Who knows me during my everyday day-life, and has known me in the last 14 years or so, might still not know some repetitive details about me, hell, my mum does not know how I take my coffee, but if you were to ask any of these people something about me, they would all know what I want to do "when I grow up".I wanna work at Rough Trade.Truth actually is, when this started for me I did not know
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DIY, Rough Trade, and long term projects
For a Minor Reflection - KEXP Live Session from Icelandic Airwaves
The lovely FaMR boys did this live session in studio from Rejkiavik during the Icelandic Airwaves festival on the 16th of October 2009. They played songs from their forthcoming album I cannot actually wait to listen to, which promises to be quite a development from their first work, but which apparently will retain For a Minor Reflection distinctive ability to craft amazingly pleasant melodies.
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[Interview] Exlovers @ Borderline, 22.10.09
(originally published on GodIsInTheTVzine.co.uk)Exlovers are a lovely indie-pop band from London. Their new EP You Forget So Easily has drawn the attention of radio stations (NME) and taste-makers such as Steve Lamacq, and ourselves at GIITTV. Their melodic sound and shy appearance draws us in to try and see from a closer perspective what these five kids are all about...So tell me, are the record
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Micachu and The Shapes @ Scala, 15.10.09
(Originally published on GodIsInTheTVzine.co.ukAt first, I did not understand the appeal of such a hard indie act (hard to listen to sometimes, with all dissonances and noises for the sake of experiment more than music) could exert, and in doing so, I had totally underestimated the impact it had already.I missed Micachu’s gig at The Great Escape back in May, but truth is, while she was playing,
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The Veronicas @ Koko, 24.09.09
(Originally published on GodIsInTheTVzine.co.ukThe first time I heard The Veronicas I suddenly thought Avril Lavigne had finally got a good voice and talent. It was last year, and they were still strangers to the UK, except for one very tiny scandal: they gave an interview to underground website Altsounds, which apparently was quite witty and much liked by all parties involved, except the record
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Animal Kingdom @ The Lexington, 23.09.09
(Originally published on GodIsInTheTVzine.co.uk)My first contact with Animal Kingdom was having their single in my hands. I didn't like the grey-ness of the cover much, so I discarded it without paying much attention. I also paid so little attention to them, that I might have called them ‘Animal Collective’ a couple of times, that was how much I really didn't care. Yeah, fine... the intro of T
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The Veils live at Scala, London, 21.09.09
(originally published on GIITTV )‘Playing the Scala kinda gives me what I want, or comes pretty close... Yeah’Those are the improvised lyrics to the end of Sit down by the Fire that The Veils’ Finn Andrews gifted the crowd gathered at the Scala with on Monday 21st of September with. The same Finn Andrews that only a few months ago would not speak a word without chords backing it up, having m
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Thought of the Day - Calliope!
Calliope! is the "single which should've always been" and ironically, never was.It's a song by The Veils, from the second album Nux Vomica, and it's born and bread to be the song you listen to in a loop you can't really willfully break.Finn Andrews is an amazing lyricist, but also a superb musicians, as he crafted this song so perfectly it goes just beyond description and imagination.Think about
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The Oasis Obituary (?)
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Ok, so the news of the day, running around like an infectious virus since the forfeit they gave at the Rock En Seine festival, is the great end of the (self-proclaimed) greatest band of our times: Oasis.I put that in brakes not because I am skeptical to agree on it, but because such self-celebratory definitions have been quite a trademark of the Gallagher brothers ever since they started to get
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Julian Perretta @ Bush Hall, 18.08.09
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Artist:Julian Perretta
The good news is that apparently the Music Industry is still able to produce original ideas who'll become prototypes to inspire new stuff. The bad news coincide with the dark side of prototypes, else said: stereotypes and imitation.This is to set things straight to whoever, like me, will find more than a few similarities between the #1 album singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini (Atlantic) and the new
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The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition [single]
(originally written for GIITTV)The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition - iTunes Single of the WeekSweet Disposition has momentum, it's the everywhere song.Chances are, you might not know its name, but you've heard it already in some commercial, in the radio background, and you definitely know already its infectious intro based on a very U2-ish guitar loop that stars as the main tune in the
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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ The Relentless Garage, Islington, 04.08.09
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(originally written for GIITTV)With a sold out date, on their second visit to London as headliners, the cutest band of the year so far seems to also be London's favourite band of the moment, and on the 4th of August, I was with it 101%. I've been having an ongoing love affair with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart since they were my favourite opening act at The Great Escape in Brighton last May.
