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Tinariwen win the Uncut Music Award 2009

Touareg bluesmen triumph over Grizzly Bear and The Low Anthem

Album reviews: Tinariwen - Imidiwan: Companions / Aman Aman: Water Is Life

Uncut is proud to announce that Tinariwen have won this year's coveted Uncut Music Award. They succeed Fleet Foxes, who won the inaugural award for the most inspirational and rewarding album of the year in 2008.

Tinariwen’s fourth album, "Imidiwan: Companions", triumphed over some very stiff competition on the shortlist from Kings of Leon, Bob Dylan, Wilco, Animal Collective and The Dirty Projectors. Grizzly Bear were placed second and The Low Anthem third.

Uncut 's Editor and chair of the judges Allan Jones said, "With so much great music to chose from, the judges’ task this year was extremely difficult, but in the end, the panel was unanimous in voting for Imidiwan.

"It’s a fantastically exciting record, full of great, powerful music, passionately and brilliantly played. It had everything the judges were looking for in a potential winner.”

The full shortlist also included:
Animal Collective 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' (Domino)
Dirty Projectors 'Bitte Orca' (Domino)
Grizzly Bear 'Veckatimest' (Warp)

Placebo win MTV Europe Award

Placebo are winners of the MTV Europe Best Alternative Music Award

…beating Muse, The Thrillers, Paramore and the Prodigy

Watch the award ceremony here..




and the backstage interview..

www.myspace.com/placebo

The Temper Trap MTV Presents At Dingwalls and 2010 UK tourdates

MTV and Gift Music have teamed up to put on a series of live shows. First up it's Temper Trap and Wild Beasts on Wednesday November 11th 2009

The Temper Trap are also thrilled to announce details of their live plans for the New Year across the UK.

With 'Sweet Disposition' spending its early life in the lower reaches of the Top 40 before scaling the heady heights of the Top 10 in mid-October, going on to become one of the years success stories with over 150,000 sold and (still) counting and following their recent sell out show at Londons Heaven, the upcoming sold out Christmas show at Londons Koko on 21st December and news of the first Shepherds Bush show selling out in double quick time; The Temper Trap have now confirmed their biggest UK shows to date including an extra show at 02 Shepherds Bush Empire as follows:

April 2010
27 Bournemouth O2 Academy
28 London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
29 London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
May 2010
1 Cardiff University
3 Nottingham Rock City
4 Birmingham O2 Academy
5 Norwich UEA
7 Liverpool O2 Academy
9 Manchester O2 Academy
10 Newcastle O2 Academy
11 Leeds O2 Academy
13 Glasgow ABC

www.myspace.com/thetempertrap

Cold Cave FACT Mix (Available for three weeks)

This exclusive mix comes courtesy of Wesley Eisold, the lead man in darkwave heroes Cold Cave.

For those unfamiliar with Cold Cave, they've just signed to Matador and will be re-releasing their debut album, 'Love Comes Close' this month. Originally released on Eisold's own Heartworm label, it's one of the albums of the year so far.

NME - album of the week (8/10) "Transformational odd-pop masterpiece."
Guardian Guide - pick of the week "Love Comes Close is a piece of spectral, spectacular electronic pop."
The Wire "Whereas so many current groups focus on the kitsch appeal of the 1980s, Eisold's morbid lyrics successfully reanimate the decade's darker currents, making Cold Cave a far more substantial proposition."
Uncut (3/5) "The indie-noise/synth-pop crossover of the year."
The Skinny (4/5) "A fine soundtrack for the last dance at the disco at the end of the world."
Vice (7/10) "Sounds like a Magnetic Fields album smothered in distortion."
BBC "Utterly irresistible." Review here
Dummy first listen "An indie electro classic." Review here

http://www.myspace.com/coldcave

The Leisure Society and Erland & The Carnival @ St Giles In The Fields

Turbo Fruits Dazed Digital video exclusive

Turbo Fruits, the energetic psuedo-surf rock band hailing from Nashville Tennessee, present the video for their new single 'Naked With You' click here to view

Dead Confederate tourdates and 'The Rat' music video

"Debut album of the month" - Uncut
"Sprawling psychedelic guitar from the dark heart of Americana" - **** Guitarist
"An aching, earthy record, marrying southern rock and 90s grunge in a manner My Morning Jacket would be proud" - The Fly

With radio plays from Zane Lowe, Ian Camfield and Liz Barnes amongst others and reviews and features forthcoming in Uncut (debut album of the month), NME, Q, Artrocker, Clash, Vice, Big Cheese, FHM, Kerrang!, The Sun and many more, the Dead Confederate are definitely a band to look out for!

