el Guincho signs to XL, Adele (already on XL) to Columbia

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Posted in industry | music on March 20, 2008

el Guincho signs to XL, Adele (already on XL) to Columbia

Adele this week @ Joe's Pub (more by Bao)
Adele @ Joes Pub

Columbia Records will give hot British newcomer Adele's debut set "19" a summer Stateside release, through a joint venture struck with XL Recordings.

British critics and record buyers adore Adele in equal amounts, and she can count producer-of-the-moment Mark Ronson among her fans and collaborators. [Billboard]

el Guincho this week @ Mercury Lounge (more by Eduardo)
el Guincho @ Mercury Lounge

I'm not fond of the term 'DiS fave', as it implies a consensus view among our writers that just doesn't exist, but if I was, I'd use it to describe el Guincho, whose debut album will be made widely available in the UK through XL/Young Turks in time for the start of summer.

The well decent label are currently in the process of clearing the samples that colour Alegranza, but Pablo Diaz-Reixa, the man behind the album, says that "hopefully the record will be out at the end of May or something. It's a summer record so summer release!"

Could it make any more sense? Aside from that, el Guincho will be in London and Dublin for a series of live shows next week. I may be at all of them.

March
24 London Durrr
26 Dublin Antics
27 London Moshi Moshi night

April
1 London White Heat [Drowned in Sound] (via)

Previously
* el Guincho @ Mercury Lounge was pretty awesome
* Adele @ Joe's Pub, NYC - pics
* el Guincho played SXSW - in NYC tonight & tomorrow
* Adele (XL, from UK) 2008 Tour Dates (NYC, SXSW, LA)

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