!!! - “Must Be The Moon” on 12″ and download on 14 May 2007 via Warp Records

!!!’s new single, “Must Be The Moon,” is all about sex - about trying to get the girl, about trying to get the boy, about whether either wants to be got and about everything that follows on from that; the good the bad and the failed. A universal anthem for every teenager in the country in pursuit of some action come Friday night; “Must Be The Moon” is your new favourite record!

!!!’s new album, “Myth Takes,” scrutinises the hoary old myths of rock ‘n’ roll excess, slams them up against the ancient myths which still fire our imagination and waits to see what comes out the other end. In the case of “Must Be The Moon” the story is told of one guy getting lucky in a club after a number of drinks, going home with the good-time girl of his wildest fantasies, only to awaken to find out that she’s had to finish herself off while he was snoring. As lead singer Nic Offer puts it, “Moon myth intact, Casanova deflated.”

The lyrics for “Must Be The Moon” are delivered in sing song, nursery rhyme style by Offer in a way which both comments on and buys into the excesses of hip hop without sounding like he really means it (”It’s all beginning to sound like a rap.”) The backing, meanwhile, is the taut, wiry hardcore rock-disco for which !!! are rightly lauded.

Remixes from Hot Chip and Emperor Machine respectively beef up and strip down the original for the dancefloors whilst uber-cool Brazilians CSS are rumoured to be going one further with a reply to Offer’s man-take on the whole one night stand phenomenon….we’ll keep you posted!

“Must Be The Moon,” will be released on the next full moon, which also happens to be the ancient fertility festival off Beltane. Put away your dictionary of technical musicspeak, take your finger from your chin, change into a t-shirt and shorts that are slightly too small for you, get up on the sofa, pop the !!! single into place, press play and let it all go. Throw some moves, have fun, dare to enjoy yourself. You never know, you might even get lucky…!!! will be playing the following festivals over the summer: Glastonbury, Reading / Leeds and Summer Sundae with more to be announced.

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Dinosaur Jr release a single on April 23rd 2007. “Been There All The Time” will is available on a limited quantity of 7” vinyl, and as a download. The b-side is “Back to Your Heart”.

“Been There All The Time” was written by J. Mascis and “Back To Your Heart” was written by Lou Barlow. Both tracks were recorded at J Mascis’s Bisquiteen Studios and are taken from the band’s forthcoming album “Beyond”.
After recording three albums, “Dinosaur”, “Bug” and “You’re Living All Over Me” Dinosaur Jr. single-handedly moved the indie scene from the rigid ideology and rapid fire bursts of hardcore and post-punk into a new era of introspective yet no less powerful expression. After the release of “Bug” the original trio of J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph imploded.

Fast forward to 2005: a tentative reunion was undertaken to support the re-issues; a TV show here, a club appearance and some Japanese dates there. In the 16 years since the band had toured a lot had changed. The mix of influences and the sheer volume of the music were no longer a semiotic problem for fans, the band members had grown up and become stronger songwriters. The band curated their own day at All Tomorrow’s Parties in May 06, and then appeared again at the Thurston Moore curated event in December, where they had to play two sets to accommodate the number of people that wanted to see them. “It was almost like they’d been reborn as a hardcore band” says Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth).

Dinosuar Jr have just announced the following live dates:

June 26 in London at Scala
June 27 in Amsterdam at Paradiso
June 28 in Fribourg at Fri-Son
June 30 in Berlin at Paradiso

Also, check out the video exclusively directed by their old friend Matt Dillon here:

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The title track from the forthcoming new album, Noise Won’t Stop is the perfect primer for the thrills awaiting on Shy Child’s new long-player, with this new single due out on 7th May 2007.

A two-man sonic armada, Shy Child are Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith – a New York-based keys & drums duo, capable of making a towering bombardment of sound, larger than that of bands numbering five times as many members. A combination of dance music energy and virtuoso musicianship, they stand out from their peers with their blend of rock energy, fat throbbing synths and hip-hop beats – as perhaps the White Stripes might sound were Jack influenced by Kraftwerk as much as he was Led Zeppelin. And replaced Meg with Clyde Stubblefield.

