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Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:06:00 +0000

This is the 2nd single from the album in Ghost Colors and the video features your own personal rain cloud.

You can see the prvious video for "Lighs and Music" here

For a local show, looks like they are part of the Download festival at the Shorline Amphithetaer in Mountain View on July 19th.

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Hercules and Love Affair - You Belong

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:35:00 +0000

A little bit smoother than Blind but sounds good. This single is due out on July 7th (UK).

Their self-titled album finally gets a US release on June 24th.

They are currently touring in Europe doing the festival thing into September.

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The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next to Me

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:18:00 +0000

This is the second single taken from the album "The Age Of The Understatement". The video looks very Beatlesque (That has to be a word), even down to the girls dressed as the Abbey Road zebra crossing. The single is out on July 7th in the UK.

Previous coverage here

They had no real tour plans, but as The Rascals are playing the Reading and Leeds festivals in the UK, they are performing there - Leeds August 22nd and Reading is August 24th.

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Beggars - You & Me

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:36:00 +0000

These Beggars are pretending to be the Beatles. Enjoy another slice of the Beggrs and also checkout their previous video The Future

They are playing Glastonbury on Friday June 27th

This single is due to be released in August.

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The Whip - Blackout

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:44:00 +0000

Updated: Finally here.Updated: The record company has removed this until Monday as MSN have exclusivity until then (Couldn't see it there though) Checkout a good quality version at MSN UK/AOL here
This is the follow up to the fantastic Trash. I am really liking this band, it looks like they have 2 sets at Glastonbury that would be worth a look - I expect one is a DJ set (In the Dance Village), but get to the John Peel stage to see them on Sunday June 29th.

Check out their MySpace page for some US dates, but not a large tour here yet, and I don't see a west coast date yet.

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Glastonbury Picks 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:31:00 +0000

Alright, Glastonbury is less than a week away and so I thought I would offer up some guidance through the maze of bands and stages. Anything there will be good, but DO NOT just hang around the main 2 stages - Get out and about, even try out the jazz world.

Here's a few picks from me, they are in no particular order, but if they have a video on here I have linked to it.

Pyramid Stage
Friday Editors, Kate Nash and possibly The Fratellis
Saturday Jay-Z
Sunday Goldfrapp

Other Stage
Friday The Rascals and The Enemy
Saturday Hot Chip, Elbow, The Black Kids and possibly Los Campesinos
Sunday Groove Armada, The Pigeon Detectives and possibly The Zutons

John Peel Stage
Friday Reverend and The Makers, MGMT, The Kills, The Ting Tings,
Saturday The Couteeners, British Sea Powwer, Holy Fuck and possibly The Teenagers
Sunday The Whip, Crystal Castles and The Long Blondes

The Park
Friday Now that's a line up - Pete Doherty, Dizzee Rascal, The Duke Spirit, Operator Please, Sons and Daughters, Santogold and Beggars
Saturday MGMT and Lykke Li
Sunday Possibly The Mystery Jets

Jazz World
Friday Fun Lovin' Criminals (Google Scooby Snacks) and Lupe Fiasco
SaturdayPossibly Joan Armatrading, my dad loved her!
Sunday Eddy Grant? In jazz world, hmm.

Acoustic Stage
Friday Sinead O' Connor, Eddi Reader and Eleanor McAvoy
SaturdayAndy Fairweather Low (Tell me what it's like)
Sunday Suzanne Vega

The Dance Village
THe Audio Bullys, The Count and Sinden, Fatboy Slim (Check out the BPA Toe Jam video), Hercules and Love Affair, X-Press 2 and The Whip

Leftfield Stage
The Beat, Billy Bragg, Dirty Pretty Things and The Levellers

Avalon Stage
Hazel O'Connor and for a real treat The Men they couldn't Hang (Check out the album "Waiting for Bonaparte")

Apologies, I ran out of time going down the list, enjoy your trip to Glastonbury and take the time to walk thedges either before the shows start or in the night.

I am off to Ireland for a couple of weeks so there will be very few postings.

May 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:16:00 +0000

Episode 5 - The collected videos from May 2008.

Tricky - Council Estate, Black Kids - Hurricane Jane, Tapes 'n Tapes - Hang Them All, White Williams - Violator, Portishead - The Rip, The Courteeners - No You Didnt No You Dont, The Fratellis - Mistress Mabel, Bryn Christopher - The Quest, The Pigeon Detectives - This Is An Emergency, The Kills - Last Day of Magic, Haunts - Underground, The Music - Strength In Numbers, Fear of Music - First To Go, Long Blondes - Century, Cut Copy - Lights & Music, Film School - Compare, Constantines - Hard Feelings, Hot Chip - One Pure Thought

The Stills - Snakecharming The Masses

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:33:00 +0000

I love The Stills, I even bore with them on the 2nd album, this is a great return to form and a great first single off the 3rd album "Oceans Will Rise" due out on August 19th.

