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John Cale announces new album | Music News
Former Velvet Underground man John Cale has announced the release of his 16th studio album, ‘Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood’ due for release on 1st October 2012 via Double Six Records.
Shifty Adventures… is the result of sessions held at Cale’s LA studio. Days were spent experimenting with MPCs, pounding fists onto pianos, manipulating glitches and lots of signature viola drone while patiently waiting for songs to reveal themselves. There was also a spontaneous session with Danger Mouse to create the opening track ‘I Wanna Talk 2 U’.
The full album tracklist is as follows:
1. I Wanna Talk 2 U 2. Scotland Yard
3. Hemmingway 4. Face To The Sky
5. Nookie Wood 6. December Rains
7. Mary 8. Vampire Cafe
9. Mothra 10. Living With You
11. Midnight Feast 12. Sandman (Flying Dutchman)
Rooftop Runners | Music Profiles
Artist: Rooftop Runners
From: Berlin, Germany
Album: We Are Here EP
Style: Alternative / Indie / Trip pop
Members: Benedikt & Tobias MacIsaac
Production: Angela Seserman
Tracklisting: Streets, Energize, Bang Bang, She Devil
Website: www.rooftoprunners.com, www.facebook.com/rooftoprunner
Highlights: 2012 European tour successfully completed, performed at Club NME
Music Video for “Streets”: http://vimeo.com/34965015, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
“Streets” electronic remix:http://soundcloud.com/el
Sounds Like: Jeff Buckley, James Blake, Radiohead, Massive Attack
Bio: “Crippled in my youth, crippled in my youth, crippled in my youth and I’m trying to breathe”
The music of Rooftop Runners ripples positively original pop waves through far darker lyrics than you’d expect from your typical indie fair: a seething concoction of trippy electro beats and spine-shattering bass lines is equalized by soulful falsetto vocals and folksy, dissonant guitars, making for a sobering but enjoyable listen.
Forging a mix of menacing mood and moving melody out of their adopted city of Berlin, Germany, RTR are Canadian singer-songwriter brother duo Benedikt and Tobias MacIsaac. An internationally accomplished choreographer and dancer respectively, the brothers are no strangers to performing-arts success, having toured and performed extensively with world class troupes in Europe.
Rooftop Runners’ new 4 song EP “We Are Here” will be released April 3, 2012, and it’s meant as both an affirmation and a promise that “RTR has arrived and they are here to stay.” With fervent response from local music media and a rapidly growing fan-base, a European Tour completed and an eagerly-anticipated full length debut album also due in 2012, the siblings seem set to drop their pioneer strand of Trip-Pop at us from rooftops the world over before long. The EP “We Are Here” is just an introduction.
Monks of Mellonwah | Music Profile
Band: Monks of Mellonwah
Location: Sydney, NSW
Members: Will Maher (vocals), Joe de la Hoyde (backing vocals/guitar), John de la Hoyde (bass), Josh Baissari (drums)
CD: “Neurogenesis” EP (Advance release May 24, 2012)
Production: Jeff Bova (Michael Jackson, Billy Joel), Ryan Miller (John Frusciante, Flea), Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, RHCP)
Websites: www.monksofmellonwah.com, www.facebook.com/monksofmellon
Style: indie rock, alternative rock
Similar to: The Black Keys, Muse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
News release: Coming off their big win for “Best Indie Rock Artist” at the Artists in Music Awards 2012, and being nominated for best International Artist in the LA Music Awards, Sydney’s buzz act Monks of Mellonwah are now ready to release their new EP “Neurogenesis”. Contributing to the new EP were Grammy Award winning producer Jeff Bova (Michael Jackson, Billy Joel), Ryan Miller (John Frusciante, Flea, The Ruminators) and renowned engineer Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers).
Neurogenesis features 4 alternative rock tracks which explore a range of concepts from Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb in “Neurogenesis” to the longing for life in “Neverending Spirit”. Each track has something to offer and is demonstration of the Monks of Mellonwah’s evolution, both in terms of maturity of song writing and musical and vocal prowess.
Adele Parks Whatever it Takes | Book Review
I got through Adele Parks new book Whatever it Takes as quickly as my schedule allowed. It is a wonderfully paced book, full of flawed characters and brilliant observations. Some of the characters are not likable, and become less so further on, I like that. The book captivates. 
As a Londoner the story of Elosie Hamilton, who moves to Dartmouth for her husband after living her whole life in London is interesting to me, and the book even made me long for the seaside and a large country house. Well, for a while anyway.
