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Youth Lagoon
The Year of Hibernation
"The Year of Hibernation" received a Best New Music review from Pitchfork.com. See the band on tour and pick up their album at your local record store
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Bass Drum of Death
Bass Drum of Death is on tour in support of their debut album "GB City." Still to this day one of Fat Possum's worst former employee's, John Barrett is killing it now on the road, on the radio, in stores and anywhere else people come across his path.
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Yuck Art Book
Available Now. Daniel Blumberg of Yuck's drawings inspired during the making of their debut album. Choose from 3 packages:
Book: $20
Book + three b-side 45's: $30
Book + three b-side 45's + deluxe 'Yuck' double 12" album + Yuck tote: $40
New Releases: 10/11/2011
Yuck "Yuck (Deluxe)"
CD: $14
LP: $16 (pre-order :: release 11/8/11)
MP3 Download: $10.99
iTunes click here to purchase
Amazon click here to purchase
Gross Magic "Teen Jamz"
CD: $9
LP: $11 (pre-order :: release 11/8/11)
MP3 Download: $4.45
iTunes: click here to purchase
Amazon: click here to purchase
Purity Ring / Braids split 7"
LP7: $5
Insound: click here to purchase
Yuck "Soothe Me" NPR Song of the Day
(via NPR)
Musical influence is cyclical and recurrent. During a time of wistful looks back at the rapidly retreating decade of '90s rock, it's just as prudent to look expectantly to the gangs of new talent ready to inherit a legacy.
Yuck's knockout self-titled debut, released in February, didn't pack quite enough punch for the young British players, so they've repackaged the album with six new songs for a "deluxe" edition due out Oct. 11. The bonus tracks are hardly filler, with each more than holding its own, and "Soothe Me" stands as one of the more interesting examples. Leader Daniel Blumberg explores the polarities of his vocal range, with a deeper drawl only heard on the original album in "Suicide Policeman" or "Sunday." Blumberg's tone is gravelly, casual and uncharacteristically listless, but he quickly alternates it with a plaintive high-register cry: "Soothe me / Don't use me / I'm not your oxygen." The contrast is affecting.
Thoughthe comparison isn't made often, R.E.M.'s recent dissolution makes Yuck seem all the more valuable. Filling the void with a distinct mix of volume, sensitivity and precocious naiveté, Yuck is there to remind listeners of a time when distorted guitars and unsullied sincerity were
gripping enough.
Yuck "Yuck (deluxe)" in stores October 11
Buy the MP3 album here or at iTunes
Pre-Order CD & LP
Yuck (Deluxe) Early Digital Release
Yuck "Yuck (Deluxe)"
MP3 Download: $10.99
iTunes click here to purchase
Amazon click here to purchase
PRE-ORDER CD (In Stores October 11)
PRE-ORDER LP (In Stores November 8)
Fanzine To Release Double A-side Single
Roman Holiday by Fanzine
After touring the UK with the likes of The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Cults, and Yuck, fuzzed out rockers Fanzine are finally set to release their debut single. “Roman Holiday/ My Stupid Brain” will be released as a double A side 7” through Fat Possum on November 22nd. There will also be a CDR version of the single that’ll come with an illustrated fanzine, similar to their self-released debut "EP1". All in all this promises to be a very exciting limited run of 500.
UPCOMING LIVE DATES:
10-11 - White Heat, London
11-13 - HMV Institute, Birmingham*
11-14 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham*
11-15 - Academy 3, Manchester*
11-16 - Leadmill, Sheffield*
11-18 - Academy 2, Newcastle*
11-19 - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh*
11-20 - King Tuts, Glasgow*
11-21 - 53Degrees, Preston*
11-22 - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth*
11-23 - Waterfront, Norwich*
11-24 - Electric Ballroom, London*
11-28 - XOYO, London^
* with Yuck
^ with Unknown Mortal Orchestra
