Frank Yang It hasn't escaped my notice that my live show schedule so far in 2012 has been pretty lean, and what there has been has been more on the sedate side. Which is fine - I dig the low key stuff and getting home well before midnight - but sometimes you get a fever for something bigger, louder and more rawk... and on those occasions, such as Tuesday night, the perfect prescription is The Kills . The Amer-English duo were on the road for a second North American jaunt in support of last [...]
Facebook To promise that something is coming in "early 20123 may be sufficient detail when that date is still a ways off on the horizon, but at a certain point it will eventually actually be early 2012 - as it is now - and when that time arrives you'd best have a little more to offer. That first part of that scenario was most of 2011 for London's Clock Opera , who despite sounding more than ready for prime time when I first saw them last SXSW and reconfirmed at Iceland Airwaves [...]
I waited till 2011 to finalize my albums list - all my lists - partially due to laziness, being busy, the holidays... but mainly because I'm not sure what the hurry is. I don't do this for the web traffic (clearly), so I gave myself a little more time to decide than usual. (And as long as this goes up before the Village Voice' s Pazz n' Jop, I don't feel delinquent.) So here's my list, the top five or so have been a lock for almost half a year, but the rest were in flux right till I [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Music , Q + A Anika Mottershaw After an acoustic debut in 2010, English trio Peggy Sue plug in and turns up, a little, on its second record, ' Acrobats ,' which is out now via Yep Roc. John Parish , the guitarist and PJ Harvey collaborator, produced Peggy Sue's foray into the world of brooding, funereal [...]
Frank Yang A few songs into M832s performance at Lee's Palace on Friday night, frontman and mastermind Anthony Gonzalez stepped to the mic and said something to the effect of, "thanks, this is our first time here". Which was perplexing as it was far from their Toronto debut - it was their fourth time here, the last time being not THAT long ago in November 2008 . It wasn't even their first time playing the venue, as it was where they made their actual first local appearance back in 2005 . [...]
Peggy Sue Acrobats Yep Roc Records [2011] Fire Note Says: Peggy Sue return quickly with a new album and a new sound that should capture some fans with its burning intensity! Album Review: Sometimes music is all about the risk and that is exactly what London's Peggy Sue have taken on their sophomore record Acrobats . The group just released their debut last year but [...]
Gotta love some Peggy Sue here at The Ruckus, quite frankly they are a band that have mesmerised us live, watch this and see what I mean. Beautiful strings, gorgeous vocals and some incredible eerie alt-folk performed in London for your pleasure. Nothing like a live performance if you ask me and I have a lot of love for some of the sessions that Bands in Transit have premièred; with memorable performances from Kyla La Grange, Bear's Den and Ben Howard amongst many. Let Peggy Sue's haunting performance of 'Shadows' blow you away and then head to the [...]
This live performance video of Peggy Sue 's 'Shadow' comes courtesy of Bands in Transit , who caught up with the band to capture the best of 'Acrobats', Peggy Sue's second album released earlier this year. Enjoy it below.
Peggy Sue est un trio de Brighton, en Angleterre, dont Acrobats est le second album. Ce sont deux filles, Rosa Rex et Katy Klaw, au chant et aux guitares, et un mec, Olly Joice, à la batterie. Le groupe a émergé fin des années 2000 au même moment que ce que les médias anglais ont baptisé la "West London folk scene", à laquelle sont associés les Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale et compagnie. Avec Acrobats, Peggy Sue se détache clairement de cette mouvance indie-folk, en adoptant un son bien plus puissant, boosté par les [...]
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SIDE A 1. Carter Tanton - Murderous Joy.mp3 2. Atlas Sound - Flagstaff.mp3 3. Siskiyou - Twigs And Stones.mp3 4. Elvis Depressedly - Mickey Yr A Fuck Up.mp3 5. Michael Beach - Straight Spines.mp3 6. Peggy Sue - Cut My Teeth.mp3 7. PS I Love You - Subdivisions.mp3 SIDE B 1. Caveman - Thankful.mp3 2. The Decemberists - [...]
Next week will mark the seventh anniversary of this blog, so it's fitting that Tom Waits is releasing his first proper full length our time span. We can only the blog has aged as well as the 61-year old Waits in that time. Elsewhere, there are new releases from Deer Tick , Justice , Phantogram , Surfer Blood , Comet Gain , Dirty Projectors + Bjork , Peggy Sue , Gary Numan , Kathryn Calder , The Bevis Frond , Brian Wilson , The Devil Makes [...]
Peggy Sue were on NPR's World Cafe earlier today; you can snaffle their two live tunes for free thanks to the unique way NPR is funded. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch
Surfer Blood return with their first release since 20102s sensational debut LP, Astro Coast, an album that made them a huge hit in the indie circuits for the past two years. One of our favorite songs so far this autumn is "Don't Move" from Phantogram; it's simply a fantastic track that you just can't but [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
1. Russian Circles - "Mladek" (The Chicago post-rock instrumentalists return with Empros, their new album out now on Sargent House. The trio mixes in shadowy Black Metal extremes with propulsive Krautrock on their heaviest album yet.) http://www.russiancirclesband. com/ Download: http://www.sargenthouse.com/ru ssiancircles/Mladek.mp3 2. Peggy Sue - "Cut My Teeth" (Six-minute opening track sets the tone for the London/Brighton-based trio's louder, electrified sound on their sophomore album Acrobats , out now on Yep [...]
Frank Yang Right, so where was I? Oh yes, Iceland. Yes, still. With the (attempted) road trips portion of the trip over and done with, the Friday morning was spent doing a general wander around Reykjavik, taking advantage of some actual sunshine and only a little rain. The weather again turned foul in the afternoon but by that point, we were on an Airwaves press bus tour that took us first to the studio headquarters of the Bedroom Community label, then to the Árbæjarsafn open air museum where we were introduced to the [...]
Frank Yang Hello all. Have you been keeping well? That's great. In case you hadn't noticed, I've been on a bit of a working holiday the past week in Iceland, the working part being Iceland Airwaves and the holiday being everything around it, and I just got back in last night, hence the light posting last week. Festival coverage will begin tomorrow when I've had a chance to go through photos and gather my thoughts, but having arrived in Reykjavik a couple days before the Fest for tourist purposes, I'll offer up the [...]
In this edition: A review of Silver Tongues' Black Kite , Discover Born Gold and Coolrunnings, plus a great group of videos this week. Album Review: Silver Tongues - Black Kite Originally a solo project of David Cronin, Silver Tongues is a collective of artists from Louisville, KY. Their debut LP, Black Kite , is set to drop October 25 via Karate Body Records. Black Kite is a disparate set of tracks that appear to be a product [...]
The folling free, legal mp3 is from Peggy Sue's upcoming sophomore album, Acrobats and I think you'll agree that it sounds exactly like a duet between PJ Harvey and Cat Power. It's the stand out track on the album, but is also a good representation of the overall sound. Acrobats will be released by Yep [...]
Monday, September 26, 2011 Today's Quick Mention: Don't forget that tonight I'm joining a little discussion about blogging/writing at the Parish for Music Movie Monday. It starts at 7:30pm and is free, so come by and say hello. Now, let's get sort of crazy. Enjoy. : Real Estate - Green Aisles : While I tend to prefer this band when they're aiming for something a bit more catchy than this, I do really like this track. It's as well [...]
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