field day & the breeders & facebook.

so Field Day was pretty naff minus those shorts Tim Harrington wore, The Mae Shi's set and erm that's about it. everyone else i saw was pretty boring or just really awful. i didn't get there til after 3pm so maybe all the fun fizzled out along with the hope of any decent weather. if you enjoyed yourself despite being surrounded by people who were just taking a piss anywhere and everywhere you can get early early earlybird tickets for next year's Field Day here.

i listened to the radio for the first time in bloody ages yesterday and managed to hear the new single from The Breeders. it sounds so goooooood. here's the video:




and they're giving away the mp3:

The Breeders - Bang On [right click save as]

sorry for such a half arsed post after two weeks but i am dying of flu and the news of Elle S'appelle splitting up has put a dampener on things!

also!! there's this facebook thingy where you can join the FUCKING DANCE blog network and other blogs' networks. it's pretty cool once you get going. join the network HERE.

the strangest thing.

'Your search - "clare maguire" - did not match any documents,' Google blogsearch tells me. iiiiiiinteresting.

after seeing that 4Music Channel COMING SOON!!!!112 advert about fifty thousand times the past week or so and hearing 'Kiss With A Fist' by Flo & The Mash an equal number of times i thought i'd do a post about a young female singer/songwriter. how inspired.

Clare Maguire hasn't even done her first live gig yet so that's how new this stuff is.

her voice is pretty incredible and her demos are being produced by Primary 1 so you know it all sounds super smooth (speaking of which.. CLASH AT FIELD DAY! ugh. with Of Montreal - what to dooooo). Clare's music isn't really your typical singer/songwriter poppy fodder. it's darker, more haunting and far more sultry. and from what i gather she's putting some new demos up on myspace over the next few days. so watch out for that.

Clare Maguire - Strangest Thing (Demo)

also i caught Tellison and Tubelord live on Sunday night and they were pretty goooooood!

ps. i definitely got my first fan letter (email.. whatever) today. it was even titled "fan letter" so i'm 98% sure it was one. you guys could always just offload your life savings into an offshore bank account for me instead though.

byop split!!!

be your own pet split.

how shit!! and what exactly am i prepared to do to get to that Liverpool gig! the answer: allsorts!

everybody wants to get with another girl.

Newcastle's answer to Vampire Weekend? there's a sentence i didn't think i'd be writing any time soon. or ever ever.

Little Comets consists of Robert, Mark, Michael and Matt and they make guitar pop music skewered with a melodic exoticness to satisfy your every foot-tapping need. repeat button worthy. catchy. delectable in all senses of the word. just bloody brilliant.

'Friday Don't Need It' screeeeeeeeeams Clap Your Hands Say Yeah meets Born Ruffians. fucking fantastic does not even begin to cover it so just download it and love it.

Little Comets - Friday Don't Need It

they've already racked up quite a few plays on their myspace and they're playing a hole host of town up in t'norf at the moment so i'd recommend you catch them asap!

ps. i'm definitely heading to Offset Festival after the birthday fairy kindly granted me not one but two tickets yesterday! happy days.

right brigade.

for a moment there i thought Santogold was on top, on form, bringing her A-Game.

then the Diplo mix tape comes out and i hear her take on Bad Brains track 'Right Brigade' and i instantly, within one nanosecond of the whole thing ending, love her just a bit more.

why can't everyone be Santogold?

Santogold/Diplo - Right Brigade

ps.



can you tell the weather is getting to me yet? i can't sleep!!!1

the warehouse project 2008.

so most of the line ups for The Warehouse Project 2008 in Manchester have been announced. i've been to a couple of both the 2006 and 2007 events and i have to say that i much prefer the venue beneath Piccadilly train station to the Boddingtons warehouse.

the new line ups look alright but i wouldn't say there are any i'm screaming out to go to. perhaps

Justice [ DJ Set ]
DJ Medhi [ Ed Banger ]
Busy P [ Ed Banger ]
So Me [ Ed Banger ]
Ivan Smagghe Optimo Espacio
The Presets [ Live ]
Fake Blood Yuksek

on November 8th

or

Erol Alkan Hercules & Love Affair [ Live ]
Special Guest TBA
Switch Brodinski Riotous Rockers Beyond The Wizards Sleeve
[ Erol Alkan & Richard Norris ]
Rub N Tug, Micron, Andro
Line-up under construction

on November 29th for only £15.
whatever the weather i better decide pretty quick; events are already selling out!

get the full line up details and purchase tickets here.
anyone planning to go to any?

