Downloadable:Ash

The lovely Ash boys are currently offering one of those tracks-for-emails deals whereby you drop off an email, and they give you a small acoustic collection from their new album.

Listen with No Rock: Molly Wilkinson

The wonderful Molly Wilkinson has just launched a new ep:

Listen with No Rock: Molly Wilkinson

The wonderful Molly Wilkinson has just shared a cover of Dirty Old Town, which is a lovely way to start the morning.

Listen with No Rock: Wild Billy Childish

There's a new Wild Billy Childish record available. Correction: here's a new Wild Billy Childish record that's available:

Darkside falls

Darkside are going on hiatus, says the 405:

They took to Twitter to share the news, saying "darkside is coming to an end, for now,” before sharing information for their final shows. They'll be performing at the Masonic Temple in Brooklyn on 12 September and they'll be at the sold out FYF Fest this weekend in Los Angeles.

They dropped off two songs at the same time:

Listen with No Rock: Chvrches

You'll have seen this elsewhere on the internet, but anyway, you'll be able to enjoy it again, yes? Chvrches cover Bauhaus:

It's for the film Vampire Academy, which used to be Blooddrinkers' Comprehensive until Michael Gove intervened.

Listen with No Rock: Dregs

Completely unaffiliated with the 1990s Liverpool punk fanzine of the same name, meet Dregs.

Actually, I say they're unaffiliated - I know nothing about them beyond their Bandcamp page - they're called Suzi / Georgina / Bryony / Kaila and are based in London. And this is their demo:

Listen with No Rock: Tears For Fears

Tears For Fears covering Arcade Fire, anybody? Here you go:

The Fears (or "The Fears" as nobody calls them) explained why they've done this:

"Having appreciated artists like Kanye West, Katy Perry, Kimbra, Nas, Gary Jules/Michael Andrews, Adam Lambert & Dizzee Rascal covering & sampling our songs over the past years, we agreed that some reciprocal cross-generational love was in order. We decided to give Arcade Fire a twist of TFF. Enjoy."

You've got to tip your hat to Curt and Roland - only they could over-intellectualise 'doing a cover version'.

Downloadable: Wayne Hussey

Have you seen those black feather Christmas trees? It's like the Winterval is finally opening up to Goths. And the Goths are opening up to Christmas. Look:

Yes, Wayne Hussey does White Christmas. Here's a bit of his reason why:

O come all ye faithful………
Just wanted to wish a very merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your loved ones and as a token of my gratitude for your continued support for both myself and The Mission I have recorded a Christmas song just for you which is available as a free download from https://soundcloud.com/waynehussey/white-christmas

If only Bing was still around for a duet. That'd be a Christmas special.

[via Slicing Up Eyeballs]

Downloadable: Ladyhawke

She has people in her hair, you know. Enjoy, courtesy of the Anxiety marketing push, the Villa remix of Sunday Drive:

Embed and breakfast man: Kate Nash

I'm a little in love with the new Kate Nash, turned-around-in-a-day track:



I'm even more in love with the flicker of horror that creeps over the faces of people online as they play it. "Oh noes, this sounds experimental and isn't even pretty. Oh noes, oh noes."

Kate Nash is great. And has always been more than just pretty pop songs:



You can download Underestimate The Girl for free, unless you're all "but it doesn't have a chorus".