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This Valentine’s Day, forget roses, wine, and the fancy dinner. Instead, treat your loved one to a brand new single from Chicago’s The Super Happy Fun Club. Following a hugely successful UK tour last year, the band felt they’d received so much love from UK audiences, that it was time to give some back…

So head over to either of the following links to get yourself the free new track from the band – ‘Way Back (The Conflict)’.

www.shfclub.com/love

Talking of the track, The Super Happy Fun Club had this to say;

”Happy Valentine’s Day UK! We are really excited to release our new single WAY BACK as a free release! Everyone in the UK has been so great to us, we wanted to take this opportunity to give back and say Thanks for the all of the love and support! Send it to your sign...

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In May 2010 the world of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal lost one of its most gifted and fervent ambassadors, with the passing of Ronnie James Dio. In his position as lead vocalist for Rock giants such as Rainbow and Black Sabbath, as well as fronting his own eponymous band for nearly three decades, Dio created some of the genres most defining and respected works. Albums such as ‘Holy Diver’, ‘Sacred Heart’ and ‘Last in Line’ all stand as towering monuments of sheer class and brilliance in the Rock pantheon. Dio was also to pave the way in regards to performing live, as few equaled him. With his incredible vocal range, Dio was to preside over countless memorable rock shows, enthralling his millions of fans worldwide...

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On 24 February, Israeli duo Rendezvous – Itai Simon and Hagai Izenberg – release their eagerly awaited album, Another Round Please, via Rough Trade / Moot Records.

The album comes hot on the heels of some significant club chart successes, with their most recent single The Murf reaching number 5 in the UK club charts, and its stunning video clocking up 150,000+ views online in the space of just a few weeks (see http://vimeo.com/25584378).

Another Round Please nods its hat to a wide range of influences – the early electro pioneers, classic progressive rock and chillwave; it also brings to mind the likes of Kraftwerk, Underworld and Air...

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SIMIAN GHOST
‘YOUTH’

“an early contender for album of the year…”
Paul Lester, The Guardian, January 3rd

5th March on Heist Or Hit Records
‘Wolf Girl’, digital single, out January 16th

Coverage in the last three months from the likes of The Guardian, Pitchfork, The Fly, Clash, The Line Of Best Fit, NME, Pigeons And Planes, Drowned In Sound and Culture Of Me amongst others.

“…yet another truly great Swedish act” – The Music Snob
“like classic Hot Chip, with Active Child handling production duties and Ariel Pink and Thom Yorke making the tea” – Snipe

Swedish three-piece, Simian Ghost, is a body of work originating from acclaimed producer / songwriter Sebastian Arnström...

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MOSCODISC is pleased to announce the Monday 23rd January 2012 UK release of Eleanor McEvoy’s new single Harbour, originally featured on Eleanor’s 2010 album I’d Rather Go Blonde. Harbour is the follow-up single to 2011’s You’ll Hear Better Songs (Than This), taken from McEvoy’s critically acclaimed 2011 album, Alone.

Fresh from her 4th December 2011 guest appearance on BBC Radio 2’s Weekend Wogan (where she performed You’ll Hear Better Songs and a haunting interpretation of Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors), Eleanor will embark on a series of UK concerts in January, including the Song For Ireland at Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow.

Harbour is a simple love song about not wanting to face life and wanting so much for someone to make it all better – Will you be a harbour? / A...

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HOODED FANG / PINKUNOIZU
Clap / Parabolic Delusions
Split single released 5 March 2012 on Full Time Hobby

The indie label responsible for brilliant 2011 albums from The Leisure Society, Timber Timbre, Erland & The Carnival and more, Full Time Hobby have plenty up their sleeves for 2012 too.

In March, they release a double-sided split 7” featuring cuts from their two brand-new international signings, Pinkunoizu and Hooded Fang. Hear both tunes on the following link…

On the one side, Hooded Fang’s Clap is a garage rock riot with surf guitars, ‘verbed-out vocals and danceable ‘60s drum breaks. “It’s a song about one of those single life encounters – just drunken memories really,” say the four piece Polaris-nominated band, who hail from Toronto, Canada...

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’With their fresh slant on indie guitar driven rock, combined with the haunting vocals and stunning good looks of Zoe, word is already out about these guys. So go and catch them live in a small venue soon, while you still have the chance.’ – Music News

’The band is a powerhouse of a three piece and really did leave the audience’s eyes wide open and jaws dropped after just a few minutes of being on stage, 4/5′ – Southsonic

‘There are still bands emerging from an apparent oblivion of guitars and industry mess that have some appetite for real music.’ – 4.5/5’ – The Playground

Auction for the Promise Club are an indie rock three piece with raw vitality and serious potential. Their debut EP ‘One’, out February 24th and recorded at London’s famed Abbey Road, vows to be worth a punt...

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Nanci Griffith – New Album – Intersection
Out February 20th on Proper Records

Twenty albums now, and none before like this.

“It’s emotional for me, and it’s personal, and it makes my heart pound, thinking I’m going to be totally exposed here,” says Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Intersection is not an album of resolution or closure; it’s an album about difficulties, about anger, about things that slip away and things that explode.

“I’ve had a hard life, and I write it down,” Griffith sings on the title track, and that line serves as a statement of fact and purpose, and as a gentler way to explain her near-shouted musical exclamation, “Hell no, I’m not alright...

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REWIND SCOTLAND – The 80s Festival, Scone Palace, Perthshire
Friday 20th July – Sunday 22nd July

Tickets on sale at 9am on Friday 20th January
For ticket info and prices, please visit: www.rewindfestival.com

Due to the outstanding success of the first “Rewind Scotland – The 80s Festival” in Perth, Scotland during July 2011, the festival returns for the second year. As with last year’s unforgettable concert performances and festivities, this year’s Rewind Scotland boasts another massive live outdoor line-up of the crème de la crème of 80s recording artists/performers.

Rewind Scotland will take place from Friday 20th July until Sunday 22nd July at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland (www.scone-palace.co.uk). Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday 20th January...

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The Wedding Present will be releasing their much-anticipated eighth studio album Valentina on March 19th, released in the UK on their own Scopitones label. It was recorded by the group in France, California and Brighton during 2011 and mixed by Andrew Scheps [whose past credits include Metallica, Iggy Pop and Johnny Cash].

The ten track Valentina comes four years after 2008’s El Rey, the longer than usual delay reflecting The Wedding Present’s commitment to touring and other side projects involving the group’s founding member, David Gedge.

Valentina is performed by:

David Gedge: Singing, guitars and percussion
Graeme Ramsay (co-writer with Gedge of all but one of the songs on the album): guitars, piano, harmonium
Pepe le Moko: bass and backing vocals
Charles Layton: drums and percus...