Every first Thursday of the month, Geek Out comes to The Wheelbarrow in London. It's a relaxed, friendly evening where the only stipulation is that the bands each play one Weezer cover. The resident DJs (A Badge of Friendship's Claire and Paul and Geek Out founders Dan and Mark) keep the tunes upbeat and indie with a healthy dose of the classics in there for good measure. As The Wheelbarrow begins to fill to the brim, The New Union hit the stage; they are four fresh faced young lads from Brighton. They've [...]
I feel like if something comes out in June and I don't hear it until August, it's still prime material to post up on here. Daily relevance aside, it looks as if Boy Mandeville's new summer-primed... Listen At BIRP!
Boy Mandeville are a group we spoke about quite some time ago , with their track 'Ooh Christina' that was being championed by Steve Lamacq at the time. They have now recently released a new single 'Gorilla'. It's light hearted, 'tropical' and a track perfectly suited to this summer. If only it wasn't raining. A short post today, i'd love to say its because the music speaks for itself, but really it's because I haven't got much time on my hands at the moment. Enjoy the track though, focus will resume soon. Oh, [...]
Words: Saam Das Now that I'm in substantial employment, I have a reasonable excuse for the delayed collating of May's finest singles but I apologise nonetheless. The battle for Single Of The Month came down to Clock Opera and Charli XCX . To find who won and plenty of other brilliant singles, simply read on. Oh and thanks to Paul Lester for quoting us in his piece in [...]
Words: Saam Das The first Joe Bloggers gig fast approaches and we're honoured to be involved. Hopefully some of you reading this can make it down to Dingwalls in Camden and say hello to members of Team FG. And of course, Flying With Anna and The Blue Walrus too. To try to help you in that quest, we're giving away at least 2 tickets to the gig below. Maybe more if we're feeling generous, so enter away. [...]
The line-up has changed a little with Alpines pulling out at this late stage after being offered a pretty amazing tour support slot - but we have managed to fill that void with a little someone known as Cosmo Jarvis - so expect some damn catchy tunes. With him, Louise and the Pins , Boy Mandeville , Daughter , and a set from Disclosure we are set for what should be one great evening. With the event just a little over a fortnight away, I thought it was about time we [...]
I was lucky enough to catch Boy Mandeville ( facebook / twitter / soundcloud ) a few weeks ago when they played a Lyle & Scott night at XOYO along with Ice Black Birds and the much-hyped Summer Camp. There was no denying that Boy Mandeville stole the show that night, getting the crowds dancing to their sun-drenched tunes as we all wished in the summer. The London-based but Cambridge-formed quartet may have invented their name as a corruption of Bernard Mandeville, a Dutch/English philosopher, but their frantic jaunty worldbeat is the perfect accompaniment to any [...]
Together with the fine folk from Faded Glamour and Flying with Anna , we've curated a show called Joe Bloggers on 19th May at Dingwalls, Camden. We've got Alpines ( facebook / twitter ), Boy Mandeville ( facebook / twitter ), and Louise and the Pins ( facebook / twitter ) all playing live along with another couple of very special guests yet to be announced. I'll also be spinning some tunes, so get yourself down [...]
Together with the fine folk from Faded Glamour and Flying with Anna , we've curated a show called Joe Bloggers on 19th May at Dingwalls, Camden. We've got Boy Mandeville ( facebook / twitter ), and Louise and the Pins ( facebook / twitter ), Cosmo Jarvis ( facebook / twitter ), Daughter ( bandcamp / twitter ) and Disclosure all playing live. We've very, very excited. I'll also be spinning some tunes, so get yourself down and say [...]
Words: Saam Das I'm not sure I've mentioned on the blog that I was invited to be one of the judges for this year's Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition . During February, I was sent along 160 songs from 160 bands to whittle down to three to send through to the next stage of the competition. Those three acts were part of the longlist published earlier in the month. We'll profile them in further detail soon [...]
Need to get your weekend off on the right foot? Fancy a pre-beer bedroom boogie? In both cases, consider Boy Mandeville : the Haringey band's sound is ostensibly rock-pop, but this is a rock-pop firmly doused in lazy sunshine, with elements of calypso, afrobeat, tango and all the rest contained amid the chirupping guitars. Better still, the songs rattle along joyfully unconstrained by structure, a jam-style that again recalls fellow tropicana rockers Fool's Gold. All in all, this is more Grenada than Green Lanes and a perfect tonic for cheerless February days. Steel Horse by boymandeville Bad Balance [...]
Venue: Notting Hill Arts Club Time: 13th April, 9pm - around 2am My name is George, I am the younger brother of this blog. I guess it was spur of the moment that ended me up at an 18+ Notting Hill gig at the dark part of yesterday. I was lured by Lawrence Northall's The Caulfield Beats, an artist who we have blogged before and seems to be causing a stir beneath the busy roads of England's capital. He's been getting sniffed at by giants like Mixtape.com and [...]
The Vinyl District
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Hey Man, Check My Band.
FADED GLAMOUR
The Blue Walrus
Some Of It Was True!
A Pocket Full Of Seeds
And We'll Run
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