TRUMPETS OF DEATH POST SAMPLER OF FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM
25/01/2012
Trumpets of Death have posted a small sampler of the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut "Teeth + Teeth = Teeths". The as-yet-untitled second album should be released by Tin Angel Records sometime later this year.
PAUL CURRERI CONTRIBUTES TO TIN ANGEL RECORDS PODCAST SERIES
24/01/2012
Tin Angel Records Podcast #4 | Paul Curreri by Tin Angel Records Podcast on Mixcloud
Paul Curreri is the latest artist on the Tin Angel roster to contribute to our podcast series. Paul's edition is as eclectic as expected, with choices including Captain Beefheart, Nirvana, Muddy Waters, Vic Chesnutt and Duke Ellington. You can hear all contributions to the Tin Angel Records podcast series on Mixcloud.
DEVON SPROULE & PAUL CURRERI PRESENT KLUB ZOO GANG - A VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL
16/01/2012
After the success of the first ever Klub Zoo Gang in December, Devon Sproule & Paul Curreri bring the show to Taylor John’s House in Coventry on Tuesday 14th February. Devon and Paul will perform as a duo, akin to their famous Valentine's Day duet shows in their hometown of Charlottesville. Michael King and Faye Haddon of Nuneaton-based folk outfit Boat to Row will also be performing on the night. Tickets cost £10 (price includes a free glass of wine!) for the show and are available from WeGotTickets - very limited quantity, so book fast to avoid disappointment!
NEW TRUMPETS OF DEATH PODCAST
05/01/2012
Trumpets of Death have made their second contribution to the Tin Angel Records podcast series here, with Ben and Laura Wetherill compiling a wildly eclectic playlist, including snippets of Trumpets of Death live performances from 2011. You can also hear fellow band member Karl D' Silva's podcast here. Trumpets of Death are currently working on their second album - stay tuned for more details as they come.
TIN ANGEL RECORDS ARTISTS IN END OF 2011 LISTS
03/01/2012
Congratulations are in order for Tin Angel artists Trumpets of Death, Baby Dee, Larsen and Devon Sproule, who have made their way into best-of-2011 lists around the world! Trumpets of Death's "Teeth + Teeth = Teeths" features on end of year lists by The Music Fix and Dark Entries (10th). Baby Dee's "Baby Dee Goes Down To Amsterdam" is 4th on the Dark Entries list. Larsen's "Cool Cruel Mouth" features in the Brainwashed.com Top 100, whilst Devon Sproule's "I Love You, Go Easy" appears on lists by the ABC Radio show The Weekend Planet and Canadian music blog Southern Souls.
DEVON SPROULE MAKES SOUTHERN SOULS END OF YEAR LIST
Devon Sproule's album 'I Love You, Go Easy' has made Canadian blog, Southern Souls, best Canadian album of 2011 year end list. I Love You, Go Easy is an album made by a Canadian, with other Canadians in Canada, you don't get much more Canadian that that! It has some great company in Southern Souls list alongside the likes of Sandro Perri, who produced Devon's album, Destroyer, Timbre Timber and many more.
You can see Devon's session with Southern Souls on this site and over at Devon's Facebook page.
XXL
02/01/2012
XXL is a collaboration between bands and friends Xiu Xiu and Larsen. We released Larsen's latest record Cool Cruel Mouth in 2011 and now Tin Angel Records and Larsen will be joining forces again to release XXL's upcoming record 'Düde' later this year.
There will be more information coming on this very soon but for now here is the first picture of the band in 2012.
DEVON SPROULE - SEND ME TO COVENTRY (VIDEO CONTEST)
22/12/11
Rev up your Christmas spirit, show off your video-making skills, and help support a wonderful cause. Tin Angel Records and For Folk’s Sake are teaming up again to support London's Integrated Cancer Centre, this time to the soundtrack of Devon Sproule's new song, "Send Me to Coventry (for Christmas)." Devon recorded this gorgeous low-fi gem on her phone in Berlin, for a friend, and it landed as a standout track on the recent For Folk’s Sake compilation “For Folk’s Sake, It’s Christmas". Win the competition and along with various Devon Sproule and FFS-related musical prizes, your video will be linked to Devon's own video for the song, posted to her website, and announced in her monthly email newsletter. Help us celebrate the season and spread the word about this wonderful compilation!
