Single Review: Jagga - 'Out of Control'

East London based singer and producer Jagga started the year by parting ways with major label Sony and "the carefully crafted vocal melodies and standard musical structures" expected of him on the label, in favour of exploring a rawer and more creative approach to writing and the delivery of his vocals and his sound.

Fortunately, this change of direction and experimentation has paid of and this can be seen in his new single 'Out Of Control'.  Combining a cinematic, orchestral sound with an essence of melodrama, the song is loosely arranged to allow each section to breathe, grow and desperately climax in its own time. We're fans, are you?

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Single || 'Out Of Control' (out September 9th )  

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Video: Laura Welsh - Cold Front

Laura Welsh || Website || Tumblr Buy 'Cold Front EP' || iTunes 'Cold Front' is the follow up single to Laura Welsh's' Dev Hynes produced track 'Unravel' released earlier this year through Luv Luv Luv. This follow up single, (Released on July 15th through Polydor/ Outsider) is a seductive, soulful electronic/ pop track that has an authentic, urban feel to it. The video is just as mesmerising as Laura's vocals, largely down to director Daniel Cloud Campos and Tamara Levinson-Campos, whose combined creative visionary have produced a sultry video that puts the perfect visuals besides Laura's cinematic and visceral approach to pop music. Very impressive! Here's the video below:

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Video: Sundara Karma - 'Freshbloom'

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With a self-proclaimed sound "more refreshing than sunshine", Reading based four piece Sundara Karma are a promising young act certainly making a name for themselves on the unsigned British indie scene off the back of their luminous, tropic-infused, debut single 'Freshbloom'.
 

The track comes with a video directed & edited by Daniel Rands and animated by Tashi Reeve featuring the band looking super cool in front of summer storms/ beach backgrounds. The video also features a lot of fruit, be it real or animated outlines, so its also a healthy reminder to not forget your five a day. So whack out the watermelon  and the Hawaiian attire and savour the last bites of summer along with this song!

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Video: Editors - 'Formaldehyde' & November Tour Dates

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On the 2nd of September Editors will release the second single, 'Formaldehyde' taken from their fourth album 'The Weight of Your Love' via Play It Again Sam.

The track comes with a video that signifies the debut project of acclaimed film director Ben Wheatley ( 'Kill List', 'Sightseers' and channel 4 funded 'A Field In England') within the music video industry. Predominately set in slow motion, the video begins with a morbid curiosity as a cowboy drags a coffin through an abandoned western setting. It then becomes progressively more peculiar with the appearance of menacing men in unsettling masks, a coffin break out, the arrival of a bewitching woman who, surrounded by red and black fog seemingly wards of the odd masked men before settling back into the coffin. Emotively explosive,  the video is a great back drop to a powerful song. 

We have the video and Editors November tour dates for you below. Enjoy!

Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday 30th August. All dates are as follows:

November (Buy Tickets)

Tuesday 5th - Margate, Winter Gardens

Wednesday 6th - Brighton, Dome

Thursday 7th - Southampton, Guildhall

Saturday 9th - Cardiff, University Great Hall

Sunday 10th - Exeter, University

Monday 11th - Bristol, O2 Academy

Wednesday 13th - Norwich, UEA

Thursday 14th - London, O2 Brixton Academy

Saturday 16th - Birmingham, O2 Academy

Monday 18th - Liverpool, O2 Academy

Tuesday 19th - Belfast, Mandela Hall

Wednesday 20th - Dublin, Olympia

Friday 22nd - Manchester, Academy

Saturday 23rd - Leeds, O2 Academy

Monday 25th - Aberdeen, Music Hall

Tuesday 26th - Glasgow, Barrowland

Wednesday 27th - Newcastle, O2 Academy

Thursday 28th - Nottingham, Rock City

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Strummerville and King’s Cross celebrate an intimate event for Joe Strummer's Birthday

Gone, but not forgotten, Kings Cross and Strummerville had a little shindig this week (Wednesday 21st August) in celebration of co-founder and lead singer of The Clash, Joe Strummer's, would be 61st Birthday. The evening entailed a drinks reception and live ukulele performance on Kings Cross Viewing Platform overlooking Granary Square from Paul Redfern of punk rock tribute ukulele band The pUKES. Here he is, doing his thing!
















