I went down 10 Feet Tall last night to catch Anna from Metronomy 's DJ set. My memory is a little hazy (that'll be the £2 Kraken and cokes) but I remember Millionaire slamming into Try Again, the baffling sight of humanities students trying to bump to Do The Astral Plane, lots of Phoenix and a slight school disco vibe... Lads, get to 10 ft Tall Anna Metronomy DJ set now, there's only babes on the floor! — Hannah Cook (@han_louisecook) [...]
According to our handy smart phone app there are just 15 sleeps to Christmas - whoop! Etc, etc. So it's not really too early to start with the festive songs already, is it? However today's track from Sheffield's Nature Set including lyrics such as "The greatest love I ever I had, was getting laid behind your back " is not exactly dripping with seasonal sentimentality! It's a fantastic tune, which struts along with a wiggle sexy enough to 'turn pure virgin snow black.' It's also great to hear our favourite ex- Long Blonde Rennie Hollis, on [...]
Anyone: any notions of Sheffield sex shop etiquette? Or indeed of that which governs one-beds round the back? Ruffle the sheets in some unapologetically half-arsed imitation of effort, maybe? Irrespective, rather more known is Dorian Cox: the lynchpin of The Long Blondes (R.I.P.), having tragically suffered a stroke a few years ago he here returns quite triumphantly alongside lead vocalist Jeanie and the visibly rather more yee-haw Robert E. Lee of the remade/ remodelled Unmade Bed . Procreating a misty lo-fi disco that's of the musically feel-good yet lyrically, and therefore surreptitiously saddening variety à la Chic [...]
Pra quem era bem fã do Long Blondes, finada banda de Sheffield que deixou todo mundo orfão em 2008, vai ficar feliz com as novas boas. Desde o fim da banda, em 2008 os integrantes se dividiram por aí em diversos projetos diferentes como Milkteeth e The Bon Bon Club, mas quem a gente sentia falta de verdade era da Kate Jackson, a vocalista. Ela até tentou emplacar o Madam Ray, um projetinho solo sem muitas pretenções, mas ficar no pique pseudônimo não rolou. Em 2011 ela decidiu [...]
Sleuth 's cassette Brave Knew Nothing has been available for nearly a year, but I just found out about it about a week ago. A quick search through my RSS reader shows that they've mostly avoided detection up to now save for an appearance on a Cloudberry fanzine CD. The sharp detectives in charge of the NY Popfest have been on their trail as well and the band will be appearing at this year's Popfest scheduled May 17 - 20. How has this excellent Vancouver, BC band and their wonderful EP gone mostly unnoticed [...]
So we would normally have our new releases out this week on Tuesday, but the new releases this time of year are few and far between. We decided to compile some tracks for your listening pleasure as you hang with family and friends around the tree, or cuddling up with your significant other in front of the yule log. Props to Vague Space for making our job pretty easy, by hosting some rad Christmas flavored tracks. Cheers. The Raveonettes; Christmas Song [...]
Kate Jackson, ex-vocalista da banda britânica The Long Blondes, lança faixas de seu primeiro trabalho solo Após lançar dois discos à frente da banda britânica The Long Blondes , Kate Jackson acaba de divulgar duas faixas de seu primeiro trabalho solo. “Wonder Feeling” e “The Atlantic” relembram a sonoridade enérgica da [...]
Kate Jackson returns after the three years -- and the sad demise of The Long Blondes -- with her first new single. The double A-side of "Wonder Feeling" and "The Atlantic" is a double-punch of glamorous rock that attempts to keep up with Jackson's powerful wail, and both tracks succeed. The new single is limited to 300 seven-inch vinyl copies and was produced/co-written by Suede's Bernard Butler. I can't imagine that Long Blondes fans will be disappointed with this. [...]
The Long Blondes era una quinteto inglés que duró del 2004 al 2008, lanzando dos discos y convirtiendose en una de las promesas inglesas para tiempos venideros. Después de la lamentable separación Kate Jackson continuó su trabajo como solista, en el cual estuvo envuelto el guitarrista de Suede , Bernard Butler, debutando como solista con los temas " Wonder feeling " y " The Atlantic ".
The Long Blondes' 2006 LP Someone To Drive You Home remains one of the great underappreciated classics of the past decade or so, a fired-up punky Britpop hookfest concept album about being afraid to grow up. That band broke up a few years ago, but frontwoman Kate Jackson (not the one from Charlie's Angels ) has since gone solo. Her debut single, "Wonder Feeling" b/w "The Atlantic," is out soon, and both songs are sparkling, chugging new wave, done with vigor and energy. Listen to both below. Read More...
