We were feeling pretty chilled out this week. Perhaps something to listen to on a rainy day…
TRACKLISTING
The Radio Dept. – Domestic Scene
The Focus Group – The Be Colony
Delorean – Real Love
Paul Simon – Leaves That Are Green
Liquid Liquid – Optimo
Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes
Casiotone for The Painfully Alone – Lesley Gore On The T.A.M.I. Show
Washed Out – Feel It All Around
America – Sister Golden Hair
Beach House – Silver Soul
AC Slater had a hugely successful European tour and now Trouble & Bass boss Drop The Lime heads to London this week to kick off the first leg of a world tour that take him throughout Europe, Asia and Australia. Dates on the click…
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The second single from the fantastic O. Children is here. Thunderous and foreboding from the get go; Ruins is a menacing song swirling with a grander sound that reflects their huge ambitions. Co-produced by Tobi and Jas Shaw (Simian Mobile Disco), ‘Ruins’ is the first song from the album recordings and the expectations for their debut, due this summer, are justifiably high.
Available now digitally on iTunes.
Norway’s finest The Megaphonic Thrift are set to embark on a UK tour this month, playing a number of shows around the country. After releasing the brilliant A Thousand Years Of Deconstruction the band have gone from strength to strength catching the eye of A Place To Bury Strangers. The opportunity to see Megaphonic showcase their talents in such intimate surroundings is one not be missed.
They are playing the following dates:
AC Slater’s ‘Take You’ feat. Ninjasonik dropped last week and this week we’re dropping the official video on you. Directed by T&B megadude Patrick “The Captain” Rood and featuring a where’s where of Brooklyn, the Trouble & Bass crew are out in full force. This track is a certified banger with remixes by Drop The Lime, Nadastrom and newcomers Tete-A-Tete.
And naturally it’s dark, menacing and brilliant. Download for free here (also, leave a comment).
Ruins (Jokers Of The Scene Remix) by deadlypeople
I woke up this morning and twitter told me Alex Chilton was dead. He died of heart complications in an emergency room in New Orleans. He was scheduled to play at SXSW this weekend.
I moved to Montreal when I was 19 and got a French boyfriend who was obsessed with 70s punk. He played me Thirteen and it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. It felt so familiar, even though I’d never heard it before. He then proceeded to nerd out at me about how cool the backing vocals sound and how they were played through a Leslie and all that (which is actually interesting), but all I could focus on was the lyrics and the bittersweet melody. This was a song I was always going to come back to.
Alex Chilton did lots of othe good stuff – he was in the Box Tops and had a bunch of chart hits, and September Gurls by Big Star is pretty rad too, but I think Thirteen is his masterpiece. I’ve just had it on repeat while writing this and it’s squeezing my little heart. RIP Alex Chilton. Thanks for your songs.
The video for ‘Ruins’ by O. Children is available now for you to have a good look at. It’s extremely good and was put together by the guys at Love Hate Productions. O. Children will be performing live at the Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen on Thursday 22nd April with the magnificent Megaphonic Thrift in support. Tremendous!
Tickets for the Hoxton Show are available from Ticketweb
Joe and Will Ask? have been on our radar since a friend passed us their remix of I Need Your Love by Milke over a year ago. Their own special brand of crunchy, blippy, melodic house makes us want to go out take plant food and dance all night. Their production values are spot on too.
Clash Music know what they’re talking about, and have named the pair to their list of top 10 DJs to watch this year. Check out the article here.
Watch this space for updates about their next single this spring.
J-Wow
The Megaphonic Thrift
Subway
Violens
Cartridge
O. Children
