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Snakehips

We’ve been following this London production duo for a while and been impressed by their glitchy hip-hop bootlegs and remixes, but with new single On & On they’ve stepped up to a whole new level. Featuring the vocal talents of George Maple, this is a summer bumper that you could imagine Jazzy Jeff dropping at a BBQ at the PlayBoy Mansion.

https://www.facebook.com/Snakehipsuk

Oddience

Psychedelic hip hop like food dye diffusing in water, this trio from LA is bubbling to the fore in the US. We haven’t heard sounds close to Oddience since we were at hip-hop gigs wearing a Rawkus Records t-shirts and EastPaks on our backs. If the band find a plane with seats sufficiently laid back and UK bound, we’ll be the first to pouch tickets to a live show.

https://www.facebook.com/Oddience

Tigercub

There are loads of bands around now who have got the grunge aesthetic nailed on but what sets Tigercub above pretty much all of them is the quality of their song-writing. The languid melody of Little Rope jams itself permanently in your brain after just 15 seconds. This Brighton three-piece have achieved what all those grunge revivalists could only dream of: writing a hit while looking like they give exactly zero fucks about it.

http://www.facebook.com/tigercubtigercub

K H U S H I

KHUSHI are steadily building a buzz in London with emotionally-charged, building tracks that kind of catch you by surprise. There’s a genuine ear for melody here and a layering of sounds that takes them beyond their peers with hipster pretensions. We’re pretty excited to hear what happens next.

http://www.facebook.com/khushimusic

Chester Watson

Chester Watson is 16 years old from St. Louis, Missouri and, according to the internet, Co-Founder of the Nu Age Syndicate, producer, playwright, and rapper. Groove doesn’t get close to doing it justice, this is going to be on repeat all summer.

https://soundcloud.com/chesterwatson
http://www.nuagesyndicate.com/

Drenge

Drenge are a band that are getting a lot of attention right now but justifiably in our opinion. We recommend listening to ‘Necromance Is Dead’ very loud.

https://soundcloud.com/drenge

So, we’ve had a good year. We are happy. We’re starting to line up some exciting things for 2013. Therefore, just for Christmas, we’ve reduced these Shutes screen prints to pay-what-you-want, starting at £5 + postage. A real deal for unreal times. You get the five-track EP to download for free too. There are not many left, so hurry. And when they are gone, they gone for ever. NB: They come unframed.

Click here to buy

In related Shutes news, check out this rad fan video for She Said…

The Shutes :: She Said from Inigo Amescua on Vimeo.

This October, the legendary All Tomorrow’s Parties will be launching a new weekly gig series at the Sebright Arms, London, where they will be showcasing some of the UK’s finest new bands. We are chuffed that they’ve picked Coves as their first headliners on Monday 29 October. What’s more, Coves will be curating the evening and it will feature art installations, films, DJs and a live performance from the band. This is one definitely not to be missed.

Tickets are £4 from here
Tell the world you’re going on Facebook

Check out the band’s chuggy, fuggy, druggy cover of Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game:

In November last year, we put on a gig in a church in north London and booked three bands to play who we thought would make the kind of sounds that would suit the godly surroundings. Little did we know that the fourth act we booked that night, electronic whizzkid Antwerp, would not only steal the show but make the holiest noises of the whole evening.

Even the angels were dancing.

Antwerp has a new EP out this week, stream it below, then buy it on iTunes here.

Hit alert! Absolutely adore this track from Dan Croll, which was introduced to us by the dudes at Amazing Radio and appears to be on the cusp of going intergalactic. Love the Grizzly Bear-style keys and guitar lines in this…

It’s out on Monday on Raquet Records, pre-order the 7″ from Piccadilly Records here

Several moons ago, we could be found behind the turntables (yes, they still had them in clubs then) of a place named Gramaphone in Spitalfields where we used to run a night called Beat Poetry. One October evening about four years ago, a man by the name of Wrongtom came to play with us and taught us a thing or two about how to make people lose their shit on the dancefloor. We were fans then and are fans now. Thus we are delighted to learn that Tom has a new LP out on 24th September on Tru Thoughts. Wrongtom Meets Deemas J is a collaborative reggae record, which appears to prove that Tom has lost none of his gifts in the making-one-lose-one’s-shit department.

Here is the single, Jump + Move + Rock

You can buy the LP here.

Back in May, we were honoured to have New Zealand band She’s So Rad play for us in support of Coves for their EP launch. Jeremy and Anji were over in the UK supporting Ladyhawke and we were glad when it worked out perfectly for them to play at Power Lunches too. It was a great night and She’s So Rad’s LP In Circles is one of our favourite records of the year.

Anyway, they’re now back in the South Pacific but Jeremy sent through the above video of a Songs From The Backyard session they recorded recently of their brilliant single Confetti. Songs From The Backyard seems to be a bit like a Kiwi version of La Blogotheque, just with more barbecues, obviously…

The Cast A Shadow EP by Coves is out today from your favourite digital music vendor and also on 7″ vinyl from a select bunch of the UK’s best record shops.

Get it on iTunes
And from these shops:
Rough Trade, London
Piccadilly Records, Manchester
Jumbo Records, Leeds
Head Records, Leamington Spa
Norman Records, Leeds

To celebrate this momentous occasion we are having a party hosted by This Is Fake DIY at Power Lunches in Haggerston tomorrow night (Tuesday 29th May).

Coves will be playing live with support from our favourite New Zealand shoegazers She’s So Rad (who have just been supporting Ladyhawke on her UK tour) and Cross Keys proteges Modern Borders.

Doors are at 8pm, it’s £3 to get in (tickets here) and it’s gonna be hella fun. We will have copies of the 7″ for sale. Tell us you’re coming on Facebook.

Watch the video for Cast A Shadow by Coves:

And this for She’s So Rad’s new song, Confetti:

And the Modern Borders remix of Echo of Love by The Shutes:

To celebrate Echo of Love by The Shutes officially being the best song in the galaxy, we have 80 hand-printed posters for sale. Designed by Switchopen (who has also worked with the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Fleet Foxes and Queens of the Stone Age) and hand-printed by John Patrick Reynolds at London Print Studios, this is a stunning two-colour poster in black and silver on extra-thick handmade off-white cotton Somerset paper. Wowzers, we’re sure you’ll agree.

It also comes with a sticker on the back with download codes for the Echo of Love EP. Bonus.
Dimensions: h: 56cm x w: 39cm

You can buy it here for £20 + postage:
http://crosskeysrecords.bandcamp.com/album/echo-of-love-ep-2

switchopen.com
www.thecomicartwebsite.com

Here is a picture of Trumpet the cat with his poster:

We’re very excited to announce that the next release on Cross Keys will be from Coves – have a listen to the lead track from their forthcoming EP ‘Cast A Shadow’.

Comprising singer Rebekah Wood and multi-instrumentalist John Ridgard, the band formed in the summer of 2011 and emerged into the world with a free 5-track EP last August and we’ve been in love ever since.

Now, Cross Keys Records presents their first full release, a blistering slice of beat-driven psychedelic rock, the Cast A Shadow EP. The release features three brand new tracks including lead single ‘Cast A Shadow’ as well as a new version of the stand-out track from their previous recordings, ‘No Ladder’.

 The four-track EP will be available on 28^th May to download and on limited-edition 7” vinyl.

Tracklist:

1. Cast A Shadow
2. No Ladder
3. Run With Me
4. Fall Out Of Love

Coves play Notting Hill Arts club on 18th April.