Author: Nik Havert

I've been a music fan since my parents gave me a record player for Christmas when I was still in grade school. The first record I remember owning was "Sesame Street Disco." I've been a professional writer since 2004, but writing long before that. My first published work was in a middle school literary magazine and was a story about a zoo in which the animals could talk.

Wolf People’s new album due November 11, 2016.

WOLF PEOPLE SHARE NEW SINGLE “NIGHT WITCH”

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

RUINS OUT NOVEMBER 11TH ON JAGJAGUWAR

Wolf People have shared the next single, “Night Witch,” from their forthcoming album, Ruins, out November 11th on Jagjaguwar. The single is accompanied by an eerie visual with direction from Marsha Balaeva and drone footage from Ivan Makarov which premieres today via CLRVYNT.

On the video, Balaeva explains, “I was born in the Soviet Union, and growing up, one of the streets in our neighbourhood was named after one of the pilots from the all-female 558th Night Bomber Regiment that operated during WWII. These women flew old biplanes under the cover of darkness and bombed the invading Germans. The planes were too slow and would have been easy targets in daylight, but at night they could cut out their engines and glide silently to their target and drop their cargo. Germans gave them the name of Nachthexen (Night Witches).”

She continues, “For this video I wanted to use stop-motion animation to depict the time when eerie shadows and flashes of light in the night brought fear into the hearts of those on the ground. The time when the setting dusk spelt the beginning of a night of terrors and vulnerability. Much of the video was filmed at night in the Lake District in the UK, but the drone footage was made in Russia, where the Night Witches flew all these years ago.”

Recorded in Devon, Isle Of Wight and London, Ruins is Wolf People’s most direct and instinctive work yet, simultaneously reaching back into a fecund past to tell us who we are today, while harnessing the power of modern technology and ideas to ponder unknown futures. Lyrically Ruins imagines how the planet might appear when society has finally fallen to dust and ash, and the creeping vines and nettles have reclaimed the land. It is the product of letting go of conceit, contrivance and, indeed, a career plan.

Influences upon Ruins come in all shapes, size, contours and hues: the discovery of proto Sabbath/Zeppelin Scottish band Iron Claw, the lesser known landscapes of rural Bedfordshire, backstage Taekwondo stretches, Scandinavian psychedelia, fleeting rural epiphanies, Dungen, Trees, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, a group holiday on a remote Finnish island, and Jagjaguwar flipping out after seeing them play in Bloomington, Indiana and insisting it was time they made their Back In Black…

WATCH WOLF PEOPLE’S “NIGHT WITCH” VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmKt76_wtHs
http://www.vevo.com/watch/US38Y1627914

WATCH WOLF PEOPLE’S “NINTH NIGHT” VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/eafkYEXJKg4
https://soundcloud.com/jagjaguwar/wolf-people-ninth-night

WOLF PEOPLE TOUR DATES (new dates in bold):
Thu. Nov. 17 – Bedford, UK @ Esquires
Fri. Nov. 18 – Leeds, UK @ Headrow House
Sat. Nov. 19 – Glasgow, UK @ Sleazys
Sun. Nov. 20 – Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
Tue. Nov. 22 – London, UK @ Oslo
Thu. Nov. 24 – Birmingham, UK @ The Sunflower
Fri. Nov. 25 – Sheffield, UK @ Picture House Social
Sun. Nov. 27 – Bristol, UK @ Louisiana
Sat. Feb. 14 – Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang
Sun. Feb. 15 – Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz
Mon. Feb. 16 – Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia
Tue. Feb. 17 – Koln, DE @ King Georg

Ruins album art

Temples’ new album due March 03, 2017.

TEMPLES ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, VOLCANO, OUT MARCH 3RD ON FAT POSSUM

WATCH VIDEO FOR DEBUT SINGLE, “CERTAINTY”
https://youtu.be/h6zdVaAe0OE

AND TEMPLES ON LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY
http://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/temples-certainty/3416736
http://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/temples-shelter-song/3416737

[Volcano album art]
Temples — James Bagshaw (vocals, guitar), Tom Warmsley (bass, backing vocals), Sam Toms (drums) and Adam Smith (keys) — are set to release their new album, Volcano, on March 3rd via Fat Possum. The band’s announcement comes on the heels of a sold out North American tour and a performance last week on Last Call with Carson Daly, where the English four-piece presented debut single, “Certainty,” to viewers across the nation. Today, they also share the single’s video, directed by Alden Volney. He describes it below.

