Under superstition ?

A.K.A Discos mash up of Ellie Goulding and Stevie Wonder is A.K.A Ace !!!

Listen and Download here -

Ellie Goulding/ Stevie Wonder - A.K.A DISCO - Under Superstition Mash-up??

It shouldn't work - but this is Gold !

GOLD BLOOD



Gold blood is- collaboration between PhD student Emile Bojesen and keyboard enthusiast Michael Anthony Wright - Well so there Muxtape says!

These 2 have managed to fuse what at some moments comes across as hardcore spoken poetic style vocals with synthy and somewhat 80's musical styling, but don't get me wrong they are nothing like that 80's synth crap that's been filling the airwaves for far to long!
Far from it, Gold Blood are a mix of hardcore, punk, classic pop form, rock and experimental electronics!!! On paper it shouldn't work, but it does......Brilliantly !

Songs like Well City, start with a dreamy, eerie introduction and then Emile's rock vocal bring it into a catchy chorus. Then there's "Another World" which comes across as the most accessible track, the song seems influenced by the best bits of the 80's but has been given a new and unique twist! Its a song I could put on repeat...

My Favorite track on the Human Shield E.P is Hair - Seems to be the bands most experimental track - industrial sounds with hunted drawn out vocals - makes for uneasy easy listening !

Looking forward to seeing them live -

16th

8pm

Headphones off @ Catch London

18th

11pm

World Unknown @ Secret Brixton Venue London →

THE PARTY

NEWISLANDS AND ELECTRILICKERS

Sister ... Sisters!

Tipped by Brooklyn Vegan as a band to watch, Sisters tick all the right boxes for me!....The Brooklyn 2 Piece who I'm sure have been compared to most of the Lo-fi bands that have managed to slither onto most Blogs this year...Like Wavves...No Age...etc etc!

For Me though the band are a little different and The New Yorker was spot on when it said "Sisters pull 90s Rock into the 21st Century"

Its more than ok !

there's a certain satifaction for me when I find something I really love by accident! And this is what happened with Zebra and Snake

They have a great sound, i mean it is very "Now" and "synthy 80s" but whatever I like it and i espcially love the last video on the myspace... If thats how it makes people react I cant wait to see them live...





It's a shame as i have just missed there 3 London shows....by a few days! but I wait eagerly for the next !

Little Spark - Jonjo Feather

This Is drenched in Lo-fi Distortion, I'm amazed that this song is not all over the radio and http://www.myspace.com/jonjofeather isnt bigger than he is! he should be....

Little Spark - was Released September this year and below is the Video, Jonjo Comes across and a Unique of kilter and super cool!

Its a Hit !

The Guys Over at Hit Club are on it !

Releasing Wolf Gang ! and then Is Tropical ... They really can do no wrong...

The Is Tropical Boys have been Busy Writing so There Twitter would Suggest and not Only that, it looks like the Remixes for there Single due for release Jan 2010 have come rolling in ....You can Hear all the remixes HERE!

And if i read twitter correctly...they will be remixing Crystal Fighters! looking forward to it....

You can Listen to my Favorite of the remixes Below...

Is Tropical - When 'O' When (NewIslands Remix)

New Era? New Sounds? NewIslands !

NewIslands seem to have stormed onto the radar at the end part of 2009 and are now being tipped by various blogs including Digital My Ass as the band to watch out for in 2010...New Era, New Sound, NewIslands...so it would seem! And with Everyone's a DJ Has gone as far as to say the band are a degree above Miike Snow .

For me NewIslands merge most of the sounds from my favourite bands, past and present ... Shivers has The darkness of Echo and the Bunny man with the same stylistics of Miike Snow Burial, Paradise is a pop classic waiting to happen and Out of Time takes elements of MgMt and turn it on its side and into an anthem any festival could be proud of...Out of Time is a song that we should all be humming Reading 2010 ! and then theres the more interesting sounding tracks like Girl from Venus with its Acid Casualty sound circa 67, that shows the bands love for music like The Doors, Japan and Syd Barret... With such an eclectic bunch of songs there actually is something for all ears!

