Taking inspiration from the likes of the Gogol Bordello, Leonard Cohen and The Magnetic Fields, the first release from Sweet Sweet Lies – ‘Capital of Iceland’ – will take you on a journey of second love, balmy summer evenings that never seem to end and characters that turns your world upside down.

Lead singer Dominic Von Trapps engaging voice narrates an upbeat tale of a girl that plays guitar and knows the Capital of Iceland, but scratch the surface and we discover a darker tale of love lost and discovering a better lover. The melodic choruses and bluegrass influences rouse the soul – songs like these make you want to dance with your friends all night long. What stands out about Sweet Sweet Lies is the stark contrast between the harmony-laden acoustic warmth of the music and the blood, guts and bitter truths of the lyrics, leading to comparisons with Ray Davies and the dark drama of Nick Cave’s tales. This band is one of the most exciting acts for 2011…

The visceral anthemia of Midlands punk-rockers Max Raptor will open for The Darkness, who play to a small but eager audience this June, as they limber up for their rock n’ roll comeback with appearances at Sonisphere in Madrid and the legendary Download at Donnington (but to name a few colossal rock festivals!).

THE DARKNESS (with Max Raptor)
5/6 Waterfront NORWICH
6/6 The Assembly LEAMINGTON SPA
8/6 O2 Shepherds Bush Empire LONDON

Goodluck Jonathan’s set-up echoes most brilliant bands throughout history. A collective of five very different individuals gelled together by a mutual love and serious appreciation of music and a less serious though equally passionate love of rum, mocking the percussion section, and annoying the Nigerian President by misdirecting his Twitter traffic to their profile (plus other unmentionable exploits expected of a band their age). Their musical influences and loves run the spectrum of genres: from melodic indie to dance to rock, the latter mainly championed by the drum and bass fraternity, “(Goodluck Jonathan) claim that the world “needs a soundtrack…with fucking big drums.” And we couldn’t agree more”. – NME.

BOY COM bring the big band experience to a post-urban generation. Describing themselves as “kick ass party hip hop”, the 9-piece (whose name is short for ‘Boy Communication’) make the perfect soundtrack to any debaucherous house-party.

Boasting the phattest beats, the smoothest bass lines, the raunchiest brass and the silkiest choruses, BOY COM are the stylish live eargasm that the alternative UK Hip-Hop scene has been waiting for. BOY COM is the wildchild of half American, half Belgian, dejay, producer and emcee Noah Sacré, whose distinctive half-sung drawl decorates an architecture of 60s soul, 70s funk and 80s hip hop with mischievous 90s fraternity-raps.

Harlesden’s very own hip hop legend in the making Iron Braydz is making more waves in the international hip hop community this month after giving away a free download of this new banger ‘Fiery Red’ featuring hip hop heavyweight Sean Price, from his forthcoming release ‘The Slugga’ out later in the year. How do u say…. ‘yank it, crank it, and rip it off…’

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for more free downloads from Braydz etc get over to www.ironbraydz.com

The Saw Doctors – Indian Summer by Cannonball_PR

The Saw Doctors, Galways favourite sons, release their cracking new single ‘Indian Summer’ on July 11, taken from their 7th Studio Album ‘The Further Adventures Of The Saw Doctors’.

Oxbridge indie-rockers Tellison have always had an unabashed passion for remix culture. Their 2007 debut album Contact!Contact! was succeeded by Contact!Contact! Remixed, featuring a host of far-flung favours from contemporaries such as Dave House, MaybeSheWill, Ginface and Elastik!. More recently Rolo Tomassi and Get Cape Wear Cape Fly have offered remixes for previous single ‘Collarbone’ and current single ‘Say Silence (Heaven & Earth)’.

Tellison are now encouraging both fans and newcomers to their literary brand of alt-indie to enter the Remix Tellison competition. First prize includes a Pro SoundCloud account worth over £200 (courtesy of SoundCloud.com), Tellison goodies, the new record on every format imaginable and gig tickets.

The awesome Tellison are Q Track of The Day today with Say Silence (Heaven & Earth). Visit Q website now to see what they said…

Taken from Custom Blue’s EP 3 ‘The Tree’ check out ‘Summer’s Gone’. Worth it’s weight in sunshine!

Custom Blue – Summer’s Gone by Cannonball_PR

TELLISON are proud to reveal the brand new, Wes Anderson plus Men From Uncle plus Thunderbirds-esque, Adam Powell directed promo video for their new single ‘Say Silence’ from 11am today, Monday 9th May their website here – www.tellison.co.uk