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Merge Records Merge Records touchmusic.org.uk Oren Ambarchi » www.orenambarchi.com » Oren Ambarchi in the TouchShop BiographyDiscographyHi-Resolution PortraitFeatures & Reviews Biosphere » www.biosphere.no » Biosphere in the TouchShop BiographyDiscographyHi-Resolution PortraitFeatures & Reviews Dischord Records: Food for your Senses It’s late at night and it’s raining. You’re tired and want to go home…On your way home, you pass that little disreputable bar in the dark part of town. Music comes out…Okay, let’s give it try…Only one song. You walk in and as soon as you push the club door you’re eaten up by the dancing and sweating mass of people dancing to a devilish beat. The guitar kicks in and it fells like a Joy Division remix by the Beachboys.

Planet Mu Records 405tv Session: Lord Huron - 'The Man Who Lives Forever' Lord Huron earlier this year released highly anticipated debut album Lonesome Dreams, well certainly highly anticipated in our world having named them in our Ones To Watch 2011 list. Thankfully the five-piece led by Michigan-born songwriting supremo Ben Schneider have lived up to their potential (this potential highlighted in 2010's Mighty EP) with the LP - a wholly warm bucolic journey packed full of benevolent melodies, evocative of the American landscape. As Will Cook summed up in our 8/10 review it's "perfect for summer road trips, so heed these words: When the UK gets its annual week of heat and you head out for your brief moment of freedom, open the windows, let the world in, turn the music up and allow yourself to feel everything." During their mini-European tour we filmed a session with them of 'The Man Who Lives Forever', a track taken from the album. You can watch the session below, or via our TV Section. Created by Stephen Bevan & Tim Boddy Sound mixing by Ed Blow

Austra Olympia Olympia is an album of transformation. Though it has only been two years since Austra's 2010 debut Feel It Break, it presents a quantum evolution in the Toronto-based band’s sound, structure and style. After three years of non-stop international touring with the likes of the XX, Grimes and the Gossip, when it came time to record Olympia, Austra had evolved into a complex collaborative effort between its six members. “Previously, I would flesh out songs before I brought them to the band, but this time I left them bare and let the others fill them in” explains Katie Stelmanis, the principal songwriter/vocalist. Olympia is also the first confessional record for Stelmanis as evidenced by the heartfelt lyrics of piano driven lead single "Home" (stream now).

Sub Pop Records Jaill is a lot like other bands; they’ve slept on your floor, you’ve made fun of their pillow cases, they’re not nearly as good at Excitebike as they said they were and although they all say they’re cool with cats, no one’s excited about sleeping at the cat house. So it should come as no surprise that, as bands sometimes do, they’ve made a new record. And that record is Traps, their second for Sub Pop, but first to adopt the bold new marketing strategy of giving away a free pair of Nike cross-trainers to anyone who steals it on the internet. Take that, Radiohead. So, but, what is Traps? And what about it can best fill five paragraphs?