Friday 23 December 2011

Wednesday 23 November 2011

Friday 21 October 2011

Friday 7 October 2011

geek love

finally saw Nerina Pallot live at shepherds bush last night, she played nearly all my favourites and we got to sit down, so pretty much a perfect gig.

Friday 30 September 2011

Tuesday 27 September 2011

R.E.M

rubbish news last week that REM are no more, one of many favourite songs, controversially from their last album...

Wednesday 21 September 2011

sticks + stones

my favourite from the album so far...

Monday 12 September 2011

Friday 9 September 2011

Wednesday 7 September 2011

higher

this morning I had a welcomed stream of clarity running through my brain...

...as well as the winning song from last night's Popjustice Twenty Quid Prize...

 

Tuesday 6 September 2011

L. O. VE.

tonight I am doing some Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize judging, here's the shortlist out of which I will OBVIOUSLY be fighting the corner for Nicola Roberts, obviously, as Beat Of My Drum deserves to win...

saying that I do really really like Somebody To Love Me, and Finish Line.

Here are all of the songs minus two in a playlist

Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’

Hurts – ‘Stay’

Jessie J – ‘Do It Like A Dude’

Joe McElderry – ‘Ambitions’

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl feat Boy George etc – ‘Somebody To Love Me’

Nadia Oh – ‘Taking Over The Dancefloor’

Nicola Roberts – ‘Beat Of My Drum’

The Saturdays – ‘Higher’

Sunday Girl – ‘Stop Hey’

Take That – ‘The Flood’

The Wanted – ‘All Time Low’

Yasmin – ‘Finish Line’

last living rose

fingers firmly crossed for Peej to win tonight x x

sliver

Sunday 4 September 2011

CYOA! Part 9: Atlantis

heading to cyoa part 9 for some underwater love...



In a single day and night back in 300BC the island of Atlantis was overwhelmed beneath the waves and suddenly disappeared after a mysterious earthquake struck. For thousands of years the lost city’s location has remained unknown….until now! CYOA has uncovered fresh scientific evidence of its whereabouts and now you have the chance to sign up as one of Team CYOA’s intrepid partyographers on our latest expedition.

Venture beneath the surface with the Readers Wifes, Kevy Petting and Kostakis to dance with the deep sea creatures and long lost Atlanteans.

Then plunge a few thousand leagues deeper into the basement where the one and only Boy 8-Bit will take you on an aquatic underworld voyage. The Flinkmapingo gang of SlothBoogie, Sharkleberry Fin and Lou Madhu will also be providing some water bass power.

A lot of people attack the sea, we make love to it. It’s Choose Your Own Adventure!

Upstairs

Readers Wifes (Duckie)
Kevy Petting
Kostakis

Downstairs (Hosted by Flinkmapingo)

Boy 8-Bit
SlothBoogie
Sharkleberry Fin
Lou Madhu

£5 entry

Friday 2 September 2011

LEEEEDS!

mud, fun, mud, fun, booze, fun, rain, fun, mud, fun, blank, blank, fun, mud, mud, wasps, fun, mud, fun, booze, mud...


Top 3 favourites:

1. Bombay Bicycle Club

this was from the Southern Leeds festival, but was just as good at the Northern Reading festival...

2. Deftones


3. Patrick Wolf

this was from the Southern Leeds festival, but was just as good at the Northern Reading festival...

and I have to throw Glassjaw in... Palumbo ♡

Wednesday 24 August 2011

all dressed up with nowhere to go

this was so good live. Snoop missed out not doing the rap part...

Friday 19 August 2011

Monday 8 August 2011

Thursday 4 August 2011

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Tuesday 26 July 2011

sophia

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mystery jets

saw Mystery Jets at new slang and apparently a million trillion gazillion people love them (minus one person who had never even heard of them before)...

just a little bit

Latitude = mud, rain. and Lykke Li ♥

Friday 15 July 2011

Sonisphere 2011

Last weekend saw the third year of Sonisphere in the UK, and it’s first outing as a three-day event. It also boasted the ‘Big Four’ of thrash metal, Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth (insert metal roar here).

