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Think before you leak.

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:51:27 +0000

crablin: In my short but varied career, I’ve had the pleasure of working on both sides of the...

Via @mr_trick, Moby shows us around his studio with many an...

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:23:54 +0000

Via @mr_trick, Moby shows us around his studio with many an analogue synth and drum machine. Inspiring and exciting. My ideal Christmas.

Make Mine Records: 2009 and 2010

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:49:00 +0000

We caught up with one of our favorite labels and label people in Manish at Make Mine a few days ago...

The girls of Peggy Sue (not Olly, as he was busy ‘making...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:15:17 +0000

The girls of Peggy Sue (not Olly, as he was busy ‘making money to feed everyone else’ made these absolutely incredible tapes, with tracks from their back catalogue. Katy and Rosa have hand made 20 and we’re sending them out to people that have supported the band throughout their career and to fans via the mailing list, twitter and facebook! Keep your eye open.

myspace.com/peggywho

i have no idea what is going on here, 3minutes in for Gold...

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:13:38 +0000

i have no idea what is going on here, 3minutes in for Gold Panda, thanks to @evilpop for the tip.

PEGGY SUE sign to WICHITA RECORDINGS // Debut Album April...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:09:40 +0000

PEGGY SUE sign to WICHITA RECORDINGS // Debut Album April 2010

PEGGY SUE are thrilled to announce that they have signed to everyone’s favourite record label, Wichita Recordings. They join a roster that includes such luminaries as The Cribs, Conor Oberst, Les Savy Fav and Bloc Party.

PEGGY SUE - Katy Klaw, Rosa Rex and Olly Olly Olly - release their debut album, ‘Fossils And Other Phantoms’ in April 2010. It was recorded in Brooklyn with The Dodos’ producer John Askew at Atlantic Sound Studio and Alex Newport (Death Cab For Cutie, Two Gallants) at Future Shock.

Meanwhile fans can grab a free download of ‘Hatstand Blues’ by signing up to their mailing list on the band’s website: peggywho.com
Signing up also gives people a chance to win one of 20 very special Peggy Sue cassettes. Numbered, personalised and strictly limited, they will be sent at random to lucky winners chosen from their mailing list

Expect news on a single and UK dates shortly…

twitter.com/peggysueband
myspace.com/peggywho
wichita-recordings.com

Lucky Number Music, Stephen Richards. We’ve known Lucky...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Lucky Number Music, Stephen Richards. We’ve known Lucky Number for many years now - no less so was their involvement with Brilliantly Different than providing inspiration and support in our early days, as they do now. Last week we caught up with Stephen, who runs the label with Michael Morley, on the eve of their latest release, Darwin Deez and Little Red to discuss 2009

For more information, check their myspace, website and twitter

Top 5 memories

1. Keith’s January tour to Japan, culminating in a packed out show at the legendary Liquid Rooms in Tokyo. A wonderful week spent with, for me, the best UK band for many a year - watching them play each night to an audience that actually agreed with me. Sadly, the Japanese devotion to the band wasn’t replicated elsewhere - despite our never ending efforts - and the band have sadly decided to call it a day.

2. Cardiff City Football Clubs incredible 2008/2009 end of season capitulation will never be forgotten. Only Cardiff can ship a 15 point headstart and +20 goal difference to their nearest challengers over 6 games - and miss the play offs by a single goal scored less over 46 games. Quite amazing. I was truly properly depressed for about a month but now, bizarrely, I find it quite amusing. Football eh!?

3. Going to Italy with Gotye and watching him perform on their biggest TV show was a little joy. The post performance interview was surreal. The runner on the show forgot to securely plug in his interpretation earpiece so he had no idea what the presenter was saying to him - in front of a live audience of 3 million. Wally (Gotye) is a fantastic guy and a breathtaking musical talent, is always inspiring to spend some quality time with him.

4. Excluding our releases - musically I think it’s not been a vintage year. Am struggling to even think of 5 albums I would honestly say are must buys - and I definitely can’t pick out 1 absolutely essential record for me this year. However, I am massively excited about the amount of good music that’s about to drop in 2010.

