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Birds of a Feather 2019

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The Bird and The Bee: Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen Read More The Bird and the Bee The Bird and the Bee will be promoting their fourth album Recreational Love, available on Rostrum Records. Regarding the long gap in album …

THE BIRD AND THE BEE
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We’re kind of excited to hear that The Bird and The Bee is back with a new cover album Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen (available August 2 on No Expectations / Release Me Records). This is the follow-up to 2010’s Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates.

With the new album, the duo (vocalist Inara George and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin) will set to tour North America to support the new record. As we previously mentioned at their last Minneapolis show in November 2015, Greg Kurstin will not be appearing. Kurstin has famously hated and refused going on tour …. but he will play local (Los Angeles) shows.

I’ve already had a taste of hearing some tracks from the album, and it’s the typical wonderful deconstruction of a “hard rock” music of Lee Roth-era Van Halen, but with the touch of calm, jazz breakdown. The differences are so great that you probably wouldn’t know they were Van Halen songs.

Tour Dates

08/02/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ John Anson Ford Theater #
08/11/19 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club *
08/12/19 - Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village *
08/14/19 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre *
08/15/19 - Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre *
08/16/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live *
08/17/19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere *
08/20/19 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
08/21/19 - Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5 *
08/22/19 - Birmingham, AL @ The Saturn *
08/24/19 - Dallas, TX @ Trees *
08/25/19 - Austin, TX @ Parish *
08/28/19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
08/29/19 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
08/30/19 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop * ^

# = featuring Dave Grohl on drums and Justin Meldel-Johnsen on bass
* = support from Samantha Sidley and Alex Lilly
^ = additional support from DJ Aaron Exelson

Fat White Family: Feet Read More Fat White Family South London's Fat White Family got a lot of buzz for their insane live shows. The six-piece band just released their debut album Champagne Holocaust …

FAT WHITE FAMILY
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London’s Fat White Family has been in the news recently. The group recruited DJ Parrot (aka Richard Barratt of Sweet Exorcist) and Jarvis Cocker (frontsman of Pulp) for their remix of “Feet” (taken from their third album Serfs Up!). The “Feet” song is under the “Parrot and Cocker Too” remix title and will be available on a limited-edition white label 12” (limited to 500 units for the world) and digital download. You can buy the record at dominomusic.com.

Tour Dates

20/11/19 – Stylus – LEEDS
21/11/19 – Potterow – EDINBURGH
22/11/19 – QMU – GLASGOW
23/11/19 – Boilershop – NEWCASTLE
24/11/19 – Arts Centre – KENDAL
26/11/19 – Invisible Wind Factory – LIVERPOOL
27/11/19 – Tramshed – CARDIFF
28/11/19 – Institute – BIRMINGHAM
29/11/19 – The Haunt – BRIGHTON
02/12/19 – EartH Concert Hall - LONDON
03/12/19 – EartH Concert Hall - LONDON
04/12/19 – EartH Concert Hall– LONDON
05/12/19 – EartH Concert Hall- LONDON

MAGPIE BLUE facebook.com Edinburgh based singer songwriter Magpie Blue (aka Millie Hanlon Cole) has arrived with her debut single “Just In Time” on June 14th, via Seahorse Music. You can see the 19-year-old at Doune the Rabbit Hole in Stirling on July 20th, 2019.

LOW FLYING HAWKS bandcamp.com Prior to releasing their third album, Low Flying Hawks (featuring Dale Crover from The Melvins and Trevor Dunn from Mr. Bungle) will be releasing Anxious Ghosts EP on June 28, 2019, via Magnetic Eye Records.

THE OWL-EYES theowleyes.com New Minneapolis band The Owl-Eyes (aka Ethan P. Teel) released his debut album Hallelujah Hysteria on April 19th, 2019. When playing live, Teel is joined on stage with Zahk Peterson on drums, Chris Miller on additional guitars, and Patrick Schenkenberg on bass.

HERON heronband.com Pennsylvania’s Heron is a four-piece instrumental band, featuring Ben Blick (guitar), Boyd Lewis (guitar), Eric Morelli (bass), and Nate Blick (drums). Their second album Sun Release will be out July 19, 2019.

