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A Sunny Day in Glasgow

Opening with a ten second homage to Estonian composer Arvo Part, it’s immediately apparent that A Sunny Day in Glasgow’s new album, Ashes Grammar, is...

Alexander Tucker

Alexander Tucker began as the vocalist in post-rock hardcore 5-piece Unhome who released one album A Short History of Houses...

Angels Of Light

"Michael Gira is one of maybe ten people in the whole world who inspired me to pick up a guitar and try to write songs in the first place....

Apache

Signed by Birdman before even hearing one note and amidst broken limbs, Apache bring forth their first diamond – Boomtown...

Apostle of Hustle

Apostle of Hustle consists of Andrew Whiteman (lead guitarist of Broken Social Scene), bassist Julian Brown (Feist), and Dean Stone (Sarah Harmer, Amy Millan) on...

Arabrot

Årabrot is the name of a waste dump right outside the small west-Norwegian town of Haugesund. But most importantly Årabrot is the name of the local...

Bad Religion

New Maps of Hell, is Bad Religion’s new album marking the band and label's 25th anniversary. Having released new track ‘Honest...

Bardo Pond

Philadelphia’s Bardo Pond return in June 2006 with Ticket Crystals – their sixth studio album and second for ATP Recordings. Completing a trilogy of...

Beaten Awake

Thunder$troke is a lo-fi, alternately heavy and rocking, dreamy and rolling landscape of fuzzy bass, resonating drums, and guitars channelled through a late '70s...

Bilge Pump

Bilge Pump have a disturbing ability to be better than any band they play with. Imagine a boiling-over bastard concoction of all the best bits...

Birds of Avalon

“Led by a pair of guitarists who seem, by sheer force, to be powering their amplifiers rather than the other way around, Birds of Avalon make thunderous,...

Blank Dogs

Bob Log III

Birdman Records has signed the one-man-alien-band Bob Log III, gearing up to release his fourth full-length solo record MY SHIT IS PERFECT,...

BP Fallon

More information coming soon!

Brilliant Colors

Singer/guitarist Jess Scott started Brilliant Colors in early 2007, and she's been mighty busy since then. After a steady stream of line-up changes, Scott has...

Ciao, My Shining Star - Various Artists

September 14th sees the release of Ciao My Shining Star by Various Artists on Mezzotint via Essential Music & Marketing.Tracks from The National and Josh...

Comets On Fire

After 2004's critically acclaimed Blue Cathedral, one might have expected Comets on Fire to blast off into the cosmos in an infinite flurry of lysergic...

Crayon Angel: A Tribute To The Music of Judee Sill - Various Artists

Crystal Antlers

"Crystal Antlers scorch the Earth….” Mojo “If you hear anything more exciting this year, you’re lying.” NME“A blast...

Dead Child

Upon first glance at its gruesome exterior, Dead Child appears to be a new creation. However, its jagged roots extend deep into the past, with a history that...

Desalvo

HAILING FROM the darkest enclave in Glasgow, DESALVO deal in the kind of feral punk rock that takes no prisoners and blows away preconceptions....

Digital Leather

Fat Possum Records is proud to announce their newest signing, Digital Leather, also known as multi-instrumentalist Shawn Foree, - and the release of his debut...

Do the Pop!

2002's acclaimed collection 'Do The Pop! The Australian Garage Rock Sound 1976-87' returns in February 2008 on Savage Beat! Records though Shock/ Forte under the...

Dum Dum Girls

Led by Dee Dee, Dum Dum Girls churn out pop music that adheres to her self-proclaimed M.O.: "blissed-out buzz saw." Dee Dee formed DDG in late 2008 as a solo...

envy

“Impressive in a way more cerebral post-rock has long ceased to be” Uncut“Outstanding” KerrangSince 1992, envy (Tetsuya Fukagawa -...

Fucking Champs

It is oft opined that to the victor go the spoils; truly then, the world belongs to the Champs. The Fucking Champs, that is. In the four years since the release...

Fursaxa

Fursaxa is Tara Burke. Formerly a member of the Silbreeze band UN, Tara started her Fursaxa project in 1999 after UN disbanded. Since then Fursaxa has released...

Gary War

Although Gary War is presently based out of Brooklyn, his current project began in 2000, when he started recording cassettes at home in Boston. Since that time,...

