Brendan Benson announces May UK and Ireland tour

Brendan Benson has announced a UK and Ireland tour for this May. The Raconteurs man will play five shows on the trek, which begin at Portsmouth's Wedgewood Rooms on May 21 and end at Glasgow's Oran Mor on May 25. The run also includes shows in London, Manchester and Dublin, with Young Hines providing support on all the dates. Benson will release his new solo album 'What Kind Of World' on April 30. The album is the follow-up to his 2009 effort 'My Old, Familiar Friend' and has been recorded at Welcome To 1979 Studios in Nashville.

PJ Harvey – Let England Shake: 12 Short Films By Seamus Murphy

On the generally acclaimed Let England Shake, Harvey gave her music a bony, volkish edge, flaying it back to strummed autoharp, electric guitar and crude drums, mongrelising it with awkwardy intrusive sampling of Middle Eastern singers, dub interjections and huntsmen’s horns. Seamus Murphy’s cinematography complements this approach perfectly: not storyboarded, but collaged from various journeys around the island made during 2011, from the remotest hedgerows to the heart of London.

Starving Weirdos, “Land Lines”

A quick video to carry us through the weekend. I've been playing the new Starving Weirdos album, "Land Lines", for a few weeks now.

Noah And The Whale, Arcade Fire, REO Speedwagon feature on Barack Obama’s Spotify playlist

Noah and the Whale, Arcade Fire and Florence and the Machine are amongst the artists that have made it on to US President Barack Obama's Spotify playlist.
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