Now that the UK summer is finally on its way, we turn our attention away from urban multi-gig festivals to outdoor festivals; the fantasy towns built of canvas where we leave our troubles at the gates and indulge in three or four days of musical and non-musical madness. It's fair to say that summer festivals are some of the absolute highlights of the Breaking More Waves calendar. Despite the evolution of festivals from being something on the periphery of society to mass media publicised events that embrace the mainstream, the best festivals still conjure and embrace an ideology that is [...]
The full Glastonbury line-up for this year has been announced on their website . Headliners for this year include what we already knew: U2, Vampire Weekend, Muse and Stevie Wonder. Acts that caught our eye so far: Slash, Snoog Dogg (playing the Olympia, July 6th ), LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Phoenix, Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, The XX, Broken Social Scene, Mos Def and of course,a special set from REEF! At the other end of the scale, look out for Mountain Man, Local Natives, Beth Jeans Houghton, Lissie, Here We Go Magic, Chromeo, Chiddy Bang, The Avett [...]
Beth Jeans Houghton is the Newcastle teen who looks set to be one of this years big big things, crafting finely honed melody from the fantastic and the familiar, and Stornoway are the four piece whose quintessential pop is coloured in pastoral hues (and we introduced here ). Together they're making up this month's Twisted Folk tour, starting next week for 10 days of an amazing tour. Tickets are going very fast though.... Monday 8th February 2010 - Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre [...]
ein bißchen was besonderes aus der ecke, müsste mal benannt und gehört werden, aber die zeit ist zu knapp für eine ausführliche vorstellung und beschäftigung, dennoch nichts für kalte hunde und wem es nach mehr ist, der klagt an und ich komme dem nach, wie auch immer, höret!: eigentlich jayson thompson, mitbegründer des denver sound, seit 2004 jedoch ohne veröffentlichung, und was bleibt uns übrig, wenn vom düsteren burschen, der den gothic americana wie kein zweiter zelebriert, nichts nachkommt, wir wärmen die suppe auf: jay munly - [...]
Tonight's theme was female fronted/centred alternative rock bands with Sky Larkin + MPHO & Beth Jeans Houghton. First up was Beth Jeans Houghton , who played a tight set of raggedy indie country pop wearing a GIANT blonde wig "a la" Amy Winehouse . Her songs were charming and enchantingly innocent sounding, with an edge not seen in country music since Johnny Cash [...]
Twisted Folk presents: Stornoway and Beth Jeans Houghton - UK Tour in February 2010 Over the past four years, Twisted Folk Tours have become known for adventurous, hand picked line-ups representing the best in modern folk and twisted popular music. It's Twisted Folk who put together this year's highly successful collaboration between UK pastoral pop group Tunng and Malawian desert bluesmen Tinariwen . Who assembled Nina Nastasia, Jeffrey Lewis and William Elliot Whitmore for an [...]
Levi's® OnesToWatch® have announced their 2009 lineup for a series of shows at London's Hoxton Bar and Grill and also Cargo in two weeks time. Each night has been curated with handpicked artists who represent the best in new and emerging talent from a dynamic musical spectrum. The roll call includes an exclusive first solo show from Andrew Davie of Cherbourg (pictured right) on folk inspired Monday, Basque-dance prodigies Crystal Fighters , and a much anticipated performance from much hyped Marina & The Diamonds [...]
If you read super-fast through the past few months of this blog it would go a bit like... blah blah Beth Jeans Houghton... blah blah Beth Jeans Houghton... but that's because there's a lot of love here at Daily Growl HQ for Newcastle's own purveyor of fine pop and wearer ...
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So another month has passed us by, and it's getting darker and colder out there. Let's have a look at some of the new releases the end of summer '09 brought us, shall we? Girls ' debut album, Album , was widely talked about - in fact, I only checked out the album because I'd seen their name all over the place - and is, as it turns out, quite good listening. They aren't doing anything hugely new, but that's ok sometimes - their brand of fuzzed-over surf-ish California pop is a lot of fun [...]
