Good afternoon, friends, Naturally owls know better than to get caught in the rain, so I am fluffed up by the fire with a hot buttered rum. Since you’re probably about to brave the outside with one of those horrific umbrella things that don’t even keep the water off your middles, I thought I’d be kindly and provide the perfect soundtrack to a wet afternoon. Yours cosily, Brian Rainy days on Spotify. Barry Louis Polisar – All I Want Is You Alexi Murdoch – All My Days Foxes">Fleet Foxes – Battery Kinzie Athlete – Beautiful Doves – Black And White Town ...

The most-read new things this week have been: 1. The illustrated Friends 2. The illustrated Friends: Shirley Bassey 3. The illustrated Friends: Michael Miles 4. Stabbing at Jessie J's Blackberry party 5. Sonisphere axed 6. Gordon Smart claims U2 are going boyband 7. A new song from Marcella Detroit 8. Gordon Smart's complex possible April Fool 9. The illustrated Friends: Friend of a friend... 10. Mel B goes Australian Julia Holter - Tragedy Download Julia Holter Wave Pictures">The Wave Pictures - Long Black Cars Download Long Black Cars The Futureheads - Rant Download Rant Johnny Cash - Bootleg Volume IV - The ...

In the biography of Luke Leighfield , which reads like a CV, his fourth album New Season is described as his most accomplished work to date, comparing the sound to both Coldplay and Mates of State. Instantly there was a surge of curiosity as to where in between these two artists we would find the sound of New Season . Released through Got Got Need, which Luke owns and runs, he has performed live over 650 times in 14 countries since his first show in May 2005 at the Cricket Pavilion in Upton-upon-Severn. Frequently playing in fan's living rooms (through invitation ...

Welcome to the thirteenth edition of New Music by Region . Every fortnight we aim to present the best new music in 7 major cities and regions from across the UK. With the help of regional correspondents, we plan to present our shortlist of new music in Birmingham, Brighton, Cardiff, Dublin, Norwich, London and Oxford. New Music by Region #12 can be found here ! Name : The Young Runaways – ‘Closer’ For Fans Of : Turin Brakes and Fire">Arcade Fire Website : Official website Correspondent : Lyle Bignon The six-piece neatly wrapped up grand sweeping string arrangements, tight harmonious vocals and indie-rock sensibilities for their ...

Photos by Thomas Walton For a review of the night, click HERE .

It has been ten years since Turin Brakes released the Mercury nominated ‘Optimist LP’. The raw, stripped back record has turned out to be Ollie Knights’ and Gale Paridjanian’s crowning achievement so far. The duo have arguably failed to better it over the last decade, with only 2003’s ‘Ether Song’ showing speckles of the brilliance that ran throughout their debut. To celebrate the anniversary, Turin Brakes have headed back out on the road to play the album in its entirety, and as they walk onto the Leadmill’s stage Paridjanian says: “We’re going to do it like ...

I don’t know of many people in the United States who still listen to Turin Brakes. The band is alive and kicking in Britain, but their U.S. moment in the sun came during the early ’00s with Ether Song during the melodramatic Brit-pop wave (Coldplay, Keane, Travis, etc.). For whatever reason, they didn’t have the [...]

Genre: Alternative/Indie/Rock/Electronic Country: USA Tracklist 01. The Sea 02. Summer In The South 03. Hey Kid 04. I Don’t Want A Third World War 05. The Spinning Room 06. Harmonium Song 07. All Of That Means Nothing Now 08. I Still Believe In You (Featuring Olly Knights Of Turin Brakes) 09. My Darker Side 10. [...]

Not for profit festival Headstock has unveiled the first names on the line up for this summer's event. The decline of heavy industry in Britain left whole communities devastated. A small village near Nottingham, Newstead was almost completely dependent on a nearby coal mine to provide employment. Its closure in 1987 left the area in crisis. Since then, the community have banded together in an attempt to provide a future for the village of Newstead. Amongst the measures they have tried is a not for profit music festival. A way to bring the community together, Headstock was set up ...

THE MUSIC DIARY PROJECT: FRIDAY APRIL 8 Today I listened to ten different songs by ten different artists. I listened to only one of those songs — the Kaskade remix of Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend” — more than once. In honor of the other nine songs and for my final day with the Music Diary Project, I will express the remainder of my thoughts in haiku form. • Joy Division “Atmosphere” When I was younger I listened to many bands With dead lead singers • Rhett Miller “Haphazardly” I love Rhett Miller But that Chili’s commercial he sang makes me sad • Ida ...

I’ve been waiting quite some time for a song like Zachary Cale’s “Hello Oblivion” to come around, reinforcing my (oft internally embattled) belief that “songs-that-would-have-been-on-The OC” (think Turin Brakes) are still being made. Nostalgia is beside me on this one. That alone should be enticing enough for you to want to listen. [...]

Here are the videos that have caught my attention this week ... That Fucking Tank Mr Blood That Fucking Tank: 'Mr Blood' from JakoMat on Vimeo . Turin Brakes Sea Change Banjo Or FreakOut 105 Banjo Or FreakOut_"105" from simone pellegrini on Vimeo . Thanks to RadarMusicVideos for alerting me to these videos The High Wire Pump Your Little Heart

Turin Brakes have recorded a powerful cover of Talk Talk's Ascension Day .  More

Nothing revolutionary here, but in order would be: Dan Black – Un Kaskade – dance.love Fire">Arcade Fire – Suburbs Local Natives – Gorilla Manner Tallest Man on Earth – Wild Hunt Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History Turin Brakes – Outbursts Crystal Castles – Self-titled Angus and Julia Stone – Down the Way 2 [...]

It is our great pleasure to announce the list of music videos selected for the Music Videos Competition of 18th PLUS CAMERIMAGE , the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography. This section of the Festival has become an inseparable and highly anticipated part of PLUS CAMERIMAGE . Similarly to last year a large group of professionals working in the field of music videos watched and judged the submitted or recommended videos from all over the world. Thus 15 music videos have been nominated and will be judged at the Festival by the Jury : Schawn Kim – cinematographer, worked on commercials, movies ...