My housemate’s band, ‘Backyards,’ have their debut ep release gig at Nation of Shopkeepers in Leeds on 15th February. You should come down. They have a shimmery, epic, arcade fire/ the national/ lanterns on the lake style vibe (not sure that describes anything at all!).
Listen to them here: www.backyardsmusic.com/media.html
Albums of 2011
That time of year again:
Top 6 albums.
1. The Beastie Boys- ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part 2’
2. Fucked Up- ‘David Comes to Life’
3. Action Bronson- ‘Dr. Lecter’
4. And so I watch you from afar- ‘Gangs’
5. Mogwai – ‘Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will’
6. Gil Scott Heron & Jamie xx - ‘We’re New Here’
Favourite track of 2011.
Fucked Up- ‘Queen of Hearts’ (favourite video as well)
Most played track of 2011.
Beastie Boys- ‘Make some noise’
Best bass line.
The Drums- ‘Money’
Most over-rated album of 2011.
Tyler the Creator- ‘Goblin.’
Biggest disappointment of 2011.
Battles- ‘Gloss Drop.’
Album that I kept meaning to listen to but never actually got round to it for some reason.
Radiohead- ‘King of Limbs’
Small illustration I did for Leeds based Notitle Magazine. You can see it on their website.
I’ve got another one coming up too I think.
This is cool.
Allo Darlin- ‘wu tang clan’
Look what just arrived in the post.
mewithoutyou- the fox, the crow and the cookie
I’ve probably posted this before but it’s always worth another post. I’ve been listening to this band a lot recently, mainly ‘brother, sister.’ This song is one of my favourites though. I know a few people who don’t like this band because of the religious/spiritual content of their songs but I think that makes them even more interesting to listen to. In an ideal world, this band would be played on the radio, that way I wouldn’t have to listen to yet another song about ‘going to a club’ by some dime a dozen rnb singer or an ‘indie anthem’ by some shitty generic lad rock band.
There is a proper procedure for taking advantage of any investment.
Music, for example. Buying a CD is an investment.
To get the maximum you must LISTEN TO IT FOR THE FIRST TIME UNDER OPTIMUM CONDITIONS.
Not in your car or on a portable player through a headset.
Take it home.
Get rid of all distractions (even her or him).
Turn off your cell phone.
Turn off everything that rings or beeps or rattles or whistles.
Make yourself comfortable.
Play your CD.
LISTEN all the way through.
Think about what you got.
Think about who would appreciate this investment.
Decide if there is someone to share this with.
Turn it on again.
Enjoy yourself.
(From the sleeve notes of Gill Scott Heron’s ‘I’m New Here’)
Pedro the Lion- ‘Suspect fled the scene’
“Ride as fast as you can, they’re shooting to kill”
I went to the Dr Martens 50th birthday party the other week. Hosted by Vice mag it had Fucked Up, Pulled Apart By Horses, Kong plus a bunch of other bands playing. Fucked up were absolutely amazing. I’d never seen them before but they’d been near the top of my ‘i have to see this band live’ list and they didn’t disappoint. The energy was incredible, the pit was fun and pink eyes seems like a nice dude. He gave my a naked, sweaty hug after the gig. Bit gross haha.
The blond head in the middle of the photo, that’s me. It looks a bit like i’m sucking my thumb. I’m not though.
REM- It’s the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine)
“At The Drive-In” by Rolodex Propaganda ¬¬
"In infrared is how we saw the night that lit up scarecrow plots The nerve that pinches crippled hobbled frolicked flat on its own face"
I’ve never seen this video before…Since when did atd-i play on TFI Friday?? I sort of remember watching that show, although I was a bit too young for it really, maybe i’ve seen this before!
Great performance, even greater is the fact that the presenter switches the band name and the track title during her bit.amazing.
(via atd-i)
How the fanzine refused to die
Simon Reynolds on the new generation of fanzine writers
At The Drive-In-198d
Another. Look at the emotion that is simply pouring onto the stage here. Again, no band does it like this anymore. The closest you’ll get is Radiohead.
This song forever changed my perception of music.
I remember the night I first heard it, I was listening to the show Steve Lamaq used to do on Radio 1 and he played Susan’s House by Eels, followed by this song. Up to that point I had never heard music like it. Music to me was either 4/4, Britpop rock songs or, what I and all my friends were listening to at the time, generic dance music, usually something from the Ministry of Sound.
Hearing a song this powerful at 12/13 years of age, when all I would listen to was ATB’s 9PM (till I come) was an eye opener.
I ended up not getting the album until I was 17, by which time the band had been broken up for like 5 years. Thankfully I can now say that ATD-i are my favourite band of all time and that I have a much wider scope of musical interests.
