King Dude - Tonight's Special Death LP

Very few are as good as King Dude, this one man unstoppable neo-folk machine forged in the deep pine forests and forgotten mountains of some long lost aeon can do no wrong in my opinion. The latest votive offering for fans ears to consume is an LP called Tonight's Special Death and is released 10th September this year on Avant Records, so not long!

Tonight Special Death is full of warmth and analogue clutter, echoes tumbling through pagan halls of the elders, reverberating off the armour of long dead Chieftains buried in the barrows and hills of the Downlands, strummed guitars like larks high above in beached blue skies oblivious to the history below, laments and howls emanating from dry cracked lips.

King Dude is about to embark upon a short European tour starting in Belgium on 3rd September go see him!

Liebeharts, New Unary Poem EP.

Liebeharts is a project by ex My Name Is Red singer Chris Liebe-Hart.

This is a big sound, a vocal lead emotional electro pop experience, 80s snare and squelching bass throbs, angst on the dancefloor but enough of a beat to keep you more than dancing! Dark shoegaze electro discoballs!

He has an EP of his track "New Unary Poem" out on 22nd February, on City Wall Records, which has three more than okay remixes in the prog house mood accompanying it. Although the single itself is more than enough to get you on the dancefloor.

Punters, check him out and promoters, put him on!

Bat For Lashes Vs Technotronic

I was up early and for some reason started to listen to old cheesy rave records, Technotronic, Hardcore Uproar, lil Louis, 808 State, Betty Boo, Candy Flip, Snap, Adentures Of Stevie V, The Shamen etc..

While bopping out in my room drinking loadsa coffee I started to flick through my MySpace bulletins and saw Tashes new video "Daniel" Now I've always liked Bat For Lashes but never really listen too much to her as its not totally my thing but I really like her new stuff, at least shes being more La Roux and less CatPower/Bjork Daniel - Bat For Lashes


..But despite this super nice vid and song I'm sure wherever shes living shes still never doing the washing up! (Letting things "Soak" is not the same as cleaning things!)

Canadian Black Noise

Menace Ruine are a two piece woman/man black metal band from Montreal that run more into the electronic ambient noise realm more than the world of studded leather armlets and white face paint.

Female vocals in a chanting medieval monastry vibe over psychadelic drone and atmospheric wall off fuzz high end. Programmed drums that are both Velvet Underground and WITTR at double speed and THE longest metal hair ever!

Its great to find a BM band that are half female, its less boys toys and machismo.
But no less grim dark and death awaiting!

"The Die Is Cast" and "Cult of Ruins" albums were both out lsat year on Alien8 Recordings.

Check their Myspace (Without any friends -SO black metal!) here:

http://www.myspace.com/menaceruine