Watch: Tiffany Page, Walk Away Slow

Female artists seem to have taken over the Indie scene over the last year or so with major awards going to the likes of Florence and the Machine and Ellie Goulding. Now Tiffany Page could be the next one to keep a close eye on. At only 23 years old she's spent the last summer hopping between London and LA to write and record her debut album, 'Walk Away Slow'. Ahead of its release on June 21st Tiffany has made title track, 'Walk Away Slow' available for a free download, which you can find here.. The lead single 'On Your Head' will then be released on May 24th.

As well as being able to download the track from the link above, you can also watch the video below.

Teenage Fanclub Return

It's been five years since Teenage Fanclub's last album, 'Man-Made' but now the band that launched a thousand others are back. 'Baby Lee', the lead single from new album 'Shadows' is due for release on May 24th with the album due out the week later on May 31st. It's a bouncy, acoustic number with trademark harmonies coming in to play on the chorus and you can listen to it here.

On top of this 2010 is set to be a busy year for the band with a headline slot at the Camden Crawl and a UK tour. You can see the dates here:

May
1st - London Koko - Camden Crawl Headline
27th - Manchester Academy 2
28th - Sheffield Leadmill
30th - Dublin The Academy

June
1st - Aberdeen
2nd - Glasgow ABC
3rd - Edinburgh The Picture House
4th - Leeds The Cockpit
6th - Bristol Academy
7th - Birmingham Academy 2

News: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's Album Format

The new album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and the Cairo Gang, entitled, 'The Wonder Show of the World' is all set to be released on March 29th. To celebrate this fact they have commissioned the artist Scott Millar to hand carve 150 unique Bonnie 'Prince Billy' bottle stoppers like this little chap...



The stopper is sold as a bundle with the album and is obviously very limited so if you want one you'd better get your skates on. 'The Wonder Show of the World' reunited Billy with Emmett Kelly who have worked together before on the Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy albums, 'Lie Down In The Light', 'The Letting Go', 'Beware' and the EP, 'CHIJIMI'. The album will be released digitally and anyone ordering a stopper will be sent an email with a link to download the album on its day of release. It can be ordered exclusively through Domino's site here.

Watch: O.Children, Ruins

With a dark brooding sound and the deep voice of singer Tobi O'Kandi, O.Children are the latest band who will inevitably draw comparisons to Joy Division. Their debut single, 'Dead Disco Dancer', gained them favourable coverage with people like Clash and the NME and now 2010 sees them return with their second single, 'Ruins'. It's an ominous and sinister slice of post-punk with loud, swirling guitars from the off, an energy that never seems to let up and O'Kandi's rumbling vocals lying nicely over the top. If this is anything to go by the O.Children could be a band to get really excited about in 2010.

You can watch the equally sinister video below.

Villagers Set for New Single

Villagers appear to be the latest example of a solo artist performing under the security blanket of a band name. Whilst Villagers may have fixed band members they are very much the embodiment of Conor J. O'Brian who sings and plays all of the instruments on debut album 'Becoming a Jackal' (apart from the French Horn and strings). He even designed all of the artwork for the album himself.

Their debut single will be the title track, 'Becoming a Jackal' and will be released on April 17th, with the album following on May 24th. It will be available on limited edition 7" from Domino and it's nice to see the digital release following the physical release for a change, with the song being available for download on April 26th. You can watch the video for the song below.

Video: She and Him, In The Sun

A quick update on Zooey Deschanel and Matt Ward's She and Him. A video for 'In The Sun', directed by Peyton Reed (him of Yes Man and The Break-Up directorial fame), has just hit the airwaves and it's well worth a watch (and not just because of Zoeey!) It features a great choreographed dance routine through a school by Zooey, with Ward cast as the silent loner type until the end when he whips out the guitar and plays a mean solo in the gym!

The single is out on March 29th and they follow that up with their first UK gig at Koko on May 7th.

Matthew Herbert is One

Matthew Herbert has never been one to shy away from ambitious, unusual and contraversial musical projects and so it should come as no surprise that he's hitting us with a concept trilogy of albums in 2010, named the 'One Trilogy'. With a name like that it all sounds a bit Lord of the Rings so let's clear up what it's all about.

'One One' is entirely played and performed by Matthew, including the singing.

'One Club' is made entirely from sounds recorded in one night at the Robert Johnson night club in Frankfurt on September 30th 2009. (June release)

'One Pig' is a record made out of the life cycle of a pig. (September release)

The first offering, 'One One', will be released on April 12th and the first single from the album is 'Leipzig', which is scheduled for release on March 29th. You can watch the video below.