Swanton Bombs - Wasteland on Fat Possom Records
Swanton Bombs release the second single off Mumbo Jumbo Murder through Fat Possom Records on 7″ and digital.
Out April 27, pre - order here.
Bento #8 - Curated by Jo Greenman
Turnstile are excited to release Bento #8, curated by Jo Bartlett, founder and curator of the brilliant Green Man Festival
Here’s what Jo Green Man had to say about her Bento…..
“From it’s birth in 2003 through to this Summer’s 8th festival, the Green Man has grown from 300 people to 10,000 last year. Over three nights and days, we have music across five stages, a cinema tent with live sound tracks and djs, comedy, literature and much more. All in the crazy, beautiful Welsh mountains. The huge communal campfire burns all night, the Green Man himself is set on fire on the Sunday at midnight. Here are a few acts who will be joining this year’s headliners Joanna Newsom, Doves and The Flaming Lips -
Sleepy Sun - Sandstorm Woman
Sleepy Sun is a California band from many Californias. They hail from the rolling oak and sage hills of Sierra Gold Country, The San Francisco Peninsula, where Kesey raged and the Dead were once Warlocks, and the forever-sunshine climes of the Southland. They came together-young and garage strutting in the coastal Northern California crucible of Santa Cruz. And there they birthed the Sleepy sound-dead blues shaken alive, razor sharp and ramblin’, soul, sonic science and dead-on pop surgery. Wooden, earthy, stratospheric, and swinging…California music of beautiful contrasts for conflicted times.
Lone Wolf - 15 Letters
Lone Wolf began life in 2009 in various dusty rooms and tape studios around Sweden, songs and ideas slowly coming together through the eyes of singer and guitarist Paul Marshall and the ears of Kristofer Jonson from Jeniferever. After a month of various field recordings, sneaking into concert halls late at night to use the piano, setting up their gear in small village churches, and other places they could find, the basic album tracks were done. Paul brought all the recordings back home to England in September and together with James from Duels, started on the final stages of mixing the album.
Silver Columns - Cavalier
Their roots lie in post-rock, folk and electronica. But this synth pop duo’s warm, fuzzy sound gives Hot Chip a run for their money. Silver Columns are none other than Adem Ilhan and Johnny Lynch. The former plays bass in post-rock/electronica outfit Fridge alongside Kieran “Four Tet” Hebden while the latter is a folky singer-songwriter who trades under the name the Pictish Trail and is a key player in Scotland’s Fence Collective.
Memory Tapes - Bicycle
The work of one man, New Jersey-based Dayve Hawke, Memory Tapes’ sound is immediately accessible but entirely capable of haunting your thoughts when it’s not filling your ears. Already the recipient of ‘net-wide blog praise, Hawke’s modus operandi is comparable to those of M83 and Cut Copy - this is shape-shifting synth-pop, big on beats but almost counteractively woozy of atmosphere. It’s effortlessly, achingly cool, but also clever enough never to rest on its laurels, as arrangements flitter in and out of focus, vocals drift without ever settling, and sleek synth lines dance rings around basslines borrowed from a library of 70s funk albums, as played by Hooky himself.
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Tony Da Gatorra & Gruff Rhys - extra live date -
Tony Da Gatorra and Gruff Rhys have added an extra live date to their handful of forthcoming shows. The gig - which will now be the pair’s UK debut - takes place at Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach on Wednesday 28th July. Tickets are available from www.clwb.net and www.wegottickets.com
Wed, 28th July - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff **Just added**
Thu, 29th July - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff **Sold out**
Fri, 30th July - Camp Bestival, Wareham
Sat, 31st July - Field Day, London
Tony Da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys - “The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness”
Tony Da Gatorra Vs Gruff Rhys
The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness
A Song Battle For Peace.
Live in Sao Paulo
Tony Da Gatorra and Gruff Rhys are proud to announce their forthcoming collaborative album, The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness. This musically unorthodox, experimental record will be released on 26th July via OVNI / Turnstile Music.
Tony and Gruff will also perform a handful of live shows to coincide with the album’s release, including a debut UK date at Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach on 29th July, Camp Bestival 30th July, and the Field Day festival in London on 31st July.
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Swanton Bombs release single on Fat Possom
Swanton Bombs release Wasteland on 7″ on Fat Possom Records, 27 April, 2010..more info here.
Swanton Bombs - Announce UK tour, May 2010
Hot on the heels of epic sold-out support slots with the likes of Girls and Los Campesinos!, Swanton Bombs bring their visceral, ramshackle blend of blues and punk centre stage as they embark on their own headline tour -
UPCOMING LIVE DATES:
March
10 - London, Albert Embankment Boat Show with The Soft Pack
May
1 - Leeds, Live at Leeds
17 - York, Stereo
18 - Leeds, A Nation of Shopkeepers - FREE ENTRY
19 - Manchester, The Deaf Institute *
20 - Liverpool, Liverpool Sound City
21 - London, Stag and Dagger Festival
23 - Reading, Oakford Social Club - FREE ENTRY
24 - Guildford, Boiler Room
25 - Portsmouth, Cellars
27 - Cardiff, Buffalo Bar
28 - Birmingham, The Flapper
* with Sleigh Bells
June
4 - Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s
5 - Glasgow, Captain’s Rest
6 - Dundee, Dog House
Swanton Bombs - Free download -
Download or stream Calm Down by Swanton Bombs. Taken from the brand new album Mumbo, Jumbo and Murder, out now on limited vinyl with etched download code…