After more than three decades languishing in the ECM vaults, a hitherto unheard album by the hugely influential Keith Jarrett European Quartet – the Belonging band – is to be released for the first time, the great pianist’s label ECM has confirmed. To be released in the UK through Proper Note distribution on 16 July Sleeper  was recorded at Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo on 16 April 1979 by Jarrett with his fabled quartet of Jan Garbarek , tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, and percussion; Palle Danielsson double bass; and Jon Christensen drums and percussion. It’s the band that laid down ...

A warm Friday evening sees hoards of hipster kids piling into Brixton Academy for Mystery Jets’ headline show. The excitement is palpable. A swarm of twenty-somethings jostle for prime position, unknowingly sloshing their overpriced cider on unsuspecting passers-by. Such anticipation is not limited exclusively to fans, as singer Blaine Harrison states on the band’s website: “Brixton Academy is the show we have been waiting to play… As a band of London boys, the feeling of walking from the wings out onto that stage will be one of euphoria and we will do everything in us to make sure you ...

NJ indie rockers Prawn head overseas today to start their European tour on May 21. Check out a documentary that the band put together which includes footage of their time in the studio working on their upcoming EP as well as them getting ready for the tour. The video also gives a sneak peek at most of the new songs. Prawn’s whole catalog is now available for a "pay what you want" price on their Bandcamp page . Prawn’s EP was recorded and mixed by Greg Dunn of Moving Mountains and will be out July 17 on Topshelf Records.

Listen to 34 new tracks from around the world, as chosen by the Guardian and other bloggers in the Music Alliance Pact Click the play button to listen to individual songs, right click on the song title to download an MP3, or grab a zip file of the whole 34-track compilation through Ge.tt here . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Prietto Viaja Al Cosmos Con Mariano - Ey, Esa No Es Forma De Decir Adiós PVACCM is a psychedelic rock duo (Mariano, drums and vocals; Prietto, guitar and vocals) from Buenos Aires. Their first recordings were kind of lo-fi experiments but in the past ...

As I sit down to scribe my look back at my first trip to Brighton for The Great Escape, I’m travelling on a bus from London to Liverpool, about to hit the ground running for the third music festival of this trip. Heading overseas to a music festival is nothing new for me, but it’s certainly nothing I take for granted. It’s an incredible opportunity to see some of the best talent in the world – new, upcoming and established – alongside our own Australian artists trying to make it in unique settings and locations.  Before I get onto ...

Music Alliance Pact é um projeto global que envolve cerca de 40 blogs especializados em música, de diferentes países, que mensalmente realiza uma coletânea com bandas independentes/alternativas desses países. Todo dia 15 é publicada a coletânea com uma música escolhida pelo representante de seu respectivo país de origem. No Brasil, essa função é exercida pelo Meio Desligado, que em Maio selecionou "Linha do trem", do CD de estreia do mineiro Leonardo Marques. Você pode ouvir cada uma das músicas abaixo ou fazer o download gratuito da coletânea completa .   BRASIL :  Meio Desligado Leonardo Marques  -  Linha do Trem Certa nostalgia melódica ...

[Photos by acidjack] We have featured Cymbals Eat Guitars several times on this site (most recently, a headlining Bowery show from last year), and we have always found their willingness to take risks refreshing. Not content to simply rework the more poppy sound of their breakout album, Why There Are Mountains, the band remain unafraid to [...]

Prawn has posted an album teaser for their forthcoming Topshelf Records EP (recorded and mixed by Greg Dunn of Moving Mountains) which can be viewed below. Topshelf will release the new EP on July 17. The band is headed over to Europe and the UK with Ape Up! from May 21 through June 29. The full list of dates is below.

Prawn has posted an album teaser for their forthcoming Topshelf Records EP (recorded and mixed by Greg Dunn of Moving Mountains) which can be viewed at: Prawn - New EP teaser - YouTube. Topshelf will release the new EP on July 17. The band is headed over to Europe and the UK with Ape Up! from...

Beyond the Visible Spectrum: PropertyOfZack Road Blog : : Pianos Become The Teeth (Update I) : propertyofzack : Pianos Become The Teeth are out on a big tour this spring with Coheed And Cambria and Moving Mountains. The band will be doing a Road Blog for PropertyOfZack to keep fans updated from the Road, so check out the first update below and come back each week for more! From… lol, those dudes blasting Coheed on shuffle sure were a trip! Very surreal experience for myself as well. My travel companion (Charlottesville, VA is 7 hours from my home in NY) had a condition that ...

Pianos Become The Teeth are out on a big tour this spring with Coheed And Cambria and Moving Mountains. The band will be doing a Road Blog for PropertyOfZack to keep fans updated from the Road, so check out the first update below and come back each week for more! From Chad McDonald: Hi, my name is Chad McDonald. I play guitar in a band from Baltimore, MD called Pianos Become the Teeth. We are currently on tour with Coheed and Cambria & Moving Mountains. Here’s a rambled tour journal.  Day One. Today was hectic. wake up at 530 am ...

Francois & The Atlas Mountains recently recorded an unusual live session - which you can watch below. It's no exaggeration to say that Francois & The Atlas Mountains are one of our favourite live bands. An extravagant, beautiful, engaging experience the multi-national collective veer between sweet pop, savage Highlife and blissful shoegaze. Associated with the Fence Collective, Francois & The Atlas Mountains recently travelled to Eye O' The Dug in Saint Andrews for a special performance. Topman CTRL hooked up with the band while they were there, taking the collective out to the woods for an unusual live session. Francois & The Atlas Mountains ...

New York’s I Can See Mountains have announced they are now part of the Panic Records family. News of the signing broke earlier today on the band’s official Facebook . Along with initial announcement, it was also revealed that Panic will reissue the group’s debut EP, Hope You Never Get It , on vinyl sometime this Summer. I Can See Mountains were one of our “5 bands To Watch” back in January and we could not be more excited to see them finally getting the exposure they deserve. Congrats!…

I Can See Mountains have signed to Panic Records. Panic will be reissuing the band’s debut EP on vinyl this summer. Check out a message from the band in regards to signing to the label below by clicking “Read More.”[[MORE]] We cannot predict the future, nor will we try, but what we will continue to do is pour every ounce of our hearts, souls, and minds into this band. This is what makes us happy. It’s our creative canvas. We want to take our band to the furthest and highest levels. And if that means the stars ...

Three years after the release of their debut album, Driver Friendly were faced with a crossroads of sorts as a group. The predicament was either quit as a band after nine years together or do something drastic. Everyone's lives were changing and headed in separate directions and in addition, the music industry was shifting. Rather than calling it a career, the band members decided to retreat into a cabin in the Appalachian Mountains of all places where they could write and create music without any distractions or limitations. They decided to go and not leave until they had enough ...