I Mean you should really check them out for yourselves - NewIslands and what I suggest you do is catch them live in December @ 229 ...as the live experience is something else and brings across a totally different (equally as epic) vibe to the tracks on the myspace.

I have heard through the grapevine, that there's a few more sneaky remixes lurking about... I know for sure of Out of time (Is Tropical Remix) and of course the amazing Active Child Remix, but i have also heard of a possible remix by serious lover, new band, Breton and aka Disco as well as other's but that's all shhh shh at the moment! so its exciting times for NewIslands....

With all this happening in less than a year (the band formed in march)
It leaves you wondering what they will have for us this time next year? if justice is served, the band should be signed, on a world tour, and living the dream! I'm sure they will be! x

The Song I wish I Had Written -

Band of The Day - Hyacinth Girl

Hyacinth Girl

The Big Pink

Last Night me and Federica went to see The Big Pink, in true Teenage gig style we made the pilgrimage to the front of the stage!...I decided for once not to bring my camera and just enjoy the gig with my eyes (if I have my cam then i see most of the gig through the lens!)

So it was safe to say that it was the best gig of the year so far for me! Was Epic!

Here are a couple of sneaky pics I took on my blackberry! (Yeah well I couldn't completely resist)

Frankie and The....

Frankie and the Outs

Lo-fi Girl group that sound like they have come outta the 60s ? Nice!

Remember ...sometimes its not about hooks....Sometimes it about how a song makes you feel or an atmosphere they create....

This bands myspace remind me of lost tapes of years gone...
Leaves me feeling happy and nostalgic...!

France.....

As i have found 3 great bands this week thought I'd let you into another little secret -

France and The Habsburgs

The band have clear influence from The Fall and a hint of ian curtis in the vocal...They hail from Sunderland and the music has a dark industrial city vibe....they are great and my favorite track is Photographic heart...Once you have a listen to this gem you will be back for more.....

Just be East Coasting....

Ok so Federica was browsing the net, for new bands and she came across this - COASTING ....So had a listen and fell in love been a while since i came across a new band and in the last week i found 3! ......

STOP...I'll just dance the way i feel!

Ok, so these guys have been around for a while, but i only really just started to listen and i have had the new single "Dance the way i feel" on repeat...They make me feel really young again...so enjoy!

ou est le swimmingpool

Time to Come out from the Shadows

BABE SHADOW -



Will be your new favourite band, and they are most certainly mine, it took a couple of listens and then I was hooked!

Looking forward to catching these guys live -

The 2 piece come from London and are playing a string of shows in the next few weeks

They are playing this friday @ Brixton Jamm with Die Die Die, Littlans and Post war Years

or you can catch them at one of the following dates -


10 Sep 2009
BLOODY AWFUL POETRY @ THE LOCK TAVERN
CAMDEN, LONDON

11 Sep 2009
BANGERS & MASH @ PROUD
LONDON

12 Sep 2009
FASHION.STYLE.MUSIC @ THE FLOWERPOT
KENTISH TOWN

11 Oct 2009
SUNDAY SESSIONS @ THE OLD QUEENS HEAD
ISLINGTON LONDON

28 Oct 2009
BORDERLINE w/ THE GUTTER BROTHERS
CENTRAL LONDON

What a Discovery! -

Discovery



what do you get when you mix members of ra ra riot and Vampire Weekend?

an amazing Discovery!

This band have been on repeat through the whole of my day in the office!

Get on to this!

x

Leave your Bitches at The Door!

I came across these today! and wow! i fucking love them!!!

The remix of Bitches is making its round on the blogs!

Bitches (The Hood Internet Remix - feat. Roxy Music)

But the original is great
listened to it a few times today, some great music coming from the US!

My Gold Mask

This Is - Solid Gold

Solid Gold

i dont think its right.
lettin love ruin my life
but i dont think its wrong.
gettin a little revenge in a song

it hurts, dont lie...
who you gonna run to? who you gonna run to now?

you know i would have DIED for you

but it wasnt like you loved me anyhow

you know im right, you know im right
baby ive been wrong.
and maybe ive been livin a little headstrong

but i know it isnt right startin a war by avoiding a fight!!!!!

it hurts dont lie...

