The latest New Tunes Guide highlights for this month are brought to you by Desert Mountain Tribe and Tail Feather.
Desert Mountain Tribe emerged out of London in late 2012, and have since shared the stage with the likes of Damo Suzuki, The Cult of Dom Keller, The Lucid Dream, Wall of Death and The Telescopes. The band retreated to the picturesque Oxfordshire countryside for the recording of their debut EP, which is due digitally and on 12″ at the end of this month. Tail Feather are returning with their new double A-side single ‘Knocked Down’/’All of a Sudden’, which has already sparked a series of UK tour dates, the final one of those arriving tonight in their hometown Reading. Tail Feather cite the textures of Pink Floyd, Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac and Steely Dan as points of inspiration and have already found support from BBC Introducing.
These and eight other picks of the week can be found by scrolling through our latest collection, and you can catch up with all our previous editions by clicking on the New Tunes Guide logo below.
To celebrate another week of great music, the Live4ever Ezine is very excited to partner with Manchester’s Ei8htball to offer one lucky reader a new pair of their EX811 in-earphones! Once you’ve been through this week’s tracks, check out all the competition details below.
“Mourning Birds release ‘Eve Of The Isle’ on download and limited CD on the Preservation Society Presents label on 28th March. Jimmy Gilder (guitar, vocals), Bill Williams (bass guitar) and Sam Mitchell (drums, vocals) began 2014 back in the studio with Rhys Downing (Pete Doherty, The Subways) recording new songs to follow their debut single, ‘Oh Yeh’.”
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“Emerging from London in late 2012, Desert Mountain Tribe are a psych-rock trio consisting of Jonty Balls (guitar/vocals) and brothers Philipp (bass) and Felix (drums) Jahn. Their début EP, recorded and committed to tape in Shaken Oak Farm in Oxfordshire and mastered by Brett Orrison of The Black Angels, will be released digitally and as a limited edition 12” on 26th March 2014 on the DMT label.”
“‘Me You You Me’ is the sophomore album from songwriter, singer and guitarist Daniel Carlson, which follows 2010’s ‘Aviary Jackson’. Carlson grew up in Chicago and, following a three year Southern California detour, found himself in New York City in the early 90s. After spending much of the next five years playing in various downtown rock bands, he withdrew from the scene to rethink the route his musical life had taken.”
“Some Kind Of Leader are based in South Wales and had an EP released on March 7th (produced by Cian Ciaran from the Super Furry Animals). They have a single currently out called ‘Punk God!’. Early experiments lead to first single ‘Two Pair’, a near 7-minute psychedelic song which earned the band a live session on BBC Radio Wales.”
“20 year-old singer-songwriter Dan Bettridge released his ‘Darker Days EP’ on February 24. The new four track EP follows on from last year’s ‘Hunter’s Heart EP’. A short UK tour supported the release, culminating at London’s St. Pancras Old Church on March 9. Dan resides in the seaside village of Ogmore-by-Sea, South Wales, where he first picked up a guitar at age 7 and began to play along to the music that his parents would play from artists such as Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens and Joni Mitchell.”
“The Ukiah Drag are Floridians in New England exile: ‘The Dirt Trip’ 7″ is the band’s first studio output recorded by Ben Greenberg of The Men and offers two tracks. Wharf Cat Records released the 7″ on March 4th around their North Eastern tour dates with The Men. Personnel of The Drag stem from the Tampa scene – recording and sharing bands with members of Merchandise like Cult Ritual.”
“No Coda hail from Sandviken and are primarely influenced by the Washington DC 80s indie and hardcore scene. No Coda debuted with the Soundcloud-single ‘Holy War’ in the spring of 2013 and their official debut single ‘Numbers’ was released on November 4th. The band’s debut album ‘The Entire Cast’ is ready for release early 2014 on Nomethod Records.”
“Bleach Blood emerged from London’s Manor House warehouse district. Formed in late 2012, the band released their first four-track EP titled ‘The Young Heartbreakers Club’ in December 2012, the band’s frontman Jamie Jazz (formerly of The King Blues) has already written much of the material that will go on to make their debut album due in late 2014. Their latest EP ‘Darling Don’t Dive’ is out now and available as a free download from the band’s site and Facebook.”
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“Tail Feather are back with news of a new double A-side single release ‘Knocked Down’ / ‘All of a Sudden’ and a string of UK live dates this month. Formed in Reading in 2012, Tail Feather have hit the road with the likes of Wolf Alice, Wild Smiles and Tripwires. ‘Knocked Down’ / ‘All of a Sudden’ was released on March 10th and is available from all good digital stores.”
It’s all about the sound really.
The skitter of a drum machine, the romance of the 808 kicking “Manchester” into life, the howling feedback that links The Who to Jesus And the Mary Chain…to Napalm Death, the jangle that stretches from the Beatles to Arctic Monkeys, the soul groove that pulls back from Alex Turner’s Sheffield lads to Marvin Gaye and rebounds to Robin Thicke.
What you need is something that can handle all of those sounds. Something that will cope with whatever mood you’re in. Something that will be true to what you need to hear.
ei8htball. It’s all in your head.
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