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Hola Wednesday Web Wombles!

How you doin?

Today’s post focuses on new and forthcoming aural pleasures heading your way…. SO much sonic treasure…. you lucky lucky people….

Less waffle, mo’ music – on we go!

Your humble web monkey couldn’t be *more* excited about our first item:

NEW! Animal Collective album! - ‘Centipede Hz’ – due in September! On Domino!

Psychedelic sci-fi cough-syrup blipvert, below.

Full tracklist after the ‘jump’ (whatever the hell that means).

ENJOY. 

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Full Tracklisting:
Moonjock
Today’s Supernatural
Rosie Oh
Applesauce
Wide Eyed
Father Time
New Town Burnout
Monkey Riches
Mercury Man
Pulleys
Amanita

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NEW! Animal Collective single! – ‘Honeycomb’ / ‘Gotham’ – Non-album tracks! On 7″ vinyl! Out in June! Also on Domino!

LISTEN here: 

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NEW! El-P album! – ‘Cancer For Cure’ – Due out 28th May! On Fat Possum!

El Producto – the hiphop legend, Def Jux head honcho, one third of Company Flow, producer of absolute stone cold classic longplayer ‘The Cold Vein’ by Cannibal Ox – returns with his brand new (cough!) ‘joint’.

Here’s a short, but powerfully romantic trailer:

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Nothing illustrates the exquisite / ecstatic pleasure and pain of true love like getting tasered in the ‘nads, eh?

Ouch.

Here’s a full-on tune from ‘Cancer For Cure’; El-P – we salute you! What a hero…

ENJOY.

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NEW! Squarepusher album! – ‘Ufabulum’ – Out Now! On Warp Records!

Tom continues to tease us by *not* delivering *that* oft-threatened Andre 3000 collab – but HELL – a new Squarepusher album is a new Squarepusher album and – whether your bag is Phuture, or Jaco Pastorius, Outkast, or Sunn o))) – you know that you *need* this in your life.

Here’s Squarepusher in action, quite literally playing a blinder, showing young upstarts such as Daft Punk or Justice how to *really* rock a set of LEDs.

His Red Hot Helmet etc.

ENJOY.

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These beauties are out this week!

Best Coast – ‘The Only Place’ (Wichita)

Man Forever ‘Pansophical Cataract’ (Thrill Jockey)

Plankton Wat – ‘Spirits’ (Thrill Jockey)

Simian Mobile Disco ‘Unpatterns’ (Wichita) 

Zulu Winter ‘Language’ (Play It Again Sam)

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One more *tantalisingly* teasy teaser trailer….  

HOT CHIP + DOMINO x PETER SERAFINOWICZ x TERENCE STAMP = ‘Night And Day’.

(“Many animals were harmed during the making of this video. Regrettably, none of them made the final edit” – P. Serafinowicz)

Mad exciting.

Adieu for now!

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Hola mouseketeers!

How you doin?

Brighton, UK, eh?

Brilliant record shops, by the sea, smashing beach, great live music venues, an ace arts scene, lovely pubs, wonderful eateries, trendy clothes shops, laidback bongo-playing bohos, and cutting edge cosmopolitan beautiful people everywhere – - O Brighton, how i hate your freaking a-mellower-version-of-London-on-the-coast guts, you make me sick to my very (old, bitter and twisted) core. Grrrrr!

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Only kidding!

Your humble web monkey LOVES Brighton, and i am just – in the parlance of the day – Well. Jeal.

This weekend sees the return of the mahoosive multi-venued multi-faceted festival The Great Escape. And it’s even biggerer and betterer than previous years (if such a thing were possible).

CLICK HERE for more deets.

If you’re in the area (fudge you, you lucky fudgers!) – make sure to check out some shows and definitely get yourself down the record shops.

Here are just some of the [PIAS] UK related acts appearing at the fest. Deep breath…..

Δ (Alt-J)
22
Alabama Shakes
Alunageorge
Antlered Man
Blanck Mass
Cloud Nothings
Dan Le Sac
DZ Deathrays
Errors
Eugene Mcguinness
Exitmusic
François And The Atlas Mountains
Gang Colours
Grimes
Hooded Fang
Howler
Kwes
Man Like Me
Maximo Park
Micachu & The Shapes
Milagres
My Best Fiend
Mystery Jets
Nathan Fake
Perfume Genius
Porcelain Raft
Shabazz Palaces
Spoek Mathambo
The Computers
The Temper Trap
The Twilight Sad
We Are Scientists
We Are The Ocean
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Willis Earl Beal
Zulu Winter

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Or check out the mega-poster below.

