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Monday, 29 September 2014
New Jaymes Young
Jaymes toured with us for a few months at the end of last year, and he is still one of my favourite acts we have shared a bill with. Here's the new EP
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Ben Howard Live Lounge
Ben Howard's cover for BBC radio 1 Live Lounge reminded me of this performance by John Martyn on the Old Grey Whistle Test.
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Monday, 15 September 2014
Flyte - Harley Street
Coincidentally Sam Berridge who plays Keys in band was the first person i knew of to cover our song Hey Now, a few weeks after we had released it. He was busking in London at the time, and we met at random when Dot and I spotted him on the Underground after having seen the video above.
Flyte are currently writing and recording their debut album
Sunday, 7 September 2014
Thursday, 4 September 2014
Aphex Twin - minipops 67 [120.2][source Field Mix] (aka the manchester track)
Not everyone knows that we have the same tour manager as Richard D James (aka APHEX TWIN).
His name is Sweeney...
(above) A photo of Sweeney in his cowboy hat whilst on our spring tour in the USA. And a photo of us with Sweeney at French festival "Main Square" this summer.
(below) new 'Aphex Twin - The Manchester Track'
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Yume Bitsu
I found this EP called 'wabi morning' in a small record store in Arizona, on our last US tour. I quite liked the look of the cover art, and it was just $6. The band is called Yume Bitsu, which means 'Dream Beats' in Japanese. The band split in 2002, but they also made this great album (below).
Monday, 1 September 2014
Festival Playlist
Here is some fairly new music by bands/artists I have found myself listening to over the summer whilst on the road with LG.
1. Spoon: Inside Out - I heard this on hype machine a few weeks ago, and I keep coming back to it when we are travelling. I didn't have the same connection with the rest of the album, but this song just doesn't get old to me.
2. Unknown Mortal Orchestra: So Good at Being In Trouble - Mark Foster (foster the people) told me about this band, and recommended their 2nd album 'II'. This is one of the best songs on the album.
3. Tom Misch: The Journey - I found Tom's music a while ago when i downloaded his free EP, and have listened to his music throughout this summer. He plays/programs everything on this track with no samples used.
4. Hozier: Take Me To Church
5. Foxygen: How Can You Really
6. Soak: Sea Creatures
7. Rhodes: Breathe - David has supported us a few times now on our UK tours, and I've been a fan of his music for a while now. This is his new single.
8. Claptone: Cream - this track was released in 2012, but I only discovered it recently.
9. Jaymes Young: Dark Star - Jaymes supported us on our very first tour of the USA, and then our first UK tour that followed. I think he's currently locked away writing a new album, and he plays his first headline show in LA very soon. He has so many killer songs, this being one of them.
10. Knytro: My Motive (Movement)
11. Perfume Genius: Queen
12. Girls in Hawaii: Misses - I watched this band at a festival in France early on this summer. I had no knowledge of them before, but they have made 3 albums with some success in Belgium. I don't think the music translates as well on record, but their live show was awesome.
13. WarPaint: Love is to Die - We recently played a radio conference in Boulder, Colorado where we played on an incredible bill with Paulo Nutini and Ray Lamontagne in a tiny 400 capacity theatre. Just before our show was due to begin Dot and I were hanging out around the back of the venue when we heard this Warpaint song being played out on a fairly loud system nearby. We walked towards the music, and saw the band playing on a makeshift stage in a car-park to no more than 50 people.
14. Joey Bada$$: Big Dusty
15. London Grammar: If You Wait (SHY FX remix)
16. Lapsley: Station - I saw Lapsley perform a great set on the BBC introducing stage at Glastonbury.
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