Wild Beasts
The English quartet Wild Beasts have a new album , their 4th, Present Tense.
Amazing vocals set this band apart as heard on the song “Wanderlust”.
Blood Orange
Devonté Hynes is one of those rare talents who composes, writes, sings, produces and plays a variety of instruments.
This Englishman has written songs for artists from Florence and the Machine to The Chemical Brothers.
He records under the name Blood Orange.
“Chamakay“ can be found on his latest album Cupid Deluxe.
“Chamakay”
Fuck Buttons
Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power make up the intriguingly named Fuck Buttons.
This Bristol, England electronic experimental duo have just released their 3rd album Slow Focus on ATP Recordings.
Here is the long version of the lead track “The Red Wing”.
Jake Bugg
Jake Bugg’s debut album came out last fall in England but has only just been released here in the US.
Self-titled, it entered the U.K. charts at No.1.
“Two Fingers” is just one of the many singles from this impressive singer/songwriter.
Saint Etienne
The English trio known as Saint Etienne (Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs) has been creating delicate alternative rhythmic music since 1990.
They also write an abundance of particularly good Christmas music, a most difficult feat.
Words and Music by Saint Etienne will be their first new album in over 7 years due in late May.
“Tonight” is the single.
Bombay Bicycle Club
Bombay Bicycle Club is the latest band from England that will soon make a splash in this country.
This quartet from North London take their name from a chain of Indian restaurants.
Their third album, A Different Kind of Fix, was released at the end of August and is beginning to garner the attention it deserves.
“Shuffle” is the first single.
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The Horrors
The Horrors, the quintet from England, prepare to release their third album, Skying, in August.
The Horrors’ sound certainly has matured since the raw post-punk stylings heard on their first record, The Horrors EP, in 2006 which included the song “Sheena is a Parasite”.
You can stream the entire Skying album on the band’s website.
“Still Life” is the richly rendered first single.
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Glastonbury
Glastonbury, the world’s largest music and arts festival, takes place this weekend in South West England.
Traditionally the last weekend in June, Glastonbury has been going strong since 1970 when T.Rex was the headliner.
Today, the line-up is daunting with hundreds of bands and performing artists on numerous stages covering 900 acres.
RCRDLBL has a free download of thirty-one of the bands appearing at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, including The Kills, Lykke Li, Janelle Monae, Battles, Fleet Foxes, Warpaint, Wu-Tang Clan and, and this song “Celestica” from Crystal Castles remixed by Thurston Moore.
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Wild Beasts
Wild Beasts is an English quartet featuring the stunning falsetto of Hayden Thorpe.
“Albatross” is the first single from their recently released third album Smother.
This song and fourteen others, including music from the likes of Art Brut, Meat Puppets, and Dengue Fever, are free from the June issue of Spin.
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