But a day late. Another regular “Monday” feature now. It’s the second “Monday” of the month, which it’s time for a Great British Tune-Up and a releases round up.

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The Great British Tune: What the music blogs across the world are saying about British music.

We get the low down on Bloc Party’s Flux @ Nialler 9.

Los Campesinos are discussed at Music For Kids… “This song showcases all the eccentric qualities of the band.. their size allows them to create a huge wall of sound”

Pitchfork provide “beat-oriented music you could listen to while dreaming on a beach”. A balearic revival, just in time for Autumn.

Youth Movies and Jonquil get together together for Vertical Montanas, Bloodshed in The Woodshed give their opinion: “I couldn’t imagine a better combination; morning sex and orange lucozade aside.” (no mp3. yet.)

A lot of bloggers have been posting Quasi-New Radiohead tracks, trying build up the hype with live recordings of new tracks. I’ll be live blogging the release @ 00:01, in 5 hours.

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Releases Round Up

Recent releases by British artists of note.

Albums:
‘Sleeping States - There The Open Spaces‘ - Buy at Tome Records [see NBGL post]

‘Emma Pollock - Watch The Fireworks‘ - Buy at 4AD [see NBGL post]

‘Napoleon IIIrd‘ - Buy at Brainlove Records [see NBGL post]

You can download any two of the above albums for free by signing up to the Emusic trial which give you 25 free downloads, and is no obligation.

Singles:
Economy Wolf - Mt Allen [trail and error records]

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