LIVE AT THE ZEN-TRIFUGE LAUNCH NIGHTWhat can I tell you about Turrentine Jones that I haven't already told you?I could try telling you that the Manchester three piece are set to change the way you see that particular cities music, but I've already told you that. I could mention their enigmatic front-man Jude Neville and his eye-squintingly skuzzy blues guitar, but you already know all about it. I
NEW ACTS MAKING BLIPS ON THE ZENDARTainted as it has been in recent times by the Blunt's, Nuttini's and Rice's of our generation, the singer-song writer genre is traditionally not greatly lauded on these pages. So it's with an unusual amount of pleasure that Winston's Zen would like to draw your esteemed attention to a young Londoner with talent to spare and an arsenal of tender, heartfelt songs
LETTING NEW ACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVESThose of you paying attention when listening to Zenlist Vol 5 might have noticed the glistening gem that was Break, the contribution from London newcomers Stagecoach. The five piece indie-popsters recently signed to the achingly cool Alcopop records and featured on the labels innovative compilation-in-a-bottle not so long ago.With a pretty extensive UK tour
THE PLAYLIST THAT BRINGS INNER PEACE...It's been a long time since there was a playlist round these parts, I know. But, even if I say so myself, I think Vol 5 has been well worth the wait.Ten Zen-filled tracks from ten hot new bands you might not have come across yet but who all deserve a nice thick slice of your attention pie. Largely as a result of the drive to find acts to be part of our
LIVE @ THE OAKFORD, READING - SEP 11TH 2009White Sunday may have been off our stages for a while, but if the queues snaking around the block and the eager punters locked out of this sold out show at the Oakford on Friday night are anything to go by, then Reading's gig goers have lost no more of their enthusiasm for their local hero's than Winston's Zen has. If ever there was a night to cram
LETTING NEW ACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVESFour lads from Brigthon eschewing their cities penchant for glam chopped electro beats, Carter Brown have instead chosen the kind of snarling rock n roll that has been known to cause sporadic outbreaks of air guitar and heads that bang harder than Madame JoJo's headboard.Seemingly capable of achieving the both the cliche'd Wall of Sound ([HaHa] Too Little Too
You might recall London five-piece (yes, five piece despite what the picture tells you) Lion O'Brien from last weeks Moment of Zen. In their own words, "striving to establish their own brand of feel-good music" the band write songs about "love, work, robots vampires and other aspects everyday life".Quite.Winston's Zen was keen to find out more;Tell us how the band got together. We all met by
LETTING NEW ACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVESIf you haven't heard me raving about Turrentine Jones yet, then you've definitely not been listening very carefully. A swollen, organ-laced blues-tinged beauty, the Manchester three piece's self released debut EP is a mainstay on the Zen Avenue stereo for a few months now. In fact, we like them so much we made them the first ever Zen-trifuge headliners back in
LETTING NEW ACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVESWhen a band name themselves after the police radio code that describes their particular racial demographic, you probably won't be surprised to learn that you won't be discovering their CD's in the Easy Listening section of your local HMV. Just as well, because no one's life is long enough to endure meaningless musak.The IC1s are five West London lads who are
RELEASES FROM THE ZEN INBOXFirm Zen favourites The Rifles, Official Secrets Act are both set to play at Merc's legendary Carnaby Street store in London as part of its LIVE Initiative, an enticing series of free shows that have already seen the likes of and the Zendar 2009 shortlisted New Education entertain the crowds.With The Rifles performing a "classics" set, their intimate gig will kick start
THIS LIFE - LIVE AND ACOUSTICFor an act who claim to be "striving to create their own brand of feel good music", recently expanded London five-piece Lion O'Brien have made a pretty good start of it with their debut EP Raincloud vs Sunshine. Packed with catchy hooks and melodies of the breezy summer variety the four tracks are inspired by the breakdown of James O'Brien's former relationship and
LETTING NEW ACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVESJoy Division, The Stone Roses, Doves, Starsailor and dare I say it? Yes. Even a hint of Oasis. Very Manchester-centric influences for a West London five piece, but all influences that pour from the pages of them:youth's ever growing catalogue of casually soaring indie-dance anthems.For evidence of the bands potential look no further than the excellent Lost and
BOUNCING BOMB LIVE AT KINGS COLLEGEWhat a year it's been for Twisted Wheel, one that's seen them support Oasis on a European tour and become part of the entourage at the Manchester legends UK enormo-gigs. They've scored support slots on Paul Weller's forest tour, The Enemy's UK tour, played a successfull headline tour of their own, debuted on the John Peel stage at Glasto and produced a brilliant
BRINGING INNER PEACE TO NORTH LONDON ONCE AGAINZen-trifuge II, the gig night spreading inner peace all over North London is back. After so many of you turned out for the launch night we kinda felt we owed you something. So we're gonna pay you back with more of the same. Only this time bigger and even better!So we've rushed out and got ourselves a bigger venue (220 capacity), more bands, (four of
BRINGING INNER PEACE TO NORTH LONDON ONCE AGAINZen-trifuge II, the gig night spreading inner peace all over North London is back. After so many of you turned out for the launch night we kinda felt we owed you something. So we're gonna pay you back with more of the same. Only this time bigger and even better!So we've rushed out and got ourselves a bigger venue (220 capacity), more bands, (four of
NEW ACTS MAKING BLIPS ON THE ZENDARManchester; England's third biggest city, largest metropolis in the famously working class North and one of the wettest cities in the country. Little wonder then that the city's perpetually thriving music scene has gained a reputation for taking poorly waged, disaffected inner-city kids in big jackets and turning them into the kind of camera shoving, cocaine
THE GREAT ESCAPE VIDEOIf you've been around these pages before you'll already be well aware that we've got a bit of a soft spot for London four-piece The Rifles. You might remember Winston's Zen was the first blog to post the video to The General way back in February.Well, the boys are back with another slice of typically upbeat indie. The (almost) title track - and some might say stand-out track
WHAT A WAY TO START!So..... that was that then!Zentrifuge exists.The first night is now behind us and what a night it was! I'm writing this at nearly 5pm the next day, and I still haven't come down from the buzz of it all.Everything surpassed our rather timid expectations. Everything.I feel indebted to so many people. So it's time to say some thank yous.Firstly, to Dave my right hand man, for
BRUCE AND THE BOYS ON THE JOHN PEEL STAGEI normally try and be a bit more wordy in my posts than this but I'm not sure I've got the vocabulary for this one.You might remember we mentioned Springsteen inspired The Gaslight Anthem some time ago. Well, last week at Glastonbury, in full view of Winston's Zen...... this happened;Video - The Gaslight Anthem and Bruce Springsteen - '59 SoundWho doesn't
WEDNESDAY - THE ARRIVALOk, ok. So setting off in the hire car without a map, might have been an ill-advised way to kick off my first ever Glastonbury experience. But nonetheless, that's what we did, and yes we might have found ourselves flying past the Cerne Abbas Giant, a full 40 miles from the Worthy Farm site, convinced we were heading in the direction of Pilton before the unnecessary detour
Winston's Zen
The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
Ladyhawke - Black White & Blue
First Aid Kit – Emmylou
Childish Gambino - "Heartbeat" (Official Music Video)
Hardwell Bootleg Pack 2012
James Blake – Live Album
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