“This is based on a recurring dream I have been having since childhood about getting into a sea of plastic. So when the band approached me about doing something inspired by those JPOP videos that ooze quirkiness and eccentricity, I thought injecting the color palettes and aesthetics of Japan into this idea could be a good fit. It’s designed to feel like a fever dream you’d have after spending too much time in a Japanese dollar store.”

All the elements people loved with Temples’ debut, Sun Structures, remain intact, but with Volcano, there is a noticeable evolution presented from the outset. It’s clear Volcano is the sound of Temples squaring up to their potential, immediately evident with “Certainty.” Its beefed-up beats reveal an expanded sonic firmament, one in which bright synth hooks and insistent choruses circle around each other over chord sequences that strike just the right balance between nice and queasy. “If there’s a sense of scale,” says frontman James Bagshaw, “It was really just a result of implementing a load of things that we didn’t know about the first time around. We didn’t even have a subwoofer to listen back to things that we did on Sun Structures, so there was nothing below 50Hz on that record. We didn’t even know those frequencies were there!”

Entirely self-produced and written by all four members of the band, Temples’ melodies seem to come effortlessly. There are sun-dazed numbers and lysergic dream-pop songs and those where synth and mellotron interweave to beguiling effect. One thing is certain; it’s harder to spot the influences this time around. Mystical language has been supplanted by something more direct. They’ve been broken down and blended together – fossilized into a single source of creative fuel, resulting in a sound that is undoubtedly Temples. As described by co-founding member Warmsley, “we discovered a lot as we went along, and the excitement at having done so radiates outwards.”

Watch Temples’ “Certainty” Video –
https://youtu.be/h6zdVaAe0OE

Listen to/share Temples’ “Certainty” –
https://soundcloud.com/templesofficial/temples-certainty/

Watch Temples on Last Call with Carson Daly –
http://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/temples-certainty/3416736
http://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/temples-shelter-song/3416737
                              
Volcano Tracklisting:
1. Certainty
2. All Join In
3. I Wanna Be Your Mirror
4. Oh The Saviour
5. Born Into The Sunset
6. How Would You Like To Go?
7. Open Air
8. In My Pocket
9. Celebration
10. Mystery Of Pop
11. Roman Godlike Man
12. Strange Or Be Forgotten

Volcano Pre-order:
Digital – http://smarturl.it/Temples.Volcano
Physical – http://smarturl.it/Temples.Volcano.LP

Temples Tour Dates:
Sat. Dec. 3 – Paris, FR @ Point Ephémère, Rough Trade 40th Anniversary Weekend
Sun. Jan. 22 – Hebden Bridge, UK @ The Trades Club, Heavenly Weekend
Thu. March 30 – London, UK @ The Electric

(above image by Ed Miles)

Moon Duo’s new album due February 03, 2017.

MOON DUO ANNOUNCE OCCULT ARCHITECTURE VOL. 1,
OUT FEBRUARY 3RD ON SACRED BONES, AND NORTH AMERICAN/EUROPEAN TOURSLISTEN TO DEBUT SINGLE, “COLD FEAR”
https://soundcloud.com/sacredbones/moon-duo-cold-fear/s-0k477

(above image of Moon Duo by Howard Wise)

The Occult Architecture of Moon Duo’s fourth album – a psychedelic opus in two separate volumes – is an intricately woven hymn to the invisible structures found in the cycle of seasons and the journey of day into night, dark into light. Occult Architecture Vol. 1 will be released February 3rd on Sacred Bones with tours throughout North America and Europe to follow (all dates are below). Details of Vol. 2 will be announced in the coming months. Today, the band, led by guitarist Ripley Johnson and keyboardist Sanae Yamada, share “haunting, exhilirating” (FADER) debut single, “Cold Fear.”

Offering a cosmic glimpse into the hidden patterning embedded in everything, Occult Architecture reflects the harmonious duality of these light and dark energies through the Chinese theory of Yin and Yang. In Chinese, Yin means “the shady side of the hill” and is associated with the feminine, darkness, night, earth. Following this logic, Vol. 1 embraces and embodies Moon Duo’s darker qualities — released appropriately in the heart of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

Written and recorded in their hometown of Portland, Oregon, the two-part epic reflects the hidden energies of rainclouds and sunshine and the deep creep of Northwest forests along with their effect on the psyche, inspired by the occult and esoteric literature of Mary Anne Atwood, Aleister Crowley, Colin Wilson, and Manly P. Hall.

