Tagged: november2011

This set is a live recording of Slam's warm up on a capacity crowd in the Arches, Glasgow, Scotland, on the birthday of Pressure. Following on from Slam in the back arch was Vitalic (live) and Chris Liebing. www.deepgoa.com from psychedelic to urban times PRESS > PLAY! © dg , 2012

• soma - Slam at Pressure's 13th birthday, Glasgow, November 2011

mp3s :: One Year Ago > November 2011 Tracklisting: I Don’t Wanna Be No Personal Pizza :: Personal & the Pizzas Ace :: The Big Sleep The Dream :: Thee Oh Sees One :: Wives Strange Matter :: Quilty Gallery Place :: Grass is Green No Future/No Past :: Cloud Nothings The Endless Sea (Iggy Pop Cover) :: Happy New Year Twins :: Gem Club So Far Away :: A Place To [...]

Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago ? Listen to the November 2011 One Year Ago Mix and find out. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Downloadables: [...]

• ATM - Bad Blood

Factory Floor was one of several big name performers at Fred Perry Subculture 's opening launch party of Sub-Sonic Live last November ( we gave away tickets to this event ). If you are an unfortunate soul like myself and missed the event, we've got the band's performance of 'What You Say' from the night. Enjoy it below. Click here to view the embedded video.

The Static Jacks were in England this past November (actually, they were in London when I was over there on holiday, but I unfortunately missed them) and they've committed this collection of clips into this video set to their tune 'Drano-Ears'. It's a little different than most gig videos we post (there is some gigging in here, I promise) but I thought it might be cool to look through an American band's eyes of a tour of England. Click here to view the embedded video.

In November Dr Conrad Murray was found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson, Greece & Italy replaced their leaders with EU puppets and the Occupy Wall Street camp was finally cleared, but not before they'd inspired anti globalisation protester across the, err, globe. November also saw some great tracks on the Devil's blog from Francobollo, Pepe Deluxe, The Lovely Eggs, Cloud Nothings and The Reject Club. I Found A Bike Today by Francobollo [...]

An actual conversation in Manchester between myself and ace Guernsey/Lincoln TGTF reporter John Fernandez , over a Harry Ramsden at the Arndale Centre: Me: You’ll never guess who I’m seeing Tuesday night in York. [picks at fish and chips] John: Who? Me: Exit Ten. John: Exit Ten? I didn’t know they were still going. I loved their first album… Me: Yup, they just put out ‘Give Me Infinity’, their second album, in October. John: Wow. I’ll be honest, I thought they’d [...]

In these enlightened days, it seems like complete and utter nonsense that healthcare has, for some, become something financially out of reach. There is nothing more heart-wrenching that to hear about a child who is very ill and can’t get the treatment she needs because the treatment costs some astronomical amount. Billie Bainbridge is a 4-year old English girl. And she has a very rare type of brain tumour. The treatment options in the UK are limited for such a rare condition but the good news is that Billie has been accepted into a clinical trial [...]

I rounded out my last night of holiday in London with a show that was outside of London – Letchworth Garden City, to be exact. What was I doing out there? Seeing Blonde Louis. If you recall, I wrote about them as one of the Bands to Watch in summer 2010. Fast forward through the end of November 2011, which saw the band playing a Christmas show (er, one month early) in their hometown. I’ll be honest, it felt a little weird being the oldest person at the [...]

For a night that was supposed to be dedicated to dance, it’s surprising how little dancing occurred. James Blake ’s Saturday night appearance at Manchester’s Warehouse Project (being curated by Belgian dance label R&S) started early at 9 and ended up finishing at the wee hours of 5 in the morning, with a total of 12 acts performing altogether. Amazing! However, for the purpose of this review, I’m going to focus on the main man of the moment, Mr. Blake. I will admit here that I am not in anyway [...]

There is no use ignoring the music coming out of Northern Ireland right now. First there was Two Door Cinema Club , making a big noise last year and now headlining the upcoming NME Awards tour next February. So what's going on now? Here comes the rampaging approach of two potentially heavy hitters: Cashier No. 9 , earmarked by Simon Raymonde's Bella Union and Two Door's 'little brothers' Kowalski. (I put 'little brothers' in quotes because there is a brother connection between the two bands [...]

