Cours Lapin - twisted French pop - Gigs this week!

Just thought I'd alert you to a couple of gigs this week from the band COURS LAPIN. The album isn't out til September but it'd be great if you wanted to pop down and check them out. They play at Notting Hill Arts Club on Wednesday and at Rough Trade East on Thursday.

COURS LAPIN are four Danish film score composers who make twisted pop fairytales drawing from the old 'chanson' tradition, inspired by the films of Tim Burton and David Lynch.

Live concerts in London:

Death Disco @ Nottinghill Arts club, wednesday july 7th at 9pm.
21 Notting Hill Gate, London W11

Rough Trade East, in-store gig, Thursday july 8th at 7pm.
'Dray Walk' Old Truman Brewery 91 Brick Lane

UK release, September 13th.

Listen to "Cache-Cache" on Soundcloud here: http://soundcloud.com/butilikeyou/cache-cache-by-cours-lapin

www.myspace.com/courslapin

CLOUD CONTROL - UK Tour + Album news

www.myspace.com/cloudcontrol


After sensational reactions to debut single “Gold Canary” released earlier this year, Australia’s Cloud Control are returning to the UK for a brief spell of shows in July having signed to bespoke independent label Infectious Music.

Described by Record Collector as “…somewhere between Animal Collective’s Beach Boys spin and the sophisticated pop shenanigans of The Shins” and having a victorious nomination on BBC 6 Music’s Rebel Playlist, Cloud Control play London’s The Luminare and Brighton’s Freebutt before debuting at Secret Garden Party. This string of intimate gigs pre-empts the bands first single release on Infectious Music this autumn with the bands stunning debut album ‘Bliss Release’ due in early 2011.

Hailing from the picturesque and rugged terrains of Australia’s Blue Mountains, the ethereal melodies and tribal rhythms of the enigmatic quartet drift wonderfully between the psyche-flourishes of Jefferson Airplane and the dreamy vastness of The Go-Betweens.

Since their UK debut at The Great Escape Festival in 2009, Cloud Control have evolved into a thrilling live act, headlining their first sell-out tour of Australia earlier this year after supporting Vampire Weekend on their Australasian tour by special request. Nurtured from the same vein of eccentricity that nourished David Byrne & Nick Cave and loaded with a stellar collection of quirky layered harmonic pop, Cloud Control is sure to excite this summer.

Cloud Control are Alister Wright (guitar/lead vocals), Jeremy Kelshaw (bass) and siblings Heidi Lenffer (keyboards/vocals) and Ulrich Lenffer (drums).


Cloud Control Play :

Fri 16 July London, Barfly - 7.30pm

Tue 20 July Brighton, Freebutt (www.wegottickets.com/event/84977)

Thur 22 July London, The Luminaire (Black Cab Session Presents) (www.wegottickets.com)

Fri 23 July Cambridge Green-Mind, Haymakers (www.wegottickets.com/event/84160)

Sat 24 July Huntingdon, The Secret Garden Party (www.seetickets.com/secretgardenparty2009)

www.myspace.com/cloudcontrol

www.infectiousmusicuk.com

Cours Lapin - debut album from four Danish Film Composers

We're delighted to bring you the debut album from Cours Lapin - Four noted Danish film composers create a timeless French musical adventure with their debut album. Cours Lapin’s unusual combination of words, tones and textures leads us into a theatrical underworld consisting of a French adventure shaped by the old ‘chanson’ tradition. The mood of the album moves from the dark and sensual to naive and hopeful, reminiscent of the atmosphere found in the films of Tim Burton and David Lynch. One minute you are initiated into the mysterious intrigue surrounding a murder scene in the 1950s and the next minute you are following strange creatures on strings in a 20th century puppet theatre.

For a little taster, here's a free MP3 for the song Cache Cache -
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/631249/Cache%20Cache.mp3

JULY DATES

07 Notting Hill Arts Club

08 Rough Trade East Instore


http://www.myspace.com/courslapin

New video from TENDER TRAP

A celebration of indie-hang outs, the new video from Tender Trap begs the question - "Do You Want a Boyfriend?". Well. The answer is quite evidently - YES - especially when one of the contenders is none other than label impresario John Jervis.