After arriving on site and having a 20 minute walk to the guest campsite (no shuttle bus this year), I rushed on over to watch grunge revivalists Japanese Voyeurs. I bloody love grunge and having already watched this band at my first metal festival of the year a month ago, I couldn’t wait to see these guys again. Playing in a similar sized tent, this time around it was even more packed out. No one was disappointed with the band’s 90s-grunge-style set, filled with some amazing riffs. And I’d be surprised if anyone there didn’t fall head over heels for frontwoman Romily.

Having spent the afternoon mainly getting familiar with the site, things kicked off properly for me when Slayer hit the main stage. Although slightly missing the mark – to be honest, they’d have maybe been better in a tent where they could have created a bigger atmosphere – it was certainly worth seeing these thrash metal legends at work, and definitely a good way to get in the mood for Metallica. Headlining the first night, Metallica hit the stage with everything they had, including the compulsory pyrotechnics. Living up to their 2009 headline performance, they even included by favourite ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’, which seemed to be a high point for the rest of the crowd too.

On Saturday, I found out that the best way to wake up and nurse a hangover is to go and watch Gallows perform. At first I was hesitant to see them playing on an outdoor stage, compared to watching them in the Bohemia Tent last year, but I was quickly proven wrong. Frank was completely on form and pretty much spot on with his vocals (despite rumours of problems last year) and managed to whip the crowd up into a frenzy, getting them to form a circle pit around the sound booth, which even I was tempted to join. Declaring it as one of the band’s last performances with Frank, it definitely did the band justice, with all of them as thirsty as ever throughout the performance and ending with friends and manager joining them on stage for a singalong, aw.

Next up was a trip to the smaller Jagermeister Stage to see The Virginmarys. Having already heard great things about these guys and having been gutted to miss them at Download, they totally won me over with their set. There was amazing playing, particularly from the drummer, and lead singer Ally’s vocals reminded me of a mix of Robert Plant and Wolfmother’s Andrew Stockdale.

Another highlight of the day, and probably one of my favourites of the weekend, were Weezer. The band kicked off with ‘Sweater Song’ and pretty much played a set full of their greatest numbers. They even threw in a cover of Wheatus’ ‘Teenage Dirtbag’, sounding better than the original and performed with dry humour from geekily cool Rivers, and the pinnacle of delight was another cover, of Radiohead’s ‘Paranoid Android’.

A surprising highlight of the weekend for me were Biffy Clyro on Saturday, who had the crowd sucked in from the start and definitely lived-up to their headline-status. They even had me singing along to ‘Mountains’ with true conviction.

So, final day at Sonisphere and very much partied out, I dragged myself out of my tent for Motorhead – who would want to miss out on some Lemmy action! Again, like Slayer, it was slightly flat on atmosphere, but still one not to miss. Next up were nu-metal titans Limp Bizkit. Having not being a fan until spending a lot of the weekend dancing to a friend’s boombox which was blaring out the new album and shouting “douche bag” at every opportunity (yeah that was me/us), this set totally ruled for me. They are now my favourite band that I don’t particularly like, which is probably a good thing seeing as I appeared to know a lot of the lyrics to most of their songs. But then everyone knows the words to ‘Rollin’, don’t they?!

Bill Bailey proved to be a good in-between point before Sunday’s headliners, throwing in some well-needed funniness to detract from the rain. I very much enjoyed singing along and chanting “Hey Asda, I ain’t gonna be your bitch! Good fun.

The final act of the weekend were mask-wearing heroes Slipknot. I didn’t get to see them at Reading a few years back after they pulled out, so this was one band in particular I couldn’t wait for – and even with the heavy rain nearly tipping me over the edge and sending me home, they were definitely my favourite of the weekend (or possibly joint with Weezer). The set was full of energy with a setlist covering all four albums, and ended on a rather emotional note with the band paying tribute to the late Paul Gray with an added orange jumpsuit placed on stage at the end of the set.

