Best of 2012- The Singles List

01. Arcade Fire- Sprawl (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
02. DIIV- Doused
03. Chromatics- Cherry
04. Twilight Sad- Another Bed
05. Liz and Laszlo- Rien a Paris
06. Bat for Lashes- Laura
07. Trust-Sulk 
08. Grizzly Bear- Yet Again
09. iamamiwhoami- goods
10. School of Seven Bells- Scavenger
11. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds- We No Who U R
12. The Temper Trap- Miracle
13. Twin Shadow- The One
14. Light Asylum- Shallow Tears
15. Perfume Genius- All Waters
16. The Irrepressibles- New World
17. Sky Ferreira- Everything is Embarrassing
18. Ultraista- Bad Insect
19. Future Islands- Tomorrow
20. Wild Nothing- Paradise

WAW: Trust- Dressed for Space

Trust is back with a brand new video for the song "Dressed for Space" from the debut album 'TRST'. This clip recalls some of the best videos from the late 80's and early 90's choreographed with neon lights. It was premiered on Pitchfork TV today.

Out This Week: Dead Can Dance- Anastasis

Dead Can Dance are back with a brand new album out this week. Their new album is entitled 'Anastasis' and it is their first studio output in sixteen years. The album will be released through a new record label 'Play it Again Sam' and it will be followed by a reunion World Tour which is scheduled to begin August 9, 2012 in Canada and end October 28, 2012 in Ireland. 'Amnesia', the first single from the album was released in June.  

http://deadcandance.com
 

June Singles Round Up

June is monthly round up is up and here are the highlights. Little Boots has released the second single this year entitled "Headphones" which will be included on her second album to be released this year. Mirrors have returned with a new single "Hourglass", album in the making. Rufus Wainwright has released the second single from his Mark Ronson produced album 'Out of the Game', the single is called "Jericho". "Drifting In And Out" is the second single for Porcelain Raft taken from their/his debut album 'Strange Weekend'. The Vancouver based Petroleum By-Product have released their debut single "Convenient and Cheap/ Rip Apart" for Happy Burro Records. Marsheaux and Twins Natalia have teamed up for a special double cover version 7" disc. Twins Natalia have covered Marsheaux's "Radial Emotion" and Marsheaux have done a version of Twins Natalia's "When We Were Young". It is out and available via Anna Logue Records. And last but not least, Cyndi Lauper is back with a new dance pop hit "Sex is in the Heel" for her new broadway show, Kinky Boots. 

Thanks for keeping up with us. 

New Collaborative Album by David Byrne and St.Vincent 'Love This Giant' Announced for September

4AD have announced the release of 'Love This Giant', an album which is a collaboration between David Byrne and Annie Clark (St. Vincent). David and Annie started working on this album round the fall of 2009 after being approached by Housing Works to write and perform a night of new music for charity. The concept of the album is centered around a brass band and it is announced for September 10th. It will be followed by 24-date tour starting September 15th. 

 
http://lovethisgiant.com

30 Years of Bananarama on CD/DVD

Bananarama are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year with the release of '30 Years of Bananarama' CD/DVD. The CD will feature their greatest hits including "What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)", "Cruel Summer", "I Want You Back", "Venus" and many more. The anthology will include a DVD of all 35 video clips of their extraordinary 30 years, released official for the first time. The compilation will be released in the UK on July 9th. 

Check out Bananarama Official for more info. 

B-Movie Return with Echoes EP

B-Movie are back with a new single EP! This is their first single in thirty years and includes the tracks "So far Away", "Echoes" and "For the Dreamers". The songs are available on  itunes but you can also listen to them on http://soundcloud.com/b-movie/sets/echoes-e-p. B-Movie are also about to embark on a Pledge campaign www.pledgemusic.com to raise funds to record a new album. The singer Steve Hovington has written ten songs for a solo album, tentatively entitled 51 to be recorded this summer. 

More info:
www.b-movie.co.uk
  

Next Wave: Sylver Tongue

The former Ash guitarist Charlotte Hatherley is back with a new project. Her new moniker is Sylver Tongue, she has dismissed the guitar pop and switched over to the synth department. "Purple Rain" obsessed girl was also inspired by 70s sci-fi movies, psychedelic pop and the prowling grooves of Grace Jones and her warm leatherette. She released the first single "Hook You Up" in January and her next single "Creatures" is announced for May. Both songs were produced by James Rutledge who worked with Everything Everything and Fever Ray.

 

And Also The Trees Are Back with a New Album

And Also The Trees are back with a new album entitled 'Hunter Not The Hunted'. Their brand new studio release features 13 tracks and it was recorded at Hellens Manor, England, between April and July 2011. The album is available on mail order and it will also be released on vinyl as a special double 10 inch gatefold edition. This will be on sale during their tour in April and May and from this website in June.

www.andalsothetrees.co.uk

Next Wave- Living Days

Living Days is Brooklyn based group fronted by Stephonik Youth. Their music is a powerful synth driven electropop influenced by the American synth pop bands Berlin and Missing Persons who released their best albums thirty years ago. Albeit no official releases have been confirmed, there are four Living Days songs streaming on their official Myspace page. Hopefully someone gets his hands on this.   

http://www.myspace.com/livingdays
http://www.facebook.com/pages/LIVING-DAYS

WAW: Chromatics- Into the Black

Chromatic have announced a new single, their second from the upcoming album 'Kill For Love'. The single is called "Into The Black" and it was written and performed by Neil Young. The video for it was directed by Alberto Rossini in Gemini Vision for 'Italian do it better' films.