MAZES

Rock
United Kingdom

MAZES

Rock
United Kingdom

MAZES will release their ambitious new record, 'Ores & Minerals' on February 18th. The LP is a sprawling eccentric opus, self produced by the band this summer in various makeshift Hackney, UK studios. The album draws from a much broader palette than the band's debut; utilizing repetitive loops and samples, playing up a rhythm section that could…

Kagoule

United Kingdom

Kagoule

United Kingdom

Three-piece Kagoule are only 17-years of age. Emerging briefly last year with the demo ‘Made of Concrete’, the band drew the attention of both Radio 1 and XFM before hiding away to work on new material in their industrial hometown of Nottingham. They are now set to release their double-A debut single ‘Monarchy’/‘Mudhole’. Kagoule’s music is a dreamlike,…

Coasts

Rock
United Kingdom

Coasts

Rock
United Kingdom

Bristol based five piece Coasts release their debut single ‘Oceans’ via Tidal Recordings on February 25th 2013. This release follows on from two successful free download offerings that saw the band pick up tastemaker support from Artrocker, CRACK and Radio 1. This support helped them gain the attention of producer Duncan Mills (Sissy and the Blisters,…

Amateur Best

Pop
United Kingdom

Amateur Best

Pop
United Kingdom

No Thrills is the debut record from Joe Flory. It's been a long time coming from a man we now know as Amateur Best and some may remember as Primary 1. His Amateur Best project was born partly from Flory's own frustration with the pop music form. After an aborted attempt at making a pop album for a major label as Primary 1 he had lost all interest in…

Youth Lagoon

Indie
North America

Youth Lagoon

Indie
North America

Trevor Powers, whose stage name is Youth Lagoon, began writing his debut “The Year of Hibernation” in 2010. Based around the idea of psychological dysphoria, Powers tried to document the trails of his mind through songs of minimalism and hypnotic ambience. Powers later described his writing process as "my mind communicating with me, not the other way…

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Pop
North America

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Pop
North America

Emerging from hedonism and isolation is "II", the new album from Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The musical vision of Ruban Nielson started as an anonymous home-recording project that fused psychedelia, soul, choppy percussion and funk. UMO came to life in basements and bedrooms after Nielson moved from his native New Zealand to Portland, Oregon with his…

The Coathangers

Punk
North America

The Coathangers

Punk
North America

The Coathangers were a band before they were musicians. The Atlanta quartet started out as an excuse to hang out and play parties. Their jokey attitude ran deep, right down to their name--a self-admittedly crude abortion reference for an all-girl group. The whole knowing-how-to-play-an-instrument thing was just a minor hurdle in their musical mission.…

Drowners

Rock
North America

Drowners

Rock
North America

Drowners will release their debut EP, Between Us Girls, on Birthday Records on February 4th, 2013.  The New York-based group, fronted by rakish Welshman Matt Hitt, will be the first release for the label, newly founded by former Kaiser Chief, Nick Hodgson.Already making waves in Hitt’s adopted hometown (the frontman relocated to New York from the Rhondda…

Black Rebel Motorcycle Cl…

Rock
North America

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Rock
North America

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club announce the release of their highly anticipated sixth studio album ‘Specter At The Feast’, released through Abstract Dragon Records on the 18th March. Following 2010’s ‘Beat The Devil’s Tattoo’, the forthcoming release is the latest addition to their acclaimed discography, which began with their seminal debut ‘B.R.M.C’ in…

The Majority Says

Pop
United Kingdom

The Majority Says

Pop
United Kingdom

During the recording of their debut album end of  2011, The Majority Says finally found the missing vital band members when discovering new lead singer Hanna and bass player, Alex. The Majority Says roll call was finally complete and ready to take on the world. The band have recently returned from a short tour in Germany, and after a hectic summer…

Noonie Bao

Pop
Sweden

Noonie Bao

Pop
Sweden

When I was really young I went on a lot of dates. Not my own, but my friends dates! Because all my friends though I sang so sweet, they would bring me along with them to the woods, where they would make out with boys and I would became their soundtrack. This is where my interest in singing began. I went to a renowned Swedish music high school. The teachers…

Immanu El

Pop
Sweden

Immanu El

Pop
Sweden

Immanu El (post/indierock) from Gothenburg, Sweden, started as a musical experiment in 2004 by 16-year-old Claes Strängberg and his twin brother Per. The ambition has always been to create something captivating and beautiful. The band has gained a growing reputation to be one of the most promising bands from Scandinavia today and performed over 300…

IKONS

Rock
United Kingdom

IKONS

Rock
United Kingdom

Ikons new album Life Rhythm represents with grandour a new generation of music fromSweden’s music capital Göteborg. Ikons’ self titled debut from 2010 was a cosmic adventure with unbreakable focus, mixed by Dan Lissvik of Studio. We called it power kraut. The band, who are an astonishing live experience, toured with Spiritualized. The new album Life…

Frida Hyvonen

singer-songwriter / pop
Sweden

Frida Hyvonen

singer-songwriter / pop
Sweden

Frida Hyvönen is known as an enchanting stage performer and comedienne, a stormy piano player and brilliant lyricist, a unique voice speaking from a timeless inner place.Her first album, “Until Death Comes”, was recorded in 2005 at legendary recording studio Atlantis in Stockholm and was released on the Licking Fingers label in Sweden. That same year,…

Alina Devecerski

Pop
Sweden

Alina Devecerski

Pop
Sweden

Alina Devecerski’s ”Flytta på dej” became the super hit of the year (reaching the number one position of the hit lists of Sweden, Norway and Denmark). High profile gigs at the Hultsfred, Peace & Love, Emmaboda and Storsjöyran-festivals catapulted the 29 year old wonder from Sundbyberg to the very top. The music as well as the artist owned all environments:…

Young Hare

Experimental
Germany

Young Hare

Experimental
Germany

Marc Krause and Phil Pfanzer are YOUNG HARE from Frankfurt a.M. The charming annexation of a studio in the 7th floor marks the beginning of their brilliant project in 2011 – named after the Wiki-Article of the day. The duo unremittingly develops new, multi-instrumental sounds – spherical song loops over polyrhythmic drums, supported by danceable electronic…

Urban Homes

Electronic
Germany

Urban Homes

Electronic
Germany

It’s never easy to end things. Not for me, not for you, and not for musicians, either. It is an under appreciated discipline for bands to bid farewell to the costumes and habits that they once held dear and to break new ground in opposite directions. When the first demo cassette by Cologne’s Urban Homes was released in early 2011, the four songs constituted…