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Listen: Lucy Wilson – “Wake up Alone”
This September Jackknife will be releasing the debut 7″ from Lucy Wilson titled Full To The Brim. Known for her collaboration with Wil Wagner as the second member of Mulder & Scully and on The Smith Street Band‘s track The Belly of Your Bedroom; Lucy has also been performing solo in the pub festival circuit at The Poison City Weekender in her hometown of Melbourne, Blood Sweat & Beers in Sydney and All Tomorrow’s Shoeys in Tasmania.
“Drawing inspiration from the present day Bic Runga and Gillian Welch to the past in Hank Williams, Lucy Wilson frolics between folk, pop and poetic storytelling with a seemingly casual ease. . . Arming herself with a six string acoustic and her trusty ukulele, Lucy recently headed south for the hills of Hobart to record her debut EP with Lincoln LeFevre at The Infirmary studios, built on the grounds of the old Tasmanian Women’s Prison. . . From the nonchalant narratives to the raw romance of her lyricism, the strength of Lucy’s music lies in its honesty and openness.”
Full To The Brim will be available to pre-order with an instant download in August through Jackknife. The 7″ will be out this September but for now you can stream a song about a dead beat dude, Wake up Alone below. For more information check out her Facebook page.
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Watch: Dreamers Dose – “She Is Good”
Los Angeles’ psych-rock band Dreamers Dose earlier this week released their debut full-length titled, At Least We’re Happy. I talked about this outfit last month when they unveiled their track Pray for Me, Fragile here. The album was produced by Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures) and features eleven tracks that swell through peaks and valleys of raw, roaring rock and blissful balladry. A personal favourite off of the release, She Is Good’s music video can be watched below. The album is full of hooks, riffs and lyrics that you would never expect from recent high school graduates. Honestly, just listen to it, I’ve fallen in love with most of these tracks already. They have recently been added to the 2013 Sunset Strip Music Festival lineup on August 1st as well as other festivals and shows throughout Southern California. Stream the full album via PureVolume here and purchase it from iTunes. Keep up with Dreamers Dose on their Facebook page.
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Watch: Ice Nine Kills – “The Coffin Is Moving”
Metalcore band Ice Nine Kills has released a live music video of The Coffin Is Moving, a song off of their most recent EP The Predator. Footage from the video is all taken from the band’s concert at Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, New York.
Regarding the music video, vocalist Spencer Charnas noted, “With this video we really wanted to capture the experience of seeing us live right from the front row. The band delivers very high energy performances and we wanted to convey that to the virtual world.”
The members of Ice Nine Kills have a long summer ahead of them; they will participate in The All Stars Tour, starting from July 19, with acts such as Chelsea Grin, Every Time I Die, Iwrestledabearonce, and Capture The Crown. The band has also recently performed in the 2013 Vans Warped Tour.
Watch: King Krule – “Easy Easy”
Archy Marshall under the moniker of King Krule has released a music video for his new track Easy Easy from his forthcoming album. You can pre-order his debut album 6 Feet Beneath the Moon from iTunes here. The album will be officially released on Marshall’s 19th birthday, Saturday 24 August 2013 by True Panther Sounds and XL Recordings.
After a plethora of different recordings since 2010 under two different monikers, Easy Easy sees a maturation in his darkwave pop style. An obvious sonic progression and maturation is evident in his melodic riffs and in the creation a fuller sound on this track. Lyrically, his references are topical such as a mention of getting swindled by Tesco due to not keeping the receipt of an expired sandwich. Pick up his prior releases both on iTunes and on his Zoo Kid Bandcamp page. Fore more information and upcoming shows check out his website. Watch the new music video below!
Watch: Alasdair Bouch – “Bed Of Happiness”
Folk blues artist Alasdair Bouch has released a music video for Bed Of Happiness a track off of his debut album titled First Person Singular. Bouch’s work is a combination of urban folk and blue-eyed soul which in turn produces melodic hook-filled tracks. With twenty years experience, his trademark confessional autobiographical tone is very much so present in his slower track, Bed Of Happiness. Watch the video below!
Alasdair Bouch has three albums in his discography so far which you can stream selected tracks of here and purchase on iTunes. Currently living in the Czech Republic, Bouch has played more than four hundred shows across Europe and has just released Third Time Lucky, which sees him take a more rhythm-‘n’-blues-infused rock style approach to his songwriting.
“Fans who came regularly to shows would pester me doggedly about particular songs by name, asking me when I would commit them to disc,“ says Alasdair. “I’d been sitting on a lot of songs, waiting for the album with the right vibe, but the audience definitely helped out with the tracklist! Then once I got the band in the rehearsal room, it quickly took shape. Our new drummer Míra is a powerhouse – it clearly wasn’t going to be a quiet album!” Pick up a limited edition hand-numbered CD in record stores worldwide or get the digital version here. For more information follow him on Facebook and check out his Twitter and be sure to catch him on his European Summer Tour!
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