ULTERIOR: Debut album + Free download

DEBUT ALBUM: 'WILD IN WILDLIFE'

RECORD LABEL: SPEED RECORDS

RELEASE DATE: 7TH MARCH 2011 (CD + DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

LAUNCH PARTY: 9TH MARCH 2011 (HOXTON SQUARE BAR & KITCHEN)
UK TOUR: MARCH

FINALLY Ulterior's long-awaited debut album is to be released on March 7th 2011 with a string of live dates planned across Europe and the UK and an exclusive album launch show at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, London on Wednesday the 9th of March, with support from the hotly tipped Islington Boys Club and the ever ethereal Neurotic Mass Movement.

Wild In Wildlife' effortlessly wears its references on its sleeve. It is an unmistakable stadium sound synthesis that sonically falls somewhere between Simple Minds, The Sisters Of Mercy and Billy Idol… a shimmering noise-noir-pop production all set to their distinct brand of hypnotic chrome overdrive.

Recorded and mixed by long serving band producer Zlaya Hadzic (Sonic Youth / Tortoise) with two tracks also mixed by Robert Harder (Whitey / Brian Eno / Kylie) the end result is arguably their finest hour. Seductive hooks and vocals shine clearly amid the storm, all of which is set to a vicious mechanoid foundation of synthesizers and drum machines; a move that has already set Ulterior crucially apart from their contemporaries.

Free Download'Big City Black Rain' : www.ulteriorlondon.com

The album is to be released on Speed Records and will be available through both Rough Trade and online through the band's brand new website -www.ulteriorlondon.com. A signed, limited edition hand-silk-screened print comes with the pre-ordered CD and a new tee-shirt design issued to coincide with the album release.

The sleeve artwork is an adaptation of the English contemporary artist and painter and founder of the Neomodern group - Guy Denning's 'Where's Your Famous Golden Touch'.

2011 TOUR DATES
- MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED -

9th March - London, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
10th March - Brighton, The Hope
11th March - Leeds, The Common Place
13th March - Nottingham, The Bodega Social

1st April - Berlin, NBI - Germany
2nd April - Halle, VL - Germany

The Voluntary Butler Scheme: New track and free Dan Le Sac remix

Just over a year after his debut album, The Voluntary Butler Scheme – aka Dudley-based bedroom pop architect Rob Jones – is back with a new sound and a new four-track EP comprising two vocal songs, two instrumentals and around about a million ideas.

Here is a first little taster, brand new track "To The Height of a Frisbee"

To The Height Of A Frisbee by Voluntary Butler Scheme

The amazing Dan Le Sac has done a great remix of it, and you can DOWNLOAD IT FREE here:

To the Height of a Frisbee (Dan Le Sac remix) by Voluntary Butler Scheme

And here's, a video to go with it created by Amercian fan Sam Fathallah:



Since making the first album, The Voluntary Butler Scheme have toured the UK with Adam Green and signed a US deal with influential indie Park The Van. Jones has seen his tracks pop up in such varied places as Grey's Anatomy, a Dell ad, Eastenders and, er, Countryfile.

The EP is a taster of the next Voluntary Butler Scheme album, which will be a mix of instrumental and vocal tracks. For someone with such wildly far-ranging influences and outputs, Jones bravely says his aim for the album is “to blend all the different types of music I've been making together.”


http://thevoluntarybutlerscheme.bandcamp.com/

Joan As Police Woman is Nervous

On April 11th Joan As Police Woman releases a new single from her rapturously received third album The Deep Field (Play It Again Sam).

New single, Nervous concerns what Joan calls "the freedom to admit you're vulnerable and anxious," in a new-found relationship, rather than just projecting bravado.

Some artists play a part, act stuff out, and like to hide behind imagery. That's fine, but it's not for everyone. Some, like Joan, want to communicate direct, to tell the truth, and share the honesty. To honour themselves and their audience. It may be cliché to read about it but wonderful to experience.



Nervous begins with a taut drum intro, Moog bass, surging female back-ups and flaming guitar coda. Joan says she was smitten by Marvin Gaye, Sly and the Family Stone, Bowie, Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder too, influences all apparent on her new single.

Q 4 stars - Joan Wasser has never sounded so winning as on Nervous, a celebration of the joys of new love

Uncut - Nervous has a gloriously uplifting chorus

Joan As Police Woman performs for Balcony TV in Brighton

The Pigeon Detectives: New album and UK tour

The Pigeon Detectives are pleased to announce details of a new single, a new album and their first UK headline shows since selling out London's Alexandra Palace at  end of 2008. In the interim, the band took leave before recharging and have spent the past year writing and demoing in New York before recording in earnest  in the Autumn of 2010.

The entire experience has been a new one for the quintet from Leeds whose two previous albums  - which have now sold in excess of  half a million copies in the UK , were written and recorded  on home turf and the first fruits of which will be the brand new single 'Done In Secret' .