Gentle Friendly

Opposites do attract. The progress of any Hollywood narrative is driven by the conflict between good and evil, hero and villain, however it’s expressed....

Ghost

IN STORMY NIGHTS is Ghost’s ninth full length release for Drag City and contains over an hour’s-worth of music and sound in which the band apply...

GOD

“GOD'S Rock 'n' Roll is the screeching of the dragon, the rumbling of the volcano, the insane chatter of machinery. Sean, Joel, Tim and Matthew. Four...

Harmful

The seventh album. 2007. A clear statement, no more or less than necessary. HARMFUL (Aren Amirze: guitar, vox, Nico Heimann: drums, Chris Aidonopoulos: bass,...

Heads

Bristol psychedelic noise purveyors, Kraut rock obscurist obsessives and Stoogian riff worshippers The Heads kick-start a whole...

Health

“Just imagine the world reaching the end of its tri-millennial life-cycle and imploding again. Dark? Now just imagine rhythm. Primal, learning, glittering...

Hello=Fire

Hello=Fire is the debut album from Hello=Fire.The album will be on general release on CD and LP formats 26th October via Schnitzel Records.See HELLO=FIRE’s...

Howlin Rain

After 2006, it was uncertain if there would be another Howlin Rain record. Well, at least in the mind of the musical world at large.For Ethan Miller, the...

Hull

Bred for destruction, this collective force converges in a collision of decibel heavy harmony, thrash, doom, classic rock, and formal orchestral works.Bear...

Hunches

“The Hunches, knocking loudly at the walls of the known. They blast extremely hard, post-core, thrash-noise chunklets into The Cramp's Platonic framework,...

Jack Rose

Jack Rose R.I.P 1971 - 2009

James Blackshaw

"... Blackshaw writes high drama into instrumental music with subtlety and charm, speaking on sentiments and stories without requiring a single lyric..." –...

James Orr Complex

Scotland via Sao Paulo isn’t a route most artists take, but the James Orr Complex are something rather different. The brainchild of Christopher Mack,...

Jesus Lizard

In what has to rank as one of the most unlikely developments in rock, the awe-inspiring primal force of the Jesus Lizard will return, briefly, in 2009. The...

Junior Kimbrough

David "Junior" Kimbrough, quite possibly the most important blues guitarist of the second half of the 20th century, redefined blues. Junior's approach to music...

Kelley Stoltz

Circular Sounds is the fourth LP from San Francisco’s home recording auteur Kelley Stoltz. Its 13 songs are a stereophonic advance on the...

Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds

On his new album, DRACULA BOOTS, the legendary Kid Congo Powers returns to the psychedelic jungle with a stripped down, no frills set of volcanic songs. Kid, the...

King Khan

A Note from JARED SWILLEY of THE BLACK LIPSThe first time I crossed paths with King Khan and the Shrines was on a cold foggy day in London. The gloomy weather...

King Khan and the BBQ Show

It’s hard to tell if The King Khan & BBQ Show is more infamous than famous. Since the 2004 release of their first self-titled debut, the pair has...

Kinski

“like Sabbath in a washing machine during a power surge” NME“this controlled bedlam is just the thing for fans of the similarly explosive,...

Kites

Kites is a one-man organic sturm and scowl with this fourth record for LOAD. Following 2006’s Peace Trials esblend of campfire informed Wilheim Reich...

Kling Klang

Rock Action Records are pleased to announce that after 3 long years Kling Klang’s ‘The Esthetik Of Destruction’ album is set for release on...

Kultur Shock

Kultur Shock’s members hail from Bosnia, Bulgaria, Japan, and the United States, but the complexity only begins there. Their hometown of Seattle seems to...

LARK

“truly fab blend of woogly electronica, shuffly backbeats, parping casio and noir-ish jazz-toned alt. folk.” - Time Out “fantastic….....

Larkin Grimm

“Grimm sounds at various times wild-eyed and placid, witchy and innocent.... She is best when she submits to her many eccentricities, manifested through...

Le Loup

At the core of every contented family is a sense of balance, an emotional push-and-pull that helps stabilize the entire unit. A similar equilibrium anchors Le...