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Desert Daze 2018 Kick-Off Week

Desert Daze 2018 Kick-Off Week Read More Desert Daze Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists .... Jarvis Cocker Sally, joins us once again to talk more Britpop! Is there a britpopcast in the future? Talks centers around Jarvis Cocker and Pulp, Suede. Pulp started in 1978 … Slowdive Shoegaze band Slowdive are currently on a reunion tour, stopping by Minneapolis' Fine Line Music Café, after being absent from the city in twenty-two years! .... My Bloody Valentine The great noise, shoegazing band My Bloody Valentine is on a reunion tour. We’re talking the original classic lineup of Kevin Shields, Colm Ó Cíosóig, Debbie Googe, and Bilinda Butcher. .…

With Desert Daze 2018 coming up this weekend (October 12th-14th, 2018) at Lake Perris, California, we thought we’d spotlight some of these bands we’ve already seen.

Also, the Music Festival announced that Friday’s ticket and Camping are nearly sold out, so if you’re on the fence about attending this weekend, it’s time to pull the trigger.

Jarvis Cocker (Friday): Frontsman of Britpopster band Pulp will be at Desert Daze on Friday. If you’ve ever listened to a Pulp album, you know that Cocker’s lyrics are often like reading a mini novel. He’s a genius. Since going solo, Cocker has really expanded from just a singer in a band to something more interesting, like film actor, film maker, and writer.

Slowdive (Saturday): After years and years of inactivity, the re-formed/re-united English band did small tour in 2014 (which was one of our greatest highlight). Now, with a 2017 self-titled album, the shoegazing band will like stick around. If you’ve never seen the band, you’ll be glad to know that they were recently added to the Desert Daze lineup for co-headlining on Saturday night.

My Bloody Valentine (Sunday): Deservingly headlining Sunday evening. Let’s face it, when you talk about shoegazing music, the band that everyone is influenced by is probably My Bloody Valentine. Like Slowdive, MBV was on a long hiatus, until Kevin Shields got the band back together.

There’s still a million other bands coming to Desert Daze, so there’s a little something for everyone.

Can’t wait for the weekend? There are a couple of smaller, side shows leading up to the big event:

Regent

10/09 Shannon & the Clams, Escape-ism, Tropa Magica

10/10 Jarvis Cocker

The Echo

10/09 Ex-Cult, Holydrug Couple at

10/11 Sons of Kemet, Younatan Gat

10/17 Cut Worms, Michael Rault

Vista Theatre

10/11 Connan Mockasin

Zebulon

10/10 Frankie & Witch Fingers, Stonefield, Wild Wing

Irenic San Diego

10/11 Hinds, Toast Music

Ace Hotel Palm Springs

10/11 Imarhan

Pappy & Harriet's

10/15 Desert Daze Official Wrap Party

Details and lineup:

Desert Daze 2018
October 12th-14th, 2018
Lake Perris, California
Tickets & Camping: ticketfly.com
More Info: desertdaze.org

Friday Tame Impala Warpaint Connan Mockasin Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Jarvis Cocker Introducing JARV IS… Hinds Pond IDLES DAKHABRAKHA Wand Gum All Them Witches True Widow Lumerians (Late Night) Mary Lattimore Sons Of Kemet Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers L.A. Witch Kikagaku Moyo + Boogarins + JJUUJJUU (Late Night) Tropa Magica Sugar Candy Mountain Opening Ceremonies With Ian Svenonius

Saturday King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Slowdive Mercury Rev Perform Deserter’s Songs Chelsea Wolfe Wooden Shjips BEAK > A Place To Bury Strangers Shannon & The Clams Kevin Morby Kikagaku Moyo Malcolm Mooney Of CAN Damien Echols – High Magick Boogarins Ex-Cult Deap Vally (Late Night) Cosmonauts Prettiest Eyes (Late Night) Cut Worms JJUUJJUU Ulrika Spacek Al Lover Hand Habits Mannequin Pussy Stonefield Cat Scan

