SBTRKT – SBTRKT is out now via Young Turks / Remote Control
Monthly Archives: December 2011
NEW MUSIC BY THE XX ‘OPEN EYES’
“Open eyes is a demo we did whilst creating our new album, we just wanted to share it with you”. The xx
The xx- xx is out now via Young Turks / Remote Control
ROUGH TRADE 2011 MIXTAPE
NEW CAT POWER VIDEO & MP3
REMOTE CONTROL RELEASES DOMINATE END OF YEAR LISTS
Stereogum
#46 tUne-yArdS whokill
#45 Adele – 21
#35 Atlas Sound – Parallax
#34 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
#33 SBTRKT – SBTRKT
#32 St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
#30 Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
#25 Cold Cave – Cherish The Light Years
#19 Ice Age – New Brigade
#6 Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
#4 Fucked Up – David Comes To Live
Rolling Stone
#39 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
#26 St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
#13 tUnE-yArDs – whokill
#5 Radiohead – King of Limbs
#1 Adele – 21
NME
#49 SBTRKT – SBTRKT
#40 Cold Cave – Cherish The Light Years
#36 Iceage – New Brigade
#30 Friendly Fires – Pala
#20 Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
#9 tUnE-YarDs – w h o k i l l
#7 St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
#5 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
#3 The Horrors – Skying
FACT Magazine
#32 The Horrors – Skying
#23 Jamie xx & Gil Scott-Heron – We’re New Here
#15 Zomby – Dedication
#30 Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
Pitchfork
#42 SBTRKT – SBTRKT
#37 Iceage – New Brigade
#33 Fucked Up – David Comes To Life
#25 Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
The Guardian
#50 Iceage – New Brigade
#46 Beirut – Rip Tide
#30 Gil Scott-Heron/Jamie XX – We’re New Here
#27 Radiohead – The King of Limbs
#26 Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
#25 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo
#27 Radiohead – TKOL
#18 St Vincent – Strange Mercy
#16 The Horrors – Skying
#15 SBTRKT – SBTRKT
#10 tUnE-yArDs – whokill
SPIN
#34 St Vincent – Strange Mercy
#30 tUnE-YarDs – w h o k i l l
#23 Iceage – New Brigade
#18 SBTRKT – SBTRKT
#4 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
#1 Fucked Up – David Comes To Life
In The Mix
#31 Friendly Fires – Pala
#29 Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
#23 Radiohead – TKOL RMX 1234567
#22 Zomby – Dedication
#3 SBTRKT – SBTRKT
Faster Louder
#50 Radiohead – King of Limbs
#38 Teeth & Tongue – Tambourine
#37 tUnE-yArDs – whokill
#36 Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
#26 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
#14 SBTRKT – SBTRKT
#5 Fucked Up – David Comes To Live
END OF YEAR GIVEAWAY
THE HORRORS – MERRY CHRISTMAS, I LOVE YOU MIX
The Horrors – Skying is out now via XL/Remote Control
THE MAPLE TRAIL ‘ THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS’
The Maple Trail, the solo project of Sydney-based musician Aidan Roberts, will release his latest album Cable Mount Warning in February 2012 via Broken Stone Records.
New single ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’ is a trip into the wilderness of Cable Mount Warning. Trumpets, acoustic sounds and fuzzy guitar solos take flight on wooden wings in what is an excellent taste of what will be forthcoming in February 2012. ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’ is available as a free download via Bandcamp.
With Cable Mount Warning, The Maple Trail charges forth in a calamitous chorus of layered, epic, bright and summery folk songs. Roberts describes the albums sound as similar to “Bryter Layter (Nick Drake) and Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield)”. The Maple Trail will take you down a dark winding path and then throw you into the light.
His third solo album, Cable Mount Warning is a change of scenery and method. The album is an exercise in writing over 18 months, spanning across New Zealand, at home in the Blue Mountains, and recorded amongst the clutter and kipple of his new urban home studio in Stanmore, Sydney. Roberts focused almost exclusively on recording acoustic instruments, and the album was mixed with Liam Judson, long time collaborator and co-songwriter in Belles Will Ring. The result is the most concise and buoyant exhibition of The Maple Trail’s sound to date.
Download ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’ here.