Kings Cross holds poignant memories for Joe Strummer for the following reasons: he was a former member of the famed art school today known as Central Saint Martins that is situated in Kings Cross itself,; during his time with The Clash they made their mark on the city by helping to create the revolutionary new genre of music defined in the UK: ‘punk’. Joe also worked very closely with Kings Cross band The Pogues, producing their records and even briefly acting as their lead singer. His legacy continues to influence the music and pop culture of today inspiring generations. As a tribute, ClashBar in Kings Cross was created proving the mark he made in British history. Legacy well left we say!

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Video: The Director's Cut of Nirvana's - 'Heart Shaped Box'

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You all remember Nirvana's hit 'Heart Shaped Box' released as a single on their 'In Utero' album back in 1993 don't you? Well, Check out Anton Corbijn's 'Director's Cut' of the accompanying video for the track which is now available online. The 'Director's Cut' includes alternate footage previously only available to view on a DVD entitled 'The Work of Director Anton Corbijn' which is a show reeel showcasting Corbijn's film work.

 The video which you can see below, also appears on the 20th Anniversary Nirvana 'In Utero' deluxe edition that will be released on September 23rd. To appease eager fans, the multi-format release contains more than 70 remastered, remixed, rare, unreleased and live recordings over configurations ranging from a 3-CD/1-DVD Super Deluxe Edition to a standard digital/CD remaster of the original album. Material exclusive to the various versions of the In Utero 20th Anniversary reissue will also include a veritable treasure trove of never-before-heard demos, B-sides and compilation tracks. Check out the links below to pre-order via the UK or US links.

 Pre-Order US:http://www.nirvana.com/inutero20/

Pre-Order UK:http://smarturl.it/NirvanaUKstore Amazon: http://smarturl.it/InUtero3CD

 

 

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Fenech-Soler - 'Magnetic' (Jakob Liedholm remix)

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For us, Fenech-Soler's music always comes under the category 'if it's not broken. don't fix it' where we like every little slice of  superb electro-pop just the way it is!

So, we were prematurely apprehensive when we were introduced to this remix  of 'Magnetic', courtesy of  17 year old, Swedish, progressive house, whizz kid producer Jakob Liedholm.

 Turns out, there was no need to panic, it's pretty sensational, and Fenech-Soler were very wise entrusting this remix into the very capable hands of Jakob Liedholm who has entirely done the track justice by intensifying the sense of anthemic euphoria and managing to place his own mark on the song, without drowning out the vocals or distracting too far away from the fundamental roots of the song.

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Gavin James covers Daft Punk - 'Get Lucky' (feat. Pharell Williams)

Gavin James|| Facebook || Twitter Back in May Gavin James recorded a really chilled out, acoustic cover of Daft Punk's - 'Get Lucky' for Secret TV where his vocal performance is just as suave as Pharrell in its own right and Gavin's hitting all those high notes spot on! Give it a listen if you've not already come across it and let us know what you think! We sure feel like we got lucky hearing it. Also, click here for UK support tour and debut EP news from Gavin.

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Tripwires reveal four free download remixes of 'Catherine, I Feel Sick' and are confirmed for Reading & Leeds Festivals

 

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Reading shoegaze four-piece Tripwires have revealed four remixes of their track 'Catherine I Feel Sick' taken from their debut album 'Spacehopper' which was released through Frenchkiss Records on June 18th of this year.

Available for free download below, the unique remixes are by Brooklyn's self produced electronic musician Boots , Suffolk productions trio The Soft , London based producer Voltage Black, AKA Ewan Fisher, and Reading DJ/Production duo Solid Gold Death Star.