Luego de la buena acogida que tuvo su increíblemente melancólica segunda producción, The Sea , Corinne Bailey Rae ha decidido continuar su carrera musical con algo un poco más amable y esperanzador para todos aquellos que tienen la suerte de estar enamorados. La cantante ha anunciado la publicación de un EP de versiones a temas de amor titulado, muy apropiadamente, The Love , el próximo 14 de febrero. Entre los temas que Corinne eligió para versionar están el clásico de Prince "I Wanna Be Your Lover", [...]
Welcome to the Annual Vague Space Indie/Alternative Christmas Music Spectacular (TM). I was able to set aside my great urge to say "bah humbug" to this whole season this year and to get into the mood long enough for this post, so hopefully this will get you in the spirit if you are like me and saw Christmas lights glowing in your neighborhood the day after Thanksgiving and said "Are you fucking kidding me? Already?" Anyway, merry happy or something. Enjoy. Download Bishop Allen - "You'll Never Find My [...]
Nature Set From : United Kingdom Nature Set is the result of a chance meeting (maybe they should do a cover of the Josef K classic?) in Sheffield. Reenie, ex of Rough Trade signed Long Blondes , stumbed across Daf , Marie and Claire suvivors of Devil's long time favourites the Angular signed Navvy ( Work Till Your Musclebound , Navvy ) It therefore comes as no surprise that I love them. They [...]
Sixty Watt Bayonets From: Reading / Kingston, United Kingdom Sixty Watt Bayonets come storming out of Reading with 'I Want To Be Your Girlfriend' a refreshing blast of old school new wave. Clocking in at just over two minutes, mathematically proven to be the perfect length for a single, it's got more energy than a Duracell bunny convention. It sounds like someone stapled Beth Ditto's lungs to the best bits of The [...]
When I was a child, libraries were boring and solitary places for speccy geeks and old people smelling of cabbage. When I went to University, they transformed into the second home of me and my fellow learned student, as we poured over yawnsome tomes on the subjects of Strategic Whatever and whatnot. Libraries have always been the educational hubs of society, so where better to make a discovery of new bands and acts on the British music scene? Read more..
Pop music formed by '60s girl groups are often subjected to ancient stereotypes. Joyous harmonies, lyrics consisting of nothing more than multiply layered “doo-wop-da-doo-wop”s, and a subtle sway of the hips for sex appeal (or the most of what was allowed of it on TV at the time). While much of what was considered [...]
If you're anything like me, the news some time back that The Long Blondes would be splitting for good got you down a bit. After all, they were only 2 albums in to what seemed a very promising career, with enough top singles to make a band 4 times their age jealous. But after guitarist Brian Cox suffered a stroke at the incredibly young age of 27, the band decided they should end their short career. There had been talk of Kate Jackson releasing solo material, but I hadn't heard much on that front for the last [...]
The Long Blondes - Last Night on Northgate Street Kate Jackson wrapping herself up in a rabbit fur coat. The smoke from the Sugar Beet . "I only wanted him to walk me home/I hated the thought of walking alone." Dorian Cox's guitar-work. And so many other reasons to like this song (a B-side! on the WEEKEND WITHOUT MAKE-UP 7" single!). I can't recall another recent band besides perhaps Radiohead who had so many gems in their B-side catalog--this [...]
Mar 11, 2010, 4:05pm
Pejhy
I have recently returned from a week long European architectural road trip. Forty people, one bus and five countries - overwhelming landscapes and buildings. Here are some of the aural pleasures that accompanied my visual encounters. First off is a track I didn't have during the trip but it sure would've cycled on repeat if so. Mount Kimbie with a beautiful production of distant claps, bassy kicks and present percussion all in a world of white noise and organ and guitar atmosphere. Foals - Spanish Sahara (Mount Kimbie Remix) [...]
Ceefax Of Life
Frequenze Indipendenti
The VPME
Dots & Dashes
IN NEW MUSIC WE TRUST
the finest kiss
NWMusicPDX
Freak!
SURFING ON STEAM
Los Amateurs
Stereogum
Cuchara Sónica
VAGUE SPACE
The Devil Has The Best Tuna
Never Enough Notes
Obscure Sound
Battery In Your Leg
Molars
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Belly - "Now They'll Sleep"
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Boards of Canada :: Tomorrow's Harvest