Sunday My Bloody Valentine Death Grips Shellac Ty Segall & White Fence Earth Perform The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull Preoccupations King Khan & The Shrines Julia Holter Earthless Follakzoid Bedouine Escape-Ism The Holydrug Couple Death Valley Girls Imarhan Here Lies Man Sextile Vinyl Williams Gladys Lazer Goon The Mad Walls Talks: Steve Albini

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Desert Daze: October 12-14, 2018

Read More Desert Daze October (thank god because we would all melt in the otherwise typical days of such shenanigans) will bestow the 6th installation of the transcendent music festival Desert Daze in Joshua Tree, California. .... Tame Impala Tame Impala is touring the U.S. again in support of their album, Lonerism. Kevin and crew have definitely crafted a piece of art. Loud, incredibly groovy. ... Slowdive Shoegaze band Slowdive are currently on a reunion tour, stopping by Minneapolis' Fine Line Music Café, after being absent from the city in twenty-two years! ....

Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists, and this year is no exception. With Tame Impala headlining, it could in fact be the best one yet.

I could enumerate on how this festival is, in my opinion, the Mecca of all festivals, but it is really something to be seen by the own eye to truly comprehend. Along with bizarre instillations and an entire village complete with meditation tent and tea ceremonies, this isn’t just a music festival…it’s an Extraterrestrial Festival.

The California-based festival run by Jjuujju’s guitarist Phil Pirrone has an impressive lineup this year featuring Tame Impala, My Bloody Valentine, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (also a returning band), Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, Shellac, Ty Segall & White Fence, Warpaint, Earth (performing The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull), Malcom Mooney of CAN, Steve Albini, Connan Mockasin, Pond, and Julia Holter, Earthless. There are always surprise guests and DJ’s along with plenty of mind-enhancing activities to attend in between shows.

English dream-pop band Slowdive has recently been added to the festival, which will by far be one of the most sought-out performances of the weekend.

Check out Desert Daze’s amazing lineup poster, featuring the latest additions and broken down by day. Single-day tickets are now available in addition to three-day general admission and VIP passes. Visit the festival’s website for more info.

Desert Daze is happening October 12th-14th, 2018 in Lake Perris, California.

Details and lineup:

Desert Daze 2018
October 12th-14th, 2018
Lake Perris, California
Tickets & Camping: ticketfly.com
More Info: desertdaze.org

Friday Tame Impala Warpaint Connan Mockasin Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Jarvis Cocker Introducing JARV IS… Hinds Pond IDLES DAKHABRAKHA Wand Gum All Them Witches True Widow Lumerians (Late Night) Mary Lattimore Sons Of Kemet Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers L.A. Witch Kikagaku Moyo + Boogarins + JJUUJJUU (Late Night) Tropa Magica Sugar Candy Mountain Opening Ceremonies With Ian Svenonius

Saturday King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Slowdive Mercury Rev Perform Deserter’s Songs Chelsea Wolfe Wooden Shjips BEAK > A Place To Bury Strangers Shannon & The Clams Kevin Morby Kikagaku Moyo Malcolm Mooney Of CAN Damien Echols – High Magick Boogarins Ex-Cult Deap Vally (Late Night) Cosmonauts Prettiest Eyes (Late Night) Cut Worms JJUUJJUU Ulrika Spacek Al Lover Hand Habits Mannequin Pussy Stonefield Cat Scan

Sunday My Bloody Valentine Death Grips Shellac Ty Segall & White Fence Earth Perform The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull Preoccupations King Khan & The Shrines Julia Holter Earthless Follakzoid Bedouine Escape-Ism The Holydrug Couple Death Valley Girls Imarhan Here Lies Man Sextile Vinyl Williams Gladys Lazer Goon The Mad Walls Talks: Steve Albini

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R.I.P. Muhammad Ali

Read More Cat Power Cat Power stopped by Mill City Nights in Minneapolis, last night, October 30th. This show was co-sponsored by The Current 83.9 FM and the 400 Bar. ... Jarvis Cocker Sally, joins us once again to talk more Britpop! Is there a britpopcast in the future? Talks centers around Jarvis Cocker and Pulp, Suede. Pulp started in 1978 …

June is here and we’re adding another name to our ever-growing 2016 Musician Deathlist. Although boxer Muhammad Ali is not known for music, his boxing legacy, style, self-declared “The Greatest” and quotable catchphrase (“float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”) inspired musicians all over. A good solid listing can be seen on Wikipedia.com, which cited Johnny Wakelin & the Kinshasa Band (for their single ‘Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)’), Bob Dylan (for the song ‘I Shall be Free No. 10’), R. Kelly (for the song ‘World’s Greatest’) and LL Cool J (for his 1991 single ‘Mama Said Knock You Out’) among some of Ali’s biggest fans.

