Win Maps & Atlases Goodies on NME.com

02/09/10

FatCat and NME are giving one lucky winner the chance to attend one of the band’s gigs, as well as grabbing a Maps & Atlases T-shirt and a copy of their staggeringly awesome new album Perch Patchwork. Just click on the link below and answer the question to be in with a chance of winning!

Maps & Atlases are playing...:

08 Oct - The Hope, Brighton
09 Oct - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
10 Oct - Captain’s Rest, Glasgow
11 Oct - Dead Institute, Manchester
12 Oct - Cargo, London
22 Oct - O2 Academy 2, Liverpool
23 Oct - Whelans, Dublin

Visit the NME website and enter the competition here

And visit the Maps & Atlases MySpace here

New FatCat Podcast Available - Les Shelleys - Listen to enter exclusive competition

01/09/10

The eighteenth FatCat podcast is now out and available from iTunes, can be directly downloaded from the home page of this site, under CatCast, or listen through MixCloud

In this issue, Les Shelleys were inspired by films they love, making a soundtrack-themed podcast in which they guide us through their favourite tracks from various movies, and tell us a little bit about them along the way. All songs compiled here come straight to you from Tom Brosseau and Angela Correa, whose debut self-titled release Les Shelleys will be available digitally and on limited edition LP in August and September 2010. Listen to the podcast to enter the competition! (details after tracklist)

See the tracklist featured in the podcast below:

1) Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail - Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields Under Neville Marriner (From Amadeus: Original Soundtrack)
2) Memories (Someone We'll Never Know) - Clint Mansell (From Moon, Original Soundtrack)
3) Someday Sweetheart - David Boeddinghaus & Craig Ventresco (From Crumb, Original Soundtrack)
4) Tell Me a Story, Katharine - David Hirschfelder & Ricky Edwards (From Shine, Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
5) Once Upon A Time In The West - Ennio Morricone (From Once Upon A Time In The West, Original Soundtrack)
6) God Yu Tekem Laef Blong Mi - Hans Zimmer (From The Thin Red Line, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
7) Banjo X - John Parish (From She, a Chinese - Original Soundtrack)
8) Forward Motion - Jon Brion (From Synecdoche NY, Original Soundtrack)
9) Let Me Tell You About My Boat - Mark Mothersbaugh (From The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Original Soundtrack)
10) Building the Barn - Maurice Jarre (From Witness Original Soundtrack)
11) Open Spaces - Original Music By Jonny Greenwood (From There Will Be Blood)
12) Angela - Philip Glass (From Cassandra's Dream, Original Soundtrack)
13) The Kiss - Randy Edelman & Trevor Jones (From The Last of the Mohicans, Original Motion Picture Score)
14) Knock the Cover Off the Ball - Randy Newman (From The Natural Motion Picture Soundtrack)
15) Rain Forest - Tangerine Dream (From Sorcerer, Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
16) One More Kiss Dear - Vangelis (Blade Runner Trilogy, Music from the Motion Picture)

Listen to the podcast for details of how to enter the competition to win tickets to see Les Shelleys live at Bush Hall, London with Olof Arnalds on Sept 14th!

Competition deadline is Sept 13th

Follow Les Shelleys on their Myspace.

Les Shelleys self-titled digital album out TODAY in US/Canada; more tour dates announced

31/08/10

Les Shelleys, the vocal due of Tom Brosseau and Angela Correa, release their self-titled debut album digitally today in the US and Canada. The pair will be bringing their perfectly-turned harmonies and well-chosen repertoire on the road opening for Mice Parade along the US east coast this fall, and have just added a handful of shows in the pair's great home state of California to the jaunt.

Les Shelleys the album is a collection of tracks taken from a vast body of recorded works – beautiful, harmony-heavy voice and guitar arrangements of American standards and folk traditionals from various points of the last century. Home-recorded by Tom and Angie in Tom's LA villa using only a minidisc recorder and a battery-powered microphone, Les Shelleys is a close, intimate set of recordings, that focuses on the purity and sweetness of the pair's gorgeously intermixed voices. Les Shelleys will be released in the UK/Europe later this year.

Les Shelleys tracklisting:
1) The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise
2) The Late John Garfield Blues
3) Green Door
4) Cocktails for Two
5) The Band Played On
6) Rum and Coca Cola
7) Billy
8) The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
9) Oh Babe, Ain’t No Lie
10) Pastures of Plenty
11) Deep Purple
12) Wheel of Fortune

Les Shelleys fall 2010 US tour dates
23 Sept - Great Scott, Allston MA (w/ Mice Parade)
24 Sept - Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia PA (w/ Mice Parade)
25 Sept - Le Poisson Rouge, NYC (w/ Mice Parade)
27 Sept - Empty Bottle, Chicago IL (w/ Mice Parade)
28 Sept - Grog Shop, Cleveland OH (w/ Mice Parade)
29 Sept - El Mocambo, Toronto Ontario (w/ Mice Parade)
30 Sept - Pop Montreal Festival at Le Divan Orange, Montreal Quebec (w/ Mice Parade)
2 Oct - Rock And Roll Hotel, Washington DC (w/ Mice Parade)
8 Oct - McCabes, Los Angeles CA
9 Oct - Sophia's Thai, Davis CA
10 Oct - Rite Spot, San Francisco CA
12 Oct - Soho, Santa Barbara CA
13 Oct - The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz CA
14 Oct - Lestat's, San Diego CA

Scott Hutchinson From Frightened Rabbit: A Postcard From V Festival

28/08/10

Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchinson has written a postcard from V Festival for Drowned In Sound, including karaoke with Pixie Lott, 'Crap Celebrity Safari', trying to find Eels, and plucking up the courage to say hello to Peter Andre.

To read the full postcard on Drowned In Sound, click here

And click here to visit Frightened Rabbit's MySpace and check out their European & US tour dates.