Weekly News Roundup w/ CocoRosie, Gum, Deerhunter, M83, Dirty Beaches, No Joy, The Besnard Lakes and more!

Pretty stoked to hear that CocoRosie are back and will be releasing their fifth studio album, Tales of a Grass Widow, on May 27.  Taken from their forthcoming release, eerie, off-kilter After the Afterlife, is a treat in weird, fairytale melancholia. Have a listen:

Deerhunter has dropped a video of the title track 'Monomania' from their upcoming album release. It's an upbeat, grungy, jangley number - so we clearly love it. 

One of our favourite new bands Gum who we interviewed over Xmas have released their first official video. Check it! They also play 333 Mother Bar on May 11th. 

M83 has released a movie soundtrack for the latest Tom Cruise film Oblivion - isn't life great sometimes?



Dirty Beaches has unveiled new track Landscapes in the Mist. They're releasing a double, yes double, LP pretty soon, entitled: Drifters/Love is the Devil. 



No Joy are back in the game and releasing Wait to Pleasure on 22 April. Booyakasha! In the meantime, check out track Hare Tarot Lies; your day will win:



Au.ra - our New Band of the Week a while back, has released a new video for Pyramid:

Aussie grunge-poppers, Scott and Charlene's Wedding has announced a brand new full length record, due out in July on Fire Records. They've got a bunch of European dates coming up, including one with Upset the Rhythm on 6 July. 



Probably the best band from Canada ever, The Besnard Lakes, have their new album, Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO, streaming in full over at Pitchfork. Click through on the below image of their album artwork to listen.

The Field have remixed At The Drive In's One Armed Scissor! Need we say more.

SNH Advent #11 - Savaging Spires

Hardcore SNHerders may remember this lot, as we made them our New Band of the Week about a year ago, and still remain one of our favourite finds in recent years. We were lucky enough to catch up with them for our 11th Xmas Interview. Enjoy!

Yep, we're too lazy to find a new pic

What were your highlights of 2012?

Discovering that Blank Realm are even better than I thought they were, falling in love with Scott & Charlenes Wedding and a new wave of Australian music in general.As a band we played a bunch of shows at SXSW and did a US college radio session (which we have always wanted to do) but the most enjoyable was the show we played for Was Ist Das up in Hebdon Bridge – one of the first people to care about what we did.   We also closed the year by releasing a one-take, live tape recording of our debut album. It sold out in seconds.

What can we expect from you in 2013?

We will finally release our much-delayed 2^nd album  “Horizon”.   We released one track of this in the summer but we decided to hold off on the album release so we could experiment with more cassette recordings. I think the format suits our more exploratory sound so we are going to start a series of cassette releases to compliment the official releases.

Go on, give us a Christmas track that you like please?

Why this track?

Because its Christmas…and you’ll regret it.    

Can our readers have a link to one of your tracks please?

Scott & Charlene's Wedding release 'Para Vista Social Club' - 12/11/12

Scott and Charlene's Wedding is due to release their newest album 'Para Vista Social Club', on Critical Heights on November 12. Like the best of us, these Southern Hemisphere dwellers are clearly inspired by Aussie soap/institution Neighbours and for that, they instantly earn 100 cool points.

Their sound is sludgy, grungy psychedelia – think Velvet Underground or early Jesus and Mary Chain. Give them a listen:

Footscray Station by Scott & Charlene's Wedding from Craig Dermody on Vimeo.