Mar 2
2010

So the Monday blues are out of the way, and spring is virtually tapping on the door: hurray! Here are some sweet audio and video delights doing the digital rounds this week.

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Gorrilaz are streaming their new album Plastic Beach a week ahead of its release, and they take over Gaurdian Music for a week.
Listen here:
Scottish masters of lo-fi The Twilight Sad release The Room on 7″ vinyl and digital formats on 29th March 2010 on Fat Cat records
Video


 

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Owen Pallett (Formerly Final Fantasy) releases ‘Lewis Takes Off  His Shirt’ from his Heartland album on March 29th
Here is the video


 
Free download mp3 -Simon Bookish remix of ‘Keep The Dog Quiet’
 
MAR 18 DUBLIN, IRELAND - WHELAN’S
MAR 25 CARDIFF, UK - MILLENIUM MUSIC HALL
MAR 26 LONDON, UK - KOKO
MAR 27 BIRMINGHAM, UK - RAINBOW WAREHOUSE
MAR 28 MANCHESTER, UK - THE DEAF INSTITUTE

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by Becky



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Feb 18
2010

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The new episode of the Kid Vinyl podcast is online now, featuring music from Sparrow and The Workshop, The Ropes, Laura Veirs, and Cataldo; as well as part of KV’s interview with the great Laura Veirs herself. Please follow the ‘Podcast’ link to the right for more information, and the link to the Laura Veirs interview to read the complete transcript of the chat LV and KV had together.

Direct Download (Right click and ‘Save As’)

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by Matt



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Feb 16
2010

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Four Tet is set to release new single Sing taken from the current album There Is Love In You on March 15th on Domino. The track is available on 12″ vinyl or as a digital download.

Mr Hebden will tour the UK in March including a London date at Village Underground on the 30th May (Bank holiday Sunday-rescheduled from 10th).

Tour dates are: 

Thursday 11th March: Manchester - Club Academy
Friday 12th March: Leeds - TJs
Saturday 13th March: Edinburgh - Bongo Club
Thursday 17th March: Brighton - Concorde 2
Friday 19th March: Birmingham - Custard Factory
Saturday 20th March: Bristol Fiddlers
(Bank holiday weekend) Sunday 30th May: London - Village Underground (rescheduled from 10th April - same ticket still valid)

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Girl group extradinaire (now with erm,  a new girl and some boys) are back with a new album Earth vs Pipettes which is preceded by the single Stop the Music on April 19th on Fortuna Pop. The single will be available on limited edition red vinyl and CD + digital bundle.

In the meantime, you can download Our Love Was  Saved By A Spaceman for free.

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by Becky



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Feb 15
2010

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Artist: Broadcast 2000

 Album: Broadcast 2000 

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 Broadcast 2000 is the brainchild of bedroom musician Joe Steer and a host of talented friends. The result is anything but Lo-Fi, thanks to production by Eliot James (Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs). Steer’s wish was for the album to “sound like it was recorded in my bedroom, but this time as if I’ve crammed a whole orchaestra in there” and that’s as good a summation as any for this eponymous debut.

Opener Rouse Your Bones  is a Noah and the Whale (Tom ‘Fiddle’ Hoben is one of the album’s players)/ Mumford & Sons/Fanfarlo esque  song with layered hamormonies.  A sweeping crescendo chorus and twinkly glockenspiel set the tone for the orchaestral folk pop of the rest of the album.

Joe Steer’s vocals are pure and more pop than some of his indie-folk contemporaries. On Your Own Worst Enemy  he sounds like Matt Hales of the much underrated 90s band Ruth (later of the 45s and now more recently Aqualung) but I digress. I reckon it’s a shoo- in for the soundtrack to Skins, perhaps one of the introspective moments after some neon-clad hi-jinks, or something.

By now you have probably heard Get Up and Go on the E-energy ad advert; it’s honey-sweet and just perfect for cosy nights in. For me the highlight is joyous, country pop ode to trying that is Gonna build a Mountain where Joe Steer sings ” I don’t know how I’m gonna do it but I’m gonna try” - a cheerful reminder that it’s good to believe that anything is possible, even if pesky reality suggests otherwise.

Overall, it’s a great debut and while it doesn’t necessarily move mountains, it should put a little Spring-time into your day.

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by Becky



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Jan 7
2010

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The Ropes have announced details of their upcoming EP “Love is a Chain Store.” The songs have been available on the bands’ website for download using a “pay what you want” model beginning on December 15, 2009. The digital release and physical CD will be available at major online retailers on January 12, 2010.
Produced by Nic Hard (The Bravery, The Church) and The Ropes, “Love is a Chain Store” expands upon the bands’ previous musings on isolation, individualism, and anti-romance.
The band also have other albums and EPs available online for free

To download the album visit this site

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by Matt



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Jan 4
2010

Having been silent since 2007, the Kid Vinyl podcast is once more alive, with a new episode available now, playing music by DeVotchKa, Gregory and the Hawk, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Au Revoir Simone, and the late, much lamented, Vic Chesnutt.
For more details, please click the ‘Podcast’ link in the right hand column of this page

Download the podcast as MP3

Subscribe in iTunes (Please right click and ‘Save As’)

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by Matt



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Jan 1
2010

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Best wishes for 2010 from Team Kid Vinyl.

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by Matt



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Dec 30
2009

So, it’s  nearly the end of the festive season and I’ve been ensconced in films, DVD box sets and radio programmes and now it’s time to fire up my brain box and reflect on the year that was 2009.  Here are some of the things in the world of popular culture that I enjoyed over the past 12 months.

 

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by Becky



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Dec 22
2009

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Some audio treats to warm up these cold days. First up, Kid Vinyl faves Kill It Kid give us a cover of Low’s Just Like Christmas… check out their webpage for a Christmas message.

Secondly, The Slits’ guitarist Viv Albertine has made a free Christmas song for mailing list subscribers. Subscribe here (click the ‘News’ tab)

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by Matt



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Dec 7
2009

Head on over to www.pixiesmusic.com to sign up for your FREE Doolittle Live EP, four tracks recorded on October 16 at the Zenith in Paris, on the last night of the European leg of the tour.

by Lee



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