Brainlove Mixtape 2011
Hello all, this is your music editor speaking. Seeing as we saved our end-of-year palava until the actual end of the year when everyone was away / drunk / farting on the sofa watching Only Fools & Horses, I thought I’d belatedly share this best-of mixtape. The tracks were selected by the artists on Brainlove Records – there’s a song by each band, and a song they picked as their favourite of the year. The tracklist is to be found here, or you can alternatively stream it on Mixcloud if you are a Mixcloudologist. Enjoy!
09 Jan 2012
Christmas Tall Stories
Our tip-for-2012 Tall Stories, bigged up in the current issue of the paper as one of London’s best new bands, dust off their riotous, punky indie-rock for a clutch of LDN gigs over the next fortnight. For the Good Mixer they take over the legendary (tiny) Britpop pub, who are loading in a PA and stacking up the pool tables for a Saturday night party gig that can only end in some form of drunken rioting.
02/12 The Finsbury, Manor House Facebook
04/12 The Old Queen’s Head, Angel Facebook
10/12 The Good Mixer, Camden
30 Nov 2011
Watch: Bleeding Heart Narrative
Bleeding Heart Narrative – Shoals on MUZU.
This is the new video for “Shoals” by Bleeding Heart Narrative, who tonight celebrate the release of their new EP “Bison” with a gig and party at The Wheelbarrow in Camden.
17 Nov 2011
Future Islands To Tour Current Islands
After their one-off London show on Dec 8th (at Rhythm Factory) and an ATP festival appearance on the Dec 9th, Future Islands have announced an epic European tour in Feb/March 2012 in support of their excellent new album “On The Water”. Known as much for the deranged theatrics of singer Samuel T Herring (pictured) as they are for their catchy, pulsing synthpop, Future Islands live show is not to be missed. You hear that, you naughty Future Islands live show missers? Get down there!
They’ve also given away a remix of the album’s bonus track, “Crish”.
Future Islands – Crish (Javelin Remixxx) by thrilljockey
The band say of the remix: “Crish is a song that was recorded for On the Water but the lyrics weren’t completed in time to make the cut.We asked Javelin if they would do a remix of it for a bonus track.At this point, we’re not sure if our version of ‘Crish’ will ever see the light of day, but we really love what Javelin did with it… I feel like it’s more of a collaboration than a remix.”
See the full list of tour dates after the jump.
08 Nov 2011
New Noise With Jon Hillcock
We thoroughly recommend this podcast series by Xfm and NME Radio man Jon Hillcock. Wonderful weekend listening.
24 Sep 2011
19 Sep 2011
Go see this tonight: Applicants
Fidel Villeneuve’s post-Digital-Hardcore project is a colourful endeavor. Usually semi-naked and smeared in fake blood, the trio have expanded to a quartet to include a drummer, and play hysteric, comedic, full-throttle cartoon pop ‘n’ roll, sprinkled with non-sequitor samples, bizarre middle eights and key changes.
16 Sep 2011
Go see this tonight: Miracle Fortress
Our only hope now is an Indian Summer. The last weeks have been a disappointment. Rain. Darkness. Cold.
13 Sep 2011
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Century:1969
At last year’s The Amaz!ng Meeting, a two-day conference of sceptics and debunkers of bunkum, Alan Moore was the final guest speaker. Imposing and grizzled, he divined the question he thought everyone was asking.
26 Jul 2011
Duke of Uke 5th Anniversary and Fundraiser
Ukulele heroes The Duke of Uke have been booted out of their Shoreditch home and are looking for somewhere new to settle and resume growing tiny guitars.
15 Jul 2011
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- The five spookiest abandoned London hospitals
- An interview with Desiree Akhavan
- 9 poems about London: one for each of your moods
- Summer Camp: Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days
- Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?
- Diary of the shy Londoner
- The best church names in London, and where they come from
- Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
- A unique collection of photos of Edwardian Londoners
- Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
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