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The Unkindness of Ravens Single Review on Subba Cultcha!

With The Unkindness of Ravens having released their brilliant new single White Road, Subba Cultcha have given the track an excellent review!

"With guitars that sound so battered and wonky it’s like they’re covered in thick syrup, TUOR have created a visionary mix of dark melodies and otherworldly sounds..." - Subba Cultcha.



You can read the full review HERE.

You can buy the new single on iTunes for a mere 79p!

You can also watch the stunning new video for White Road HERE.

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Posted Wed, 09 Jun 2010 in The Unkindness of Ravens

Great Moneytree Single Review on Subba Cultcha!

Sotones very own Moneytree have just released their brand new single Wake Up Pay Your Overheads and have received a glowing review on Subba Cultcha.

"A joyous mix of gang vocals, wired guitar freakouts, epic build ups and some twisted melodies that mix the best elements of latter day Blind Melon, The Maccabees & Cold War Kids bluesy bluster..." - Subba Cultcha



You can read the short review HERE.

You can buy the new single for a bargain 79p on iTunes or from the Sotones Shop.

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Posted Tue, 08 Jun 2010 in Moneytree in Sotones

The Juniper Leaf Album Out Now and Feature/Free Download on The 405!



Modern psyche-folk four-piece Juniper Leaf's debut release Broom, Briars, Torches From The Fire is out to buy now!

"... this is a strange and often thrilling record which deserves attention." - The Line of Best Fit

You can buy the album from The Genepool website for £8.99, HERE.

If you want a taster of what the album has to offer, check out the great words written by the brilliant website The 405 HERE.

You can also download the album track Voting With Your Feet for absolutely free, which The 405 stated "If you, like me, are listening to the track above, you'll probably be soaking wet from the shower of 70's driven rock and trad-folk falling upon you."

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Posted Tue, 08 Jun 2010 in Juniper Leaf

News: ABoF on Amazing Radio, DJ-ing at MOJO’s Honours List Aftershow and releases galore!

We've been very busy here at ABoF HQ and we're not letting the heat stop us with plenty of brilliant new releases to last us throughout the summer, an appearance on Amazing Radio and a DJ set at the MOJO Honours List Aftershow.



This week, we'll be recording our second appearance on Amazing Radio. We get to critique some of the best (and worst!) that the underground has to offer. The show is hosted by Trevor Dann and you can listen to us HERE on Thursday 17th June 2010 at 7pm and again on Saturday 19th June at 3pm.

MOJO Honours List Aftershow





This Thursday, we'll be DJ-ing at the MOJO Honours List Aftershow at Parker McMillian in London. We're on early and it's up to us to get the party started. We're looking forward to getting back on the decks after the Empire Awards Aftershow back in March.

A Summer of Releases



Many of our bands will be releasing records this summer, defiant and undeterred by the festival season!

Today (June 7th) sees Juniper Leaf release their debut album Broom, Briars, Torches from the Fire. The Line of Best Fit hailed the debut effort as a "a strange and often thrilling record which deserves attention."

Meanwhile, we have two single releases, both very different and equally awesome. Moneytree release their single Wake Up And Pay Your Overheads today. The 405 have an exclusive download of the single HERE along with an interview with the band.

Our very own electro rockers, The Unkindness of Ravens also release a single today - White Road. The release of the single is accompanied by free download track "Red Sun"; grab a copy of that track HERE.



Later in the month, Manhattan musical legend, Chris Leo, releases the much anticipated The Sunny Day I Caught Tintarella di Luna for a Picnic at the Cemetary. Chris Leo's Vague Angels is his latest project. He already has quite the following having already been a founding member of The Lapse and The Van Pelt. The album has already received a very respectable 8/10 from VICE Magazine with more to come later in the month.

In July Irish instrumentalist post-rockers Kasper Rosa release EP2. Watch out for a cover mount track and Exposure feature in Rock Sound's July issue.

Cats and Cats and Cats are also back and this time, they're releasing an album on Function Records - If I'd Had Antlers.

Scots indie-boppers Tango in the Attic release their album Bank Place Locomotive Society. The upbeat five-piece have been hailed as Scotland's answer to Vampire Weekend.

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Moneytree Feature on BBC 6 Music and Glasgow Podcart!



The excellent Moneytree single "Wake Up Pay Your Overheads"" has just been released through indie powerhouse label Sotones, and the tune has already received some airplay.

BBC 6 Music's Don Letts has featured both the a-side and the b-side, World of Autumn, consecutively on May 23rd and May 24th! The fantastic World of Autumn was also played on episode 64 over at Glasgow Podcart which you can listen to HERE.

You can buy the new single for a bargain 79p on iTunes or from the Sotones Shop.

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Posted Mon, 07 Jun 2010 in Moneytree in Sotones