All in all, a definite four metal stars out of five (minus-ing one for the rain).

By meee, and taken from CMU

Thursday 14 July 2011

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Thursday 7 July 2011

shuffle

my love for bbc remains

Bombay Bicycle Club - Shuffle by Bombay Bicycle Club

hip hopping

went to hop farm last weekend and basically saw a good majority of my musical heroes. Patti AND Morrissey playing on the same day meant I spent Saturday basically in heaven. Prince, Iggy, Dry The River, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis and Death Cab all blew me away.

Top 3 Favourites:

1. THE WHOLE OF SATURDAY: Patti and Morrissey





2. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis



3. Prince

Thursday 30 June 2011

Miami Shark Mixtape

Miami Shark Mixtape by sharkleberryfin

hits me like a rock

woooh new CSS. I like like like this, and am making it my new mission to become friends and party with CSS, they look like fun.


kurran and the wolfnotes

I went to see kurran and the wolfnotes play on a boat last night, t'was splendid.


fink


lovely instore @ rough trade east

Sunday 26 June 2011

stevie nicks

started the week with Ryan Adams and finished it with Stevie Nicks at hyde park :)
didn't stay for rod stewart though :/

she was, of course, incredible.

Wednesday 22 June 2011

CYOA! Part 8: Mars

last weekend I went to the moon, next month I get to go to Mars. can't wait.



In the year 2037 NASA believes man will first step foot on Mars with the view to the planet becoming a second home for human beings 40 million miles away from planet Earth. Research suggests it might be possible to terraform the planet effectively making it a habitable climate for earthlings. Too boring. CYOA is addressing the more serious problem of what it’s going to be like to party on the red planet!

Upstairs That John Talbot will be getting the Cape Canaveral launch party started nice and early before Readers Wifes (Duckie) blast off with some Martian Music and inter-galactic sounds. The Fascination DJ’s will then take you on a tour of the international gay station and finally you will be treated to Kevy Petting’s heavy extra-terrestrial petting session.

Downstairs the FlinkMaPingo crew of SlothBoogie, Sharkleberry Fin and Lou Madhu will be throw you into a magical Martian odyssey in the search for alternative raving fuel.

IT’S OUT OF THIS WORLD! IT’S CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!

Upstairs

READERS WIFES (DUCKIE)
KEVY PETTING
FASCINATION DJs
THAT JOHN TALBOT

Downstairs (Hosted by FlinkMaPingo)

SHARKLEBERRY FIN
LOU MADHU
SLOTHBOOGIE

£5 after 11pm

Tuesday 21 June 2011

Come Pick Me Up

I basically fell in love with Ryan Adams only a few months ago. And got to see him play at the barbican last night which was pretty magnificent, especially his cape and faux metal song at the end.

Friday 17 June 2011

Wednesday 15 June 2011

Incubus

Incubus at the forum were incredible, maybe one of my favourite gigs - amazing performance and I don't think I could have wanted to hear a better setlist....

Megalomaniac
Wish You Were Here
Pardon Me
Have You Ever
11am
Consequence
Anna Molly
Circles
Just a Phase
Adolescents
Drive
I Miss You
Agoraphobia
Rogues
Love Hurts
Sick Sad Little World
Promises, Promises
A Crow Left of the Murder
Encore:
Are You In?
(had a bit of Riders On The Storm mixed in)
Nice To Know You



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Monday 13 June 2011

download

System Of A Down and Team Metal pretty much ruled my weekend.

Top 3 favourites:

1. System



2. Skindred



3. Double rainbow


plussss - not to mention Japanese Voyeurs who absolutely rocked it in the pepsi max tent. total swoon for romily...

Fink

probably one of the best interviews I've done, and I am addicted to this song from the new album...



www.we7.com/magazine/focus/fink-interview

Sunday 5 June 2011

to be young

doing some ryan adams loving today.

these days

yeah it's alright.

