New Music: Austra- Home + More Recent Releases

Katie Stelmanis and her goth project Austra have announced the long awaited follow up album to 2011 favourite Feel It Break. The LP is titled Olympia and will be out June 18th on Domino/Paper Bag. Here the first track from the LP, "Home."




A lot of new songs to get to tonight....less talk. more rock.

New J Mascis/Sharon Van Etten duet from the John Denver tribute album "The Music Is You" which is out April 2nd on ATO.  Listen to "Prisoners" below:





Brand new music and video from Vancouver indie rock band The Zolas. Watch the clip for "Escape Artist" below. Taken from the album Ancient Mars which is out now on Light Organ Records.



THE ZOLAS - Escape Artist from Southern Souls on Vimeo.


Swedish synth pop band Kate Boy have released a new clip for their song "In Your Eyes." The track is taken from their EP, Northern Lights, which is out now on IAMSOUND Records. Watch below:

Video- Kate Boy- In Your Eyes


Johnny Jewel synth pop project Glass Candy have released a new track for free download and an accompanying music video. Watch the clip for "The Possessed" and then go and get the free Extended Runway Edit of the track.

Video- Glass Candy- The Possessed





Scottish synth pop buzz band Chvrches have come out with a video for their awesome song "Recover". Watch below:
Taken from the Recover EP which is out March 26th via Glassnote.

Chvrches- Recover


Another new track from dub step soul musician  James Blake, this time with a little help from ambient producer Brian Eno. The track will be on Blake's latest LP, "Overgrown," which is out April 8th via Republic.Records.  Listen to "Digital Lion" below:




Second track from the new Caveman album debuted this week. Stream the beautiful "Over My Head" from their self titled sophomore album which is out April 2nd via Fat Possum.


More to come later.....

New Music: British Sea Power- Machineries Of Joy + Other Recent Releases And Music News

Hard to believe but British anthemic indie rock band British Sea Power are about to release their 5th full length album, Machineries of Joy. The band announced today that the follow up to 2010's Valhalla Dancehall will be out on April 9th via Rough Trade. The album was produced by Dan Smith (The Clash)  and Ken Thomas (David Bowie, PiL, The Cocteau Twins). Listen to the title track below:

British Sea Power- Machineries of Joy

Soulful dubstep producer James Blake last week announced a new album and premiered his new single, Retrograde, on BBC Radio1. Now he has released the excellent song in a proper format with accompanying video. Blake's new album, Overgrown, will come out April 8th via Republic.

James Blake- Retrograde

Also announcing a new album this week is Philly indie singer songwriter Kurt Vile. The new LP is titled Wakin on a Pretty Daze and will be released on April 9th via Matador. Listen to the 9 minute epic first single, "Wakin on a Pretty Day":

Kurt Vile- Wakin On A Pretty Day

And another new album announcement from Portland indie rock band The Thermals. The new LP is titled Desperate Ground and will be out April 16th on Saddle Creek. Stream the first single, "Born To Kill":

The Thermals- Born To Kill

The celebration continues for the forthcoming reissue of the great Postal Service LP Give Up. The duo of Ben Gibbard and DNTL will be coming out with two brands new songs for the reissue. Listen to the first one, "A Tattered Line of String", which features special guest Jenny Lewis. Give Up will be re-released April 8th via Sub Pop.

Postal Service- A Tattered Line of String

Mystery surrounds a new music festival in Toronto set for four nights on the evenings between July 4th to July 7th. All we know is that it will be called the Toronto Urban Roots Festival, it will take place at Fort York and two bands (so far) will be playing. Today the festival finally got a website, and including the previously announced She & Him and Camera Obscura, the festival promises 30 acts in total. Very curious about who else will be added to the line up.

Camera Obscura- Forest & Sands

Awesome news of the day!!! Bobs Burgers is one of my favourite TV shows and it was revealed today that both St. Vincent and Stephen Merritt will make appearances on the cartoon comedy. Watch St. Vincent play a cover of "Bad Girl" from an upcoming episode.