Belpid likes to wish everyone happy holidays and a great new year. Looks like plenty of things will happen on our little label in 2014. Latvian Radio are mixing new songs, Un Rodo Cora are in Los Angeles mastering a new EP, and Stellan Wahlström Drift Band are getting ready to go into the studio…
Un Rodo Cora are now in the studio mixing the just finished recordings of a new four song EP to be called “The Perfect EP”. When that’s done they’ll take it to be mastered in Los Angeles and the release is planned to the beginning of 2014. Here’s a sneak preview, watch the recordings of…
Latvian Radio will be playing at the International Pop Overthrow Festival which will be held at Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) in Brooklyn November 13-17. It’s a cool festival with lots of great powerpop acts playing all night long. Latvian Radio will play Friday November 15th at 9pm (30 min set starting right on time).…
Finally a digital version of Amy’s U.K. 1989 vinyl release, ‘Minor Disturbances’ which drew rave reviews from Melody Maker, Billboard and the NME. Plus live recordings from her earliest performances, some dark poetic 8-track home demos, and a rare Jamaican radio dub-mix of one of her first compositions. 13 all-original tracks, featuring the stellar guitar…
Parts of Stellan Wahlström Drift Band and writer Zac O’Yeah will be performing at Stockholm’s best bookstore Rönnells Antikvariat (Birger Jarlsgatan 32, www.ronnells.se) Thursday September the 19th at 18.30. Zac O’Yeah is on a quick visit from India, promoting his new novel “Operation Sandalwood”, and on the way to the book fair in Göteborg he…
Finally the International Pop Overthrow Festival will take place in New York City. It’s a power-pop wet dream and will go on all week at the National Underground on 159 E. Houston St. Belpid Records own Latvian Radio will play Friday night at 7:30 pm sharp. www.internationalpopoverthrow.com
Lots of good words have been said about Un Rodo Cora’s latest album Beijing-Bangalore. And now they’ve already started the recordings of the next album. Check out the clip below from the recording of the song “Perfect match”. “Listen to the album a few times and before you know it you will have lost count…
After graduating with a degree in art history and French literature, Madden was the original “gallery girl,” buying art for a private Manhattan gallery while pursuing a Ph.D. in art restoration. When she was 30, she received a bass guitar as a gift, and she was hooked… Read the Princeton Alumni Weekly article here.
Probably the best (if not only) way to cure your hangover from New Year’s will be to go see Latvian Radio at Arlene’s Grocery (95 Stanton St, corner of Ludlow and Stanton) on Friday January 4th at 9pm sharp (45 min set). Songs from the new album Kill the static, some old favorites, some brand new songs,…
Here are a couple of interviews with Amy Madden where she talks about the new album “Discarded Angels”. Article in The Examiner The TV-show Rew & Who: