Alabama 3 - Hits And Exit Wounds - Out Now
iTunes - One Little Shop - Amazon
In celebration of a long, esteemed and wholly unique career that has seen The Guardian dub them “the best live band in Britain” Alabama 3 have released a definitive retrospective album.
Following recent performances at fundraisers and in Brixton Prison the band will head out on a full UK tour in April (full dates click here). Featuring material from throughout their years together, these shows will culminate in Rock Against Racism’s Hope Not Hate concert at the Carling Academy again in Brixton, the band’s spiritual home.
Björk - Wanderlust + 3D!
You can now download Wanderlust from iTunes - click here
The 3D video is also now available to be seen online, check it out at weired.com click here. Make sure you have your specs ready!
Björk has released her new amazing video with Yahoo (click here). You can also see the 'making of' which is almost as amazing as the videos itself by clicking here to go to MySpace Tv.
Click here for more information about how you can get your own 3D glasses!
On Your Sleeve - Out Now
One Little Shop - HMV - Amazon
Download the extra track on the iTunes album - Yoshimi - click here
Recorded over seven days and featuring interpretations of classic singer-songwriters Tom Waits and Neil Young, contemporary greats such as The Hold Steady and The Kills, punk icons The Ramones and The Clash, Lou Reed and even a Sam Cooke standard – Jesse tips his hat to a small collection of writers that inform his unique musical identity and appeal. As a performing songwriter, Jesse appreciated the challenge of covering unique melodies not of his own design. Or, as Jesse puts it: “seven days of crazy fun, trying on other peoples’ clothes in my own apartment…”
Jesse Malin - New Tour Dates
Jesse will be returning to the UK to play a string of dates in support of his new album On Your Sleeve.
Click here to see the full tour dates.
Land Of Talk - New Tour Dates
Land Of Talk will be heading over to Europe in April and May to play a string of dates in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France and the UK,
Minus - Throwaway Angel
The new single by the Icelandic rockers is released on the 7th April, on a limited edition 7" and download. The b-side is an incredible acoustic version of the track, check out the video for the single here
Songdog Podcast - Free!
Songdog's frontman Lyndon Morgans has recorded their very first podcast, taking you through the tracks on their new album "A Wretched Sinner's Song"
Björk to Headline Wild in the Country 2008
Wild in the Country is proud to announce that Björk will headline this year’s event. It will be her only UK festival appearance in the whole of 2008." So be it in Spain or UK: Be the Early Bird and get them tickets before the sell out. At WITC, she'll be headlining among acts such as Pendulum, Foals, Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobious Pip, Metronomy, Killa Kela, Late of the Pier, Battles, Booka Shade, The Field, XX Teens and Slagsmålsklubben (whom you might recall did a version for Björk's Army Of Mixes charity album).
30th of June 2008
Wild In The Country Festival @ Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, UK.
(tickets / tickets)
Surrounded - The Nautilus Years
Surrounded’s superb new album ‘The Nautilus Years’ is now out! Featuring the fuzzy euphoria of songs like ‘Safe Tomorrow Sun’, the discordant and bitter ‘Easy Piranhas’, and the graceful ‘Swimming To Galapagos’.
BUY: One Little Shop - iTunes
“- Wears its massive heart on its sleeve. Do your soul a favour and buy it.” 9/10 – Drowned in Sound
“Majestic music” – The Guardian
SONGDOG: BOOK CLUB LAUNCH
SINGLE: 'PILGRIM HILL'
RELEASED: 14TH APRIL 08 (ONE LITTLE INDIAN)
Taking a novel approach to guerrilla gigs, acclaimed Welsh trio Songdog are launching the UK's very first guerrilla book club. Noted for their songs’ literary references, SONGDOG have decided to share their reading passions with the rest of London’s population by leaving hundreds of copies of their favourite books in public places for people to take for free.
Each book will include a personal recommendation written by Songdog and a message inviting the finder to read the book, keep it or pass it onto their friends. They’ll also be setting up an online forum for people to exchange views on the books they’ve found and recommend their own too!
