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Yesterday morning I woke up to find Damon Albarn had remixed "Born to Die" while checking the latest news on my phone. Right after, however, I fell back asleep and forgot about it until just a few hours ago, which happens to me more than it should. Damon Albarn's version, more than any other, chops & skews "Born to Die" and layers it into a 6-min tripped out piece. It does take a few minutes until her vocals are really brought out, but once Lana kicks in, so does Albarn's downtempo, electro alterations. This [...]

Yesterday morning I woke up to find Damon Albarn had remixed "Born to Die" while checking the latest news on my phone. Right after, however, I fell back asleep and forgot about it until just a few hours ago, which happens to me more than it should. Damon Albarn's version, more than any other, chops & skews "Born to Die" and layers it into a 6-min tripped out piece. It does take a few minutes until her vocals are really brought out, but once Lana kicks in, so does Albarn's downtempo, electro alterations. This [...]

• Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (Damon Albarn Remix)

Wild Beasts have announced a tour of the UK for March. Tickets are available now. Sunday 11th March 2012 - Coventry Warwick University Monday 12th March 2012 - Norwich Waterfront Tuesday 13th March 2012 - Colchester Arts Centre Wednesday 14th March 2012 - Falmouth Pavilion Friday 16th March 2012 - Cardiff Coal Exchange

From the word 'prog' some people tend to scatter. I should know; I am one of them. Usually. This band, however, may change your mind about prog. They're called Amplifier and I have been advised by TGTF writer John that they will be huge. The band released a double CD called 'The Octopus' that has garnered rave reviews in the media. The Times have said about the band "There is something heroic about Amplifier's embrace"; is there? First, you can listen to and download their track 'Planet [...]

He is on Bad Life, Autokratz's label, Erol Alkan, Fake Blood and Brodinski love him and his music makes you go crazy. I don't need to say no more...Listen to Colchester raised, Brighton based Attaque's Light Falls EP and you will know what I am talking about...

• Bad Life - ATTAQUE - LIGHT FALLS EP

London electronic band Three Trapped Tigers will be going on tour in the UK in May. Grab their new track 'Cramm' on this previous MP3 of the Day post on TGTF. Wednesday 11th May 2011 - Colchester Arts Centre Saturday 14th May 2011 - Brighton Great Escape Festival Sunday 15th May 2011 - Southampton Talking Heads Monday 16th May 2011 - Cambridge Portland Wednesday 18th May 2011 - Birmingham Hare and [...]

Yeah, so we're prob the 3000th blog in the blog universe to jump on this but the track's just too good not b3sci-i-fy. Middle-aged Albarn's at his best in the role of crooner and here he coos all over the The xx track breathing a sense of upper middle class loathing that only the cheeky Colchester bloke could. Gorillaz - Crystalised (The xx Cover) Purchase / Info Rating: 8.5

Cherry Ghost are undertaking a pretty massive UK tour for September and October... Catch them at: Wednesday 15th September 2010 - London Dingwalls Tuesday 21st September 2010 - Norwich Arts Centre Wednesday 22nd September 2010 - Colchester Arts Centre Thursday 23rd September 2010 - Southampton Joiners Friday 24th September 2010 - Brighton Komedia Sunday 26th September 2010 - Exeter Cavern Monday 27th September 2010 [...]

The fantastic Spring Offensive that Mary Beth introduced us to earlier in the year are hitting the road. Tickets are on sale for all dates now. Tuesday 20th July 2010 - Winchester Railway Inn Wednesday 21st July 2010 - Bristol The Croft Tuesday 27th July 2010 - Southend The Railway Wednesday 28th July 2010 - London Club Fandango @229 Thursday 29th July 2010 - Staines Hobgoblin Friday 30th July 2010 [...]

Brighton-based band British Sea Power (say THAT five times fast!) is hitting the road this spring ahead of the release of their forthcoming album. In London and Sheffield they will be doing special performances of their soundtrack to the 1934 film 'Man of Aran,' and at the Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire, they will be hosting their second Sing Ye From the Hillsides! Festival. See dates below and visit their website for more detailed information. Saturday 3rd April 2010 - Glasgow, Hinterland Festival ( Tickets ) [...]