Sonically the new records represent a dimensional shift in perspective for the band. Just as the season of autumn represents letting go in the form of trees shedding leaves, so Occult Architecture is a shedding of genre tropes, and an inviting in of new textures and soundscapes reflective of the album’s shimmering Yin/Yang qualities.

Stream Moon Duo’s “Cold Fear” —
https://soundcloud.com/sacredbones/moon-duo-cold-fear/s-0k477Occult Architecture Vol. 1 Tracklisting:
1. The Death Set
2. Cold Fear
3. Creepin’
4. Cross-Town Fade
5. Cult of Moloch
6. Will of the Devil
7. White Rose

Pre-order Occult Architecture Vol. 1:
Via iTunes – http://hyperurl.co/OAVol1
Via Bandcamp – https://moonduo.bandcamp.com/album/occult-architecture-vol-1

Moon Duo Tour Dates:
Wed. Feb. 22 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Don Quixote’s
Fri. Feb. 24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
Sat. Feb. 25 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Fri. Mar. 3 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
Sat. Mar. 4 – Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt
Wed. Mar. 15 – Newcastle, UK @ Northumbria University
Thu. Mar. 16 – Manchester, UK @ Band On The Wall
Fri. Mar. 17 – London, UK @ Heaven
Sat. Mar. 18 – Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo
Sun. Mar. 19 – Nancy, FR @ L’Autre Canal
Mon. Mar. 20 – Zurich, CH @ Mascotte
Thu. Mar. 23 – Budapest, HU @ A38
Fri. Mar. 24 – Graz, AT @ Orpheum Extra
Sat. Mar. 25 – Vienna, AT @ Chelsea
Mon. Mar. 27 – Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz
Tue. Mar. 28 – Berlin, DE @ Bi Nuu
Wed. Mar. 29 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumphuset
Thu. Mar. 30 – Oslo, NO @ Bla
Fri. Mar. 31 – Stockholm, SE @ Kagelbanan
Sat. Apr. 1 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pusterviks
Mon. Apr. 3 – Groningen, NL @ Vera Club
Tue. Apr. 4 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord
Wed. Apr. 5 – Eindhoven, NL @ Effenaar
Thu. Apr. 6 – Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
Fri. Apr. 7 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Sat. Apr. 8 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
Fri. Apr. 21 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Sat. Apr. 22 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
Sun. Apr. 23 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
Tue. Apr. 25 – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
Wed. Apr. 26 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
Thu. Apr. 27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
Fri. Apr. 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
Sat. Apr. 29 – Washington, DC @ DC9
Sun. Apr. 30 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern

(Occult Architecture Vol. 1 cover art)

Gary Numan’s new PledgeMusic campaign chronicles his next album from beginning to end.

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Rock / industrial / new wave / no wave / electro legend Gary Numan is putting together his 21st record.  He’s chronicling the entire writing and recording process through a PledgeMusic campaign, and he’s asking for fans to help him through the creative process.

Numan plans to keep contributors updated through videos, music clips, and campaign updates.  He admits he has no preconceptions for the record, according to the campaign’s page: “I have no idea how I want it to sound, or who will work on it with me, if anyone. It doesn’t even have a working title as yet. It’s as blank a canvas as I’ve ever had and everything that happens will happen with you as part of it.”

Most of the perks are already sold out, and there are still over 200 days until the album’s scheduled release date.  It will be worth the price of the download alone to watch his creative process…or pitch in a grand for a private listening party!

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The Flaming Lips offer great perks and a new album on PledgeMusic.

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The Flaming Lips‘ new album, Oczy Mlody, will be released January 13, 2017 (the same day as lead singer Wayne Coyne’s birthday, no less), but you can pre-order it and a lot of cool stuff on the PledgeMusic page they’ve created for the album.

Some of the perks, like signed double-colored vinyl pressings, are already sold out.  You can still get signed CDs (like I ordered), signed album art posters, handwritten lyric sheets, and even a DJ set by members of the band at your party!

Don’t miss out, as most if not all of these perks will sell out.  The Flaming Lips have a huge, active fanbase (and rightly so) and they’ll snatch up all of this.

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The Orwells’ new album is due out February 2017, but you can hear two singles from it now.

