BRAINLOVE ANNOUNCES TWO NIGHTS AT SHUNT SPACE IN LONDON
Blimey! A really special one, this. We've been wanting to put something together at the amazing Shunt Lounge for ages, and our chance has finally come this July 2nd & 3rd.
For the uninitiated, Shunt is a labyrinthine network of vaults and tunnels under London Bridge station that's used as an art and music space, with all kinds of nooks and crannies with interesting things going on, a theatre, a cinema and an amazing bar. The space is closing due to development work in September, so this is a great excuse to come and see Napoleon IIIrd, Keyboard Choir, PWL, Mat Riviere, Stairs To Korea, We Aeronauts, Thee Oracle and Gaggle play live at Shunt before it's gone... have a look at the Facebook Event for details.
PAGAN WANDERER LU BLOG WEEK AT THE INDEPENDENT ONLINE
Cripes! All this week Pagan Wanderer Lu is blogging for The Independent Online's Independent Minds network and giving away tracks from his back catalogue. See it here - paganwanderer.livejournal.com.
The 'Fight My Battles For Me' CD is in all rad indie stores and web shops now... so, have a look, have a read, check back throughout the week, share the page, and of course - buy the record!
PAGAN WANDERER LU ALBUM RELEASED ON CD
Pagan Wanderer Lu's amazing new album Fight My Battles For Me is released on CD via Cargo Distribution on June 15th. Plan B magazine have described it as "a magnus opus", and Huw Stephens has called PWL "a breath of fresh air". This album is one of the most musically intriguing and lyrically labyrinthine you'll hear all year. Get it from iTunes, eMusic, 7digital and Amazon now, or from your local indie record shop. And check out the almost-finished 15 films project to find out more...
KEYBOARD CHOIR RELEASE FREE EP
The Electrical Unity EP is the amazing new collection by Keyboard Choir, released in June '09 as a free download by Brainlove Records, in partnership with The Independent Online and last.fm. The band will blog daily about each track at The Independent's Independent Minds Livejournal community.
The EP features three brand new compositions, two live versions recorded at last.fm/presents session, and an edited version of Electrical Unity, the epic closing track from the band's acclaimed debut album Mizen Head To Gascanane Sound. The album is in the shops now via Cargo Distribution. Get it from Amazon, Play, eMusic, iTunes & all good MP3 stores and independent record shops.
BRNLV FSTVL 09 has now been and gone. It was a huge success - easily the best show we have put on since the label began in 2004. The excitement and spirit created by the performers and the audience was inspirational, and the day felt like it embodied everything the label is intended to represent. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who came and everyone who was involved.
WOWZA! PWL plays The Gentleman's Game at Dreamtrak, with Laura Wolf of Internet Forever on drums, Oli Dreamtrak on bass synth, Will from Stairs To Korea on Trombone, Chris Alcxxk from Braindead Collective and Internet Forever on 'bone, and me (John from BRNLV & Thee Oracle) on guitar. The film is part of PWL's 15 Films project.
The album is in the shops on CD in June, and out now digitally on iTunes, eMusic, 7digital & Amazon. Favourite this shit, y'all!
Hello lover! It's exciting times here at Brainlove. New releases, new bands, a new line of Brainlove trainers (really), and lots of exciting summer events going on - so here's a short update for you from Brainloveworld...
CLUB NME // WHITE LIGHT RESIDENCIES
GOSH! We're also running a BRNLV room every Friday night at Club NME in London, and booking some great gigs at our White Light residency. The next BRNLV vs White Light show features some very special guests at The Lexington on June 26th (#screwglasto). For more info on all this join our London Events Group on Facebook.
NEW RELEASES // OUT NOW
WOW! Pagan Wanderer Lu's long-awaited album "Fight My Battles For Me" is out now digitally, with a CD release to follow in May (buy links below). He's been busily carrying various projects to celebrate, including making 15 films, carrying out a mass interview with lots of amazing musicians, and doing a stunning Dreamtrak Session at the famed London studio.
Also out now is A Scholar & A Physician's AAA-side debut single She's A Witch... see the hit YouTube video HERE. It's digital-only, and an album follows this summer.
CRIKEY O RLY? Brainlove will be releasing several new artists in 2009.
Kippi Kaninus (above, left) from Iceland is an organic-electronica (organitronica!) artist who's previously worked with Amiina and toured with Múm; Stairs To Korea (above, right) is a dizzyingly inventive one man "krutt" pioneer with an easy knack for earworm pop and lyrical hooks; Mat Riviere (above, middle) creates sparse but intense songs, heavy on atmosphere and melody; and We Aeronauts are a folk arkestra/supergroup from Oxford that at times sound like a younger, breathlessly excited sibling of Arcade Fire.
All of them will be on the 2009 Brainlove compilation FEAR OF A WACK PLANET, and there'll be more releases from all of these artists this year.
BRNLV TRAINERS
Our friend Luke from LR ROCKETS asked us if we wanted a line of Brainlove Trainers made up. Obviously we were all HELLYEAHZ. And so now you can buy them!