5. As for the non-musical arts. On TV, it was all about The Wire for me. That’s been about the only thing I have watched, apart from the constant but always welcome Frazier re-runs on Channel 4 that fill up the hard drive - oh, and Curb Your Enthusiasm of course. I’ve started to go to the Theatre a lot more in 2009, especially on weekends. Am getting older I guess, but nightclubs have less appeal - certainly for my wife - and the last thing I really want to do on a Saturday night is see more bands. A View From The Bridge I thought was a fantastic play. I really enjoyed the Kuniyoshi exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts and the book, Any Human Heart by William Boyd completely floored me. Wasn’t published in 2009, is from 2002 I think but it’s had such a massively profound effect on me. I think you need to be over 30 and a man for it to really hit home, apologies if that sounds a bit sexist, but if you are - read that book. The Road was a moving read too.

2010?

We’re really looking forward to next year. In 2010, Lucky Number celebrates its 5th Birthday. We’ll have second albums from Gotye and Seventeen Evergreen and hopefully Little Red - plus debut releases from Jake Bullit. Is going to be a HUGE year for us and we can’t wait.

What does this mean?

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:27:05 +0000

What does this mean?

The BBC have announced their ‘tips’ for 2010 and our...

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:13:00 +0000

The BBC have announced their ‘tips’ for 2010 and our boy Gold Panda is included. Looking back of the last 12 months, he’s produced a number of absolutely incredible remixes (HEALTH, Your Twenties and The Field being our personal choice) and 3 EP’s on Make Mine, Various Production and a self release.

The rest of the list constists of Ellie Goulding, Marina & The Diamonds, Delphic and Two Door Cinema Club although we’re really excited for Joy Orbison as well The full list is here

We were told a few days before so we changed the dotcom (www.iamgoldpanda.com) around (Derwin Panda had asked for one image to be used that conveyed ‘work in progress, new album and new website coming’) and we wanted people to know who they could contact in order to organise any live events or interviews, sign up for some new information and naturally to hear a selection of his tracks. We’re obviously huge fans of Soundcloud and they guys that advocate the product all seem absolutely great and extremely passionate about the service so i was really pleased to finally upgrade my account to embded one of their new services ‘artwork embed’ - as displayed below.

instead of the generic soundcloud embed wave you can now factor in a graphic behind the artwork player! great huh!

No sooner had we put the site up, but Drowned In Sound picked up on the 6 track giveaway and stuck the story on the front page

david-noel: Darwin Deez - Constellations “If freckles don’t...

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:48:55 +0000

david-noel:

Darwin Deez - Constellations

“If freckles don’t mean anything, does anything mean anything”

This is my favorite line in Darwin Deez’ new single Constellations that was released today. If you like The Whitest Boy Alive, you should check him out and also listen to Radar Detector.

Listen to more album previews here.

Next up in our run down of all things 2009, we ask our close...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Next up in our run down of all things 2009, we ask our close companion and all round wise owl Anna Goss (manager of Jocks and Sportsday Megaphone. Anna previously managed Good Books and Sky Larkin but now works over at Your Army promotions as well as doing a degree in English at ~~Brighton~~ Sussex Uni, she is also an active blogger at one of the worlds very very best music blogs.

2009 will be remembered by

1) A week in New York with Sky Larkin - especially hanging out with them and Johnny Foreigner on the roof of a Brooklyn studio (see image)
2) Good Books playing Glastonbury
3) Girls album
4) Seven days of frozen toes and techno music in Berlin in January - then later, about two km up the road, six weeks of ice cream, beer and bicycles
5) Can’t think of another one.

We caught up with Chris over at Broken Sound on Tuesday evening...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:36:13 +0000

We caught up with Chris over at Broken Sound on Tuesday evening at the Allotment and asked if he’d give us a quick review of 2009 for us. Here’s 50% of the team behind a couple of amazing Peggy Sure releases and the amazing Forest Fire record. Next up they’re releasing Rachael Dadd.

1) Dancing around like an idiot to Peggy Sue at Green Man festival. Smashed it. Brilliant brilliant brilliant set.
2) Mumford and Sons selling more records in 2 weeks than I’ve smoked rollups over the entire year. And I LOVE smoking.
3) Royal Bangs reinstating my faith in noisey guitars…and beards.
4) Hearing Forest Fire for the first time, and pretty much every day since.
5) Everything Brooklyn.