Noise Won’t Stop sees Nate’s prodigious drumming talent brought to the fore with a performance that redefines ‘funky’, whilst Pete bombards you with fizzing electronic gut-punches ensuring you will dance to this track whether you want to or not. The B-side, Cause & Effect also comes from the forthcoming album (released 21st May) produced by Chris Zane: a gradually building track with a more conventional house beat, though no less funky, with Pete’s synths swelling up to a furious crescendo.

With Pete employing the much-derided ‘keytar’ and an inordinate number of effects pedals to accompany Nate’s inhuman breaks, Shy Child’s live shows have been a key facet in their appeal to UK audiences, who took to them immediately: “I like the energy of those kids going crazy and having fun,” says Nate. “The reaction we get is a lot stronger than in America where the crowds tend to be more reserved.” They can also count Hot Chip among that established UK fanbase, with the Mercury-nominees long-time fans and comrades on an extensive US tour. With Noise Won’t Stop the album imminent, Shy Child will be cementing that reputation with a run of UK shows right through the Spring, including a full UK tour as main support to the Klaxons.

Tour Dates : 

Sun 06 May Glasgow Academy (w/ Klaxons)
Mon 07 May Birmingham Academy (w/ Klaxons)
Tue 08 May Nottingham Rock City (w/ Klaxons)
Wed 09 May Leeds Met Uni (w/ Klaxons)
Fri 11 May Northumbria Uni (w/ Klaxons)
Sat 12 May Liverpool Academy (w/ Klaxons)
Sun 13 May Manchester Ritz (w/ Klaxons)
Mon 14 May Bristol Academy (w/ Klaxons)
Tue 15 May London, Dingwalls (w/ The Young Gods)
Wed 16 May Norwich UEA (w/ Klaxons)
Thu 17 May Portsmouth Pyramid (w/ Klaxons)
Fri 18 May Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London (w/ Klaxons)
Sat 19 May Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London (w/ Klaxons)
Sat 26 May Chalk @ The Scala, London

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Little Barrie return to the UK in May for a series of live dates and the release of their new single Pay to Join, out on May 7th on Genuine.
Taken from the critically acclaimed album Stand Your Ground, the new single is a hip shaking, bass driven epic, wound tight with a late night blues club fever. The immediacy of the new album’s songs and its relentless jacked-up rhythms has met with rapturous sell out crowds in the UK, Europe and a tour of Japan and Australia.

Released in Japan last year, the video for single Pay To Join, was filmed exclusively in Tokyo, for leading Japanese video channel Space Shower. Links to online video streams are at the end of this email.

Following a sell out headline show and London’s Scala in February, the band return for a UK Tour in May. Dates and ticket details below;

MAY UK TOUR DATES

• 16th SHEFFIELD, Ledmill
• 17th ABERDEEN Snafu
• 19th LEICESTER, Charlotte
• 20th LEEDS Faversham
• 22nd YORK, Fibbers
• 24th LIVERPOOL, Academy 2
• 26th EXETER, Cavern Club (FREE ENTRY)
• 29th SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners

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After a whirlwind autumn spent touring in Europe with the likes of Jet and Albert Hammond Jr, Five O’Clock Heroes spent the last part of December in Japan as part of the hmv sponsored British anthems tour. They managed to spend the new year in their home town of New York, selling out the mercury lounge on their homecoming show, but now are back in the uk and started off 2007 with a storming show that was the talk of the Eurosonics festival. The brand new previously unreleased single ‘Skin Deep’ is taken from their debut album ‘Bend To The Breaks’ and is accompanied by the new acoustic track “Every night, all night long”.

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You can also get a live version of “White Girls” as a FREE DOWNLOAD here:

thefiveoclockheroes.com/freedownload

Live dates here:

MARCH:

16th - STOKE - SUGARMILL
18th - SOUTHAMPTON - JOINERS
19th - BRISTOL - THEKLA
20th - NOTTINGHAM - SOCIAL

Web site: thefiveoclockheroes.com
My Space: myspace.com/fiveoclockheroes

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Highly acclaimed, Ivor Novello award winning songwriter, Iain Archer releases a new single Minus Ten through PIAS / Wall Of Sound’s We Love You imprint on Monday March 19th.