They didn’t mention Cat Power’s album and title track ‘The Greatest’, which I have always felt was a nod to Ali because of the boxing gloves on the album cover and the song lyrics, “Once I wanted to be the greatest. Two fists of solid rock, with brains that could explain any feeling.”

Also: the father of Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp), Mac Cocker recently passed away, according to doublej.net.au. Apparently Cocker was a radio DJ for Double J (currently owned by Triple J).

Dave Swarbrick of the English folk rock band Fairport Convention died at the age of 75 due to emphysema, according to theguardian.com. Universally known as Swarb, he played the fiddle in Fairport Convention. Swarbrick left Fairport in 1981 and in 1983, moved to Northamptonshire, and formed a new acoustic folk band, Whippersnapper.

UPDATE: Surfer Blood's guitarist Thomas Fekete died on 30 May 2016, but we just learned about it now. Fekete was forced to leave the band in 2009 when he learned of his terminal cancer. Fekete passed away at the young age of 27, according to spin.com. We are big fans of the band and previously caught them post-Fekete, with Art Brut in November 2009.

Below are more deaths for the month of June - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2016.

June (6)

[03 June 2016] Muhammad Ali, 74, respiratory issues

[03 June 2016] Mac Cocker (Double J), ?, unknown

[03 June 2016] Dave Swarbrick (Fairport Convention), 75, emphysema

[02 June 2016] Freddie Wadling, 64, cancer

[02 June 2016] Orest Hrywnak (WBBF-AM), 59, heart attack

[02 June 2016] Corry Brokken (Eurovision), 83, not given

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SXSW 2014: March 13

Read More SXSW South by Southwest (SXSW) Music is next week: March 11-16th. Since March 1st, I've received about 200 emails with the subject header of "SXSW" …

Day Four (March 13) of SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Temples at Austin Psych Fest's Levitation Austin Thursday, March 13

Temples at Pyscfest. Having to stand behind the stage and fence. Couldn't wait for a two block line for a potential chance of getting in....

T-Rex meets Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd. Get a groove and keep it going.... Lots of buzz on these guys and deservedly so.

Temples' debut album, Sun Structures, is out now on Fat Possum. After SXSW, Temples will set out for their U.S. tour, stopping by St Paul's Turf Club on Thursday, April 24.

Wytches at Austin Psych Fest's Levitation Austin Thursday, March 13

We just mentioned Wytches last night at The British Music Embassy, but here they are at Austin Psych Fest's Levitation Austin.

Just caught the last song.

The Wytches are currently based in Brighton. The three-piece surf-psych band are currently signed to Heavenly Recordings (Partisan Records in the U.S.) with "Gravedweller" as a free digital single.

Casual Sex from Glasgow. Somewhat like Franz Ferdinand with a gimmick of makeup and whacky guitars; they didn't play straight up solos. They are another band who like chorus on their guitars...

Casual Sex recently 'bumped' into legendary Jarvis Cocker (talk about some bad puns) at SXSW and they are promoting their EP 12" The Bastard Beat, out now.

Casual Sex at the British Music Embassy, Austin (03/13/14)

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W♥M202: RAH+SXSW

W♥M202: RAH+SXSW (37 mins) Read More SXSW With SXSW 2013 to be in March, we're already starting to see announcements for showcases. For those that can't afford to travel to SXSW every year, the good news is that really good bands are …

It's that time of the year again: SXSW pre-announcements. Expect to hear nothing but SXSW bands from now until April.

Vu, Brody and Rebecca Ann Henry (RAH) on W♥M Radio this week, to talk SXSW.