Tripwires headlined a show at London's Queen of Hoxton on 3rd August and supported Tame Impala at Amsterdam's Komplex 457 on 14th August. Next up they'll be performing on the BBC Introducing stage at this year's Reading and Leeds festivals with slots on Friday 23rd August at Reading and Saturday 2th August at Leeds, so if you'll be there, we urge you to see them!

                                                                                        

 

 

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Artist to Check Out: Daniel James & 'A Lonely Man' Music Video.

Daniel James is s a 23 year old singer from Northern Ireland. Having been based in London cultivating his musical career for the past 2 years, 2013 has already seen Daniel release two songs entitled 'Jackdaw' and 'The Stone And The Hollow' whose piano laden melodies, emotional, invasive vocals and profound lyricism have already caused quite a stir earning him comparisons between the likes of Kodaline and Tom Odell.

Returning with his new track, 'A Lonely Man' Daniel explains what it's all about:

"'A Lonely Man' is based on parallel stories. One part expresses my own struggles with everyday life and another part expresses my imagination of what 'struggling' actually entails. Researching old reference books and documentaries, I focussed on the struggle of the slaves in chain gangs in America in the nineteenth century. I tried to harness old slave/gospel type vocal rhythms in the track to reflect the parallel story. 'A Lonely Man' is a story of one man's battle, both real and imagined.'"

Incredibly catchy, contemplative and captivating the song comes with a video directed by Elena Bechthold and Hans Hertel and follows the solitary wanderings of actor Josia Krug that fits perfectly with the meaning of the song. Keep your eyes peeled and your ears open because Daniel James is definitely a name we think you'll be hearing a whole lot more of in the near future.

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Single: The Art Club - 'Sorry'

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Brighton based  four-piece The Art Club are made up of David Murdoch - (guitar and vocals), Ellis Dickson - (drums), Daisy Rylance - (keyboard) and Matt Purdon - (bass). Combining a melancholy 80s influence with a dream pop meets post punk sound, The Art Club have released their latest single  'Sorry',  for free on Cool For Cats Records.

'Sorry' is a lazy, summery song with an underlying melancholy that orbits around themes of  heartache and remorse. Its melody is contagious, radiant and delicate, with lyrics that are reflective, romantic and stubbornly hopeful. Grab yourselves a copy below!

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Band To Check Out: Four Phonica

Berlin based electronic/alternative rock four-piece, Four Phonica are Mark Gritsenko (vox, guitars), Daria Chepel (vox, synths), Alexander Petrovsky (bass, synths) and Valery Derevyansky (drums)  who are making energetic emotional rock music which trickles through a cold electronic sound. 

Being made up of two former Ukrainian acts, Sexinspace and Marakesh, Four Phonica have a wide following in their homeland of Ukraine but by coming together to form Four Phonica, they've stepped out of their comfort zone to begin the next chapter of their story in Berlin

Currently working on their debut EP that will be released in the Autumn of 2013, check out their bewitching single 'Divine' (available for free download below) which  also comes with an alluring music video directed by Fashion Art Director/Producer and Stylist, Mody Al Khufash. There is a seductive yet statuesque beauty to the video that's intensified by the exceptional penetrating vocals of Mark and Daria and the explosive yet dribbling, dark reverb/ synth washed sound that reminds me a little bit of Chris Corner's solo electro-pop act IAMX.  'Divine' is a very good indication that the EP will be worth the wait.

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Band To Check Out: Everywhere

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Meet Everywhere, a five-piece alternative rock collective hailing from Stockholm, Sweden. What's their aim? To redefine the perception of the typical indie band with their 'post-pop' sound.

Their first single 'Eddie' blends soft piano, rowdy drums, pop hooks and hard guitar and is a love story that front man, lead vocalist and songwriter Max Berga explains was written "about an ex-girlfriend of [his] that got sucked into the world of fashion as a model where she got used and abused. From what was a personal account, now seems a much bigger story that needs to be shared".

