Friday, April 06, 2012

Kraftwerk Release Limited-Edition Box Set at New York's Museum of Modern Art

On April 10th, as part of Kraftwerk's eight-night retrospective New York museum residency this month, the band will release a limited-edition box set of all eight of their albums. 

2,000 copies of the set will be sold on the Museum of Modern Art's website, and at gift shops in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan and MoMA/PS1 in Queens. It'll include remastered versions of the set released in 2009 (the massive reissue The Catalogue). It can be purchased at MoMA, as well as from their site

Kraftwerk will perform eight of their albums in chronological order in full, one for each night, starting with 1974's Autobahn. 

Thursday, April 05, 2012

WATCH: Django Django New Video For 'Storm'

Django Django have unveiled the video for their new single 'Storm', set for release on May 7th and is the second single taken from their recently released self-titled debut album. The release will come backed by an Adrian Sherwood remix of Skies Over Cairo, and will be available exclusively for Record Store Day.

'Storm' was directed by Los Angeles based directors Focus Creeps whose recent work includes Artic Monkeys, Girls, Neon Indian and Wavves among others.

Watch now!

Sunday, April 01, 2012

BOTM April 2012 - WEIRD DREAMS

Weird Dreams are an East London's psych-pop band. Comprising Doran, Craig Bowers, Jon Rexter Crawford and William Riley, Weird Dreams formed when Doran and Craig met working in a vintage clothes shop, where talk frequently turned to '50s pop, '60s girl groups and – naturally – David Lynch movies.

The band's name is taken from Doran's propensity for real-life weird dreams. "Since I can remember I've always had incredibly vivid dreams, both good and bad," says the frontman. "They've always felt like an important part of my life."


Following feverish response for their two EPs and recent single 'Holding Nails', Weird Dreams are set to release their brilliant debut album Choreography, on Tough Love.

Influenced by both the Beach Boys and the films of David Lynch, Weird Dreams draw equally on the intricate harmonies of the former and the latter’s penchant for twisted suburban ennui. "The way David Lynch pushes reality to a point where it feels uncomfortable, his obsession with 1950s culture, his stream of consciousness approach to working", says frontman Doran Edwards. "Weird Dreams is a bittersweet pop band with twists."

"I love how idealistic and overly gushy '50s doo wop and '60s girl groups were, but I wanted to produce an even more dreamy-sounding version with lyrics that could be quite dark and resentful", says Doran. True to that vision, tracks such as 'Little Girl' and 'Hurt So Bad' speak of unusual relationships, while album centerpiece "Suburban Coated Creatures" is a personal unraveling of difficult teenage years dealing with small town life.

**Weird Dreams reached the TOP 20 on Kool Rock Radio's Best New Bands of 2011 list. Their single 'Faceless' peaked at #19 on our Best Tracks 2011 chart, and 'Holding Nails' peaked at #110.