With over 1,700+ bands on the lineup for SXSW, it's almost way too much. We talked about some of these bands that we're looking forward to seeing at SXSW.

The Magic Numbers - English pop rock band comprising two pairs of brothers and sisters from Hanwell.

Only Real - British band, "they just dropped out".

Jarvis Cocker - Pulp's singer will be giving an extraordinary talk on the meaning of artistic vision at the SXSW 2014 Music Conference. Cocker will be speaking on Wednesday, March 12th from 12:30pm-1:30pm at the Austin Convention Center Room 18ABC.

Strange Talk - Melbourne-based alt-pop four-piece will be releasing their Wind-up Records debut album Cast Away on April 29, 2014. Look for them at CMJ and SXSW.

Jezabels - Sydney-based band, currently on tour in support of their album Prisoner.

Action Bronson - He raps about food.

Rebecca Ann Henry - Singer/songwriter with full band called RaH.

Suzanne Vega - New Yorker singer/songwriter is set to play SXSW 2014 Music Festival on Saturday, March 15th at the Central Presbyterian Church.

We talked about SXSW strategy, free drink tickets, and seeing random free shows

Song of the show is: "Concrete Floor (Amontillado)" by Rebecca Ann Henry.

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Great Scotts!

Fratellis US/Canada 2014 Dates poster Read More The Fratellis After a five year absent from the music scene, The Fratellis are back with a brand new album We Need Medicine. The Scottish band is currently in the middle of a tiny, tiny U.S. tour in support of it, and basically selling out every …

THE FRATELLIS
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We were lucky enough to have caught The Fratellis at their sold-out tour in 2013. The Scottish band just announced new 2014 North American tour dates. Buy your tickets now (if it's available for advance tickets), because based on their previous sold out status at smaller clubs, these shows will likely sell out as well:

02/21: Atlanta, GA @ Hell Stage
02/22: Orlando, FL @ The Social
02/26: Vancouver, BC @ VENUE
02/27: Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
03/01: Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre

The Fratellis' latest album is called We Need Medicine and it is out now on BMG Records.

Stay tuned for more news from The Fratellis coming soon!

Bonus section: The Ceremonies aren't from Scotland, but we saw them in Chicago with the Fratellis.

They seem to like Scottish bands, because they've just announced a Winter 2014 tour date with Scottish indie-rock band Glasvegas. We previously mentioned the Glasvegas tour dates here, but in case you missed it:

02/16 Washington DC Rock N Roll Hotel (All Ages)
02/17 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
02/18 Boston, MA Great Scott (18+)
02/19 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
02/20 Brooklyn, NY Rough Trade
02/22 Toronto, ON Mod Club
02/24 Chicago, IL Schubas
02/25 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry (18+)
02/28 Seattle, WA Columbia City Theater
03/01 Vancouver, BC The Venue
03/02 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
03/04 Los Angeles, CA The Echo (18+)

The Ceremonies debut self-titled EP is out now on Atom Factory Music/Capitol Records.

E Rey - Live in Philadelphia FatCat Read More We Were Promised Jetpacks Thanks to motormouth for sending in some information and upcoming tour dates for We Were Promised Jetpacks. Jetpack's latest album, These Four Walls was released earlier this month, their upcoming tour schedule …

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS
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We Were Promised Jetpacks will be returning with E Rey - Live in Philadelphia, an album that was recorded at Philadelphia's Union Transfer. The live album will be out February 25th via FatCat and follows up We Were Promised Jetpacks critically acclaimed sophomore album In The Pit Of The Stomach.

I previously saw We Were Promised Jetpacks at SXSW 2009 at the Scottish Showcase, and they were so very happy to have such a crowded audience (especially showing up early for the opening band), and mentioned on stage that no one gave a "sh***" about them in their hometown.

