Goat's 'Live Ballroom Ritual' playback in London 15th November!

Rocket Recordings are proud to announce a first public playback of the forthcoming Goat album Live Ballroom Ritual on 15 November at ‘Nothing is…’ at The Alibi in Dalston, East London. The album as previously announced is a double live LP of the mighty Goat captured in full swing at Camden’s Electric Ballroom in June … Read more

Giuda to release Let's Do It Again on Damaged Goods

“From Roma, neo-bovver rockers get stomping.  Recalling the stack-heeled sounds of Slade, The Sweet and The Faces plus the “junk shop glam”, Romans Giuda do their bit for similarly no pretention, high energy rocking with their debut, Racey Roller.”  Mojo “They’ve ram-raided the vaults of 70′s glam, punk and rock ‘n’ roll to make a … Read more

Goat to release new live album!

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/113177550″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] In August 2012 Swedish band Goat released their debut album, World Music.  The record went on to become one of the most talked about albums of the year, topping many ‘Best of 2012’ lists and the following year, the band took the album on the road. Starting off a … Read more

Islands Mockumentary Starring Michael Cera, Bill Hader, And Jon Daly

“Islands, the long standing indie-pop enterprise fronted by ex-Unicorns member Nick Thorburn will be releasing Ski Mask in the UK on the 28th October.  Thorburn describes the record “like a summation of Islands, everything we’ve ever done distilled into one record.” Now the album has its own mockumentary featuring comedians Michael Cera, Bill Hader, Jon … Read more

The Quietus to host Fysisk Format label night in London!

Next month, The Quietus will host a night of bands on Norway’s Fysisk Format label, taking place at The Old Blue Last on October 29th with free entry! Headlining will be Norwegian noise rock pugilists, Årabrot, who released their latest self-titled album in August.  Read main man, Kjetil Nernes give a track by track account … Read more

Dead Meadow add more UK tour dates New album out 7th October!

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/105262679″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Three years since the last Dead Meadow release the band has seen line-up changes, continued their rigorous touring schedule and worked with legendary artists like Dave Davies of the Kinks. Members of the band have made solo records and Jason Simon has continued his country-Dylan-inspired Old Testament … Read more

Russian Circles premiere first track from forthcoming new album Memorial

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/104565881″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Russian Circles hit the road in the EU and UK with Chelsea Wolfe (who also supplies guest vocals on the album’s title track) in October. Both bands will play full headlining sets. Perhaps the most immediately apparent characteristic of the fifth Russian Circles album, Memorial is its … Read more

Merge to release debut album from Delicate Steve offshoot, Saint Rich

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/102109353″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Saint Rich is the musical partnership of Delicate Steve bandmates, Christian Peslak and Steve Marion.  Under the name Delicate Steve, Steve Marion recorded Wondervisions, an instrumental record released by David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label that entered the world via a glowing New York Times review.  He followed … Read more

Adrian Utley's Guitar Orchestra 'In C'

Following Portishead’s spectacular set at Glastonbury last weekend, Adrian Utley has announced his new album to be released on 30th September on Invada Records

Utley brings together an orchestra of electric guitar players to interpret Terry Riley’s ‘In C’.  Written in 1964,‘In C’ is one of the most influential pieces of music from the  20th Century, it established minimalism as a music genre.  In C‘s simple musical rules – 53 musical phrases in C and no duration – allow for infinite variations.

Utley’s impressive Guitar Orchestra is augmented by organs and a clarinet making for a mesmeric sound experience.  The Guitar Orchestra consists of 24 musicians from Bristol: 19 guitarists including John Parish (PJ Harvey), Thought Forms, and Jim Barr (Portishead live band); 4 organs and a bass clarinet.

“I’ve been exploring the sonic possibilities of massed guitars for a while now in various contexts from pure noise to the sacred choral music of Arvo Part.  So it was interesting to see what would happen if we had 20 electric guitars plus organs playing ‘In C’.  It is an amazing piece of writing and original thought.  A new free idea of organised group playing.  The beginnings of what we know as minimalism.”  Adrian Utley

The performance was recorded live at St Georges Hall, Bristol, one of Britain’s leading concert halls which is known for its astounding acoustic and unique atmosphere.

Explosions In the Sky & David Wingo to release soundtrack for Prince Avalanche

“Explosions in the Sky and Wingo let their haunting instrumental wash over a fire-ravaged forest, a nod to the isolated setting of Prince Avalanche.”  Rolling Stone Hailed by everyone from The New Yorker and Rolling Stone to Judd Apatow to their hundreds of thousands of fans for the cinematic scale and sweep of its instrumental … Read more