Damn Vandals release new single Kings Of Never

Out now on CD and download

www.damnvandals.co.uk

TAPEtoTAPE favourites Damn Vandals have just released another single from their stunning debut album ‘Done For Desire‘.

‘Kings Of Never‘ is out now on CD and download and you can watch the video right here…

Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch set to release new album ‘Holy Ghosts’
Out 22nd April 2013 on Edsel Records

Disc 1 – Orchestral Reworkings from the Union Chapel
Disc 2 – Brand New Studio Album ‘Pro Patria Mori’

Echo & The Bunnymen front man Ian McCulloch has announced the release of the stunning ‘Holy Ghosts’, featuring two discs representing different eras in Mac’s work.

The first is a collection of orchestral re-workings of classic Echo & The Bunnymen and solo tracks, originally recorded during McCulloch’s show at the Union Chapel last year. It will be released on Edsel Records on 22nd April 2013.

This hugely moving album is produced by Youth (Primal Scream/Depeche Mode/The Verve) and sounds simultaneously intimate and majestic with McCulloch’s voice full of raw emotion and all the more powerful for it. It also marks the beginning of an exciting new musical direction for the iconic singer.

The second disc is a new studio album ‘Pro Patria Mori’ that showcases ten new songs and completes a fantastic package.

McCulloch will be going out on tour in April when Echo & The Bunnymen begin a UK co-headline tour with James. Tour dates are as follows.

Echo & The Bunnymen & James Tour

April 2012

13th – Glasgow
15th – Newcastle Academy
16th – Sheffield Academy
17th – Bristol
19th – London Brixton Academy
20th – London Brixton Academy
22nd – Bournemouth O2 Academy
23rd – Leeds Academy
25th – Birmingham Academy
26th – Manchester Academy

TAPEtoTAPE lives!

As the eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed, TAPEtoTAPE has been very quiet recently… As excuses go there is a good one, well I think so anyway!

Having spent nearly a month in America with Kodiak Jack recording their second album time has escaped me slightly.  Having been cooped up with Tesla’s Brian Wheat at his newly refurbished J Street Recording Studio for many weeks it has been a struggle to get back up to speed with life back in Blighty.  But we are almost there. Almost.

Over the next few weeks we will be tweaking the TAPEtoTAPE website, revealing the new look logo and of course most importantly, bringing you plenty of reviews news and features.

Coming very soon there will be a fantastic retrospective interview with Status Quo from Pete Makowski’s archives, new interviews with Brian Wheat and SoulMotor’s Darin Wood plus loads more!

TAPEtoTAPE lives, the future is unwritten… well, our future will mainly be written but you get what I mean.

Depeche Mode return with new album and single

With the release of their brand new album Delta Machine, due on the 26th March, Depeche Mode have just released the video for the first single Heaven.  Beautiful, melancholic, gospel tinged… Depeche Mode can do no wrong.

ManShark – FlashFires

Over at Angry Badger Records we have managed to sneak in a new signing before jetting off to Sacramento for the Kodiak Jack album sessions.  FlashFires hail from Basingstoke and have just released the video to their cracking track ManShark.

New EP details and tour dates will follow shortly but until then, Beware the ManShark!

Indian Summer is the latest offering from the forthcoming album “Graffiti on the Train” due for release on 4th March.

Allsorts – Nudy Bronque

There is always a worry that as soon as you label anything as ‘kooky’ that it conjures up visions of mad aunts and those people who always insist on sitting next to you on a bus, even if the entire thing is empty.  In this case however it is a compliment, Nudy Bronque are so effortlessly off-beat it is impossible not to fall for their charms.

With Movement and Sitting Pretty from their last EP easily in my Top Tunes of 2012 list, the prospect of new material, and the chance to hear it first, was certainly a good start to 2013.

Allsorts is the first track to be released from the three piece line up and has all the hall marks of a classic Nudy track.  Built around a slower, almost lounge lizard groove, it is the lyrical imagery they conjure up that lifts Nudy Bronque so far above many of their peers.