Disco Dancing - O Childrens new video!

What we Know.......Rubicks

Its time you should work this out, on first listen its a little tricky, then once you get the hang you'll be back for more....

www.myspace.com/rubicks

Tora Tora Tora - This is Pretty and Nice and one Party Adventure

Boston Band - Pretty and Nice play Messed up pop.....
and once you have heard Tora Tora Tora, I'm sure you will be either humming or singing it all day!
Its sure to get you moving a little on the dance floor too!

www.myspace.com/prettyandnice

Franch Miami

http://www.myspace.com/mrfrenchmiami

Map rock? Math rock? Maps? Maths? Rock? Whatever! its great! Managed to see these guys a few times at SXSW this year!
And they really held my attention, compelling sounds and I couldn’t take my eyes of Them!
Need to be seen live!

Look out I predict big things!

The Big Pink - The closing track to my life!

Velvet by The Big Pink would, without doubt be the closing track to my life, for a long time i had it all sorted - Hole - Dying was the closing track to my life, then this band came out with this song and the plan was ruined, and i'm glad!

This song has been on repeat for the last week, in my office, in my room, when ever i get the chance,

how would i describe it....EPIC!

http://www.myspace.com/musicfromthebigpink

corcodile loving!

I wanna Kill - Crocodiles
If the story of my life needed an opening track i think this would be in for the running!

summer has arrived! loving this song!

They are play @ The Old Blue Last - 12th July...i shall be there!

http://www.myspace.com/crocodilescrocodilescrocodiles

White Magic For Lovers

Drugstore

Something from my past -

http://www.last.fm/music/Drugstore

What I know - Mazes

Sent over to me by my good friend, federica "finger on the pulse" Furlotti!

Mazes - http://www.myspace.com/mazesmazesmazes




Wavves and Mazes - One big happy family!

>Lo-fi, fun distort noise, sunny, get lost in the maze, come out to play, look around…. Go back for more... from the same click as Pens, Teeth!! Wavves and such.....


The Band Say -

Mazes are a band. Mazes is often two people, occasionally three and always one. Mazes are from Planet Earth. Mazes formed. Mazes are called Mazes because. Mazes record all their songs on a Tascam 4-Track. Mazes mix their songs through a Sony television.

Is Tropical

Is Tropical!
IS TROPICAL PLAY WITH DISTORTION
IS TROPICAL IS POP
IS TROPICAL ARE NOT TROPICAL

www.myspace.com/istropical

Wild Palms -

http://www.myspace.com/wearewildpalms

Lou, James and Gaz all lived about 10 minutes away from each other in North London growing up. Lou met Darrell at Brighton University, studying English Literature and Fine Art Painting, respectively. All in different bands but we could see potential in the line-up and the other bands hand become quite creatively stifling; so, started practicing, although quite infrequently, and the dynamic seemed to produce some promising, original music.
took our time in the studio, working each other out and settling into a sound that seemed to work; we played our first gig in Brighton in April 2008 but still didn't play many gigs up until 2009, choosing to bide our time and concentrate on writing.
The music concentrates on the primal stuff of music, the visceral, natural, stripped-down elements of music, introducing sound-scape elements at periods. Concentrating on themes of sterility, Pale Fire, waste, beaches, stopped clocks, where the wild things are, the absurd, Watt, terra incognita
Individually we all have varying musical influences but as a group we share a common interest in Captain Beefheart, Billy Childish, Sonic Youth, DNA, Can, Faust, Liquid Liquid, Talking Heads, New Order......and in creating inventive, original and accomplished music to the best of our abilities.
Releasing a double A-side single in September through Parlour Records

NewIslands -

Explore........

http://www.myspace.com/newislands

The Happy Hollows - left turn, right turn, left turn, right turn, 2 doors...which way? you always lie, you tell the truth....

Another amazing band from SXSW - The Happy Hollows....
Got to witness these on my forst night! and what a band!
Sarah Negahdari, was amazing .....throwing herself around the stage!









www.myspace.com/thehappyhollows

Another couple of amazing bands from SXSW!

