Mark your calendars: The English outfit British Sea Power will be releasing their fourth album Valhalla Dancehall on January 11th, 2011 via Beggars Group! The album, co-produced by BSP and Graham Sutton, who has worked with the band in the past, was recorded in South East England and on the Isle Of Skye in Scotland. They are suspected to come visit the U.S. for a tour in the spring so be on the lookout.
If you want to have a listen at a protected stream of the record, click HERE .
Looking to wrap up a year that saw the release of their sophomore album, Mirror, Mirror, Unicycle Loves You have announced plans for a holiday show at Chicago’s Beat Kitchen. The cult-film inspired surf-rock group, who hail from Chicago originally, will invade Beat Kitchen on on Thursday, December 30 with help from openers Elephant Gun and Laarks.
Doors open at 9pm, and you’ll want to arrive promptly. Because, the first 100 attendees will received a copy Unicycle Loves You’s new album, as well as a 20 page “not-so-much for kids” coloring book created by guitarist Jim Carroll and bassist Nicole Vitale. Unicycle Love You was also kind enough to offer us their new single “There’s a Giant Walking in My Heart” for free download. Grab it down below!
Tokyo Police Club have premiered a new remix of the Champ album track, “Favourite Colour” by Brooklyn-based DJs PUNCHES, now available for downloading on RCRDLBL.com . PUNCHES is the Brooklyn-based disco project of twin brothers Greg and Darin Bresnitz-who can be found tearing up the dance floor as DJ duo Finger on the Pulse and nightlife pioneer Alan Astor. After iterating the original track’s piano lick, PUNCHES takes over with heavy beats and synth, adding even more energy to TPC’s material.
Tokyo Police Club just announced additional dates to their Winter tour, kicking off January 13 in Ottawa, and taking them through their native Canada and most of the U.S. by mid-February. Also, Champ just made Myspace.com’s “Year In Music”, landing at #31 – “In the end, this is TPC’s most “mature” effort, but the fact that they managed to create it without losing their sense of youth or spirit is what makes it such a rare, unlikely joy.”
Check out the remix, as well as the full list of tour dates below:
2/10/11 – Covington, KY @ The Mad Hatter
Matthew Mondanile, guitarist from Real Estate, also makes music under the moniker Ducktails. He’s set to release a new album January 10th on Woodsist called Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics. The vinyl and digital releases of the album will have a special track that features Panda Bear.
The song “Killin The Vibe” will be put out as two versions, one chock full of Panda Bear and the other Panda Bear-free. The Panda-centric track will also be featured on a 12″ “Killin The Vibe” single that will be out in February.
The tracklist looks like this:
A1 Killin the Vibe [ft. Panda Bear]
A2 Couch Surfer
B1 Sit Around With Ya
B2 Killin the Vibe [ft. Spectrals]
You can hear clips from every track of the new album on the Midheaven website.
Pretty Lights (Derek Vincent Smith) has been touring the U.S. and Europe, performing at festivals and sold-out shows and has just announced a 2-night New Year’s run in Chicago at the Congress Theater. Known for his visually gorgeous live shows, Chicago is in position for a special night
Sharing the bill on the 30th is Major Lazer and Michael Menert, and Holy Fuck and Tobacco will be in the lineup on the 31st.
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Premiering his new video for “Future Blind,” which can be found on Spilling Over Every Side, get pumped for the Pretty Lights New Year’s shows.
Check out Pretty Lights web site where he recently surpassed one million album downloads, which he distributes for free. www.prettylightsmusic.com
Note the Time Changes! See you there!
7:30-8pm Marc Pinansky
8:15-8:45 y/y
9pm – 9:45 Robbers on High Street
10:15-10:45 The Twees
11pm – 11:45 Bottle Up and Go
12:00-12:30 Yellow Ostrich
Modern Mystery 
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