A stellar cast lit up the Brooklyn night sky yesterday as Times New Viking, Real Estate and The Feelies played a free outdoor show for the Celebrate Brooklyn! series of concerts, held each summer at Prospect Park.
July, 2011
Photos: All Tomorrow’s Parties – I’ll Be Your Mirror Festival (Day 1)
Things kicked off with the playfully noisy Canadians DD/MM/YY and closed with the sonic overload of Factory Floor. In between, the first day of the Portishead-curated ATP packed in amazing performances from PJ Harvey, Doom and the Bristol legends themselves.
Amy Winehouse found dead aged 27
Amy Winehouse has been found dead in the 27-year-olds North London home.
Listen: Giana Factory – Pixelated Truth (Autolux Remix)
Making computer games seem as pertinent to real life, as they seemed to be to my brother when he was 14-years-old, Autolux’s remix of Giana Factory’s ‘Pixelated Truth’ is an emotive dialogue between man and machine.
Watch: She Keeps Bees – Burn (The Line of Best Fit Session)
Brooklyn duo She Keeps Bees perform ‘Burn’ from new record Dig On, exclusively for us.
Download: St. Vincent reveals new song ‘Surgeon’
Available to download in exchange for your email address ‘Surgeon’ is the first full track to surface from venerable, experimental songstress Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent.
Festival Diary: Slottsfjell, Norway
To be found in the stunning setting of Tønsberg, Norway, are the musical delights of such artists as Niki & The Dove, Deerhunter, Mogwai and…Erasure. Slottsfjell is a festival which is rumoured to combine a magnificent setting with an eclectic line up, so TLOBF went along to check it out.
The Week in Videos – Joan as Policewoman, Veronica Falls, Bombay Bicycle Club + more
This week, we have a pretty good mix of videos for your viewing pleasure. Be that the 12 minute adventure provided by the Beastie Boys feat. Santigold, or the hazy, summertime sounds of Veronica Falls, there’s plenty here to keep your eyes and ears occupied over the next half an hour.
Watch: Kakkmaddafakka – Restless
Taken from their second album Hest, new single ‘Restless’ is the exact product of what you’d expect when Mr Erlend Øye is sat in the production chair. The addition of numerous Scandinavian girls in tight gym outfits is just a bonus, obviously.
Hometown glory: Givers show TLOBF around Lafayette
Givers have just finished their first jaunt around the UK – so we thought they might like to show us around their home town of Lafayette.
Listen: Melodic Records – Hearing Aid
Manchester’s Melodic Records have compiled the Hearing Aid compilation, featuring, in their own words “both bands on the label and artists who we’ve stumbled upon in the ether of the internet who we just simply couldn’t ignore.”
Listen: The Beatles in ‘quite good remix’ shock
Ever wondered what The Beatles would have sounded like if they had been produced by Sebastian? Probably a bit like this Allure remix of ‘And I Love Her’.
Two Gallants – Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, London 19/07/2011
A few years away hasn’t diminished the San Franciscan duo’s terrifying intensity one iota, writes Adam Elmadhi.
Yndi Halda w/Shady Bard – The Lexington, London 15/07/2011
With our nation’s tendency to churn out quavery-voiced folksters, derivative indie-rockers and Shoreditch oxygen-wasters, it’s a delight to be able to wax lyrical about two UK acts who buck the trend by being really rather good, writes Adam Elmadhi
Death in Vegas ft Katie Stelmanis – Your Loft // Song Of The Day #296
‘Your Loft’, by Death in Vegas and featuring Katie Stelmanis, comes across rather like an arpeggiated, micro house Blondie. Yes, that’s a good thing.
Watch: Pure X – Easy
‘Easy’ is the latest woozy, downbeat, lethargic track to be taken from Pure X’s debut album ‘Pleasure.’