THE ORWELLS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, TERRIBLE HUMAN BEINGS, OUT FEB 17, 2017 ON CANVASBACK MUSIC

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “THEY PUT A BODY IN THE BAYOU“

THE ORWELLS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP WITH OFF THE STREET CLUB, TOUR BEGINS NEXT WEEK
Today, The Orwells are excited to announce their third record, Terrible Human Beings, out Feb. 17, 2017 on Canvasback Music. Alongside the announcement, they’re sharing a new song and video, “They Put a Body In The Bayou.” The video features the band acting as secret service to a degenerate politician who perhaps don’t have his best interests at heart. As for their new album on the whole, “mutilated pop songs” is how The Orwells describe it. For Terrible Human Beings, singer Mario Cuomo says, “we wanted to make songs that at their core are catchy and pretty, then slash them up.”

Recorded over the course of a month at Chicago’s Electrical Audio, Terrible Human Beingswas produced by Jim Abbiss (Artic Monkeys, Adele), with whom The Orwells had worked on a couple of Disgraceland’s best tunes. Of the recording process, guitarist Matt O’Keefe says,“The Pixies were an obsession when we were writing this album. I think that’s where a lot of trying to make the songs and the guitar parts very simple was coming from, because the Pixies are kings of that. We’ve always been a simple band, but this time it was about trying to keep everything straightforward, nothing flashy.”

LISTEN TO “THEY PUT A BODY IN THE BAYOU”
https://youtu.be/xvoKjjF6Yf0LISTEN TO “BUDDY”
https://youtu.be/pV6I3hVPUVU

TERRIBLE HUMAN BEINGS TRACKLISTING
1. They Put a Body In the Bayou
2. Fry
3. Creatures
4. Vacation
5. Black Francis
6. M.A.D.
7. Buddy
8. Hippie Soldier
9. Heavy Head
10. Body Reprise
11. Ring Pop
12. Last Call
13. Double Feature

The Orwells begin their tour of intimate venues across the US next week. Throughout the tour The Orwells will be supporting the work of Off The Street Club, Chicago’s oldest boys and girls club. Located in West Garfield Park, more than 3,000 kids participate in afterschool programs, tutoring and mentorship opportunities. A portion of the proceeds from both tickets and merch from the whole tour will go towards Off The Street Club.  For more information about how to get involved with Off The Street find them at www.offthestreetclub.com. The following is a statement from The Orwells about why this particular program is near and dear to their hearts.

When we were growing up we spent hours upon countless hours listening to, learning, and writing music together. We were spoiled to have access to instruments and a computer that came with a home recording program. Spoiled to have a community that let us fumble our way through the same three chords on a stage – whether that be in our high school’s gymnasium or our buddy’s living room. Without the benefits of growing up in the community we did we can confidently say that we would not be the band we are today. This is why we’re teaming up with Off The Street Club. An organization aimed to give people that live in one of the more dangerous neighborhoods in the country a fair opportunity to become what they strive to be. Whether it be a studio, a stage, a gym, a field, et cetera, this organization will help give the youth a program where they can show and grow their talents. Something everyone should be spoiled enough to get. – The Orwells

THE ORWELLS TOUR DATES
Tue. Nov. 1 – Washington, DC @ DC9
Wed. Nov. 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
Fri. Nov. 4 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts – Black Box
Sat. Nov. 5 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs
Tue. Nov. 15 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Wed. Nov. 16 – Portland, OR @ Star Theater
Fri. Nov. 18 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Sat. Nov. 19 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones
Sun. Nov. 20 – Los Angeles, CA @ Resident
Mon. Nov. 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
Tue. Nov. 29 – Leeds, UK @ The Wardrobe
Wed. Nov. 30 – London, UK @ The Dome

Download hi-res images/album art: http://pitchperfectpr.com/orwells/

The Orwells Online:
http://www.theorwells.com/
https://twitter.com/TheOrwells
https://www.facebook.com/theorwellsband
https://www.instagram.com/theorwells/
http://smarturl.it/orwells
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheOrwellsMusic

