Dean Garcia is well known for his previous work with Curve and SPC ECO has recently joined musical dots with Polish multi-instrumentalist Jarek Leskiewicz to make this timeless collection of songs. Leaning heavily on the stark and monochromatic this record feels like it sounds; dark, forbidding melodic and tuneful with a very firm nod towards Pink Floyd (Circles) and Massive Attack (Symbiotic Anxiety Attacks). This record was made during the first 10 days of March 2013 via email and file share – a product of the internet age. It is a true collaboration of souls and minds.
Tricky is back with a new album and his own record label, both bearing the name False Idols. “Nothing’s Changed” featuring vocalist Francesca Belmonte is the first music to surface publicly, and represents a stirring return to form from Tricky. False Idols comes out May 28th on False Idols in association with !K7 Records, and also features vocals from Nneka, Peter Silberman (of The Antlers), and Fifi Rong.
Since releasing a series of ghostly singles ft. The xx’s Romy Madley-Croft, Nina Sky& Holly Miranda and cinematic videos w/ directors Ellen Francis, Fischerspooner’s Warren Fischer & more, Brooklyn duo CREEP wanted to share an early taste of what’s to come from their debut album due out next year. Blending lush layered vocals over tones of goth, shoegaze and R&B, check out their latest single ”Call Her” ft. Tricky & School of Seven Bells’ Alejandra De Heza available at iTunes
CREEP will celebrate the release of “Call Her” in Miami at a private ART Basel event where they will be performing new material, revealing new video content and maybe even being joined by a guest or two. They will release their highly anticipated debut album, produced by Chris Coady (Zola Jesus, Cold Cave, Santigold, Beachouse) early next year.
BEAK> release 2nd album
(Geoff Barrow/Billy Fuller/Matt Williams)
Artist: BEAK >
Title: >>
Label: INVADA UK
Digital Release Date: June 13
Physical Release Date: July 3rd
There is an accepted music industry strategy, mainly from the mouths of experienced music managers and A&R men, that for a band to get ready to present themselves to the world they should go on tour. In most cases this advice works; the band hone their craft on the road so by the time they get on to ‘Later with Jools Holland’ they can amaze with their slick, tight rock performance. However, this doesn’t always work. BEAK> formed by Geoff Barrow – Matt Williams – Billy Fuller in 2009 recorded their self-titled debut album in Bristol, created out of 12 days of improv sessions and then edited into song form. Shorty after releasing it on INVADA records UK and Ipecac records U.S., the band went on a successful tour, playing various festival dates across Europe and the U.S. Buzzing from the tour, Beak> then returned to the studio to start work on ALBUM 2 only to find that the time on the road had taken its toll on the band’s delicately sensitive and creative nature. And, by consequence, had turned them into a truly awful-sounding pub prog-rock band. The magic had gone. It seemed that the band were thoroughly moribund. Until… One rainy afternoon in Bristol after many tortured, truly terrible recording sessions something changed. It may have been the diesel fumes from the bands tour splitter bus had worn off, others say that the band simply turned their amplifiers down. We will possibly never know the true events of that afternoon but the band began to play and, once again as before, their bleak, wobbly anti-blue note sound had returned, but this time with added synthesizers.
MARK STEWART (The Pop Group)
Announces Solo Album ‘The Politics of Envy’
Out March 26, 2012 on Future Noise Music
Special Guests include: Kenneth Anger, Richard Hell, Keith Levene (Clash/PiL),
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Gina Birch (Raincoats),
Tessa Pollitt (Slits), Douglas Hart (Jesus And Mary Chain),
Factory Floor, Youth, Daddy G (Massive Attack),
Bobby Gillespie and all of Primal Scream.
Tracks: 1. Vanity Kills 2. Autonomia 3. Gang War 4. Codex 5. Want 6.Gustav Says 7.Baby Bourgeois 8.Method to the Madness 9. Apocalypse Hotel 10. Letter to Hermione 11. Stereotype
“The reality-subverting punk-and-beyond maverick returns with heavy friends.” - Ian Harrison, Mojo
“Mark Stewart changed everything” - Nick Cave
“Mark is my hero” - Daddy G, Massive Attack
“I didn’t want that song to end ever! It’s crazy to get to play with one of my heroes, I kind of can’t believe it.”- - St. Vincent
“Mark Stewart has led the attack on conformist reality. Mark is a constant inspiration and a true Thief of Fire.”- - Primal Scream
Never has there been a better time for the return of Mark Stewart.