Recorded at Brooklyn Recording Company with Justin Gerrish taking on production and mixing duties, the album 'UP,GUARDS AND AT 'EM!'' will be released on 4th April through Dance To The Radio and will be available on vinyl, CD and digitally via all usual outlets. The full tracklisting:



1. 'She Wants Me'            

2. 'Lost'                

3. 'What Can I Say?'        

4. 'Need To Know This'        

5. 'Done In Secret'            

6. 'What You Gonna Do ?'

7. 'Turn Out The Lights'

8. 'Through The Door'

9. 'Go At It Completely'

10. 'I Don't Know You'

For a sneak preview of the new album, watch footage of the band recording the album in NYC and listen to album track "She Wants Me" here:


The track is also streamed here:
She Wants Me by The Pigeon Detectives


Meanwhile the band have also announced details of  their first  headlining UK shows of 2011 and will  be airing tracks off the new album when they appear as follows:
                        

March 28th - MIDDLESBOROUGH - Empire        

March 29th - GLASGOW - ABC        

March 30th - MANCHESTER - Ritz    

March 31st - LIVERPOOL    - Academy    

April 2nd - BIRMINGHAM - Institute

April 3rd - OXFORD - Academy

April 4th - NORWICH - UEA    

April 6th - LONDON - Shepherds Bush Empire    

April 8th - BOURNEMOUTH - Old Fire Station        

April 9th - PORTSMOUTH - Wedgewood Rooms

April 10th - BRISTOL - Trinity

April 11th - COVENTRY - Kasbah

April 12th - LEEDS    - Metro University

Joan as Police Woman - The Magic

Introducing Holy Coves

From the coast of North Wales Holy Coves unleash The Droner EP on February 14th, 2011; a gut busting, snarling blues influenced rock outing. Belying their Holyhead heritage, it's a debut fit to fill city stadiums. Is it early Smashing Pumpkins, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's oil-slick grooves? Perhaps, but then it's also wholly new.

Atmospherics akin to Black Angels are as audible on the record as when the Coves take to the stage. Which is no surprise really, considering the EP was recorded at Bryn Derwen Studios, with the foothills of Snowdonia looming large over the epic landscape. This is country as big as the band's sound, so there's no more fitting a setting for these mountainous tracks to have been made in.

It was here the band developed a strong bond with producer David Wrench (Bat For Lashes, British Sea Power, Race Horses), himself a member of Julian Cope's The Black Sheep. After being involved with the band since their early demos, it made sense that the musician-cum-studio wizard had his deft hand in the creation of Holy Coves' first official release; the next chapter of a story gaining rapid momentum.

DOWNLOAD/STREAM EP TRACK 'LET'S GO' HERE:

01 Let's Go by Holy Coves

Holy Coves will be touring the UK in January/ February. Here are full dates:

29 Jan - Rascals, Bangor

03 Feb - Central Station. Wrexham

04 Feb - Mad Ferret, Preston

05 Feb - Stanley Theatre @ Liverpool Guild of Students, Liverpool

06 Feb - Night and Day, Manchester

07 Feb - The Old Bell, Derby

08 Feb - The Flapper, Birmingham

09 Feb - Harry's Bar, Stoke-on-Trent

10 Feb - Buffalo Bar, Cardiff

11 Feb - Casbah, Coventry

12 Feb - The Musician, Leicester

13 Feb - Dublin Castle, London

18 Feb - Telfords Warehouse, Chester

26 feb - Y Fricsan, Cwm-y-Glo

Tom Tom Club announce double album

Tom Tom Club

Album 'Genius of Live' - 7th February

Tom Tom Club will release 'Genius Of Live' through Because Music on 7th February. The two-disc package will feature select tracks from their 'Live at The Clubhouse' album and new remixes of their timeless single, 'Genius Of Love'.

'Live at The Clubhouse' documented the iconic group performing in front of close friends at their home studio. The band can be heard playing their hit singles 'Genius Of Love' and 'Wordy Rappinghood' as well as signature covers of Al Green's 'Take Me To The River' And Hot Chocolate's 'You Sexy Thing'. The performance was recorded shortly after the September 11th tragedy, converting the stress and paranoia of the times into positive energy.

"We had a really exciting band and wanted to record the band for posterity while we were all together," band co-founder/drummer Chris Frantz says.

"Who knew if we would all still be together in the future? This was in October immediately following the harrowing events of September 11 and we wanted to do something positive and fun to counteract the sad and confused feeling people were experiencing at the time."

Tom Tom Club was formed by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth in 1981. Graduates from the Rhode Island School of Design, they moved to New York City where they founded the Talking Heads as a trio with David Byrne in 1975. In early 1981, the Talking Heads took a hiatus after five years of touring internationally and four studio albums. Chris and Tina began the Tom Tom Club and signed with Chris Blackwell and Island Records.

