Bella Union

Protected: FATHER JOHN MISTY – FEAR FUN

anika — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:24:54 +0000

LISTEN to new M. Ward song ‘Primitive Girl’

anika — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:37:23 +0000

On Monday 9th April M. Ward will release his new album – and Bella Union debut – ‘A Wasteland Companion‘. We have on offer another cut from this very fine record in the shape of ‘Primitive Girl‘ which you can stream below:

Primitive Girl by M. Ward

‘Primitive Girl’ is available to buy from iTunes HERE and you can pre-order ‘A Wasteland Companion’ HERE.

Ahead of the release of “A Wasteland Companion” M Ward will perform a headline show at the Leicester Square Theatre as well as joining Feist as special guest on her European tour.

Upcoming UK live dates – -

Tuesday 20 March – LONDON – Leicester Square Theatre (SOLD OUT)

Sunday 25 March – LONDON – Royal Albert Hall (with Feist)

Monday 26 March – MANCHESTER – Apollo (with Feist)

Tuesday 27 March – GLASGOW – Royal Concert Hall (with Feist)

Artist: M Ward.

VIDEO: Xiu Xiu // Beauty Towne

anika — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:54:00 +0000

Xiu Xiu have shared the new video for ‘Beauty Towne’ from ‘Always’, which will be released next Monday. Have a watch below -

Artist: Xiu Xiu.

Interview with Warren Ellis

anika — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:40:33 +0000

Nice interview with Warren about the upcoming Dirty Three record over here.

Artist: Dirty Three.

‘Toward The Low Sun’ is streaming on The Quietus…

anika — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:47:54 +0000

‘Toward The Low Sun’ is streaming on The Quietus, a week ahead of release. Go to have a listen.

Here are some indie stores where you can pre-order the album:

ROUGH TRADE [link]

RESIDENT [link]

PICCADILLY [link]

RECORDSTORE.CO.UK [link]

RISE [link]

BOOMKAT [NORMAN RECORDS [link]

Artist: Dirty Three.

http://www.itstartshear.com/ starts TODAY

anika — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:16:28 +0000

The album that’s a website, the website that’s an album: Peter Broderick’s http://www.itstartshear.com/ is released today, and the accompanying website is live from now. Explore the website to watch videos, see photos and learn more about the individual tracks.

The Sunday Times crowned the CD ‘Album of the Week’ and wrote -

The Oregon musician follows two must-have albums, Home (2008) and How They Are (2010), with another that will no doubt receive similarly rapturous reviews — whose enthusiasm will do nothing to bring Broderick to the wider audience he deserves. This may suit him, as he is reportedly reclusive and introspective, but it is scandalous, so beautiful and original is the music he makes. The man who, on How They Are, sang a song from the perspective of a battery chicken (and, in the process, created one of that year’s most moving songs), here uses the domain-name title track as an exploration of intimacy, anonymity, alienation, the personal and the impersonal — its starting point the isolating side of online interaction — to a hypnotic guitar figure and beat, giving way to a chanted delivery of the title that is both alluring and utterly bleak. Minimalism and pointillism are used in a way that makes the sudden interjection of, say, strings absolutely breathtaking. Blue is Broderick’s version of a song written by his then teenage father, which he found on an old tape and has lovingly restored, Broderick’s reverbed voice intoning his father’s words. Trespassing honours another bird, in this case one the musician ran over on a country road. Again, detailing is everything: a simple strummed guitar pattern beneath Broderick’s plaintive singing. Truly exceptional. – DC