British singer-songwriter Emmy the Great has announced that she will be releasing her debut album this February. Titled "First Love" it will be released on Febraury 2. The album was inspired by Samuel Beckett's short story "First Love" and Oscar Wilde's play Salome . It was recorded at a Lancashire studio and produced by Emmy's guitarist Euan Hinshelwood and pianist Tom Rogerson. She has also announced some UK tour dates. The tracklisting for "First Love" is below along with the tour dates. First Love Tracklisting : 01. Absentee 02. 24 03. [...]
The BPA have released the backing video that Norman Cook has been using during his performances of the track that features Iggy Pop on vocals. Pretty standard fair as far as club remixes go, but I'll be darned if you can resist the child-like joy exuded by Iggy in the video. Can you believe that he's 61? I feel like hitting the gym. The BPA - He's Frank If you feel so inclined there is now an offer, in the U.S. only, to pre-order the album "I Think We're [...]
It's easy to see why Emmy The Great is already making huge waves with her debut album. Her voice is beautifully pitched with an almost lullaby-ic quality to it that manages to retain your attention whilst drawing you in to a kind of happy trance. Of course it's not only her voice that makes this album shine like a silver penny in the wishing well of new music. Huge credit has to go to the musicians that really set this apart. Emmy The Great is much more than one person, it's a [...]
It's easy to see why Emmy The Great is already making huge waves with her debut album. Her voice is beautifully pitched with an almost lullaby-ic quality to it that manages to retain your attention whilst drawing you in to a kind of happy trance. Of course it's not only her voice that makes this album shine like a silver penny in the wishing well of new music. Huge credit has to go to the musicians that really set this apart. Emmy The Great is much more than one person, it's a [...]
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 ( [...]
Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby The best video of the year, obviously, as it features a toy lemur:
Ryan(StopMe): As an update on a previous TEN4SE7EN , Dinosaur Pile-Up's fearsome 'My Rock 'n' Roll' is about to be released on 73 (I uploaded a demo in September). You can pre-order a copy from Rough Trade. Meanwhile, here's another ten new tunes for you to peruse (And merry Christmas, by the way): First up is a track from Amazing Baby's free-to-download 'Infinite Fucking Cross' EP. 'Supreme Being' is a lethargically wasted epic bringing to mind Spiritualized moving in a new Psychedelic Prog direction. [...]
A friend asked if I was going to do a "Best of '08" list and I told him that I don't usually do these things. For one thing, I tend to post a lot of music that is either pop, mainstream or more than a year old. So rather than calling it a best of '08, I'm calling this the accurately and glamourously named "Rodeo Round-up of Favorite Songs Posted This Year Period." (What's that? Why the "period"? Ummm, it's called an 'Element of Style.' Duh , Vance. Look it up. ) I'd [...]
I've said it before and I'll say it again: 2008's been a pretty super year for music. And most of it has come from new, emerging talent, too. Seven of the records on my Top 10 Albums of 2008 were debuts. And many of the best songs were by acts that haven't gotten around to making a full LP yet, and therefore couldn't qualify for last week's album list. There were also a few fantastic songs that appeared on otherwise mediocre records (there's quite a few of these), or records that I haven't heard [...]
With it's dream-like symphony of '50's pop twinkle, angelic girl group harmony, and singer-songwriter Emmy The Great' s cutesy baby-doll vocal coating the ears with such cavity-inducing sweetness, a casual listen to "We Almost Had A Baby" will surely have one immersed within the fond remembrances of the pure, naive days of early teen-dom. But once you really tune in beneath it's swaying surface to the words tenderly floating out of Em's mouth, the realization quickly hits that at "Baby"'s center, there's very little actual sweetness being put forth. A deeper dig reveals Emmy to be a [...]
Like most things that make your life better, these won't require much in the way of words. Emmy the Great - We Almost Had a Baby (Live on BBC Radio 2, 11-29-08)(mp3) Emmy the Great - I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton Cover, Live on BBC Radio 2, 11-29-08)(mp3) Emmy's album Chinese Democracy First Love has an actual release date, at least in the UK - February 2, 2009 - and "Baby" is its first single (if you're a single-buying [...]