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Jai Wolf’s debut album due November 18th.
Photo by Dash Grey
“10 New Artists You Need to Know” – Rolling Stone
Mom+Pop is excited to welcome Jai Wolf to their label family and release his debut EP, Kindred Spirits, due out November 18th. The EP release also marks the first time Jai Wolf’s music will be released on vinyl come mid-February. Coming off a pair of massive singles, “Indian Summer” and “Drive (feat. Chain Gang of 1974),” for ODESZA’s Foreign Family Collective, Jai Wolf is poised for success. Today he shares the latest single from the Kindred Spirits EP, “Like It’s Over (feat. MNDR),” via Billboard. The new track strikes a balance between the big room sound of “Indian Summer” and the arena-sized scope of “Drive.””MNDR has such a raw voice and when I heard her on the Flume record I instantly knew I wanted to work with her. My EP explores themes of human connections and ‘Like It’s Over’ highlights the vulnerable side of those themes, how you need someone when you’re at your lowest,” explains Jai Wolf.

Jai Wolf quickly established himself as a force in the electronic world in 2014 with a string of official remixes for established artists including Melanie Martinez, Dirty South, Alesso and ODESZA – each remix landing the #1 spot on Hype Machine. His biggest break came later that year when Skrillex re-issued Jai Wolf’s bootleg remix of “Ease My Mind” as an official release.  Soon after, Jai Wolf began to perform across the country, including a debut festival performance at Coachella.

In Summer 2015, Jai Wolf released his debut single “Indian Summer” through ODESZA’s Foreign Family Collective. To date, “Indian Summer” has sold over 50,000 singles, racked up 30 million streams, hit #1 on Spotify’s US Viral Chart, #2 on iTunes’ Electronic Chart and earned a spot on Triple J’s Hottest 100 in Australia.

Released this spring on ODESZA’s Foreign Family Collective, “Drive” dropped prior to Jai Wolf’s completely sold out Somewhere In A Forest North American Tour and quickly shot to #1 on the Hype Machine popular chart, racking up over 950K Spotify and 796K SoundCloud streams in a month.

Beginning next month, Jai Wolf will embark on the Kindred Spirits North American Tour. He’ll headline his biggest venues yet including a hometown show at Terminal 5 in New York City, cementing him as a bright young star and future heavyweight. Tickets are currently on sale at jaiwolf.com. A full list of dates is below.

STREAM JAI WOLF’S “LIKE IT’S OVER (FEAT. MNDR):
https://soundcloud.com/jaiwolfmusic/likeitsoverLISTEN:
“Drive (feat. Chain Gang of 1974)” stream – http://foreignf.am/drive-sc
“Indian Summer” stream – http://foreignf.am/indian-summer-sc

JAI WOLF TOUR DATES:
Wed. Nov. 2 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
Thu. Nov. 3 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Fri. Nov. 4 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
Sat. Nov. 5 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
Sun. Nov. 6 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Thu. Nov. 10 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Fri. Nov. 11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Sat. Nov. 12 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House
Wed. Nov. 16 – Vancouver, BC @ Venue
Fri. Nov. 18 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
Sat. Nov. 19 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Wed. Nov. 23 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Fri. Nov. 25 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
Sat. Nov. 26 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
Sun. Nov. 27 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
Wed. Nov. 30 – Austin, TX @ Vulcan Gas Company
Thu. Dec. 1 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
Fri. Dec. 2 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Inside Downstairs)
Sat. Dec. 3 – New Orleans, LA @ Republic New Orleans
Sun. Dec. 4 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Wed. Dec. 7 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
Thu. Dec. 8 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Fri. Dec. 9 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Sat. Dec. 10 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5

KINDRED SPIRITS EP TRACKLIST:
1. This Space In My Heart Is For You
2. Indian Summer
3. Gravity feat. JMR
4. Like It’s Over feat. MNDR
5. The World Is Ours
6. Drive feat. Chain Gang of 1974

Kindred Spirits cover art

New versions of Sex Pistols visual history book now available at PledgeMusic.

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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Sex Pistols‘ incendiary opening salvo ‘Anarchy in the U.K’, God Save Sex Pistols will be released as two enhanced Deluxe Editions. Authors Johan Kugelberg and Jon Savage, plus Sex Pistols archivist Glenn Terry, have joined forces to compile a comprehensive visual history of the band.

The Deluxe Edition — limited to 2000 copies — features the first edition, 320-page hard cover book in a bondage-inspired 5 mm rubber-effect slipcover, a companion book with rare press clippings plus a silkscreened Screen on the Green poster print.