You can check out some of the new songs on their MySpace page. The Stills, on the "Logic will break your heart" tour and part of NoisePop, were the first band I saw at The Independent after it opened (It was formerly The Justice League where I saw The Streets on their first US tour)

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I Was A Cub Scout - Pink Squares

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:46:00 +0000

I do detect a "Death cab..." influence with a little bit of stellastarr*, but that may just be me. Nice video, though - A good presentation for a simple performance video. This is taken from the album 'I Want You To Know That There Is Always Hope'.

I see some UK dates including 1 tour date on July 4th at Port Lympne wild animal park in the UK??? but who knows if that will happen as they have allegedly split up - See the MySpace blog for info and new projects

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Gutter Twins - Idle Hands

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:35:00 +0000

So what do you do when you're bored? Check out The Gutter Twins latest video for ideas.

This is taken from the album Saturnalia - Previous coverage is here

I do not see a local show but would not be surprised to see something on July 11th between the LA show on the 10th and Seattle show on the 12th (Just a guess though)

Anyway, I was at the Local H show at The Independent on Sunday night and it was really good - Always a good start when you see a bottle of water rather than bourbon on stage. They put on a great show to support the new album "12 Angry Months" which you should rush out and buy. For those that missed the show, you can listen to several archived shows at archive.org

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The Rascals - Freakbeat Phantom

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:49:00 +0000

This is the latest single from The Rascals due out on June 9th (UK). The album "Rascalize" is out in the UK on June 23rd - You may have to get "Suspicious Wit" separately as it is not on the track list.

The Rascals and the Last Shadow Puppets are both playing some of the same festivals (I think at Reading/Leeds) so Miles will be a busy man.

Previous "The Rascals" coverage here

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MGMT - Electric Feel

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:37:00 +0000

Updated: Not embeddable from YouTube, apologies, so updated to MTV
Happy June to you. Posts are still a little untimely as we are still getting ready to move house and recovering from the party at the weekend.

It feels like summer to me and nothing says summer like this track from MGMT. They have a busy time ahead of them playing various shows around the US plus a lot of festivals in the UK and elsewhere.

I'd love to be at the one in Manchester with radiohead and Bat for Lashes.

Anyway, enjoy the video and watch out for the motorbikes. The single should be out June 23rd (UK) but there is the album version available. Also, you can watch "Time to Pretend" here

Click to buy the MP3 (Album version) here

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/mgmt

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Tricky - Council Estate

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:15:00 +0000

Great video - Brings back memories of certain areas of Manchester growing up. Love the blurry head thing. (Watch it!) Check out the website for a higher definition version of the video.

This is the first single from Tricky's forthcoming alum "Knowle West Boy" due July 7th UK and Sept. 9th US. I liked "Blowback" with the exception of one track.

I do not see much on the tour front except for a couple of festival dates in Spain and France July/August but I would suspect there will be more soon - Check Pollstar

"Council Estate is just me... that song is the upbringing me and friends had. It's the first single I've ever done with just me on vocals. I couldn't whisper that song. I had to come out of myself and do a loud, screaming vocal. I wanted to be a proper frontman on that one." --Tricky on Council Estate.

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Black Kids - Hurricane Jane

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:26:00 +0000

Okay, it's been a while since my last post but I blame the long weekend, plus we're trying to get the house in shape for my birthday party and more importantly to sell it (Not sure if these two things go together)

This is the new video from Black Kids and the single is out June 23rd in the UK - Summer songs are very important in the UK and this fits that need. A nice video, song has a little bit of Black Grape and ABC to it (If you're old enough to figure those references, if not ask a teacher... an old teacher.)

They are out of Jacksonville Florida, but seem to have been adopted by the UK. They are touring (Some dates sold out) in the UK and the odd piece of Europe. They are then on the festival circuit including Lollapalooza in Chicago (Looks like the only US date for a while)

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April 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:18:00 +0000

Episode 4 - "A new hope" The collected videos from April 2008.

