HEALTH announce new album ‘Death Magic’

HEALTH - Death Magic

American noise-rock band HEALTH reports back with new material. The band announced Death Magic, their first album in five years. It’s out on August 7th via Fiction Records (UK) and Loma Vista Recordings (US), featuring 12 new songs. What you see above is the artwork. The band also premiered a first track from the record, called New Coke. You can witness the powerful new HEALTH material right here.



Sleaford Mods and The Pop Group announce split-single

Sleaford Mods - 2015

Two generations of British punk spirit joint forces. THE POP GROUP and SLEAFORD MODS will release a split-single on June 18 via Freaks R Us. The release will feature Nations from THE POP GROUP‘s recent comeback album Citizen Zombie and Face To Faces which will attend on the forthcoming new SLEAFORD MODS record. Don’t forget to check out NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION‘s interview feature with the charismatic duo. Listen to both tracks right here.



The Chemical Brothers return with ‘Born In The Echoes’, share ‘Sometimes I Feel So Deserted’

The Chemical Brothers - 2015

There’s been a whole lot of announcements concerning a new record by the influential producer duo THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS for a while, now it’s official. The new album Born In The Echoes will be out by July 17th via Astralwerks, containing several guest appearances by the likes of ST. VINCENT, BECK, CATE LE BON, Q-TIP and others. Also Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons shared a first bit of music in form of Sometimes I Feel So Deserted, streamable below. The first single, called Go will appear on May 4th. Read the full tracklist below and give Sometimes I Feel So Deserted a first spin.

‘Born In The Echoes’ – Tracklist

01. Sometimes I Feel So Deserted
02. Go (ft. Q-Tip)
03. Under Neon Lights (ft. St. Vincent)
04. EML Ritual (ft. Ali Love)
05. I’ll See You There
06. Just Bang
07. Reflexion
08. Taste Of Honey
09. Born In The Echoes (ft. Cate Le Bon)
10. Radiate
11. Wide Open (ft. Beck)



DIIV announce new album ‘Is The Is Are

DIIV - Photo by Brett Davis

Photo by Brett Davis

Lofi kings DIIV return with a new album this fall. The follow-up to their praised 2012 debut Oushin goes by the name Is The Is Are and is set for a release via Captured Tracks this fall as the band announced via Tumblr. Unfortunately that’s all the information we got so far so we have to be a pit more patient for actual new DIIV material. In the meantime enjoy Wait from 2013 right here.



Maifeld Derby Festival line-up is complete, trailer premiered

Only one month to go and the charming, cozey MAIFELD DERBY is going for an early round of festival pleasure in 2015. The recently revealed line-up has now been completed, you can check it out in full below. Unfortunately TWIN SHADOW had to cancel their appearance due to the consequences of a severe car accident they recently faced. But to grow our excitement despite the bad news, you can now watch a little trailer video below. For timetable and further informations just head over to their official site. We’ll see you in Mannheim in a month!

Maifeld Derby 2015 – Line Up

ROÍSÍN MURPHY | MOGWAI | JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ | ARCHIVE | FINK | GISBERT ZU KNYPHAUSEN & KID KOPPHAUSEN Band | BRAND NEW | MEW | WANDA | FOXYGEN | ALLAH LAS | THEE OH SEES | SIZARR | GHOSTPOET | ARNOLD STADLER & GET WELL SOON | THE SOFT MOON | SOAK | THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE | MANU DELAGO HANDMADE | KID SIMIUS | MOTORAMA | ASTRONAUTALIS | AURORA | WAXAHATCHEE | ICEAGE | BRNS | VON SPAR | EAST CAMERON FOLKCORE | RANGLEKLODS | ONLY REAL | LOVE A | HUSKY | KLAUS JOHANN GROBE | CHARLIE CUNNINGHAM | TOPS | THE GARDEN | EAST INDIA YOUTH | WENDY MCNEILL | TAYMIR | NAGEL | BALL PARK MUSIC | MUSÉE MÉCANIQUE | ΩRACLES | MORGAN DELT | AND THE GOLDEN CHOIR | SAY YES DOG | CHARLIE BARNES | ARKELLS | TORA | ALICE PHOEBE LOU | INNER TONGUE | SEE THROUGH DRESSES | VIN BLANC / WHITE WINE | HUMAN ABFALL | O | ORBIT THE EARTH | THE LAKE POETS | TRADED PILOTS | CHILDREN | LÙISA | LA PETITE ROUGE | HELLO PIEDPIPER | AMISH WINEHOUSE | DRANGSAL | THE LAST THINGS | PATRICK BISHOP | SOPHIE’S EARTHQUAKE | PERVARIOUS | ANDALUCÍA | APACH-O-MATIC | GROB | CLAYD | INAH | MAI