Recorded in LA with producer Mark Needham (Imagine Dragons, The Killers), 'Eddie' is a great insight into what can be expected from their debut EP due out later this year. We can't wait to hear more from them!

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Video: iTCH - 'Life Is Poetry' (Spoken Word)

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Check out the almighty London based MC and poet  iTCH's stripped back spoken-word video of his track 'Life Is Poetry.The simple video is set in black and white and shows a close up of iTCH's face as he confidently shares his extraordinary lyrical ability, which switches between themes of political disappointment and his own contentious thoughts that only intensify and deepen as the reading goes on. Absolutely invigorating, enjoy!

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Video: The 1975 - 'Sex' (acoustic)

 

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In light of the upcoming release of their much sought after self-titled debut album, The 1975 have unveiled a ridiculously beautiful, intimate, version of their new single, 'Sex'. The stripped back arrangement features as a B-side on their 'Sex' single - out on August 26th, a week ahead of the release of the album.

Check out the acoustic version of 'Sex' below:

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Video: Elephant Stone - 'Love The Sinner Hate The Sin'

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 Montreal four-piece, Elephant Stone recently premiered their new video for catchy, melodic, psych-pop track  'Love The Sinner, Hate The Sin' taken from their second full length self-titled album. 

Featuring colourful kaleidoscope, hallucinogenic projections which absorb the band whilst they're doing what they do best spreading their 'psychedilified hindie-rock mantra." Enjoy!

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Video: The High Wire - 'LNOE'

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London-based three-piece The High Wire consists of Tim Crompton, Ross Forrest, and Alexia Hagen. On June 11th they premiered their awesome new track 'LNOE' through Pigeons and Planes ahead of it's official single release date of 29th July 2013.
To coincide with the single release, the track now comes with an official video. Directed by Mat Whitecross (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, The Road To Guantanamo, Spike Island) the video stars the fabulous Ray Winstone and is set against the backdrop of Whitecross' striking film noir Ashes (2013).

The video centres on Ray Winstone's character Frank, who is suffering from Alzheimers and coping with surroundings which are constantly changing and blurred.
The video highlights Frank struggling with unsteady and confusing memories/visions of his wife (played by Lesley Manville) and in turn we are unsure of what's more emotionally startling; the intensity of the track itself or the storyline and wonderful visuals of the video - making them a perfect match.

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Pre-Release stream of John Mayer - 'Paradise Valley' on iTunes

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Next week sees the release of John Mayer's new album 'Paradise Valley', so as a treat it's available to stream in its entirety on iTunes up until the release date (August 20th). Produced with long time collaborator Don Was (who also co-produced Mayer’s #1 charting Gold-certified 2012 release 'Born and Raised') collectively, Mayer’s previous albums - 'Room for Squares', 'Heavier Things', 'Continuum', live album 'Where the Light Is', 'Battle Studies' and Born and Raised' have sold 20 million copies worldwide.

During his career, Mayer has garnered seven Grammy Awards and eleven nominations. He's even included in Time Magazine’s annual Time 100 list of the most influential contemporary thinkers, leaders, artists and entertainers, and twice been featured on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine’s annual Guitar issue. Last year, he was honoured in Washington, D.C. by the Recording Academy for his philanthropic work on behalf of both U.S. military veterans and young people interested in music. Not too shabby eh?

So what are you waiting for? Head over to listen to the stream here.

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Video: Josh Record covers Lana Del Rey - 'Summertime Sadness'

 

 

 

 

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The enigma that is Josh Record strikes again with another unique cover. This time it's Lana Del Rey - 'Summertime Sadness'. Recorded by Josh in his studio, the cover is big on synth and electronic production, once again showing Josh Record's experimental approach to music, where he is seemingly boundary free and unafraid to mix it up a bit. Just what we like to see. Catch the video below.

 

 

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Video: Dear Joy - 'Cartoon Song'

Dear Joy is the bright and breezy music project created by the beautiful Thai/Scandinavian singer/songwriter Lou Vilstrup.  Fusing various styles, including acoustic folk/acoustic pop/ and alternative jazz, Dear Joy have created a wonderfully charming five-track EP.

