Collaborative Music Blogging Project
The rather sterling Noah and the Whale release their second album The First Days Of Spring on August 3rd. Pre-orders will be available from this week and you can grab an audio morsel for free here: http://www.noahandthewhale.com/FDOS.html
Audience participation is often an unpredictable affair: when it works it can enhance the enjoyment for both performer and crowd, but when it doesn’t,it can really derail a gig. It’s understandable then that Yo La Tengo walk on sedately (although as a fan for some years, and having seen them multiple times, it’s not like I…
Continue reading The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo@ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 15.06.09
Tonight’s gig could have been disastrous for The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. If rolling news bulletins are to believed: the London tube strike has seen fighting at bus stops and travel times akin to those of the Victorian era. Fortunately, this gathering of indie-kids are not allowing pesky travel disruptions to ruin their…
Continue reading The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Cargo, London 10.06.09
The extremely lovely Gregory and the Hawk is on tour, and stops at the following venues this month: 21/6 Rep. Ireland Cork Infirmary 22/6 Rep. Ireland Dublin Whelans (upstairs) 23/6 UK Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach 24/6 UK London Queen Of Hoxton (w/Kelli Ali) There’s also a free giveaway track, Grey Weather, over on The Line…
Continue reading Gregory and The Hawk UK/ Ireland Dates
Scottish Folk gent James Yorkston releases a limited edition 7″ single of ‘Martinmas Time’ on August 3rd. This is taken from his forthcoming ‘Folk Songs’ album (in collaboration with The Big Eyes Famiy Players) to be released on August 10th on Domino. Yorkston has sent out blank record sleeves, which the likes of Steve Mason, The Lone…
Continue reading James Yorkston wants your Haikus!
Taking their name from a friend’s story; Brooklyn’s The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are wistful, lyrical storytellers with an ear for distorted but melodic indie-pop. The British popular press and fanzines alike have been full of high praise for their eponymous debut album. Singer Kip Berman and Keyboardist / Singer Peggy Wang…
Continue reading Kid Vinyl chats to The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Firstly, a wonderful homemade video by Pablo J Lopez for The Decemberists’ ‘The Rake’s Song’ and ‘The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)’ (via tsururadio.com) Secondly, Bon Iver and My Brightest Diamond performing the gorgeous Bon Iver track ‘Flume’ at the Radio City Music Hall in NYC last weekend for the Red Hot Organization. (via Music…
Continue reading Two videos for your Saturday
As the opening band on a bill of gloomy indie rock (they are on tour with popular press darlings, White Lies) New York’s Violens (pronounced Vy-Lenz, phonetics fans) offer a slither of light in the haze of this cavernous club. Clad all in white, they deliver a set of melodic and occasionally ambient indie pop. It’s never easy warming a…
Continue reading Violens, Heaven (night club), London 8/5/09
Yesterday afternoon, Kid Vinyl had the great fortune to be invited to a showcase hosted by One Little Indian for their new band Kill It Kid, whose debut single ‘Send Me An Angel Down’ drops on May 18th. Named after a Blind Willie McTell song, the quintet emerge as a powerful proposition, influenced as much…
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Brooklyn based, Fortuna Pop band The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart release ‘Young Adult Friction’ on May 18th. This follows the recent critical success of their eponymous debut album. The band bring their delightful sounds to our shore for summer adventures (and stolen glances from beneath fringe moments, I’ll bet) throughout May…
Continue reading The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart single + tour details