Medicine for Melancholy

This is the story of a one night stand...Think of an urban version Bridges of Madison County set in a modern black and white san francisco. You have to watch this movie

A Girl, a Boy, and a Graveyard

Great Escape 2010 early lineup revealed

Brighton, 13-15 May 2010, will be the spectacle of about 350 shows over 3 days

Chase and Status, Broken Social Scene, Delphic, Marina and The Diamonds, Ellie Goulding, Crystal Fighters, Slow Club, Cold Cave, Esben and The Witch, Hurts, Japandroids Real Estate, Timber Timbre, Darwin Deez, Best Coast, The Cheek, Wild Palms, The Ruby Suns

... and way more to be announced in the coming days

www.escapegreat.com

Quick taster below ...

 Canada all star gang reunited on stage w/ Kevin Drew, Amy Millan, Emily Haines, Feist...

Manchester club phenomenon performs debut single on Later With Jools Holland

Ellie Goulding covers Midlake's epic - amongst my all time fave - folk song

 Marina and the Diamonds puzzling video by Chris Sweeney (Friendly Fires, Paloma Faith, YSL...)

The National on the road with a new album

Yes it's happening! Finally I get to see those happy guys on stage.  We'll cheer up in harmony on the poor condition of adult life with the sole company of a grey suitcase and an empty heart. I love The National, they make you feel lighter...

New album to be released in MAY 2010, tour dates here

The National – Boxer (2007)
Brainy

Mistaken for strangers

http://stereogum.com/archives/tour_dates/national_announce_lp_tour_dates_110941.html`
http://www.americanmary.com/

have one on me

did the record company win the strategic battle? Or was it a sudden - and most welcome - twist of mind of the young artist?? Anyways, here's the most up to date version of Joanna Newsom's upcoming triple album

Listen to new track "Good intentions paving company" on www.dragcity.com

heart shaped vinyl by Mayer Hawthorne

Just ain't gonna workout, from the album A Strange Arrangement.


Fun fact: this track was released on a red, heart-shaped 7-inch single by Stones Throw


http://jp917.blogspot.com/2009/10/mayer-hawthorne-live-on-kcrw-morning.html
www.myspace.com/mayerhawthorne

We Have Band: shooting Divisive video

UK trio We Have Band shooting their new video 'Divisive' in Paris



DEBUT ALBUM 'WHB' OUT APRIL 5TH 2010 (naive)


www.myspace.com/wehaveband
www.youtube.com/user/WeHaveBand

Joanna Newsom reveals new track

Her new record - a triple album - Have One on Me, will be out February 23rd on Drag City

Listen to new track "81"

i found a little plot of land
in the Garden of Eden
it was dirt and dirt is all the same

The minimalist text-only cover of the record is posted below...


http://stereogum.com/archives/new_joanna_newsom__81_111241.html
http://eldoradomagazine.blogspot.com/2010/01/joanna-newsom-de-retour.html

MusicNOW Fest@ Cincinatti, April 2010

Joanna Newsom, Bon Iver, St. Vincent to Play Bryce Dessner's MusicNOW Fest

The National's Bryce Dessner founded the MusicNOW Festival in 2006 to bring adventurous contemporary music to Cincinnati every spring. This year's festival, which goes down March 30-April 1, has some pretty big names attached.

Joanna Newsom doesn't have too many U.S. shows planned, but she'll come to Memorial Hall on March 30. The next night, St. Vincent will play, premiering new works, including a piece written specifically for the festival that will be performed by the ensemble Ymusic. And on April 1, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon will close the fest with a rare solo show.

http://pitchfork.com/news/37617-joanna-newsom-bon-iver-st-vincent-to-play-bryce-dessners-musicnow-fest/

The National – Mistaken For Strangers

“Warm Heart Of Africa” Music Video

Mojo: Cameos by Vampire Wekend's Ezra Keonig and Tamil rapper M.I.A. add to a joyous but knowing smorgasbord that will play equally well in a Lilongwe disco or Shoreditch/Brooklyn trend hole.

Drowned In Sound: When you consider the current crop of supposedly afrobeat influenced indie rock, Warm Heart Of Africa is, if you’ll excuse the pun, The Very Best

The Very Best recruits Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend on "Warm Heart of Africa"

The Very Best – Warm Heart of Africa
www.myspace.com/theverybestmyspace

The Very Best - Warm heart of Africa

Une chaise à Tokyo

Spotify: Benjamin Biolay – La Superbe
www.myspace.com/benjaminbiolay
www.benjaminbiolay.com

'WHB'

the album cover
DEBUT ALBUM 'WHB' OUT APRIL 5TH 2010 (naive)

We Have Band - Honeytrap from We Have Band on Vimeo.

Directed by Price James. A video for Honeytrap that we made on a trip to Dubai in November 2009. The track is a taster from our album coming early 2010 and is FREE to download at www.wehaveband.com

www.myspace.com/wehaveband

It's time for the devil

John & Jehn TRAILER FOR THE ALBUM "TIME FOR THE DEVIL" directed by A. Carlier
(naïve/ april 2010)

http://www.makeyourmumbeproud.blogspot.com/
http://johnandjehn.com/

St. Vincent - "Marrow"

"Muscle connects to the bone and bone to the ire and the marrow
I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made of iron ... "

Annie spared no instrumental part in corralling a sizable backing band to recreate the Disney-swirling, staccato-sax jagged beauty of "Marrow" in Letterman's studio. No one track does more to touch on all of St. Vincent's pulse points; that this blend of her muscular and vulnerable sides went down so smoothly in a live televised setting, though, is what strikes the hardest. Watch it below (Stereogum)

Spotify: St. Vincent – Marrow
http://www.myspace.com/stvincent

fUR ANd gOLd

Hot Press: Bat For Lashes' debut, Fur And Gold, is an album that delivers the listener from any form of humdrum existence into a deeper realm of dream and dementia.


Watch 'Horse and I' at Mercury Awards:



Spotify: Bat For Lashes – Horse And I
http://www.batforlashes.com/
http://www.myspace.com/batforlashes