Josie Long joins the Lost Map family, with two hilarious comedy shows collected on limited edition cassette tape / download. New t-shirts also in stock!
Fresh from a UK tour supported by The Pictish Trail, Josie Long (aka the official Funniest and Nicest Person You Will Ever Meet Ever™) has released a limited edition oceanic-blue C-90 cassette tape - yes, a tape, remember tapes? - on oor humble label as part of our LOST CAT series.
It doesn't feature a collection of Josie's lesser-know bassoon jams (much as we wish it did) but instead two of her incredibly funny live shows, 2010's Be Honourable, and 2011's The Future Is Another Place. We've also got some new t-shirts in stock, designed by Josie's favourite illustrators ...
Read moreIf you are a fan of stand-up comic Josie Long, then you are not alone. Because Lost Map loves her, too. And we're overwhelmed with excitement to announce that she'll be joining us at Glasgow's CCA on Saturday March 21st, as part of the Randolph's Leap music & comedy bonanza, I Can't Dance To This Music III.
NOT ONLY THAT ... Josie has become a full-fledged member of the Lost Map family, as we are releasing a limited edition blue C-90 cassette tape (!) featuring two of her live shows - 2010's Be Honourable, and 2011's The Future Is Another Place - as part of our LOST CAT series ... alongside a range of brand new Josie Long t-shirts. PHWOAAAR. We'll be selling these through our web-shop soon ... but you'll also be able to grab 'em if you come to I Can't Dance To This Music III.
Read moreFollowing last year's exquisite 7" single of floaty-pop loveliness, 'Jogalong', Rozi Plain returns with 'Actually' - the new single taken from her forthcoming, exquisite third album, Friend. Click here to watch the video for the song, which features smoke, fireworks, swords, and ... er ... some oranges. We've also got all her live tour dates listed here ...
Read moreFollowing süper-packed launch shows in Glasgow and London, Tuff Love's Dross EP is OUT NOW via Lost Map Records on 10” pink vinyl (w/ download code) and on iTunes/BandCamp. Tuff Love will embark on a UK tour in support of Dross in April, as well as some summer festivals including Long Division in Wakefield ...
Read moreThe wait is over! Tuff Love's highly anticipated sophomore release, Dross E.P., is out NOW on Lost Map Records. We've lovingly pressed the E.P. up on baby-pink 10" vinyl, and packaged it with a hand-drawn riso-printed lyric map, and download code. You can purchase it from our webshop, from our BandCamp page, or from the best independent record shops up and down the UK (if your record shop doesn't stock it, point them in our direction!). Alternatively, you can grab a copy from the band themselves, on their upcoming live dates ...
Read moreJulie and Suse – AKA Glasgow’s finest DIY scuzz-pop duo Tuff Love – kick-start 2015 with their most insistent single to date. 'That's Right' is two minutes and 23 seconds of blistering power-chord perfection, with the distortion pedal cranked all the way up, and the band’s signature swoon-inducing harmonies floating over the top ...
The band have also announced LAZY DAY as the support for their London show on February 19th.
Read morewith British Sea Power, eagleowl, Monoganon
& Joe McAlinden
Lost Map are thrilled to be taking part in this year’s Glasgow Film Festival, co-curating a bill at the O2 ABC (formerly the ABC Regal) on Thursday 19th February 2015, for a night of live sonic cinema events exploring time and tide, sound and vision ...
Read moreTuff Love's ear-thrilling sophomore release, DROSS E.P., is out on Lost Map Records on February 9th 2015. To celebrate, we're throwing a launch party down at Nice'n'Sleazy's in Glasgow on Friday February 6th.
In addition to Tuff Love playing live, the band have invited Min Diesel - from Aberdeen's Cool Your Jets label - and Phillip from PAWS, who will be doing a solo set ...
Read moreLost Map Records, Randolph’s Leap and, er, Michael Fish proudly present: ‘Weatherman’, the new single, and the new video, which is premiering now as Track of the Day at Q Magazine.
