Welcome to News Nugget. This is a weekly news ticker feature that showcases worthy news that just wasn't sizeable enough to make their own individual news items.
They may be bite-size, but they sure are tasty!
The King Blues cover 'Bonkers' free download
The King Blues have had a pretty fantastic few weeks for them and we have a lovely free download from their recent performance in Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge.
Their most recent single ‘I Got Love’ got lots of erm ‘love’ at Radio 1 with it being b-listed, they played an amazing set at Radio 1’s Big Weekend ( BBC - Radio 1's Big Weekend - 2009 - The King Blues ) which loads of people came away saying was the highlight of their weekend and the Live Lounge performance was a real treat..
You can grab a copy of their cover of Dizzee Rascal’s Bonkers here:
http://tinyurl.com/kingbluesbonkers
Dave Matthews Band to play free concert
In case you haven’t heard, Dave Matthews Band will be playing a commercial free concert special at the Beacon Theater June 1st and Fuse will be airing it LIVE! DMB wants to celebrate their classic hit songs including their new album Big Whiskey and the Groogux King, in its entirety with their fans all around the world!
Yes, DMB will be playing live on Fuse, June 1st, at 9pm/8c, and everyone can hear their entire new album!
Check out the teaser spot here:
The Blackout album streaming
THE BLACKOUT’s stunning second album ‘The Best In Town’ is out Monday 25th May. It has received rave reviews and not only did the band get a COVER of Kerrang, they got a 5K album review (with a slight printing error which was corrected online!) to listen to the full album exclusively, head over to MYSPACE:
Www.myspace.com/theblackout
The band are currently on tour of the UK with The Urgency and others, which ends May 29th at the London Forum.
Check out the video for Children Of The Night here:
Remaining dates below:
Headline tour
Thu-May-21 Norwich Waterfront
Fri-May-22 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall - 14+
Sun-May-24 Leeds Slam Dunk Festival
Mon-May-25 Glasgow QMU
Wed-May-27 Newcastle University
Thu-May-28 Liverpool Academy
Fri-May-29 London Forum
Tickets
ublin € 17.50/UK regional dates: £12.50/ London: £14
Gang Gang Dance to support Animal Collective at Brixton Academy show!
ATP Concerts are very proud to present the biggest London show to date from the sensational Animal Collective. Years of hard work on their part have led to huge critical acclaim for their most recent LP Merriweather Post Pavilion, and their live shows have been gaining them similarly laudatory notices for a long time. We are now happy to confirm that acclaimed Warp Records’ artists Gang Gang Dance will perform a supporting slot on the night.
Two other A.C. London headline dates this year at Koko and The Forum both sold out in advance and this date, at Brixton Academy on Thursday 20th August is expected to do the same.
This is sure to be one of the most essential events of the summer!
Tickets are on sale now from the following sources and are going fast:
SHUTA HASUNUMA to release POP OOGA PLUS on Western Vinyl, 6/09/2009
On Pop Ooga, Shuta Hasunuma lets loose an endless array of gorgeous and restless rhythms and melodies. Throughout the album he seamlessly folds funky bass and synth lines, graceful guitar, and breathy vocal harmonies into his web of glitch-pop-concrete. The result is intellectually engaging and fervent music, that reminds us of our urgent need to celebrate our time together. Like the album's artwork, the music evokes its own unique design - neatly cut acoustic edges within a new, visceral, time-lapsed version of reality. It's on the LP's bonus track "Go Pacific" that Hasunuma's impeccable balance between the technological and deeply personal resonates longest. Literally blending bells and whistles into an infectious, breezy dose of melodic sunshine, expect to be caught in an addictive, vinyl trance that will have you eagerly resetting your stylus again and again.
PRESS
“Hasunuma has created an unbelievably warm and organic-sounding digital collage of dreamy glitch-pop”
– Gorilla vs. Bear
“The glitchy electronic textures and expressive piano work invoke imagined memories of a dreamlike world”
– NPR
“Glitch music of the highest order...Hasunuma is one of the better players in the field”
– Earlabs
They may be bite-size, but they sure are tasty!