Bah – Brighton!

Haha.

Adieu for now…

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Hola Wednesday Web Warriors!

How you doin?

Today’s post is a post-Record Store Day 2012 post – brought to you by the letter ‘R’.

Your humble web monkey has been flooded with so many brilliantly positive reports, photos, youtube clips and tales of swashbuckling swag success and general derring-do from the day. Hope y’all had a great one.

R is for: Remember, a Record Shop is for LIFE, not just for RSD.

A Record shop is a place of Realness, and at the same time a Refuge (from Reality, from Recession-anxiety, from the ‘Real’ world), a place for the Romantic at heart, an island on which to Root for Real treasure, a zone of Revelation and limitless aesthetic/spiritual Renewal, a place where life experiences spin Revolutions of the mind, the heart, the soul. Revolutions at 33 and 45 rpm.

Here then, is just a taste of RSD 2012…. Roll VT!

R is for: Routemaster!

The Heartbreaks celebrated Record Store Day 2012 – and the Release of their debut album ‘Funtimes’ (Nusic Sounds) – with a whistlestop tour around London’s record shops in their very own double decker bus.

Regardez s’il vous plait: this fabulous video clip below.

Extra points for spotting our very own Fuzz (Receptionist extraordinaire and most likely our future Ruler).

ENJOY.

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R is for: Resident!

Righteous Record Retailer Resident – in Brighton (on the Rainy english Riviera) – are highlighted in this brilliant film below.

ENJOY.

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On the other side of the water, in the Republic of Ireland (a place your humble web monkey would *love* to eventually Retire to. Ha! Retirement, yeah, Right)…

R is for: Rollercoaster!

Rollercoaster Records in Kilkenny is the subject of this lovely little film, accentuating the Real community Record Store Day and Record shops in general engender.

ENJOY.

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R is for: Remember once more your humble web monkey’s mantra: SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MUSIC! Get yourself down to your local record shop / internet webshop / high street retailer / mail order co. / digital download store and buy more music!

Visit, frequent, patronise, support, shop, in your favourite Record shop – or Risk losing em, forever to Rue and Regret their demise.

See you down your local Record shop *this* weekend? 10am? I’ll be there…. will you?

Enough of this ‘R’-sing about (ouch! sorry about that, painful), i’m off for a Rest, a Recuperation – and possibly a dark Rum.

Adieu for now!

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With their hotly-anticipated debut album (‘Language’ on Play It Again Sam Records) due to hit the shops in a mere matter of weeks, Zulu Winter unleash a brand new single and video, for fan-favourite ‘Silver Tongue’.

Check the sexy film noir video, below.

The label says: Hitchcock-inspired (and who am i to argue?).

To this old duffer it also reminds me of The Human League’s classic promo clip for ‘Don’t You Want Me’.

Which can only be A Good Thing, eh readers?

ENJOY.

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Zulu Winter play London’s Boston Arms on May 17th.

Get tucked in, get involved. Go see ‘em whilst you can still see the whites of their eyes.

This time next year Rodney they’ll be millionaires.

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It gives me great pleasure to announce that [PIAS]UK were awarded with the ‘Best Sales Team’ accolade at last week’s Music Week Awards.

Whilst it’s always an honour to receive such awards, this one is even more rewarding in light of 2011 being one of the toughest years we’ve ever endured, with our distribution partner Sony DADC’s warehouse being razed to the ground in last summer’s riots.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the Music Week Awards judges, the retailers that voted for [PIAS]UK, all at Sony DADC and all at Proper Distribution.

A special mention also, for our friends and colleagues at Proper Distribution and XL Recordings for their awards (respectively, ‘Best Distribution Team’ and ‘Best Record Company’).

Well done all.

Hey there WWW Fans!

How you doin?

Your humble web monkey is HUGELY excited about this forthcoming Saturday – for tis Record Store Day 2012!

Here is the full list of [PIAS] related titles exclusive to independent retailers participating in the day:

[deep breath]

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Or… have a shufty at this lovely PDF what your humble web monkey made, for more details on all Play It Again Sam and our label friends’ releases: PIAS UK Record Store Day 2012

“But where oh where can you find such treasures?” – I hear you cry.

Fret not dear reader, to find your nearest shop… CLICK HERE!

