Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Daniel Ward-Murphy - She’s a Knockout

This new single from singing songwriting troubadour Ward-Murphy is a must for fans of Crowded House and the like. It comes from Until The Morning Light, his début album, which was released earlier this year and was entirely financed by almost a thousand fans. Each invested a minimum of $10 towards recoding and manufacturing via the Sellaband.com website.

www.danielwm.com

Various - Structures That Belongs To One - Week 1

Experimental Portuguese electronic label Monocline is one year old and - to celebrate - July saw a special series of digital releases. Each week in July they released a new four track EP with, they promise, "four original tracks from our artist rooster and tracks from some special friends of the label.". The first had only appeared as we went to press, and included material from Zhao, Psyk, Oliver Dodd and Octave

www.beatport.net

Various - Download 2009

The Download festival has decided to give those who attended - and those that didn't - the opportunity to relive all performances from this year's event ‘on demand’ for the next three months. Fifteen artists, including all headliners, and an extensive 38 full songs will be available. Lots on offer here for rock fans... the debut festival performance in more than 11 years from Faith No More, plus Limp Bizkit, Def Leppard, Slipknot, Korn and Pendulum.

downloadfestival.co.uk

Andy Nice - The Secrets of Me

The latest instalment from pioneering UK label Front & Follow comes from Andy Nice, cellist with Tindersticks, who has performed across Europe and the US with them, and featured on their last album, The Angry Saw. Delightful, dark and ambient, you can get a feel for Andy's work via www.myspace.com/andynicecello.

www.frontandfollow.com

Modernaire - Faites Vos Jeux


Having supported both Friendly Fires and fellow Mancunians The Ting Tings on tour, we predict great things for this four-piece and, as Time Out described it, their "Glacial Gameboy pop." This three-piece effort is split across download and 7" vinyl, a perfect combination.

myspace.com/modernairetheband