Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Less is more. MP3:> Hot Chip: "One Pure Thought (Supermayer Remix)" [original track from Made in the Dark ; out now on Astralwerks / DFA ]
LAist (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Artist: Supergrass Album: Diamond Hoo Ha Release Date: 06/10/2008 Label: Astralwerks Listen to the track "Diamond Hoo Ha Man": I was a fan of Supergrass when I heard I Should Coco thirteen years ago - In It for the Money , which came out in 1997 was a great psychedelic follow up but I haven't followed them since 2000. Is it just balmy nostalgia then, that makes me like Diamond Hoo Ha - with its very...
Billboard (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
New and rare material will enhance the Chemical Brothers collection "Brotherhood," due Sept. 2 via Astralwerks.
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Supergrass is back. A fantastic new album entitled Diamond Hoo Ha, a brand new home on Astralwerks,[...] Read more!
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
18 year-old Laura Marling released her debut album - Alas I Cannot Swim - in the UK back in February, and is poised to release it in the states on Astralwerks on August 19th. Much has been made of the fact that she’s so very young to have a voice that feels so lived in, [...]
full and free download (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Fatboy Slim The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder info: Artist: Fatboy Slim Album : The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder Label : Astralwerks Original Release Date:June 20, 2006 Encoder: LAME 3.90.3 Bitrate: VBRkpbs Mode: Joint-Stereo Total Size: 99 MB Quality: 200 Kbps
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Stockholm’s Caesars will release their forthcoming album, Strawberry Weed, on August 19 via Astralwerks. From Astralwerks: Strawberry Weed offers the sort of power pop that takes the raw rock and R&B rage of mid-60s The Who, The Kinks, and The Rolling Stones as its starting point and then adds a Red Bull-fuelled edge to create an [...]
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
Australia’s Midnight Juggernauts will be releasing their debut album, Dystopia, via Astralwerks on May 27. The album has received a significant amount of praise and has pleased my hammer and anvil on numerous occasions. Following the band's European tour, the trio have confirmed to play a date at UK’s Glastonbury on June 29. The Juggernauts will [...]
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
The sixth studio album from Britpop pioneers Supergrass drops in the States on June 10th via Astralwerks. The effort is titled Diamond Hoo Ha. The band have an extensive tour with Foo Fighters planned to support the release. The album was recorded at Hansa Studios in Berlin. It was produced by Nick Launay (Gang of Four, [...]
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
On August 19, Astralwerks will be releasing the debut album Disastro from Liverpool turntablist Sonny J (Sonnington James III). The ...
LAist (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Artist: We Are Scientists Album: Brain Thrust Mastery Label: Astralwerks Release Dates: May 13th, 2008 Listen to "After Hours": We Are Scientists is Keith Murray on guitar and lead vocals, Chris Cain on bass guitar and backing vocals; Michael Tapper on drums and backing vocals. Keith and Chris were supposed to have first gotten the band together in Pomona but they disabused me of that misinformation...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
The Republic Tigers were born in the wake of the Golden Republic, a Kansas City band that signed a big-label deal (Astralwerks) and made a good record that never reaped the rewards it deserved.
Best Entertainment World (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Like a time capsule, the B-52s’ first album in 16 years reanimates that familiar fusion of danceable post-punk and bizarrely conceived songs of the oldest new wave. After sitting out 1992’s Good Stuff, Cindy Wilson returns to the love shack, joining fellow bee-hiver Kate Pierson on mouth-watering vocals and harmonies circa [...]
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Robbie Daw presents a weekly pop music update here on Towleroad! Robbie runs his own site called Chart Rigger. Since the inception of Indio, California's Coachella Music & Arts Festival in 1999, a half-dozen similar events inspired by Coachella (read:...
Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Emerging all unexpected-like from the Dark comes "One Pure Thought", the latest single from mild-mannered electro-funkers Hot Chip 's third LP. Due in UK stores in a number of formats May 12 from DFA / Astralwerks , all of its contents-- including a Christmas song B-side, and remixes from Dominik Eulberg and Hot Chip themselves-- will be available for download May 11. Speaking of Hot Chip remixes,...