Monday 30 May 2011

In Your Dreams

I am loving the new Stevie Nicks album, so many good tracks, couple of my fave's at the moment...



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Wednesday 25 May 2011

Still Life

new horrors is GOOD

Tuesday 17 May 2011

Tuesday 10 May 2011

I would lie anywhere with you...

oh wow, the new Wild Beasts album is anything but disappointing, I love it!

Tuesday 3 May 2011

just can't get enough...




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Tuesday 26 April 2011

riverside



just started listening to the Agnes Obel album, Philharmonics, very beautiful

seaside

hometown



Dallas Green was incredible last night ♥

In The Dark Places



today's highlight is most definitely going to be PJ on jools holland...

Friday 15 April 2011

Wednesday 13 April 2011

two against one

liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiking

Monday 11 April 2011

Love You Anyway

what an amazing duo, really enjoying the Cat's Eyes album

Tuesday 5 April 2011

Friday 1 April 2011

Master Of Art

definitely looking forward to this album...

Wednesday 30 March 2011

new nerina

really reeeeally would like tickets to see her in May. really.

Saturday 26 March 2011

RDS

new website and new music...




RDSOfficial by Russell Dean Stone

Thursday 24 March 2011

CYOA! 1st Birthday Party










Come celebrate our first birthday by choosing your own adventure on our whirlwind tour of the globe!

In the basement we have Club Cheval's incredible PANTEROS666 taking you on an acid adventure of Chicago. Since releasing his debut EP "Kegstand" on the amazing Sound Pellegrino label last year he has continued to push and transform the dance music scene around the world.

On top of that SlothBoogie shall be docking in Rio De Janeiro, Lou Madhu will guide you to Berlin for some German Techno and Sharkleberry Fin will touch down in Havana to bring you some tropical and Latino house.

Upstairs in the bar one of the Readers Wifes of Duckie fame will take you to Milan for an Italo Disco experience, Fascination DJ's go to Stockholm for some Swedish pop and general fun, Louise Quatorze will educate all on 60's Parisian Space-Pop and Kevy Petting departs for Bamako, the capital of Mali, for some African and tribal rhythms.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! IT'S CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!

-Downstairs-

CHICAGO///PANTEROS666 (CLUB CHEVAL/SOUND PELLEGRINO)
RIO DE JANEIRO///SLOTHBOOGIE (SLOTHBOOGIE.COM)
BERLIN///LOU MADHU
HAVANA///SHARKLEBERRYFIN (CYOA!)

-Upstairs-

MILAN///READERS WIFES (DUCKIE)
STOCKHOLM///FASCINATION DJ'S FASCINATION)
PARIS///LOUISE QUATORZE (SLEEP ALL DAY, DRIVE ALL NIGHT)
BAMAKO///KEVY PETTING (CYOA!)

9pm til Late
£5 Entry

Hurray For The Riff Raff

slow walk...

Tuesday 15 March 2011

ashes to ashes

warpaint loving

Saturday 12 March 2011

finish line

I don't know why I like this but I really do.

Thursday 10 March 2011

pete wiggs (st etienne mix)

this is making me want to go boogy woogying

Wednesday 9 March 2011

Monday 7 March 2011

albatross

very very much can't wait for new wild beasts album

Wednesday 2 March 2011

I Follow You

loving the new Lykke Li album - favourite at the moment is Sadness Is A Blessing.

Under Cover Of Darkness

new Strokes :)

wont let the city destroy our love

Monday 28 February 2011

baby, baby, ain't it true

half way through probably my most favourite week of gigs...



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Thursday 17 February 2011

KATW

oooh this arvo I am off to listen to Kurran And The Wolfnotes play some music, here's a little interview they did for us at we7:

Kurran And The Wolfnotes

Hailing from various parts of the globe, London-based four-piece Kurran And The Wolfnotes bring an unmistakable noughties twist to the alt-folk sound, with a playful hint of The Strokes complimenting their folk sensibilities.
Having already released singles "Whatabitch" and "Your Four Limbs", both via Chess Club Records, Kurran et al have just finished recording their debut album, working with producer Richard Causon (who has worked with the likes of Ryan Adams, Rufus Wainwright and Kings of Leon).
We caught up with Kurran and Tim from the band to find out more.