At the end of 2011, a year of riots, revolutions, occupations and increasing collapse of the global financial system Mark Stewart returns with the limited 7” of Children of the Revolution, perfectly capturing the restless mood on today’s streets worldwide to create the apocalyptic dancehall mutation of T. Rex’s glam classic.
His new album The Politics of Envy is due out 26th March, 2012 through Future Noise Music, and features a stellar cast, including cult film-maker Kenneth Anger, original Clash/PiL guitarist Keith Levene, NYC punk innovator Richard Hell, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry,Gina Birch of the Raincoats, Slits bassist Tessa Pollitt, Jesus And Mary Chain bassistDouglas Hart, Factory Floor, Daddy G of Massive Attack and all of Primal Scream.
All roads have been leading to this. The Politics of Envy cages, consolidates and hotwires the rampant barrage of elements which have infused Mark Stewart’s work since his first band, The Pop Group blasted the post-punk landscape.
“The whole thing grew out of some art thing I was trying to do with Kenneth Anger, some kind of avatar…it’s passing it on but also paying homage. Anger’s spirit kind of hangs over the whole thing,” explains Mark.
Vanity Kills kicks off the resulting LP with Kenneth Anger on Theremin, plus Richard Hell and Bristol new blood Kahn. Followed by Autonomia, featuring Bobby Gillespie’s frenetic call-and-response chant with Stewart, who wrote the song about Carlo Giuliani, killed at the 2001 G8 demonstrations in Genoa. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry guests on Gang War, spitting diamonds, with Tessa Pollitt blanketing the dense, heavyweight urban dubscape, before Stewart takes us into the slo-mo coldwave ofCodex. Joined by Factory Floor and Youth for Want, Stewart then hits us with the album’s fine example of 21st-century schizoid wall of sound Gustav Says.
Railing against “corporate cocksuckers” and declaring “sanity sucks” on the cool disco electro Baby Bourgeois, we’re then taken into the huge, seething synth-crawl of Method to the Madness, providing one of the album’s atmospheric highlights, gouging beyond industrial or dubstep to create a frightening new take on modern mood music. Daddy G’s unmistakable deep-throat intonations make the perfect garnish for the bleak, heaving whale of a tune, that is Apocalypse Hotel. Being mutual fans of their work, Stewart gives us his version of David Bowie’s Letter to Hermione, now a spookily-orchestrated, beat-less lament. Stewart turns on the light and lets Keith Levene unleash some of his inimitable metal guitar jangle on Stereotype. They are joined by Factory Floor and Gina Birch on this slice of gorgeously-melancholic brilliance, an effortless modern pop classic, which provides the perfect end to this intoxicatingly provocative set of songs.
Continuing an unmatchable track record of anarchic pioneering and seismic influence, Mark Stewart is back with his eighth album and what must be his most high profile project to date, reasserting him as one of the great volcanic creative minds.
Portishead to perform live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – October 5th
Nobody sounds like Portishead. The progression of their albums has clearly established their uncompromising stance towards their future. Portishead play ATP followed by a U.S. tour which is the first time they’ve played live in the U.S. since 1998. While in New York City, playing 2 sold out nights at Hammerstein Ballroom, the band will perform live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. This is the band’s first U.S. television appearance since performing on Saturday Night Live in January of 1998.
The trek kicks off at this year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties presentation, I’ll Be Your Mirror Saturday October 1 & Sunday October 2 taking place in Asbury Park, N.J. Portishead co-curated these two days of the 3 day festival. According to Adrian Utley, “We’ve always thought that we must come back to tour in the states, something we wanted to do with the release of Third, but our schedule just wouldn’t allow it. Being that we were asked to curate I’ll be your Mirror, this just seemed like a good start to touring the states – it set’s it off in absolutely the right way. We are absolutely delighted to come back.”
