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Alt rock kings Nada Surf have unveiled the video for their single, ‘Waiting For Something,’ off their recently released seventh album The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy. The video was directed by Violetta D’Agata and is described as “a personal journey through interlocking time in the lives of several interconnected characters, all of whom share the mystique and beauty of their Spanish island – Ibiza.”
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Kent’s Tom Williams & The Boat have unveiled the animated video for new single ‘Too Young’, which is out now. The video is made up of over 1500 drawings, all hand drawn by chief protagonist, Tom Williams. The single is taken from the band’s album, ‘Teenage Blood’, which is out now.
Catch the band on tour and at various festivals over the summer:
June 16th
Green Man Boat Party!
W/Field Music/Three Trapped Tigers
June 30th
Leefest
July 6th
Lounge On The Farm
July 19th
Secret Garden Party
September 2nd
Smugglers Festival
September 6-9th
Bestival
September 15th
Southsea Fest
Animal Collective have announced a world tour, including 4 UK & Irish shows. Dates are as follows:
Sunday 4th November – London, Roundhouse
Tuesday 6th November – Dublin, Vicar Street
Wednesday 7th November – Glasgow, ABC1
Thursday 8th November – Manchester, The Warehouse Project
Full dates and more info: myanimalhome.net
Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains have announced that ‘Edge Of Town’ will be released as the next single from their debut album ‘E Volo Love’. The single will be released on Monday the 23rd July 2012. It’s a beautiful song that provokes a guaranteed hip-shaking swagger in the body of any listener. The key elements; swirling layers of percussive conga drums, chilled-out vocals, heavenly synth washes and perfectly clean guitar chimes all effortlessly coalesce into a perfect warm-weather listening experience.
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Fránçois and his band will be performing live over the summer as follows:
Following the release of their acclaimed debut album ‘Ways To Forget’, Clock Opera are re-releasing single ‘Belongings’ on July 30. Watch the video here:
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Following their sold out album release partyat the Scala in April the band have announced their next headline London show and UK tour on the back of a busy summer of festivals including Blissfields, Winterwell, Roskilde, Latitude, Summer Sundae, Beacons, Bestival and Festival Number #06 to name a few.
The full list of Autumn UK dates are as follows:
20/10 – Gathering Festival – Oxford
22/10 – Sugarmill – Stoke
24/10 – Cyprus Avenue – Cork
25/10 – Roisin Dub – Galway
26/10 – Academy 2 – Dublin
27/10 – Limelight – Belfast
29/10 – The Kazimier – Liverpool
30/10 – Bodega – Nottingham
31/10 – Deaf Institute – Manchester
01/11 – Doghouse – Dundee
02/11 – King Tut’s – Glasgow
03/11 – The Harley – Sheffield
05/11 – The Haunt – Brighton
06/11 – Thekla – Bristol
07/11 – Waterfront – Norwich
08/11 – Heaven – London
Tickets on sale at www.clockopera.com/tour-dates/
Hotly tipped New Zealand band Opossom have signed to Fire Records. The brainchild of Kody Nielson, formerly of acclaimed “trouble gum art punks” The Mint Chicks, Opossom will release their first record on the label ‘Electric Hawaii’, on 6 August.
Already acclaimed by the likes of Pitchfork, NME and CMU, the band’s intense live performances have garnered rave reviews and the band made waves after their UK live debut in April. Joining Kody on stage are Bic Runga in the role of chanteuse and multi-instrumentalist and former fellow Mint Chick Michael Logie on bass guitar duties. There are plans are afoot for UK, European and US shows in the Autumn.
Have a watch of the video for the first single from the album, “Blue Meanies”, below:
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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)