Here at Half Machine we've been lucky enough to release some brilliant records over the past 7 years by bands that have gone on to bigger and better things, which pleases us no end. Real Estate released their debut album on Domino last year, Banjo or Freakout released his on Memphis Industries and two albums via Kompakt as part of Walls (who first met when we commissioned THIS remix), Woods continue to release amazing music via their own Woodsist label, MIT released their second album on V2 [...]
To celebrate the four day weekend here in the UK we're having a sale - all vinyl LP's £10, CD albums £5 and loads of 7"s for £1. Includes Roberto Cacciapaglia's 'The Ann Steel Album' LP, Holiday Shores 'New Masses For Squaw Peak' LP, and the upcoming debut by The Magic, alongside rare 7"s and 12"s. Sale ends Monday 9th April at midnight. SHOP >> HALF MACHINE STORE HERE
THE VIDEOS THAT MADE MY WEEK w/ Keep Shelly in Athens, Beach Fossils, Evy Jane, Lockets, Holiday Shores, Fast Planet, and Chrome Sparks and Steffaloo! Keep Shelly in Athens - Our Own Dream Holiday Shores - We Couldn’t be Together Fast Planet - Lost [...]
Last year, just before Holiday Shores' second album New Masses For Squaw Peak was released Nathan made a playlist of his favourite Top Of The Pops performances for a magazine, who ended up not using it, so here it is: Best TOTP performances video playlist: Altered Images - I Could Be Happy (1982) (John Peel called Altered Images the biggest band of 1982. Just watch Claire dance) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (1985) (Kate [...]
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The Live Show: Six Acts to Catch In 2012 I’ve been thinking a lot about this topic. The live show. Does it still matter? With so many, many bedroom projects that never (physically) see the light of day, but produce these incredible recordings, I can’t help but feel a bit cheated when they actually do emerge and can’t live up to the hype. All of the bands below are serious performers that really wow’d me with their live show. Also, in case your not into 24/7 chilled out sex beats and [...]
Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays... Do to life, work and the holiday, November came and went without a single post. While it's a bummer the site wasn't updated in the interim, I was still listening to all kind of tunes. Even though I didn't write about them, here are ten songs I couldn't get enough of last month... Right-Click + Save Link As: Gorillaz - Doncamatic (feat. Daley) Holiday Shores - Spells [...]
Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays... Do to life, work and the holiday, November came and went without a single post. While it's a bummer the site wasn't updated in the interim, I was still listening to all kind of tunes. Even though I didn't write about them, here are ten songs I couldn't get enough of last month... Right-Click + Save Link As: Gorillaz - Doncamatic (feat. Daley) Holiday Shores - Spells [...]
Holiday Shores - Live @ Shea Staidum by LiveatSheaStadium
In this edition: Clif gets all tumbly, some rain from The Good Natured, Amerigo Gazaway, Greg Preston and the Great Machine, and Inspired and the Sleep, get some live Tweedy from the Captain, check out Ganglians in Copenhagen, and grab a free EP from Okkervil River. Plus, this week's VIDEOS... The Dadada Tumblr Edition As if one blog wasn’t enough, Clif is manning a new Tumblr site: The Dadada Tumblr Edition . It’s designed to present quick bits of information: breaking news, videos, and things that strike [...]
Twin Sister, By Kenny McMurtrie By Kenny McMurtrie Keen as mustard to be on stage for the capacity crowd here tonight Twin Sister delivered note perfect renderings of such numbers as ‘Champy’ and set closer ‘All Around And Away We Go’, along with a couple (including the encore) of duets between just Andrea (looking a tad over-dressed for the event) and Eric. Undoubtedly a nice bunch, their music comes across well in a live setting but one couldn’t help but feel that it would be even better appreciated [...]
