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Tegan and Sara – Hell

Tegan and Sara are one of my favourite duos, both with great songs and a brilliant live show with plenty of banter. Their new album, Sainthood, came out last Monday and this is the lead single from it, Hell. It’s got a great full-band sound to it, compared to the sparser sounds of previous albums. Watch and enjoy, and if you liked the video, watch the behind the scenes take on things below:

http://www.vimeo.com/7244642

One of my all time favourite duos, Tegan and Sara, have announced a string of UK shows for November,

Tickets go on sale on Thursday, 10th September at 9am.

Friday 13th November 2009 – London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Saturday 14th November 2009 – Manchester University
Sunday 15th November 2009 – Edinburgh Picture House

Richard Walters -True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston cover)

Now, I know this is a slightly morose tune, but I really quite love the bauty and introspectiveness of this new Richard Walters track. Some of you may want to slit your wrists, but I personally love it.

To go with this, I’ve not been able to stop watching this great video for Tegan and Sara’s “Call it Off”. I only discovered it a few days ago, but love the simplicity and Tegan’s facial expressions as she’s sining it.

http://www.vimeo.com/1825284

We started the Video of the Day string of posts on Friday and have been amazed at how successful they’ve been in a short space of time. Thus, We’ve started the MP3 of the day string of posts today. One MP3. Every weekday. 10am. If you’re from a PR firm that want to give away a free MP3 (and it’s actually good), fire it our way and we’ll try and get it up.

Hesta Prynn may sound like a new name, but actually it’s a project started by Julie from Hip Hop trio Northern State, who we caught last March supporting Tegan and Sara. It’s not Hip Hop though, they’re songs she wrote while she was on tour playing keyboards and singing backup vocals in band on their recent European and US tours.

This dropped in my inbox a couple of weeks ago, and once I added it on my iTunes I found I came back time after time after time to listen. It’s just great.

MP3: Hesta Prynn – Seven Sisters

I love Koko in London – some of my favourite gigs of the year have taken place there (Stars, Air Traffic and Death Cab to list three – I also caught Tegan and Sara and Delays there, but didn’t write a review). They’re upping their game a bit, and have released some quick “highlights” programmes if you will – below is the Gossip @ Koko, or if guitar rock is more your sorta thing then catch The Enemy here.

Black Cab Sessions have garnered quite a cult following recently, with some massive artists playing the back of a cab… these include Brian Wilson,  Badly Drawn Boy, Lykke Li and Death Cab For Cutie. However, I honestly think that the latest one with Kurt from Lambchop was the best… catch it below:

Stumbled across this music video that recycles clips from 41 TV adverts – it’s by a Los Angeles band called From, and sounds pretty good, but the video is what takes a good song to an amazing combination.

Swedish duo First Aid Kit are Wichita’s latest signings, and are playing the label’s Christmas bash at Hoxton Bar and Grill (tickets £5). To get in the seasonal spirit of things they’ve done a special video… sounds like Tegan and Sara gone all Fleet Foxes on us. And that’s a good thing.

MUZU.tv has a great video from a band calling themselves the British Port Authority. Their new single, Seattle, is taken from their forthcoming album “I Think We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat” which features the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Jack Penate, David Byrne, Iggy Pop and Martha Wainwright. I can’t find an official website, but watch the video and enjoy anyway!