Blog: Beat Surrender

Début single from Story Books get the single on 73 vinyl limited pressing. Story Books Catchy little number from the excellent Treetop Flyers Things Will Change by Treetop Flyers Catherine AD wonderful cover of Landslide from the indie songstress

Here's the video for a new track from Fisticuffs, they are working on a new record that's due for release later this year, enjoy. More at Bandcamp. The latest song / video from Turn of Your Television for your viewing please - check out their album Canadian, now Austin-based gothic-folk-Americana duo Twilight Hotel are touring this month in support of their new album When The Wolves Go Blind Wed 11th Nashville Babylon [...]

New York based duo The Lost Leaders have released a video and track from their upcoming EP and a fine one it is too, here's the teaser track: The Lost Leaders - The Line The Lie Bryan Isaacs ( Ollabelle and The Levon Helm Band ) and Peter Cole have being playing together for around a year, the EP is due out a little later this year and was recorded the Levon Helm's barn in Woodstock. [...]

• Lost Leaders - 09 The Line The Lie (M03 eq 10-25-11)

Seems so long ago since I backed Sons of Bill's Kickstarter campaign for their third studio album Sirens, my CD turned up a couple of weeks ago and has been at the top of my music playlist of late, I loved the the bands last album (even though it got me into trouble with Blogger last time) and Sirens is every bit as good. Santa Ana Winds by sonsofbill The lead track Santa Ana Winds released as a teaser track some time ago has quickly established itself [...]

Spring has sprung and we are a 1/4 way through 2012 already, this last few weeks has seen the arrival of a raft of wonderful recordings and I thought it an appropriate time to put something on record. My youngest is now starting to take more notice of the sounds emanating from the various speakers and portable devices his old man appears to have permanently switched on in one form or another and made a rather sweeping statement last week "Dad you listen to so much different music" which started a variety is the spice of life [...]

Lux Lisbon - Bullingdon Club (Single 26th March) by Lux Lisbon Bullingdon Club (Single) by Lux Lisbon Homepage Facebook

JAMES CANTY ....SHARK IN THE SHALLOWS by Smugglers Records September Gurls (Remastered Album Version) - Big Star by RhinoRecords Great Lake Swimmers - New Wild Everywhere by nettwerkmusicgroup

Beat Surrender favourite Holmes release their new album April 13th, available a digital download, CD or on premium 180 gram vinyl, if you're not familiar with the Swedish Americana outfit you can download a few freebies at Bandcamp - check them out, their last album is excellent and this one is sounding good too.

The folks at wiaiwya are offering their indie boss tribute album PLAY SOME POOL, SKIP SOME SCHOOL, ACT REAL COOL with a 30% discount to celebrate the release of the new SPRINGSTEEN album Wrecking Ball. Simply click buy on the Bandcamp widget and enter the discount code wrecking_ball when asked The album features 38 covers, including exclusive tracks from the WAVE PICTURES, ALLO DARLIN, DARREN HAYMAN and HELP STAMP OUT LONELINESS... there is even a fiddle solo from DOUG YULE

Well a Guardian exclusive, I've just copied the embed code, as you do. More Lightships

Ellen & The Escapades have made the title track from their upcoming release All The Crooked Scenes available to stream on Soundcloud along with This Ace I've Burned , the formal album release (digital is already in the hands of those who Pledged ) is April 16th and the title track is released as a digital single and on good old-fashioned vinyl 73 on April 2nd. Ellen and the Escapades - All The Crooked Scenes by Ellen and the Escapades [...]

New track from a Beat Surrender favourite with a one-take video to go. Multiple Love by Paper Aeroplanes Gig guide Mar 26 Halfmoon Putney London Mar 27 The Bedford London Mar 28 Leaf Liverpool Mar 29 The Stag and Hounds Bristol Mar 30 Ditch the Tv @ the Maudslay Coventry Apr 10 Intersoup Berlin, Germany Apr 19 Hare & Hounds Birmingham Apr 20 Nice N Sleazy Glasgow Apr [...]

When You Need A Train It Never Comes by Amanda Shires A Beat Surrender favourite Amanda Shires tours the UK and Ireland in April and May, the Texan fiddler-singer-songwriter is accompanied by long-time collaborator Rod Picott on guitar and Todd Pertll on lap steel. There are also sessions planned with Bob Harris for his Radio 2 Sunday show and Barry Marshall-Everitt's House Of Mercy whilst she's over this side of the pond. Last years album Carry Lightning made number seven on [...]

Taken from the album Divine Providence . Out on Loose Music 2nd April 2012, available as Download, LP, CD or Limited Edition CD with bonus 5 track Tim EP . Pre-order the CD or better still the vinyl. Deer Tick - Let's All Go To The Bar by Loose Music More vinyl in the form of a 7″ Single release from The Great American Canyon Band – an atmospheric offering of America, for a copy of the limited [...]

Love this track, great video, the 73 single 'Bell Jar' is released April 9th on Chess Club pre-order at Rough Trade. More

I enjoyed the previous Mexico EP from the The Staves this is another great recording from The Crypt Sessions and the title track from their forthcoming EP, catch them live in the UK and Ireland in April / May. Tour Dates Sun 15 Apr Louisiana, Bristol Mon 16 Apr Oran Mor, Glasgow Tue 17 Apr Pleasance, Edinburgh Wed 18 Apr The Kazimier, Liverpool Thu 19 Apr The Cluny, Newcastle upon Tyne Sat 21 Apr Brudenell Social Club, Leeds Sun 22 Apr The Deaf Institute, Manchester Tue [...]

An album that's being on my playlist for the last couple of months is the The Garden by Australian born Ruth Moody who grew up in the Canadian Prairies in Manitoba and is probably best known as a founder member of the wonderful Wailin' Jennys she has also fronted the Canadian band Scruj MacDuhk - later to become The Duhks and although she's released solo material before (the Blue Muse EP in 2002) this is Ruth's first full length album, the twelve track release features an all original set of tunes on which [...]

• Ruth Moody - Within Without You

It's that time again, a new release from the erstwhile Mr Weller coming of the back of 22 Dreams and Wake Up the Nation it has a lot to live up too, the reviews I've read so far all veer to the positive although given Weller position place in UK rock royalty it's no surprise, personally I'm liking what I've heard so far and can't wait to get my hands on the CD/DVD hopefully tomorrow if all goes to plan. Part 1 Paul Weller [...]

If you've not checked in to CXCW it runs 'till Sunday night. A few favourites from the stage so far.

Posted some news about this back in September of 2011, now the band have an official release date for the album April 1st and a new website to go with it. Recorded live at the betsey trotwood, clerkenwell.