NEWS ROUNDUP (18/06/09)
June 18, 2009,
Written by The 405
Today's roundup includes The Dodos, Longcut, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Maps and Camp Bestival.
The Dodos
San Francisco duo, The Dodos (pictured above) return this autumn with a new album, Time To Die- the follow up to last year’s critically acclaimed sophomore effort ‘Visiter’, ‘Time To Die’ is the band’s third long player and produced by Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, The Shins, Built to Spill).
http://www.myspace.com/thedodos
Longcut
Friday night The Loncut play The Luminaire. Playing songs of their new album 'Open Hearts' which fans can purchase immediately from http://thelongcut.melodic.co.uk/.
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rodrigo y Gabriela will release their new studio album, entitled 11:11, on Tuesday September 8th. 11:11 was recorded in Ixtapa, Mexico and produced by Rodrigo y Gabriela, with John Leckie co-producing two of the tracks. The album was mixed in Wales and London by Colin Richardson, best known for his work with Slipknot and Trivium.
Maps
Maps - aka James Chapman - has announced details of the release of a new album, ‘Turning The Mind’, released on Mute on 28th September 2009.
http://www.myspace.com/mapsmusic
Camp Bestival
Camp Bestival weekend tickets are sold out, which is bad news if you wanted to camp for the weekend (day tickets and non-camping tickets are still available) but good news if you run the festival!
http://www.campbestival.co.uk/
Internet Highlights
Disquiet have some awesome ambient tracks up at the moment. Check them out.
Different Kitchen is where you should go if you wan't some good hip-hop news.
Scissor Kick have some great mixes ready for you!
Hot Biscuits is another site with some great mixes/songs for you.
Trash Menagerie is all about the mixtapes baby!










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