As for 2010, the past 12 months have brought about some of the best live music that I can remember, so I’m looking forward to seeing where that goes. And Rachael Dadd of course, she’s awesome.

We no longer work with The Little Comets, but hell - what a...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:32:17 +0000

We no longer work with The Little Comets, but hell - what a video viral. Amazing.

Quietus Top records of 2009: Various Production and Gerry Mitchell

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:42:20 +0000

Quietus Top records of 2009: Various Production and Gerry Mitchell

Love these Munch Munch images by James Swatton

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:50:00 +0000

Love these Munch Munch images by James Swatton

MUNCH MUNCH *Release ‘Cyclorama / Of The Body’ 7” via Fear &...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:59:39 +0000

MUNCH MUNCH *Release ‘Cyclorama / Of The Body’ 7” via Fear & Records 18th January 2010.

*Download available now from munchmunch.bandcamp.com

*Debut album released spring 2010.

The first fruits from the debut album by Bristol and London’s Munch Munch see the light in 2010. Punchy, infectious, immensely rich and varied, ‘Cyclorama’ and ‘Of the Body’ will be released on Fear and Records as a 7” on January 18th 2010. Both tracks are taken from the forthcoming debut Munch Munch longplayer due for release on Tomlab records later in the year.

Already feted by the likes of 20 Jazz Funk Greats and Wire mag, too many bands have been named checked as a Munch Munch’s influences, none of which have managed to capture their inventive and intoxicating sound.

 Munch Munch are infamous for their exciting and unpredictable live set, and their frenzied instrument swapping. This new single presents a more focused and ambitious side of the band, while losing any of the energy. Recorded in Cellars and at their home sporadically during 2009, and co-produced by James Rutledge and the band, these tracks tangle sweet, sensual melodies into polyrhythmic explosions. It’s a glimpse into the dark side of today’s pop music.

 Munch Munch’s core members are Richard Manber and Tom Carell, who write and record all their songs together. While attending a Deerhoof show in the early years they met friends Jack O’Connors and Sarah-Louise Renwick and enlisted them to form the live band. Since then the band have played with and toured the UK and Europe with the likes of Clues, Why?, Dirty Projectors, No Age, Late Of the Pier and Ponytail.

After a couple of self-released CDR and split 7” releases, munch munch released their own (now sold out) ‘Wedding’ EP on Tomlab, picking up rave reviews from Wire, Plan B, and Drowned in Sound.

www.fearandrecords.com
www.myspace.com/munchmunchmusic
www.munchmunch.bandcamp.com

Munch Munch on the worlds best blog. FACT. And they wrote these...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:05:49 +0000

Munch Munch on the worlds best blog. FACT.

And they wrote these rather fine words:

“And what is Cyclorama?

Perhaps the last 20JFG pop hit of the year, an exhilarating sleigh ride down pixelated hills- think 3D Mario Kart if Shigeru Miyamoto was into the United States of America, a odyssey of progressive verticality dodging glittering pines and befuddled badgers, unexpected drop down a cliff, inertia propels us into the pure air for a moment of perfect quiet when we stare at the vast vistas of the psychedelic snow country these guys have lovingly drawn for us, but gravity rules here too, or so she thinks that uppity bitch, because as we start precipitating into the vertigo vortex, a slender unicorn picks us up and sends us soaring into the sky to the sounds of a perfect melody, pastoral scene of absolute euphoria decorating a t-shirt we wear under our skin and shines into our eyes.”

Read the full post (and hey while you’re at it, go download the other tracks)

Rich Hughes from The Lines Of Best Fit. One of our absolute...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:58:26 +0000

Rich Hughes from The Lines Of Best Fit. One of our absolute favourite music sites right now and recently the runners up in the Record Of The Day Awards for best digital publication - which is justly deserved, for their friendly communications, high standards of editorial and lack of musical snobbery.

Top 5:
1. The XX - XX
2. Jim O’Rourke - The Visitor
3. Japandroids - Post-nothing
4. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
5. Do Make Say Think - Other Truths

My pick for next year: It’s a split decision between Joy Orbison and Frankie and the Heartstrings!