Here’s how the competition works:
Closing date for entries is midnight of New Year’s Day. The winning entry will be announced before Twelfth Night (Friday 6th January). Good luck and Merry Christmas!
View Devon's clip for "Send Me To Coventry" below.
TRUMPETS OF DEATH FEATURE IN DIGITAL FIX'S END OF YEAR LIST
12/12/11
Trumpets of Death's debut record 'Teeth + Teeth = Teeths' has been named in the top 20 albums of the year by music publication Music at the Digital Fix. The list is unranked and the album sits alongside the likes of PJ Harvey, Arctic Monkeys and Laura Marling.
“The debut from Leeds-based folk/noise/jazz-ers Trumpets of Death is a startling and ferociously challenging work. Almost impenetrable on first listen, it opens up to reveal a sinister and enthralling world. Perhaps the most surprising album of the year, it finds its way to your very soul. It’s that rare beast - an album that gets better with every listen.” - Music at the Digital Fix top 20 albums of 2011
You can listen to tracks from the album on the bands Soundcloud page and all the other usual places. The album is available from our store and if you're Europe based and order before Monday 19th you will receive it in time for chirstmas.
DEVON SPROULE UNVEILS NEW VIDEO
01/12/11
Devon Sproule - Unmarked Animals from Anti/Type on Vimeo.
“Devon Sproule's album "I Love You, Go Easy" is one of those wordy-word albums. The singer-songwriter's unusual but transfixing voice has a lot to report, her lyrical stanzas dense against currents of a jazz horns, or pedal steel, or emotional piano lines.”
“That is to say, though, there's a lot to hear, but not too much. The sheer amount of narrative is dispersed seemingly among genres. iTunes indicates this is a country album. The opener's soft pop would say otherwise. The single "Now's the Time" sounds like Ben Kweller fronting the Flying Burrito Brothers, while the title track is an "easy" jazz tune.”
“Then there's "The Unmarked Animals," which divides its time between lounge rock and playful disco, with a slick guitar freak-out, congas, "the curvy stuff." - HitFix.com
The video for Unmarked Animals was premiered yesterday on 'Exclaim.ca' in Canada, 'HitFix.com' in the US and This is Fake DIY in the UK and Europe. Above is the video, if you haven't caught it already its mysterious and glittery with some sustained eye contact.
Devon Sproule - Paste Artist of the day.
18/11/2011
Devon Sproule has been selected as Paste Magazines artist of the day today. Head over to the Paste website to read their interview with Devon and listen to tracks from her recently released record I Love You, Go Easy which has just been released in the US. Devon has just finished a short tour of the US and Canada with label mate Doug Tielli. You can read Devon's interview with Paste at the link below.
Link to Paste feature
DOUG TIELLI - DEER (VIDEO)
15/11/2011
Doug Tielli has just posted a video for "Deer", a song from his debut solo album "Swan Sky Sea Squirrel". The concept for the video was conceived by Doug, Taylor Abrahamse and Bryn Scott-Grimes. Fellow Torontarian Jennifer Castle sang backing vocals on "Deer"
"Swan Sky Sea Squirrel" is out now on Tin Angel Records.
BABY DEE GOES DOWN TO AMSTERDAM STREAMING ON 3VOOR12
14/11/2011
aby Dee is currently on tour in support of her brand new 2CD live album “...Goes Down To Amsterdam”. You can now listen to the record in full via 3VOOR12's Luisterpaal.
Side 1 - http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/45251546#luisterpaal.45251546
Side 2 - http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/45251548#luisterpaal.45251548
"...Goes Down To Amsterdam" is available from the Tin Angel Records shop, and all other good high street/online retailers.
DEVON SPROULE & PAUL CURRERI HOST KLUB ZOO GANG, PRESENT TWO WINGS
Devon Sproule and Paul Curreri will be hosting the very first Klub Zoo Gang. The first of these will take place at London's Cafe Oto on Friday 9th December, where new Tin Angel Records signees Two Wings will be the headline act, with Devon and Paul opening together.
Born from a songwriting collaboration between Hanna Tuulikki (Nalle, Scatter, The Family Elan) and Ben Reynolds (Baby Dee, Trembling Bells, Alasdair Roberts), Two Wings is now a quartet that features soaring female vocals, uniquely balanced harmonies, and an almost militaristic insistence on a feel-good stomp. Click here for advance tickets.
