Sunday already? High time for Wild Weekend #49. Let´s see, what do we have here... Well, Tomatito salutes his uncle in Andalusian style, while Tom Russell spends some precious time in the last bar on earth. Meanwhile in the female vocals department, we´ve got a Helen, a Tracyanne and even a Bezunesh. Cool, no? In any case, be sure to have a wild one, y´all. First we move to sunny Spain to meet up with Tomatito, the virtuoso longhaired gitano who succeeded Paco de Lucía as the principal [...]
Infrasons inaugure aujourd'hui une nouvelle formule : l'interview musicale des personnalités qui font l'actualité. Mettant à profit notre carnet d'adresse épais comme une tranche de jambonneau, nous interrogeons aujourd'hui Nicolas Sarkozy, tout heureux de nous recevoir et de nous présenter ses disques préférés. Infrasons : quel est le premier disque que vous avez acheté ? Nicolas Sarkozy : je m'en souviens bien, c'était en 1967 ou en 1968, je devais avoir 12 ans. La veille, [...]
i'm not going to bother writing much about Michael Jackson since everything there is to say in the entire world has already been said, except: there goes a man so huge that when he died, he broke the internet (for a bit). Needless to say hip-hop, for one, would be massively different without him, both in terms of the amount of people he literally introduced to music and the amount that borrowed a bit of his, as this dizzying – and still incomplete ("where's The Tamperer feat. Maya ?" frets Action Andy ) – [...]
Calm Down Dad - Helen Love Some times you just want a little bit of snark. And who can provide that better than British twenty-somethings raised on punk and bubblegum. This track lives in a strange place somewhere in between The Dead Milkmen, the Ramones, and Tullycraft. And while it's a bit of ironic fluff, you can't help but think that for all its silliness, it captures things far more deeply than a 'serious' take might. And I just can't get enough of the little bit of "White Riot" they drop at [...]
I first heard this song about three months after my now four-month old daughter was born (who's my total BFF these days). It made me feel old and somewhat terrified. Fortunately, it's amazingly catchy. "Calm down dad, I'm growing up real fast. I know what I'm doing, I'm a teenager in love...". I just don't look forward to being on the receiving end of that comment. Argh. "I don't care what you've been told, I'm still young and you're still old - and The [...]
An old favourite from Helen Love today to celebrate the release of her/their new 7" single Calm Down Dad , which is out now on Spain's Elefant Records, and which can be ordered from the Elefant webshop . (Sadly there doesn't seem to be anywhere on the web where you can stream the song at the minute. It's a belter though, trust me.) Helen Love - Long Live The UK Music Scene mp3 (for 7 days)
The question is how did I manage to miss out on the Ramones-obsessed Welsh girl group Helen Love for so long? They've been around since 1993 and released four albums prior to the latest one, It's My Club and I'll Play What I Want To , which released last year. With a blend of punk, glam, bubblegum pop and electronic elements, Helen Love feel like the predecessors to bands like Robots in Disguise and Chicks on Speed. They don't take themselves seriously, and they come with some brilliant pop songs. With a pastiche of references from the 60s and [...]
Ask Nick where he gets his shoes Right, this week Dearest Tim's really put his feet in it. Well, his feet and those of others. And the "it" he's put them in is this week's Contrast Podcast . Yes, Dearest Friends, the current episode is given over entirely to matters podiatric: tootsies, boots, shoes, walking, and the like. So move your feet over here to download it, and don't forget to comment here . What's afoot: [...]
What? It's Wednesday already? That means Indietracks is in three days time… We're so not ready… We hope this last-minute panic-attack of an article might be of some help to all Indietracks goers. Welcome to the BubblegumKillers DJ Team guide to festivals (well, this one) and that… PETE GREEN IS WRONG! (about one little thing) Now, while we absolutely, genuinely, completely and utterly adore the "everything is going to be sparkly" song-smith, it must be pointed out that myspace really doesn't suck. It's how we first heard [...]
So what's brought us out of our long winter hibernation? Well, in a word (or in two), television commercials. Those, if we must remind you, are those short little spots one usually fast-forwards through on a DVR. But, during the times that our consumer bloodlust runs high, we'll find ourselves paying attention. After our latest spell of product desire, there's one question that's been running through our minds: How many indie bands will it take to make Payless shoe store become cool? First of all, a caveat may be necessary. We don't care if bands sell their songs [...]
Cool, calm collective. Almost as purty here. Here we are again, barely believing it outselves. The Hard Lessons - See and Be Scene mp3 - More downloadables at MySpace. The Choir Practice - Red Fox mp3 - Thanks, Toolshed. - More dls at MySpace.Harmonica - Friday Night mp3 - Early every week lately I've intended to post this on Friday and then get to partying so hard I forget. Yeah, that's why.
Someone on the Drowned In Sound messageboards has posted something rather ace tonight; a link to youtube archive of video caps of the Indie Chart show from the now fabled ITV Saturday Chart Show. The show ran from 1988 to 1999, switch from channel 4 to ITV after 2 years and providing a priceless saturday morning view into a world that pre-internet was always hard to get much of a glimpse of. For those of us non-posh Brits who didn't have MTV in the 1990s, ie everybody I knew, before Britpop (and indeed during) it was near impossible [...]
"Rockaway Beach For Me, Heartbreak Hotel For You" (Damaged Goods, 1994) Here's something that might disappoint those hoping to get their regular fix of fag-end new wave, but I like to throw in the odd personal non-punk era favourite now and then just to see what reaction it gets, if any. I reckon this one is as close to 'impossible not to like' as it gets, hate this and you should be checking
Roughly twenty years before Hank Pym got it into his head to dabble in the field of killer atomic robotology , Dr. Charles Langley decided to try his hand at creating a megalomaniacal cybernetic successor to the weak and pathetic human race. The creation of killer robots is an evergreen growth industry in the whimsically improbable world of comics. It's right up there alongside weather control machines, hypno-ray satellites, and researching ways to destroy killer robots. And who, at some point in their lives, hasn't considered combining the environmentally-friendly power of a nuclear reactor with the ruthless [...]
Happy Friday, Fabulists! Today I bring you a mix lovingly crafted by friend of Jewlie and Olga, Mitzi . A mix to start your weekend off right, by energizing yer face off . Don't be afraid. Just feel it. The Ark - Clamor For Glamour Helen Love - Junk Shop Discoteque Elton Motello - Jey Boy, Jet Girl Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) !!! - Me and [...]
I love this junk shop glam rock discotheque... We will really miss our regular gig at the Chain Drive -- including our ability to play everything from Herb Alpert to The Stranglers to Luxxury to Marlene Dietrich and whatever else strikes our fancy. Strike this item off that list of things to do before we die: We had a dj residency at a leather bar. And I think they loved us -- we sure loved them. Thanks, guys! Here's the setlists, complete with links to songs we may have written about/posted in the past. Because we're nice like that. [...]
For The Sake Of The Song
Infrasons
Life Just Bounces
Heartache with Hard Work
A Certain Romance
Too Much Apple Pie
Condemned to Rock 'N Roll
pogo a go-go
Indietracks festival
Untouched By Work or Duty
Powerpopulist
Jamie's Runout Groove
Worthless Trash
Armagideon Time
Fabulist!
The Rich Girls are Weeping
The Ruskettes - Tell Me Why Review
Knickers - My Baby's Just A Baby EP review
The Bee Gees – Tragedy (Equateur Remix)
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