It's time for another round-up of stuff I have been recommended (and liked!) or have come across recently.
Voxtrot have four London dates lined up next week. Sadly i'm back off to my Welsh bolt hole tomorrow so I am going to miss them. Hopefully you will not do the same.
The dates are.
Sat 12 - London, UK - Queens Of Noize[secret venue] 18+
Mon 14 - London, UK - Trash [The End & AKA] 18+
Tue 15 - London, UK - White Heat [Madame JoJo's] 18+
Wed 16 - London, UK - Playlouderecordings Party [Playlouder/State 51] 18+
For the Belle & Sebastian fans out there Kirstens Postcard has put togther a compilation of cover versions. Titled A Century Of Covers you can read about it and download from here.
Talking about compilations take a butchers at the one Crayola has posted on his blog xPQwRtz. It's even got Bob on it. Top stuff and I recommend that you download it ASAP!
Sunny Day Sets Fire Indie Folk pop - one for the B&S and Aberfeldy Fans. I really like Brainless which was apparently a single and I have had no joy in tracking it down so if the band are reading this hint hint! I will try and cover this lot in more detail in the future.
Kazakstan have been recommended to me. They are a Swedish progressive indie rock band. They have two full tracks to download and whilst not up my street they are pleasant enough.
April Fools Day are from Barcelona and make some fine tunes, none more so than Lucky T Shirt. Investigate more.
For Those Who Know hail from Austin, Texas and made their debut EP available for free on-line. The press release states that "Comparisons have been made to the Jesus and Mary Chain, New Order, Sonic Youth, and My Bloody Valentine". I have not managed to listen to all the tracks but those that I did were pretty good. Download it from here.
Thieves Like Us (10 points for the New Order reference) are another Texan band who draw influences from the UK late 70's/early 80's indie scene (Joy Division, The Smiths etc) and therefore sound remarkably like Interpol and other US bands who hark back to that period. Judge for yourself. I like this!
Interetc Is a new blog with music & film reviews and worth a read.
I will be back posting on the 21st August although no doubt Magnus will be continuing his excellent series on Popfest. Talking about series I will resume the Sarah Records one on my return.
Voxtrot have four London dates lined up next week. Sadly i'm back off to my Welsh bolt hole tomorrow so I am going to miss them. Hopefully you will not do the same.
The dates are.
Sat 12 - London, UK - Queens Of Noize[secret venue] 18+
Mon 14 - London, UK - Trash [The End & AKA] 18+
Tue 15 - London, UK - White Heat [Madame JoJo's] 18+
Wed 16 - London, UK - Playlouderecordings Party [Playlouder/State 51] 18+
For the Belle & Sebastian fans out there Kirstens Postcard has put togther a compilation of cover versions. Titled A Century Of Covers you can read about it and download from here.
Talking about compilations take a butchers at the one Crayola has posted on his blog xPQwRtz. It's even got Bob on it. Top stuff and I recommend that you download it ASAP!
Sunny Day Sets Fire Indie Folk pop - one for the B&S and Aberfeldy Fans. I really like Brainless which was apparently a single and I have had no joy in tracking it down so if the band are reading this hint hint! I will try and cover this lot in more detail in the future.
Kazakstan have been recommended to me. They are a Swedish progressive indie rock band. They have two full tracks to download and whilst not up my street they are pleasant enough.
April Fools Day are from Barcelona and make some fine tunes, none more so than Lucky T Shirt. Investigate more.
For Those Who Know hail from Austin, Texas and made their debut EP available for free on-line. The press release states that "Comparisons have been made to the Jesus and Mary Chain, New Order, Sonic Youth, and My Bloody Valentine". I have not managed to listen to all the tracks but those that I did were pretty good. Download it from here.
Thieves Like Us (10 points for the New Order reference) are another Texan band who draw influences from the UK late 70's/early 80's indie scene (Joy Division, The Smiths etc) and therefore sound remarkably like Interpol and other US bands who hark back to that period. Judge for yourself. I like this!
Interetc Is a new blog with music & film reviews and worth a read.
I will be back posting on the 21st August although no doubt Magnus will be continuing his excellent series on Popfest. Talking about series I will resume the Sarah Records one on my return.
For Those Who Know are right up my street - being a nearly shoegaze type band. Will have to feature them in more detail on lostmusic.