Weekly News Roundup 2/6/13 ft. Fuck Buttons, QOTSA, Rough Trade, The Babies, Fawn Spots, Vuvuvultures, PINS

Fuck Buttons are releasing their new album Slow Focus via ATP Recordings on July 22. Before that, they will release new single, 'The Red Wing' on digital download and gold 12" vinyl on June 24. Have a listen to the track below:

PINS are to release a limited edition double seven-inch on Monday 22nd July. 'Stay True' / 'Get With Me' can be ordered in advance here. Have a listen below to the fabulous lead track, Stay True:

The Babies have announced a series of live shows with SNH fave Fawn Spots this June. Dates below.

June 19th – Start The Bus, Bristol
June 20th – The Lexington, London
June 21st – The Duchess, York
June 22nd – Green Door Store, Brighton

Vuvuvultures have revealed the video for their track ‘Safe Skin’, taken from the band’s forthcoming debut album, set for a July release. We're excited!

Queens of the Stone Age  are to play Rough Trade East in Shoreditch on Tuesday June 11th! That's tiny! Be quick, only 100 wristbands will be available upon purchase of the new Queen's LP from Rough Trade East on Monday 3rd June at 8am. Further details can be found here.

Dark Skies Association and Night School have teamed up to present Molly Nilsson's "The Travels." 

The album will be available in multiple formats: CD, Standard LP, Spiral Vinyl LP, Cassette and Digital. You can totally pre-order it here: Night School Big Cartel. Check out the video for "Dear Life" below:

Check out the below album trailer from Washed Out:

New Zealand duo Black City Lights has released their first single "Give It Up" from their upcoming debut album, Another Life.

Marika Hackman has released the video for "Bath Is Black", the opening track on her debut album, "That Iron Taste".

Track can be downloaded below:

Between the close of their recent European tour and the launch of their imminent US tour dates in June, Unknown Mortal Orchestra are back today to share the video for II opener "From the Sun."

Mazes has released a new video for 'Bodies', taken from Ores and Minerals.

And the best news EVER  - NO AGE  has announced they will be releasing their new album, An Object on 19 August! Track listings are as follows:

'No Ground'

'I Won’t Be Your Generator'

'C’mon Stimmung'

'Defector/ed'

'An Impression'

'Lock Box'

'Running From A-Go-Go'

'My Hands, Birch And Steel'

'Circling With Dizzy'

'A Ceiling Dreams Of A Floor'

'Commerce, Comment, Commence'

Weekly News roundup - 19/05/2013 - ft. Queens of the Stone Age, Camera Obscura, Mogwai, Massicot, TV On The Radio, Liars, Visions Festival & more!

There's a brand spanking new song by TV On The Radio! Fan footage from their ATP last weekend has emerged, and this newbie Mercy is already causing a lot excitement.

Absolutely stunning new song and video form Queens of the Stone Age. We are dead happy after hearing this one. 

Massicot, the sensation all girl krauty Swiss quartet announce their 1st UK tour this August. We'll keep you posted on the venues.

20 Milton Keynes - w/ Action Beat 

21 Bristol 

22 Manchester 

23 Liverpool

24 Glasgow 

26 London - w/ Action Beat 

Rockfeedback, Sexbeat and Bird On The Wire  have joined forces this summer to bring us Visions, a day of new underground music over three warehouse spaces in east London. The all-dayer has already confirmed  !!!, Cloud Nothings, Iceage, Jeffrey Lewis, Still Corners, Micachu and Tirzah, The Haxan Cloak, Molly Nillson, The Soft Moon & Beacon. We're there!

Liars have made two new tracks available for free. You can watch 'I Saw You From The Lifeboat' via the YouTube below, and then download that and 'Perfume Tear' via a link on the video page on YouTube.

Camera Obscura are back and have a new track, Fifth in Line to the Throne  to share with us. Unbelievably good news.

Mogwai will play the closing set of the final ATP Holiday Camp festival - End Of An Era Part 2. Sad times, but good ending.

Weekly News Roundup - 14/04/13 - Ft. HEALTH, Pseudo Nippon, Cibo Matto, Wet Nuns, Bad For Lazurus, Phoenix vs R.Kelly and more!

HEALTH are coming to London as part of a small Euro tour.  They're playing on Monday 3rd June at Birthdays in Dalston. Tix and details here.

Queens of the Stone Age have released a new track from their forthcoming album, Like Clockwork. Listen below, it's a cracker.

So, in case you live under a rock, 'Ding Dong The Witch is Dead' made it to number in the UK charts. As per usual, music is the mysterious force used to explain the feelings of a nation, or at least the music buying public.

DIRTY BEACHES let's us have a listen to a bonus track from his "Hotel EP" CD, which are a collection of piano instrumental songs recorded in hotels during 4 European tours. 

Pseudo Nippon have great new video for new "Strangeways". 

Cibo Matto will play at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on May 15th, 2013 as part of Meltdown Festival curated by Yoko Ono.  Full details here. This is awesome news, see me at the front going mental.

The Artrocker New Blood Festival returns with a showcase of the best new talent at Hoxton Square Bar + Kitchen. Running from June 11th - 13th, lineups are as follows. June 11 - Bad For Lazarus, Wild Smiles, The Diamond Lights, The Hypnotic Eye. June 12 - Wet Nuns, The Claw, God Damn, Cut Yourself In Half. June 13th - Emperor Yes, Menace Beach, The Savage Nomads, Flight Of Helios. Tickets are just £5 from www.ticketweb.co.uk

CSS reveal awesome new track, just in time for the sun returning too.

R.Kelly and Phoenix collaborated at that festival Coachella doing a great rendition of Ignition. It's actually awesome.