
Sydney producer extraordinaire FRAMES joins us for this week's 'SOUNDCLOUD WRAP'; a now regular series on PURPLE SNEAKERS which sees our friends, tastemakers, bands and producers walk you through 10 clips that they're currently obsessed with. Our subject for this week has been a busy boy lately, his new single 'Slow' drops worldwide on May 31st after having been premiered on triple j by WHAT SO NOT in their May 18 exclusive mix. FRAMES describes the track: "It's [...]

https://twitter.com/ArcaneRoot s ARCANE ROOTS set to release brand new single ‘Slow’ on May 20th through Play It Again Sam - Debut album ‘Blood & Chemistry’ released May 6th - UK May headline tour announced, full list of dates below (including Banquet Records in-store acoustic show on May 1st and London show 9th May at Electrowerkz) - A summer of festivals include Truck, ArcTanGent, Liverpool Sound City, The Great Escape, BBK in Bilbao and many more TBA ARCANE ROOTS will release their huge, brand new single, [...]

Desde Brighton, Phoria nos presenta "Red" el hermoso primer sencillo de su nuevo EP Bloodworks que saldrá el próximo 29 de abril en Akira Records. Un beat lento pero consistente, con un piano emotivo y samples de un discurso del Dr. Richard Feynman hacen de "Red" una delicia. Enjoy.
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I reach a point around mid-morning when I just need to unwind. It's usually when I'm stuck knee-deep in the horrors of the GFP inbox, but it's also needed because I'm a sucker for staring out at Bristol from my desk and just taking stock and taking a few minutes to myself. I say 'to myself', but there is always a soundtrack. Something quiet. Something to sweep aside mostly-irrelevant stresses. Something to lose myself in. I'm nothing if not a sucker for a daydream. On The Shore is the first single from Slow Skies [...]

11th April 2013 sees Unwed Mothers from Edmonton in Canada who I took a look at back in December 2012 release their new eponymous eight track LP digitally along with CDs, which will first be made available at live shows during their release supporting tour from the 12th to 26th April 2013 in Western Canada. Unwed Mothers - Eponymous LP cover Opening with Skeletons a track you will know from the video if you [...]
Slow — Late Night Tale Новый альбом Slow разительно отличается от другой, вышедшей совсем недавно, работы Сергея Суокаса « Qualia ». Синтезаторы и электронное звучание здесь уступают место полевым записям и живым инструментам. Впрочем, при ближайшем рассмотрении «Don't Be Afraid Of Horrors», как и «Qualia», это зимний альбом. Но если на первом во главу ставились холодность и отточенность, то тут, скорее, можно увидеть конец сезона — от мрачного времени года здесь осталась только отрешенность. Суокас не создает в своих композициях долгие истории — [...]
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Here's a little German-Finnish collaboration. Tampere based singer Anna Marjamäki features vocals on a new song by German artist/DJ Cass.. The track creates a smooth and calm atmosphere with the use of bells and percussion following a slow melancholic beat. Tagged as warm mountain music.

In the absence of a Friday Films (new videos are few and far between right now), let's focus on Au.Ra 's new song, and its accompanying video. The Sydney/London (mainly Sydney, but hey..) duo's first track, Sun is dominated by treacle-thick vocals and irony guitars; it's like a kind of sedated grunge, only with keyboard twinkles. The psychedelic video, featuring a hipster-like woman wandering dreamily around a bleached landscape, is suitably slurry and phlegmatic. Click here to view the embedded video.
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On February 12, San Francisco's Slowness release their debut LP 'For Those Who Wish To See The Glass Half Full' through Blue Aurora Audio ( pre-order vinyl here ). The trio create droney indie pop/rock, check out the opening track 'Day For Night' below. Slowness have been honing their sound since forming five years ago, releasing their first EP 'Hopeless But Otherwise' in 2010. Stream the new album over at Soundcloud . Download audio file (Slowness-Day-For-Night.mp3) Visit Slowness online @ Bandcamp @ Soundcloud @ Facebook .

On February 12, San Francisco's Slowness release their debut LP 'For Those Who Wish To See The Glass Half Full' through Blue Aurora Audio ( pre-order vinyl here ). The trio create droney indie pop/rock, check out the opening track 'Day For Night' below. Slowness have been honing their sound since forming five years ago, releasing their first EP 'Hopeless But Otherwise' in 2010. Stream the new album over at Soundcloud . Download audio file (Slowness-Day-For-Night.mp3) Visit Slowness online @ Bandcamp @ Soundcloud @ Facebook .

I finished a few more slowed edits this past week, you can check them (and the others) below.

I went to a Christmas church service earlier. Hearing and joining along with the simple carols was wonderful, and reminded me what a simple pleasure singing is; how good and pure a song can feel. There's much of that joy to be had in the music of new warbler Megan Wyler : her single Through The Noise - the title track from next year's debut album, produced by Four Tet collaborator Adem Ilhan - is a sincere, earnest ballad that positively bursts with vocal pleasure.

In this mass-produced world, few songs sound raw and down-at-heel. But that's definitely the way to describe Tom For Idea 's superb Hintro , a tune so solemn that I abandon dinner halfway through and instead compose my most confessional, pared-away and coruscating diary entry in months. This is the music of depressed dorms; of sitting on the swings, and long, lonely walks on the Heath where you're not sure if it's the wind or you're crying.
Last time this band was in Toronto, they played the Wrongbar- a show I sadly couldn't attend. So once they announced another show at my favourite venue on November the 5th at The Phoenix Concert Theatre, I knew I couldn’t miss them this time. I had heard many rumours about how great their concerts are, so it was time for me to find out just how spectacular a Grouplove show could be… Before their concert I had the chance to head down to The Phoenix early and meet the band. Now this was pretty damn sweet [...]