With the launch of ‘Johnny Foreigner Vs Everything’ (review here ),  Johnny Foreigner decided to put on two parties. Billed as VsLondon and VsBirmingham, their label Alcopop! put together a showcase like no other with a billing which could make most other indie labels a little jealous. For one night only, VsLondon comes to the upstairs venue of The Garage in London and it promises to be a good one. Arriving just in time to catch Screaming Maldini , I’m promised that [...]

According to the blogosphere, Anna Calvi ’s music is average. To be more specific, 6 out of 10 average. But when you learn that that six is the average of three and nine out of ten, depending on who you consult, things take a more interesting turn. The NME are believers, praising Calvi’s “sumptuous Gothic”; Drowned in Sound are somewhat more pessimisticly oblique, and I quote: “...whether the dominant sound of twenny-'leven will be something like the Florence-ization of tabloid-friendly alternative culture...” Eh? Answers on a postcard, please. [...]

Once November hits, every one enters an end of year stupor. The short work week before Thanksgiving suddenly becomes the longest three days of the year as you allow your mind to shut down and focus on some good time off. This attitude will likely continue until January 1, 2012, so at the very least, you should make sure you have some good music to soundtrack it. Here's our favorite songs from the month of November. Listen and download below. Hear the full stream: November Mixtape // Quit Mumbling DOWNLOAD INDIVIDUAL [...]

• Quit Mumbling - November Mixtape

November was a huge month for us. Not only was November filled with incredible music, but we expanded our team of writers to bring you more of the best music on the internetz. Plus our NSK Shirts are slowly taking over the world (if you want a chance to win a free one visit our [...]

Albums of the Month - November 2011 Only one month remains before our annual (now expanded) end of the year lists. But for now, here's my three favorite albums for the month of November. 3. Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream Parts messy punk interludes, part downtrodden midnight white boy blues, Carrion Crawler/The Dream is the most recent joyful (and mysterious) jab by Thee Oh Sees at a genre they seem [...]

Veel zinnigs heb ik niet getypt in de afgelopen maand, mede door tijdgebrek en/of omdat ik niet genoeg tekst kon verzinnen voor een afzonderlijke release. Dus, je kunt gerust stellen dat de wel besproken nieuwe ( France & Orfanado ) hoogtepunten waren in november. Het is toch al een rustige periode, omdat labels nu veelal geen of weinig albums meer uitbrengen uit angst dat deze de jaarlijsten niet meer halen. Maar de hele maand niets, daar kan natuurlijk geen sprake van zijn. Sommige platen hebben door [...]

The new Cutting Noise podcast is now available to stream and download. Running in association with Music Liberation the monthly podcasts aim to deliver 10 new tracks discovered during the past month. You can follow Cutting Noise on twitter , facebook , and tumblr . As well as listening to all the previous podcasts on soundcloud . CUTTING NOISE PODCAST 002 (November [...]

Words by Ben Parkinson Big Deal operate in the periphery between defined musical genre, pragmatically plucking influences from acoustic and anti-folk, to indie, garage (or in this case ‘front porch’) rock and post-grunge. Soaked in adolescent angst and words of unrequited love, they conjure crisp Polaroids of colonial Americana; a bedroom creation with overtones of the Moldy Peaches, Giant Drag or even Bob Dylan ’s time with Joan Baez. Their sound is mirrored in the surroundings of The Lexington, Kings Cross, with its polished bar, honest vibe [...]

Washed Out - “Call It Off” Drake feat. The Weeknd - “Crew Love” Niva - “Dirty Water” Drake - “Underground Kings” Phantogram - “Don’t Move” Rebecca & Fiona - “Dance” A$AP Rocky feat. A$AP Twelvy & A$AP Nast - “Trilla” Sun Glitters - “Too Much to Lose” (Niva Remix) Common - “Sweet” A$AP Rocky [...]