Soulwax - NY Excuse (Justice Remix)

songs of the weeks.

because i'm feeling utterly lazy in the insane heat my room has decided to bake me at here's some songs i've been particularly enjoying lately.

last thursday i ventured over to Leeds to see Dinosaur Pile-Up, Pulled Apart By Horses and Tubelord with Mimi of The Whizz. all three bands were bloody fantastic and i'd recommend you catch them all asap. i managed to impress (or completely horrify) with my guest screaming vocals during a song in PABH's set. prooooobably won't be doing that again anytime soon despite the encouraging (see: pitying) high fives everyone was giving me!

Pulled Apart By Horses - I Punched A Lion In The Throat

new Friendly Fires is tiding me over (just about!) until the album drops on September 1st.

Friendly Fires - Lovesick

aaaaaand there's new Cold War Kids about. i really quite like it. a bit repetitive though..

Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me

ps. Mercury Prize whatnow?

rewind.

the guys at Buffet Libre are engaged in a project called Rewind where they are getting a whole host of their current favourite artists to cover their favourite songs from the 80s.

now covers can either be brilliant or disastrous (see: Kate Nash), and covers of 80s songs usually means bands slaughtering prolific musical moments, which is why i was extremely wary about this whole thing. is it ever a good idea to cover one of your favourite songs? is it ever a good idea to listen to a cover of one of your favourite songs? and if your favourite song is a cover, would you steer away from the original?

i saw the following song on the list and winced quite a lot. South Central doing 'Kerosene' by Big Black. initial reaction: "nooooooooooooooooooooo!". i love South Central and whilst i'll put my hands up and say i'm not Big Black's number one fan or anything, i really really love 'Kerosene'. all this could possibly spell for me was disaster. all the bands on the project were asked 3 questions and South Central's answers convinced me the whole thing might not be as bad as i'd originally thought.

1. Why have you chosen to do a cover of this song? Does this song bring back childhood memories?
No memories as such. Big Black were one of the early Punk/new Wave acts to mix electronic beats with Guitars and they had a cool DIY ethic, so it was a logical or natural choice for us.

2. If you were asked to do a tribute to the 00's in 20 years time, what song would you choose?
Probably something by the Fall maybe Sparta FC.

3. If you could choose, who would you like to do a version of one of your own songs?
Kraftwerk doing one of our songs that would be the business.

in 'Kerosene' South Central manage to maintain the dark and menacing tones of Big Black whilst neatly working their electro vibe into the track. it stomps and growls just like it should. the bass reverberates whilst the vocals snarl the lyrics. the opening 35 seconds even propose the possibility you could move around on a dancefloor to 'Kerosene'. it sounds like what The Horrors should sound like.
perhaps i shouldn't have been so quick to judge the outcome of this track. South Central always do a top job and this is definitely no exception. if only all covers were this good.

South Central - Kerosene [right click save as]
Big Black - Kerosene (live) [YSI]

ps. Modular have just launched some new clothing merchandise. completely bypassing the the scary gimp mannequins, who the fuck is going to pay nearly £40 (minus p+p!!) for a tshirt you could probably knock up yourself?? i know there's inflation insanity but this takes the piss.

some blog house 4 u?

here's some blog house (bahahahahhaha) to liven up your weekend.


video: I Scream Ice Cream - Trust Issue.

apparently all the songs over at the I Scream Ice Cream myspace are just snippets from 3 really long songs done by Jesper Mortenson of Junior Senior. definitely excited to get my hands on the full versions.

I Scream Ice Cream - Caveman OK edit

the enemy IS the future.

in twelve months time will we look back on (yet another bizarre) video from Late Of The Pier the way we look back on this:



?????

and what is it with the top half nakedness? please someone explain before i have to see yet another unjustified appearance of a pale, wiry torso.