Young upstarts GoodBooks (no space) bring whispered and high-spirited Indie-Rock with a slight nod in the general direction of the electro genre. This is - as it should be - understated and free of gimmicks and crazes which would complicate a beautiful mix. GoodBooks are signed to Transgressive - stable mates include Young Knives, The Pippettes and the Noisettes - some excellent UK sourced indie guitar pop music - so they’re in great company. Sony BMG / Coloumbia. Which probably isn’t a good thing.
The Not Your Usual Bollocks podcast is back after a summer break - the best music podcast in the world not made by me. Because if you don’t have faith in your own work, what’s the point. NYUB brings you the best music freely available on the internet (a policy I also adher to in my podcast) and host MJ cut the crap and plays music, doesn’t talk to much, and when he does, it makes sense.
Emusic have just launched a dedicated service for the U.K - sign up through this link (where ever you live) and try out a free trial + get 25 free tracks. Artists currently available/ coming soon include The Pixies, TV on the Radio, Franz Ferdinand, Four Tet, Tunng, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, Jose Gonzalez and the Pippetes.
Music For Robots have the Go Team’s cover of Sonic Youth’s ‘Bull In Heather‘ (that I played on the podcast a while back) available for download now. “I think you’ll still appreciate this cover for what it is: a loving tribute“
"Is this what dubstep did to Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys’ legacy? Dragged the summer out so that it lasts seven seasons? All the plants will die! Lofi-pop from that seventh season." [6th Aug: more]
i like, i like for sure, great stuff….oh man, you just got that album now, my boys bss, god i love their stuff…i’d say +1/4 indie cred, maybe, ha
i’ve had 7/4 shoreline for months - but I don’t know how no-one ever forced bandwitch upon me before. Incredible track.
Dude, GoodBooks are signed to SonyBMG/Columbia now and The Pipettes are on Memphis Industries.
Plus, I’ve hidden a link to your blog in a news story today, see if you can find it. :D
these things change pretty quickly. And I’m pretty slow.
I could not wish for a better ‘news’ ’story’ to be included in than that one.