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“Help I’m Alive (acoustic)” | download

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P.S. a reader gave the heads up that Metric is selling the single on a black picture 7″ featuring the image of a butterfly HERE!

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Dept. has come back with yet another monster remix, this time for Adelaide band Wolf & Cub. Get the remix below which will feature as a B-side on the digital release of Wolf & Cub’s latest single “Seven Sevens” (released next month).

“Seven Sevens (Dept. remix)” | download

Xtra: the original mix

“Seven Sevens” | download

Recorded with Bumblebeez genius Chris Colonna in his hometown of Braidwood, the song is awash with the psyched out vocals and intergalactic guitar of front man Joel Byrne, combined with the driving bass playing of Thomas Mayhew and the highly combustible percussion courtesy of Joel Carey and newcomer Marvin Hammond.

Taking the raw elements of the early demos and coupling them with the studio wizardry of Colonna, Wolf & Cub have created a memorable cocktail, one part lysergic… one part darkly danceable.

P.S. Dept. will be playing a rare DJ date at Playground Weekender on Friday Feb 6th!

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Chicago-based band Company of Thieves announced last week that they would be opening for labelmates Thriving Ivory on tour starting February 2nd. Everything is still the same but now the guys announced MORE DATES through out February & March.

February:

02 Backbooth – Orlando, FL
03 Common Grounds – Gainesville, FL
05 Soul Kitchen – Mobile, AL
06 Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL
07 The Dive – Goose Creek, SC
09 Vinyl – Atlanta, GA
11 Mad Hatter – Covington, KY
12 Cinemat – Bloomington, IN
13 ES Jungle – Indianapolis, IN
14 The Majestic Theatre – Madison, WI
16 Varsity Theater – Minneapolis, MN
17 Revolutions Ballroom – Neenah, WI
18 Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
19 Double Door – Chicago, IL
22 Paradise Lounge – Boston, MA
23 Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
25 Tinks – Scranton, PA
26 Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
27 Chameleon – Lancaster, PA
28 IOTA Café – Arlington, VA

March:

01 Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC
03 Neighborhood Theater – Charlotte, NC
06 Midland Theatre – Kansas City, MO
07 Juanita’s – Little Rock, AR
08 Fire – Jackson, MS
11 Scoutbar – Houston, TX
14 Take 2 – El Paso, TX
15 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
17 Bluebird Theatre – Denver, CO
18 Murray Theater – Murray, UT
20 Martini Ranch – Scottsdale, AZ

You can also check out the band’s performance of “Oscar Wilde” live on Last Call with Carson Daly above & don’t forget to grab the tune below.

“Oscar Wilde” | download

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Introduced in 2008 with their debut release Black Morning EP on Chess Club (3 songs that were described by BBC 6 as “A fizzing bombastic attack on the senses, with more bright ideas than most bands manage in a lifetime”), Post War Years release their new single “Whole World On Its Head’ on March 9th backed by “Flames Like Tinder”.

The guys will be touring in the UK in support of the upcoming EP from late February through to release with some dates being a rotating headline with James Yuill and Wave Machines.

27 Jan – Forum Tunbridge Wells ^
25 Feb – London Lexington *
26 Feb – Brighton Audio *
27 Feb – Leamington Spa Assembly *
28 Feb – Leeds Cockpit 3 *
01 Mar – Glasgow King Tuts *
07 Mar – Be at Proud Galleries London

^ w/ White Lies
* w/ James Yuill & Wave Machines

The single will be followed by a live 4 track EP on Zarcorp – Late of the Pier ‘s imprint label in April & in late spring, the debut full-length, produced by the band & with additional production & mixing by Graeme Stewart (Dirty Pretty Things, Radiohead, Ash, Jonny Greenwood).

Enjoy the B-side

“Flames Like Tinder” | download

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