Lightning Bolt

Last we left this amplified tribe of two was 2005's Hypermagic Mountain, Lightning Bolt were tossing thousands of years worth of musical history into a wood...

Lisa Germano

“…She can unearth the darkness in the most innocuous scenes, as well as allow light to shine into the bleakest of corners, and does so while...

Loop

“In the second half of the 1980’s Loop were one of a trio of English groups who used a blueprint of ‘69 influenced pyschedelia to create...

Love As Laughter

Sam Jayne is a specific breed of classic songwriter: strong-willed, surefooted and unstoppable, particularly when he has the sovereignty to work within his own...

Mack Allen Smith

Smith grew up in North Carrollton, Mississippi in the hills just east of the Delta, and his inspiration to become a rockabilly singer was similar to many of his...

Mi and L'Au

We have recently finished recording an album by Mi and L'au here in Brooklyn. I, Michael Gira co-produced it with them. It turned out very lovely indeed. It...

Michael Yonkers with the Blind Shake

Farm Girl Records are very proud to present Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons from Michael Yonkers and the Blind Shake. Yonkers, who has been twanging...

Mike Bones

“Mikey Bones delivers on the promise of a Jerz dude channeling pure insight.” – Matt Sweeney“Mike Bones is the rare instrumentalist who...

Monotonix

Monotonix are a punk trio from Tel Aviv, featuring guitar (Yonatan), drums (Ran) and vocals (Ami). They formed in November 2005, set up on the...

Mudhoney

It took a wall socket for Mudhoney to happen. They came from the old, weird Seattle looking damp and strange; beer-swilling jackals plugged into...

Nadja

Nodzzz

“We moved to California during the gold rush; we pawned our gold for guitars and rented a space on Turk Street in the loins of downtown San...

November's Doom

Forming in 1989, it wouldn't be until 1992, that the metal world would be introduced to Novembers Doom. An early deal with Regress Records of Italy showcased the...

O'death

New York quintet (Greg Jamie - vocals/guitars; Gabe Darling - vocals/multi-instrumentalist, Bob Pycior - fiddle, Newman - bass and David Rogers-Berr - drums)...

OM

It’s been years now — well, just about two, judging from the sun. OM have done their time in the desert, and ever-changing, are returned. Today, they...

Omar Rodriguez Lopez

Omar Rodriguez Lopez's Old Money is the first album that The Mars Volta guitarist/producer/writer/arranger will release with Stones Throw Records. The addictive...

Pants Yell!

Life, you will have observed, is not a series of epic epiphanies and seismic milestones, but a succession of quiet weeks and months, interrupted at rare...

Part Chimp

Euphoric noise rockers Part Chimp return this year with Thriller, their third studio album - their first release since Cup, a compilation of singles unleashed on...

Pens

Where have all the good new British bands gone? Hello? Is there anyone out there? The answer is a pretty resounding “nope”. Stop and think of a...

PG Six

Pat Gubler first appeared on the New York music scene in 1994, as a member of Memphis Luxure, a noise-rock band from Port Chester that also...

Pissed Jeans

King of Jeans. The title of Pissed Jeans’ third album and second for Sub Pop conjures their essence perfectly—-masters of the mundane, beasts of the...

Ponytail

We first witnessed PONYTAIL live, it was impossible to restrain ourselves. Their music was total spastic bliss. A complete sugar high freak out....

Reigning Sound

Reigning Sound was formed in 2001 by Memphis, TN garage-punk legend Greg Cartwright (vocals/guitar), who is also known for his previous bands The Compulsive...

Remember Remember

Based in Glasgow, Scotland Remember Remember (AKA has been playing elaborately staged shows in and around the city for the past few years, originally the solo...

Scientists

You could put on a Scientists record from this period and not know it was 23 years old! The Scientists might’ve been overlooked in their...

Sian Alice Group

Sian Alice Group – a collective of UK musicians Sian Ahern, Rupert Clervaux and Ben Crook, amongst other collaborators have, in the past...

Sightings

Bass, drum and guitars meshed together with a synthetic twine envisioned in future think tanks. Literally the sound of human progress darkened with a profound...

Silver Jews

A new Silver Jews record so soon! What have we done in life to earn it? Just living is enough. Here’s your guided tour to the guided tour...

