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Carrying on from last weekend ... Aberdeen City From Boston in the USA who use the name of the perennial footballing underachievers. Maybe. There is one track on their album which I obviously have to feature... Plus another sample track: [See post to listen to audio] » Aberdeen City - Brighton [See post to listen to audio] » Aberdeen City - Sixty Lives [...]
King Creosote has announced a sizeable UK tour of some pretty obscure venues for late May and early June. The tour will follow the release of his next album, 'Flick The Vs', set for release on April 20, which features a guest appearance from former Beta Band man Steve Mason. Wednesday 20th May 2009 - Leeds Brudenell Social Club Thursday 21st May 2009 - Durham Gala Theatre Saturday 23rd May 2009 - Edinburgh The Grv Sunday 24th May 2009 - [...]
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F&M Needs Your Help. Have you seen or do you know of a band that have the same name as a footie team ? I've collected below some examples of bands that have football team names...actually I'll clarify that: Some of the these bands named themselves after a fitba club and some named themselves after a town or city. But when you read these names, because you are like me you think football. For example when you see the word Celtic you think of Celtic and not Celtic. See what I mean ? [...]
Myspace // "Pulling Push Ups" [Audio] // Copy Haho EP [Pre-order] Scottish group Copy Haho aren't just from Scotland -- they're really from Scotland, hailing from the Aberdeen area, more specifically Stonehaven. The band's debut EP is set to be released on quickly rising micro indie Big Scary Monsters . The label has a proclivity for stunning math rock, and they have a knack for picking the cream of the genre's crop. Those of you [...]
Fresh off their UK Tour which ended last night in style at Wolverhampton, Bloc Party have announced a brand new tour for October, which they have christened "Bloctober". Genius. Tickets go on sale on Friday morning (6th February) at 9am. Catch the lads at: Friday 2nd October 2009 - Blackpool Empress Ballroom Saturday 3rd October 2009 - Edinburgh Picture House Sunday 4th October 2009 - Inverness Iron Works Tuesday 6th October 2009 - Aberdeen Music Hall [...]
You may not have heard of Nightmare of You , but they're pretty amazing. Think pop punk for adults. Yeah, it's great. They're off on tour in April including an 11 night stint that looks pretty gruelling. Tickets are on sale now. Catch them at the below venues. Saturday 18th April 2009 - Kingston The Peel Sunday 19th April 2009 - Southampton Joiners Monday 20th April 2009 - Birmingham Barfly Tuesday 21st April 2009 - Manchester [...]
The Spinto Band are coming back to the UK for a week long tour of some of our venues in late February. The Delaware, USA six piece released their sophomore album, Moonwink , last summer on the legendary Fierce Panda records (who have released the likes of Coldplay and Keane in their early days). Their new album has been described as a "razzle dazzling delight of feverish melodies, happifying chord changes and clever tunesmithery", so if that appeals to you, get on down to one of the dates below. Tickets are on [...]
The Xcerts have announced a string of tour dates for a full Uk tour starting in just over a week's time. The Brighton-via-Scotland-and-Exet er trio embark on a tour of some of the dingiest venues, all in the name of some good music. They've become used to playing bigger venues over the past year when they've supported the likes of Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Twin Atlantic, Feeder and Fight Like Apes. Now, their first headline tour co-incides with the release of their debut album, "In The Cold Wind We Smile", which is out on the [...]
Howling Bells are one of those names I've heard before, but never really taken the time to check out. And from a quick listen on their myspace whilst finding pictures for this post, I've grown to quite like them - a sort of Australian rocky Goldfrapp. That's just from one track that opinion though, so I may well be way wide of the mark. Erm, so, I've waffled a bit more than I normally do on these things, but yeah. Catch them out on tour in February and March around the UK. Tickets [...]
Rising quickly to prominence, The Official Secrets Act have announced a string of tour dates for March and April around our fair shores and some of Ireland. The month long tour seems to play just about everywhere, so should keep them out of mischief! Tickets are on sale now priced between £5 and £6.50 each it seems. Catch the lads at: Wednesday 25th March 2009 - Nottingham Bodega Thursday 26th March 2009 - Manchester Roadhouse Friday 27th March 2009 - Leeds [...]
Hotly tipped for 2009, Emmy the Great has announced details of a full UK tour for January, February and March. The hugely talented singer / songwriter is embarking on the sizeable UK tour backed up by her band. Tickets are on sale now for all dates with tickets priced between £7 and £9.50 each. Catch Emmy at the below dates: Saturday 31st January 2009 - Oxford Academy ( WeGotTickets , Ticketweb ) Sunday 1st February 2009 - Exeter Phoenix ( [...]
Ah man this is perfect. Even though it's got nothing to do with them and the bands name is coincidental, the title of this track is the clincher. I've got to post it. I started this and wrote the above over two weeks ago, but because of me full time werk I haven't been able to get this one out there. Or any others actually. Give it a couple of weeks and hopefully have more time. In the meantime please bear with me. (Pretend that is a couple of days [...]
Tonight I had a sudden need to hear this song: Aberdeen - Sink Or Float mp3 (available for 7 days) It's the kind of song I only ever seem to listen to late at night, usually after I've been somewhere, had a great time and then find myself alone and sleepy. It's from Aberdeen 's first (and only) full length album, Homesick And Happy To Be Here , which was recorded and released during their second stint together. Aberdeen were signed to Sarah Records when it finally folded and [...]
Trust me, this is the future now... Sylvain Chauveau + Felicia Atkinson Experimental / Minimalist / Electroacoustic the constant skeptic says: "the track Aberdeen is haunting, experimental, and ephemeral... I zoned out on the highway and listened to it on my IPOD in traffic towards Washington dc circa 5am on a Tuesday.... countries, city names, and ghosts haunt the track and memories creep up from nowhere into this space-time from upper dimensional clouds.... I think God, Allah, Jack Kerouac, and Buddha must [...]
Ides of Space - Arthurs car MP3 Aberdeen - Sink or Float MP3 The Race - Feathers MP3 The Electric Soft Parade - If that's the Case MP3 The long Winters - Pushover MP3 Death Cab for Cutie - Movie Script Ending MP3 Art Brut - Direct Hit MP3 Bild: Cy Twombly
That Aberdeen album I mentioned a week ago showed up in the mail and it's everything I was hoping for. More dreamy tunes, more wispy vocals, and more jangly guitars. I've talked about them quite a lot in the last couple months, so I won't go into much detail, but here are a couple songs that exemplify what made this band great. Sink or Float When It Doesn't Matter Anymore The album is What Do I Wish For Now?: Singles + Extras [...]
I don't actually know a whole lot about Aberdeen. The two main members are John Girgus and Beth Arzy (of the Trembling Blue Stars). They released a number of songs on Sarah Records in the 90s, but didn't get around to making a full-length record until 2002's Homesick and Happy to Be Here , which was breezy, fun, and beautiful at times. Homesick If you only hear one song by them, it needs to be this one. It's pastoral, effortless, and sounds like [...]
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