The National Demon's video for the lead track from Trouble Will Find Me that is released at the end of May 2013.
Video has already had 700,000+ views on youtube. Enjoy :
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Return of The National - Trouble Will Find Me
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Great to hear that The National are returning with a new LP in May 2013. Trouble Will Find Me comes in a great vinyl package that you can pre order from 4AD.
Details of the LP below
Trouble Will Find Me, The National’s highly anticipated sixth album will be released on May 21 on 4AD. Formed in 1999, the Ohio-raised, Brooklyn-based band consists of vocalist Matt Berninger fronting two pairs of brothers: Aaron (guitar, bass, piano) and Bryce Dessner (guitar), and Scott (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums).
Tracklisting:
1). I Should Live In Salt
2). Demons
3). Don't Swallow The Cap
4). Fireproof
5). Sea Of Love
6). Heavenfaced
7). This Is The Last Time
8). Graceless
9). Slipped
10). I Need My Girl
11). Humiliation
12). Pink Rabbits
13). Hard To Find
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The Smiths - Rare May 1983 Tape Recording
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Just when you think that all the possible live tapes of The Smiths had been unearthed and shared this long lost gem appears.
The band recorded a full set of songs on a cassette recorder with a single mike as a reference for Tory Tate before the ill fated sessions for the bands debut LP.
The quality of the recording is not the best but considering both its age and production values (or rather lack off) its still a great listen.
As the tape was recorded live there are not the multiple guitar parts that surface on the official studio recordings.
The version of Accept Yourself is slower longer with different phrasing and is a really interesting find. Real Around the Fountain is once again slower than the official released versions with Morrissey's vocal full of ache and longing. You also get a "Fifteen minutes with you, I could just never say no..." which switches the emphasis from unrequited lust to something else completely.
Musically These Things Take Time opens which a barrage of frantic drumming far removed from any of the official releases and Morrissey sings in the first verse:
"Slipped into blinding fire and wrestled with serpent sand, oh I am saved, oh I am saved, you took my hand"
There is a cool blog post about it here at Slicing Up Eyeballs:
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/03/19/smiths-rehearsal-tape-may-1983/
The owner of tape explained "....In May 1983 (exact date unknown), while preparing to record their debut album, The band ran through & recorded a selection of songs at a rehearsal in band manager Joe Moss’ jeans warehouse (Crazy Face). The cassette tape was recorded for Troy Tate in order to give him something to work with before going into the studio. It’s pretty rough, but considering it was recorded on cassette with a stereo Mic pointing into the room, the quality isn’t too bad. Morrissey’s vocals are a bit distorted – maybe singing too close to the mic or maybe the cassette Mic was too close to the PA but everything else is surprisingly clear. There is some tape flutter at various points. I was lent the master cassette by a source close to the band who made the recording, let’s call him Pablo Cuckoo, in 1997 with a view of trying to put it out as a semi-official release. As it was recorded before the band had signed to Rough Trade, technically he had the rights to the recording. But a combination of poor sound quality & threats from Warner Bros. meant that the idea was shelved..."
Track Listing:
1. “You’ve Got Everything Now”
2. “Accept Yourself”
3. “What Difference Does It Make”
4. “Reel Around The Fountain”
5. “These Things Take Time”
6. “I Don’t Owe You Anything”
7. “Hand In Glove”
8. “Handsome Devil”
9. “Miserable Lie”
Kingsgate Chorus - New Order Temptation (cover version)
One of the great things about YouTube is searching for cover versions. There is a whole world of enjoyment from the professional covers to the home recordings.This one is a gem - The Kingsgate Chorus give that Langley School Music Project Vibe to New Order's Temptation. "oh you've got green eyes oh you've got blue eyes oh you've got grey eyes...."
This is there Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Kingsgate-Chorus/373057796040348
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This is there Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Kingsgate-Chorus/373057796040348
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Weatherall Mix - Asphodells General 320
Great Andy Weatherall (with his Asphoodells hat on) mix over at Soundcloud. A great slice of moody dub, electronica and wired up weirdness.
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The XX Tiny Desk Concert - NPR
The ever amazing NPR Music site has a wonder Tiny Desk Concert from The XX.
"...Throughout their characteristically compact seven-minute performance, Croft and Sim avoid eye contact, as they visibly try to ignore the huge throng and cameras positioned maybe 10 feet away from them.
What comes out of their performance is not just beauty, but humanity — the sense that, in all of The xx's songs, all the calm chilliness in the world can't quite contain an exposed heart..."
Set list
"...Throughout their characteristically compact seven-minute performance, Croft and Sim avoid eye contact, as they visibly try to ignore the huge throng and cameras positioned maybe 10 feet away from them.
What comes out of their performance is not just beauty, but humanity — the sense that, in all of The xx's songs, all the calm chilliness in the world can't quite contain an exposed heart..."
Set list
- Angels
- Sunset
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Number 5 2012 - The XX Coexist
Another record from a London based band in my top ten and I guess another release that could be classed as post dub-step or at least post rave.
The XX followed up their beautiful debut with a collection of songs that have refined their hollowed out sound even further. Music for the early hours all 3am shivers and half heard drum beats. Its Sunday morning coming down.
The video below is of The XX performing Reunion and Sunset live on KCRW
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The XX followed up their beautiful debut with a collection of songs that have refined their hollowed out sound even further. Music for the early hours all 3am shivers and half heard drum beats. Its Sunday morning coming down.
The video below is of The XX performing Reunion and Sunset live on KCRW
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Number 6 2012 - Raime - Quarter Turns Over a Living Line
The London duo of Joe Andrews and Tom Halstead who are Raime have released a number of brilliant, dark, twisted, post dub-step EPs on Blackest Ever Black. They finally dropped their debut LP in late 2012.
The link below is to a soundcloud preview of the LP
The video is for Soils and Coils
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The link below is to a soundcloud preview of the LP
The video is for Soils and Coils
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013
LPs of 2012 - Paul Buchanan Mid Air - Number 7
Number seven in my LP's of 2012 is the muted beauty of Blue Nile lead singer Paul Buchanan and his debut solo LP Mid Air. The record is one of understated grace, 3am revelations all set to fractured piano tunes.
The video is of the haunting debut track
This video is from a session for the Guardian a performance of Buy A Motor Car
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The video is of the haunting debut track
This video is from a session for the Guardian a performance of Buy A Motor Car
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Thursday, January 03, 2013
The XX - Last Christmas Wham Cover Video
Somehow I managed to miss this over Christmas! This is a great take on Wham's Last Christmas by The XX. Its really shouldn't work but somehow it does. The tinsel, tack and terrible mullets of the original replaced with something of a darker nature.
It's like Joy Division covering Winter Wonderland ! Enjoy
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It's like Joy Division covering Winter Wonderland ! Enjoy
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