photos by Amanda Hatfield

Esben and the Witch / Heliotropes @ Knitting Factory, 3/23/2013

As mentioned, Esben and the Witch's tour with Heliotropes hit NYC over the weekend, first at Mercury Lounge on Friday and then Saturday night (3/23) at Knitting Factory with Tempers on the bill as well. More pics from that show are below.

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Feathers @ Austin's Moody Theater, Jun. 2012 (more by Tim Griffin)

Austin's Feathers will release their debut album, If All Now Here, will be out April 15. You can check out the recently-released video for their dark-n-slinky single "Land of the Innocent," below.

As mentioned, Feathers will be here next month right after SXSW for a show at Glasslands on March 20 with Dan Croll (tickets). The band have just added a couple more NYC shows while here, too. They'll play Mercury Lounge on March 20 with Tempers and Swim Deep and tickets to that show are currently on AmEx presale with the regular on-sale happening Fridya (2/22) at noon. Feathers will also play March 22 at The Standard East Village as part of the Annie O series.

Video below...

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by Andrew Sacher

DOWNLOAD: Tempers - Eyes Wide Wider (MP3)

NYC record label Pendu Sound, who are known for the dark and brooding (Chelsea Wolfe, Starred), have just launched a new digital single series today (Valentine's Day). A press release describes the series...

Some of the bands who are releasing singles will go on to release full-length albums on Pendu Sound. Each hand-selected band will release a digital-single with accompanying video as well as a bonus track. The video is an important element of this series and all releases will have original videos to accompany the track. Pendu Sound is a big advocate of artists and bands which possess the "total aesthetic"; highly-stylized immersive content that enhances the experience and intensifies the overall vision.

The first installment of this series comes from NYC post-punk duo Tempers, who you may have just caught with Majical Cloudz at Death by Audio. The single, "Eyes Wide Wider," is a solid cut with thick guitar, big atmospheres, and the knowledge that there's nothing wrong with making a dark song a catchy one. You can download the track for free above, watch its video below, and download it along with its b-side, "Hell Hotline," on iTunes. Both tracks were produced by Damian Taylor (Bjork, TRUST).

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Autre Ne Veut in Brooklyn in 2011 (more by Erez Avissar)

As mentioned, Majical Cloudz are wrapping up a tour in NYC TONIGHT (1/23) at Death by Audio with Kuhrye-oo and Tempers. Doors are at 8 PM and admission is $8.

After taking about a month off the road, Majical Cloudz will head out on another North American run with Autre Ne Veut, who they played with in Brooklyn this past December. That tour kicks off in late February in Philly and ends in Austin for SXSW. It hits NYC along the way on February 27 at Santos Party House. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Autre Ne Veut will release his much anticipated new album, Anxiety, on February 26 (instead of the initial release date, February 12) via Software. The video for that album's single, "Counting," and a list of all dates are below...

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The full list of artists confirmed for the 2012 CMJ Music Marathon so far is below...

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