In the first video to be released from Franz Ferdinand – Covers EP, Peaches deals in dark themes and a murky synth line in her version of ‘Turn It On’. Disembodied lips and hands float in the darkness of the video, whilst the track pick up on the theme of fatal attraction from the original, however, where Kapranos sounded like a sour and jilted teenage boy after a nasty break up, Peaches sounds properly scary.
May, 2011
Useless Information: TLOBF meets Apparat // Part One
Berlin’s Apparat is both both personally magnetic and musically captivating. In the first part of a two-part interview we spoke to Sascha Ring about Berghain, Berlin, and Bloc.
The Lovely Eggs – Fuck It // Song Of The Day #262
‘Fuck It’ by The Lovely Eggs tackles the big questions: can you write a letter when you’re thirsty? Does the light from the stars mean you’re not born? Funny, intelligent, and highly unlikely to ever receive mainstream radio play.
On the canal with Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou: An introduction
Heavenly Recordings’ folk darlings Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou are jumping aboard a canal boat for a special tour of UK riverside venues and pubs. Here’s a little introduction from the duo themselves.
Bibio w/ Lone – The Garage, London 26/05/11
Everyone moves to the same rhythm. There is no choice. Even Bibio’s sonic intricacies become a peripheral part of the parcel, swamped in a joyous whole of noise. Will Grant reviews.
The Felice Brothers – Celebration, Florida
Combining menace and melancholy in equal measure, this is an ambitious, impressive record that genuinely elevates The Felice Brothers to the next level writes Chris Jones.
Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math
The third studio release from the Atlanta five-piece is bursting at the seams with new ideas, but while the climaxes remind us of what the band does well, an overabundance of new ideas leaves Simple Math feeling somewhat more complex and uneven than its title would suggest.
Download / Stream: Niki and The Dove, live in Sweden
Recorded only two months ago in Stockholm, this is the sound of a band still totally at play with their own sound; manipulating and flexing arrangements as they go. Dazzling from start to end.
TLOBF Introducing // EMA
What did the alien high-quality mattress salesman use as his slogan? TLOBF meets Erika M. Anderson to discuss the last-chance saloon that created her stunning album Past Life Martyred Saints and to discover the punch line to EMA’s only joke.
Sara Lowes – Back To Creation
Back To Creation is no one-stop shop, Lowes will continue to absorb influences and work with different people, gathering experience and developing as both singer-songwriter and musician. And plenty of colour in the long and winding road ahead.
My Morning Jacket – Circuital
Recorded in a disused gymnasium as a five-piece band, My Morning Jacket have attempted to reconnect with what made them such a great prospect in the first place. Will new album Circuital prove that last record Evil Urges was simply a slight mis-step?
What Would Jesus Drive – Black and Blue
Loud, brash, unsubtle and frequently foul-mouthed, Black and Blue is kinetic, anarchic fun but won’t sit well with polite company.
SPOT Festival, in pictures – Aarhus, Denmark 28/05/11
Japanese kraut, rabbit costumed electronica from Copenhagen and two Swedes licking each other on stage. Welcome to day 2 of Spot Festival.
Anni Rossi – Safety of Objects
Anni Rossi’s ‘Safety of Objects’ combines the clipped sound of tinny electronic drums with imperfect scuzzed-up and Anni’s deceptively saccharine vocals. The result is pleasantly off-kilter pop music that feels attitude-filled and minimalist whilst retaining the essential brain-sticking quality of all good pop songs.
SPOT Festival, in pictures – Aarhus, Denmark 27/05/11
Photos from Day 1 of SPOT Festival in Aarhus, Demark. Featuring stunning shots of Treefight For Sunlight, Oh Land, Battlekat and more.
Just A Number 05272011 reveal themselves as Battlekat, play first show
Check out exclusive pictures of the mysterious Copenhagen-based quartet’s unveiling at Denmark’s SPOT festival.