From the warm south-east beaches near Tallahassee, Florida, comes the Holiday Shores , and no, this is not an advertisement for a cheap beach side surf-n-sleep. New Masses for Squaw Peak is the 3rd official release, 2nd long player, from a band whose sunburned synths are hot to the touch and warm to the ear, or at least they are for the first two tracks on the album. ‘Airglow’ is simply a brilliant track featuring an off kilter keyboard motif, lo-fi drum sounds and gorgeous cavernous vocals. Not to be out [...]
There is a lot going on this weekend in Berlin! Tonight you shouldn't miss Subb-an (Crosstown Rebels,2020 Vision), Skinnerbox Live (Bpitch Control), Nils Ohrmann (Arms & Legs), Teknon Brutus (Tonkind), Dudster & M-Thorn (Organic) and many more who are playing at the Organic Labelnight at the new club SK Robinson. JOIN EVENT ON FACEBOOK & RA On Saturday we will go to Berghain Kantine to see Twin Sister and Holiday Shores live! Doors open at [...]
" In Heaven ". Der Name ist Programm! So ist das Debutalbum des Brooklyner Quintetts Twin Sister betitelt und hält, was es verspricht. Ihre Musik, die sich zwischen romantischem, zeitlosem Dream Pop, Disco und Indie bewegt, garantiert einen Höhenflug bis über die Wolken. Glühend, rotierend, Funken sprühend kommen sie daher mit mehr als 100 Songs auf ihrer Website , die sie vor ihrem grandiosen Album bereits aufgenommen haben. Die EP Colour Your Life machte bereits Lust auf mehr und die neue LP trumpht mit noch wilderem Einfallsreichtum und perfekter Ausführung auf. Als wenn das nicht [...]
ORDER HERE They're also in the UK and Europe playing some headline shows and supporting Twin Sister: Wed 26th Oct Holland Rotterdam - Rotown* Thurs 27th Oct Holland Utrecht - Ekko* Fri 28th Oct Denmark Copenhagen - Vega Sat 29th Oct Germany Berlin - Berghain Kantine* Sun 30th Oct TBC Mon 31st Oct Holland Amsterdam - Upstairs at Paradiso* Wed 2nd Nov UK Brighton - Jam* Thurs 3rd Nov UK London - Lexington(%) Fri 4th Nov UK Oxford - Jericho* Sat 5th Nov UK Bristol - Start The Bus* Mon 7th Nov UK Manchester- [...]
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Warning: Lots of pictures here means load time might be a second. Sorry! CMJ Music Marathon has a full head of steam here in New York City. For a second night in a row, we took to as many music venues as we possibly could to snap photos of some seriously amazing bands. Check out photo galleries of Boy & Bear , Caveman , Pujol , and more below! Forrest Family Records , Tangents & The Times , SARAHSPY Party [...]
Despite sounding like the preferred holiday destination of your favourite fraggle, Squaw Peak, now re-named Piestewa, is the second-highest point in Arizona’s Phoenix Mountains. Nearly 2000 miles to the South East lies Tallahassee, Florida, home to Holiday Shores . With New Masses for Squaw Peak , the experimental five-piece have attempted to make a record “as wide-open as…the title suggests." It’s a case of close, but no cigar. This is their second full-length under the Holiday Shores moniker (they were previously known as Continental Divide). Sadly, much of the criticism directed at their 2009 [...]
Holiday Shores will be heading to the UK and Europe for their first non-North American tour dates in a couple of weeks. They'll be playing around mainland Europe, UK and Ireland with Brooklyn's Domino-signed Twin Sister . They will also be playing some headline shows, see below. As you can see there's more to be announced. If you live in any of the tour towns and want to be super kind and put the band up for the night they'll let you in to the show for free and shower [...]
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Very proud to be apart of a great CMJ showcase this year presented by our label Forest Family Records and our friends Tangents & The Times and SarahSpy . Collectively we've put together a helluva a show with some great acts: Dent May , Holiday Shores , Dead Gaze , Night Manager , Long Walks On The Beach and Tommy Toussaint will be DJing the hits all night. The show is Wednesday, October 19th at Bruar Falls in Brooklyn, check out the fbook event here . Jam some tunes [...]
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