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Thursday 31 January 2013

Bestival Line up

The Bestival line up gets me excited. Partly because I get to be a mermaid but because I quite like the idea of 10,000 people screaming 'Snnoooooooooooop' in unison, and if Elton and snoop collaborate for tiny dancer I may actually pee. It also makes me wonder what the third headline act will be... I want Bowie. 



Thursday 10 January 2013

Deap Valley

"You say marry a rich man, I'd find a rich one if you can"


There is nothing that I love more than an angry girl band. Deap Vally controls the hearts of  gentle spectators whilst squeezing the heads off of old dolls and crying tears of blood and sweat. That's how I see them anyway.
Their raw, gritty talent, along with amples amount of attitude, rips apart sissy, female ideology's and spits on the people that created them. Taking no prisoners, Deap Vally hold on to what many male rock bands have forgot. They take risks, can play guitar and still can scream a lyric or two.

Gonna make my own money: Who'd have known that this is what they would sound like when they first met at crochet class.




Also take a listen to End of the World

Bit on Bondax

"Gold is not enough, She's the diamond, I'm the rough."


Dreamy, hazed ,electronic dance music that swifts you away to a dark, sweaty nightclub that sits home to the gritty sway of the intoxicated showgoers. George Townsend and Adam Kaye make the body of Bondax. A quick glance at their soundcloud will show you how intense and popular these guys really are. With them working so hard in the studio on their debut album, it comes to no surprise that they have been recognised by the greats at Xfm and Radio one.

Bondax-Gold: complex, melodic and of pure brilliance.




Also Check out Bondax remix of Alunageorge- You Know You Like It

A Must Listen



Swim Deep - The Sea (Acoustic)

Bastille all acoustic

"Oh where do we begin? The rubble or our sins?"


Among the triangle lovers of our modern day, British culture comes Bastille, a south London band who's EP has forced them to rise above much anticipation for their oncoming album Bad Blood due for release in early March.

I found this little beauty whilst procrastinating, browsing through trying to fill my time with something more exciting than work I had to do. This acoustic version of Pompeii, taken from a Daytrotter session, is the first track of Bad Blood  is beautiful and has to be said, slightly more spectacular than the original. 





You can pre-order Bad Blood now

A Must Listen



SPLASHH ~ Vacation

Peace (the band not the plea)

"It’s spectacular, how you suck my blood. Baby you’re Dracula"


I don't know what I love more: the fact that their Facebook page is higher up on Google search engine than the Peace corp or the fact they have used a watermelon as their EP artwork.

Peace are about to venture on the NME awards tour with Django Django, Miles Kane and Palma Violets (I will get on to them later). This band is the band who are currently being repeated on YouTube adverts, radio one late night shows and being showcased on Xfm Great Xpectations (where you can download California daze for free).

Peace have managed to create an EP that has no faults, no glitches and still, despite the envy, makes you feel like you could share their company over a drink or two down the pub.

Covering Binary Finary's Trance Hit, Track 1998(Delicious) from their EP is a 10 minuet squeezing of wondrous beauty.  Its ridiculous how good this is.




New song Wraith is available on the 13th.




Swim Deep

"Fuck your romance, I wanna pretend That Jenny Lee Lindberg is my girlfriend"


The Birmingham sprung, 'Beach grunge,' Swim Deep have become a particular favourite of mine recently. With the power of the cinnamon role and their latest track, Honey, Swim deep have had allot more radio play, spreading their name, which can only be a good thing with an upcoming tour and album on the horizon.
Swim Deep's late 80's pop sound is strung from effortlessly cool tales of lust and romance. 

Released back in May but this is still up there in my most played: King City