Xiu Xiu Announce Duets Album Oh No , Share A Bottle Of Rum Featuring Grouper s Liz Harris Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Xiu Xiu have shared details of a new album of duets. Oh No , the experimental duo s 12th studio record, will arrive on March 26 through Polyvinyl. It will feature guest collaborations with Sharon Van Etten, Owen Pallett, Chelsea Wolfe, Alice Bag, Deerhoof s Greg Saunier, Drab Majesty s Deb Demure Twin Shadow s George Lewis Jr. and Angus Andrew of Liars, among others.
To celebrate the news of the follow-up to 2019 s Girl With A Basket Of Fruit , Angela Seo and Jamie Stewart have unveiled lead single A Bottle Of Rum, an alt-pop track featuring Grouper s Liz Harris. Stewart said:
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An early 3D model of proposed new layout at Blue’s Micro Pub in Whitburn
However, Blue’s only had around seven weeks of ‘normal’ trade before the first national lockdown came into force to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
The venue had been operating as an off-licence selling bottles, cans and mini-kegs, as well as mulled wine over Christmas and New Year, but has now closed temporarily after England was placed under the third national lockdown.
As part of a bid to improve the pub’s offering for customers ready for better times, the landlords are hoping to introduce a small ‘snug room’ and beer garden.
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Since I have now completed my two countdown radio shows for the Top 50 albums of 2020 see the big takeover “radio” button above to hear one song from each! here is my complete list of the 180 best albums, 100 best archive/retrospective/reissue releases, and 100 best stand-alone singles and EPs of this previous year my best bets on another great year for music, old and new.
And in one of the worst years of our lifetimes, here’s a small tip of my well-worn ballcap in profound gratitude to the artists below, for giving us this music to listen to while stuck at home. Perhaps half the below had already been recorded and was in process before COVID-19 shut us all down, which also curtailed many a scheduled recording session to go with all the cancelled tours.
ATOM & HIS PACKAGE - BOAT OF A CAR (THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS PODCAST)
Atom & His Package guested on a new episode of Punknews contributor Greg Simpson s They Might Be Giants podcast This Might Be A Podcast, and in doing so, he also covered their song Boat of Car. Atom and TMBG are both masters of quirk, so it s no surprise that Atom was a good fit for this.
Orange county ska-pop-punks Bite Me Bambi released their debut EP
Hurry Up and Wait today (and we included it on our ska year-end list). The EP includes all of the band s previous singles, and the just-released This Love Is Dead, which finds Bite Me Bambi exploring their darker minor-key side (with a bridge that seems to nod at House of the Rising Sun ). It comes with a