With an already stellar line up including the likes of Atari Teenage Riot, Battles, Colin Stetson, Das Racist, Iceage, Kurt Vile, Shabazz Palaces, Suicide and Swans; it didn’t look possible that OFF could get any bigger, with their eclectic mix of old and new acts. But now sub pops’ Pissed Jeans, 405 favourites Purity Ring (pictured above) & Fanfarlo and hip-hop legend DOOM are amongst new additions, it’s shaping up to be one of this summer's hottest tickets. So if you’re bored of the same old British festival line ups, get yourself a flight to Poland ASAP ...

Artist: Amon Tobin Album: Boxset Sampler Released: 2012 Style: Electronic Format: MP3 320Kbps Size: 134 Mb Tracklist: 01 – Carry On Marmaduke 02 – Madam Larivee 03 – Wooden Toy (Reworked by Bibio) 04 – Lost & Found (The Thief Colin Stetson’s Lost & Found Redux) 05 – Grief (Amon Tobin Remix) 06 – Angels & Demons 07 – Hard Run (Chase Scene Test) 08 – [...]

Montreal outfit Esmerine, who are currently on an European tour, are offering a digital single, ‘Front End Loader’, and it comes backed with b-side ‘Learning to Crawl’. ‘Front End Loader’ features guest Colin Stetson on horns and it was recorded and mixed by Mark Lawson (Fire">Arcade Fire). The track was recorded during the sessions for [...]

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Below, enjoy an 8tracks mix featuring local and touring bands performing in SF this week. After the jump, find out more about when they’re all playing! Monday, April 30th Tennis, Wild Belle at The Independent Tuesday, May 1st Yo La Tengo at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Colin Stetson, Sarah Neufeld, Gregory Rogove [...]

Songs on a sunny Saturday: ► Electro-pop meastro Robert DeLong brings the party to the Viper Room. ► Downtown L.A. hosts a massive free music event called Corners Festival featuring 99 poets, 26 Bands, 13 artists, 3 plays and 3 street corners. Bands like the Bixby Knolls, Queen Caveat, the Dead Ships and more play [...]

This album was released by Constellation Records back in 2011, and although here on EARMILK we're not really on the business of reviewing older albums, the staff thought it was well worth a review when I presented them the album. And if they already thought that on first listen,...

This album was released by Constellation Records back in 2011, and although here on EARMILK we're not really on the business of reviewing older albums, the staff thought it was well worth a review when I presented them the album. And if they already thought that on first listen,...

OFF Festival has expanded its line up once again, with Metronomy, The Antlers and more being added. Held in Poland, OFF has rapidly developed a reputation for producing left field bills of an extremely high standard. Mixing experimental music with some tasteful mainstream fare, the Polish event recently expanded its bill yet again. Amongst the latest additions are Joe Mount's Mercury nominated collective Metronomy. Since the release of 'The English Riviera' the band have spent considerable time on the road, honing their live set in the process. Clad with those distinctive lamps on their chest, Metronomy are set to ...

Metronomy and The Antlers have been added to Poland’s Off Festival , joining the likes of Iggy and the Stooges, Kurt Vile and King Creosote & Jon Hopkins. The award winning “best mid sized” festival takes place in Krakowice over the weekend 3rd – 5th August and tickets are still available ( here ) starting from around 50 euros. Other names added in this latest announcement include High Places and Andy Scott as well as Bardo Pond Apteka and Beneficjenci Slendoru. Unfortunately the band Swietliki will no longer be playing the festival. Full line up so far: Africa HiTech, AfroKolektyw, Akron/Family, Alva Noto ...

If only every city had a Hopscotch. Raleigh, NC’s big-big music festival has gotten even bigger this year, with the addition of historical (and possibly haunted!!!) sounding venues like the Long View Center, Memorial Auditorium and the Contemporary Art Museum to its 15 venues strong festival map. There are 175 artists playing this thing, people, with everyone from the likes of Class Actress and Baroness to Liars and Wagner">Mirel Wagner. This year is only Hopscotch’s third go-around, and already they’ve got swell headliners like Built to Spill, The Roots, and The Jesus and Mary Chain keyed ...

This morning, Bon Iver took another big step toward becoming some kind of mainstream cultural institution, as a rumpled and freshly-shorn Justin Vernon, who should really consider growing the beard back, took to the stage at Ellen, performing “Towers” on TV and “Michicant” as a web-only bonus. Colin Stetson’s gargantuan saxophone is not a thing [...]

Raleigh, North Carolina's  Hopscotch Festival  takes place September 6-8. The lineup features the Jesus and Mary Chain, Danny Brown, Death Grips, Liars, Yo La Tengo, the Roots, Built to Spill, Julia Holter, Thee Oh Sees, Deerhoof, Zola Jesus, Sunn O))), Zammuto, Balam Acab, Laurel Halo, Pallbearer, Lambchop, Ital, Dan Deacon, Ducktails, Superchunk's Mac McCaughan, Baroness, G-Side, Cities Aviv, Wye Oak, Colin Stetson, Megafaun with Arnold Dreyblatt, and many more.

Brooklyn Vegan : HOPSCOTCH 2012 LINEUP Airstrip (Carrboro, N.C.) Altar of Plagues (Cork, Ireland) Altos (Milwaukee, Wis.) Alvarius B. (Seattle, Wash.) Amen Dunes (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Arnold Dreyblatt and Megafaun (Berlin, Germany / Durham, N.C.) Balam Acab (Mechanicsburg, P.A.) Baroness (Savannah, Ga.) Beat Report (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Big Troubles (Ridgewood, N.J.) Bill Orcutt (San Francisco, Calif.) Ritmo">Bio Ritmo (Richmond, Va.) BIrds of Avalon (Raleigh, N.C.) Black Skies (Carrboro, N.C.) Boy Friend (Austin, Texas) Built to Spill (Boise, I.D.) Burglar Fucker (Winston-Salem, N.C.) Calico Haunts (Durham, N.C.) Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan (Durham, N ...