‘Bad Blood’ is the first single from Dew Process’ newest signing, Ernest Ellis. It’s a little slice of what is to come for this talented musician from Sydney. Ernest Ellis draws a lot of inspiration from the beat poet who took the famous pancake tour of America, Jack Kerouac. That sense of exploration and adventure, and the waywardness of the characters permeates its way through both his music and lyricism.
The Legacy of Scott 'Wino' Weinrich in the world of heavy music is indisputable. In 2010, he turned to his acoustic guitar as a means to drive out some personal demons, resulting in Adrift and a tour to support it. Unusually, this would just be Wino, an acoustic guitar and a driver in a small passenger car, so the task of finding someone suitably laid back and able to live in such intimate and cramped conditions for six weeks fell to Andreas of Exile On Mainstream/Southern Germany. Andreas chose Conny Ochs, who he'd known for some time from his Baltic Coast beach parties.
Amatorski is a young Belgian band formed in 2008 and based in Ghent, with a melancholic and narrative style, and some reminiscences of Portishead, Sigur Rós, or Radiohead. Though their name means 'amateurs', they reached the finals of the Belgian rock contest Rockrally in 2010. The intimate song Come Home hit #1 in 'De Afrekening', the alternative hit chart on radio station Studio Brussel. In 2010 they released the Same Stars We Shared (Amatorski debut) EP. Their debut longplayer TBC was released in May 2011.
Bright Moments, formerly known as Team B, is the Brooklyn-based solo project of multi-instrumentalist Kelly Pratt, who was born in Lexington, KY, USA. His debut album Natives was released on February 21, 2012. Prior to creating Bright Moments, Pratt contributed trumpets and vocals to Beirut, many instruments to Arcade Fire's Neon Bible, and horns to LCD Soundsystem.
Belgian Songsmith Fred Lyenn Jacques - who performs as LYENN - purveys spare refined art pop tunes with a powerful aura of mystery and menace. (Time out New York, sept 2009) Lyenn's debut album The Jollity of My Boon Companion was recorded in New York and features some of New York's greatest musicians, such as Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, John Zorn, Elvis Costello, ...), Shahzad Ismaily (Bonnie "Prince" Billie, Sean Lennon/Yoko Ono...), Ches Smith (Secret Chiefs3, Ceramic Dog), Indigo Street, Sam Amidon (Valgeir Sigurdsson), Joel Hamilton, Jolie Holland and Doug Wieselman (Antony and the Johnsons).
ACCOLADESNEWS ARTICLESPRESS QUOTES ROWE TOURS UK WITH NOAH AND THE WHALE SEPT - OCT 2009 LIVE AT THE KOKO IN LONDON
"...Intoxicating powerhouse of a baritone"
— http://www.4ortherecord.com/NewReviews.html .LIVE REVIEWS - NOAH AND THE WHALE - MANCHESTER ACADEMY 10.09 ..Sean Rowe was excellent; beautiful, folksy Americana-infused guitar songs don’t come much better than from a man with a growly voice.
— Holly Arrowsmith
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Influenced by the Congotronics groups and their instruments made out of recuperated materials, the members of Hoquets use a similar attitude: this Belgian/American/French trio mostly play with instruments that they invent and construct out of wooden boards, broken strings, tin cans, etc. Their music is overflowing with energy and like no other, inspired by indie pop, hip hop, punk, funk and the weirdness of their homeland.
Sea Lions hail from Oxnard, California. Just friends playing music together. Songs of longing and personal problems. Look for their debut LP due out in November on Slumberland Records. contacts: Email: sealionsohwell@yahoo.com Website: https://www.facebook.com/sealionsok
Blue Hawaii tells the story of a lush paradise. The way begins ambient and uncertain, but beautiful white shell beaches and carefree sunshine parties await and nourish those travelers with love in their hearts; their peace thus raised above the arguments found along the rocky road. The duo consists of Raph (Braids) and Agor; they use voice, guitars, synths, drum machines, and other electronics to create a kind of tropical-pop with love ache melodies and experimental club rhythms.