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TWITTER? RLY?

^^ Click. Last week it was Spotify, this week it's Twitter. It's like the millennium round here at the moment! But anyway, we decided that seeing as everything's a bit hectic at the moment, twitter might be a good way to keep people interested when there's not as much going on here. So click the banner to go to the 2STEPS twitter page and start following us around and stuff. Hope this finds you well. Here are some 5th November related songs to keep you busy. Yes it's late, but I can still hear fireworks as I write [...]
Artist:Alexis Taylor
Title:Fireworks
Link Text:(ysi)
File Name:01 Fireworks.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Alexis Taylor
Title:Fireworks
Link Text:Alexis Taylor - Fireworks
File Name:01 Fireworks.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Animal Collective
Title:Fireworks
Link Text:(ysi)
File Name:05 Fireworks.mp3
Year:2007
Artist:Animal Collective
Title:Fireworks
Link Text:Animal Collective - Fireworks
File Name:05 Fireworks.mp3
Year:2007

GIGS IN THE BIG CITY

GIGS IN THE BIG CITY So I've moved to East London, to Queen Mary University. It's good here, I finally feel like I'm not hanging around waiting anymore. And everyone likes good music! I've been to 3 gigs so far - money has stopped me from seeing more, most painfully Biffy Clyro with Manchester Orchestra and Frightened Rabbit, nice one money. Here's the run down of those I did catch. Monday 21st September THE VEILS w/ Swimming, So Say So - London Scala This was an exciting one. 2 days into living in London [...]
Artist:HEALTH
Title:Die Slow (Pictureplane Rmx)
Link Text:(ysi)
File Name:02 Die Slow (Pictureplane Rmx).mp3
Year:2009
Artist:HEALTH
Title:Die Slow (Pictureplane Rmx)
Link Text:HEALTH - Die Slow (Pictureplane Remix)
File Name:02 Die Slow _Pictureplane Rmx_.mp3
Year:2009

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

HAPPY HALLOWEEN What's up. Yes Halloween's tomorrow but I'm a busy lad so I'm giving you your presents on Christmas eve. We've made the move onto spotify, for better or worse and this means you get a spooky halloween themed playlist of 22 songs. I won't give the tracklisting because it's a scary surprise! But if you're having a house/flat party this weekend put some of this on, it's a mix of devils and dancefloors so you're set basically. Annoyingly spotify didn't have a load of stuff I wanted to put up, even some really well known stuff (Friendly Fires - Bring [...]
Artist:Metronomy
Title:Trick Or Treatz
Link Text:(ys)
File Name:07 Trick Or Treatz.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Metronomy
Title:Trick Or Treatz
Link Text:Metronomy - Trick Or Treatz
File Name:07 Trick Or Treatz.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2006

PHARAOHS - WE'VE TRIED NOTHING AND WE'RE ALL OUT OF IDEAS (2ND NOV)

PHARAOHS - WE'VE TRIED NOTHING AND WE'RE ALL OUT OF IDEAS (2ND NOV) You may not be aware of Pharaohs - yet. Their debut EP 'We've Tried Nothing And We're All Out Of Ideas' will be released through All Aboard Records next week and hopefully it'll kick things of for them. The 4 Kent based lads have played alongside Venice Ahoy, Minnaars and recent radar stars Swims, which gives you a good idea of where they're coming from. The press release for this calls it technical indie but math pop is more fitting. Pharaohs belong to the scene centred around Big Scary Monsters but have a head on most of their competitors in [...]
Artist:Pharaohs
Title:Traffic (Demo)
Link Text:(ysi)
File Name:Traffic (Demo).mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Pharaohs
Title:Traffic (Demo)
Link Text:Pharaohs - Traffic (Demo)
File Name:Traffic _Demo_.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps

THE RAKES SPLIT+ BLOG UPDATE

THE RAKES SPLIT+ BLOG UPDATE Music can be so mean sometimes. It gives you something you love then takes it away. News surfaced today that The Rakes have split up, cancelling the remaining dates of their tour. Basically I'm gutted - these guys made straight forward indie with just the right amount of wit and edge. Their debut 'Capture/Release' came out on my 14th birthday and I still remember getting it that day and playing it all the way through, reading the lyrics in the booklet. The band released this statement on the reason for the split: " The Rakes have always been [...]
Artist:The Rakes
Title:Terror [Extended Mix]
Link Text:(ysi)
File Name:Terror [Extended Mix].mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:The Rakes
Title:Terror [Extended Mix]
Link Text:The Rakes - Terror (Extended Mix)
File Name:Terror _Extended Mix_.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2005

ON THE RADAR::SWIMS

I should've written about these guys ages ago. SWIMS are 4 lads from Worthing (that's near Brighton for you Northerners) who play intricate yet catchy math pop that is quite frankly impossible to resist. And what's more, they're all under 18. I remember seeing them play in a dodgy end of town when they were all about 14 and called Llama Guns and they were amazing then. The tunes have the perfect formula of gang vocals, handclaps, tapping and driving rhythm which makes the songs pretty unbeatable. 'Hitler Was A Bad Man' encompasses it all in 3 and a half [...]
Artist:Swims
Title:Hitler Was A Bad Man
Link Text:(ysi)
File Name:02 HITLER WAS A BAD MAN.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Swims
Title:Hitler Was A Bad Man
Link Text:SWIMS - Hitler Was A Bad Man
File Name:02 HITLER WAS A BAD MAN.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps

SINGLE: O CHILDREN -DEAD DISCO DANCER 7"

O.Children - Dead Disco Dancer
If - using some sort of futuristic machine - I could produce the coolest sounding band possible right now, they would be roughly half as cool as O Children. I got into them late last year off the back of some spine-tingling demos, and this week at last they release their first proper single. And they're starting to gain the attention they undoubtedly deserve. Sure, most publications are making a big deal of the Nick Cave homage of the band's name, but singer Tobi O'Kandi conjurs the ghost of Ian Curtis more than any dark wave band yet. [...]
Title:Dead Eye Lover
Link Text:(ysi)
File Name:02 Dead Eye Lover.mp3
Title:Dead Eye Lover
Link Text:O Children - Dead Eye Lover
File Name:02 Dead Eye Lover.mp3

2SF4SB APOLLO MUSIC PRIZETHE RESULT

2SF4SB APOLLO MUSIC PRIZETHE RESULT So Speech Debelle has taken the Mercury Prize. Hm. Nevermind, The Apollo Prize is better anyway ;) so here we are, the results: Insert drum roll and raucous applause. Maybe Jools Holland pissing everyone off with a ridiculously painful pause. Friendly Fires self titled debut has topped the poll, winning the first ever Apollo Music Prize! It was close for a while there, with early favourites emerging as The Horrors' 'Primary Colours' and Bombay Bicycle Club's 'I Had The Blues..' But the St. Albans boys have taken the prize. Who did I vote for? Metronomy actually. [...]
Artist:Friendly Fires
Title:Kiss Of Life
Link Text:(ysi)
File Name:01 Kiss Of Life.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Friendly Fires
Title:Kiss Of Life
Link Text:Friendly Fires - Kiss Of Life
File Name:01 Kiss Of Life.mp3
Year:2009

CCLASSIC ALBUM #2:WIND IN THE WIRES

CCLASSIC ALBUM #2:WIND IN THE WIRES It's been a year since the last CCLASSIC ALBUM feature! I admit that I sort of forgot about it but #1 is here if you're interested. I decided to bring it back as I've got some more time now but also because my girl wanted to get into Patrick Wolf, so this is really for her. Patrick Wolf is one of the artists that can do no wrong in my eyes. But even to a devoted [...]
Artist:Patrick Wolf
Title:Eulogy
Link Text:(ysi)
File Name:12 Eulogy.mp3
Year:2005
Artist:Patrick Wolf
Title:Eulogy
Link Text:Patrick Wolf - Eulogy
File Name:12 Eulogy.mp3
Year:2005

THE XX - XX(17TH AUG)

