New Tunes Guide highlights arrive this week from Israel Nash Gripka and Kapitals.
Israel Nash Gripka releases his third album ‘Israel Nash’s Rain Plans’ on September 30th, following the 2011 effort ‘Barn Doors & Concrete Floors’. First cut ‘Woman At The Well’ is a glorious slice of Americana, and can be sampled live once the details of a European tour are confirmed shortly.
Dublin’s Kapitals released the track ‘Paris Is Burning’ as a free download earlier this month, and have just completed a trio of live dates in London. Formed in 2010, the group consists of Ev Dempsey (vox, keys & guitar), Mark Ryan (vox, guitar) , Mick Simpson (vocals, bass) and Glen Guerin (drums, percussion).
These and eight other picks of the week can be found by scrolling through our latest collection, and you can check out previous editions by clicking on the New Tunes Guide logo below.
“SPC ECO (pronounced SPACE ECHO) are Rose Berlin (vox and words) and Dean Garcia (bass, drums, guitars, studio engineer and producer, and best known for being one half of seminal 90s band Curve). Having recently completed a BA Sculpture (with first class honours!) Rose is now concentrating her efforts on her music, together as always with her multi-instrumentalist and maverick producer father, Dean. Rose and Dean have been writing and recording songs from as soon as Rose was able to make a sound.”
“Alfie and Harry Hudson-Taylor take their inspiration from their parent’s record collection – Simon & Garfunkel and Crosby, Stills & Nash are cited as particular favourites. Their DIY work ethic led Hudson Taylor to last year top the iTunes chart in Ireland with their debut EP ‘Battles’ and reach #14 in the UK.”
“Psych outfit Jupiter Lion release their debut album, ‘Silver Mouth’, via seminal underground label BCore this summer. This special edition release will include remixes of their single, ‘Black Mouth’ by their drummer, DJ Gonzo in Vegas, another by The Welfare State plus a remix of ‘Silver Constellation’ by the renowned Valencia production duo Phat & Zkinny.”
“Following the recent release of lead single Ms. Heartache which entered the charts at #23, Kapitals now announce the launch of Paris is Burning official music video. ‘Paris in Burning’ will be available for FREE download, via all links, on Monday July 15th. Lead singer Evan Dempsey comments on their upcoming UK visit: ‘I am very excited to go to London. It will be good to play for a different crowd of people than usual. Being our first gig out of the country I’m hoping we can get a decent enough reception when playing over there’.”
Kapitals – Ms Heartache on MUZU.TV.
“‘Israel Nash’s Rain Plans’, the third studio album from Israel Nash Gripka and the follow up to 2011’s ‘Barn Doors & Concrete Floors’ will be released on 30th September 2013, made available on CD/LP/DL. ‘Woman At The Well’ is the first track to be revealed from the forthcoming new record. Details of a European tour to be announced soon.”
Israel Nash Gripka – “Woman At The Well” by Loose Music
“Originally from Canada, Caracol is releasing her debut UK single ‘Shiver’ on 25th August ahead of her album release of the same name in September and live support slots with Half Moon Run in the UK. Her music straddles varying genres from Pop, Indie, Folk and Soul.”
“Los Angeles indie rock band The Rebel Light are gearing up for the release of their new single ‘Jukebox Dream’. The band recorded and produced the song themselves. In keeping with their DIY theme, they laid down the vocals in the kitchen and the instruments in the living room.”
“Toronto’s Moon King will be issuing their debut European release on September 16th via Tough Love. Entitled ‘Obsession’, the record compiles all of the band’s output to date as well as one previously unreleased track, and will be available on LP, CD and digital download. Comprised of Toronto native Daniel Benjamin and collaborator/co-conspirator, Maddy Wilde, the duo have been making music together for most of their lives.”
“London singer songwriter Alanna McArdle under her Ides alias has released a brand new track in the form of ‘Prisms’ through the Art Is Hard Postcard Club. It follows the release of her debut EP ‘Songs About Love / Hate’ earlier this year – an EP which saw its release through the Reeks of Effort collective and a sell out of 100 limited cassette tapes.”
“GREYJOY‘s ‘Strangers’ is the third single off the upcoming ‘GREYJOY’ EP, which was released on July 23rd.”
