The impossible is happening: they're getting better.
Michael A Grammar - All Night, Afloat Vaguely euphoric, consistently excellent and about a thousand times better than anything else you're likely to hear this year. Taken from their new EP Vitamin Easy, out June 4 on Melodic. Get one before they're gone http://melodic.co.uk/michaelag rammar/
50 gold cassettes - sold out. wearepins.co.uk
For those who missed Halls' debut EP at the end of last year: rejoice. You've now got a chance to go back and listen to one of the most affecting and effective releases that 2011 had to offer, one of the few producers about with the talent and subtle nuances to produce something mildly downbeat and electronic without it being in overshadowed by either Fourtet or Burial. The new video for Fade to White is simply another excuse to get excited about it and the clip - frighteningly, given the content of the track itself - manages to live up [...]
At the start of December, Shinies were unheard of outside their own living room. They recorded their track Spent Youth and seemed to almost accidentally capture a sound that captured the imagination of every blog around. A whirlwind month later, and they had their debut single recorded - by Rory Atwell, no less - and a 73 slated for release by Dirty Bingo. Shola/Pillow Talk comes out on April 16th, and you can hear the former now, seductively hinting at a love of The Cribs layered with smatterings of shoegaze. Shinies - Shola [...]
Purchase here: http://ducktapes.bandcamp.com/ album/15-bygones-temple-songs For those not au fait with what Duck Tapes is here we go: we get an artist to put some tracks on a tape, decorate it, and sell it on. Oh, and we only really tend to make one copy of it, ever. And we're bringing it all to an end. As the final ever release on the label, it's only fit that it ends with an artist that we've been after for a long time. Jolan is one of the most sickeningly talented people that you're ever [...]
First new Hourglass Sea of 2012, and it has been worth the wait. Bradford's prodigal son comes back with a two track single - one original, one him remixing, and it is everything that we've come to demand from a man who seems to be without peer, very possibly in a literal sense. Brilliantly tagged as 'popstep', Hourglass does his usual samples and guitar thing to make tracks both giddily neon and recklessly ambitious. Sample for yourself below.
Following on from their extremely successful launch at the back end of 2011, Work Them returns to KRAAK Gallery on February 3rd. Marking itself as an "ALT DISCO DEDICATED TO FUTURE CLASSICS, CURRENT GROOVERS AND RECORDS THAT STILL SOUND FRESH AS ANY", the latest incarnation sees the creator of one of the albums of 2011 perform, with patten playing Manchester for the first time. Just as Gold Panda seemed to be working on a different level to his peers back in 2010, there is no-one coming anywhere close to what patten is making now: [...]
The first edition of Melodic's compilation came out back in the heady days of Summer 2011 - and though a follow up was quickly planned, they've thankfully taken stock and allowed the new music scene to grow a few exciting bright new hopes in the meantime. Volume arguably features a stronger line-up than it's predecessor, as well as having a few genuine coups - an exclusive new Bos Angeles recording being one, an unheard track from one of the greatest bands to have emerged from Manchester in the past 12 months from G R E A T W A V [...]
Bleeding Knees Club 1st January A duo make up of two dudes from Australia's Gold Coast, the songs they make are unmistakably brash, but in a playful way, like a hateful puppy http://thepigeonpost.wordpress .com/2011/01/01/bleeding-knees -club/ Hourglass Sea January 4th The work of Dean Bentley, this is a project that sounds like Solar Bears being played on the wrong speed setting, a hyperactive mass of noise that doesn't quite seem certain where it's going. http://thepigeonpost.wordpress .com/2011/01/04/hourglass-sea/ [...]
Weird stuff from Streatham Hill's very own Sam Genders. Pop music done through a few degrees of separation,it's slightly overwhelming in parts - as the preview clip below illustrates. He's playing The Lexington with Patterns on January 18th, which means you can experience . Debut album out through Full Time Hobby on January 16th. Pre-order: http://fulltimehobby.sandbag.u k.com/Store/DII-3404-5-diagram s++black+light+cd+preorder.htm l
Fear of Men are probably this blog's favourite new band of 2011. They've just put together a new set of demos, had them committed to cassette and have them up for sale. They're called the Alice Munro demos and the video for Doldrums from the release can be seen above. There have been enough words written about Fear of Men elsewhere on these pages, but here are a few more that you can take your pick from: wonderful, excellent, beautiful, dreamy, excellence, enchanting, awe-inspiring, sublime. In truth, they even come close either. The cassette can be bought here: [...]