It’s not just about exclusive limited edition product though, oh no no no – there will also be giveaways, signings, raffles, DJ sets, instore gigs, quizzes, record sleeve art exhibitions, celebs taking a turn at the counter, and – if you’re REALLY lucky – cakes. Lovely lovely cakes.

CLICK HERE – for an idea of all the fun events and happenings that’ll be taking place on the day.

As ever, remember your humble web monkey’s mantra:

SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MUSIC! Get yourself down to your local record shop / internet webshop / high street retailer / mail order co. / digital download store and buy more music!

And even more so, remember: A record shop is for LIFE! -  not just for one day a year.

Use them, or lose them. Forever…

On that sobering note, have a read of this and this, whilst counting down the hours – nee minutes – till Saturday.

Ponder these wise words:

“Record shops are as important as the records themselves” – Noel Gallagher

“Records are beautiful things. In times of peace it is a joyous thing to indulge in such luxuries. What else is there to fight for? I prefer Record Store Day to my birthday” – Conor O’Brien, Villagers

And if you *did* want to treat your humble web monkey to a nice pressie, he’d love the John Cale remix 12″ (the Great Man’s latest work as remixed by Actress! Alva Noto! Tim Hecker! Leyland Kirby!) and Animal Collective’s Guggenheim 12″ that has me salivating – please. Pretty please. I’ll behave myself from now on, honest.

Have a great one – adieu for now!

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Following a series of spectacular happenings across Europe, the first ever [PIAS] NITES event in Ireland will take place on Saturday, 21 July in the exquisite outdoor setting of The Iveagh Gardens in Dublin’s city centre.

And who better to headline than our own Lisa Hannigan who will top a beautifully curated line-up of international independent artists from the [PIAS] family including Oklahoma’s brilliant Other Lives and more to be announced.

LISA HANNIGAN
OTHER LIVES

+ more [PIAS] Ireland artists to be announced….

The Iveagh Gardens
Clonmel Street (off Harcourt St),
Dublin 2,
Ireland

Saturday 21st July 2012

Gates 4pm

Tickets on sale now for €35 (including booking fee)

From http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/18004883BB996F7E

and Ticketmaster outlets nationwide:

0818 719 300 – Republic of Ireland customers
0844 277 4455 – Northern Ireland customers
00353 1 456 9569 - International customers

www.pias.com

www.piasnites.com

www.lisahannigan.ie 

www.otherlives.com

www.aikenpromotions.com

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They had me at ‘Dublin’ – See you there!

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[PIAS] UK are delighted to welcome another brilliant new addition to the family – TRI-ANGLE RECORDS – whose amazing output we are proud to say we will be exclusively distributing with immediate effect.

(your humble web monkey is personally *hugely* excited by this… but must.remain.impartial. Be like the BBC sonic simian!)

I feel – in keeping with the label’s seductively enigmatic aesthetic – like not revealing too much, and keeping soft focussed, fuzzy and bathed in the shadowplay betwixt light and dark.

Suffice to say, the label so far have released EP’s and albums by: Balam Acab, Clams Casino, How To Dress Well, Holy Other and oOoOO, amongst others.

Take it from your humble web monkey: each and every one of these acts deserve investigation – get googling my winged-prettys!

The first official PIAS distributed release will be a new EP – ‘Love Is Hurting Us’ by oOoOO, which is due out on April 30th, on God’s Own Format (12″ wax), CD EP and digitally.

Now, i must keep good on my promise: Silencio….silencio….

Here is just a taster of Tri-Angle’s history thus far.

ENJOY.

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[PIAS] UK are delighted to welcome a new addition to the family – HOPELESS RECORDS – whose fine output we are proud to say we will be exclusively distributing in the UK and Eire, with immediate effect.

Here’s a little background:

“Hopeless Records, located in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California was started in 1993 by Louis Posen, and the label’s artists are in the genre of punk rock, pop punk, post-hardcore, alternative rock and metal.

Artists signed to the label include: Yellowcard, The Used, We Are The In Crowd, Silverstein, The Wonder Years, There For Tomorrow, Anarbor, The Dangerous Summer and many more.

Throughout the 18 year history of the label, Hopeless has released over 200 albums and launched the careers of such artists as Avenged Sevenfold, All Time Low and Thrice.

The label is consistently in the Top 20 record labels in the world by sales and last year celebrated 9 of their 11 releases charting in the Billboard Top 200″.

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The first fruit of this new relationship drops next week in the form of the brand new album by The Used – ‘Vulnerable’ (out in the UK on Monday 26th March).

ENJOY.

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