Egowar by Gang Gang Dance
New York quintet Gang Gang Dance, release new album Eye Contact on May 9th through 4AD. As a pre-cursor, you can download new single Mindkilla for free from the band’s website. It gets a physical release, in the form of a 12”, on April 11th. They play Dazed Live at The Village Undergound, April 9th.
07 Apr 2011
House Of Balloons/Glass Table Girls by The Weeknd
The Weeknd have been causing much debate amongst broadsheet journos. Partly because of their music – ace, inventive, hybrid R‘n’B – but also because of their adoption by certain ‘super-cool’ webzines/blogs. Apparently this is yet more evidence of Pitchfork and the like jumping on unthreatening, ‘unremarkable’ urban music with a chillwave bent, at the expense of more authentic artists. Nonsense. From what I can gather, The Weeknd are vocalist Abel Tesfaye and producer Jeremy Rose, they’re from Toronto and their free mixtape, House Of Balloons, might just be the best album of the year so far. Go get it!
The Weeknd – House Of Balloons/Glass Table Girls by snipelondon
06 Apr 2011
Love Song (Mascara Remix) by Husband
Chiara and Gianlorenzo, a.k.a. Husband, played their first gig together at London’s Corsica Studios early last year. Hailing from Bologna, they’re into cool stuff like vintage cars and volcanoes and make tense ‘dronetronica’, as The Guardian calls it. Robot Elephant are releasing a limited edition 12” of debut single Love Song/Slow Motion to tie in with Record Store Day, April 16th. The EP will be released as a download on May 16th, featuring remixes from Portland’s Soft Metals and Italo House DJ Wolther Goes Stranger. Download the Mascara remix of Love Song below.
05 Apr 2011
The Fridge by John Stammers
Manchester folk-troubadour John Stammers released his eponymous debut album last Monday, via Wonderfulsound. His characteristically English style of storytelling has led to comparisons with 70s folk heavyweights Richard Thompson and Nick Drake, as well as support slots with the likes of Alfie and King Creosote. Stream The Fridge, below.
04 Apr 2011
Cowboys In The Void by Quilt
60s/70s psych-folk revivalists Quilt hail from Boston, Massachusetts. The trio have just released a 7” album, Angels Of Play, through Breakfast Of Champs. According to Altered Zones the band are currently putting the finishing touches to their debut LP; for those who can’t wait, download current single Cowboys In The Void/Penobska Oakwalk here.
02 Apr 2011
Dive Off The Sun by Glass Gifts
Glass Gifts is a one-man electronic project, the baby of New-Yorker Richard Cupolo. Having remixed Crystal Castles’ recent collaboration with Robert Smith, he’s just released a new album Native Language, available to download via Bandcamp. Stream the opening track, Dive Off The Sun below.
31 Mar 2011
Stay + by Christian Aids
With a name like Christian AIDS I was expecting something a lot more hardcore and offensive to the ears from this Manchester band. Thankfully, debut single Stay + is a pleasantly dark cacophony of dubstep/chillwave/electronica influences. It kicks off a couple of times too. Stay + is released via Double Denim, May 7th.
30 Mar 2011
Whale by Yellow Ostrich
Minimal drums and looped, almost percussive vocals seem to be the style de jour for many bands at the moment. For a master class in how it’s done, check out last month’s tUnE-yArDs MPFree. Yellow Ostrich hail from New York City. The trio (including Jan Natchez, formally of Beirut) have just released an updated version of recent album The Mistress. Download The Whale from their Bandcamp page now.
29 Mar 2011
South Carolina by Tennis
Tennis have been getting music bloggers in a tizzy since early 2010; they’ve got a cute little back story as well – Denver couple jack it all in to go sailing up the eastern seaboard for eight months, document their experiences in song, come back, get a record deal… perhaps someone should do something similar along the Regent’s Canal? Songs about submerged shopping trolleys and floating turds don’t have quite the same romance unfortunately. Tennis release debut album Cape Dory May 16th, through Carmen San Diego.
28 Mar 2011
Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo) by Battles
The artwork and ongoing billboard campaign for new Battles album Gloss Drop, out June 6th on Warp, has been causing quite a stir. Head over to Drowned In Sound for more details about the mysterious pink blob, pictured above. Of more interest, to this writer at least, is Ice Cream, the first release from said record. Featuring Matias Aguayo, it sees the New Yorkers exploring their quirkier, more playful side. Stream below.
25 Mar 2011
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- The five best places in London to have an epiphany
- Random Interview: Eileen Conn, co-ordinator of Peckham Vision
- Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
- Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
- Diary of the shy Londoner
- Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
- Summer Camp: Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days
- A unique collection of photos of Edwardian Londoners
- 9 poems about London: one for each of your moods
- Punk brewery just as sexist and homophobic as the industry they rail against
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