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Video: Bon Iver at AIR Studios

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I'd heard about this video from a friend some time ago but hadn't got around to watching it. This morning I did, and I'm very glad... Take a look, it's a 25-minute video of Bon Iver performing, basically stripped back to just piano and vocals.

The songs themselves, taken from the last album and the Blood Bank EP together with a cover of Bonnie Raitts' 'I Can't Make You Love Me', are a step back from their originals - the video description describing them as 'abstracted'. To me they sound as though they have been consumed through a lens that puts some more space into them - they feel deconstructed with a post-rock feel that throws of some of the shackles of song-writing convention.

Very good stuff anyway. Thanks to @PaulCarvill for the tip.

Video: Flutes - Hot Chip

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The last Hot Chip album One Life Stand left me a little cold. Whilst it had a couple of standout moments it felt like more of the same after two stronger abums. This, the first track taken from Hot Chips forthcoming fifth album In Our Heads, has me excited to hear what comes next.
In Our Heads is due out on Domino (a change from Parlophone) on 11 June 2012.

Video: Capricornia - Allo Darlin'

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Allo Darlin' continue their onslaught onto my heart with their beautiful straight forward alt-folk pop records. 'Capricornia' has a chorus that instantly feels like you already know it. This has just a little more edge than 'My Heart is a Drummer' but it's just as wistful.

This video was directed by Nik Vestberg and Grant Wilkinson and 'Capricornia' (out now) is the first single lifted from Allo Darlin's second album Europe, due in May 2012 on Fortuna POP!

Video: Akashic Visions - LHF

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Fact magazine have suggested LHF might be dubstep's great hope. A bold claim given they haven't even released an album yet... But that is set to change with April's double disc Keepers of the Light.

I'll reserve judgement for a little longer but based on the Skely Tor directed video for 'Akashic Visions' above, things are promising. The sound feels utterly timeless, boasting an appreciation of everything that has happened in the UK urban electronic scene since jungle.

Exciting stuff. Keepers of the Light is released on 2 April as a 2 x CD and digital release through Keysound Recordings.