When we first saw a picture of Beth Jeans Houghton , all doe-eyed and trussed up like Pete Doherty's female self, we weren't impressed. Tsk, another beautifully androgynous singer-songwriter who will get loads of column inches thanks to her look and not her music, we thought to ourselves (unfairly). Then we saw another picture of her in a newspaper and she looked like Lily Savage, if Lily Savage had been set upon by a pack of ferrets. We were confused and mildly aroused so we decided to probe further and low and behold, Beth Jeans Houghton is pretty ruddy [...]
Super 45 forma parte del Music Alliance Pact (MAP), una iniciativa de The Pop Cop que reune canciones destacadas de músicos locales de 33 países, una vez al mes. A continuación podrán disfrutar de todos los temas y un link para descargar todo el compilado CHILE: Super 45 Picnic Kibun - Drop Your Panties Si pudiéramos definir a Picnic Kibun en una sola palabra, [...]
So here's this month's international digest, a day late, but there's good reason for that. Unlike previous months when I've been casting around for who to include, this month I didn't have any doubt. Beth Jeans Houghton. Not only because she's ace and because she did a recent Seven Songs ...
Existe cierto vicio entre los melómanos de esta época, muchos de ellos quedamos insatisfechos o cansados de una misma fuente musical, definitivamente hay mucho mas afuera, y es ese grito independiente el que cada mes inspira este proyecto, 33 canciones totalmente liberadas que de alguna manera representan la pieza clave a la verdadera revolución musical, este mes se nos une Colombia y Turquía, ¡Bienvenidos! Para esta edición contamos con la participación de la banda más prometedora y jodidamente interesante del momento, me refiero a los Plug-Plug , luego de ese demencial inicio que marcaron con Trinitron, ellos [...]
Once more, here is September's edition of the Music Alliance Pact . For those of you who don't know about MAP, it's a collection of music blogs from around the world who band together once a month to shed light on up-and-comers from their home countries. It's sort of like the WTO without the human rights violations. This month we've welcomed two new countries: Colombia and Turkey . This edition showcases 33 tracks from bands around the world. Once again I've gone ahead and highlighted some of [...]
The Music Alliance Pact is a collective of 33 of the world's top music blogs and webzines from 33 countries spanning six continents. Every month, each of these 33 sites picks one hot local song that gets posted on all these great blogs and zines. Here's what SPIN magazine had to say about MAP Not only does it give readers a broader look at the open and expansive world of music, but it reassures that we're on a good path in discovering music and culture - albeit globally - as it comes direct from [...]
hi everyone, sorry for the lack of posts this month - it should pick up from now, i promise! anyway, one thing that's constant is the music alliance pact , which brings you the best music from around the world, handpicked by the best international music blogs. and as always, our local music ambassador brian koh brings us his recommendation of the month, MUON , with his trademark metallic beats and some rather haunting material including sheep that you'd rather not count before you sleep. enjoy! ARGENTINA: [...]
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Matilda - Vanidad Matilda is an electro-pop duo based in Rosario (one of Argentina's largest cities), consisting of Juan Manuel Godoy and Ignacio Espumado. Vanidad is the opening track from Para Ser Movimiento, their second album, which was recently praised by Mexican pop star Julieta Venegas on her Twitter page. It was released by the Planeta X label in a physical format and as a free Creative Commons licensed download [...]
Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 33 music bloggers (now taking entries from Turkey and Colombia) across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. My Irish pick this month: Belfast's rockin' Nakatomi Towers . ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Matilda - Vanidad Matilda are an electro-pop duo based in Rosario (one of Argentina's largest [...]
(music alliance pact logo created by eardrums, based on a stock photo from stock.xchng user coscurro ) It's that time of the month again, Music Alliance Pact-time. Every month on the 15th, music blogs from all over the world work together to create a huge blog-post with music from all the MAP-members' countries. Each blog present a favourite from their own country, and all the band-presentations are presented in one big post in all the MAP-blogs on the same day, - the 15th. This is the September-edition of the Music Alliance [...]
Mais um dia 15 e mais uma edição do Music Alliance Pact com a representação já de trinta e três países. Os representantes de Portugal, este mês, são uma banda de Lisboa, os Iconoclasts, constituídos pelo Diogo Carneiro, Pipa Marinho, Vitor Azevedo, Sérgio Dinis, Ricardo Ramos e Pedro Coelho são uma banda com uma infinidade de inspirações mas sem alguma vez soarem a fotocópias de outros projectos.
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