After the bleak years dominated by news of endless record shop closures, the arrival of the first of Rise's four stores at the end of 2007 was a welcome signal of hope to music retailers and fans alike. Over the last four and a half years, managing director Lawrence Montgomery has established the youthful indie chain in Cheltenham, Worcester, Swindon and Bristol, where its flagship store occupies two floors and vinyl is given joyous prominence. ClashMusic caught up with Lawrence to find out how Rise continues to be on the up. All four Rise shops are relative newcomers to ...

Luego de una intensa gira mundial, el próximo jueves 3 de mayo se presentará por primera vez en Argentina tUnE yArDs, el proyecto musical de la cantante estadounidense Merrill Garbus. En su sonido se mezcla música de vanguardia con ritmos tribales, folk y melodías oníricas con armonías y secuencias de lo más originales (a juzgar [...]

Hold on, hold on. Alabama Shakes are really doing something good here. First of all, I didn't even know the lead singer of the band was a woman until I watched their music video because her voice has this awesome soulful androgynous quality to it that doesn't lend itself fully to either gender. Brittany fits somewhere in between Janice Joplin and the lead singer of tUnE yArDs, and I'm loving it. This video isn't necessarily groundbreaking video-wise, but "Hold On" off their just-released album Boys and Girls is one of the best new songs out there ...

Summer Sundae Festival has unveiled some new additions for this Summer's line-up, and they are as follows: Lianne La Havas / Patrick Wolf / Gold Panda / The Black Seeds / Ghostpoet / Lewis Floyd Henry / Stay+ / Team Me / Dog Is Dead. Other names on the billing already include tUnE yArDs and Hey Sholay. For full line-up details and ticket information head to summersundae.com .

A second batch of artists have been added to the Summer Sundae Weekender , held in De Montfort Hall and Gardens. Seasoned veterans like Adam Ant, Ocean Colour Scene and Billy Bragg will join bright new acts such as Django Django and Friends on an impressive line-up taking place 17th to 19th August. New Additions: Ocean Colour Scene / Death In Vegas/ Adam Ant & The Good The Bad & The Lovely Posse/ Billy Bragg Celebrates Woody Guthrie’s 100th Birthday/ The King Blues/ Jack Beats/ Django Django/ Friends/ Sway/ Uncle Frank/ Datarock/ Akala/ Hip Hop Shakespeare/ Lucy Rose/ The Twilight Sad/ Olugbenga (metronomy ...

Every Avenue and We Are The In Crowd are currently out on tour with The Audition and Plug In Stereo. PropertyOfZack is stoked to be doing a brand new Playlist with all four of the bands. Check out the Playlists and listen to the songs on Spotify while reading everyone’s thoughts! (Click on image to listen in Spotify) I Got - Young the Giant A very relatable song, it reminds me of the beach and summer time. Manchester Orchestra - Virgin This is a great song, it brings me back to old brand new days. Jack’s Mannequin - Release Me The ...

Requested by Roommate • Compiled by HATETHAT I think you just unknowingly summarized our generation into one question. 01. Titus Andronicus - “A More Perfect Union” (The Monitor) 02. You Say Party! We Say Die! - “There Is XXXX” (XXXX) 03. Toro Y Moi - “Still Sound” (Underneath The Pine) 04. tUnE yArDs - “Bizness” (w h o k i l l) 05. The Hives - “A Get Together To Tear It Apart” (Veni Vidi Vicious) 06. Heartless Bastards - “The Mountain” (The Mountain) 07. Danielson - “Bloodbook On The Halfshelf” (Ships) 08. Belle & Sebastian - “If You’re Feeling Sinister” (If You’re Feeling Sinister) 09. BOAT - “The ...

Take a look at the gigs our writers will be reviewing this week, and tell us about live music you've seen recently Each week we publish a list of concerts our writers will be covering in the next few days, and we invite you to tell us about the shows you've attended recently, or bands you're hoping to see soon. Here's what our writers will be seeing this week (all subject to last-minute change): • Gotye at Wilton's, London • CBSO /Gardner, Birmingham Symphony Hall • Alexandre Tharaud , Wigmore Hall • Billy Cobham , Ronnie Scott's • RLPO /Petrenko, Philharmonic ...

1er février - ** Thousand + Myra Lee @ International ** Rivulets + Rach Tree @ Espace B 3 février - Sister Iodine + TG Gondard + Fusiller + Nox Factio @ Olympic Café 6 février - Nat Baldwin @ Espace B 7 février - Black Lagoya @ Instants Chavirés 8 février - ** Nit Neroc + Vagina Vomit @ International **  9 février - General Elektriks @ Maroquinerie Tennis @ .FMR 10 février - Balam Acab + Holy Other + oOoOO @ .FMR 11 février - Alina Orlova @ Café de la Danse Christophe + Alister + Guillaume Fédou @ Maroquinerie Yussuf Jerusalem + Catholic Spray @ L'inattendu Fiodor Dream dog + I Break Horses @ Fleche d'Or  13 février - François & The Atlas Mountains @ Café de la danse  15 février - Megafaun @ Café de la ...

Não briguem comigo se eu esqueci de alguém, apenas uma listinha sem pretensões de mudar os rumos da humanidade, apenas o que me veio a cabeça neste momento. LET’S HAVE FUN. Nuuuuumber 10: Jeff The Brotherhood Nuuumber 9: Tune Yards Nuuumber… “What do you think about that Paul?” “Ohhh I think they’re tremendous Dave” Number [...]

I grew up under tall Douglas-fir trees near the coast of Oregon, about as far west as you can get in the United States. When I was young I wanted to be a detective. I tend to talk with my hands, and I am very often solving a math problem in my head. I only dance to two-step music. I own an orange canoe that I don't use often enough. I want to start a memorization club and I am haunted by a desire to travel to South America and write poetry.  If you switch around the letters in ...

There are few things in music that will brighten your day more than seeing Merrill Garbus and her Tune-Yards playing ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/media/tune-yards/bizness-and-you-yes-you-live-on-kimmel-video/60246/

**NOTE** The items within the following lists are not ranked in order of importance or artistic value.  Instead, they are listed randomly, or in some cases, as recalled by memory.  While the difference between good art and mediocre drivel is easily discernible, it is the author's opinion that ranking actual art is a random, arbitrary, and highly unscientific process, therefore inappropriate for these purposes. Hopefully, the absence of numbered lists will not frighten or cause excessive discomfort so as to keep the reader from enjoying this post to the fullest.   Additionally, the reader is encouraged to post any omissions ...

Best Of 2011 I want to thank everyone who’s supported LYFSTYL in 2011 and wish everyone a merry Christmas and a reminder to party very hard this new year! Be sure to check out our   Compilation section for some sweet exclusive music made especially for LYFSTYL. If you dont follow us on Twitter or Facebook yet!!! You can now be one of the cool kids and do so the links are above.  TOP 10 ALBUMS for 2011 Sbtrkt - Sbtrkt Drake - Take Care James Blake - James Blake Yojimbo Billions - Our Bodies are Machines Thrupence - Serenade/Promenade  tUne YarDs - Who Kill ...

Oakland, CA Tune Yards – Hell yeah! Forget everything about the music you know. Tune Yards blew me away with their music this year. “Whokill” is f@#$#! amazing. Music to engage the world with and a sound that carries notes to some transcendental sonic sphere.