Posts by Month: December 2013

los_campesinos

Gig: Los Campesinos + Joanna Gruesome

los_campesinos

 

We remain Los Campesinos! and by the time these shows roll around we will have released our fifth album, ‘NO BLUES’. This brief handful of gigs in December will be our only of 2013 and will see us thirsty to play the songs of ‘NO BLUES’ for the first … Read on

factory floor

Gig: Factory Floor + East India Youth

factory floor

 

Factory Floor are a London-based band formed in 2005. They have been described as ‘post-industrial’, using live drums, synthesizers and noise.

 

 

The band formed in 2005, originally comprising Gabriel Gurnsey and Mark Harris, who were then joined by Dominic Butler. Harris later left, and they were joined … Read on

Night Beds

Gig: Night Beds

Night Beds

 

Welcome to the sound of Winston Yellen and Night Beds, who in one stunning ten-track debut album Country Sleep, have shown that there is plenty of life left in the world of American music if you have the voice, the songs and the gift to touch hearts and souls. … Read on

gogol bordello

Gig: Gogol Bordello + Man Man

gogol bordello

 

July 22nd 2013 saw the UK release of Gogol Bordello’s sixth full-length album Pura Vida Conspiracy via PIAS/Coop. Produced by Andrew Scheps, the new album was recorded in El Paso, Texas at Sonic Ranch Studios and is a powerful collection of 12 surging new songs. The album is available … Read on

Alabama 3

Gig: Alabama 3 + Suzuki Method

Alabama 3

 

Best known internationally for supplying the theme to the American TV series ‘The Sopranos’ with their song ‘Woke Up This Morning’, Alabama 3 have carved a unique niche for themselves which transcends considerations of chart success and runs far deeper than the transitory fame of modern celebrity culture.

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white lies

Gig: White Lies

white lies

 

White Lies are an English post-punk band from Ealing, London. Formerly known as Fear of Flying, the band consists primarily of Harry McVeigh (lead vocals, guitar), Charles Cave (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Jack Lawrence-Brown (drums) The band perform live as a five-piece, complemented by sidemen Tommy Bowen  … Read on

dutch uncles

Gig: Dutch Uncles + Outfit

dutch uncles

 

Marple’s Dutch Uncles have spent the past 5 years earning increasing renown for their atypical time signatures, pop riffs and the magnificent dance moves of singer Duncan Wallis. After releasing an LP of early material through a German label in 2009, the band signed to Memphis Industries for their … Read on

shopping

Gig: Zohra Drif Presents…Shopping, Good Throb + Mistoa Poltsa

shopping

SHOPPING
Serrated as fuck post-punk/no wave/kinda disco-not-disco
members of trash kit, sacred paws, bloody knees and wetdog!!

www.facebook.com/weareshopping
you can stream their new LP ‘consumer complaints’ here, yknow: http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/exclusive-listen-shopping-stream-consumer-complaints-album-in-full/

 

 

 

GOOD THROB
incredibly scrappy and surly girl-boy punk rock. kinda kleenex, x-ray … Read on