09 July 2010 - 0 Comments

Good morning everybody! It’s an exciting week as we welcome Pistol Youth onboard. Their fantastic debut album 'My Own Private Amsterdam' is out this coming week

PISTOL YOUTH –MY OWN PRIVATE AMSTERDAM

After eight years nonstop with his band Steriogram, a restless creative feeling was stirring within Bradley Hanan Carter. Reading about Ben Gibbard & The Postal Service, it inspired him to get together some friends and start his own long distance project across the internet with Anders Borgh the Swedish bassist, Michael Guy Chislett the Australian guitarist now playing for Chicago based band The Academy Is and Gavin Kerr the kiwi drummer. “My Own Private Amsterdam is engineered by Eric J (Weezer) & mixed by David Kahne (the Strokes, Matisyahu, Regina Spektor).  Already the band’s epic ‘Golden Girls’ video for ‘In My Eyes’ which was featured on Pitchfork Media, has had over 50,000 plays. Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eqNaglgfHY

For Fans of: Weezer, All-American Rejects, Steriogram

VARIOUS ARTISTS – TRIP HOP ANTHOLOGY

Trip hop refers to a musical genre that began in the mid-1990s it is downtempo electronic music that grew out of England's hip hop and house scenes, including the Bristol underground scene. Now across a 4CD set you can get a comprehensive overview of the genre with a selection that features such artists as: Sneaker Pimps, Boards of Canada, Moloko, Tricky, Morcheeba, Blockhead, Quantic, Bonobo, RJD2, Prefuse 73, The Cinematic Orchestra ft. Roots Manuva, DJ Vadim, Mr Scruff, Coldcut, The Herbaliser, Nightmares On Wax, Zero 7, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Hexstatic, Boozoo Bajou, Tosca and DJ Food

For Fans of: DJ Shadow, Coldcut, Bonobo

HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS – SKELETONS

'Skeletons' is the Wind-up Records debut from critically acclaimed and platinum selling artists, Hawthorne Heights. The 13 track album was produced by Howard Benson whose most recent albums have included Seether, Three Days Grace, Daughtry and My Chemical Romance. Hawthorne Heights were previously signed to Victory records for many years and have had a number of interesting fall outs with the label over business practices and unpaid royalties. Earlier releases include the platinum certified “The Silence in Black and White' and the gold certified 'If Only You Were Lonely'. Overall past cumulative sales are approaching the 2 million mark.

For Fans of: My Chemical Romance, Thursday, Taking Back Sunday

VARIOUS ARTISTS – FUTURE JAZZ

Continuing in their series of all things future Wagram Music presents, “Future Jazz', a subtle illustration of the successful encounters between Jazz and Electronic music. Nu Jazz, classic Jazz, vocal Jazz and Electro Swing make up this eclectic selection including cuts from Mop Mop, Koop, the Matthew Hebert Big Band and their future heirs Tape Five, Sandra NKay‚ Ayoe Angelica and Caravan Palace.

For Fans of: Koop, Matthew Herbert Big Band, Natural Self

BORN RUFFIANS – SAY IT

If Born Ruffians’ 2008 debut album 'Red Yellow and Blue' was the result of a talented and precocious gang of freshmen, their 2010 follow-up, “Say It', would be the project they left school to finish — a declaration that they’re smart and ambitious enough to make it on their own, and furthermore, that they’re in it for the long haul. Again teaming up with producer Rusty Santos (Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Owen Pallett), the Ruffians and co. holed up at Mississauga’s Metalworks studio and loosed the reins on their ambitions. The parts hang together, a clattering machine bonded by a combination of kinetic energy and unshakeable confidence.

For Fans of: Wolf Parade, Vampire Weekend, Modest Mouse

HOTEL COSTES PRESENTS SEUIL – CHAMAELEONIDAE

Seuil who has been part of the electronic world since 2006 delivers his first album 'Chamaeleonidae'. Following in the footsteps of the Hotel Costes présents tradition, he offers us an electronic musical journey across one hour and twenty minutes. A wide range of classical music skills like 10 years of playing piano, jazz and blues formation, as well as a few years of percussion gave Seuil the building blocks to work on his electronic music compositions. Seuil works some magic with the more downtempo grooves and jazzy atmospheres that fit with the environment of home listening.

For Fans of: Matthew Dear, Stephanie Pompougnac, Hotel Costes

NAT JOHNSON AND THE FIGUREHEADS – ROMAN RADIO

Nat Johnson is the former singer, songwriter and guitarist of Monkey Swallows the Universe - a Sheffield based five piece band who released two critically acclaimed albums earlier in the decade, toured the UK with Richard Hawley, the Long Blondes and Camera Obscura. Since the band split in 2008 Nat has embarked on what has so far proved to be a very fruitful solo career. With her debut album “Roman Radio' Nat has assembled a new backing band The Figureheads (featuring MSTU co-founder Kevin Gori, Chris Loftus of Fury of the Headteachers and Neil Piper of Champion Kickboxer).

For Fans of: The Smiths, The Pretenders, the Siddeleys

LEGEND – VALEDICTION

In today’s metal scene, most bands don't have the backbone needed to exhibit what real heavy music is all about. Detroit, Michigan's Legend isn't most bands. Fronted by Chad Ruhlig (ex-For the Fallen Dreams), Legend has no qualms calling themselves just what they are; Legendary. Legend now releases their new album titled 'Valediction' on Rise Records. 'Valediction' was recorded at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, MA with Zeuss (Hatebreed, The Acacia Strain) behind the boards.

For Fans of: The Acacia Strain, Every Avenue, As I Lay Dying

SAMUEL FLYNN SCOTT vs THE HYUNDAI ADVERT

I’m sure a bunch of you have already picked up on this but Samuel Flynn Scott (The Phoenix Foundation) is currently the music to the latest series of Hyundai adverts as they feature: 'All My Dreams' taken from the 'Straight Answer Machine' album on Loop.

www.loop.co.nz
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Thanks to www.border.co.nz for this story.

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