This one has been in waiting for longer than anybody cares to remember - but finally, Comfortable on a Tightrope have gotten their acts together, got the tracks sent off to whatever far flung pressing plant they've chosen and taken delivery of their vinyl babies. Nissenmondai are from Japan, Waiters come from these parts, and here are the tracks NISENNENMONDAI - soundtrack 4 for Nobetsumakunashi Really weird stuff, as you'd probably expect. Let it charm you, as it probably will anyway Waiters - Tomorrowland [...]
Playing live in a basement near Fallowfield for your enjoyment THE BLACK TAMOURINES JOANNA GRUESOME DOLFINZ Text 07724767463 to get your name on the list. Limited availability. Details sent out on the 15th. It's gonna be wild.
A late contender for gig of the year - the main competitors of which come from shows played by both Iceage and Brown Brogues. Gifting Manchester with an early Christmas present, Now Wave serve up one of the finest bills you're likely to come across. If you need some reasons to shell out the £6 ticket price, listen below. http://www.seetickets.com/Tour /ICEAGE ICEAGE Played Islington Mill earlier in the year, and everyone who attended still hasn't properly recovered. Their album lasts about 20 minutes, and everything was [...]
The first band that this blog ever really had a crush on. The debut album has been a long - long - time coming, but it feels as though it might have all been worth it. Break Bones has been re-recorded for the first single, and it even has a flashy new video. Life feels like it might be alright again - if you actually ignore what's happening in the world and just pretend you're always listening to Internet Forever, that is. download it for a tweet: http://www.internetforever.co. uk/
Probably the most exciting thing to happen to Manchester's club night scene since... well, god knows, Work Them promises to be the best night out for anyone with any form of taste. Dreamt up by John Thorp (who you might've seen behind the decks at Now Wave a couple of times), the debut night is tomorrow (Friday 2nd), and if this taster mix is anything to go by, it should be pretty special. £3 in, 10.30 til late. for any more information, check out the blog: http://www.workthemclub.blogsp ot.com/ Work Them [...]
Fear of Men - Doldrums from Alice Munro demos cassette. Limited to 50. http://fearofmen.bigcartel.com /product/alice-munro-demos-cas sette-tape-pre-order Sleeeptalk - Made you eat you http://soundcloud.com/sleeepta lk Shaky Snakes - Yr in the sky (feat. Andreanna) http://soundcloud.com/shakysna kes Boy Friend - Gimme Gimme Gimme (Abba cover) http://soundcloud.com/christap alazzolo Wild Heron - American Bodies http://soundcloud.com/aztec-ho use Brown Brogues - Wildman from Wildman 73. Now sold out http://brownbrogues.bigcartel. com/product/2nd-vinyl-wildman- grind-a-go-go-swedish-import [...]
For those of us who don't have the time or can't afford the train ticket down to the dream festival of Sheffield's 322, there's some solace to be had. Thanks to Now Wave and Underachievers, 3 of the most exciting bands to have come out of this calendar year have been shoved on the same bill and made to perform in one of Manchester's most intimate venues, the lovely surrounds of Trof Fallowfield. £4 advance. http://www.seetickets.com/Even t/BOS-ANGELES-FEAR-OF-MEN/TROF -Fallowfield/595846 Bos Angeles Beach [...]
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Nas - Daughters
The Rains of Castamere by The National
CHROMATICS "THESE STREETS WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME"
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
2:54 - Creeping
Lana Del Rey’s “Blue Jeans” Used In A Nespresso Commercial
Azealia Banks - '1991' [Listen]
Video: Jay-Z and Kanye West – “No Church in the Wild”
