went out of business last year after 13 years.
The film tells the story of Dave and Julie’s musical emporium on Fade Street
Watch the epic animated video for Fleet Foxes ‘The Shrine / An Argument’
Fleet Foxes are set to release Helplessness Blues…‘ track ‘The Shrine / An Argument’ as a limited edition 12″ on Bella Union. The single will include live versions of the ‘The Shrine / An Argument’ and ‘Blue Spotted Tail’ as well as ‘Montezuma’, available from December 9th.
With a story line rich in pastoral
Watch Michael Kiwanuka come ‘Home Again’
New soul with a old voice or a new voice with an old soul, Michael Kiwanuka is a modern-day Bill Withers.
‘Home Again’ has been part of his live set since early summer. It’s acoustic soul with hints of grandiose, rolling with folk guitar, loose dusty beats and some choice cello.
“So I close my…
Lykke Li is joined by First Aid Kit on Letterman
For her most recent appearance on US television, Lykke Li is joined the Söderberg sisters, Johanna and Klara, on backing vocals. The girls of course make up First Aid Kit, who are touring with Lykke Li as support around the States.
Lykke Li was on David Letterman performing ‘Silent My Song’, the closing track off…
Watch the super fun video for Make Out’s ‘You Can’t Be Friends With Everyone’
If all you’ve ever wanted to do was run around a city, trash the place and get in people’s noses then you can do just that by living vicariously through the video for Make Out’s ‘You Can’t Be Friends with Everyone’.
Directed by John Threat + Diane Martel, the video is for the new single…
Watch EleventyFour and her pals in ‘The Friend Song’
One of State’s Faces of 2011 and Nialler9′s highlight from this year’s Electric Picnic, EleventyFour has released her debut EP The Joy Imperative… (streaming below).
‘The Friend Song’ opens the record with Dorothy Cotter introducing her indoor, outdoor, frizzbee, fair-weather, long-distance, up-all-night, cocktail drinking buddies – a warm fuzzy start to this crisp November morning
Watch Bell X1 on a ‘Sugar High’
The latest single to drop from Bell X1‘s Bloodless Coup… LP, ‘Sugar High’ is set for release on November 25th.
Talking about the background to ‘Sugar High’, Paul Noonan comments:
“Ireland is in ways a microcosm or concentrated dose of the madness that has us all sloshing around in the shit. The song began as
The Ting Tings return with ‘Hang It Up’
The Ting Tings are back. Again.
White and De Martino have yet to follow-up on their hit album We Started Nothing…. Over the past year the pair had been recording an LP in Berlin, set for release early next year, but for some reason that has been shelved. Instead recording has resumed in the
Watch Benjamin Francis Leftwich ‘Shine’
‘Shine’ is the wistful third single taken off Benjamin Francis Leftwich’s gorgeous debut LP.
The track features the breathy vocals, clean guitar lines and delicate melody that make Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm… such an elegant album.
Like that, the video for ‘Shine’ (made by Pip) uses pretty moving pictures, hazy sun-soaked scenes and stylish
Video: Dum Dum Girls – ‘Bedroom Eyes’
‘Bedroom Eyes’ is a chiming slice of guitar-pop taken off Dum Dum Girls‘ second album Only In Dreams.
A melancholic, sweet song of yearning, Dee Dee and the girls seduce with their peepers in a video directed by Sam Macon.
Only In Dreams… is out now via Sub Pop.
Watch James Blake perform ‘Once we all Agree’ live in LA
Footage of James Blake’s new single ‘Once we all Agree’ has appeared online from his Los Angeles show at the Music Box on September 18. The piano led track will appear on his new upcoming EP Enough Thunder… which is due for release on October 8th via Atlas. The EP will also feature the recently