PAUL CURRERI THE LINE OF BEST FIT
07/11/11
Paul Curreri's latest record has received praise from webzine The Line of Best Fit. Read the review below.
Paul Curreri‘s latest album might take a playground punchline for its title (Q: Where do hipster houseflies socialise?) but The Big Shitty is bristling, bold and baffling; a black-and-bluesy melange of the bullish, the buckled and the broken. This shift in sound – together with Curreri’s darkly lyrical imagery – makes an impact more redolent of the opening track from 2007′s The Velvet Rut (titled for his former hometown’s nickname) than to anything on his more recent release, California. Here, Curreri maintains the habit of placing his music but whereas California was premised on the promise of a fabled land, The Big Shitty is more congruent to the likely reality, where aspiration and goodwill are dampened in the doubt and darkness of the undertow.
Read the rest here.
BABY DEE GOES DOWN TO AMSTERDAM OUT NOW
Baby Dee's new record 'Baby Dee Goes Down to Amsterdam' is out now on Tin Angel Records. This is a live double disc album that was recorded at a live show at Amsterdam's Bimhuis venue. The record has been receiving a lot of praise, read some of the recent reviews below.
“Dee could bring cheer to the sleaziest of backstreets.” - 7/10 NME
“The album is a rare jewel of a live album...Truly unusual and beautiful.” 4.5**** Music OMH
“Perfect introduction to an artist who deserves to be far more widely celebrated.” 4**** Stool Pigeon
Baby Dee was also recently asked to do a session for The Line of Best Fit, which was filmed at the QEH in London. You can see Dee and band performing 'As Morning Holds A Star' below.
DEVON SPROULE ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
31/10/2011
Devon Sproule will be heading out to the US and Canada for a handful of shows either side of Thanksgiving, in support of the North American release of "I Love You, Go Easy". Devon will be playing the following shows:
22/11/11 - Rockwood Music Hall, New York City, NY, United States 23/11/11 - Club Passim, Cambridge, MA, United States 25/11/11 - Le Cagibi, Monteral, QC, Canada 27/11/11 - TRANZAC, Toronto, ON, Canada
Devon is also playing the following in Europe:
01/11/11 - Madame Claude, Berlin, GER 13/11/11 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
CHARLIE PARR 'CHEAP WINE' PRAISE
Charlie Parr's new album Cheap Wine was released on Tin Angel on … Cheap Wine is a compilation of the best of Charlie's solo work and the first piece of work Tin Angel and Charlue have worked on together. It has received 4**** reviews from both Q Magazine and Uncut Magazine. You can read the reviews below.
Q - 4**** Charlie Parr has been the next big thing in country blues for a decade, but the guitarist and banjo plucker has struggled to make the leap out of cultdom. Cheap Wine (TIN ANGEL, ****), a compilation of 11 tracks from his five studio albums, show that the Duluth, Minnesota native's songs are about society's helpless, homeless and dispossessed are in different class – particularly the title track, recently covered by freak-folk darlings Trevor Moss And Hannah-Lou.
Uncut - 4**** Minnesota man collected Parr has been releasing enthralling albums with a minimum of fuss for the past decade. Following on from last year's gospel collaboration with The Black Twig Pickers, the terrific Cheap Wine rounds up the best of his solo work thus far. He's firmly rooted in the worried old country-blues of Mance Lipscomb and Bukka White, the songs marked by lithe finger picking, the occasional cluck of banjo and a fly-down voice to match. "1922 Blues" essays the tale of his freight-hopping father, while his startling take on "Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down" sounds genuinely unhinged.
Charlie head out on his headline UK and Europe tour tomorrow starting with a shows at London's wonderful Bush Hall venue, Charlie will be supported on tour by label mate Paul Curreri. For a full list of tour dates see our live page.
PAUL CURRERI 'THE BIG SHITTY' OUT NOW
Paul Curreri's new record The Big Shitty is released today via Tin Angel Records. This is Paul's sixth album and the fourth to be released on Tin Angel.
Mojo call it “a real coming-of-age album from someone who's never under-delivered” 4****
Paul has just recently finished his own UK tour and is now ready to head out on the road again with label mate Charlie Parr, playing a whole host of shows around the UK and Germany.
PAUL CURRERI TO SUPPORT CHARLIE PARR
20/10/2011
Having just finished his own UK dates, we can now reveal that Paul Curreri will be supporting fellow Tin Angel Records artist Charlie Parr on the Duluth bluesman's tour of the UK & Ireland. Paul will also be supporting Charlie in Germany. Charlie's full tour schedule can be seen below.
