Don Giovanni-founder Joe Steinhardt has unveiled a new project titled Modern Hut, and announced himself with this symphonic strummer ‘History’. Taken from a soon to be released debut album Generic Treasure, ‘History’ follows a path of folk balladry, with Steinhardt the flaneur detailing his observations of people writing the grand narratives of history. Both garrulous and cutting, ‘History’ is an accomplished introduction to Steinhardt’s intellectual miser-folk.

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Here’s the video for Swimming Lessons’ latest track ‘Double’, which features Ben Lewis performing the track live in an empty space.‘Double’, recorded with MJ (Hookworms) at Suburban Home Studios, is a warm four minutes of uplifting and exultant ambience which saunters through looping landscapes, projecting Lewis’ jubilant echoed vocals to the forefront of a euphoric journey in experimental pop pleasure. Watch above.

Here’s the debut track from London based Dornik, who gained some kind exposure yesterday via Disclosure. Signed to PMR Records, Dornik also features in Jessie Ware’s live set up. Debut track ‘Something About You’ is a soft and smooth ambient R&B track, with Dornik’s spacey vocals resting above intricate Neptunes-style production and cloudy harmonies.

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London’s Fort Romeau (née Mike Greene) will release a standalone single with Ghostly International at the end of this month. New track ‘Jetée’ continues to showcase Greene’s dancefloor elegance with a fluid mid-tempo house beat, which is both warm and spacious, and laced with piano chords and light bass. ‘Jetée‘ follows up the album Kingdoms, released last year.

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Another track from Astronauts, etc, the solo project of Berkeley resident Anthony Ferraro. New track ‘Sadie’ ranks amongst some of Ferraro’s best tracks; ‘Sadie’, walks the line between contemplative R&B and dance floor pop, with an echo of Ferraro’s previous track ‘Coldboy’ resonating through the twinkling keys and Ferraro’s lush falsetto.

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A little over a week ago, we shared ‘Sunder’ the latest track from Peter Michel’s project Hibou taken from the debut EP Dunes. You can now listen to the EP, featuring four new tracks along with the aforementioned ‘Sunder’, which kicks off the set. The aptly titled ‘Valium’ sees jangling guitars produce a largely instrumental, largely hypnagogic effect, while tracks such as ‘Above Us’ and ‘In The Sun’ pick up the pace of Michel’s summer paean, ending in the slumber-filled minimalism of closer ‘Motion’.

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London duo Crushed Beaks have shared a video for latest single ‘Tropes’. Taken from the forthcoming EP of the same name, Johnny Sanders’ video is an all out trip of lustrous colours and montage clips, which attends to the hyperactive and noisey and sometimes winsome track. Watch above.

Los Angeles duo NO AGE have returned with a new track and details of a new album An Object, via Sub Pop. New track ‘C’mon Stimmung’ finds Dean Spunt and Randy Randall at their typically fast and ferocious pace, with Spunt’s gutteral shouts and shreeks piercing through a bedlam of clattering drums and shredding guitars/organs. Stream above.

Todd Terje held down last summer with tracks like ‘Inspector Norse’ and ‘Snooze 4 Love’ but it seems that the Norwegian is attempting to equal or better last years efforts with this new track ‘Strandbar (disko)’. Terje’s new track traverses over a near nine minutes of full-forced dance, encompassing a strong and prominent piano vamp, backed with an artillery of grooves that become deeper and harder throughout the sojourn. The new track is also backed additional ‘samba’ and ‘bonus’ mixes which you can listen to here.

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Tapping into characteristics of dark psych, punk and noise, Brighton trio the Wytches surfaced just before the end of 2012 with their angsty debut track ‘Digsaw’. The group attracted more publicity earlier this year when they toured with Sub Pop Records’ Metz for a string of dates in the south of England. Recently, their debut single ‘Beehive Queen/Crying Clown’ (a double A-side) was released with London imprint Hate Hate Hate Records (the offshoot of Luv Luv Luv Records, home to SPLASHH), and they  have been touring the country in support of the release. Fresh off tour with fellow noise-lovers Drenge, we caught up with the trio before a string of dates in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow. Read below:

Introduce yourselves

We are Kristian Bell (vocals, guitar, organ), Dan Rumsey (bass, backing vocals), and Gianni ‘Rusty’ Honey (drums).