Looks like the band is back in the U.S. to tour around SXSW this year:

02.21 - Los Angeles, CA @ The El Rey
02.22 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's 365 Club
02.24 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
02.25 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
02.28 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social
03.01 - Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall
03.02 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
03.03 - Cleveland, OH @ the Grog Shop
03.05 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
03.06 - Wilmington, DE @ Arden Gild Hall
03.07 - Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
03.08 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
03.09 - Richmond, VA @ The Camel
03.11 - Chattanooga, TN @ Rhythm And Brews
03.14 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.15 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.16 - Mexico City, Mexico @ Pasagüero

Read More Jarvis Cocker Sally, joins us once again to talk more Britpop! Is there a britpopcast in the future? Talks centers around Jarvis Cocker and Pulp, Suede. Pulp started in 1978 …

EVERYTHING IS NEW
everythingisnewproject.com

'Everything is New' is the international outreach project created by Scottish arts community Transgressive North in aid of Dalit "untouchable" children in southeast India, now has over 1,000 contributors, all working for free. Proceeds from the project go to the charity Scottish Love in Action which feeds, clothes, houses, educates and provides medical care for over 500 children by funding the Light of Love Home and School in southeast India.

Coming out next week, January 20th, are two releases:

[1] Marram's Sun Choir, featuring Jarvis Cocker (Pulp), Owen Pallett, doseone, White Hinterland and Margaret Bennett

[2] a compilation called BOATS, featuring exclusive tracks by Four Tet, Dan Deacon, Bear in Heaven, Califone, Deerhoof, El Guincho, Gang Gang Dance, Lucky Dragons, Julian Lynch, Max Tundra, No Age, The Ruby Suns, Rustie, Son Lux, Sun Airway, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Taken By Trees, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), YACHT, and many more.

On both releases, you can hear the voices of Light of Love Children's Choir, which is made up of the voices of the children from the Light of Love Home and School.

In further support of the project, Transgressive North released Marram feat. Jarvis Cocker and Margaret Bennett's "Falling From The Sun." You can hear it on Soundcloud.

Celtic Connections celticconnections.com Read More Mogwai This is the best part, the entire soundtrack was created by instrumental Scottish band Mogwai. They are more shoegazy or mathrock, but for the soundtrack, which was released February 25th …

CELTIC CONNECTIONS
celticconnections.com

Taking place in a few days is Celtic Connections music festival. Over 200 musicians from around the world is playing in Glasgow between January 16th and February 2nd, 2014.

I looked over the map, it seems like there are over 10 different concert venues participating in this three-week event.

Some of the artists schedule to appear are:

Del Amitri, Imelda May, Capercaillie, Bobby Womack, Mahotella Queens, Salsa Celtica, Amadou & Miriam, Lúnasa, AR Rahman & Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Mogwai, Peatbog Faeries, Julie Fowlis, Elephant Revival, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Manu Dibango, Treacherous Orchestra, Shawn Colvin, Nicola Benedetti, Stockton's Wing, The Gloaming, Lau, Suzanne Vega, Seth Lakeman, RANT, Boban Marković Orchestra, Alkinoos Ioannidis, The Olllam, Bill Callahan, De Temps Antan, RM Hubbert, Lloyd Cole & the Leopards, Kathleen MacInnes, Tim Finn, Dick Gaughan and The Stray Birds.

Fatherson Tour Dates poster

FATHERSON
fathersonband.co.uk

Scotland's Fatherson recently sold out their Glasgow show with over 500 people singing every word, indicating that they have strong hometown support. The band new album I Am An Island will be coming out April 7th on A Modern Way.

In the meantime, they're set to open up for Lonely The Brave:

01/26/14 Glasgow, King Tuts *
01/27/14 Manchester, Deaf Institute
01/28/14 Leicester, Academy 2
01/30/14 London, Cargo
01/31/14 Aldershot, West End Centre
02/01/14 Nottingham, Rock City Basement
02/04/14 Southampton, Joiners
02/05/14 Leeds, Cockpit
02/07/14 Norwich, Open
02/08/14 Cambridge, Junction 2

* Ross Leighton acoustic set

Vladimir: Come Over soundcloud.com

VLADIMIR
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Vladimir is "the noisiest band in Dundee [Scotland]", according to Daily Record.

The four-piece young band (everyone is 18 years old) is known for their "excessively loud chaotic live shows", opening up for such bands as Peace, The View, Pigeon Detectives, The Twilight Sad and Wet Nuns.

Their last release was "Come Over", which came out November 18th, 2013. You can hear the track on soundcloud.com. The track is free to download.



