New Mumford and Sons track ‘Home’ leaked online

7 July 2011

One of our favourite bands of the past few years, Mumford and Sons have hit the mainstream in a tremendously impressive way since the release of their debut album ‘Sigh No More’ in October 2009. Completing sellout tours all over the world and playing mainstage at the UK’s best festivals this year, they’re a band who even now still seem to be on the rise.

We’re very excited to report, therefore, that the boys announced at Glastonbury that they’re currently writing and will soon be recording a second album, and that a radio recording of a track rumoured to be on the forthcoming record has been leaked online.

It’s called ‘Home’ and you can listen to it below.

Mumford & Sons – “Home/Untitled” (Live on KBCO) by TwentyFourBit.com

Beirut release free download from forthcoming album ‘The Rip Tide’

By: Lauren

6 July 2011

In: News & Leaks

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Mesmerising and genre-defiant band Beirut release a new album entitled ‘The Rip Tide’ through their own label, Pompeii, on August 29th.

Ahead of the new release, the band have released free download ‘East Harlem’, and because we’re lovely, we thought we’d share it with you.

The orchestral world-folk-pop group have gained a lot of ground internationally, travelling much of the world to play shows since the band’s beginnings back in 2006. It’s exciting to see a band who could seemingly easily attract the attention of major record labels deciding to stay independent instead – it seems to be a growing trend in today’s music industry.

Catch Beirut all over the world doing shows and festivals this summer. All dates are listed on the band’s Facebook page.

Beirut – East Harlem (free download) by thebluewalrus

Introducing: Ellen and the Escapades

By: Lauren

6 July 2011

In: News & Leaks

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If there’s one band you want to see at the festivals this summer, it’s Ellen and the Escapades.

The Leeds-based quintet have been kicking up quite a storm over the past year or two, winning the Q Magazine-affiliated Glastonbury Emerging Talent competition in 2010, and being selected to play the BBC Introducing stages at both Leeds and Reading Festivals back in 2009.

Their elegant and beautiful brand of folk pop is tantalising and fresh, and it’s seen them garner the attention of everyone from Lauren Laverne to Stornoway so far.

The band play a very full festival season this summer, including Green Man Festival and Bestival. They’re also doing a show for me as part of the Norwich Sound & Vision Festival on October 1st, part of which I’m curating through my label – Dustbowl Records. Yes, that was a shameless plug. Buy our records, yeah? Please?

You can listen to the current EP from Ellen and the Escapades below, and you can buy your own copy by clicking here. If you’re based outside the UK and you’d like a copy, you can also buy the tracks on iTunes.

Of All The Times EP by Ellen and the Escapades