The Long Blondes - Guilt, Guillemots - Falling Out Of Reach, Forward Russia - "Breaking, Standing", Captain - Keep An Open Mind, Sons And Daughters - This Gift, Eight Legs - Freaking out the Neighbours, The Metros - Last of the Lookers, Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down, Twisted Wheel - She's A Weapon, The Envy Corps - Story Problem, Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart, Louis XIV - Air Traffic Control, The Black Ghosts - I Want Nothing, These New Puritans - Swords of Truth, Elbow - One Day Like This, The Gutter Twins - All Misery/Flowers, Red Light Company - With Lights Out, Gliss - Gimme The Hit, The Draytones - Turn It Down, B-52s - Funplex, The Black Keys - Strange Times

Tapes 'n Tapes - Hang Them All

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:27:00 +0000

This video is more a war "of" capitalism than a war "on" capitalism, but amusing enough. This is not technically a brand new video, but Beggars have refreshed it on their list. It is taken from the album "Walk it Off"

The band hail from Minnesota and if you listen to "Conquest" on their MySpace page you can detect a bit of an "Echo and the Bunnymen" influence.

They are touring in Europe but do have one date in August in Brooklyn NY with the Black Keys

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White Williams - Violator

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:48:00 +0000

Taken from the album "Smoke", this has a nice sound and a cool video. They sound like.... (It will come to me)

Starts with a little New Order sound to the guitar but progresses into something a lot more melodic.

They have a Boston and NY date left before touring the UK and Ireland for the firsy few ewwks of June.

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Portishead - The Rip

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Almost the antithesis of Machine Gun, this is the 2nd track taken from 2008's album "3rd". Starts off very mellow, but does build although not to the aggressive levels of machine gun.

Video is an animation, with not so unhappy skulls and a crazy hang glider.

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The Courteeners - No You Didnt No You Dont

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:03:00 +0000

The new single from hotly tipped "The Courteeners". For those that remember the "Top of the Pops" TV chart show from the UK you will recognize this video as a pastiche of that. The single is due out on June 23rd (UK)

Oh, and of course, they are from Manchester which is why you get a little Smithsy sound out of them. They have a couple of gigs in Japan and then back to the British Isles for a string of shows and festival dates.

This post was brought to you by Blogger's new scheduled posting as I am up in Tahoe for the weekend.

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The Fratellis - Mistress Mabel

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:03:00 +0000

This is the first single to be taken from the forthcoming album "Here we Stand". The album is due June 9th (UK) and the single May 26th(UK)

This is a much anticipated follow up to the fantastic "Costello Music" that I can highly recommend as an in car sing-a-long album.

The video at least has a fox in it - Cool!

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Bryn Christopher - The Quest

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:57:00 +0000

This is the debut single from Bryn Christopher from the Midlands (Translation=Near Birmingham) in the UK. This is a bit more poppy than my normal posts, just think of it as a moment of weakness late in the week.

Anyway, the single is due out on June 9th (UK) taken from the album "My World" out in August. He's on tour in the UK currently with a few festival appearances. There is a story in BandWeblogs that he was signed by one of the biggest live agents in the US - William Morris

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The Pigeon Detectives - This Is An Emergency

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:14:00 +0000

This is more like it. I heard a lot about these guys a couple of years ago. This is taken from the album "Emergency" due out May 26th (UK)

They are currently touring the UK and Europe including Glastonbury although there were some postponements due to a knee injury. There is a lone Canadian date in September listed on pollstar so I'd expect a US tour then.

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The Kills - Last Day of Magic

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:16:00 +0000

Taken from, "Midnight Boom", one of my favorite albums this year, and I am gutted that I cannot make the show at Slims on Saturday. Another great, video who d'you think would win that fight?

See other The Kills videos here

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Haunts - Underground

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:40:00 +0000

Something to dance to - This is a relatively fast paced track designed to be jumped up and down to. This is out on 7 inch and download

They are a 4 piece out of London and should be putting the finishing touches on their debut album.

They have some dates in the UK including in June Club NME @ Koko and the Download Festival.

This is a bit heavier than I'd normally push, but I have been a bit remiss on looking at new videos. I was at Elbow on Friday, and it was fantastic! They are really enjoying themselves these days. For next week I'd recommend The Kills on Saturday at Slims.

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The Music - Strength In Numbers

noreply@blogger.com (Martin) — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:41:00 +0000

Well, finishing the week on a high - The Music have surprised me with a single I actually like! The video has a lot going on, more tanks than The Last Shadow Puppets, more night vision than The Black Keys plus helicopters and short hair to boot.

This is the title track from their 3rd album due on June 9th UK. I think it's about 4 years since the last one?

They are currently on tour in the UK.

PS - It's Mothers Day on Sunday (US)

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