Monday 21 March 2011

News & Bits - March 21st

Some vaguely newsy things, to give me something slightly productive to do on a Monday afternoon and to make me feel like the hours I spend looking through Bandcamp are research rather than time wasting.

First, some new releases worth mentioning.
Aaron Wright's new single Trampoline is released today. Trampoline is available from Bandcamp, eMusic, iTunes and no doubt other places too.
Andrew Lindsay & The Coat Hooks's (is that right? Help me, grammar people) new EP The Whittling, which I mentioned the last time I did one of these, is out now. You can get it from Bandcamp, eMusic, iTunes and so on.
We mentioned the launch gig for the Birdhead EP Talons in the gig guide last week. If you didn't get to the gig you can buy the EP now from Bandcamp.
Carnivores have released their first EP. Nights of Infinity is limited to 50 copies, so if you want one you should probably act fast. You can buy a copy here.
Francis MacDonald recorded an album while on tour with Teenage Fanclub. Maculate Conceptions takes its name from the fact it was recorded and mixed entirely on a MacBook, and is available for free from Bandcamp.
Laki Mera are a band I haven't heard much from in a while, but they've popped up with a new single today. Once again, you can buy that on eMusic or iTunes.
King Post Kitsch releases his debut album in June, just in time for my birthday (hint hint), on Song, by Toad Records. To keep us going until then though he has a new EP out. Some Call it Hell, But It's Home is free, and good, and available here. There's no excuse not to give it a try really.
New Town Triptych have a rather good single out. Buy Just How You Designed on Bandcamp, and you can find out more about them by popping over to the Peenko Blog today too.
Tiny Birds are Londoners, but that's no reason to overlook them. DC, of The Waiting Room fame, mentioned on Twitter that their album was a wee bit special. After checking it out for myself I have to agree. Hymns For The Careless is well worth a listen. You can check it out here.
Trapped Mice are a band I really like, so much so that we got them to play a gig and everything, so I'll mention their new EP, Waving & Pointing, again. Buy it here. Go on, it's good.
Reading Aye Tunes you can be forgiven for thinking I only like one kind of music, and if it isn't all folky I'll hate it. Part of the reason for these round up posts is to give a mention to some of the other bands and styles that our ears dig. Guanoman then is as far from what you'd expect me to like as possible, I think. I picked up and loved Tawdry Seduction Disasters when came out a while back, but has just been made available over on Bandcamp if you missed it.

Moving away from the new releases, here's some more things that hopefully count as news.
Pareto have, just a few minutes ago, uploaded the first track from their upcoming EP. You can listen to Miracle of... here.
The Seventeenth Century will be releasing their second EP, The Seventeenth Century (Part II) on the 2nd of May. You can hear the first track from the EP here. To celebrate the band are having a launch gig at the Oran Mor on April 29th, joined by The Scottish Enlightenment and Sunshine Social. Tickets for the launch are available now here.
We like Dave Hughes round here, so here's an advance plug for his upcoming tour with Beans on Toast. They'll be playing the following dates round Scotland:
Friday 1st April – Tunnels 2, Aberdeen
Saturday 2nd April – Thomsons Bar, Dundee
Sunday 3rd April - 13th Note, Glasgow
If you want to submit your band to showcase at goNORTH this year then this is your last week to do so. You can to submit an entry through Sonicbids.
Detour Scotland made video diaries of their time over in Austin, Texas at SXSW. I'd meant to syndicate the videos over here, but clearly failed. You can catch up over on their website and YouTube channel. For more SXSW video diaries be sure to visit Song, by Toad too. Yes, this WAS all typed with gritted teeth of jealousy, how could you tell?
Overlook Records is a new Glasgow based record label. In the coming months they will be releasing EPs by Trapped in Kansas and The Darien Venture. Stay tuned for more details on those.
Since this is likely to sell out before next week's gig guide rolls round, a quick mention for a gig taking place next week. Taking place on Wednesday March 30th at Stereo in Glasgow is a Red Cross fundraiser gig for Japan. On the bill are Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison, Haight-Ashbury, and Jenny Reeve and Jill O'Sullivan of Strike The Colours and Sparrow & The Workshop. Tickets are available here.



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