Minus Ten is taken from Archer’s latest album Magnetic North, which garnered much critical applause on its release in October. Q Magazine enthused “Archer has a catch to his voice that makes it sound like he cares desperately about every last word.” Mojo raved “Upbeat indie pop gems - evocative, windswept romantic in the Sufjan Stevens mould.” And Uncut added “Bracingly dolorous fingerpicking songcraft - a record that’s bravely unsentimental in worrying at emotional and political troubles.”

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Iain Archer has recently toured with Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly & James Yorkston and last month as an extra member of Snow Patrol on their UK tour.

You cab catch him live at the following dates:
Thurs 15th March - Loughborough University
Friday 16th March - Portsmouth University
Saturday 17th March - Bitter End/Romford
Sunday - 18th March - London - Covent Garden (St Patrick’s Day Festival)

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Music by Air, lyrics by Jarvis Cocker, vocals from Charlotte Gainsbourg; How can it not be great?

The video for ‘The Songs That We Sing’ is available here [Quicktime Movie].

The much lauded album from which the single is taken, named ‘5:55′, is to come out on Because Records on April 24th.

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The Decemberists are treating us to a new video for ‘O Valencia’. You can see it by clicking on your preferred format below …

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Buy O Valencia from Amazon.co.uk

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“Few artists emerge with a sound they can honestly claim is theirs and theirs alone, but at times this sounds like nothing that has gone before it” – WORD

Listed in Q’s Top 100 albums of 2006 and one of the most original new acts to emerge in the last twelve months, Duke Special is poised for even greater success with his stunning new single ‘Freewheel’, released February 5th. Taken from the critically acclaimed LP ‘Songs From The Deep Forest’, the new single is a luscious, opulent gem that bristles with incandescence, grandeur and emotion…something that has become synonymous with the wonder of Duke Special.

Written by Duke and mixed by Andy Green, ‘Freewheel’ is one of the LP’s most deftly impressive moments and effortlessly separates Duke from his peers. Available on CD, DVD and to download, each format comes with exclusive bonus material.

The CD boasts the stunning B-sides ‘I Think I Am Losing You’ and ‘Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes’ with The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon – who Duke recently toured Europe with – while the DVD features a ten-minute short film and the remarkable new video directed by Ryan Suffern, who worked extensively with Steven Spielberg. This is the first time a single format has been used to release a short film.

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The video is also available to view exclusively in the VIP media section of his official website, and is a must-see. Meanwhile, the extra digital format of ‘Freewheel’ is a special, previously unreleased duet recording with David Ford.

Tinged with a Northern Irish lilt and lyrics that could feature in a modern-day fairytale, ‘Freewheel’ is the perfect balance of old and new ­ boasting the appeal of a three-minute pop song with the incessant charm of an old-school music hall.

Duke Special has announced a 16-date UK tour for February – his first ever full-band, headline shows. Including London’s ULU on February 21st the full list of dates is:

February
6th LIVERPOOL, The Barfly
7th NEWCASTLE, Cluny
8th EDINBURGH, Cabaret Voltaire
9th GLASGOW, King Tuts
10th STOCKTON, Georgian Theatre
11th LEEDS, Faversham
13th BIRMINGHAM, Glee Club
14th SHEFFIELD, Leadmill
15th BRISTOL, Thekla Social
16th NORWICH, Arts Centre
17th BRIGHTON, Duke Of York’s
19th NOTTINGHAM, Social
20th MANCHESTER, Matt & Phreds
21st LONDON, ULU
22nd OXFORD, Zodiac
28th BELFAST, Ulster Hall

March
1st DERRY, Nerve Centre

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The breathtaking debut album from Norwegian duo Sara Marielle Gaup and Lawra Somby, aka Adjagas, is released this week through Ever Records. To get a touching insight into the lives of Adjagas and the unique world of the Sami people and their Yoiking culture, check out this short video:

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