The band was recently on "Vic's 25 Scottish Artists to Watch 2014". The list is in alphabetical order, so take that as you will with Vladimir ending up last because of the 'v'.

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W♥M070: Jarvis Cocker, Australian Tour 2009

W♥M070 [download (29min, 26mb)]

I was hoping to have a report from "man on the scene" Brody on his report of SXSW 2010, but it looks like he's still recovering. In the meantime, this show is about Jarvis Cocker's Australian tour, which is finally edited for the show.

 

Jarvis Cocker - Angela

Kristen went to see Jarvis on four of the seven Australian dates and sends in her report about her adventures. Sally went to two dates and detailed them here: Jarvis Cocker - Australian Tour, December 2009.

Note: Jarvis did not do any Pulp songs, which was disappointing to see.

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UPDATE 3/21/2010: Kristen wanted to mention that Jarvis Cocker's guitarist, Tim McCall, recently died in an accident at home, adding "Which is really sad because he has been with Jarvis since the first solo record."

From www.thestar.co.uk (20 Feb 2010):

Tim McCall, aged 37, died at his home in Crosspool. The circumstances of his death have not yet been made public.

Tim was well known on the Sheffield music circuit, with his biggest break coming when his friend - Sheffield singer Richard Hawley - introduced him to Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.

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Jarvis Cocker - Australian Tour, December 2009

Jarvis in Sydney

First thing I’d like to say is, if you really love a band and you get the chance to see them play in Adelaide, take that chance. I am now a firm believer the people in Sydney are at least seven times more rude than anywhere else.

So, Jarvis Cocker is about to wrap up his second solo Australian tour this weekend and I managed to see him at both the Metro in Sydney and the Gov in Adelaide. Now… both shows were equally as excellent musically, the sound was much better in Sydney, but the atmosphere in Adelaide was just so much more amenable to such an apparently accommodating chap such as Jarvis Cocker. 

What do I mean by accommodating? Well he’s very generous with the chocolates (can’t say the same for the girl in Sydney who would only stretch as far as giving me half a square of a chocolate – I didn’t care that it was Jarvis’, I didn’t want to ruin your chances of selling it for $15 on ebay, I just wanted chocolate) and drinks (but hopefully not a nasty strain of Jarvicoccus Aureus – oh microbiology jokes, so hilarious) and quite amenable to having a good old chat with the audience. 

One thing I was especially impressed with was that between the two shows, I can’t recall one thing he repeated saying. (Might have had something to do with the cheat sheet he had attached to his set list). Although, I am well known for being easily impressed. 

Jarvis in Adelaide

All the tunes were there: Angela, Black Magic, Further Complications, Fuckingsong, Homewrecker and even You’re In My Eyes, the disco song, which I have professed to dislike intensely, but actually got me dancing. I must say, there’s something about the really loud parts of Jarvis’ songs, most notably in Black Magic, that just sends a shiver down ones spine. The man, again, lived up to all expectations (after two sneaky pretending-the-show-was-over-and-walking-off-stage moments), wrapping up the set with a lovely rendition of Running the World.

Aside from his witty banter about such profound topics as koalas and why they don’t just eat something else (because what they actually eat doesn’t give them enough energy to do anything other than sleep when they aren’t eating), being attacked by an emu and whoever’s birthday it happened to be on that day (someone had been doing their research), by far the greatest thing of all was Jarvis’ trademark dance moves. He must really have an excellent sense of balance, a lesser man would have been a pile on the floor if they tried to pull off some of the leg-flailing movements that Jarvis can do.

Adelaide Britpop Christmas Party - December 23rd

Special mention also goes out to Martin Craft (you may remember him from the Australian band, Sidewinder); support act and guitarist within Jarvis’ crew. Talented guy; quite a musical contrast to Jarvis both within the song subject and the feel of the tunes. Slow, and wispy, a single acoustic guitar, a synth and a saxophone. Nice.

Brilliant.

 

(Thanks to Miss Kristen who followed the man around the country and took these pictures)

 

On a side note, I just wanted to thank everyone who came to the Abercrombie hotel for britpop last week and want to draw your attention to the Britpop Christmas party happening on the 23rd. Could very well be the last one! Get there!