After an 11- year hiatus, Portishead’s album Third, the long-awaited follow up to their 1997 self-titled release, debuted at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, received rave reviews and has been hailed as an “unexpected yet totally impressive return” by Rolling Stone Magazine, and “Worth the wait” by Newsweek. “‘Third’ is more polymorphous, more extreme, more propulsive and often harsher than previous Portishead albums” claimed New York Times. “…anyone can make abrasive music, but few can do something new and compelling with apocalyptic heaviness” wrote Spin Magazine.
Joining Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley on stage are Jim Barr (bass), Clive Deamer(drums), and John Baggott (keyboards).
Stones Throw recording artist Anika
embarks on long awaited
North American debut tour this Fall.
Dates include ATP, NYC, MoogFest, LA, SF, Chicago, Seattle, Austin, Detroit , Toronto
+ more
After extensive touring throughout the U.K. and Europe, the England-born, Berlin-bred Anika finally embarks on a long awaited tour of North America. Flanked by key appearances at the Portishead-curated All Tomorrows Parties in Asbury Park, NJ and MoogFest in Asheville, NC.
Fans and critics alike were captivated, if not caught off guard; disarmed by the raw emotion of Anika’s self-titled debut album (Stones Throw / Invada). Released amidst the blizzard of last December, Anika painted a stark black & white with telling covers and teeming originals. Inhabiting and subsequently haunting the words of Bob Dylan, Yoko Ono and Peggy Lee – atop a musical foundation built by Geoff Barrow (Portishead) and the members of Beak>. William Fuller (Bass) and Matthew Williams (Keys, Guitar) of Beak> join the run, alongside Andrew Sutor (Drums) and Rasha Shaheen (Backing Vox, Keys, Guitar) making up Anika’s live-band.
The New York Times called the release “Startling”. The Los Angeles Times deemed it “Striking”. With Rolling Stone (Germany) granting the debut disc a 4.5 of 5 rating. Anika’s and her fellow musicians approach is simple, but basked in subdued complexities. Anika’s debut North American tour proves to bring these elements to the stage.
ANIKA NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
SEPTEMBER
27th NEW YORK, US (LIVE) – Le Poisson Rouge $15/17 – 21+
29th PRINCETON, NJ, USA (LIVE) – Princeton University
30th PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA (LIVE) – Voyeur
OCTOBER
2nd NEW JERSEY, US (LIVE) – ATP, Asbury Park Convention Hall w/ Pop Group more info
5th BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, USA (LIVE) – Sonar
7th MONTREAL – TBA
8th TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA (LIVE) – Wrong Bar
9th DETROIT – CAVE
10th CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA (LIVE) – Empty Bottle
14th PORTLAND, OREGON, USA (LIVE) – Mississippi Studios
16th SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA (LIVE) – The Crocodile
18th ARCATA, CALIFORNIA, USA (LIVE) – The Jambalaya
19th SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA (LIVE) – The Independent
20th L.A. – TBA
25th AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA (LIVE) – Emos
26th LOUISIANA, NEW ORLEANS, USA (LIVE) – Siberia w/ Zola Jesus
29th ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, USA (LIVE) – Moog Fest
PORTISHEAD ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR THIS OCTOBER 2011
“…music…for people who want to utterly pulverize boredom.”
-Sasha Frere-Jones, New Yorker
Nobody sounds like Portishead. The progression of their albums has clearly established their uncompromising stance towards their future. For the first time since 1998, Portishead announce their North American tour this October 2011.
Portishead kick off their tour at this year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties presentation, I’ll Be Your Mirror Saturday October 1 & Sunday October 2 taking place in Asbury Park, N.J. Portishead co-curated these two days of the 3 day festival. According to Adrian Utley, “We’ve always thought that we must come back to tour in the states, something we wanted to do with the release of Third, but our schedule just wouldn’t allow it. Being that we were asked to curate I’ll be your Mirror, this just seemed like a good start to touring the states – it set’s it off in absolutely the right way. We are absolutely delighted to come back.”
Following ATP, Portishead will take the stage at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom for two nights, followed by shows in Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Mexico, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver. The tour ends in Denver on October 27th.