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UK Album Releases 10.08.09
Alan Connor – Something Going OnEmiliana Torrini – RaritiesErasure – Club (EP)Helena Jessie – The Law Of AttractionJames Yorkston & The Big Eye Family Players – Folk SongsPussycat Dolls - Doll Domination 3.0Robert Cray - This TimeSergio Mendes - The Best OfThe Temper Trap – ConditionsTommy Sparks – Tommy SparksTwisted Tongue - Twisted Tongue
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UK Album Releases - 3 August 2009
Amanda Blank – I Love YouBent – Best OfBeverley Craven – Close To HomeFrankmusik - Complete MeJack Bruce & Robin Trower - Seven Moons LiveJulian Plenti - Is...SkyscraperLemonade – LemonadeMartin Simpson - True StoriesMSTRKRFT – Fist Of GodPolarkreis 18 - The Colour of SnowSeptember – Cry For You-The Album [DOWNLOAD ONLY]The Twang – Jewellery QuarterUltrabeat – DiscolightsWild Beast
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Jonsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps - Album Release Party
The first time I read about Riceboy Sleeps, that was still the name of the whole project. It was just later on in the process that it became the name of the album by Jonsi & Alex, who specifically are Jón Þór Birgisson, the ethereal voice of Sigur Ros, and Alex Somers, visual artist behind the artwork for Takk among other things, and Jonsi's life partner.Back then I could barely contain my
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Uk Album Releases - 27.07.09
A-ha – Foot Of The MountainAlison Krauss - EssentialBen Foster - Torchwood - Children Of Earth (OST)Cornershop – Judy Sucks A Lemon For BreakfastThe Dandy Warhols - Are SoundI.D.A. – Code Of ConductMartina McBride – ShineMaster Shortie – ADHDMelanie Fiona – The BridgeMichael Jackson – GoldMichael Jackson – The Motown 50 MixesReverend And The Makers - A French Kiss In The ChaosRicky
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UK Albums Releases - 20 July 2009
Barber, Ball & Bilk - Boaters Bowlers & Bowties: The Best OfElin Manahan Thomas - Papa HaydnIan Hunter – Man OverboardJonsi & Alex - Riceboy SleepsJordin Sparks – BattlefieldKid British – It Was This Or Football: First HalfMichael Jackson – Collection [Off The Wall/Thriller/Bad/Dangerous/Invincible]Young Nate - A Piece Of MeNOW 73Rhythms Del Mundo: Classics
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The Temper Trap @ ICA, 15.07.08
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Artist:Temper Trap
(originally written for GIITTV)The Temper Trap - Sweet DispositionAre you wondering where all the buzz about The Temper Trap comes from? Well, they are the first band signed by Korda Marshall for the grand re-opening of Infectious Records.Moreover, knowing that Korda's abilites and taste has so far brought us bands such as Garbage, The Darkness and Muse in the past (enough to have his label to be
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Editors live @ QOOB - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
When this was recorded, i was working in the office upstairs from this studio.I was blissfully unaware that a life changing experience was going on just mere meters away.That was because QOOB is the most unconventional thing you can find around, and the lady imagining it all in her mind before it becomes a flux on information, has all my gratitude for this, and other amazing things she
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UK Album Releases - 13 July 2009
Acoustic Ladyland – Living With A TigerBilly Talent - Billy Talent IIIChrisette Michele - EpiphanyDan Black – ((Un))Daughtry – Leave This TownThe Dead Weather – HorehoundDevildriver - Pray For VillainsEbony Bones - Bone Of My BonesLeonard Cohen - Greatest HitsLisa Mitchell – WonderNew Seekers - Its Been Too Long… The Greatest Hits & MoreThe Rumble Strips - Welcome To The Walk AloneShin
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