Singer

Singer is the rock band peopled by Robert A. A. Lowe, Todd Rittmann, Adam Vida and Ben Vida. Their music has two guitars, bass and some drums, plus four...

Sir Richard Bishop

Is Sir Richard Bishop just another virtuoso or something more powerful, like a magus or sorcerer? It’s hard to tell through the mystic fields that his...

Six Organs of Admittance

Through dark days and glowing nights, Six Organs of Admittance continues to step to the far rim of the world with purposeful strides. Indeed, new horizons are...

Smoke Fairies

More information coming soon!

Sontaran Experiment

“There’s no-one left but us”There’s more to music than just a quick fix, instant gratification and credibility measured in friend...

Sore Eros

“This is only the beginning, and clearly one of the most impressive beginnings in quite a while.” Tiny Mix TapesRobert Robinson started Sore Eros as...

Souvaris

“[Souvaris are] a lovely breath of fresh air for a genre that often feels exceedingly stagnant […] it takes time to unravel the arrangements that...

Steve Turner

Mudhoney guitar slinger Steve Turner is back with a new record, “New Wave Punk Asshole”, with his gang - Steve Turner And His Bad Ideas. Recorded...

Sunny Day Real Estate

Seattle, WA - Following a more than 10 year hiatus, all four original members of pioneering Seattle rock band Sunny Day Real Estate will regroup for a 20-date US...

TAKE A WORM FOR A WALK WEEK

Take a Worm for Walk Week (Joe Quimby – vocals; Johnathan Docherty – guitars; Johnathan Scott – drums and Iain Quimby – bass) are set to...

The Album Leaf

The new Album Leaf album A Chorus of Storytellers, marks the first decade for the group led by Jimmy LaValle. In those 10 years, LaValle has gone from initial...

The Black Belles

Third Man Records is excited to announce the debut single from new group, The Black Belles. The release captures a modern twist to a sound heavily rooted in the...

The Dillinger Escape Plan

A long time ago, someone said, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Chances are that dude is dead (actually, it was Nietzche and...

The Dirtbombs

We Have You Surrounded is an album broadly focused on the theme of urban paranoia. Whether it's via the straight-forward grime rock of "I...

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Formed in 1991 after the demise of Jon Spencer’s seminal hatefuck band Pussy Galore, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion has always included drummer Russell...

The Locust

Welcome to the beginning of the end. Here's your soundtrack…. Aided by Alex Newport's clean, confident production, ‘Plague...

The Strange Boys

Austin, TX’s The Strange Boys evoke a wild-eyed, porcelain skinned innocence that is capable of summoning the wayward spirit of Brian...

Thee Oh Sees

If you’ve followed the San Francisco underground for the past ten years, you might already be familiar with John Dwyer. A friend and devotee of pre-eminent...

Thomas Function

THOMAS FUNCTION is the ever-advancing pursuit of impossible satisfaction. Emerging from Alabama in 2007, the band has played countless shows, released six...

USSA

U.S.S.A, helmed by two of hard rock/industrial music’s most influential players, Jesus Lizard guitarist Duane Denison and Ministry bass player Paul Barker...

Vaselines

The Vaselines have long been celebrated by musicians and music enthusiasts across genres and across the globe, including super-fan Kurt Cobain. Sub Pop’s...

Vivian Girls

Swirling noise Broolynites, Vivian Girls have confirmed the release of their sophamore album via the ever wonderful In The Red label on September 14th...

Wanda Jackson

WANDA JACKSONYou Know I’m No Good b/w Shakin’ All Over TMR 023Third Man Records is very proud to present the highly anticipated Jack White...

Ween

The first full length Ween album in four years, La Cucaracha contains 13 brand new tracks – even ‘Friends’ the title track of...

White Magic

The NEW release from WHITE MAGIC is the “DARK STARS” EP, out on Drag City. In our galaxy, small regions of space weighing more than...

Willem Maker

In a soft Southern drawl that stands in stark contrast to the raw howl of his singing, Willem Maker looks out from his home on Turkey Heaven Mountain in East...

Wolf Eyes

When we last checked in with Wolf Eyes two years ago, the band had just released their Sub Pop debut Burned Mind to a stunned world. Burned Mind, preceded by the...