An enduring favourite among Randolph’s Leap fans and, for many, the melancholic highlight of their debut album Clumsy Knot – which was released by Lost Map Records in April, 2014 – ‘Weatherman’ is a tale of jealousy and self-delusion bolstered by the Scottish indie-folk group’s trademark use of wit, charm and distorted Casio keyboards
Read moreJULIE AND SUSE ARE TUFF LOVE, AND THEY LOVE YOU. THEY’VE GOT A NEW SINGLE, CALLED ‘SLAMMER’ - WHICH IS OUT TODAY VIA ITUNES, AND ALSO AS PART OF A SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PACKAGE FROM THE LOST MAP WEBSHOP!
Tuff Love want you to join their new fan club (which intially was going to be called Tuff Love’s Fanny Pack) called FRIEND CLUB. You can become a member of the FRIEND CLUB, and instantly receive an MP3 of ‘Slammer’, by pre-ordering the Dross E.P..
Read moreWe are verrry excited to announce that Tuff Love's sophomore release - Dross E.P. - is due to come out on February 9th 2015, on 10" pink vinyl (with download) via Lost Map Records. Hoooooraaaay! February's AAAAGES away though, eh? so ahead of all that, there's a new single from the E.P. - 'Slammer' - which premiered over at DIY Magazine earlier on today, which is released on November 24th. 'Slammer' is another hyper-infectious, scuzzed-up, lo-fi pop classic in the making - all heart-wrenching harmonies, swoon-inducing lyrics, and sun-soaked dreamy melodies ...
Read moreOn Friday October 31st, we'll all be getting ghoulish at the Lost Map Halloween Special, taking place at The Mash House in Edinburgh [TICKETS]. Our Bart, of eagleowl infamy, has done gone a putrid podcast mix to get you in the All Hallows Eve mood, titled Music to be Murdered by for our new CLUMPS section.
Read moreInsect Heroes' debut album Apocalypso is finally unleashed upon the cosmos - own it now on sumptuous 12" vinyl (with CD + limited edition postcard artwork) or on CD (with limited edition postcard artwork) via the Lost Map webshop. If you'd like to try before you buy, Apocalypso is streaming for one week only on WOW247, where you can also read an interview with Insect Hero George.
Read moreGet set for the hottest winter on record: with the bulk of tickets already sold since going onsale last month, Lost Map are delighted to announce that the headliner for Kid Canaveral's annual seasonal all-dayer Xmas Baubles this year, in its fifth instalment, will be the incredible Ibibio Sound Machine!
Read more... because if you were at Lost Map's ludicrously good Howlin' Fling festival, you may well be. Filmed by Forest of Black during said soiree on the Isle of Eigg back in July, it's a new short for the song 'The Handstand Crowd', taken from the Trail's album Secret Soundz Vol. 2, which was recently given a re-release by the good people at Moshi Moshi Records as a double-disc package together with Secret Soundz Vol. 1.
Read moreAhead of the release of their debut album Apocalypso on Lost Map Records on October 13 (pre-order here), self-styled purveyors of “tropical pop for the Apocalypse” Insect Heroes present the track ‘King Fabulous’, an addictive shot of 60s garage-psyche propelled by an infectious cowbell beat, proving that driving with the top down and drinking in the VIP lounge isn’t the preserve of bling-dripping R&B stars but merely a state of mind.
Read moreLost Map Records are excited to be able to reveal details of a special Hallowe'en party, featuring an incredible line-up of blood-pumping live bands and DJs. Organised in co-operation with Irregular Owl Movements (eagleowl's sporadic disco-party fun bus), this combined gruesome gig and cadaverous club-night will take place at The Mash House, Edinburgh on the long, dark night of Friday, October 31, and will be headlined by "cult group par excellence" (The Quietus) the Archie Bronson Outfit. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE DANCING THAT WILL HAPPEN. Tickets are on sale now from the Lost Map web shop: http://lostmap.com/tickets/lost-map-halloween-party
Read moreFollowing a fourth straight sell-out last year headlined by the one and only Edwyn Collins, Lost Map are excited to announce the return of Kid Canaveral's seasonal all-dayer Xmas Baubles for its fifth annual instalment.
Read moreThe Pictish Trail has got a brand new video, for the song 'Long In The Tooth'. Jump in the back of his pick-up truck, hold on tight, and take in the stunning sights of his home on the isle of Eigg.
Read moreThe latest release in our PostMap audio postcard series is 'I Can't Dance To This Music Anymore', the irrepressibly catchy new single from Randolph's Leap, taken from their debut album Clumsy Knot.
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