I was going to save this song till the end, since that's usually where it goes when I'm DJing, but I think I'll throw it out there now instead, I've already got enough enough stuff I'm saving for later. Yes. Yes I can. The Pipettes - Pull Shapes I don't fully trust anyone who doesn't dance to Pull Shapes. It even has handclaps and everything! I love songs with handclaps. The image there comes from [...]
I was going to save this song till the end, since that's usually where it goes when I'm DJing, but I think I'll throw it out there now instead, I've already got enough enough stuff I'm saving for later. Yes. Yes I can. The Pipettes - Pull Shapes I don't fully trust anyone who doesn't dance to Pull Shapes. It even has handclaps and everything! I love songs with handclaps. The image there comes from [...]
The buzz around Toy has been growing towards a crescendo ever since their first gig a year ago at a hipsterish London club night run by The Horrors . By the time they embarked upon an already-legendary weekly residency at hip Dalston boozer The Shacklewell Arms in January this year, it was louder than a squadron of biplanes overhead. Last year's double-A debut single, "Left Myself Behind/Clock Chimes" , established their signature sound of relentless motorik rhythms, distorted synthesisers and psychedelic guitars. Epic in sound and scope, the seven-and-a-half minute [...]
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It seems to only take one post to get myself into the groove of wanting to blog, so I figured while I'm at my computer I'd mention something else I've been excited about lately: Projectionists , the newest project of ex-Pipette member Rebecca Stephens (aka RiotBecki). She now joins former Pipette member Rose Elinor Dougall in going forward with their own solo endeavors - both of which are quite good. The band seems to embrace that 602s girl pop sound that made The Pipettes so appealing, which is [...]
Rose, where have you been all our lives? This is the sound of January 16th, 2012. "Hanging Around" is excerpted here from Ms. Dougall's (who is a former member of Brit buzz band The Pipettes) just released "Distractions" EP. The EP's got an interesting mix of sounds of influences, particularly its blend of classic American pop and more far off shoegaze tones. So we're definitely listening now, and we're eager to hear more. To the bandcamp links: Hanging Around by Rose Elinor Dougall Rose Elinor Dougall [...]
****************************** ***** "I certainly don't think Thatcher is a feminist icon, she had no interest in social equality" so says Rebecca Stephens after we've conluded our interview and we can't help but think " Ahh, how we've missed you Becki!" So let's recap ! Brighton's polka dot 602s uber girl-group revisionists The Pipettes were undoubtedly great fun but one always suspected they had a time limited appeal and that creatively certain members of the group may have had more offer then forever playing the role [...]
Photo by celticblade Rebecca Stephens has a couple of things going for her: As RiotBecki, she had the best nickname of her polka-dotted pals in the 2006-era Pipettes (In blog years, We Are The Pipettes dates back roughly to the death of Christ) and she also took lead vocals on the group's best song, "Tell Me What You Want." Like fellow ex-Pipette Rose Elinor Dougall, Stephens now has a band of her own, the Projectionists, who I've been patiently following on various social networks for a year waiting for an actual [...]
Young Galaxy : Versus - Free LP Le band Young Galaxy s'est attaqué à leurs morceaux favoris (et à pas mal des miens aussi…) pour en offrir une version revisitée. Cliquez sur la pochette pour télécharger l'ensemble en échange d'une adresse mail. Young Galaxy remixed 11 of their favourite tracks (and many of mine also…) and are giving the results away. Click on the cover to download for free, in exchange of an E-mail address. [...]
Well my friends, it's that time of year again! November is a key month in the world of Aaron Loves Meghan... it's the month where we started dating, when we got engaged, and, of course, when we got married. And every year around this time we present our latest Aaron Loves Meghan mixtape! For the newbs, on Nov. 17th, 2007, Megs & I were married and at our wedding (which I iPod DJ'd) we gave everyone there a mixtape called Aaron Loves Meghan and, of course, posted it up on tsururadio. Since then, we've [...]
Following the release of their latest single earlier this week, The Pipettes will be performing live for two dates in December. Manchester and London will play host to the band who have will be looking to better their previous number 26 place in the charts back in July 2006. You can order tickets and stream the new single, 'Boo Shuffle' below: 14 December - Manchester - Sound Control [ Tickets ] 21 December - London – Nambucca - [ Tickets ]
The Pipettes ' new video for forthcoming single 'Boo Shuffle' looks pretty hohum at the get-go. But it's rather fun! Click here to view the embedded video. 'Boo Shuffle' the single is due to be released on the 14th of November on Fortuna POP! and will be available on both 73 vinyl and digital formats.
'Gold' is the brand new single from Anglo-Swedish newcomers Air Castles. It's a striking song full of beautifully crafted intricate soundscapes with a heart melting melody and catchy vocals. Welding guitars, synths, bass and drums with Air Castles' brainchild Max Mansson's unforgettable vocals, the song is equal... Read more..
Toronto - There's certainly been no shortage of 60s doo wop girl revival bands these days but what makes New York's Bandana Splits special is that they wrote a song featuring my first name. The band is fronted by Dawn Landes, long known as the girl who did an exceptional cover of Peter Bjorn and John's Young Folks . Their album, Mr. Sam presents the Bandana Splits is available for streaming here . This track, asides from saying my name over and over again, has a playful harmonies and really good retro innocent vibe [...]
![[Ones To Watch] – Introducing – The Royalty](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3593489_lg.jpg)
Tweet A quick update on the music news for the week before I get started: The Righteous Brothers ' cover of "Unchained Melody" is on jukeboxes everywhere; anticipation for The Beatles ' up-coming album "Help!" is reaching fever pitch; and The Ronettes ' latest, "Is This What I Get For Loving You?", has flopped, rather embarrassingly. That's right: it's 1965. Relax, you've not really gone back in time. But there are moments on El Paso-fivesome The Royalty 's self-titled debut [...]
Following some wildfires and lineup changes, the UK duo returned to San Diego. Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
Following some wildfires and lineup changes, the UK duo returned to San Diego. Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
► Singer-songwriter Cass McCombs , his new album "Wit's End" out last month on Domino [ preview ], headlines the Troubadour, with Frank Fairfield and Residual Echoes supporting. ► Sixty-three-year-old "up-and-comer" Charles Bradley , the Daptone singer who is backed by the Menahan Street Band, brings his James Brown-indebted soul to the Echo. That's his video for "The World (Is Going Up in Flames)," above. Some background . ► Old 972s frontman Rhett Miller does a show at the Autry Museum, with L.A.'s Robert Francis resurfacing to [...]
On April 23rd, I found myself back at the Red Palace yet again for my second DC concert, The Pipettes. I was very excited to see these sassy British ladies, and they did not disappoint. Apparently the two are sisters (is it just me or did there used to be a third?) and they were just plain delightful - in delightful matching costumes with delightful matching dance moves (simple enough so the
The British girl group is returning to San Diego. Well, sort of. Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
This review runs live and in color on Bowery's House List. The Pipettes appeared like an intensely fashion-coordinated vision, all in various permutations of checkered print, a throwback to a time when such collusion was charming, romantic and unironic. With two endearing female leads and an all-male backing band, they embrace the sounds of the '50s without toting its misogynist social mores.
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