A few weeks ago The Apple Cart Festival announced their initial line-up, which featured the likes of Billy Bragg, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Noah And The Whale and a bunch of comedians and artists. They've now announced that the following musicians/bands/artists/comedians/magicians/performers will join the previously announced acts at Victoria Park on June 3rd: Adam Ant, Josh T. Pearson, Gilles Peterson, Inner City, Beth Jeans Houghton, Scritti Politti, several members of The Magic Circle - compered by Richard Pinner IBM (International Brotherhood of Magicians), Miles Jupp, Bobby Mair, Art Cart Boot Fair For more info about ...

WILLIS EARL BEAL Who: An idiosyncratic, Chicago-based antifolk belter whose cassette-recorded debut, Acousmatic Sorcery , drops on April 3 via XL Recordings' new Hot Charity imprint. He's set to open some U.S. shows for new labelmate SBTRKT and is known for spreading flyers around town listing his phone number and singing a song for whoever calls. File Next To: Abner Jay, Daniel Johnston, Mountain Goats, Jeffrey Lewis, Bright Eyes Where to Start: Existential lo-fi head-clearing "Evening's Kiss," this fascinating Chicago Reader profile. MORE ON PAGE 2 >> FLATBUSH ZOMBIES Who: A Brooklyn hip-hop trio of Meechy Darko, Zombie Juice ...

Field Day have confirmed a raft of new additions including Modeselektor, Liars and more. Held in Victoria Park, Field Day is one of London's most prominent one day events. A cross-section of indie, electronics and more the event regularly pulls in exclusive performances from seminal acts. 2012 looks to be no exception. In a bulletin this morning Field Day organisers confirmed appearances from German bass munchers Modeselektor, experimental American types Liars and more. Having dominated 2011, Blawan opens the New Year by confirming his involvement with Field Day . Elsewhere, Dev Hynes returns to London under his Blood Orange guise ...

The Apple Cart is set to return this summer with an eclectic mixture of music, comedy and art. Brought to you by the same team who birthed Field Day and Underage, The Apple Cart is one of London's more unusual one day events. Perfect for families, last summer's instalment merged new music with art and spoken word. Returning for a fresh instalment in Victoria Park, this summer's event will arrive slightly earlier to avoid clashing with the Olympics. Taking place on June 3rd, the first names on the bill for The Apple Cart have been announced. Noah ...

With a Jing Jang here and a Jang Jong there, barring the ever-illusive Joe Lean remnants of the inferred major-screwing, LP-scrapping troupe are scattered ubiquitously throughout a seething Shacklewell Arms. Tonight's bunch, adjudged on pure and simply superficial old attire, are out in force to witness TOY whip a four-legged Dalston-centric residency into knowingly lackadaisical, forcedly monochromic action. Conversely, those here congregated muster minimal enthusiasm in indulging in Ralegh Long's brand of lightly melodramatic, folk-lilted chanson: somewhere on the side of the long, lonesome, and meandering road between scrapbook emperor Jeffrey Lewis and perennial prog titans The Tangent ...

Jeffrey Lewis, Neneh Cherry and Marcus Foster also play London's Victoria Park in June

The Apple Cart Festival returns to London’s Victoria park this summer and the initial line up looks impressive already. The annual festival, organised by the same people behind Field Day and Underage Festival, which showcases not just musical talent but also comedians, artists and magicians. Among the initial musical acts named are Billy Bragg , Noah and the Whale and Stornaway while some of the first comedians on the bill include Seann Welsh and Josie Long. Early bird tickets are available by heading here , priced £29.50. We’ll bring you further updates as soon as they are announced. Initial ...

(Rough Trade/Remote Control) Deadpan talk-singing over acoustic guitars – yep, it’s anti-folk icon Jeffrey Lewis! Some of this anti-folk stuff is odd – not just for the obvious reasons, either (eccentric vocal delivery, wordy quirky lyrics etc). Because in many ways, it’s merely the fact that the recording is sparse and lo-fi that it attains its rather hip status. If you were to “lush up” the songs on Jeffrey Lewis’ new album (like, multi-tracked guitars, treated drum sounds, the works) you’d ...

