Thursday, March 28, 2013

Mylets announce retrospective vinyl release, debut full length recording in progress

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Mylets, the nom-de-tune of teenage guitar prodigy Henry Kohen, announce the forthcoming release of a collection of songs remixed and remastered from three previous EPs. Retcon marks Mylets' debut release on Sargent House and serves as a precursor to the full length debut currently in the works and planned for release later this year. 

The vinyl edition of Retcon features 10-songs and includes a full download with three bonus tracks featuring the audio from his live Sargent House Glassroom Sessions. Two of those live sessions, as seen above, are available to watch/share here: "Ampersand" (VIDEO) and "Slow Walker (Acoustic)" (VIDEO). Additionally, two songs in their original mix from previous EPs are available here: "Seven Diamonds Plus One" (MP3) and "Hungover Tehran" (MP3). Please see complete track listing below. 

Retcon will be available for download on May 7th, 2013 and on vinyl on June 25th, 2013 via Sargent House. 


Artist: Mylets
Album: Retcon 
Label: Sargent House 
Release date: May 7th, 2013 (Download), June 25th, 2013 (Vinyl)

Track list:
01. Seven Diamonds Plus One (MP3) 
02. Easy 80s
03. Marikoriko Pond
04. Hungover Tehran (MP3)
05. Daniel Victory Jones
06. A Itch
07. Solid Gold Modesty Machine
08. Cate B / Tuition
09. Self-Help
10. Cartilage Colosseum
Bonus Tracks - Sargent House Live Glassroom Sessions:
11. Ampersand (VIDEO)
12. Seven Diamonds Plus One
13. Slow-Walker (Acoustic) (VIDEO)

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Italian art pop duo Niagara release debut album, full stream available


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Italian singer/producer duo Niagara release their debut album Otto in North America today, celebrating the event by streaming the entire 8-song set HERE.

Niagara also recently premiered the first video from the full length via Consequence of Sound. The charming, cleverly executed clip is for "Seal" the lead single from the album on Monotreme Records. Watch/share video HERE

The digital single, "Seal" b/w "Kiss" (a cover of the song sung by Marilyn Monroe in the film "Niagara") is available today care of the Monotreme label's Soundcloud page. Download/stream the song HERE

Niagara is the collaborative project of Turin-based singers/producers Davide Tomat (TOMAT / N.A.M.B.) and Gabriele Ottino (N.A.M.B. / Milena Lovesick), who like to take a less conventional approach to composition. Much of their music is developed by continuous experimentation with sounds during improvised sessions, in which vocals are often used as just another instrumental layer. However, they also have a great ear for a killer pop tune and the vocal chops to deliver it.

On Otto, Niagara blend together a heady mixture of experimental pop, electronica and psychedelia to create their own brand of 'avant-psych-tronica'.

The album title -- the Italian word for "eight" -- represents a number of things, from the Law of Octaves to the symbol of infinity when rotated 90 degrees. Otto will be available in North America on CD and download on March 26th, 2013 via Monotreme Records

Artist: Niagara
Album: Otto
Label: Monotreme Records
Release Date: March 26, 2013

01. Eight
02. Superbe
03. Seal (VIDEO)
04. Watershipdown
05. Etacarinae
06. E.V.A.
07. Galaxy Glacier
08. Love Me Love Me



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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

And So I Watch You From Afar new album out today, full streams available



Belfast, Northern Ireland's And So I Watch You From Afar release their third album All Hail Bright Futures today worldwide via Sargent House. The entire album is available for streaming courtesy of Vice's Noisey.com and Soundcloud HERE.

ASIWYFA recently shared the boisterous "Big Thinks Do Remarkable" as well as the first single, "Like A Mouse" available for streaming HERE.