After an 11- year hiatus, Portishead’s album Third, the long-awaited follow up to their 1997 self-titled release, debuted at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, received rave reviews and has been hailed as an “unexpected yet totally impressive return” by Rolling Stone Magazine, and “Worth the wait” by Newsweek. “‘Third’ is more polymorphous, more extreme, more propulsive and often harsher than previous Portishead albums” claimed New York Times. “…anyone can make abrasive music, but few can do something new and compelling with apocalyptic heaviness” wrote Spin Magazine.
Following Third’s release, Portishead made their only U.S. performance on April 26th at the Coachella Music Festival after an invite only private rehearsal at LA’s Mayan Theater. “Beth Gibbons and Co. delivered bigtime, turning out stirring new songs from their first album in more than a decade. The band’s warm peels of sound moved across the field like an aural massage, the six touring members locked in together with incredible precision, every turntable scratch and haunting synth gorgeously amplified,” praised Rolling Stone. Appropriately Portishead ended their set with “Thanks for waiting.”
Joining Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley on stage are Jim Barr (bass), Clive Deamer (drums), and John Baggott (keyboards).
A limited run of tickets are available for purchase thru the Portishead website July 11th, 12th,13th, and 14th. Direct Link: http://portisheadtickets.sandbag.uk.com/
Tickets go on sale to the general public July 15th and 16th, with the exception of Chicago, on sale date July 22nd.
PORTISHEAD TOUR DATES:
October 1 & 2 IBYM, Asbury Park, NJ
October 4 Hammerstein Ballroom NY
October 5 Hammerstein Ballroom, NY
October 7 Jacques Cartier Pier, Montreal
October 9 Sound Academy, Toronto
October 10 Sound Academy, Toronto
October 12 Aragon, Chicago
October 15 Mexico, Corona Festival
October 18 Shrine LA
October 21 Greek, Berkeley, SF
October 23 WaMu, Seattle
October 24 PNE Forum, Vancouver
October 27 1st Bank Center, Denver
“…bobs along merrily with warmth and punch provided by muted brass, intrigue courtesy of the unexpected twists in the arrangements, and humor by a penchant for whistle solos. Fans of the Dirty Projectors will be pleased.”– The Wall Street Journal
“Rubblebucket’s the kind of music that’s nearly impossibly to pigeonhole.”– Nylon
“The band delivered a raw, unfettered punch… The crowd was thrashing around – it was nearly impossible to stand still.” – Relix
More Rubblebucket -Omega La La HERE Download The MP3 HERE
Rubblebucket Spring/Summer Tour Dates:
05/19: Denver, CO @ Cervantes
05/21: Chicago, IL @ Martyrs
06/16: Beachland Ballroom @ Cleveland, OH
06/17: Stable Studios Music Festival @ Spencer, IN
06/18: Grand Rapids, MI @ Founders Fest
06/30 – 07/03: Rothbury, MI @ Electric Forest Festival
07/08: East End Festival @ Rochester, NY
07/09: Schuylkill, PA @ Midsummer Meltdown
07/15: North Fork Music Park @ Buffalo, NY
07/16: Greenfield, MA @ Green River Fest
07/24: Gathering of the Vibes @ Bridgeport, CT
07/29: Floyd, VA @ Floyd Fest
07/30: Floyd, VA @ Floyd Fest
08/13: Grand Point North @ Burlington, VT
08/18: Bella Terra @ Pittsfield, MA
08/19: Brooklyn Bowl @ Brooklyn, NY
08/20: Liberate Festival @ Sheldon, VT
09/03: North Coast Festival @ Chicago, IL
09/04: Moe.Down @ Mohawk, NY
09/10: Backwoods Pondfest @ Peru, NY
Dean Garcia is well known for his previous work with Curve and SPC ECO has recently joined musical dots with Polish multi-instrumentalist Jarek Leskiewicz to make this timeless collection of songs. Leaning heavily on the stark and monochromatic this record feels like it sounds; dark, forbidding melodic and tuneful with a very firm nod towards Pink Floyd (Circles) and Massive Attack (Symbiotic Anxiety Attacks). This record was made during the first 10 days of March 2013 via email and file share – a product of the internet age. It is a true collaboration of souls and minds.
Portishead to perform live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – October 5th 
Omega La La out June 21st via Sin Duda Records
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