Follow up single from Society

SOCIETY will release their hotly-anticipated second single 14 Hours on September 9th via Angular Recording Corporation.

It follows last year's All That We've Become, which won major plaudits across the UK from the likes of Huw Stephens and Zane Lowe.

But little is known about Society - until now.

The man behind the classic croon - 24-year-old London-based James Girdler - is stepping into the spotlight.

He said: "This project has been a total labour of love for almost two years now. After countless nights making drones with amazing bits of old gear we're very excited to be letting this project step out of the shadows."

Society's sound has garnered a diverse list of press comparisons, from the brooding likes of Portishead, Scott Walker and The Verve, to mavericks like David Axelrod. 

Society's debut shows are closing in on the horizon, but for now you can check out the single 14 Hours below.

New track from AlunaGeorge out soon

ALUNAGEORGE have rapidly established themselves as one of the UK’s brightest prospects, and their latest offering will arrive in the form of ‘Attracting Flies’ released on March 10th via Island Records.
 
Amid a flurry of hyped shows and putting the finishing touches to their highly anticipated debut album Body Music, due on July 1st, the duo have been picking up fans left, right and centre. 

Alongside their own incredible achievements AlunaGeorge’s recent collaboration with Disclosure on ‘White Noise’ quickly racked up over a million plays online and reached number two in the UK charts. 

Aluna will perform the song live for the first time with Disclosure at their sold out warehouse party in London on March 8th.
 
Also nominated for the prestigious BRITs Critic’s Choice Award, another accolade to add to their number two spot in BBC’s Sound of 2013 poll, and their achievement of being the UK’s most blogged about artist at the close of 2012. 

AlunaGeorge recently played yet another sold out show, at London’s XOYO, and only a handful of tickets to their biggest London headline show to date, at Electric Brixton on June 20th remain.

'Attracting Flies' recently got its first play as Zane Lowe's 'Hottest Record',and the track is now available on the band's Soundcloud- soundcloud.com/alunageorge
 
Esteemed director Emil Nava provides the music video taking us through an urban fairytale, remixers include Billboard Hot 100 viral sensation Baauer, LuckyMe’s S-Type and more.

For more information visit alunageorge.com, facebook.com/alunageorge or twitter.com/alunageorge

LULS release flipside to single

HOTLY-tipped London trio LULS have unveiled a new single flipside to their track Never Let It Go.

Sympathy Or Love is  a spirited ballad showcasing a softer aspect of the band's sound while retaining their signature knack for a soaring, anthemic chorus and enveloping wall of dynamics. 

LULS introduced themselves at the end of last year with the art-rock anthemics of debut single ‘Swing Low/Young’.

 
Following an end of year that saw them tour support Crystal Castles on their UK tour, play a sold out New Year's eve show at Koko alongside Peace and win the endorsement of Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Mary-Anne Hobbs and John Kennedy among others on radio, LULS now enter 2013 full steam ahead with a new double A side single. 

The band has also announced a UK tour, including a number of dates supporting Theme Park. The full tour is

04.03  London               Shacklewell Arms (free entry)
06.03  Nottingham        Spanky Van Dyke's
07.03  Leeds                  A Nation Of Shopkeepers
08.03  Sheffield             Bowery
09.03  Cambridge         Portland Arms
11.03  Bristol                  Louisiana (supporting Theme Park)
12.03  Southampton     Joiners (supporting Theme Park)
13.03  Brighton              The Haunt (supporting Theme Park)
14.03  London               Heaven (supporting Theme Park)
15.03  Manchester        Ruby Lounge (supporting Theme Park)
16.03  Newcastle           The Cluny (supporting Theme Park)

You can hear the new track below or to find out more about the band, visit lulsofficial.tumblr.com soundcloud.com/LULSofficial or facebook.com/LULSofficial

London Grammar to release debut EP

LONDON Grammar will release their debut EP ‘Metal & Dust’ on February 25th through their own imprint label, which takes the same name as the EP.

The band are Hannah Reid, Dot Major and Dan Rothman, who formed while at university together. After being holed up in the studio for most of 2012 working on their debut album, the band dropped their first offering ‘Hey Now’ on their Soundcloud in December receiving over 260,000 plays to date.    

The song garnered up a huge word-of-mouth buzz online and strong support at radio with plays from the likes of Zane Lowe, Phil Taggart & Alice Levin, Huw Stephens, Rob Da Bank, Giles Peterson and Annie Mac to name a few.

The forthcoming EP, features four tracks ‘Metal & Dust’, Hey Now’, ‘Darling Are You Gonna Leave Me’ and ‘Hey Now’ (Dot Major remix) and is the first official release from the London trio.  

‘Metal & Dust’ received its first play last night on Radio 1 as Zane Lowe’s ‘Hottest Record’.

London Grammar will be performing a sold out headline London show at Electrowerkz on March 27th.

Pre-order Metal & Dust 7” from London Grammar

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Wakestock announces initial line up

Wakestock festival is back in the Llyn Peninsula in north-west Wales in July with the first wave of acts announced.

Example, Magnetic Man, Zane Lowe, Bastille, The 1975, Jackmaster, Mele and Monki will all play the festival, which combines wakeboarding on the waters of Cardigan Bay, with banging music and entertainment on the festival site.

Tickets are available through the Wakestock ticket page or by calling 0844 888 9991.

The official website - http://www.wakestock.co.uk - is chock-a-block with all the details and info you need to know.

Hurts premiere new video ahead of album launch

THE first video from Hurts’ much anticipated second album ‘Exile’ was unveiled through their social networks this morning.

‘Miracle’ received its first worldwide radio play on Huw Stephens show when he covered the Radio 1 breakfast show in the UK in early January, while his station-mate Zane Lowe described it as 'quality songwriting, brilliant production, really confident'.

‘Exile’, the band's follow-up album to their 2010 debut ‘Happiness’, can now be pre-ordered from iTunes, Amazon, Play and HMV.com, with ‘The Road’ available as an instant free track for any orders through iTunes.

Full tracklisting for ‘Exile’ is as follows –

1. Exile

2. Miracle

3. Sandman

4. Blind

5. Only You

6. The Road

7. Cupid

8. Mercy

9. The Crow

10. Somebody To Die For

11. The Rope

12. Help