All Hail Bright Futures could be taken as both an ethos for the album and the band at this point in time. There is a new color scheme in place: new textures, emotions, sounds and voices. The 12-track, 43 minute album is dominated by a sunnier disposition, a positive uplift that more closely matches the euphoria the Northern Ireland trio has been instilling in audiences through their music in a live setting for the last five years.

There are moments of tropical guitar pop ("Rats On Rock"), percussive bleeping song foundations paired with infectious vocals ("The Stay Golden"), a trumpet arrangement ("Young Brave Minds"), an orchestral interlude ("Trails"), singalong mantras ("Big Thinks Do Remarkable"), harmonic hooks ("Like A Mouse"), a flute melody ("Mend And Make Safe") along with cutup vocals and handclaps ("Ka Ba Ta Bo Da Ka"). All of these new additions to the ASIWYFA sound are underpinned by their trademark guitar riffs that bliss the musical brain, complemented by the colossal and increasingly expressive rhythm section that comforts as much as it bludgeons.

ASIWYFA have toured extensively, already having logged over 500 shows worldwide. The band'sprevious album, Gangs earned them a second Choice Music Prize nomination for Irish Album of The Year 2012 and a win for Best Live Band. They recently signed to Sargent House for worldwide management and label (home to a diverse roster of artists, including Omar Rodriguez Lopez, BorisRussian Circles, Chelsea Wolfe, Tera Melos, Deafheaven and more.) Sargent House releases All Hail Bright Futures in March 2013.

All Hail Bright Futures is ASIWYFA's first recording done as a three-piece. However, the band continues on as a four piece with their new full time member Niall Kennedy on guitar. The album was recorded with Rocky O' Reilly at Start Together Studio in Belfast. It is their boldest statement yet, an album bursting with a positive vigor, that states a renewed case for a magnetizing band at their best.

All Hail Bright Futures is available on LP, CD and download worldwide on March 19, 2013 via Sargent House.

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR TOUR:
Mar 22, 2013 - Newry, Ireland @ Amplified
Mar 23, 2013 - Waterford, Ireland @ The Forum
Mar 24, 2013 - Cork, Ireland @ Cyprus Avenue
Mar 28, 2013 - Limerick, Ireland @ Dolan's Warehouse
Apr 02, 2013 - Winterthur, Switzerland @ Gaswerk *
Apr 03, 2013 - Modena, Italy @ La Tenda *
Apr 04, 2013 - Rome, Italy @ Traffic Club *
Apr 05, 2013 - Conegliano, Italy @ Appartamento Hoffman *
Apr 06, 2013 - Vienna, Austria @ Flex *
Apr 07, 2013 - Munich, Germany @ Strom *
Apr 08, 2013 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ MelkWeg *
Apr 09, 2013 - Berlin, Germany @ Lido *
Apr 10, 2013 - Hamburg, Germany@ HafenKlang *
Apr 11, 2013 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Kulturfabrik *
Apr 12, 2013 - Koln, Germany @ Gebauede 9 *
Apr 13, 2013 - Hasselt, Belgium @ Muziekodroom *
Apr 15, 2013 - Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie *
Apr 16, 2013 - London, UK @ Garage *
Apr 17, 2013 - Bristol, UK @ The Thekla *
Apr 18, 2013 - Birmingham, UK @ HMV Institute *
Apr 19, 2013 - Glasgow, SL, UK @ O2 ABC *
Apr 20, 2013 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy 3 *
May 04, 2013 - Louth, Ireland @ Vantistival Festival
May 05, 2013 - Castlebar, Ireland @ TF Royal Theater
Jul 13, 2013 - Gloucestershire, UK @ 2000 Trees Festival
Aug 31, 2013 - Somerset, UK @ ArcTanGent Festival

* Support: Gallops


Artist: And So I Watch You From Afar 
Album: All Hail Bright Futures 
Label: Sargent House 
Release date: March 19th, 2012