Whether from an album that didn't quite make the top 50, a single or a demo or whatever, here's 150 (yeah, I know) other tracks that shaped the STN year (not counting those from our own album, for fairness): 2:54 - On A Wire Alessi's Ark - Wire Allo Darlin' - Darren Alright The Captain - Rostov Could Get It Backyards - Heavy Handed Banjo Or Freakout - Can't Be Mad For Nothing Bastardgeist - COPS Beaty Heart - 2 Good Benjamin Shaw - How To Test The Depth Of A Well Beth Jeans Houghton - Dodecahedron The Birthday Kiss - Can You Keep A Secret ...

Been working all year long, therefore: no TV shows or books or anything personal this year, just records. In no particular order, other than maybe the five-ten first: PJ Harvey – Let England Shake Terakaft – Aratan N Azawad Skriet – Det beslutande organet Bob Hund – Det överexponerade gömstället Helheim – Heidindomr ok motgangr Graveyard – Hisingen Blues Tinariwen – Tassili Fucked Up – David Comes To Life Taake – Noregs vapen Austra – Feel It Break Autopsy – Macabre Eternal Portrait - Crime Laesae Majestatis Divinae Omega">Deathspell Omega – Diabolus Absconditus Knivderby – Dumskallarnas sammansvärjning Tyler The Creator – Goblin Veronica Maggio - Satan i gatan Tsjuder – Legion Helvete Shabazz Palaces – Black Up ...

The line up for Field Day 2012 has expanded once again with Mazzy Star and Death Grips amongst the latest additions. Formed by a loose coalition of promoters, Field Day is rapidly evolving into one of London's most important one day festivals. Preparations for next summer's event are already under way, with organisers adding several new names to the line up. Ground-breaking American collective Death Grips are set to perform at Field Day, marking a rare return to British soil. Releasing their debut LP 'Ex-Military' as a mixtape earlier this year, the group's mixture of dense rhymes ...

Sometimes we feature a music video just because it’s so damn visually excellent. Step forward Busdriver and their fairly good pop track ‘Kiss Me Back to Life’, with a video full of neon, glow in the dark craziness. Watching this reminded us of the Jeffrey Lewis album title ‘Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane’. I should probably mention their album Beaus$Eros is out February 12th.   Story originally posted on SupaJam .

Formed in Leeds, but now based in London, The Rosie Taylor Project follow up their acclaimed debut album with Twin Beds , a record where they have again worked with Wild Beasts producer Richard Formby. Having already played with a whole host of indie-folk legends – including Jeffrey Lewis, Jens Lekman and Camera Obscura- the six-piece have also long been a favourite of the alternative blog community, and the likes of 6Music have given them much praise and airplay. Released on Oddbox Records and with such an impressive background already, will this album be able to bring them up to the next ...

As you might expect from a group as interesting as The Unthanks, Diversions is not a straight covers album. Rather it is a re-imagining, a project in its own right, comparable to many other ‘versions’ projects that have emerged from the folk musicians over the years – from cult albums like Jeffrey Lewis’s 12 Crass [...] ( Read more... ) Categories: Records Tags: Anthony & the Johnsons , Robert Wyatt , The Unthanks

End Of The Road Festival have announced that Grizzly Bear will be headlining the festival next year, alongside Tindersticks. It will be Grizzly Bear's only UK festival appearance in 2012. Not only that but Beach House will also play a UK festival exclusive as part of their special celebration of Bella Union's 15th Anniversary. It can't get much better than that, can it? Wait...they've also announced that The Antlers, Delicate Steve, Doug Paisley, Driver Drive Faster, First Aid Kit, I Break Horses, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Justin Townes Earle, Moulettes, Mountain Man, Outift, Roby Hitchcok ...