New Holly Miranda | "Forest Green Oh Forest Green"

Tonight's the night. We finally get to see The xx! Make sure and get to tonight's SOLD OUT show at the Mohawk early enough to check out the other opener, Holly Miranda. She sounds fantastic! We're hoping she plays her cover of Pink Floyd's "Breathe". The doors open at 8 by the way.

Update: Looks like Holly Miranda had to cancel her opening duties tonight because of a stomach flu. Bummer! Hopefully she'll be back soon enough. Thanks to our twitter friends @ryanljames and @aster_alone for the heads up. You should follow them.

Miranda's debut album The Magician's Private Library is due out on Feb. 23. Produced by Dave Sitek, it includes contributions from himself, Kyp Malone and Jaleel Bunton (TV On The Radio), Eric Biondo and Stuart Bogie (Antibalas), and Holly’s long-time violinist, Marques Toliver. Listen to the first single "Forest Green Oh Forest Green" down below. [Via]

Holly Miranda - Forest Green Oh Forest Green (mp3)

The track is out as a single (7" & digital) and also includes Yoko Ono's " Nobody Sees Me Like You Do". You can purchase it here.

Bloc Party Announce "Talons" As New Single

Bloc Party's new single "Talons" is not featured on the digital release of their new album Intimacy, but anyone who bought the album can download it for free. It will however be on the physical copy of the cd, which will be released October 27.

Talking about Talons singer Kele said, “we wanted to keep things fresh and we thought the fans would be more excited to get a new song rather than something off the album. Talons is one of the last songs we recorded during the Intimacy sessions and I always had it in mind to be one of the extra tracks we promised for the CD if it turned out well. It turned out great so we decided to make it the next single. I’m enjoying this way of working, not over-thinking things, just make a decision and get on with it! It’s quite liberating in a way, I’m sure it’s going to be the way things happen more and more in the future”.

"Talons" will be officially released as a single on October 20 with remixes coming from The Moody Boyz, XXX Change, FrankMusik, Midfield General, and Phones. [Via Blog Party]

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The Cure's New Single, "Freakshow"

The Cure have dropped their second single entitled, "Freakshow", in anticipation of their still untitled thirteenth album (due out September 13).




Buy it here on iTunes and be sure to check out the video down below.