Track list:
01. Eunoia
02. Big Thinks Do Remarkable (STREAM)
03. Like A Mouse (MP3)
04. AMBULANCE
05. The Stay Golden
06. Rats on Rock
07. Trails
08. Mend and Make Safe
09. Ka Ba Ta Bo Da Ka
10. Things Amazing
11. All Hail Bright Futures
12. Young Brave Minds







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Monday, March 11, 2013

And So I Watch You From Afar stream entire forthcoming album via Vice/Noisey



Belfast, Northern Ireland's And So I Watch You From Afar stream their entire forthcoming third album All Hail Bright Futures all this week, courtesy of Vice's Noisey.com. Listen/share the complete album HERE. (Direct Soundcloud link HERE.)

ASIWYFA recently shared the boisterous "Big Thinks Do Remarkable" as well as the first single, "Like A Mouse" available for streaming HERE.

All Hail Bright Futures could be taken as both an ethos for the album and the band at this point in time. There is a new color scheme in place: new textures, emotions, sounds and voices. The 12-track, 43 minute album is dominated by a sunnier disposition, a positive uplift that more closely matches the euphoria the Northern Ireland trio has been instilling in audiences through their music in a live setting for the last five years.

There are moments of tropical guitar pop ("Rats On Rock"), percussive bleeping song foundations paired with infectious vocals ("The Stay Golden"), a trumpet arrangement ("Young Brave Minds"), an orchestral interlude ("Trails"), singalong mantras ("Big Thinks Do Remarkable"), harmonic hooks ("Like A Mouse"), a flute melody ("Mend And Make Safe") along with cutup vocals and handclaps ("Ka Ba Ta Bo Da Ka"). All of these new additions to the ASIWYFA sound are underpinned by their trademark guitar riffs that bliss the musical brain, complemented by the colossal and increasingly expressive rhythm section that comforts as much as it bludgeons.

ASIWYFA have toured extensively, already having logged over 500 shows worldwide. The band'sprevious album, Gangs earned them a second Choice Music Prize nomination for Irish Album of The Year 2012 and a win for Best Live Band. They recently signed to Sargent House for worldwide management and label (home to a diverse roster of artists, including Omar Rodriguez Lopez, BorisRussian Circles, Chelsea Wolfe, Tera Melos, Deafheaven and more.) Sargent House releases All Hail Bright Futures in March 2013.

All Hail Bright Futures is ASIWYFA's first recording done as a three-piece. However, the band continues on as a four piece with their new full time member Niall Kennedy on guitar. The album was recorded with Rocky O' Reilly at Start Together Studio in Belfast. It is their boldest statement yet, an album bursting with a positive vigor, that states a renewed case for a magnetizing band at their best.

All Hail Bright Futures will be available on LP, CD and download worldwide on March 19, 2013 via Sargent House.

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR TOUR:
Mar 22, 2013 - Newry, Ireland @ Amplified
Mar 23, 2013 - Waterford, Ireland @ The Forum
Mar 24, 2013 - Cork, Ireland @ Cyprus Avenue
Mar 28, 2013 - Limerick, Ireland @ Dolan's Warehouse
Apr 02, 2013 - Winterthur, Switzerland @ Gaswerk *
Apr 03, 2013 - Modena, Italy @ La Tenda *
Apr 04, 2013 - Rome, Italy @ Traffic Club *
Apr 05, 2013 - Conegliano, Italy @ Appartamento Hoffman *
Apr 06, 2013 - Vienna, Austria @ Flex *
Apr 07, 2013 - Munich, Germany @ Strom *
Apr 08, 2013 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ MelkWeg *
Apr 09, 2013 - Berlin, Germany @ Lido *
Apr 10, 2013 - Hamburg, Germany@ HafenKlang *
Apr 11, 2013 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Kulturfabrik *
Apr 12, 2013 - Koln, Germany @ Gebauede 9 *
Apr 13, 2013 - Hasselt, Belgium @ Muziekodroom *
Apr 15, 2013 - Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie *
Apr 16, 2013 - London, UK @ Garage *
Apr 17, 2013 - Bristol, UK @ The Thekla *
Apr 18, 2013 - Birmingham, UK @ HMV Institute *
Apr 19, 2013 - Glasgow, SL, UK @ O2 ABC *
Apr 20, 2013 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy 3 *
Jul 13, 2013 - Gloucestershire, UK @ 2000 Trees Festival
Aug 31, 2013 - Somerset, UK @ ArcTanGent Festival