Books distributed by the band will include works of Jack Kerouac, Franz Kafka, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence and various others. If you're not lucky enough to find a copy on the streets of London, they will also be distributing free books at their Roundhouse FreeDM Studio gig on Thursday 27/3.
New Alabama 3 Retrospective album out 21st April
‘Hits And Exit Wounds’: including previously unreleased material, is out on the 21 April 2008.
Pre-order ‘Hits and Exit Wounds’ here
In celebration of a long, esteemed and wholly unique career... that has seen The Guardian dub them ‘the best live band in Britain’, Alabama 3 are to release a retrospective album and tour the UK this April. Featuring material from throughout their years together, these shows will culminate in Rock Against Racism’s Hope Not Hate concert at the Carling Academy in Brixton.‘Hits and Exit Wound’s contains previously unreleased material including SKA’D For Life from the film SW9 (Vertigo Films), a collaboration between the legendary Orbital and Alabama 3 and Mansion on The Hill re-mixed by Arthur Baker (responsible for New Order’s One Monday and Confusion). The album also includes a re-mix of How Can I Protect You from the up and coming film ‘Borstal Productions’.
Land Of Talk - L'Aventure Acoustique
Land Of Talk have just put together acoustic selections from "Applause Cheer Boo Hiss" under the aptly titled "L'Aventure Acoustique". This limited edition release contains bonus tracks including the new song "Some Are Lakes" from the forthcoming album and an inspiring cover of Wintersleep's "Weighty Ghost". Along with "Weighty Ghost" the band are particularly proud of the acousitc adaptation of "Street Wheels" which includes an epic piano accompaniment.
The album also features original artwork by Jesse Purcell including an ingenious Land of Talk Robot image on the inside of the sleeve. Jesse has previously worked on all the layout and screenprinting for the original "Applause Cheer Boo Hiss" release along with a number of beatiful posters for almost every tour the band have been on.
Pick up your copy exclusively at One Little Indian by clicking here
Minus Announce UK tour dates
Minus are hitting the road for their 1st UK tour since 2004! The band are also brining out their new album 'The Great Northern Whale Kill' which is out on 3rd March.
March
20 London Water Rats
21 Sheffield Leadmill (Steel Stage)
23 Glasgow King Tuts
25 Newcastle Academy 2
26 Manchester Roadhouse
27 Nottingham Rock City
28 London Barfly
Download the album from iTunes now! Click here - But it from One Little Shop here
Check out the Minus Video Podcast here - Its Free!
Jesse Malin - On Your Sleeve
Recorded over seven days and featuring interpretations of classic singer-songwriters Tom Waits and Neil Young, contemporary greats such as The Hold Steady and The Kills, punk icons The Ramones and The Clash, Lou Reed and even a Sam Cooke standard – Jesse tips his hat to a small collection of writers that inform his unique musical identity and appeal. As a performing songwriter, Jesse appreciated the challenge of covering unique melodies not of his own design. Or, as Jesse puts it: “seven days of crazy fun, trying on other peoples’ clothes in my own apartment…” The new album will be out on 7th April.
Pre-order the album now - Click here
Alabama 3 - Tour Dates
22.04.08 – Glasgow ABC
23.04.08 – Dundee Fat Sam’s
24.04.08 – Newcastle Academy
25.04.08 – Sheffield The Plug
26.04.08 – Manchester Academy
27.04.08 – Bristol Academy
28.04.08 – Aylesbury Civic
29.04.08 – Wolverhampton Wolfrun Hall
30.04.08 - London Brixton Academy (Hope Not Hate)
Alabama 3 is proud to announce that they are to headline the Hope Not Hate gig in 2008 marking the 30th anniversary of the Rock Against Racism carnival. The event will feature the Alabama 3 plus Misty in Roots, veteran orator Tony Benn and some very special guests on Wednesday 30th April 2008 at the Carling Academy Brixton. All proceeds from the gig will go to a legacy project taking the modern history of Rock Against Racism into schools and colleges.
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