The Ultra Deluxe Edition has a run of 500 and houses additional silkscreen prints endorsed on cotton rag paper by artists Jamie Reid and Zevs, four new silkscreen prints designed by Anthology Editions, handmade clamshell case housing, Sex Pistols canvas tote bag, and custom safety pin metal display stand.

Each of the Deluxe Editions feature manager Malcolm McLaren‘s handwritten letters, never-before-seen band photos, Reid‘s album artwork, concert tickets, fanzines, and more than 300 photos — and both are ready to order on PledgeMusic now.

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Bristol house music duo Punctual release debut single.
“This duo look set to take dance music in some exciting directions.” – Wonderland Magazine

“It feels like the future” – Indie Shuffle

“Follow along with Punctual, it’s sure to be a promising journey.” – Earmilk

Continuing their love of old-school House music, Punctual officially release “Eva” and reveal B-side “Fix” for the first time today via Juicebox Recordings. Having recently remixed the latest HONNE track “Good Together” as well as “Feet On The Ground” by Fono, Punctual are keen to showcase their latest material.

On “Eva,” Punctual are further enhancing their reputation for producing rich and textured sounds that bring a fresh new approach to traditional House music. B-side “Fix” is a layered, genre-defying journey calling upon influences such as Floating Points, Todd Terje, Robert Glasper, Lone and Max Graef. The preacher sample perfectly conveys the overall emotions that the song manages to impart upon the listener.

Punctual are songwriter / producer / DJ duo Will Lansley and John Morgan, based out of Bristol. The duo have been immersed in their rich local scene making music together and playing DJ sets to road-test their creations. “Eva” has received radio plays from industry heavyweights such as BBC Radio 1’s Pete Tong, Monki, Phil Taggart and Huw Stephens as well as multiple plays from Zane Lowe on Beats 1 Radio.

LISTEN TO PUNCTUAL’S “EVA”/“FIX”:
“Eva” SoundCloud – https://soundcloud.com/wearepunctual/eva
“Fix” SoundCloud – https://soundcloud.com/wearepunctual/fix-1
“Eva”/”Fix” on Spotify – smarturl.it/PunctualSpot
“Eva”/”Fix” on iTunes – smarturl.it/PunctualiTunes
“Eva”/”Fix” on Google – smarturl.it/PunctualGoogle

PUNCTUAL TOUR DATES:
Fri. Oct. 21 – Bristol, UK @ Motion (tickets)
Sat. Nov. 26 – Bristol, UK @ Motion (tickets)

Live – Beach Slang, Bleached, Hunny – October, 21, 2016 – Cleveland, OH

I was bummed that I missed Riot Fest in Chicago this year, and one of the reasons was that I missed Bleached‘s set there.  I discovered Bleached earlier this year DJ’ing for WSND and really enjoyed their new record, Welcome the Worms.

Luckily for me, Bleached were playing in Cleveland at the Grog Shop on the night my wife were there for her birthday road trip.  The Grog Shop is a nice venue.  My wife described it as one of her favorites of all the places I’ve dragged her to this year.  It’s roomy, but not cavernous.  Just avoid the Ace pumpkin cider.

First up on the bill were Hunny, a pop-punk outfit from L.A. with a lot of guitars and swagger.  They sounded like Green Day if Green Day decided to keep playing mid-size venues instead of writing Broadway musicals.

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Hunny

Bleached played second, and they killed it.  A batch of Millennial girls started a tiny mosh pit as soon as Bleached put down the first chord.  They opened with “Keep On Keepin’ On” from the new record and tore through other tracks like “Trying to Lose Myself Again” and “Wasted on You” from Welcome the Worms and “Looking for a Fight” and “Outta My Mind” from their first record, Ride Your Heart (review coming soon).

Jessica Clavin had a definite Suzi Gardner / L7 power in her guitar work, and bassist Micayla Grace was on point.  Drummer Nick Pilot did a great job, and even swapped his drums for Jennifer Clavin’s guitar (while she took over kit duties) at the end.  It was a solid set that won them a lot of new fans.

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Bleached

Last up was Beach Slang, which was only singer / guitarist James Alex that night for reasons unknown.  He played a loud, wild set of punk anthems and even invited audience members to join him on stage to play with him.  Two people did, picking up a bass guitar and getting behind Bleached’s drum kit for one track – and doing well for being an impromptu rhythm section.  Mr. Alex had a lot of fans in the crowd who went wild for his new material.

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James Alex of Beach Slang.

It was a good night of rock.  I hope you were there.

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