Laura Marling

Now that December is upon us, we’re spending more and more time indoors, curled up with our computers and watching some of our favorite new music videos.  Check them out…

Annuals - “Confessor”

Cold War Kids - “Something Is Not Right With Me”

The Kills - “Last Day of Magic”

Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning - “Churches Under the Stairs”

Laura Marling - “Ghosts”

Noah And The Whale were kind enough to play our SXSW Garden Party in March so we’re endlessly grateful as well as being big fans. Their single “5 Years” is just about to pop off in the UK. Here’s the video:

That was the very lovely Laura Marling singing the “Fun, fun, fun” backing vocals. She also features rather prominently on *this* slice of pop genius from The Mystery Jets:

Doesn’t summer suddenly feel so much closer after watching those?

Laura Marling will be performing solo acoustic at NYC’s Town Hall on Saturday night with Adam Green. We don’t think she’ll sign either of these two songs but she will sing some from her incredible debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim.

What better way to enjoy the live delights of Band of Horses, Laura Marling, Lightspeed Champion, The Panics, Sigur Ros, Devo, The Vines, The Presets, Cold War Kids (and many more) than to see them performing at Australia’s (and one of the world’s) great music festivals, Splendour In The Grass. The festival is located on the outskirts of Byron Bay, long-renowned for its incredible weather, great food, startlingly beautiful beaches and….er, dope. Stay tuned as the line-up additions will only get better and better.

Now, here’s a very special treat. We thought we were going to have to wait until June before Laura Marling came back to the US to perform. But she’s just announced an opening slot for Adam Green on May 10th at New York City’s Town Hall. What a great venue for her! We first heard the very lovely Laura Marling late last year when we were bowled over by her “My Manic And I” EP.

She was nice enough to perform at our Garden Party at SXSW. Her album Alas, I Cannot Swim was released on Virgin Records in the UK in February. It’s due to see a State-side release in August on Astralwerks.

You can listen to Laura performing on WNYC’s Spinning On Air With David Garland back in January here.

We wish we had a basement so that our favorite bands could drop by, play some songs, and we could post them on the interweb (hell, some of us here wish that we lived in more than one room, but now we’re veering off-track). And although we’re challenged when it comes to extra space, the very lovely Nigel Godrich - he who has produced some of my favorite albums of all time (ahem, OK Computer, ahem) - does have a basement, and uses it for the exact purpose stated in the sentence before this one. The result is one of the most fun interweb shows we’ve seen, simply called From the Basement. The concept is an easy one to get your head around: bands playing in a basement, shot in beautiful high-definition and recorded by Mr. Godrich.

Check out performances by some of the bands we represent — The White Stripes, Autolux, Super Furry Animals, Laura Marling — and some of the bands we love — Thom Yorke, PJ Harvey, Beck, The Shins.

Here’s a little sneak preview of the very lovely Laura Marling singing her heart out…

Posted by JA

We’re finally able to announce the line-up of our 2008 SXSW party! We’ve been beavering away for the past few months with our friends at Ground Control Touring and Harp Magazine to put together our best ever SXSW party. The Garden Party takes place in the grounds of the French Legation Museum – a quick hop, skip and a jump across  the I-35 from the main drag of 6th street – on Saturday March 15th, noon – 8pm. Get there early, grab some food, an ice cold beer, and kick back for a day of great new music.

Set times are:
12.00   Emmy The Great
12.50   Noah And The Whale
1.40     Laura Marling
2.20     Lightspeed Champion
3.00     Sons And Daughters
3.50     J Mascis
4.30     Thurston Moore and the New Wave Bandits
5.15     She & Him
6.05     Okkervil River
6.45     Kimya Dawson
RSVP:  events@pressherepresents.com

Shout outs to PRS Guitars, Pabst Blue Ribbon, JamBase, Glaceau, The Ice Cream Man and The Austinist for helping make this fantastic event possible.

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