You can catch the band live at:
December
1 Hoxton Bar & Kitchen London
2 Jericho Oxford
5 Cockpit Leeds
7 Moho Live Manchester with J Mascis
8 The Bodega Nottingham
10 Leicester Uni Leicester with J Mascis

www.myspace.com/deadconfederate

Free Mountains MP3 and London live show 05/11

For any Londoners free this Thursday 5th November , check out Mountains when they play live for Club Uncut at The Slaughtered Lamb....

For a FREE MP3 from their record (it is an edited version of 2 min 53 that was picked by the band) click HERE

Koen Holtkamp and Bredon Andregg AKA Brooklyn's sonic sculptors, Mountains, recently released the wonderful new LP, Etching. This was the official release of a live recording that was originally sold exclusively as a CDR on their last tour. The band re-sequenced the music to fit more appropriately on the LP format and issued it in a limited run of 1000 copies. Each LP jacket is hand-stamped and unique.

Etching was recorded in the early winter months of 2009 in Brendon's studio. The whole recording is in real time with no overdubs. The tracks are an early version of the band's live set from their spring Choral tour. Upon it's release, Choral quickly sold out and has since exhausted it's second pressing as well.

The Horrors release new single ‘Whole New Way’

The Horrors are set to release a brand new single on XL Recordings.

‘Whole New Way’, the follow up to ‘Who Can Say’, initially appeared on the Japanese version of their 2009 Barclaycard Mercury nominated second album, ‘Primary Colours’, but was re recorded by The Horrors during the Summer with a little extra production from Studio 13. Released on seven inch vinyl and available to download, vinyl copies of ‘Whole New Way’ come backed with the album’s title track ‘Primary Colours’.

The Horrors set off on an extensive US headline Tour in September before returning to the UK to play ATP, join Placebo on their tour and play headline shows in December, culminating in a London show at the Forum on the 20th of the month.

December
3 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
4 Oxford Academy 2
5 All Tomorrow’s Parties, Butlins, Minehead
6 Bristol Academy 2
8 LG Arena Birmingham with Placebo
9 O2 Arena London with Placebo
11 Bridlington Spa with Placebo
12 Manchester Central with Placebo
13 Liverpool Academy 2
14 SECC, Glasgow with Placebo
16 Sheffield Academy
17 Portsmouth Wedgewood
18 Brighton Concorde
20 London Forum

www.myspace.com/thehorrors

The Strange Boys (Rough Trade)

New signing to Rough Trade - The Strange Boys

www.myspace.com/thestrangeboys

General Fiasco tourdates and 'We Are Foolish' music video

General Fiasco single 'We Are The Foolish' out now, album early next year.

You can catch General Fiasco supporting The Enemy on the following dates:
November
7 53 Degress Preston
8 Liverpool - University Liverpool
10 Corn Exchange Edinburgh
11 Glasgow Academy Glasgow
12 Sheffield Academy Sheffield
15 Newcastle Academy Newcastle
16 Leeds Academy Leeds
17 Engine Shed Lincoln
19 Forum London
20 Norwich UEA Norwich
21 Lees Cliff Hall Folkestone
24 Guildhall Portsmouth
26 Academy Birmingham
27 Assembly Leamington
29 Apollo Manchester

www.myspace.com/generalfiasco

Cymbals Eat Guitars instore @ Piccadilly Records

Piccadilly Records are extremely pleased to announce that the wonderful Cymbals Eat Guitars will be squeezing into their shop on November 17th @ 6pm for an exclusive free acoustic instore for all their lucky punters. For more info click here

The event is free - no need for a ticket either - so just turn up and see the best indie-rock band on the earth doing something a bit different!!

The same night they're also playing in their usual fully electric form at Night & Day aon Oldham Street. Piccadilly are also doing tickets for that gig too @£7.00 plus booking fee, should be an amazing gig so why not try and do both.

Cymbals Eat Guitars album 'Where There Are Mountains' is out NOW!


www.myspace.com/cymbalseatguitars

Jazzman 7" Re-Issues @ Phonica Records

We Were Promised Jetpacks Instore @ Resident Records Brighton