Points Of Interest

1. Thom Yorke has an exclusive mix of his current favourites at Itunes. Yorke mixes as part of the Celebrity Playlist series, which in the past has featured Brian Wilson. The likes of Modeselektor, Liars ans Stephen Malkmus (ex-Pavement) are included in his selection. For full tracklisting and explanations, go here

2. Epic45 have a brand new track, "The Balloonist", available to stream. The album appears to have changed his title to, "May Your Heart Be The Map" and is penciled in for a June 2007 release.

3. Romance of Young Tigers have earned a UK release of this fantastic Ep, through Unlabel. There is also another very excellent review of their self-titled debut here.

4. Those serene Swedes, immanu el have completed the recording of their debut album, which will be a mixture of old and new material. No release date as of yet, but some promotional songs will be posted on myspace soon.

5. Herb Recordings are, are preparing to release the new album by Solipsism, "Electricity Flows In Squares" on March 1st. This is not to be confused with the shoosh collaboration (Vedette & Solipsism), which will be available later this year.

6. Site News... I am about give the links section a much needed overhaul. So if you would like your site included please leave a comment

Epic45 Activity

I have being waiting for news like this for quite some time now, but it seems Epic45 have an actual release schedule for their next album, "'We Left Our Homes For Winter". It is due out in March 2007 and will be available through Make Mine Music.

In addition, the band are about to embark on a UK and European tour, with a new live band consisting of members from Ferris, a prog rock bunch from the UK. If you can help the band out with promoters and bookings, get in contact with them here.

Epic45's Eventful 2007

Epic45's new album, "We Left Our Homes For Winter", will not see light of day until Spring 2007 and as ever it will be available through Make Mine Music. The lads (Rob Glover and Ben Holton) have been busy recording and setting up their own record label, "Wayside and Woodland", with a view of releasing solo projects and the work of friends on it.

They are also excited about their respective solo projects, Rob Glover's "Toy Library" and Ben Holton's "My Autumn Empire" which, along with the new Epic45 album, should ensure it will be an eventful 2007.

The band will also be touring with their new live band, having performed a succesful show with July Skies last week. Photographs were provided by A Night In Saint-Cloud and more can be found here.