Little Gang is centred around the unsettled energy of Stockholm based musician, Jacob Snavely.  After numerous relocations in his native USA, a move from San Francisco to London was in order.  Not long after setting up camp in London, fellow Bay Area cronies Two Gallants came to the call, and after a year and a … Read more

Pop Tune is the 18th studio album from Osaka, Japan’s Shonen Knife, released on 2nd July 2012 via Damnably.  The new record features ten original songs produced by Naoko and manager Atsushi, recorded by Ippei Suda (Afrirampo/Balzac) and mastered by Koichi Hara (Afrirampo/ OOIOO/Boredoms).  The UK and European release features special ‘orange’ coloured artwork by … Read more

“Imagine a Yo La Tengo too tight to get cute or far out, dispensing a Velvet Underground derivative, fluent enough to warm the erectile tissue of anyone with a thing for guitar drones.”  Rolling Stone 4/5 “I consider Wussy the best band in America I mean I like or love — no, make that love … Read more

Mascis has teamed up with a pair of old friends for the release of Heavy Blanket on Outer Battery Records on 4th June Mascis rounds up a couple of partners-in-crime from his adolescence with an eye and ear – towards shredding harder, wailing louder, and generally melting faces even more brutally than ever before. Stoner … Read more

The Brian Jonestown Massacre will be releasing a new record on the 7th May, entitled, Aufheben. Aufheben (a German word for ‘abolish’ or ‘preserve’) brings the traditional Brian Jonestown Massacre sound mixed with eastern influences, up to date with the benefit of all the additional weirdness that has been discovered in the past 40 years. … Read more

The soundtrack features original music by Cliff Martinez (The Lincoln Lawyer, Traffic) with Eurosynth-styled songs by Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx (“Nightcall”), The Chromatics (“Tick of the Clock”), Desire (“Under Your Spell”), College featuring Electric Youth (“A Real Hero”), and Riziero Ortolani featuring Katyna Ranieri (“Oh My Love”).  Rolling Stone Magazine named Drive the No. 1 movie … Read more

Geoff Barrow is a founding member of Portishead and producer/label owner of Invada Records UK.  Ben Salisbury is a soundtrack composer with over 200 film and TV credits to his name, including David Attenborough’s ‘Life of Mammals’, ‘Life in the Undergrowth’ and ‘Life in Cold Blood’. Barrow and Salisbury met over 10 years ago when … Read more

“The best band at SXSW was Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, a Denver 6 piece that combines the best of bluegrass and backwardass – like a crazed punk band crashing into a gospel hoe-down, the band swerved preachy to creepy with a downhome flair.”  SPIN “What do you get when you take the hillbilly son of … Read more

Nick Zammuto of experimental New York duo the Books has been releasing tracks since last summer with a new band simply titled Zammuto, including the Idiom Wind EP.  Temporary Residence is proud to announce they will be releasing their self-titled début album on 30th April 2012. Sprouting from the same mind that created the Books … Read more

“Canada’s Voivod are one of heavy metal’s most unique, beloved treasures.  Now their extraordinary early recordings are getting an official release.” The Guardian Alternative Tentacles will release for the first time ever, To The Death 84, an early recording from legendary Canadian metal innovators, Voivod, on 20th February 2012. To The Death 84 is a … Read more