The King Blues cover 'Bonkers' free download
The King Blues have had a pretty fantastic few weeks for them and we have a lovely free download from their recent performance in Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge.
Their most recent single ‘I Got Love’ got lots of erm ‘love’ at Radio 1 with it being b-listed, they played an amazing set at Radio 1’s Big Weekend ( BBC - Radio 1's Big Weekend - 2009 - The King Blues ) which loads of people came away saying was the highlight of their weekend and the Live Lounge performance was a real treat..
You can grab a copy of their cover of Dizzee Rascal’s Bonkers here:
http://tinyurl.com/kingbluesbonkers
Dave Matthews Band to play free concert
In case you haven’t heard, Dave Matthews Band will be playing a commercial free concert special at the Beacon Theater June 1st and Fuse will be airing it LIVE! DMB wants to celebrate their classic hit songs including their new album Big Whiskey and the Groogux King, in its entirety with their fans all around the world!
Yes, DMB will be playing live on Fuse, June 1st, at 9pm/8c, and everyone can hear their entire new album!
Check out the teaser spot here:
The Blackout album streaming
THE BLACKOUT’s stunning second album ‘The Best In Town’ is out Monday 25th May. It has received rave reviews and not only did the band get a COVER of Kerrang, they got a 5K album review (with a slight printing error which was corrected online!) to listen to the full album exclusively, head over to MYSPACE:
Www.myspace.com/theblackout
The band are currently on tour of the UK with The Urgency and others, which ends May 29th at the London Forum.
Check out the video for Children Of The Night here:
Remaining dates below:
Headline tour
Thu-May-21 Norwich Waterfront
Fri-May-22 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall - 14+
Sun-May-24 Leeds Slam Dunk Festival
Mon-May-25 Glasgow QMU
Wed-May-27 Newcastle University
Thu-May-28 Liverpool Academy
Fri-May-29 London Forum
Tickets
ublin € 17.50/UK regional dates: £12.50/ London: £14Gang Gang Dance to support Animal Collective at Brixton Academy show!
ATP Concerts are very proud to present the biggest London show to date from the sensational Animal Collective. Years of hard work on their part have led to huge critical acclaim for their most recent LP Merriweather Post Pavilion, and their live shows have been gaining them similarly laudatory notices for a long time. We are now happy to confirm that acclaimed Warp Records’ artists Gang Gang Dance will perform a supporting slot on the night.
Two other A.C. London headline dates this year at Koko and The Forum both sold out in advance and this date, at Brixton Academy on Thursday 20th August is expected to do the same.
This is sure to be one of the most essential events of the summer!
Tickets are on sale now from the following sources and are going fast:
SHUTA HASUNUMA to release POP OOGA PLUS on Western Vinyl, 6/09/2009
On Pop Ooga, Shuta Hasunuma lets loose an endless array of gorgeous and restless rhythms and melodies. Throughout the album he seamlessly folds funky bass and synth lines, graceful guitar, and breathy vocal harmonies into his web of glitch-pop-concrete. The result is intellectually engaging and fervent music, that reminds us of our urgent need to celebrate our time together. Like the album's artwork, the music evokes its own unique design - neatly cut acoustic edges within a new, visceral, time-lapsed version of reality. It's on the LP's bonus track "Go Pacific" that Hasunuma's impeccable balance between the technological and deeply personal resonates longest. Literally blending bells and whistles into an infectious, breezy dose of melodic sunshine, expect to be caught in an addictive, vinyl trance that will have you eagerly resetting your stylus again and again.
PRESS
“Hasunuma has created an unbelievably warm and organic-sounding digital collage of dreamy glitch-pop”
– Gorilla vs. Bear
“The glitchy electronic textures and expressive piano work invoke imagined memories of a dreamlike world”
– NPR
“Glitch music of the highest order...Hasunuma is one of the better players in the field”
– Earlabs
