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Top Ten Albums (so far) for 2014
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Whilst we are on the subject of lists, here are our Top Ten albums of 2014 so far, will they still be there on our end of year lists?
The War on Drugs Lost in a Dream
The Antlers Familiars
My Sad Captains Best of Times
Wild Beasts Present Tense
Teleman Breakfast
Sharon van Etten Are We There
Temples Sun Structures
Marrisa Nadler July
Gruff Rhys American Interior
The Ghost of the Saber Tooth Tiger Midnight Sun
Pete
Tips for Glasto 2014
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Our tips for Glasto, just in case you are online in your tent or, fast forwarding though the TV coverage;
1. Royal Blood (John Peel Stage, Saturday 14:00-14:40)
Loud enough to make your ears bleed. Well, not quite, but this duo are nothing but raw power. Get ready; it’s going to be loud.
2. Tune-Yards (West Holts Stage, Friday 19:00-20:00)
Get ready to dance the night in with Tune-Yards on the West Holts stage. The obvious plus is that the Brothers cider bus is an arms length away.
3. Temples (John Peel Stage, Friday 15:00-15:40)
A contender for album of the year, this 70’s-esqe rock band will blow you away with their toxic guitar riffs and nifty hair cuts.
4. Metallica (Pyramid stage, Saturday (21:45-23:45)
The much talked about headline set from Metallica is bound to be full of hits, and maybe the odd explosion or too.
5. Fatboy Slim (Sonic, Saturday 22:30-00:30)
If Metallica aren't your thing then head over to Sonic. Having already stormed We Are Fstvl early in the summer, get ready to dance, dance dance.
St Paul & The Broken Bones - New Tour Dates
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In the wake of a sold out tour throughout the UK and Europe, a Rough Trade album of the Week and heavy praise from our RCUK correspondent at SXSW St Paul & The Broken Bones announce the release of new single ‘Call Me’ on July 7th 2014 and another UK/Euro tour in August & September.
Don't miss this one!
Dates
August
Friday 22 - Belgium, Vlaanderen, Feest in Het Park - Stage 1
Saturday 23 - France, Paris, Rock En Seine
Sunday 24 - France, Charleville Mexieres, Cabaret Vert Festival (6:30pm)
Tuesday 26 - Germany, Erfurt, Franz Mehlhose
Thursday 28 - UK, Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Friday 29 - UK, Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Saturday 30 - UK, Larmer Tree Gardens, End of the Road
September
Monday 1 - UK, Glasgow, Oran Mor
Tuesday 2 - UK, Manchester, Gorilla
Wednesday 3 - UK, London, Electric Ballroom
Thursday 4 - UK, Birmingham, Temple
Saturday 6 - Netherlands, Vlieland, Into The Great Wide Open
Sunday 7 - Netherlands, Maastricht, Bruis Festival
Happyness Debut Album & Tour
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Happyness have their smart and creative debut album ‘Weird Little Birthday’ released next Monday 16th June.
There is also a short UK tour to celebrate;
June 16th Rough Trade West: In-store
June 17th London Servant Jazz Quarters
June 18th Sunderland Pop Store: In-store
June 19th Glasgow Teenage Riot, Bloc
June 20th Manchester, The Castle Hotel
June 21st Leeds Brudenell
Oh, and you can stream the record HERE
Duo Tweedy
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Jeff Tweedy of Wilco will release a new solo (ish) album on 15th September through his own dBpm Records called Sukierae (sue-key-ray). Not quite a solo LP It is the debut release by duo,Tweedy, which features 20 new Jeff Tweedy-written songs, performed by Jeff in a musical collaboration with his 18-year-old son and drummer Spencer Tweedy.
“When I set out to make this record, I imagined it being a solo thing, but not in the sense of one guy strumming an acoustic guitar and singing,” Jeff said. “Solo to me meant that I would do everything – write the songs, play all the instruments and sing. But Spencer's been with me from the very beginning demo sessions, playing drums and helping the songs take shape. In that sense, the record is kind of like a solo album performed by a duo.”
With Spencer on drums, Jeff is also joined by Scott McCaughey, Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of the Brooklyn-band Lucius. Take a list to the first song streamed for the project, ‘I’ll Sing It’ and U.S. Tour details are HERE.
It's a Samaris Summer
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Samaris are set to release a new single ‘Brennur stjarna’ from their ‘Silkidrangar’ album on 28th July as well as playing a whole host of festivals in Europe this summer;
Best Kept Secret Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands, 20th June
Southside Festival, Neuhausen, Germany, 21st June
Hurricane Festival Scheessel, Germany, 22nd June
Palac Akropolis Prague, Czech Republic, 23rd June
Roskilde, Denmark 29th June
All Tomorrow’s Parties Iceland 11th July
Longitude Marlay Park, Ireland 18th July
The Pav Cork, Ireland, 22nd July
De Barras Clon, Ireland, 23rd July
Set Theatre Kilkenny, Ireland, 24th July
Mountain Dew Festival Macroom, Ireland, 26th July
Longlake Festival Lugano, Switzerland, 31st July
Stuck! Festival Salzburg, Austria, 1st August
Nachtdigital Markkleeberg, Germany, 2nd August
Green Man, Glanusk, Wales UK, August 14th August
Liverpool International Music Festival, Liverpool UK, 23rd August
Soundrive Festival, Gdansk, Poland, 6th September
Þórður Kári Steinþórsson, aka ‘Doddi’, Áslaug Rún Magnúsdóttir and Jófríður Ákadóttir’s are the enchanting, Samaris
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