Tuesday 31 August 2010
Friday 27 August 2010
Tuesday 24 August 2010
Black Mountain to release new single
BLACK MOUNTAIN
NEW SINGLE "THE HAIR SONG" - 11 OCTOBER 2010 - JAGJAGUWAR
Black Mountain release the second single from their much anticipated forthcoming album Wilderness Heart on 11th October. Its west-coast groove and soaring harmonies showing off an altogether more accessible side to the band; 'The Hair Song' brings the band's songwriting skills into sharp focus. A joyous and uplifting track, ('Let your laws come undone, Don't suffer your crimes, Let the love in your heart take control") - this is the embodiment of what NME described as 'pumping fresh blood into vintage sounds'.
Wilderness Heart is released on September 13th and the band will be undertaking a full European tour around this with their biggest London show to date - (with special guests The Black Angels on the bill) at Shepherds Bush Empire on October 7th.
Dates are:
4th Sept | Oxford | Academy*
5th Sept | Birmingham | Hare & Hounds*
8th Sept | Brighton | Concorde*
10th Sept | Isle of Wight | Bestival
11th Sept | Dorset | End Of The Road Festival
12th Sept | Leeds | TJs Woodhouse Club *
14th Sept | Glasgow | Oran Mor *
15th Sept | Manchester | Academy 3 *
16th Sept | Nottingham | Rescue Rooms *
7th Oct | London | Shepherds Bush Empire+
* w/Wolf People
+ w/ Black Angels
"Art-house rock'n'roll unafraid to stroll the unlit side of the street.... spellbinding beauty" Classic Rock (album review - 9/10)
"It's the sound of a Middle Earth baptism by fire" NME
www.myspace.com/blackmountain
Monday 23 August 2010
The Duke and The King: New single and Video
Release new single 'Shaky' on September 20th on Loose Music / Silva Oak; album 'Long Live The Duke & The King' follows a week later
The Duke & The King follow the tremendous critical acclaim that greeted the release of their 2009 debut album 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' with theSeptember20th release of the new single 'Shaky' on Loose Music / Silva Oak. 'Shaky' previews the band's second album 'Long Live The Duke & The King' that follows on September 27th.
An uplifting moment of countrified soul resplendent with the band's sweet four-part vocal harmonies, 'Shaky' will be released on 7" and download formats. As with the rest of 'Long Live The Duke & The King', 'Shaky' was self-produced in the band's own studio/shack deep in their home woods of Bearsville, New York and was mastered by the renowned Bob Ludwig (Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Band).
Watch Shaky video here:
Release new single 'Shaky' on September 20th on Loose Music / Silva Oak; album 'Long Live The Duke & The King' follows a week later
The Duke & The King follow the tremendous critical acclaim that greeted the release of their 2009 debut album 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' with theSeptember20th release of the new single 'Shaky' on Loose Music / Silva Oak. 'Shaky' previews the band's second album 'Long Live The Duke & The King' that follows on September 27th.
An uplifting moment of countrified soul resplendent with the band's sweet four-part vocal harmonies, 'Shaky' will be released on 7" and download formats. As with the rest of 'Long Live The Duke & The King', 'Shaky' was self-produced in the band's own studio/shack deep in their home woods of Bearsville, New York and was mastered by the renowned Bob Ludwig (Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Band).
Watch Shaky video here:
Long Live The Duke & The King' captures the band's essence, a ramshackle travelling circus in which different voices tell different stories. Simone Feliceand Bonnie 'Bird' Burke remain the central architects, but it's a more collaborative project than its predecessor. Nowell 'The Deacon' Haskins' gospel-tinged lead vocal on 'Hudson River' recalls the greats of classic R&B, while 'No Easy Way Out' combines The Sensational Simi Stone's vintage soulful tones with a pop-orientated country rock sound that matches Felice's light-hearted description of the band's new sound as "Fleetwood Black."
Simone Felice returns to the UK in August for a full solo tour as well as festival appearances at GreenMan and Edinburgh. The Duke & The King are set to return to these shores for their biggest gig to date at London's Electric Ballroom on October 27th.
Full dates here:
August - Simone Felice solo dates
24th - Bristol, St. Bonaventure's
25th - Nottingham, The Maze
26th - Newcastle, The Cluny
27th - Edinburgh, Festival
31st - Sheffield, The Rude Shipyard
September - Simon Felice solo dates
1st - Liverpool, Americana UK
2nd - London, The Luminaire
October - full band show
27th - London, Electric Ballroom
Long Live The Duke & The King!
www.thedukeandtheking.co.uk
Harepr Simon Announces New Single
Berkeley Girl
Single released 13 September 2010 on [PIAS] Recordings
"these are 10 cleverly written, elegantly played and beautifully sung pieces of pop craftsmanship" Uncut **** 'Debut Album of the Month'
"adopting the various styles of American folk-rock cheerfully and unselfconsciously... it's a treat" The Guardian 4 stars
"sweet sounding, impossible-to-dislike" Q
"his self-titled debut is a touching, often beautiful collection of lilting chamber-pop and country-tinged songs" The Sunday Times
"it could be Elliott Smith's younger brother" The Sunday Independent
In support of his recent critically-acclaimed debut album, singer-songwriterHarper Simon is set to release the beautiful Berkeley Girl as a single. An old-fashioned love song (though this time written to an old friend) of the sweetest variety, Berkeley Girl puts Simon's gift as a lyricist to the fore. "She is juniper and roses/She is amethyst and pearl/And though she makes her home in Hollywood/She's really just a Berkeley girl," it says.
Harper Simon is a singer-songwriter based between Los Angeles and New York. Released in April, Simon's eponymous debut won plaudits across the board for its taut songcraft. It was recorded in Nashville, New York and Los Angeles with the help of an impressive and decidedly eclectic, multigenerational group of musical collaborators - famed producer Bob Johnston (the man behind classic recordings from Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen), an all-star group of veteran first-call Nashville session players, an impressive group of contemporary young singer-songwriters and musicians, friends, and yes even Harper's own father, the legendary Paul Simon.
But for all the crucial musical support he received from so many great artists, Simon himself is everywhere on this debut album. He sings most of the gorgeous and evocative harmonies and plays the lion's share of the stunning guitar parts, as well as co-arranging both the string and horn arrangements, which bring unforgettable musical shading to the album. He has taken time and care to make an album built to last. And this is only the beginning.
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