Tracks - page 18

'Taken from the forthcoming album The Neverending Paint Job, The Arising is a new track from former one-man band turned musical collective Hillström & Billy.'

Periscopes is what happens when 'Electro-acoustic ambient post rock' meets 'Baroque-pop-folktronic-neo-classical-something-or-other'.

' Down For Whatever is a chilled out, laid back paean to living tonight and letting tomorrow do its worst from a soon-to-be former-best-kept-secret.'

Be Here Now is low-slung and dirty as hell; these are good times for fans of all things garage/psych/lo-fi.

'Rough guitars, dirty howling vocals, crunching percussion and some well timed loud/quiet/loud make Anxious? the kind of track that you could easily find yourself sticking on repeat and forgetting everything else.'

Lanterns is another atmospheric creeper underpinned by warm electronica and terrific production, from the forthcoming Mono EP.

Lost Boys Club is more evidence that Two Cartoons are a fully-functioning hook machine, building up from a simple verse into bright bursts of chorus and sending it home in style.

This week's most exciting new release news has undoubtedly been the announcement of the fourth album by The Leisure Society, and a new single "Tall Black Cabins".

Ever since Peter Buck picked one up and turned me on to R.E.M. mandolins have had a special allure, but that only partly explains why Stitches made me sit up and pay attention.

It's never a bad day when there's brand new Go! Team available. The Scene Between is the title track from their new album, to be released on March 23rd (UK) / March 24th (US).

'Check out the debut release from AVES: mellow and promising.'

What a beautiful way to end the musical advent calendar of mystery...