Brainlove Festival 2010 is go! Your essential glimpse into the thriving UK underground is back with another packed bill of pop oddities, brand new talents, breaking leftfield acts and cult stars. Oh, and TLOBF.
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Fyfe Dangerfield to Headline Club Brainlove This Friday!
Guillemots Legend Fyfe Dangerfield and His Merry Men explore the outer reaches of improvisation, injecting it with a much needed breath of melodicism and fun. This Friday night at London’s George Tavern. Yeah.
Napoleon IIIrd – KOKO, London 20/03/09
Yorkshire based Napoleon IIIrd pumps the auditorium full of his energetic loops and riffs, sneaking up on the audience and pounding them with a nimble performance of his particular brand of off-kilter alternative pop.
TLOBF Festival Guide 2009
Ah, the great British festival. We love them, you love them. Which is why we’ve compiled THE definitive list of all the outdoor events worth bothering with this Summer.
TLOBF vs BRAINLOVE DJ’s – Tonight – KOKO, London
Just a quick heads up for any Londoners out there… TLOBF are DJing CLUB NME @ KOKO in Camden tonight from 10pm alongside Brainlove Records. That’s not all: Andy from Fuck Buttons, Napoleon IIIrd and Yo Majesty are also on the bill.
Woolfire Festival ’09 dates and lineup revealed
Woolfire Festival is back in 2009 for an unmissable weekend of groundbreaking live music, visuals and décor, set against the beautiful rural backdrop of Vicarage Farm. Festival highlights so far include the return of DIY indie label Brainlove Records…
Napoleon IIIrd – Hideki Yukawa
Wakefield’s one man band of bedroom glitch lo-fi develops his ideas and works up new ones for a seven track EP that, Simon Tyers reckons, is no mere stopgap.
Join TLOBF and Brainlove Records for an evening of Art & Things
Tomorrow night (27th Jan) sees TLOBF and Brainlove Records join forces with WOMP who are putting on an evening of art and music at 93 Feet East in London’s Brick Lane. Free entry for all! Yeah.
Napoleon IIIrd mini-album announced, tour with Wild Beasts
Napoleon IIIrd returns next month in support of brand new EP/mini-album Hideki Yukawa, the first release since the cult success of his 2007 debut ‘In Debt To’. Download an EXCLUSIVE track inside..
Xmas Advent [22nd December] :: Brainlove Records
One for all you fret-wankers out there. John Rogers of Brainlove Records recommends a track by the one and only Marnie Stern.
Keyboard Choir – Holywell Music Room, Oxford 12/12/08
Devoid of theatrics and tin foil encrusted dancers, Keyboad Choir are more than just a sweet novelty act, and a serious proposition in modern electronic composition. TLOBF’s newest recruit Sam Shepherd reviews.
Keyboard Choir give away free ‘Deathwank’ for Christmas
Keyboard Choir came over all Chrismassy and put together this special ode to an accident that happened in the elf’s happy little town. It’s called Deathwank in Toytown.
Airwaves Festival – Reykjavik, Iceland 15-19 October 2008
John Brainlove went to Iceland and came back with a bruised face, a broken pair of glasses, a head buzzing with music and a new favourite festival.
Applicants – Life In The Bus Lane
Two guys, one girl, from Wolverhampton via Singapore, who churn out a mixture of sounds, ideas, samples, and occasionally a bit of coherent music. ‘Life in the Bus Lane’ is a melting pot of Ash’s ’1977′, Incubus’ ‘S.C.I.E.N.C.E.’ and a wee bit of northern swagger for good measure.
Brainlove Festival – Brixton Windmill, 24/05/08
TLOBF attends the annual Brainlove all-dayer, a sort of almost-birthday party for John Brainlove, head of the very good Brainlove Records. Are we biased? Perhaps..