One of the tracks from the EP 'Cartoon Song' comes with a lovely home made video that begins in black and white where Lou Vilstrup makes her way off of the tube and through the London Underground, blows up a balloon, floats up the stairs of the Underground and then her world turns into colour where she spread the joy and happiness around the streets of London! She changes a road crossing message from "Look Right" to "Look Happy" then goes around the streets changing suited business types into fun, carefree, kooks!

Watch out for: A man who accidentally ends up in a dress. Wellington boots walking around a park on their own. The silliest, happiest dance routines. And a little lego man falling into a tin of alphabet spaghetti in particular.

We've never fallen in love with a music video before, until now. So thank you to Lou Vilstrup and all involved for the originality, the creativity and the complete disregard for conformity. We have the hugest smile on our faces and hope the joy is contagious for you guys too!

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Band To Check Out: Drones

 

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If you're on point with your UK punk rock/ glam rock you might remember politically-charged, 70's  four-piece The Drones; so, it's either an uncanny coincidence or some form of tribute that the band we want you to check out today are a politically-charged punk/hardcore four-piece from Camberley, Surrey called, wait for it - Drones!

Made up of Daly George (Vocals, Guitar), Rob King (Guitar), James Kerr (Bass) and Mitchell Thomas (Drums) Drones already have under the belts, one debut album entitled 'Mutiny', four successful UK Tours, and are set to unleash their six track EP 'Free Marked Kid' on the 9th September through Lockjaw Records.

Wildly independent these guys are doing their own thing, building their own buzz and getting plays on Kerrang! Radio, BBC Radio and  have appeared in publications such as Rock Sound magazine and Punktastic. So, heres to Drones and their take on 21st century Punk Rock anarchy. Check out the awesome new video for the track 'Empty Words' (available for free download here)  taken from the aforementioned EP  and upcoming live dates below.

 

UPCOMING LIVE DATES:

31st August – Southampton Joiners, WTFest

6th September – London Garage headline show

7th-15th September – European tour TBC

25th October – Alton Lounge Bar w/ Random Hand

 

 

 

 

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Video: Riva Starr Feat Rssll - 'Kill Me'

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London producer and DJ, Riva Starr, released his second album 'Hand In Hand' last month (1st July) via Snatch! Records , and we're really digging the video that accompanies his track 'Kill Me' taken from the aforementioned album. 'Kill Me' features Rssll on vocals (of indie band The Research) has a chilled- out fun and catchy sound that takes on a bit of a 90's Fat Boy Slim vibe from time to time.

The video, which is a video tribute to Daniel Askill's masterpiece We Have Decided Not To Die is  wonderfully captivating, quirky, transcendent and pulsates along to the tune. Progressing from his house and club roots into an alternative pop sound seems to be working very well for Riva Starr and the video is definitely one of the most enjoyable we've come across in a while. Well played!

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Gavin James: UK Support Tour and Debut EP news

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We're been quite fond of Gavin James over at The Sound Of Confusion ever since we were introduced to him earlier on in the year (Check out our feature on him here) so, we're really excited to share news of the dates he will be performing in the UK this year!

Gavin will be supporting Ryan Keen on a big tour of the UK throughout October, which will coincide with  the release of Gavin's debut EP 'Remember Me'.

 

Fancy seeing him live? Tour dates at the bottom of the page.

 

RYAN KEEN SUPPORT TOUR:

5th October Plymouth University
6th October Brighton, The Concorde 2
8th October Preston, 53 Degrees Club
9th October Manchester, Academy 3
10th October Leeds, Cockpit
12th October Birmingham, Institute Temple
13th October Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
15th October Bristol, Fleece
16th October Swansea, Sin City
17th October Norwich, Waterfront
18th October Southampton, Joiners
21st October London, Scala
22nd October Guildford, Boileroom
24th October Stoke on Trent, Sugarmill
25th October Newcastle, Academy 2
26th October Glasgow, The Garage 2
28th October York, The Duchess
29th October Hull, Adelphi

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Video: Octopuses - 'Sarcastic'

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Here's some infectious indie-pop in the form of 'Sarcastic' the debut single from brand new Brighton five-piece, Octopuses!