Whatever it Takes is a story of family, friendship and marriage. It is also a story of fertility. Sara is almost driven mad for her longing for a child. She becomes bitter and difficult to be around. While Sara is childless, Eloise has three children. Eloise is nice, far too nice. She tries to be perfect and have a perfect life as one thing after another nearly makes her world, and her families implode.
Spoiler Alert
Another thing about the book is that I also found it painful to read. The reason being is how well Parks writes about the character, Margaret descending into dementia. My grandfather had Alzheimer’s and the the book is so well written that I knew this was happening to the character before it was revealed. I recognised my own grandfather in the character of Margaret, all of the little things she does and that happen to her; painful to read but it does not make the book less enjoyable to read.
The characters sometimes make you want to shake them or slap them, love them or hug them. This book is a triumph for Adele Parks. She should be very proud.
Mumford & Sons reveal traveling fest + tour playlist | Music News
Mumford & Sons kicked off a series of UK shows this week, playing alongside the likes of The Vaccines, Michael Kiwanuka, Zulu Winter, Slow Club, and Willy Mason.
These shows include their “The Gentlemen of the Road” series of outdoor events , headlined by Mumford & Sons, and will feature full bills of support acts curated by the band themselves.
Ahead of the shows the band have compiled a playlist of their favourite songs from each of the artists playing these June events. The playlist – complete with specially-created artwork – is available to stream below:
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Speaking about the shows the band said: “The Gentlemen of the Road Stopover is based loosely upon our favourite festivals like Colorado’s Telluride Bluegrass and Scotland’s Loopallu Festivals. We want to stop off in towns not usually heavily toured by bands, and celebrate the people, food and music that inhabit them. We’re keen to promote the town’s local businesses, and we’ll be using the local bars and venues for aftershow parties, whilst working closely with the local people to get everyone involved in making these shows spectacular. There will be a host of our friends playing too, and the vibe falls somewhere between ‘travelling Victorian circus’ and ‘Victorian travelling circus’. It should be a whole lot of fun.”
All of the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover shows will heavily involve the local communities, from the produce sold on the sites, to engaging visitors with the towns as a whole. The band will be playing a series of shows between the gigs with the support acts selected from the Summer show line-ups.
The final show will be on 9th June in Galway featuring Mumford & Sons + The Vaccines, Willy Mason, Zulu Winter, Nathaniel Rateliff and The Correspondents. For further details visit http://gentlemenoftheroad.com/
Hot Chip: new video, tour info + album details | Music News
London electronica gods Hot Chip have unveiled the Peter Serafinowicz-directed video for ‘Night And Day’, the first single from their forthcoming fifth LP, ‘In Our Heads’, released on 11th June. The video features appearances from Terence Stamp, Reggie Watts, Lara Stone and of course Hot Chip.
Peter Serafinowicz stated that “many animals were harmed during the making of this video. Regrettably, none of them made the final edit.”
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The band can also announce that they have invited The 2 Bears, Peter Um and Factory Floor as special guests on their forthcoming June UK tour. Details below:
SUN 10 JUNE – SHEFFIELD, UK – LEADMILL – with The 2 Bears live
MON 11 JUNE – CAMBRIDGE, UK – JUNCTION – with Peter Um plus The 2 Bears DJs
WED 13 JUNE – LONDON, UK – HEAVEN – with Factory Floor – SOLD OUT
FRI 15 JUNE – LONDON, UK – LOVEBOX – headline
FRI 27 JULY – DORSET, UK – CAMP BESTIVAL
SUN 2 SEPT – STRADBALLY, IRELAND – ELECTRIC PICNIC
THU 6 SEPT – ISLE OF WIGHT, UK – BESTIVAL
The band’s new album, ‘In Our Heads’, was recorded in London and produced by the band with Mark Ralph and is the band’s follow up to 2010’s intoxicating One Life Stand and their first LP for Domino. In Our Heads will be released on 11th June .
Scrufizzer unveils new video for ‘What’s New’ | Music News
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West London MC and producer Scru Face, aka Scrufizzer, is steadily becoming one of the UK undergrounds most explosive new talents. Renowned for his inventive, rapid-fire flow and cutting-edge fusion of urban production styles, the last two years have seen a steady ascension of his name, leading to collaborations and performances with the scenes top names including Dizzee Rascal, Donae’o and Skepta, being put on the radar of Annie Mac, Nick Grimshaw, Rob Da Bank and Trevor Nelson on Radio 1, as well as being selected as one of BBC 1Xtra’s ’12 for 2012′.
His latest video for new track ‘What’s New’ sees Scrufizzer on the mean streets of his native borough of West Ealing in London.