Having already had previous track 'Silver Screen' featured as part of the influential Kitsuné Maison collection which has seen to the rise of the likes of Two Door Cinema Club and the Drums, Seattle based electro-pop four piece Beat Connection are back with 'The Palace Garden, 4am'. Standing as the primary lead single from their debut album The Palace Garden , there seems no better track to use as a representative through its reinforcement of their previously established exotic, electronic sound. Despite continuing their tropical beat, it's immediately clear that Beat Connection are trying to tell us that with their ...

Foi divulgada a programação completa do 16º Cultura Inglesa Festival, que acontece nas cidades de São Paulo, Sorocaba, Campinas, Santos  e São José dos Campos. O Festival tem como grande atração os shows internacionais de We Have Band, The Horrors e Franz Ferdinand no Parque Independência em São Paulo, e terá também dança, teatro (infantil [...]

At day two of The Great Escape in Brighton, it being Friday meant that the crowds were growing, the lines getting longer, and thankfully some sunshine came along with it. Day two also brought with it a headlining spot from Australia’s own The Temper Trap , who continue to go gangbusters around the world as the push their new self-titled record, which will see them back in Australia later this month. The first artist I caught today was Canada’s Donovan Woods at the Festival Hub, who we spoke to earlier this month . The solo singer songwriter, with an acoustic ...

Hamburg calling - wieder einmal erweitert das MS Dockville seinen Timetable mit neuen Künstlern. Zuletzt vergrößerte sich das vielfältige Line-up bereits in Form der Pop-Newcomer Me And My Drummer, sowie des britischen Indietronic-Trios We Have Band ( motor.de berichtete ). Auch der neue Bandschwall zeigt eine große Bandbreite an Musikstilen. Für den hanseatischen Singer/Songwriter-Charme sorgt Niels Frevert mit seinem aktuellen Langspieler "Zettel Auf Dem Boden" im Gepäck. Daneben bringt der geheimnisvolle, maskierte Elektronik-Künstler o F F Love die Tanzmeute zum Kochen. Außerdem zeigen Boy & Bear mit ihrer Mischung aus rollenden Drums, krächzenden Gitarren und schwärmerischen Melodien weshalb sämtliche Konzerte von ihnen ...

After a barnstorming Thursday night at The Great Escape, any little kitten could be forgiven for a sore head and a grizzly disposition on the Friday morning, yet with a line-up of the likes that Republic of Music and Clash put on there was to be no moping; this was a one stop shop to catch the choicest bobby dazzlers of the whole festival. Set in the Shipwright’s Yard just off the seafront the vibe was old school block party: the beer was warm, the music was loud, and everyone was getting their rocks off. Like Alka-Seltzer for the ...

Die Hangars des ehemaligen Tempelhofer Flughafens füllen sich zusehends mit neuen spannenden Acts. Bisher haben sich mit Sigur Rós, The Killers oder Paul Kalkbrenner bereits einige Schwergewichte der Branche angemeldet. Nun erweitern unter anderem die Indie-Senkrechtstarter Of Monsters And Men mit den Songs ihres Debüts " My Head Is An Animal " das Spektrum. Mit Clock Opera und Django Django haben sich zwei weitere begehrte Newcomer angekündigt. Außerdem wird die schwedische Experimental-Popperin Jonna Lee einen exklusiven Auftritt ihres Projektes iamamiwhoami hinlegen. Vervollständigt wird die Liste der neuen Künstler durch die US-amerikanischen Rave-Fachleute Dada Life. Das aktuelle Line-up der Veranstaltung und seine Verteilung ...

Le groupe français Baden Baden nous présente en vidéo leur single, Good Heart , à venir sur leur prochain album à venir. Signé chez Naive (m83, we have band...), l'opus sortira à l'automne prochain. Un titre scintillant pop. Ils seront sur scène le 18 mai au Point Ephémère : " Tombés pour la france ", un événement Magic RPM, accompagné de A Part Time Punk, et Electric Electric. buy it on itunes

Photos by Andy Sturmey Clash and Festival Republic, live at The Great Escape, Brighton, featuring Citizens!, Doldrums, Friends, Pond, Slow Club, Thomas White and We Have Band.