They've just posted the video to accompany the track, which is very light-hearted showing the band  looking forlorn, miserable, without hope and their thoughts/ conversations being expressed via big, yellow, cardboard speech bubbles held by men in green morph suits. Directed by Laurence Green, who in this instance is masquerading as some sort of  Muppet's cast off, the blase humour and silliness of it fits perfectly with the deadpan vocals of the lead singer , chunky rhythm, monotonous keyboard and feel good guitar riffs that pleases us to know these guys are very tongue in cheek and aren't taking themselves too seriously for now, instead  just having fun with it all.

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Video Review: Helene Greenwood - 'In The Sunshine'

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On 23^rd September, charming, London based singer-songwriter Helene Greenwood releases ‘In The Sunshine’ – the first single taken from her upcoming debut album, ‘Collectable You.’

With likenings to  the wonderful Regina Spektor, my original thought was that Helene's music sounds a little like a maturer  and richer version of Gregory and The Hawk.

Newbies, what can you expect from her sound? Well, "The style of my songs reflects an unsettled climate, defying easy categorisation with influences from pop, folk, jazz and contemporary sounds." and let me tell you, it's beautiful!

Written in one day, Helene says  'In The Sunshine' is about "the nature of time. How it can pass gradually as if on a Summer's day and then seem faster as people's lives pass by. I love the contradiction in this."

The accompanying video produced by Helene & North London artist Rebecca Lennon is reflective of this. Shot on Hampstead Heath on a hot lazy day the video has a vibrant, retro, lazy simplicity to it that compliments the song's dreamy aspects.

Representing an intriguing voyeurism  Helene says, "We used lots of old family Polaroid shots to create a strange, dislocated world... We wanted it to feel like you're looking into all these people's lives." The artistic elements to this video are a perfect yet slightly strange fit to a brilliant song.

 It's  refreshing to see a talented artist who can make a video work without over complicating it, trying too hard, or going off on a completely irrelevant tangent and we like the sensory stimulating, thought evoking video, very very much.

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Yellowcard stream 'Ocean Avenue Acoustic' in its entirety

Awesome news guys, Yellowcard are streaming  'Ocean Avenue Acoustic' in full over on Youtube ahead of its release next week. So, give it a good old listen and if you're in the UK in November, make sure you catch them live at any of the dates below.

UK DATES

12th November Trinity, Bristol

14th NovemberRNCM Concert Hall, Manchester

15th NovemberUnion Chapel, London                      SOLD OUT 

16th NovemberWarped Tour, Alexandra Palace

17th NovemberWarped Tour, Alexandra Palace

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Video: The 1975 - 'Sex'

As the date is ever approaching for The 1975's highly anticipated, self-titled, debut album to drop, the band have now released the video for their new single 'Sex' accompanied with a really cool statement explaining the vid:

"The main idea behind the new video for “Sex” was centered around us wanting to incorporate a narrative that acted out the lyrical content of the song. It felt important for the narrative to be the true story of lyrics. So many of our tracks are based on real experiences, it was integral to have an honest portrayal of this. The make up of our music is centered around the juxtaposition of very honest often self deprecating personal stories set against uplifting major chord progressions. It is this dualism and notion of “sound tracking” our own lives which makes us cite John Hughes as such an important influence. Our love of cinematic music really drives us creatively and we wanted this represented in the video, we wanted to make a trailer to the movie of the song if you like.” “We really love the dualism in the video between the muted almost black and white performance shots of the band set against the cinematic colour of the narrative. We have used black and white for every other video to date so it seemed like incorporating colour would be a massive step for us to make, in reality the creative decision made itself as we liked the obvious separation that the colour provided for the narrative against the performance parts of the video. Our album and EP’s are totally separate entities, each EP is like a polaroid of a specific time and place, in regards to the visuals of the album, we want to make short films for our videos - like trailers almost, in the same way our songs are the narrative to our formative years the videos are the narrative to those songs. As a video “Sex” feels very un compromised, un predictable and from a artistic viewpoint very honest. That is always our main goal as a band. We are very proud of it. We found a true collaborative spirit with Adam Powell the director it was our desire to work with him and his passion and understanding towards our vision that led us to shooting in LA."