You can read more from Rich at thelineofbestfit.com and on his twitter

We’ve been asking all our favourite people we work with to...

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:41:00 +0000

We’ve been asking all our favourite people we work with to tell us in 5 points what they’ve thought of the year. Some have opted for a more personal approach, others have kept it strictly musical. Here we have Mr Tony Poland of extraordinary music blog and cultural filter, DJ genius and all round word boffin, Slutty Fringe to kick things off:

1) 800 people turning up to Slutty Fringe @ Cargo on Jan 2nd
2) Getting fcked on Jagermeister and weed and dancing on stage to Drop The Lime at Club Nasti, Barcelona.
3) Dixon edit of Lykke Li
4) Mario Testino getting told to jog on
5) FINALLY working out the loop function on CDJs

Notes. We cannot condone Mr Polands use of ‘weed’ or indeed ‘alcohol’. Read more from Tony Poland at Sluttyfringe.com and or/and on his twitter

SEBASTIEN TELLIER ‘L’AMOUR ET LA VIOLENCE / FINGERS OF STEEL” EP...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:06:00 +0000

SEBASTIEN TELLIER ‘L’AMOUR ET LA VIOLENCE / FINGERS OF STEEL” EP | Released DECEMBER 14TH 2009 on Lucky Number

Sebastien Tellier, the unique voice of modern French electronic-edged pop, and the undisputed coolest man in music returns with the final single from his acclaimed album ‘Sexuality’. A split release showcasing outstanding re-workings of Tellier’s originals by two of today’s hottest and most talented artist/producers Floating Points and Penguin Prison.

23 yr old Sam Shepherd, aka Floating Points, a neuroscientist by day, continues to stretch sound in his unique post-dubstep modern classical style. Already acclaimed by cutting edge DJ’s from Radio 1,1Xtra and Rinse FM his recent releases via the Eglo, Planet Mu and R2 labels have all been essential purchases. For his, a quite breathtaking and beautiful, mix of ‘L’amour Et La Violence’ Floating Points fuses waves of analogue synths, simmering sub bass and Tellier’s intimate vocals for the ultimate textural cocktail of a dance music experience. It is very special indeed and adds further to the growing acclaim for his work.

In it’s original form, ‘L’Amour Et La Violence’, is perhaps the simplest song on the album, it’s solo piano only containing a smouldering splash of electronic augmentation, while Tellier’s voice is at its most honest and vulnerable; ‘Tell me what you think, about my life, about my childhood, I like love and violence too’. It has been widely described as Sebastien’s true follow up to his seminal release ‘La Ritournelle’. The video for the original has been shot and directed by Roman Coppola, ‘at home with Sebastien’, to set-off the album’s most sensitive mood-setting classic.

Native New Yorker Chris Glover, aka Penguin Prison, has recently delivered a sterling remix of Golden Silvers’ ‘True Romance’ and his sublimely effortless disco-fication of Marina & the Diamonds’ ‘I Am Not a Robot’, together with his own Penguin Prison material, is currently sustaining excitement in that frequently fickle world of A&R. Further reason why can be heard in his complete reworking of Tellier’s neo-romantic Kubrickian fantasy ‘Fingers Of Steel’. Assimilating a perfect brew of down-town funk hybrids his unique re-imagining features Penguin Prison himself on lead vocals, crooning a blue-eyed cover, whilst Tellier steps up solely to sing his own BV’s on the chorus. It’s a swirl of space-funk with added pop appeal, a Talking Heads-Tom Tom Club mélange of the highest funk factor.

All in all, we think you’d be hard pushed to point to a more impressive pair of remixes released throughout this year and that’s the beauty of Sebastien Tellier - on top of his game whether it’s his own work or other artist’s interpretations.

The EP will be available as a twelve inch vinyl and digital download on Monday 14th December.

‘SEXUALITY’ IS OUT NOW ON LUCKY NUMBER

‘One of the best artists in the world right now’ OMM
‘Aural Viagra’ MOJO
‘Achingly Romantic’ Q
‘Monsieur Tellier continues to pervert the very nature of pop music’ DAZED

www.myspace.com/sebastientellier
www.myspace.com/luckynumbermusic

Download a sample of the floating Points mix over at Fact Magazine