What’s your background in music? Is this your first music project? Tell us how the Wytches began…

We were all in bands before the Wytches but this is the first band were it’s felt real. We met at uni in Brighton at the end of 2011.

You’ve been on tour with Drenge in the past month. Other than the unfortunate robbery in Birmingham, how has touring and touring with Drenge been?

It’s been really good, Drenge are top lads. They made us feel welcome and they don’t half know how to pour a Guinness. The Birmingham thing [robbery] was bad but it made us play with more ferocity for the rest of the tour; we’re looking ahead not back.

There’s been very favourable comparisons made towards the Wytches, and one more so than any other, the Horrors. Do you understand why people compare you to them, and, are you happy/comfortable with it?

Yeah we get the comparison and we’re fine with it. It’s obviously a compliment as they are great band.

Your lyrics, aesthetics and even you name point towards hallmarks of horror and terror. Do you worry that people may find you intimidating, or worse, comical? Furthermore, is there any theatricality involved at all?

It’s definitely not theatrical. I think if anybody does think that, they should come see a show and see what we’re all about - there are no gimmicks.

What releases are you looking forward to hearing this year? What have you heard this year that has impressed you?

We’re looking forward to the new Arctic Monkeys album and the debut EAGULLS album. Metz impressed us a lot this year.

Who do you think people should listen to this year? Introduce us to an artist.

Listen to Dolomite Minor and Blonde Bunny.

What are The Wytches hoping to achieve by the end of the year? Will there be any chance of hearing an album before the end of 2013?

A load of touring and working on the debut but I doubt it will be out this year. Never say never though.

Catch The Wytches on tour this week, see the dates below:

12th June - Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds.

13th June - The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool.

14th June - Trof Fallowfield, Manchester.

15th June - Broadcast, Glasgow (Supporting The Fresh & Onlys)

25th June - The Haunt, Brighton (Supporting The Black Angels)

Schoole of Abuse favourites Fun Adults have shared the video to their latest single ‘For Water’. Released by new imprint Handsome Dad Records, ‘For Water’ blends the groups fondness for off-kilter rhythms and muted acoustics. However, it’s the percussion that generates most of the track’s flow, charging the vocals of Huw Thomas into a slivering electricity, peering above the harmonies of the group and falling with ebullient metaphors of fishing in the lyrics. True to their distinct visual aesthetic, the video is made from hand painted drawings and animation made by the band that nicely soundtrack the ghostly moonlit atmosphere of the track. Watch above.

New video by SEALINGS for their track ‘Animal Man’, taken from their Italian Beach Babes S/T release last winter. Watch above.

Washed Out will release a new album this August entitled Paracosm. ‘It All Feels Right’ is the first single to come from the album and finds Ernest Greene’s project in a slightly more psychedelic hue than before. The lyrical video above signifies some typical tropes of both Greene’s previous output, as well as some of the ambient neo-psych music we’re hearing a lot of lately. Greene breathes the most simple lyrics on ‘It All Feels Right’, touching on escapism and hedonism, against a backdrop of woozy, webbing synths.

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London Grammar’s latest single ‘Wasting My Young Years’ has another remix for the EP, this time by house veteran Henrik Schwarz. The devastating original is reworked by the German into a near nine minute intense workout. Retaining Hannah Reid’s ruinous vocals, Schwarz adds a prominent, somewhat post-punk influenced bass-line, which produces a composition of pure emotion and a worthy counterpart to the original.  

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Following ‘Bodysnatcher’, L.A. duo MYPET have shared a new track ‘Gloria’, taken from a forthcoming debut EP. Another video that focuses on the nocturnal sublime, ‘Gloria’ rivals the former single’s heavy beats with an insanely catchy chorus to boot. Watch above.