* Support: Gallops


Artist: And So I Watch You From Afar 
Album: All Hail Bright Futures 
Label: Sargent House 
Release date: March 19th, 2012

Track list:
01. Eunoia
02. Big Thinks Do Remarkable (STREAM)
03. Like A Mouse (MP3)
04. AMBULANCE
05. The Stay Golden
06. Rats on Rock
07. Trails
08. Mend and Make Safe
09. Ka Ba Ta Bo Da Ka
10. Things Amazing
11. All Hail Bright Futures
12. Young Brave Minds







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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Heavy artrock band Ten Kens premiere video via Consequence of Sound from forthcoming album


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"Excellently skewed, arty rock, like Sonic Youth and Liars colliding." -- NME

Toronto ethereal, heavy psychedelic artrock group Ten Kens premiere the first video from the forthcoming International release of their third album, Namesame. The clip for the song "When A Door Opens" is hosted by Consequence of Sound. Watch video HERE

The song is also available to stream/download HERE.

Two years after their acclaimed sophomore album, Ten Kens return with their most powerful and poignant record to date. The aptly titled Namesake moves the band away from their signature genre-bending dither, into a darkened psychedelic voyage of self-discovery. The 2013 International physical release of Namesake is an expanded special edition from an earlier digital-only album. This special edition includes 4 previously unreleased tracks recorded during the Namesake sessions and makes the album's first physical release.

The product of this vision is the result of an intense yearlong recording period. Masterfully engineered and produced by Ten Kens' own Brett Paulin and Dan Workman, the band utilized several different recording facilities to find the perfect balance of studio wizardry and natural resonance. A purified approach to songwriting enabled the band to design a sound specific to each individual story, and as is their custom, the band disappeared into complete isolation to keep their vision focused and devoid of any outside influence. It is this insidious exploration of sound, coupled with unremitting power, that makes Namesake such an immense and profound listen. At its core, it is the thinking man's heavy rock - an abstract art-piece constructed from the remains of decaying genres. Without delusion and with grounded ambition, Ten Kens present an epic auditory narrative of life, death, and all the sounds in-between.

Ten Kens is the brainchild of songwriting duo Brett Paulin and Dan Workman. Discovered by Fat Cat Records in 2006, Ten Kens became one of the first Canadian acts signed to the famed UK label. In 2013, after two celebrated releases on both Fat Cat and Last Gang Records, and several successful tours in-between, Ten Kens carry on their mission as the ever-evolving, genre-altering, sound and vision no-scene music collective.

Having built up a reputation as a fearsome live act, and having shared stages with such bands as A Place To Bury Strangers, No Age, Deerhoof, The Joy Formidable and Surfer Blood, Ten Kens are set to widen their remit for 2013 with US and European tours currently in the planning stages. Ten Kens' Namesake special edition will be available May 21st, 2013.



Artist: Ten Kens
Album: Namesake
Label: Ten Kens
Release Date: May 21, 2013

01) Death In The Family
02) Bliss
03) Gently Used
04) Fetal Misgivings
05) The Calm Of The Car
06) Mousetrap (featuring the Mars Volta's Adrian Terrazas Gonzalez)
07) The Field Around Your Van
08) German Purity
09) When A Door Opens (MP3) (VIDEO)
10) Namesake
11) Take Me To Your Leader (bonus track)
12) Little League Now (bonus track)
13) Above The Ego (bonus track)
14) Whatever Man (bonus track)




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