Bringing to mind the likes of His ‘n’ Hers / Different Class era-Pulp or even The Divine Comedy, they find the romance in the day to day and make it all seem just a little seedy too.   Lead singer Aidan is part crooner; part indie troubadour, narrating the woes of others and sounding more than a little like Jake Shillingford.

Refreshingly free of the usual Oasis/The Libertines rip offs that most ‘indie’ bands seem to rely on these days, Allsorts is the sort of song that reminds you that indie can be clever and interesting, not just generic and dull.  My favourite tip for big things in 2013… Maybe, definitely.

Jules says…

Allsorts is out in February, to find out more visit the Nudy Bronque website HERE.

Kodiak Jack team up with Brian Wheat (Tesla/SoulMotor) for album number two!

After a successful 2012 playing gigs up and down the country, several festival slots and plenty of airplay, the time has come for Kodiak Jack to move on…

The debut album Your Death: My Glory received critical acclaim across the board with Room Thirteen calling it “an album that sounds truly epic”, Uber Rock declared it “a top notch debut album, chock-a-block with catchy anthems” and Classic Rock magazine stated “Their debut is assured and urgent”… That however was then, and this is very much now.

January 2013 will see Kodiak Jack returning to the studio to record their sophomore effort and confident that they can eclipse their début with their best songs to date.

We are very proud to announce the band will be recording the new album at J Street Studios in Sacramento, California and that Brian Wheat, bassist with US rock giants Tesla will be taking on production duties.

Having worked with the likes of Deftones and Papa Roach as well as Tesla and SoulMotor, we are excited to be able to follow in the footsteps of some of the USA’s finest exports.

Brian has become a fan of Kodiak Jack over the past year, so when the opportunity to work with him came up we all naturally jumped at the chance.  With his experience on both sides of the mixing desk combined with his ear for a rock anthem we couldn’t wish for a better choice to lead Kodiak Jack to the next level.

Brian will be coming over to the UK for a week of pre-production before we head over to the States to begin the recording process.  Ahead of this Kodiak Jack will be playing at the Deco in Portsmouth on Saturday 19^th January and unveiling some of the new tracks from the album for the very first time.  We may just be able to get Brian along to attend as well…

Recording begins on the 27^th January for four weeks, during this time we will be filming a documentary of the sessions and there will be daily blogs from members of the band so you can keep up with the progress of the album.

Kodiak Jack and Angry Badger Records would like to thank everyone for their on-going support and look forward to being able to share the new material with you all very soon.

The new Kodiak Jack album will be out on Angry Badger Records in Summer 2013, to be preceded by a single in May (tbc).

You can find out more about Kodiak Jack by visiting their Facebook page HERE.

To keep up to date with all future releases you can join the Angry Badger Records Facebook page HERE.

David Bowie makes a surprise, but very welcome return!

Having seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth for a good few years, David Bowie has done what he does best, surprised us all!

On the day of his 66th birthday he released his first new track for a decade and announced an album will follow in March.  The single Where Are We Now? is a beautifully melancholic affair, wistful but still sounding like Bowie.  The album The Next Day will follow in March…

You can watch the video for Where Are We Now? right here…

The Insurrection Chart on The Lock In

Only on 103.9 Voice FM

Happy New Year!!  The Insurrection Chart is back and we are all excited to see what will be the first Number One of 2013.  Here are the choices for this week’s Chart, 20 tracks to choose from, vote for as many as you like, it is all down to YOU!

Brother Goose just clung on to the top spot to make it to the Christmas Number One, but they were pushed right to the last minute by FlashFires!  The first Number One of 2013 is down to you…

The Insurrection Chart will be on every Thursday evening between 6-8pm, on The Lock In on 103.9 Voice FM. You can listen on line as well, just follow the link above. All shows are available on ‘Listen Again’ too so you can always catch up if you miss any shows.