Dates:
25 Feb - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY #
26 Feb - Brighton Music Hall, Boston MA #
28 Feb - Il Motore, Montreal QC #
29 Feb - Lee's Palace, Toronto ON #
07 Apr - MACRoCk Festival, Harrisonburg VA
# - with The Twilight Sad

Special album bundles are available, including:

LP - limited edition translucent blue gatefiold 12" (all vinyl purchases include a download code to get the album in MP3 format) 

CD - gatefold cd and mini poster/cipher insert

CASSETTE - The 'Warsaw Bootleg'. Strictly limited to 150.  Recorded on reclaimed cassettes. Contains rare and unreleased mixes and unheard tracks. Contents will vary. Hand made and numbered on natural, recycled card at bretonLABS by the band themselves.

BLANKET RULE EP - Exclusive cd of Breton's 'Blanket Rule ep', previously only available as download.

T-SHIRT - 'Other People's Problems' t-shirt, only available for purchase in conjunction with the album

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Stereogum "..a visceral postpunk banger."

The Daily Star 8/10

Today sees the release of 'Another Bed', the second single to be taken from The Twilight Sad's third album 'No One Can Ever Know'.  The release sees a departure from the band's previous sound towards a darker, more industrial synth-led sound; described by The Line of Best Fit as "both facistic and ornate, like the soundtrack to a Fellini interpretation of a Lanarkshire Nuremberg."

You can buy the single here and the album, 'No One Can Ever Know' here

Watch the video for 'Another Bed', by director Craig Murray here. 

Vice “Home-made garage rock…equal parts early-Cure post punk thunk, angry Del Shannon 60’s swirl and proto-Pixies lo-fi distortion”

The Quietus “A record that anchors itself in surf-punk, guttural shoegaze and a magical ear for a tune…Utterly thrilling…Odonis Odonis are a notch above”

The first single to be taken from Odonis Odonis’ debut album arrives to showcase the emergence of a serious new talent. Based in Toronto, Canada, the band make  filler guitar-driven tunes that are that are punchy, concise and brimming with hooks. Handle Bars is no exception: borrowing elements of surf guitar and a punk vitriol, forced through the lens of a fuzzy shoegaze production ethos and heady pop sensibilities, Odonis Odonis trail their debut LP with a great window into its snarling, reverberous world. Handle Bars is backed with non-album cut Fixed Things - a melodic stomp through key Odonis Odonis ingredients that acts as a neat foil to the A-side.

Follow this link to buy or have a listen to the digital single. You can also buy the album Hollandaze here.

For the latest information fo Odonis Odonis, including dates and videos, have a look at their artist page.

These are the confirmed dates for this select intimate tour:

31 Mar - Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, UK - BUY

02 Apr  - The Macbeth, London, UK - BUY

03 Apr - Whelan's, Dublin, UK - BUY

The exhibition opens this evening at Ship of Fools Gallery, in The Hague, and runs until 9th March. You can find out more about it here

Glasgow based PAWS, made up of Philip, Joshua and Matthew,  respectively hail from Tain (Highlands of Scotland), Edinburgh, and Glasgow. The band have a strong DIY ethic, and a lo-fi, punk-rock sound.  They have rapidly created an enthusiastic buzz around their name within the last year, and have been touring extensively since 2010. So far, they have shared the stage with transatlantic bands such as Dum Dum Girls, No Age, Wavves, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti and Black Lips, as well as British peers Male Bonding, and label mates Milk Maid and Mazes. 

PAWS have been listed as by BBC Scotland as ones to watch in 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radioscotland/2012/01/35-scottish-artists-to-watch.shtml and have just been nominated for Best Live Act at The Scottish Alternative Music Awards. You can vote for the band by following the link http://officialsama.co.uk/vote/

They have released a couple of cassettes in small numbered runs, a split 7" single for Edinburgh based Gerry Loves Records, as well as their “Mermaid E.P” which was mastered by Bob Weston of Shellac. PAWS have just recorded their debut LP with Rory Atwell at his recording studio, The Lightship95.  

To find out more about the band take a look at their Facebook  and youtube 

Galapagos Presents captures We Move Lightly from Dustin O'Halloran's stunning concert at St Mary's Church in Brighton. Accompanying him is the ISKRA string quartet.

For more Dustin O'Halloran music videos, visit his artist page. You can also find further Galapagos videos of fellow 130701 artist Hauschka at this link.

'We Move Lightly' features on Dustin's album Lumiere which you can buy here.

"The initial inspiration to write the song 'Winter' came on a freezing cold evening during the Chicago winter," says frontman Dave Davison. "The song contrasts memory and the perspective of winter as a season of possibility and creativity with the bleak, stillness of winter nights in the Midwest." 

Clash have featured the track, you can listen to it and download it here

The band are playing some UK dates in April in support of the new album. Dates listed below.

April 16th - Cooler, Bristol

April 17th - Garage, London

April 18th - Night & Day, Manchester

April 19th - Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow

April 20th - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

As well as being on the road they've found time to record a session for Marc Riley's BBC 6 Music radio show which you can listen to here. 

