This week’s New Tunes Guide brings together the best of the cutting edge tracks which Live4ever has presented to you during the past four weeks. Reacquaint yourself with our carefully selected highlights, and catch up with any hidden gems you might have missed!
Mainland were a New Tunes Guide highlight on July 6th, and feature upstate New York and Californian natives Jordan Topf, Corey Mullee, Alex Pitta and Dylan Longstreet. As Mainland, they have recently completed work on a new EP entitled ‘Girls Unknown‘ with producer Luke David.
Just last week, Dublin’s Kapitals were picked out having released the track ‘Paris Is Burning’ as a free download earlier on in the month. Ev Dempsey (vox, keys & guitar), Mark Ryan (vox, guitar) , Mick Simpson (vocals, bass) and Glen Guerin (drums, percussion) formed the group in 2010 and wrapped up three London shows earlier at the start of July.
These and eight more of our monthly stand-outs can be found by scrolling through our latest compilation, and you can check out previous editions by clicking on the New Tunes Guide logo below.
“The Vitamins‘ debut single Keys To The Limousine’ and b-side ‘I’ve Got A Telephone’ was released on 15th July 2013 on download and limited edition 7 inch vinyl.”
“‘Uh Oh’ is the debut single from rockers Kitten Pyramid. It also is the first offering from their album, also called ‘Uh Oh’, recorded at legendary Rockfield Studios (home of Queen, Oasis, Coldplay and the Stone Roses etc) with their producer Nick Brine who has also worked with all of the aforementioned artists.”
“Mainland is made up of four New York City transplants – by way of California and Upstate New York – who met each other at rooftop parties in the summer of 2010. Mainland recently finished recording their new EP ‘Girls Unknown’ with Luke David, who produced Topf’s previous group, the Vox Jaguars. The band will be embarking on their first American tour this summer in support of their new EP out July 22nd on CD and 7″ Vinyl.”
“Born in the wilds of North Yorkshire, Lewis Fieldhouse is a songwriter and producer based in the UK. Drawing his influence from classic songwriters like The Beach Boys and Paul Simon, Lewis is pleased to announce the release of his latest single ‘Don’t Be A Stranger’ for free download on 15th July and is streaming the song now via Soundcloud.”
Lewis Fieldhouse – Don’t Be A Stranger (Radio Edit) by Lewis Fieldhouse
“‘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
“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’.”
“Brighton based band The Bright Ones released the single ‘Does She Make Noise?’ on July 29th. They played the Great Escape Festival and additional headline gigs in July.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Elastic Sleep is a Cork-based band. Their début offering ‘Anywhere’ is available for free download from Bandcamp and Soundcloud and features a video by Sunless. To celebrate this initial release, the band will play the Pavilion, Cork on July 11th with a follow-up performance at Mountain Dew 2013.”
