Artist: Europeans

Our favorite French boys Housse de Racket are back on tour this summer in Europe! From June to July they will go up and down European's festivals! Next week, they'll perform at La Cigale for the second edition of Les Envolées with The Dodoz and Kid Bombardos! This show aims to put the French pop [...]

If you missed the first part of Gunning For Tamar's Euro tour diary last week, click here . If you're up to speed, then here's the second and final part... City Light Thief are badass. I've been listening to them for a while now and it was ace to see them live finally, I really hope they don't stay as Germany's little secret for much longer. Our girlfriends have heard a lot about how great touring in Europe is [...]

'Inventors', the centrepiece of Kramies ' acclaimed EP The European , now has a gorgeous video clip in which to bathe your visual cortex while your ears are busy blissing out. 'Inventors' is the dark, shadowy heart of The European , a ballad of subtle intensity. The track is counterbalanced by the snow drenched, dreamlike visuals of the music video, shot by Kevin Ott and Kramies' wife Renee Gardner and edited and post produced by Hidden Shoal's very own Cam Merton. " [...]

The marvelous Gunning For Tamar are currently hot-footing it around mainland Europe for a bunch of shows before they head back to UK shores and finish up their tour at this years Great Escape festival. Life on the road always offers up good stories, weird places and interesting characters so we asked the guys to keep a little diary for us. Check out the first part of it below... Gunning For Tamar European Tour Diary 2012 So we're [...]

I've participated in Record Store Day each year since its inception in 2008. This year, ahead of two New York shows promoting his new album, Skyline, Yann Tiersen played a short set at J&R. I, like most girls who can't speak French, loved the movie Amélie in high school. The soundtrack, by Yann, is one [...]

Earlier this year Alright The Captain and Cheap Jazz headed off to a very cold Europe to play a bunch of shows in varying venues and weather conditions. The trip threw-up many a good story to tell and they kindly wrote some down for all of us to read. Here is Part One of their tour diary, part two will follow within the next few days so keep your eyes peeled... ~ Day 1 - Nottingham to Berlin [...]

Not sure if you remember but a few months ago I posted a mix done for 'We Love Polish Jazz' . Anyway here's a second one, 45 minutes of nice Polish ballads.We Love Polish Jazz is a real interesting website, celebrating the rich heritage of Polish jazz. Worth checking out. WeLovePolishJazz: Website • Soundcloud ~lork Tags: ballad , bonny , European , history , jazz , [...]

Two lovely reviews for recent Hidden Shoal releases over at Norway's Luna Kafe . The first was in November's edition of the zine for City of Satellites ' Remixed, "The outcome is stunning... With so many different remixers it is as expected some variations here, but it still feels like a wholesome album, tied nicely together by the underlining of City Of Satellites shoegazing dream-pop material... And in some parts, these mixes has not just made the tunes slightly different, or added another kind of quality, [...]

If you missed the first part of our Let's Get Heavy! feature last week, firstly send your eyes here to catch up, secondly you should no that we're going to start covering some bands from the heavier side of the spectrum. Our new writer Peter Neesam will mainly be taking care of that side of things and he has put together this selection of bands from the genre that you would do well to check out... Light Bearer [...]

Last year, Kramies was interviewed by Big Smile magazine on the eve of commencing a tour of Ireland, on which he road-tested songs that would eventually become his new Hidden Shoal EP, The European . The follow-up interview has just been published, in which he talks about how the tour shaped the songs, his signing to Hidden Shoal, plus what's next. The European EP is available now from the Hidden Shoal Store in mp3 and limited edition CD postcard [...]

CLICK THE IMAGE TO WATCH THE EP PREVIEW VIDEO Manchester producer Twizted Rootz has teamed up with P!Jay Produktion of Germany to create this dope EP. Rootz is known to make some of the illest beats... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

It was a spur-of-the-moment impulse that brought me to the Rock Shop on a Monday night to see Fionn Regan. At first it seemed like there were hardly more people than musical instruments in the room, but gradually a decent crowd turned up to hear his set. I didn't have my camera, but more or [...]

Last week we bought you the first part of Sparrow & The Workshop's European tour diary. The band have just a few shows left on what is their first headline jaunt across the continent and GFP can now bring you the second part of their diary. Nick takes over the writing duties from Jill to bring us tales of red-light districts, strange things left in hotel beds, police, police, and more police... Day 4; Strip-Club National Dish, Basel [...]

Fionn Regan returned to CMJ 2011 and the Mercury Lounge on Tuesday night, four years after I first saw him there during CMJ 2007. After seeing Fionn on Monday night at the Rock Shop in Brooklyn, where he admitted he was less than fully-rested, I was curious to see how two consecutive sets would compare. [...]

Dutch singer-songwriter Kramies' new single, "Coal Miners Executive Club," came to me under the label of "dream pop" but has a much darker, more haunting sound than is usually associated with that category. You can download a free, legal mp3 of the song below and find it on Kramies' new EP, The European, which will [...]

• Kramies - Coal Miners Executive Club

We've never shied away from admitting out love for Sparrow & The Workshop . The Scottish trio's folk-pop musings won us over from the moment we first laid ears on them; in fact 20102s debut long-player Crystals Fall even made it into our top-thirty records of the year. When we heard that the band were shooting off to mainland Europe for their first ever headline jaunt, we asked them to keep a little diary for us [...]

Sondre Lerche played an acoustic set at Soundfix Records on Saturday. Although some equipment problems caused a brief delay, Sondre gamely hopped atop an amp for a pre-set song ("the opposite of an encore"). The store was packed, and the crowd edged in within a foot of two of him while Soundfix's air conditioning fought [...]

The excellent Burns is getting in on the mixtape game and his first attempt dropped today - it's a full-on, wild ride of electro, techno and other musing's. Listen to it now. ESM_ MIXTAPE_ JUNE 2011 by THISISBURNS Tune in next month for the next one. He's promised one every month. Let see how the European sex dude fairs - might be a plan to allow downloads though.

• THISISBURNS - ESM_ MIXTAPE_ JUNE 2011

Producer and DJ extraordinaire Tommie Sunshine has taken it back to his Chicago roots for his latest mix which he put together for his Australian and European tour. Tommie will be touring for 2 months, starting next month in Victoria and finishes in Amsterdam. Straight Techno for those that love it, giving people a taste of what to expect at his live shows. A solid selection of tunes both new and unreleased from his own catalogue as well as his buddies in the scene. Go here for a full list of dates and venues for [...]

• tommiesunshine - Australian/European Tour DJ Mix '11

The rather delectable Erika M. Anderson - better known as EMA to you and I - has announced a string of dates across Europe this coming Autumn. Her debut LP Past Life Martyred Saints took the indie music world by storm upon it's release earlier this year and will surely rank highly in many end of year lists. Those tour dates in full then; September Tue 13 Brighton UK Green Door Store Wed 14 London UK Cargo Thur 15 Bristol UK Thekla [...]