Like your music a bit louder and rockier than some of the stuff we post here at TGTF? Well, maybe Young Guns will be your sort of thing. Embarking on a 10 day tour in late April and early May. Tickets are on sale now , priced around £7 each. Tuesday 27th April 2010 - Colchester Arts Centre Wednesday 28th April 2010 - Manchester Roadhouse Thursday 29th April 2010 - Glasgow King Tuts Friday 30th April [...]

Bowling For Soup have announced a sizeable UK tour for mid April. Catch them at: Wednesday 7th April 2010 - Birmingham O2 Academy Thursday 8th April 2010 - Brighton Concorde 2 Friday 9th April 2010 - Bristol Academy 2 Saturday 10th April 2010 - Newport TJs Sunday 11th April 2010 - Oxford Academy 2 Monday 12th April 2010 - Glasgow King Tuts Tuesday 13th April 2010 - Glasgow [...]

The end of an era. Steve Lamacq 's "In New Music We Trust" Radio1 programme will be broadcasting its last-ever show at 21.00-22.00 later this month. You have two chances left to hear the programme - on 17 August, there will be a session by Sheffield band Crookes (presumably named after the suburb), and on 24 August, Lammo will be hosting the Strange Boys from Austin, Texas. Being on what I consider the wrong side of the pond, in a town where radio stations on the whole are terrible, I get [...]

One of my favourite live bands, Idlewild , have announced a full October UK tour to support their forthcoming new album. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday (31st July), and are £15 for all dates except London, which is £16 a ticket. Saturday 10th October - Manchester Academy Sunday 11th October - Nottingham Rescue Rooms Monday 12th October - Exeter Phoenix Centre Tuesday 13th October - Colchester Arts Centre Thursday 15th October - [...]

Fanfarlo have just returned from a big string of dates in the USA at the SXSW festival in Austin and is now taking their strangely-strange-yet-oddly-ho ok-laden pop out on the road for a string of UK dates in support of their debut album Reservoir over the coming months. Catch them at: Thursday 30th April 2009 - Glasgow Hinterland Festival Thursday 14th May 2009 - Brighton Great Escape Sunday 17th May 2009 - Colchester Arts Centre Monday 18th May 2009 - Sheffield Plug [...]

I remember the first time I got this show on tape. It was in high school, 1994, and the tapes probably cost 8 or 9 dollars from this mom and pop store in the city. The shop owner, an old deadhead, would get these n-th generation tapes from his buddy, and sell them in his shop. Well, this one actually sounded pretty good compared to most, and since the dude let me listen to whatever I wanted to, I sort of weeded out the shitty sounding ones before I plunked down the cash. The [...]

We recently spoke to exlovers about their new single amongst other things . This month sees them tour the UK with Emmy The Great and who else but TGTF have been given exclusive access to the tour?? errr.. nobody that's who. We follow exlovers in the form of a tour diary to see first hand the tour experience. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here and part 3 here . This is the final part (for now) Norwich Arts Centre [...]

The King Blues have announced a tour for April and May around the UK's Student orientated venues. Hailed as "The most exciting live band in Britain." by Kerrang, but when it comes to describing their music The King Blues are a hard to pigeonhole semi-acoustic punk/rap outfit who sound like the Pogues one minute, the Streets the next, or like one of those US pop-punk bands who emerged in the wake of Green Day. Then again, sometimes they might sound like a skiffle band or a ska band, at others like an agit-prop electro-rock act [...]

After the high number of posts over the past two days here at TGTF things are gonna go a bit slower for the next few days, dropping down to a more normal 3 or so posts a day. In the mean time, Patrick Wolf has announced a string of four UK dates for early March which will give people a sneak peek of his forthcoming new album, Battle. He says that those going to the shows should "be prepared for many surprises and new arrangements of the best from the last three [...]

The Young Knives have announced a string of tour dates for March and early April. Tickets are on sale now for all dates, priced between £10 and £12 each it seems. Catch the Young Knives at: Monday 9th March 2009 - High Wycombe Bucks Uni Sunday 22nd March 2009 - Colchester Arts Centre Monday 23rd March 2009 - Bath Komedia Tuesday 24th March 2009 - Loughborough University Thursday 26th March 2009 - Cardiff Clwb [...]