PAUL CURRERI - POOR LITTLE MOTORBIKE (VIDEO)
12/10/11
Paul Curreri's "Poor Little Motorbike" has previously had the remix treatment, and now has gotten itself its own video. The clip was directed by Aaron Harrington and features a cameo from Devon Sproule. "Poor Little Motorbike" will be on Paul's new album "The Big Shitty", coming soon on Tin Angel Records. Paul is also playing the following tour dates:
DEVON SPROULE ANNOUNCES NEW YORK SHOW
11/10/11
Devon Sproule will play at Rockwood Music Hall on Tuesday 22nd November, in support of the North American release of her new album “I Love You, Go Easy”. Support comes from fellow Tin Angel artist Doug Tielli, who will also be supporting the launch of his debut solo record “Swan Sky Sea Squirrel”. Tickets are on sale now, and are available from here
Hear tracks from both records via their respective SoundCloud widgets below.
BABY DEE ADDS MORE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Baby Dee has added four more dates to her European tour. Dee will now be finishing the tour with shows in Paris, Torino, Rome and Bologna.
"Baby Dee Goes Down To Amsterdam", Baby Dee's new live album, will be available soon on Tin Angel Records.
PAUL CURRERI SET TO BEGIN UK & IRELAND TOUR
06/10/11
Paul Curreri is set to release his sixth studio album "The Big Shitty" this October, and will touring the UK and Ireland this month in support of the record. The tour starts with two free shows in Cork and finishes in Brighton on the 19th. Full dates listed below:
CHARLIE PARR ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR
Tin Angel Records recently released “Cheap Wine”, a compilation of the best of Duluth, MN-based bluesman Charlie Parr, and we are pleased to announce that he will be touring Europe throughout November. Charlie will be playing a string of headline shows with a very special guest support, plus a short run of shows in Holland supporting British blues musician Matt Schofield. The second night of Charlie’s Bristol residency will involve a performance from the Boozer Brawlers Holiness Revival & True Gospel Revue, featuring Charlie, Bristol-based band My Two Toms and a host of special guests. All dates are listed below:
01/11/11 - Bush Hall, London, UK 02/11/11 - The Haunt, Brighton, UK 03/11/11 - The Berry Theatre, Winchester, UK 05/11/11 - Cube Cinema, Bristol, UK 06/11/11 - Cube Cinema, Bristol, UK 07/11/11 - Button Factory, Dublin, IE 08/11/11 - Crane Lane Theatre, Cork, IE (free show) 09/11/11 - Crane Lane Theatre, Cork, IE (free show) 12/11/11 - Taylor John’s House, Coventry, UK 13/11/11 - House Concert, Gent, BEL 16/11/11 - House Concert, Nijksweg, NL 17/11/11 - Mezz, Breda, NL (w/Matt Schofield) 18/11/11 - P60, Amstelveen, NL (w/Matt Schofield) 19/11/11 - Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht, NL (w/Matt Schofield) 20/11/11 - Hedon, Zwolle, NL (w/Matt Schofield) 22/11/11 - Crossroads, Oslo, NO 23/11/11 - Monarch, Berlin, GER 25/11/11 - Dortmund Theatre, Dortmund, GER 26/11/11 - Kampnagel, Hamburg, GER
Hear Charlie perform “Cheap Wine” for MCR Screenwipe earlier this year, via the video below.
LARSEN POST NEW VIDEO, PREPARE FOR UK TOUR DATES
04/10/11
Larsen have hooked up with Giorgia Mannavola and Andrea Ferrari to create a video for "Ohm Av. D", from their recent "Cool Cruel Mouth" album. The Italian post-rock band will be also playing their first ever UK dates this week.
06/10/11 Taylor John's House, Coventry, UK 08/10/11 Cafe Oto, London, UK
DOUG TIELLI FEATURED ON LINE OF BEST FIT PLAYLIST
Doug Tielli's "Riversea" is featured in The Line Of Best Fit's new installment of their O Canada! playlists. You can find the .zip file for the full playlist over at http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/10/download-oh-canada-18/
"Riversea" will be on Doug's debut solo record "Swan Sky Sea Squirrel", which will be released in November by Tin Angel Records. Hear "Riversea" via the SoundCloud widget below.
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