"one of the best lyricist's to come out of Britain in a long time" SINGLE: Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby words: Charlie Ralph (originally written for God Is In The TV ) We Almost Had A Baby is the gloriously sweet new single from anti-folk artist Emmy The Great, and is the lead single from the very-long-awaited album 'First Love', released next February. So, it is probably this release that is going to spark some 'Ones To Watch in '09' appearances [...]
Emmy the Great has confirmed a March Crawdaddy show on Sunday, March the 7th. Emmy played a really impressive set at the Picnic this year and her debut album 'First Love' is out in February. Emmy has also contributed to 'Seattle' by Brighton Port Authority, the new band from Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), which is released on December 8th. Tickets €12 & €15 (inc. booking fee) available from Ticketmaster, Road Records, City Discs, Sound Cellar and usual outlets. www.ticketmaster.ie The BPA - Seattle on MUZU . [...]
I wish Emmy the Great would put out a proper album here in the States. For feck's sake, why hasn't some label picked up on the fact that she's got serious import potential? In the meantime, here she is performing with the newly surfaced Brighton Port Authority . Become the BPA's friend on MySpace . and since it tis the season... Emmy the Great - Christmas In Prison : It's Not Like Christmas [...]
A new project from Fatboy Slim, BPA features a host of big names. Names involve include Talking Heads legend David Byrne, Iggy Pop, Martha Wainwright, Jamie T, Jack Penate, Dizzee Rascal and Emmy The Great (who guests on 'Seattle'). The BPA - Seattle on MUZU . You might have seen the naughty censor-bar heavy video for 'Toe Jam' which feature David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal.
Christina Hensley When I was writing up the self-titled debut from Madison, Wisconson's Pale Young Gentlemen last year, I took the easy way out in name-checking some of the more obvious stylistic reference points ( DeVotchKa , Decemberists , Beirut ) but the band has to take equal responsibility in that - they made it easy. And to be fair, I still gave the record a thumbs up - just because it was a bit obvious, it didn't make it any less of an accomplished and enjoyable debut. But [...]
My long overdue writeup for CMJ begins on Tuesday, when brooklynvegan took over the Music Hall of Williamsburg. British singer-songwriter Emma-Lee Moss of Emmy the Great opened the night with appealing, acoustic pop, echoing the past success of Kate Nash and Lily Allen. The Sammies, the self-described "rock portion" of the show, followed her with Southern accents hollering alongside galloping drums, as frontman Frank Backgammon leapt into the air and struck poses atop his monitor. The majestic Shearwater brought a more tranquil intensity, with singer Jonathan Meiburg's quavering falsetto erupting into an occasional snarl. [...]
grammatics.co.uk Drowned In Sound continues to peek ahead to the new year with a list of ten acts that their writers think the world will be all agog about in 2009. I can personally endorse Mumford & Sons , whom I saw in October , and Sky Larkin , whom I've not seen but like what I've heard . Presumably there's an album in the works for the former and The Golden Spike , the debut from the latter, is due out in February. I also [...]
The Brighton Port Authority , Norman Cook 's latest genre-carving outfit, smashed into the world's collective conscious earlier this year with their debut release "Toe Jam" . With David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal manning the microphones it was the joyously ubiquitous sound of summer 2008, setting the scene for a truly ambitious musical proposition. Now the South Coast collective return with their brand new single "Seattle" , featuring anti-folkster Emmy The Great . Released on the 24th November 2008 (Southern Fried), Emmy The Great's [...]
I used to do a Music Video of the Week feature, and not sure why I stopped. So here's a bunch of new videos, complete with random thoughts from me. Amazing Baby - "Pump Your Brakes" Seriously, what the hell is going on here? Basketball, teen witchcraft, Egyptian gods, rocking out? Can't say I'm a fan of this style of "whatever everything" videomaking popularized the by the MGMT boys, but I am an Amazing Baby fan and like the song, which is available [...]
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