'Sex' is set for a August 26th release, a week before the album's out! Pre-order the album on iTunes here

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Video: Falling Off Maps - 'Honest'

 

'Honest' is the haunting debut single from Nottingham's Falling Off Maps; an alternative/rock five-piece consisting of Dave Wright (vocals / guitar), Dane Prewett (bass / electronics), Joe Watts (guitar), Tom Harrison (piano) and Jay Wright (drums).Their sound has been aptly described as "somewhere between Radiohead, Bon Iver, Wild Beasts and early Elbow" which means that their debut album 'A Seaside Town In Winter' due for release later this year is one we are highly anticipating.

Due for release on 12th August through Square Peg Round Hole Recordings, 'Honest' is backed by an equally arousing video which you can see below, filmed, wirtten and directed by band members Dane Prewett, and David Wright. This video is the first of three to be released by the band and ties into one storyline which plays out through the videos in reverse. This is more easily explained by Dane when he says:

“Each video can be viewed with its own storyline but the idea for each one to be open ended and evocative appealed to us massively. It gives the viewer a chance to get involved more than if it was just a straight music promo, to be able to draw their own conclusions from what they see"
"Our love of cinema and storytelling and the freedom of taking the music into other mediums is integral to what we do as band. It is evident lyrically through the album, lots of snapshots of lives and stories that have very strong imagery. It just felt right to continue with that through the videos."

With that being said, we like Falling Off Maps style, we like their focus and we love their sound; so give them a listen, we're sure you will too.

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Crystal Palace Garden Party 2013 3 Day Festival Of Music

At a loose end on the weekend of 16th - 18th of August?

Get yourself down to Crystal Palace Park for a weekend of fun, frolics and great music!

Where? Crystal Palace Park

What? 3 day Festival of Music - 2 days of Rock and 1 day Proms with fireworks.

When? Friday 16th August, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th August 2013.

- In support of St Christopher's Hospice -

Famous for it's legendary '70's – 80’s rock concerts and 'Proms In The Park', in August 2013 both the rock and the pomp returns to the stunningly beautiful and easily accessible [now on the tube] Crystal Palace Park for a 3 day event; the Crystal Palace Park has a fine tradition as a music festival space. Previously fielding the likes of original music Legends: Pink Floyd, Yes, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Santana, the Beach Boys, Rod Stewart and Bob Marley & the Wailers and many 

others, more recently The Cure.

Day 1) Friday 16th August

doors open at 6:00pm with live music from 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Amazing Pink Floyd in the Park JUST FLOYD tribute band plus local support 

Day 2) Saturday 17th August

doors open at 12:00pm midday with live music from 1:00pm - 10:00pm

Blockheads,

 Van Susans,

 Dogstand,

Secret Police,

Dualers,

Andrew Balkwill from Blackwell,

Music Video In A Cab from Stuart Hall on Vimeo.

Day 3) Sunday 24 June 

doors open at 3:30pm with live music onwards til - 10:00pm

Picnic PROMS: Kent Sinfonia all the favourite flag waving singalong tunes with Fireworks, plus Rock Choir big choral arrangements of classic rock anthems.. 

Alcohol Beers and Wines and soft drinks will be on sale and ID will be required. Children must be accompanied at all times by parent or Guardian.   

Disabled Access - Easy Access available    

INTERESTED?

Visit the website for further details including ticket prices prices up soon plus EARLY BIRD TICKETS

http://www.crystalpalacegardenparty.com

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