Free Track Alert: Givers – Up Up Up (CSS remix)
Up Up Up (CSS remix) Louisiana quintet Givers are releasing their début single Up Up Up in August. The band formed after 2005’s Hurricane Katrina hit and forced some of the now band members back to their home town where they then ended up meeting and working on music together. Their single has already taken … Continue reading
Album Review: CSS – La Liberacion
La Liberacion Released 22nd August 2011 CSS were one of the most hyped bands about in 2006 and then slowly seemed to disappear even with their last album. It was as if they came around at the opportune moment and then sadly didn’t quite manage to follow their amazing self titled début album with anything … Continue reading
Single Review: The Go Team – Ready To Go Steady
Ready To Go Steady Released 25th July 2011 Ready To Go Steady is easily recognisable as a song by The Go! Team. It’s mainly the drums that punctuate it that really make it feel that way. They are known for fusing a mixture of old and new and even the production of this track has … Continue reading
Free Track Alert: Penguin Prison – Fair Warning
Fair Warning Penguin Prison has remixed plenty of other people’s tracks and this time it’s his time to shine and to let others loose on his music. His single Fair Warning is out now to download and in celebration of this he is giving away not just one remix but a whole heap of them, … Continue reading
Single Review: The Vaccines – Norgaard
Norgaard Released 21st August 2011 The Vaccines might just have the antidote to the lack of our British Summer. They bring forward their social commentary style and another single with a focus on sex. This is going to make you sing along and jump around and have so much fun that you’ll forget that outside … Continue reading
2011 Mercury Prize Shortlist
2011 Shortlist The 2011 Albums of the Year are: Adele – 21 Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys! Everything Everything – Man Alive Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam Gwilym Simcock – Good Days at Schloss Elmau James Blake – James Blake Katy B – On a Mission … Continue reading
Festival Review: Magic Summer Live
Sunday 17th July 2011 Without wishing to sound too harsh it would have been nice had the organisers of this event actually set about some actual organisation. They failed to order any magic or indeed any summer weather, though that much really couldn’t be ordered as such, though it would have been nice. The only … Continue reading
Free Track Alert: Scams – Helicopter Parents
Helicopter Parents Leeds based band Scams are giving away their track Helicopter Parents and well we thought why not offer it up to you lovely people as well. The track is to be the band’s next single and is released on the 22nd August so this is your chance to get it for free and … Continue reading
Single Review: Arctic Monkeys – The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala Released 15th August 2011 The Arctic Monkeys are set to release The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala as the second single from their recent album Suck It And See. It is an interesting choice, it must be said, as it’s not really the most “single” sounding track in comparison to some of the … Continue reading
Introducing Alert: Hyde and Beast
Never Come Back Hyde & Beast are the side project of The Futurehead’s Dave Hyde and ex Golden Virgin’s drummer Neil Bassett. Don’t expect a replica of anything even vaguely Futureheads-eque though. This duo are much more into a different kind of sound as their first official single, Never Come Back, demonstrates. Taken from their … Continue reading
Video Alert: Teeth – Care Bear
Care Bear We’ve seen lots of fan generated official videos in our time but never one quite like this. Male fans of Dalston’s Teeth have dressed up as women, some rather odd women at that, and lip synced and danced themselves silly all for the love of music and quite possibly madness. Teeth release Care … Continue reading
EP Review: Diagrams – Diagrams EP
Diagrams EP Released 11th July This is a real gem of an EP and I’m so glad that it found its way into my Inbox. There’s a real eclectic collection of sounds to be found here, everything from electronics, a wide variety and all manners of percussion, brass and even rain. From the very moment … Continue reading
Single Review: The Drums – Money
Money Released 12th September 2011 Summer is here so it’s only right we welcome back The Drums with open arms. Money is the first single to be taken from their forthcoming album Portamento. Not only do The Drums make amazingly catchy tunes but they manage to make them in such a way that makes it … Continue reading
Free Track Alert: Wye Oak – Holy Holy
Holy Holy Having released their album Civilian earlier this year through City Slang and having sold out their second ever London show Wye Oak are certainly proving to be ones to look out for and for good reason. If you haven’t heard Wye Oak yet then you’re in for a treat with this offering. Set … Continue reading
Free Track Alert: I Break Horses – Winter Beats
Winter Beats I Break Horses is the project of Stockholm residents Maria Linden and Frederik Balk. The pair have been working on their début album Hearts, which is due for release on 15th of August through their label Bella Union Records. The album’s title track has already recently been released and they’re now making the … Continue reading
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