ClashMusic can reveal that Friends are the secret headline act for today's Republic of Music party. As you might remember, the Clash team are heading down to Brighton this weekend to soak up new music at The Great Escape. Just to help move things along, we decided to hook up with Republic of Music for a special one off party. The UK's largest independent distributor, the Republic of Music are throwing open the doors of their Brighton office. Setting up a soundsystem in the courtyard, Thomas White opened proceedings at noon. Teasing you with talk of a mystery ...

Clash and Republic of Music are set to team up for a special party at The Great Escape. Grabbing hold of virtually every empty space in Brighton, The Great Escape is one of Europe's largest showcase events. A cross section of new music, the Clash team are busy buying up train tickets for our journey to the south coast. This Friday (May 11th) we are set to host a Great Escape party with our friends at Republic of Music. Teasing you with a few details last week, Clash are now able to reveal the first names on the line ...

M83 have confirmed plans for a one off headline show at the Brixton Academy on November 8th. A vast, sprawling epic M83's recent album 'Hurry Up, We're Dreaming' has reached a global audience. Almost continually on the road, the band have now added a handful of British headline shows. The band will play Edinburgh's Picture House on June 27th, before returning London later in the year. M83 are set to play Brixton Academy on November 8th, with support coming from Susanne Sundfør. A limited batch of pre-sale tickets are on sale now, with the general sale opening ...

Das vierte Bootboohook Festival wartet weiterhin mit hochkarätigen Gästen auf. So wurden zuletzt schon The Whitest Boy Alive, bei denen Norwegens Musikpate Erlend Øye das Zepter schwingt, sowie die Hamburger Independent-Schwergewichte Tocotronic bestätigt ( motor.de berichtete ). Bei der Hannoveraner Großveranstaltung, die vom 24. Bis zum 26. August geht, werden nun unter anderem auch noch die dänischen Disko-Rocker WhoMadeWho erwartet. Weiterhin werden Superpunk einen ihrer letzten Auftritte in der Landeshauptstadt geben, nachdem die Band im Februar ihr offizielle Ende bekannt gab ( motor.de berichtete ). Seht hier das bisherige Line-up sowie Impressionen aus dem vergangenem Jahr: The Whitest Boy Alive | Tocotronic | BOY ...

Estamos imparables con las confirmaciones de bandas para Latinoamérica y ahora ha llegado el turno para la gente de Argentina, quienes el próximo 24 de mayo en el Anfiteatro de Puerto Madero verán llegar una nueva edición del Moviestar Free Music, una serie de conciertos organizados por la compañía telefónica del mismo nombre, que en esta ocasión ofrecerá tres bandas inglesas de insuperable manufactura. La primera de ellas será los Happy Mondays, una de las agrupaciones más reconocidas de la movida rock ochentera que ha pasado por numerosos cambios y...

You can't exactly describe music man Kwes as lazy. With a new EP out on legendary electronic label Warp, Meantime comes off the back of extensive experience working with some of British music's biggest and brightest. Producing Speech Debelle's second record Freedom Of Speech , a joint project with oddballs Micachu & the shapes imaginatively titled Kwesachu and even a stint producing for last year's DRC music project alongside Damon Albarn, XL boss Richard Russell and Actress to mention a few. This is of course alongside his debut EP No Need To Run released in 2010 and a slew of singles including the insanely catchy 'Get Up' which emerged at the end of last year. With this much experience and a near spotless track record, Meantime was always going to be a pretty special release. 

 Impressively, Kwes fits in remarkably well with the Warp label, best known for pioneering often more experimental acts like Battles, Aphex Twin and Flying Lotus. His warp credentials are proved from the off with the EP's opener 'Klee', coming off as an ode to Warp legends Boards of Canada with its grand atmospherics and spacious bleeping. It's a morphing electronic instrumental which would find itself quite happily at home towards the end of BOC's seminal album Music Has the Right to Children . What follows 'Klee' is a slight departure, with Kwes' vocals coming into play. The same nonchalant delivery from previous tracks like 'Get up' is still very much present; his relaxed vocal approach that he employs should be boring and throwaway but in the case of 'Meantime' it displays that the real standout elements of Kwes' music are the instrumentals and the lyrics. 'Bashful' for instance sees Kwes' deadpan vocals enter the stage, but ultimately they ...

We Have Band have released a stream of their forthcoming Record Store Day 7", along with details of a new single and festival appearances. Stream the London trio's reworkings of The Horrors' 'Still Life' and Washed Out's 'Within And Without' here, out 21st April in all good record stores and...