11th April  - Rotown               Rotterdam, Netherlands 

12th April - Ekko                     Utrecht, Netherlands 

13th April - Steinbuch           Duisberg, Germany

14th April - Gebaude 9         Cologne, Germany

15th April - Magnet Club      Berlin, Germany

16th April - Schocken           Stuttgart, Germany

18th April - 007                      Prague, Czech Republic

19th April - Chelsea             Vienna, Austria

20th April - PPC Bar             Graz, Austria

21st April - Flog                     Florence, Italy

22nd April - Coffee Pot   *FREE SHOW*  Rome, Italy  

23rd April - Spazio 221       Turin, Italy

24th April - Studio 2             Venice, Italy (no advance sales)

25th April - Hafenkneipe     Zurich, Switzerland

26th April - Exhaus              Trier, Germany

27th April - Botanique         Brussels, Belgium

28th April - Arulanaires Festival @ The Fire Station  Arlon, Belgium

Please find the video for the 'Scroll' below

Jóhann Jóhannson recently perfomed  at a live KCRW FM Broadcast Session. He was joined by a string quartet and played 7 tracks.

Please find below an exerpt video from this broadcast.

The film which has received several awards including the Grand Jury Prize Award at the Sundance Film Festival is now out in cinemas across the UK.

This is yet another addition to the artist’s extensive film repertoire which includes contributions to ‘Marie Antoinette and ‘An American Affair’.

Not only that, but they have also found the time to talk to Clash about their musical inspirations, writing the new album and touring extensively. Check out the interview here.

They've also kept This Is Fake DIY up to date with their exploits by filming a video diary of their current tour (dates here) Watch the diary here. 

And as if that wasn't enough the band have recorded a stunning takeaway session for the legendary La Blogotheque, in Paris. Watch it here.

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Listen to the show here.

(Photo by Fuminari Yoshitsugu, CDJournal).

Dr Rob (Robert Harris) returns as our special guest for this week’s podcast.

"I had the difficult job of attempting to entertain the FatCat staff / people with the broadest tastes / and greatest enthusiasm. I spent December surrounded by records / all of them bought this last year (2011) / stuff I love that I don`t usually get to play any where except for at home / stuff that I hoped people might not have heard before."

Dr Rob, former shop nuisance now moved to the mountains of Nagano, Japan is now making a nuisance of himself on local FM radio with The Remedy on FM.Karuizawa 77.5mhz, Live and Archive with written outbursts courtesy of Test Pressing.

He has kindly compiled a number of mixes for us; this is his ‘Punk Mix' - "music that is about 35 years Post-Punk / mixed with some old R&B 7s".

You can also download this podcast from iTunes.

"A tense and absorbing record that creates its own world for you to live in." This Is Fake DIY

5/5 Artrocker

5/5 theskinny.co.uk

'No One Can Ever Know' - the new album by The Twilight Sad, is out now on all formats in the UK, Europe and US.  It is the band's third album and was produced by Andrew Weatherall, seeing them move towards a more synth-driven sound. 

"We wanted to be a lot more spontaneous, get oustide our comfort zone - not to fall back into repeating what we've done previously", explains guitarist Andy MacFarlane. "So we moved to London for a month to record at The Pool and got Andrew Weatherall involved to bounce ideas off and to generally reassure us of the direction we were already progressing in." Lyrically 'No One Can Ever Know' finds singer James Graham on typically ominous form, delivering lightning bolts of malevolent threat as in single 'Another Bed' (released February 20th) 

You can purchase 'No One Can Ever Know' here

Don't forget to catch the band on the road, forthcoming dates are listed below:

09 Feb - Grand Ole Opry, Glasgow
10 Feb - Ruby Lounge, Manchester
11 Feb - Queens Social Club, Sheffield
12 Feb - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
13 Feb - Fleece, Bristol
14 Feb - Cargo, London
15 Feb - Stealth, Nottingham
16 Feb - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

23 Feb - Washington DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
24 Feb - Philadelphia PA – Johnny Brenda’s
25 Feb - Brooklyn NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
26 Feb - Allston MA – Brighton Music Hall
28 Feb - Montreal QC – Il Motore
29 Feb - Toronto ON – Lee’s Palace
01 Mar - Grand Rapids MI – Pyramid Scheme
02 Mar - Chicago IL – Empty Bottle
05 Mar - San Diego CA – Casbah
06 Mar - Los Angeles CA – The Echo
07 Mar - San Jose CA – The Blank Club
08 Mar - San Francisco CA – The Independent
10 Mar - Seattle WA – Tractor Tavern
11 Mar - Portland OR – Doug Fir Lounge

Stream this exclusive session here.

Sonic and visual experimentalists Breton will release their second single, ‘Interference’ on 19th March 2012. It’s taken from the band’s hugely anticipated debut album ‘Other People’s Problems’ - due for release on 26th March 2012 - and lyrically touches on compulsive, destructive relationships, their internal compromises and justifications.It’s a bold, epic production oozing in attitude thanks to the brass and strings courtesy of German composer and Breton hero Hauschka. He conducted and recorded an orchestra in Berlin, some parts of which were then re-sampled by Breton and worked into the song alongside the classical arrangement. The sounds heard at the end of the track are the string section putting down their bows when the recording session finished. 

‘Plastic Boxes’ is a new and exclusive song about people who go back to their hometown and pretend they’re doing really well to old mates when they’re not - reinventing themselves for a brief period of time before heading back to the humdrum of reality.It collides East Coast hip hop with wonky, tripped out beats to create a piece of music that feels like its falling over itself. The sample at the beginning is of a Scottish bingo caller recorded when Breton were loitering outside a bingo hall in Glasgow while on tour with Tom Vek last year – one of the thousands of sounds the band has captured during the recording of the album. 

Both songs were written and recorded at Breton’s creative HQ The Lab, a disused bank in Kennington.

You can pre-order 'Interference' from our online store here

Keep up to date with Breton - follow them on Twitter here