THE XX - XX(17TH AUG) Some records are hard to pin down. Near impossible to write about. 'XX' is one of them, but I'll do my best because it's an album that seriously deserves some praise. We reviewed The xx's debut single 'Crystalised' with total awe back in May and waited in anticipation for a full-length. Heralded by ominous artwork, the opener - simply titled 'Intro' - starts things off similarly dark with breakbeats, a moody bass line and ghostly ooo's and aaa's. 'VCR' lightens the mood with a musicbox melody and intoxicating smokey vocals from Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim. In [...]
Artist:The xx
Title:Basic Space
Link Text:(YSI)
File Name:08 Basic Space.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The xx
Title:Basic Space
Link Text:The xx - Basic Space
File Name:08 Basic Space.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009

BLAKFISH -CHAMPIONS (10TH AUG)

BLAKFISH -CHAMPIONS (10TH AUG) " Well who the fuck is Simon Cowell, to tell people that they can't sing? Well I've never heard him sing a note in my life! " Birmingham's Blakfish are evidently not X-Factor's latest victors. They are infact possibly the most exciting prospect for hardcore/math working at the moment. Releasing their literally flawless mini-album 'See You In Another City' last year on Big Scary Monsters was a masterstroke. Those in the know will tell you with complete conviction that BSM is one of the best record labels around right now, and a lot of people will have discovered [...]
Artist:Blakfish
Title:Economics
Link Text:(ysi)
File Name:01 Economics.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Blakfish
Title:Economics
Link Text:Blakfish - Economics
File Name:01 Economics.mp3
Year:2009

2SF4SB PRESENTS:THE APOLLO MUSIC PRIZE

Not just another chance for me to showcase my shoddy logo making skillz on paint, but also to celebrate the uncelebrated (mostly). Yes, welcome to 2STEPSFORWARD4STEPSBACK's very own APOLLO MUSIC PRIZE. Mercury was the Roman god of trade and commerce - money basically. While Apollo is the Greek god of music and poetry; clearly the best god to steal the name of! Plus we get to use a lyre as the logo which is pretty nifty. So NME, DiS and a load of other people are doing alternative Mercury nominees so we figured we edge forward our own. [...]
Artist:Friendly Fires
Title:Kiss Of Life
Link Text:(ysi)
File Name:01 Kiss Of Life.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Friendly Fires
Title:Kiss Of Life
Link Text:Friendly Fires - Kiss Of Life
File Name:01 Kiss Of Life.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009

WILD BEASTS -TWO DANCERS (3RD AUG)

WILD BEASTS -TWO DANCERS (3RD AUG) Last year Leeds-based Wild Beasts emerged with a great yet opinion-dividing debut 'Limbo, Panto'. They supported the liked of Jack Peñate and The Wombats which is probably where the haters originated from - which figures; because Wild Beasts, and 'Two Dancers' is about as far away from your average throwaway British indie as you can go. This time they return with a more sophisticated work, something difficult to describe and impossible to shake off. This has been a year for ground-breaking sophomores, most notably The Horrors' 'Primary Colours'. But this takes the pip. You're instantly thrown into the [...]
Artist:Wild Beasts
Title:Hooting And Howling (Kwes Remix)
Link Text:Wild Beasts - Hooting & Howling (Kwes Remix)
File Name:Hooting And Howling _Kwes Remix_.mp3

ON THE RADAR:: ARTHUR

arthur a day in the life
www.myspace.com/arthurtheband When you get into a band through another artist, it's likely that they'll seem linked in your mind. I checked out Arthur by chance, because they were in Entrepreneurs top friends - Entrepreneurs being Adam Crisp's brilliant solo project. So naturally I was curious. It turns out Arthur are from Hampshire, in the same area where Adam and Elle Milano drummer James Headley grew up and met. Not only that, but it transpires that Crisp has also produced and mixed their new stuff. This is good. So you can understand why, when [...]