 

Sally

sally@weheartmusic.com

 

W♥M058: Q Magazine's Britpop Quiz

W♥M058 (53 mins)

 

Me Me Me - Hanging Around

Recorded in the same session as Britpop Top Ten Countdown (which I still consider the best show ever), this super hard quiz was written by some hardcore journalist at Q Magazine, published in a paperback book called Q Quiz Book. The book is free, along with Q Greatest Rock & Pop Miscellany Book, as bonuses for an annual subscription. I got the book via one of their magazine off the stand.

Some questions are dubious, as far as Britpop is concern, like The Verve question... but overall one of the better quiz out there.

The later part of the show, we talk a bit about The Abercrombie Hotel closing down, Pavement, and Empire of the Sun.

Also, don't forget to see DJ Sal in Sydney at britpop.com.au.

Below are the questions and answers.

Q Quiz				Answer				Points
01 From which London suburb did The Bluetones hail?				Hounslow				0
02 What was the Boo Radley's debut album called?				Ichabod and I (1990)				0
03 What was the name of Elastica's long-delayed second album?				The Menace (2000)				1
04 What was Pulp's original name?				Abacus Pulp				1.5
05 What was the name of the band fronted by Danny Goffrey's wife Pearl?				Powder				1
06 What was the name of Sleeper's first Top 10 single?				"Sale of the Century"				0.5
07 Who replaced Bernard Butler on Suede?				Richard Oakes				1.5
08 What were Blur originally known as?				Seymour				1
09 Which Ocean Colour Scene song was the theme music on Chris Evans's TV show TFI Friday?				"The Riverboat Song"				1
10 Which Britpop supergroup featured both Blur's Alex James and Justine Frischmann Justin Welch from Elastica?				Me Me Me				1.5
11 How many Brit Awards did the Verve take home in 1998?				3				0
12 In which year was Pulp's first Peel Session?				1981				1
13 What was the name of Echobelly's singer?				Sonya Madan				0
14 Which Britpop frontman had his shoes stolen by muggers in 1997?				Rick Witter				0
15 Which member of John Power's band Cast also performed with Shack?				Peter Wilkinson				0
16 One of the follow was not a member of Kula Shaker. Which one? a) Alonza Bevan b) Jay Darlington c) Steve Peck d) Paul Winterhart				C				0
17 Who was the singer of the Seahorses, John Squire's post-Stone Roses outfit?				Chris Helme				0
18 Which member of Dodgy went out with Denise Van Outen?				Andy Miller				0
19 In 1995, with Britpop at its zenith, which three acts headlined the Reading Festival?				Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, and Neil Diamond				0
20 What item of furniture played a prominent role in the video to Supergrass's Alright?				bed				1
21 What was Marion frontman Jaime Harding convicted of stealing in 2000?				a garden gnome				0
22 Which Britpop outfit were the first to appear on Top of the Pops without releasing a record?				Menswe@r				0
23 How many Top 5 UK albums did Space manage?				2				1
24 Gene's 1994 debut single For the Dead came in a limited run of how many?				1994				0
25 Which former member of Pulp now runs a ceramics shop?				Nick Banks				1
Bonus Questions
26 The infamous "Battle of Britpop" - name the two singles by Oasis and Blur that went head to head that same week. Bonus point: Who won in term of most singles sold.				"Roll With It" vs "Country House"; Blur won the battle (but Oasis won the war).				1.5
27 Elastica stole the guitar riff of "Connection" from what 70s punk band? Bonus point: name the song.				Wire; "Three Girl Rhumba"				0
28 Name Blur's bassist Alex James' unusual hobby?				Cheese lover				1
29 Before Kanye's "I'll let you finish" upstage, which Britpop maverick danced his way on stage during Michael Jackson's performance of an award show. Bonus point: name the award show.				Jarvis Cocker; The Brit Award				1.5
30 Name the lead singers of (1) Oasis, (2) Blur, (3) Pulp, (4) Suede, (5) Sleeper, and (6) Elastica.				Liam Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, Brett Anderson, Louise Wener, and Justine Frischmann				3

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