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The Blood Arm on the New Music Daily!
We're preparing ourselves for an assault of press now that The Blood Arm have officially released their brilliant album Turn And Face Me today.
The band are giving away the album track "Introducing Randy Newman" to give fans a little taster of what they can expect. The New Music Daily have featured this track on their website today, make sure you grab your free download now!
Turn And Face Me is available to buy now via iTunes.
For more information on The Blood Arm or our PR services, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com.
FAMEmagazine and The 405 Slow Club secret session look back…
HP and Last.fm recently announced a partnership, celebrating the Beats audio technology that comes with HP Premium PC, laptop and tablet devices through a series of live music events and artist interviews, curated by Last.fm.
The partnership kicked off with a secret pop-up acoustic session in Soho Square on June 16th, hosted by the Black Cab Sessions. Sheffield duo, Slow Club performed a couple of tracks from their forthcoming second album Paradise, which will be released in September. A crowd of fans and curious lunchtime workers gathered to watch this rare and intimate set, which can be viewed now on HP’s Facebook page.
FAMEmagazine and The 405 both featured follow-up stories on the first pop-up session over the weekend. You can view images and watch the session and interview with Slow Club and see what you were missing!
More pop-up sessions are planned in London throughout July and August, all to be hosted by Black Cab Sessions in association with Last.fm. The live sessions pick up on the essence of HP’s Beats technology by giving fans the chance to hear music exactly as the artist intended from artists handpicked by Last.fm, the leading music discovery service.
The next pop-up session is set to be another special one indeed. It will take place on July 14th in a central London location. We can't say much at the moment but be sure to follow HP on Twitter for the latest updates.
Released today: The Blood Arm, Knifeworld, Marina Celeste and Roxanne de Bastion!
Today, we've not one, not two, not three but four wonderful releases for you. Read below to find out more!The Blood Arm - Turn And Face Me
The Blood Arm release their brand new album, Turn And Face Me today on Pau! / Snowhite. The band are giving away album track, "Introducing Randy Newman", as a free download, which will also be featured in the next issue of Word Magazine's covermount CD.
Turn And Face Me was given a cracking 7/10 review in Loud & Quiet Magazine, and the animated video for their latest single, Relentless Love, was last week featured on Clash Magazine's website.
You can buy a copy of the album now on iTunes.
If you can't see the stream for album track "Introducing Randy Newman" below, listen to it on the ABoF SoundCloud page.
The Blood Arm - Introducing Randy Newman by abadgeoffriendship
Knifeworld - Dear Lord, No Deal
Knifeworld is the vehicle for Kavus Torabi's unique and progressive psychedelic songwriting. Torabi, former frontman for The Monsoon Bassoon and guitarist in Cardiacs and Guapo, initially conceived Knifeworld as a solo outing but following the critically acclaimed 2009 release of debut album Buried Alone: Tales Of Crushing Defeat, he expanded the project into a full six piece band.
The EP, Dear Lord, No Deal, has already picked up some great features from the likes of Rock A Rolla, with more to come in the following months from acclaimed music website TheQuietus and specialist prog magazine Classic Rock Prog and is available on iTunes today via Torabi's own label, Believers Roast!
If you can't see the stream for EP track "Pilot Her" below, listen to it on the ABoF SoundCloud page.
Knifeworld - Pilot Her by abadgeoffriendship
Marina Celeste - "Under My Skin"
Originally discovered at 22 by Marc Collin, of Nouvelle Vague fame, French pop starlet Marina Celeste is no stranger to taking the spotlight, having toured the world and selling over half a million records during the course of her career.
She was described as having "...the voice of an angel." by Le Parisien.
The Angel Pop is Marina's third solo album, and sees her collaborating with the legendary Terry Hall (The Specials, Fun Boy Three). She originally met Terry while duetting with him on the Nouvelle Vague track “Our Lips Are Sealed”, which led the pair to reunite in Paris.
The album is out today on Cam-ly Records and available on all good online outlets including Amazon.co.uk.
"Under My Skin" is one of Marina's original tracks taken from the album, and showcases the juxtaposition of intense sensuality and innocence her vocal style embodies.
If you can't see the stream for album track "Under My Skin" below, listen to it on the ABoF SoundCloud page.
Marina Celeste - Under My Skin by abadgeoffriendship
Roxanne de Bastion - "Indie Electro Pop"
Roxanne de Bastion grew up in Berlin where she began her love affair with music and performance at the tender age of ten. She moved over to the UK in 2007, equipped only with a guitar and a one-way ticket, and she's never looked back. Her previous single One Morning was accompanied by an enchanting video, shot in her hometown of Berlin, and was extremely well received by BBC 6 Music.
Her self titled EP is released today Zube Records, and to give you a little taster of what to expect, she's giving away the first track - "Indie Electro Pop" - absolutely free.
You can also check the music video for the song on Zube's YouTube page.
For more information on where to buy the EP, visit Roxanne's bandcamp page of her official website.
If you can't see the waveform for "Indie Electro Pop" below, listen to it on Roxanne's official Bandcamp page.
Jeffery Lewis & The Junkyard London Show *Sold Out*!
The A Badge Of Friendship show with the excellent Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard is now officially sold out!
The gig, taking place on 2nd August at The Lexington, is a very special intimate show that will showcase the bands energetic and unique style. Live shows incorporate "low budget videos," Jeff’s large illustrations displayed to accompany certain songs, such as Jeff's educational multi-part "History of Communism" or flights of fancy like "The Creeping Brain."
The band will be joined by a very special guest, Scotland's velvet voiced multi-instrumentalist - Esperi, who will be playing an intimate acoustic set to showcase his new self titled EP, due for release 4th August.
There will be a very limited number of tickets on the door for those turning up on the day (first come first served) priced at £11. In addition, there will be a small press guest list which will also be decided on a first come first served basis.
For more information check out the Jeffrey Lewis website, or alternatively, the A Badge of Friendship website.
If you would like to come along and review the show, please email your industry guest list requests to info@abadgeoffriendship.com. Please note, guest list space is extremely limited.
Knifeworld do Geeks!
Our favourite prog rockers, Knifeworld are releasing their EP Dear Lord, No Deal on Monday (4th July 2011) via main man Kavus Torabi's label Believers Roast.
The band have released the EP track "Pilot Her" ahead of the release date and Geeks.co.uk are the latest to feature this track on their website.
Rock A Rolla magazine recently featured an interview with Kavus, chatting about the EP and plans for the future. Watch out for features in Classic Rock Prog and TheQuietus in the months to come as well.
For more information about Knifeworld or our PR services, please email info@abadgeoffriendship.com.