How did you all meet and get together as a band?

Tim: We all met through friends over the last few years. Kurran had all these songs and it all started to sound really good so it kind of just became what it is now.

How would you describe your sound to someone who hasn’t heard your music before?

Tim: It's kind of a mix of alternative surf, folk rock. Yeah, I just made that up...

Who are your influences, and do they differ within the band?

Tim: We all come from completely different musical backgrounds so we could come up with quite the list!

What have you been listening to recently?

Tim: Loads. We're constantly listening to music. Just a few though: Warpaint, Bowerbirds, Avi Buffalo, Bad Books.

You’re just finishing putting together your debut album, how was the recording process?

Kurran: Strenuous. We were never really very happy with any of our previous recordings so we decided to take a much more organic approach to recording the album. We'd play through which ever song we were going to be recording that day til about 6. By that point we'd all want to kill each other over the new alterations to the songs so we'd go out get some dinner and beers, maybe a cheeky spliff, then record the song 3 or 4 times and the best take is the record.

What can we expect from the album, does it differ from the singles you’ve put out?

It's nowhere near as polished as the singles were. We did record the singles for the album, but we're still not sure which ones will make the album.

You spent a lot of time touring last year, any favourite moments?

The whole Lightspeed Champion tour was sick.

Do you have plans to tour this year? Any festivals?

Yeah, we're going to tour around April and then we'll be playing Latitude, Beach Break and whatever else we get offered.

What are your ambitions for your music?

That it doesnt suck, anything after that is a bonus.

taken from we7

Fellow Fellows

My friend person has added some tracks to his MySpace music profile right here...

Fellow Fellows

it's all good and rockabilly and country and fun so go and listen and let him know what you think!

Monday 14 February 2011

Thursday 10 February 2011

sea of bees



loving sea of bees.

Tuesday 8 February 2011

Baby Drugs

blip on a screen



"dancing music to drink tea to" enjoying the new streets album.

The Stations

Thursday 3 February 2011

cloudbusting



having a Gemma Hayes day.

Tuesday 25 January 2011

Monday 24 January 2011

CYOA! Part 6: Miami



Part 6 of Choose Your Own Adventure sees us coasting all the way down to South Beach to party in the Art Deco District and escape the reality of the bleak midwinter.

Early on, Kevy Petting will be spinning some resort music which promises to be fun for all the family and The Readers Wifes (Duckie) are BACK to make you feel like you’re in 1986 cruising over Biscayne Bay with the top back. SlothBoogie is putting on a tropicooool beach party set and then Sharklebery Fin and DJ Stox are going back-to-back with some Miami Bass for the big booty girls (and guys).

Party on the beach ‘til the break of dawn....IT’S CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!

SHARKLEBERRY FIN & DJ STOX (B2B BOOTY HOUSE & MIAMI BASS)
SLOTHBOOGIE (BEACH DISCO)
READERS WIFES (BAYSIDE COLLEGE RADIO)
KEVY PETTING (HAPPY HOUR AT THE HILTON)

£3 entry all night. 9.30pm til 3am.

Friday 21 January 2011

Thursday 13 January 2011

The King Is Dead



definitely need to listen to some more Decemberists.

Nests



these songs are so adorable. sad but lovely.

Wednesday 12 January 2011

The Good Heart












again again again

please don't let me down



new.glassjaw.oh.yeah.

Bad Books

loving Bad Books today, only just heard about them, Kevin Devine and Andy Hull...



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Far Out












Taking Woodstock

:)

Nothing



more peej :)

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oh wow I must be psychic, going to see Patti perform at the end of the month :)

Monday 10 January 2011

sweetness



want to watch this all over again

viva espana...



would definitely rather be back in Nerja right now, even if it does mean mainly only hearing elvis and ellie goulding on the radio.