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01st Jul2010
Careful when you cover
Aquarium Drunkard pays for the limo, arranges the tux and pops the cork on Television’s second album from 1978 - Adventure. The blog turned home grown independent record label gathered the cream of LaLa lands current musical talent (plus Lykke Li) and got them to pay tribute with covers to the NYC punks. Enter
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“Jump out of bed, pull down the shade, I used to have such sweet dreams – now it’s more like an air raid”
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18 Jul – Pitchfork Festival – Chicago, Illinois || 28 Aug – Leeds Festival || 29 Aug – Reading Festival
03rd Jun2010
He needs human heat
The phenomenally talented Scottish crooners Frightened Rabbit are doing the festival thing round the globe in support of their latest release from The Winter Of Mixed Drinks. From Glastonbury to Splendour In The Grass, they should be stopping by you soon (check the dates below). For now let’s
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some of the goodness that The Midnight Organ Fight graciously blessed us with.
“You twist and whisper the wrong name, I don’t care and nor do my ears. Twist yourself around me I need company – I need human heat”
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Dates: 12 Jun 2010 6:00 P
BELLAHOUSTON PARK with Snow Patrol & Band of Horses Glasgow, GB
24 Jun 2010 8:00 P
St Gallen Festival St. Gallen, CH
27 Jun 2010 1:00 P
Glastonbury Festival Pilton, GB
7 Jul 2010 4:30 P
Hultsfred Festival ., ., SWEDEN
9 Jul 2010 4:30 P
Oxegen Dublin, ., IRELAND
10 Jul 2010 4:30 P
T In The Park Festival Scotland, .
17 Jul 2010 8:00 P
Latitude Festival The Sunshine Coast, Southwold, ., UNITED KINGDOM
1 Aug 2010 8:00 P
Splendour in the Grass Brisbane, AU
2 Aug 2010 8:00 P
Hi Fi Melbourne, Australia, AUSTRALIA
3 Aug 2010 8:00 P
Sydney Factory Theatre Sydney, Australia, AUSTRALIA
7 Aug 2010 8:00 P
Lollapalooza, August 6-8 Chicago, GB
10 Aug 2010 7:30 P
Ibiza Rocks (LIVE) Ibiza, Spain, SPAIN
14 Aug 2010 8:00 P
Haldern Festival Lower Rhine Area, ., GERMANY
15 Aug 2010 6:00 P
Summer Sundae Leicester, GB
19 Aug 2010 4:30 P
Pukkelpopp Festival Hasselt, ., BELGIUM
20 Aug 2010 4:30 P
Lowlands festival Holland, ., NETHERLANDS
10 Dec 2010 8:00 P
ALL TOMORROWS PARTIES: Butlins – 10th – 12th December Minehead, GB
30th Apr2010
Whitley – Head First Down
So this is the first post I’ve made in quite a while. Almost two months… and it’s nothing new or out of the box, but a good song nonetheless. This is Whitley – the melbourne based bard who wrote his first release to the deadlines of the Cats for and against and the up and down of the tide. Nothing fancy with this one, just try this aussie on for size if you haven’t already (six months ago or more). Download the feel good anthem
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We are here, it seems we always must have seen a dark black fear and nothing ever seems so clear. The sun will not be here and I know my life has an end. The sun will not be here, the questions remain in my head – so I’ll fall head, first, down
22nd Mar2010
Freelance Whales – Generator ^ First Floor
This takes a while to get going but it’s beautiful when it does. If you’re into The Postal Service or even a little Owl City then try Freelance Whales on for size. More organic than the synthy bee-bop of the later and that’s welcome for sure. It’s a modest round of harmonies that lead into the crescendo and by that time you’ve forgotten how soft it had all started.
They’re from Queens in NYC, they enjoy playing their music and I doubt they’d mind me sharing that with you. So download the pleaseantries and have a listen
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We get up early just to start cranking the generator. Our limbs have been asleep we need to get the blood back in ‘em, we’re finding every day several ways that we could be friends
01st Mar2010
Firekites – Autumn Story
Some slow-turning nostalgia sir? Firekites – Newcastle based, (that’s the Aussie one folks) four-piece lo-fi strummers. This track’s their most well-known from their debut album The Bowery. With ties to The Herd, Josh Pyke and signed to a label that’s seen artists come and go like Arcade Fire, Bat for Lashes, Sufjan Stevens and Spoon – you better pay attention. Download
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“Yeah, I know it’s late, but these times won’t wait”
28th Feb2010
Cleast Eatwood – Electric Feel
Wow on this, big wow folks. Cleast Eatwood – have really stripped back this cover of everyone’s favourite, MGMT’s Electric Feel. I had to let my girl listen to it just to hear her reaction; “It’s fantastic.” I’ll let her review speak for mine. Download
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“You can feel it in your mind, you can do it all the time. Plug it in, change the world – you, my electric girl.”
28th Feb2010
Pearl And The Beard – Oh, Death!
So this floated into my inbox the other day and (unfortunately) I only just got around to listening, worth the wait I tell you. Pearl and the Beard – are Jocelyn, Emily and Jeremy from NYC and they bring good times to the table in the form of great vocal harmony, sparse yet strong guitar-work and a cello as unforgiving as the tale they tell. This masterpiece off God Bless Your Weary Soul, Amanda Richardson could hold it’s own as the end-note to any epic-movie montage, (I’m thinking Forrest Gump, or maybe that’s just the southern soul coming through in the vocals). They’re on their way down to SXSW with some stops along the way. Make your ears happy and download
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“I love you the way you are, the way you’ve always been”