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB -I HAD THE BLUES BUT I SHOOK THEM LOOSE (6TH JULY)

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB -I HAD THE BLUES BUT I SHOOK THEM LOOSE (6TH JULY) They say you've got your whole life to write your debut album, and for Bombay Bicycle Club that's less time than most other bands get. These 4 London lads are all aged between 18 and 19 years old, and their age is partly the reason why this has been such a long time coming. Yes, I'm talking about the all-too-familiar A-levels, which had to be done before the album could be completed. Their first EP 'The Boy I Used To Be' was released back at the start of 2007 - a lengthy 2 and a half [...]
Artist:Bombay Bicycle Club
Title:Magnet
Link Text:Bombay Bicycle Club - Magnet
File Name:07 Magnet.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009

6MNTHRVW 2009: REMIXES

REMIXES So, remixes are amazing. All agreed? We don't embrace them enough here, and we really should. There's been some awesome ones this year so far, here are 10 of the best: - Micachu - Lips (Clark Kunt's Heavy Mental Mix) The craziest remix for a while - Micachu's scathing attack, backed by an attack of metal guitars. - La Roux - In For The Kill (Skreams Let's Get Ravey Mix) The most played of the lot, Skream's killer remix of La [...]
Artist:Micachu
Title:Lips (Clark Kunt's Heavy Mental Mix)
Link Text:Micachu - Lips (Clark Kunt's Heavy Mental Mix)
File Name:Lips _Clark Kunt_s Heavy Mental Mix_.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009

6MNTHRVW 2009: TRACKS

6MNTHRVW 2009: TRACKS TRACKS We're doing 'tracks' because we all know the single is a dying breed etcetc but more importantly there's been too many blinding b-sides, albums tracks and free downloads to ignore by just judging singles. So anyway, here are some of the tunes that have soundtracked 09 so far. The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea ( Surely the coolest song of the lot, a brooding 8 minutes taste of what was to come ) Bombay Bicycle Club - Dust On The [...]
Artist:HEALTH
Title:Die Slow
Link Text:HEALTH - Die Slow
File Name:01 Die Slow.mp3
Year:2009

6MNTHRVW 2009: ALBUMS

6MNTHRVW 2009: ALBUMS I ' M F R E E . Of exams, that is. I've got my life and my time back and it feels pretty good man. So I guess it seems like as good a time as anyto give the official 2STEPSFORWARD4STEPSBACK 6 Month Review 2009. It's been a crazy diverse year so far with an amazing bunch of debuts, comebacks and unexpected gems. There's been a pretty staggering array of albums, singles and remixes, but these are the ones really worth remembering, or checking out if you missed 'em. [...]
Artist:Passion Pit
Title:The Reeling (Miike Snow Remix)
Link Text:Passion Pit - The Reeling (Miike Snow Remix)
File Name:The Reeling _Miike Snow Remix_.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009

THIS IS A BLANK PAGE

THIS IS A BLANK PAGE A levels. We meet at last. There is surely nothing worse than sitting inside during the best weather we've had all year, with a psychology textbook bigger than the sun. And I bet it'll rain the day I finish it all! Anyway I'll be back on here after my last exam on 15th June. Expect some crazy activity after that.. Here are some new songs that are helping me wade through study leave: MP3: Jamie T - Sticks & Stones (ysi) [...]
Artist:Bombay Bicycle Club
Title:Dust On The Ground
Link Text:Bombay Bicycle Club - Dust On The Ground
File Name:Dust On The Ground.mp3
Bitrate:210 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:i!AMYOU
Title:AQA
Link Text:i!AMYOU - AQA
File Name:AQA.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Jamie T
Title:Sticks & Stones
Link Text:Jamie T - Sticks & Stones
File Name:Sticks _ Stones.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

PASSION PIT - MANNERS (18TH MAY)

PASSION PIT - MANNERS (18TH MAY) Never before have I seen album artwork so unsuited to the music. Take a look at the dark, murky and foreboding cover, and prepare to be shocked beyond belief, because 'Manners' is possibly the most euphoric record you'll hear all year. 2008's 'Chunk Of Change' EP was a revelation - a shining spark amid the gloomy musical landscape (and the artwork fit a lot better!). And this week Passion Pit return with their first proper album, surely to unanimous praise. Here is a band that seem to be operating completely in their own space. No other band around right now [...]
Artist:Passion Pit
Title:Moth's Wings
Link Text:(zshare)
File Name:03 Moth_s Wings.mp3
Year:2009
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