San Diego’s Crocodiles are set to release their new album, “Endless Flowers”, on June 5 via Frenchkiss Records. The album is the follow-up to 2010’s “Sleep Forever“.
Take a listen to their new track Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9) which is a super catchy, jangly, fuzzed out track. This song will put a smile on your face and make you tap your foot immediately. The 7″ single is available on March 26 via Souterrain Transmissions.
MP3: Crocodiles – Sunday (Psychic Conversation 9)
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The Enemy’s new single Gimme The Sign is the first track from the band’s new album “Streets In The Sky” to be released this spring. The track was produced by The Bronx’s Joby J. Ford (The Bronx are Culture Addicts favourites), Gimme The Sign and Ford’s influence is immediately evident. Much heavier than The Enemy’s earlier recordings whilst still maintaining the anthemic sound of their first album “We’ll Live and Die in These Towns“, Gimme The Sign couples Tom Clarke’s signature chanting vocals with strong, propulsive drums and full sounding guitars.
MP3: The Enemy – Gimme The Sign
They have just announced that they will also be performing four UK tour dates this May where they will be premiering further album tracks.
UK Tour dates:
Sat May 5 Leeds @ Live at Leeds
Wed May 23 Manchester @ Academy
Thu May 24 London @ Shepherds Bush Empire
Fri May 25 Glasgow @ ABC
For more information on The Enemy, visit www.theenemy.com.
Dustin Wong has made a new video for the song ‘Pink Diamond’ which is a track lifted from his new album ‘Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads’ due out on February 21 via Thrill Jockey.
Dustin continues his work on the “Say Your Dream, Create a Sound” project. Fans and friends can tell Dustin about a dream by recording a description of the dream and dropping it on his Soundcloud page (http://www.soundcloud.com/dustin-wong/dropbox), and he will then create an original piece of music inspired by each of the dreams. Dustin will post a selection of these recordings to his Soundcloud page during the week of the ‘Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads’ release beginning on February 20.
Burning Hearts
Scandinavian synth-popsters, Burning Hearts’ release their second full-length, ‘Extinctions’ on February 21, 2012 via Solina Records / Shelflife.
Their debut, ‘Aboa Sleeping’, was a collection of early songs that were not intended to end up on an album but this is where ‘Extinctions’ is different. This album was inspired by human tragedies and the theme of death which are both present in nearly all the songs making the title more than fitting. It was written as a consequence of many tragic stories that touched the band and many of its songs are dedicated to people or creatures that no longer exist. ’Extinctions’ is a good synth-pop record that is a perfect mix of looking backwards and also forward – mellow, gentle, yet catchy.
Standout tracks: The synth-electronic drum laden ‘Tradewinds’ and singalong friendly ‘Modern Times’.
MP3: Burning Hearts – Burn Burn Burn
Tracklisting:
1. On the last Day of the Decade
2. Into the Wilderness
3. Modern Times
4. Love and Dissonance
5. The Swallows
6. Burn Burn Burn
7. Trade Winds
8. The Beast
9. Deep Waters
Watch the video for Into The Wilderness below.
For more information on Burning Hearts, visit burninghearts.com.
Over the past year, Young Galaxy have been completed various remixes and has now compiled the tracks they have reworked onto a new release entitled Versus. Remixes of tracks by Handsome Furs, Junior Boys, Grimes, Austra and CFCF are featured on the Versus which is available as a free download!
Tracklisting:
1. Serve The People (Handsome Furs)
2. You’ll Improve Me (Junior Boys)
3. Lose It (Austra)
4. Better Off Dead (The Sounds)
5. Crystal Ball (Grimes)
6. Snake Charmer (CFCF)
7. Call Me (The Pipettes)
8. Watch The World Go By (Johan Agebjorn)
9. Michigan Left (The Arkells)
10. Spellwork (Austra)
11. This Crowded Room (Freedom or Death)
Merge Records today released their Winter Sampler including various artists from their roster. Stream and/or download the Merge 2011-2012 free sampler now – www.mergerecords.com/wintersampler.
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They have also released streams of songs from their two holiday albums, Julian Koster‘s The Singing Saws at Christmastime and She & Him‘s A Very She & Him Christmas.
Hospitality are set to release their self-titled debut album on January 31, and have shared a track, “Betty Wang”, lifted from the album.
The story behind the track – Betty Wang is a real woman who was one of the only female execs at the investment firm where the band’s singer-songwriter Amber Papini worked. Amber admired Betty for holding her own and refusing to change her habits to fit in. “Su Chia” is Betty’s birth name, and part of the chorus.
Hospitality are Nathan Michel, Brian Betancourt and Amber Papini. For more information, visit http://hospitality.bandcamp.com/.