Out This Week: Islands- A Sleep and A Forgetting

Island are releasing their fourth studio album this week. The album is entitled 'A Sleep & a Forgetting', lifted from a William Wordsworth poem. The lead singer Nicholas Thorburn explained that the this album is far more personal than any he has made before and added that it deals with loss, with memory and forgetting and with dreaming. The album is out on ANTI-, tomorrow, on Valentine's Day. 

More info:
 www.anti.com

Next Wave: TRUST

TRUST is a Toronto based duo consisting of Robert Alfons and Maya Postepski. The duo was formed in 2009 when Robert and Maya began writing songs and working on their first recording material. As a result came the first singles which were released in 2011 by Sacred Bones Records. Their musical style combines dark synth waves with heavy drum beats and tends to techno at some points. TRUST have already begun to draw huge support in their home-town of Toronto where they have opened for Glass Candy, Hercules & Love Affair, Washed Out, and Zola Jesus. Their debut album which includes singles "Bulbform" and "Candy Walls" is due to be released on February 28, 2012.

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Whitney Houston Dead at age 48

Whitney Houston, winner of multiple music awards, singer of 11 chart-topping hits on the Hot 100 and one of the biggest superstars to emerge from the 1980s, has died at the age of 48, it has been reported. No cause of death has been announced yet. Houston will mostly be remembered for her unique voice and her hits "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" and "I Will Always Love You". RIP Whitney.

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.

Dalis Car- In Glad Aloness

The long awaited Dalis Car EP entitled "In Glad Aloneness" which was recorded during the last five months Mick Karn's life in the late 2010 will be released this spring. Initiated by Peter Murphy, Karn's final work during his lifetime saw the unexpected resurrection of the duo's cult mid-1980s project, Dali's Car. The five track EP recalls the exotic Eastern-tinged Art Pop sensibility of Dali's Car's fondly remembered 1984 album 'The Waking Hour'. The album features significant contributions from friends and regular musical collaborators Steve Jansen, Jakko M Jakszyk and Theo Travis. The album will be released on April 4, 2012 and it is now available on pre-order via Burningshed. 

 www.burningshed.com/store/mickkarn

The Jesus and Mary Chain New Tour Dates

Jesus and the Mary Chain have reunited for a four dates tour in the USA. The tour will kick off in March and it will include an appearance at SXSW in Austin, Texas. This will be the first time since 2008 that the band has performed in North America. 

 The revitalized Jesus And Mary Chain are then something of a miracle – a perfect combination of their earliest incendiary nihilism, and their later musical perfection. Underpinning the Reid brothers’ three-chord assault on these 2012 dates will be (sometimes drummer and guitarist from the Psychocandy and Darklands tours) John Moore on guitar, Phil King on bass and a drummer to be announced. Go to the tour dates page for venue and date info.

http://thejesusandmarychain.co.uk  

Instant Hit: League of Nations- Fade

League of Nations was a Los Angeles based synth pop duo consisting of David Sinfield and Laurie Jean. They released one single and EP between 1982 and 1984. "Fade" was the title track of the only single release from 1982. Two years later, it was also included in the compilation Music For The New Depression with five other songs. 

VCMG- 'Ssss' Release Announced

Vince Clark and Martin L Gore who have recently reunited for a musical project VCMG and who are one of the most anticipated musical collaborations of 2012 will release their debut album in March. Their album is entitled 'Ssss' and it was written and produced by Vince Clarke and Martin L. Gore mixed by Timothy “Q” Wiles, recorded and engineered by Sie Medway Smith and Vince Clarke and mastered by Stefan Betke (aka Pole). The album includes the recent 12” EP "Spock" plus the forthcoming EP 2 / Single "Blip". The album is out on Mute March 13, 2012. 

  http://mute.com/vcmg

Mute Presents Fad Gadget Exhibition in New York

Envoy enterprises, in collaboration with NP Contemporary Art Center and Mute, is pleased to present FGFt, a three-part project series in homage to Frank Tovey – founder of the 1970's/1980's British electronic group Fad Gadget, marking the 10 year anniversary of the pioneer’s death. Summoning a diverse group of artists and musicians who have been both directly and indirectly influenced by Tovey, the series will take place from March 1st through to April 8th, 2012 featuring a group exhibition, live music performances, and a film screening.

The group exhibition, on view at envoy enterprises from March 1st through April 8th, will feature new work inspired by Frank Tovey and specifically made for FGFt. The opening reception is on March 1st from 6-8pm. On March 3 at 10:30pm, Xeno & Oaklander and Ike Yard will each give live performances at Dixon Place as part of the music program. Additionally, Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey will make it’s US premiere at Anthology Film Archives on March 10th at 8:00pm, alongside short films from artists in the exhibition. All events are free and open to the public on a first come, first serve basis. 

More info here

Electronic Rumors Bring You The Best in Electro

Electronic rumors blog (electronicrumors.com) that has been serving up the latest and greatest news and tracks in the world of Electro/Disco/Indie/Dreamwave/Synth/Stuff/Thing/Pop has teamed up with respected Us ElectroPop label Ninthwave Records (Heaven17/White Town/The Modern) to release electronic rumors Volume 1, featuring of some of the best artists making Dreamwave, Nu-Disco, ElectroPop and Indie-Electro in the last twelve months including exclusive tracks from Ride The Universe (Dreamwave supergroup acclaimed, for their reMixes, with their début original), the much hyped Show Your Shoe, Futurecop!, beaumont, Substatic and Echoes and the first time on CD for Queen Of Hearts and Ronika, both tipped by the mainstream press for chart dominance in 2012. They feature alongside some of the most exciting electronic music that broke out in 2011.