The single for Do You Want a Boyfriend comes out on limited edition white vinyl this month, so grab it while you can!!

TENDER TRAP - new album Dansette Dansette from band led by indiepop legend Amelia Fletcher

We're pleased to announce the brand new full-length album from indiepop legend Amelia Fletcher's band TENDER TRAP (also featuring Elizabeth Morris from Allo Darlin'). It is called Dansette Dansette and will be released on Fortuna POP! on 12 July 2010. Just before that there will be a single from the album called "Do You Want a Boyfriend" with the b-side of "The Sum and the Difference". Look out for live shows in July (see dates below)!

A free download single is already available for the track "Girls With Guns" which you can download here http://www.fortunapop.com/girls_with_guns_free_download.php

There's also a fabulous video for this track here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_GnEXrEXoY

Gone is the more contemplative pop classicism of recent years to be replaced by a riot-grrrl-esque tale of sisterhood and revenge that wouldn’t be out of place among the punkest moments of Amelia's previous outfits Talulah Gosh and Heavenly. While guitars and drums rush by in a blur, Amelia and her new girl crew swear a cold-hearted vengeance on the unreliable and untrustworthy menfolk of the town.

“In a nicer parallel universe, Tender Trap’s Amelia Fletcher is the most influential artist of her day” (NME)

LIVE:

May 21 New York Popfest, New York, US
May 22 Pilam, Philadelphia US
Jul 3 The Hope, Brighton
Jul 9 The Library, Leeds
Jul 10 TBC, Liverpool
Jul 13 The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
Jul 14 Rough Trade East Instore, London

The Pack a.d. UK TOUR!

We're thrilled to announce that Vancouver's finest female rock duo The Pack a.d. will be in the UK playing some shows after their European tour with Nomeansno. They'll be at the Great Escape in Brighton and Liverpool Sound City Festival with 3 London shows in between. There's also a new video for the album track "Deer" which is off their album WE KILL COMPUTERS which is out on 3 May...

UK TOUR

14 May - Brighton - Great Escape, Komedia daytime show
14 May - London - Windmill - Brixton
15 May - Brighton - Great Escape, Artrocker stage
18 May - London - The Gaff (Artrocker night - NHS Club (New Heavy Sounds))
19 May - London - The Lexington - Fleur-de-Lys Club
20 May - Liverpool - Sound City Festival - Jacaranda
21 May - Liverpool - Sound City Festival - Canadian Blast Showcase at Masque


Brand new video for "Deer"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00pfn0bVtM0

Rangda - Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny and Chris Corsano

RANGDA

FALSE FLAG
CD/LP – 10 May 2010
(Drag City)

Drag City are pleased to announce the new album from Sir Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny and Chris Corsano with a European tour in May.

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES (more to be announced)
MAY 2010

27 London, UK, Bardens Boudoir (with Plurals)
28 Bristol, UK, the Croft (with Acid Mothers Temple)
29 Cornwall, UK, Miss Peapods
30 Newcastle, UK, The Cumberland
31 Glasgow, Scotland, Stereo

June
1 Dublin, Irl, whelans
2 Cardiff, Wales, Norwegian Church
3 Brighton, UK, FreeButt
4 Aalst, Be, Netwerk
5 Hasselt, Be, Kunstzentrumbelgie
6 Utrecht, Nl, tivoli
7 Krefeld, de, Kulturrampe
8 Lyon, fr, Grnd zro
9 Geneva, Sw, L'Usine


When individuals with the originality and talent of the trio gathered for Rangda get together, something truly remarkable is bound to happen. All well respected musicians and leaders in their field, Sir Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls), Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance, Comets on Fire) and drummer extraordinaire Chris Corsano create a glorious cacophony as an instrumental super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. With an explosion of psychedelia and classic rock, the album ricochets between gorgeous, blissed-out guitar melodies and thrashed-out noise.