"Genius Of Love" has been sampled since the early days of Hip Hop by a wide variety of artists including, Grandmaster Flash, Mariah Carey, Tupac Shakur and T.I. The second disc on this release features prominent Latin alternative artists like Ozomatli, Money Mark, Senor Coconut and The Pinker Tonestackling the track.

Here they are performing Genius of Love at Summer Sonic festival in Japan:

www.tomtomclub.net

www.facebook.com/TheTomTomClub

DECEMBER UK TOUR

NEW SINGLE 'A PERFECT DAY'

RELEASED 20^TH DEC

'Compelling… a band with a lot of charm' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'The Jolly Boys are enjoying a remarkable 'Buena Vista Social Club' revival' OBSERVER

'Utterly engaging' THE TELEGRAPH

The Jolly Boys are undoubtedly the most recognisable mento band in the world. Being given their name by the legendary Errol Flynn the band are steeped in history, defining the genre of mento before Jamaica was known for it's ska or reggae.

Even though the Jolly Boys have been around since the early 1940s, they released their latest offering only this summer - an album packed with stunning interpretations of contemporary songs given a mento makeover. The album was received to critical success, with the first release being a version of Amy Winehouse's 'Rehab'. Their next single from this album will be the Lou Reed classic 'A Perfect Day', and it will be released on December 20th.

After hitting the festivals this summer, including appearances mainstage at Bestival and at the Electric Picnic, the Jolly Boys return to UK shores this December to embark on a nation wide headline tour, concluding with a supporting slot with ska veterans Madness at London's Earls Court.

Album 'Great Expectation' is Out Now on Wall Of Sound.

www.jollyboysmusic.com

DECEMBER

10-Dec-10 Cork Pavillion Bar & Club

https://www.tickets.ie/event.aspx/tickets/the-jolly-boys-the-pavilion-cork-10-December-2010/ZP7U5

11-Dec-10 Dublin Button Factory

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/18004554A4573B6F?artistid=1076788&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=5

13-Dec-10 Glasgow Oran Mor

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/17004554C9258E62?brand=dfc_gis&camefrom=CFC_UK_DFC_GIS

14-Dec-10 Manchester Night & Day Café

http://www.seetickets.com/Event/THE-JOLLY-BOYS/Night-Day/509889

16-Dec-10 Birmingham HMV Institute

http://www.seetickets.com/Event/THE-JOLLY-BOYS/HMV-Institute/509890

17-Dec-10 London Earls Court with MADNESS

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Madness-tickets/artist/941984

Joan As Police Woman returns with new album and UK Tour

'The Magic' Single released January 17th

From new album, 'The Deep Field' released Jan 24th

UK Tour - February 2011

The Magic is the first single to be taken from the new JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN album, The Deep Field.

Joan Wasser "The Magic is about how crazy your head can get when you begin worrying about the future, about the past, about not getting what you want or not getting enough of it.. and once that worry starts it can turn into some serious psychic bad trip! "

The new JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN album, The Deep Field begins with the words "I want you to fall in love with me," and continues to unfurl an unashamed lust for life. It's unquestionably her best, most significant album yet - in Joan's own words, "my most open, joyous record." A rocking, soulful journey, The Deep Field is Joan's most personal, and her most universal album to date.

Watch Joan Wasser talk about the recording of her new album:

The Deep Field - the title refers to a tiny and far distant part of space - follows the critical and commercial success of her previous albums, Real Life and To Survive and it confirms, if confirmation were needed, that Joan Wasser is a truly original talent; utterly captivating both on record and on stage, Joan returns to the UK in February for an eleven-date tour:

February

1st - Oxford Academy - www.ticketweb.co.uk

2nd- Brighton Komedia - www.meltingvinyl.co.uk

4th - Nottingham Glee Club - www.alt-tickets.co.uk

5th - Bristol Thekla - www.alt-tickets.co.uk

6th - London Barbican - www.barbican.org.uk

7th - Birmingham Glee Club - www.glee.co.uk

9th - Manchester Sound Control - www.gigsandtours.com

10th - Dublin The Button Factory - www.ticketmaster.ie

11th - Glasgow Oran Mor - www.gigsinscotland.com

12th - Leeds Brudenell Social Club - www.lunatickets.co.uk

13th - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms - www.seetickets.com

http://www.joanaspolicewoman.com/

http://www.facebook.com/joanaspolicewoman

http://twitter.com/JOANPOLICEWOMAN

http://www.myspace.com/joanaspolicewoman

Metro - 'Stunning'

Uncut - 'This is breathtakingly good music'

The Word - 'Achingly beautiful….Joan Wasser is a huge talent'

Mojo - 'full of meditative beauty…ravishing and lovelorn'

Sunday Times - Pop CD of the Week - 'Sensational.'

The Sun - 'Joan joins the dots between icons like Billie Holliday and more modern stylists like Joni Mitchell. Yes, she's that good.'

The Guardian -'a voice so wondrous and moving that it makes everyone else's seem ordinary and mundane'