The Coathangers!

Wow, what a band...these girls are fucking great!....gotta see um live! sooo much energy!
and what a sound!








www.myspace.com/fuckthecoathangers


French Miami

Spent a lot of time with these Guys in SXSW!
There live show is mental....
We saw them at an unofficial day party in some Texan Neighbourhood....
We Have Band were meant to be on after but the cops shut it down! Ha

But we saw French Miami a few more times and they never failed to impress!




www.myspace.com/mrfrenchmiami

SXSW ! so many good bands.....

NewVillager

Played the Brooklyn Vegan Day party at SXSW!
They were amazing! i had goosebumps!
Watch out ...they are sure to be big!

x




www.myspace.com/newvillager

Found Today!

Found a Couple of bands today that i liked the sound of!....i can go through Myspace all day long and find nothing, today i got lucky and found these 2, one after the other....nice!


First -

Illinois - www.myspace.com/illinois






Second -

www.myspace.com/blackdanielspace

Bear Hands Live Last Night

Some photos from the Bear Hands gig @ Matt Hornes XFM night @ 333..

Me, Federica and Andrew ventured down to 333 for what was another amazing Bear Hands show!...Looking forward to seeing them @ SXSW!

Employee of the Month -

JAKE SHEPPARD - ONE LITTLE INDIAN -

Party of One! -

Its very annoying when you discover a band to late!
This has happened to me in the case of - Party Of One!
I'm in love.....

Check them out!

www.myspace.com/partyofoneuk

Hockey - too much soul for the world?

Went to see Bear Hands, Hockey and passion pit on Monday @ Cargo!Just from the line-up you could tell it was a buzz gig and the place was full of industry...

3 wanted bands!
The show was sold out and rightly so!
Bear hands were amazing, this was the first time I’d seen them and they lived up to expectations and I’m gonna go see them again this weekend!Then came hockey, I’d heard a lot about them and have been loving the track "Too Fake" for a while but they were better than expected! And have since been listening to the song on repeat!
And will try and catch them at SXSW!



www.myspace.com/hockey


And then came Passion Pit, who i was looking forward to, but was a little disappointed...I left before the end, after the 2 "good" songs...it really all sounded the same...
Each to the own I guess!

Until next time!

x

Jonjo Feather -

If you have never heard of Jonjo Feather, i'd suggest a Listen...
He's been Described as -

"he looks and sounds like he could be the test-tube baby offspring of a great orgiastic love-in involving David Bowie and Lou Reed" - Leeds Music Scene

"...raspy sensuality and buzzed-up distorted swagger..."Taxi's" beats are off kilter and original, and the tune wheedles it's way into the brain... the Leeds scene has something to cheer again. Go Jonjo, go!" THE DAILY MIRROR


www.myspace.com/jonjofeather





Photo - Claire Coulton

The Soft Pack, Vivian Girls and Black Lips

Last Night I Photographed Black Lips, Vivian Girls and The Soft Pack, It was an amazing Gig!

I have posted a couple of photos below...

I’m sure your Familiar with Black Lips (if your not, sort it out - www.myspace.com/theblacklips)

You may not be so familiar with the Vivian Girls - www.myspace.com/viviangirlsnyc
But i suggest you get familiar - They were amazing last night (even though there was lots of Unnecessary banter between songs)

And The Soft Pack were a great first on....(Previously called The Muslims)
- www.myspace.com/thesoftpack




The Soft Pack




Vivian Girls





Black Lips



photos - Claire Coulton

Medicine Jar Music Presents: Exposé @The Old Blue Last - Featured in London Paper and on CMU !

Thanks to everyone who came along....and made the night extra special!

Looking forward to the next one!

Exposé were featured in The London Paper.....



and on CMU -



The next night is 23rd March...


With a great Line-up - FOR FREE!


O Children - www.myspace.com/ochildren




Ex-Lion Tamers -www.myspace.com/weareexliontamers



No Kisses - www.myspace.com/nokisses



And of Course the 2nd edition of - Exposé zine !