With an impressive line up including the likes of Chad Valley, Halls, Egyptian Hip Hop and an array of local talent fitting everyone you'd hoped to see in to one night was going to be a tough feat to overcome. Luckily the planners and organisers at Fear of Fiction's debut festival were kind to our feet. Based in Bristol's vibrant Stokes Croft all venues were in very close proximity to each other resulting in a much more intimate affair, the special ingredient many festivals neglect. And with inner-city events springing up over the country curating a line up [...]
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Chad Valley 's forthcoming début full length record is a departure, or more an evolution, from his previous offerings. The Oxford based producer's music is at the same time genre-less, and strictly Pop. We usually hate the term 'genre-less', we sincerely believe in a good old fashioned pigeonholing and hate the pretension of artists believing they are above that. But it might actually be true in Chad Valley's case and the new album, Young Hunger , shakes off many of the tropes of his Chillwave roots whilst managing to retain his music's unique character. So Young [...]
It took some time to put together this post because there was so much music (20 singles altogether) to highlight from this week's top new releases. There's something for just about everyone in this week's singles from new album releases. Over the weekend, the Top 10 Songs weekly playlists for October, as well as the [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
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"A refreshingly honest album that combines intelligent writing with addictive hooks..." Chad Valley | Young Hunger Hailing from picturesque city of Oxford, Hugo Manuel - better known as Chad Valley - is one of the leading proponents of the chillwave movement currently sweeping the music scene on both sides of the Atlantic. Cut from the same cloth as American artist Toro Y Moi, Manuel first set tongues wagging and ears twitching with the release of his self titled EP in June of this year. Not content to rest on his laurels, Manuel has collaborated [...]
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After taking his bedroom recordings to the next level with a full band in Jonquil, Oxford-based Hugo Manuel went back to recording as a solo artist under the name Chad Valley. Jonquil signed to Dovecote Records in the States and, around the same time, Manuel leaked a handful of dreamy, Ibiza and R&B-inspired electro-pop demos to the Web. A flock of sites (including Vice, Pitchfork, and Guardian) featured Chad Valley's “Up and Down” or “Acker Bilk” in the summer of 2010. You can stream Chad's latest album "Young Hunger" in full below. Read more [...]
A quelques jours de la sortie du nouvel album de Chad Valley , Young Hunger , nous vous dévoilons la totalité de la tracklist de cet excellent LP déjà disponible en streaming. Un disque composé de onze titres parmi lesquels on retrouve de nombreuses collaborations avec Twin Shadow , pour le titre I Owe You This dont on vous parlé il y a quelques semaines, mais également avec Jack Goldstein, El Perro Del Mar , Glasser , Active Child ou encore Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs . Un [...]
The SOTO inbox is always full of cool stuff that never gets to see the light of day on the actual site, and I'd like to change that. So, every Friday I'll be posting the best album streams and videos that were sent my way during the week. Take a scroll and find something worth remembering. FULL ALBUM STREAMS Matt Bauer - No Shape Can Hold Me Now Autumn Owls - Between Buildings, Towards The Sea Death Songs - Sung Inside [...]
We've already featured the latest single "The Night Was Young Enough" from Rush Midnight , the solo project of Brooklyn-born Russ Manning, and former bass player for Twin Shadow. Today we share with you his beautiful second single "Crush", off his upcoming debut solo EP "+13 on Cascine, which was produced by none other than Twin Shadow. As he says: "I wrote 'Crush' after returning from a month in Europe and a few nights in Sao Paolo about one year ago." says Manning. "Back in New York, springtime [...]
La próxima semana Chad Valley estará editando de manera oficial su primer álbum de larga duración titulado " Young Hunger ", el cual hace apenas unos días se los vine a dejar en su modalidad de stream, así que en este momento es hora de darle un vistazo al vídeo oficial del primer sencillo que se desprende de este material, " Fall 4 U ". Franklyn Banks fue la persona encargada del trabajo visual que podrán checar dentro de este vídeo, en el que obviamente también Glasser debía de tener una aparición especial, enjoy!. [...]
Lately you might've noticed a lot of Chad Valley chatter here on The Music Ninja, and that's because the synth pop artist, who tore up CMJ last week and whose debut album Young Hunger comes out next Tuesday via Cascine Records , is pretty darn good at what he does. We brought you this single " Fall 4 U " feat. Glasser back in August and today we present its video directed by Franklyn Banks.
Initial thoughts from the outside observer: "this music video is nothing but indie hipster BS." Alright, I here ya; but let's take a step back and recognize great music when we hear it. If you have yet to hear Chad Valley's breakthrough single, "Fall 4 U", go ahead and take a listen before passing judgment. [...]
I've liked Chad Valley for ages and he's finally, finally set to release a full-length album. Young Hunger is out next month in Ireland on the Loose Lips label (you can stream it after the jump, via Hype Machine) and features guest stars such as Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs amd [Read more]
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Chad Valley nos presenta el video de "Fall 4 U" el primer sencillo de su excelente debut Young Hunger . El sale el próximo 30 de octubre, pero lo pueden escuchar por aquí. Enjoy.
Fans concerned about the inclusion of multiple guest appearances on Chad Valley's debut album can put aside their fears. Far from distilling Hugo Manuel's sound, they only add to its electro-pop appeal. Twin Shadow features on opener I Owe You This , his widescreen 80s music a perfect fit for Chad Valley; the inclusion of T.E.E.D on My Life Is Complete provides all the skittering beats and laconic vocals you could expect; and the lush production of closer Manimals [...]
Chad Valley has released a stream of his forthcoming album, Young Hunger, out October 30th through Cascine . Hugo Manuel, aka Chad Valley , says that the album is "an 80s record in every sense". The album features guest appearances [...]
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