MY DEVICE - new albumJumbo Fiasco, is out now and, quite rightly, everyone seems to bloody love it. Snaffle your copy here - 2008 isn't complete without it.
Life Is A Blast sounds a bit like Modest Mouse and Les Savy Fav having a penknife fight while Wires On Fire watch on. It feels like the band needed to grasp what they are capable of by throwing out rilebooks and losing it a bit. As a result, the insanity on display here is a mess of a different, and far more exciting, kind. Brad Barrett, Artrocker
My Device will be out on tour in the UK from the middle of February. Take note.
SEAGULL STRANGE double up at the BBCFollowing on from their set for the Tom Robinson show back in September, the Bristol 6-piece were also invited up to Manchester to record a live session for Marc Riley's Brain Surgery show on BBC 6music. Expect a new single in the Spring.
ANTON BARBEAU with SU JORDAN Album ReleaseWe're very pleased to be releasing the new album from Sacramento's favourite psychedelic son, Anton Barbeau. A collaboration with Oxford-based vocalist Su Jordan, The Automatic Door features musicians from both sides of the Atlantic including Kimberly Rew and Gabe Nelson, Todd Roper and Greg Brown from CAKE. It's available here now. Anton is currently playing shows back home in California but will be back for UK dates at the end of February.
PAPERLUNG album releaseThe debut album from Paperlung has now been released. Balance arrived on the racks on 22nd October and features both previous singles - The Days That God Sold You and Do What Thou Will - amongst its 12 poptastic tracks. Buy it here.
SHIFTY DISCO WEEKLY DOWNLOAD SINGLES CLUBThe War Crimes, Gilbert, Linda Draper and Juno! with Manda Rin
have provided the recent treats for the Shifty Disco Singles Club subscribers and the quality continues with imminent releases from Foxes!, Guardians Of The Ancient Wisdom and Rosie Doonan. Pick up your 12-month, 52-download Shifty Disco subscription for only £12 here.
SEAGULL STRANGE - Better Angels Of Our NatureDebut album released early in January and described by one hack as "the best American record done by an English band ever". Not sure what that means but it sounds good. Also available are their Animals, La La La Ley and Love's Sick Disease EPs.
THE YOUNG KNIVES - ...Are Dead ...And SomeRe-issued edition of the debut 2002 mini-album now augmented with the follow-up Rollerskater EP and the video for lead-track Walking On the Autobahn
SHIFTYDISCO10 - 3 x CD Box SetA three-CD package celebrating the NOW, THEN and MAYBE of our first 10 years
THE RACE - Be Your AlibiThe debut album features re-recorded versions of the band's first two singles from 2005 alongside the two singles lifted from the album for single release - When It Falls and Comfort Comfort. Now only available at www.oxfordmusic.net, both Raising Children and Amersham Road are well on their way to collectibility status.
MY DEVICE - Nervous SystemDebut album from NME.com Breaking Bands competition winning Brighton trio. Also available is the follow-up Eat Lead/Slamming Doors single
THE UNISEX - White DaysDebut Album compiling tracks from the band's three UK EPs and previously unreleased material.
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