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Choice new music - w/c 29 Nov 10
1 1 JAPANESE POP STARS Let Go / Destroy to be confirmed
2 3 ARCADE FIRE The Suburbs new single 20 December 2010
3 4 PRETTY RECKLESS Just Tonight new single 26 Dec 2010
4 - COSMO JARVIS Gay Pirates new single March 2011
5 5 WRETCH 32 Traktor new single 16 January 2011
 6 - HUSKI Wartime Widow new single 26 December 2010
7 - JAY-Z v PRODIGY 99 Problems new single
8 7 THE BEES Winter Rose new single 20 December 2010
9 10 CHRISTIAN TV When She Turns 18 new single early 2011
10 6 THE NAKED & FAMOUS Punching In A Dream new single 6 December 2010
10 9 BUCKCHERRY Dead new single 6 December 2010
10 8 AFRO JACK & EVA SIMONS Take Over Control new single 28 November 2010

This week's post ...

The Bees
Winter Rose new single 20 December 2010
Lovin' The Bees and Tim Goldsworthy some nice urgency displayed at the death of this seven minute mix... however as with many other tracks I'm not sure this tune is compatible with this type of remix. Here's the pr... The Bees have confirmed their new single Winter Rose will be released on 20 December on 7-inch and digital download formats. It is the second track to be lifted from their critically acclaimed fourth album 'Every Step’s A Yes', which is out now on Fiction. Complemented with a cool remix by Tim Goldsworthy!

Chapel Club
Surfacing new single 17 January 2011
Superb.. we need this band to make it and blow a hole through the ethnically adjusted music r&b x-factor wilderness... Surfacing is another top atmospheric
traditional indie track with an anthemic construction... Top 40 please. Here's the pr... Soon to release their debut album, Chapel Club have announced details of a new single on January 17th 2011. ‘Surfacing’ , the track that propelled the band out of the Dalston wilderness into a nations psyche was originally to be the band’s debut single but with question marks over copyright issues the track never hit the shops. Following what has been a productive twelve months – Chapel Club have continued to wrestle plaudits from critics and the public alike with some truly wonderful live shows, along the way releasing snippets of what’s to come in the way of limited edition tracks , recording their debut album with Paul Epworth and recently hitting the road on the NME Radar tour. Chapel Club have been one to keep an eye on throughout 2010 but with an ever growing developing musical armoury 2011 will almost certainly see a band that will be hard to ignore. Available digitally on 16th January and as a limited 7” on 17th January, ‘Surfacing’ is released through Loog Records with the band’s debut album ‘Palace’ to follow on 31st January 2011. Chapel Club will also be appearing live, with shows as follows :
February:
3rd Thekla BRISTOL 11th Doghouse DUNDEE
4th O2 Academy LIVERPOOL 12th Cluny NEWCASTLE
5th Leadmill SHEFFIELD 13th Hare & Hounds BIRMINGHAM
7th Cockpit LEEDS 15th Talking Heads SOUTHAMPTON
8th Bodega NOTTINGHAM 16th Heaven LONDON
10th King Tutts GLASGOW 25th Academy DUBLIN
26th Auntie Annie’s BELFAST

Go Team!
Buy Nothing Day new single 24 January 2011
Go Team! resume where they left off... bright joyful exuberant.. a Spector-like wall of sound, big and bouncy just the way we love em... this really does deserve hit status and with a bit of luck...
Here's the pr... Set for release on 24 Jan 2011, Buy Nothing Day is the first single to be pulled from The Go! Team's upcoming new album Rolling Blackouts, which hits the streets a week later. Recorded by the Team at the tail end of '09, the Brighton based boy girl sextet deliver a sun bleached slice of hyper girls-in-the-garage jangle, with Bethany of Best Coast bringing the Californian sun on lead vox. Blending Byrds style chiming guitars, girl gang vocals and topped off with a Theremin solo it's an exhilarating, insanely catchy yet uniquely Go! Team rush. On the flip side of the 7" is a cover of Betty & Karen’s lost 60s girl group nugget I’m Not Satisfied featuring the vocal talents of French singer Soko. The Go! Team will be bringing their unique genre trashing show to the UK as follows in February as follows:
03/02/11 - Oran Mor, Glasgow
04/02/11 - Liquid Room, Edinburgh
05/02/11 - Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
06/02/11 – The Cluny, Newcastle
08/02/11 - Heaven, London
09/02/11 - The Junction, Cambridge
10/02/11 - Birmingham Institute, Birmingham
11/02/11 - Anson Rooms, Bristol
13/02/11 - The Princess Pavilion, Falmouth
14/02/11 - Old Fire Station, Bournemouth
15/02/11 - Academy 1, Oxford
16/02/11 - Concorde 2, Brighton
18/02/11 - The Cockpit, Leeds
19/02/11 - Academy 2, Manchester
20/02/11 - Academy 2, Liverpool
21/02/11 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
24/02/11 - Waterfront, Norwich
25/02/11 - Academy 2, Sheffield
26/02/11 - Academy 2, Leicester
27/02/11 – Millennium Music Hall, Cardiff

Motorhead
Get Back In Line / Ace Of Spades (Accoustic Version) new single 6 December2010
Lemmy's distinctive voice comes thundering through... well not quite thundering the way it used to but Mr Ruff and Rockin is still there in plenty of evidence. I remember some years back there was an acid jazz version of 'Motorhead' and as featured in the Kronenbourg 1664 ad, the accoustic version of 'Ace Of Spades' is just as charming - in fact I fully expect to hear soon on Radio 2's Breakfast Show. The old anarchy however has been displaced as the ageing process kicks in... in these days of cyber men and cyber wars it's a little more difficult to keep this material relevant... nevertheless a unique charm of it's own. The new Motorhead album 'The World Is Yours' is released on 14 December as a classic rock fan-pack... including a special 132 page Motorhead magazine. Curiosity value high, collectability high, hit potential probably low.

This week's Goss ...

UK Top 40Sun 28 Nov 10
Check out our tune of the week from Japanese Pop Stars - 'Let Go' a quite wonderfully nasty 130bpm chugger of an indie electro vocoder sort of soundclash with a captivating video animation.

Take That's 'Progress' keeps top spot on the UK Albums while Rihanna's 'Only Girl In The World' goes back to Number One Stateside.

Tough battle at the top of the UK singles sees the unholy corporate monster that is X-Factor beat Ellie Goulding to Number One, although I suspect Ellie has a better chance than they of taking prime position next week. X-Factor's karaoke wannabes have reduced the awesome David Bowie song 'Heroes' to mush... Bowie originally recorded the song in Berlin in 1977 and Phil Manzanera's haunting guitar line which took ages to perfect is now pushed back in the mix to accomodate the straining vocals of tomorrow's instantly forgotten. I know each £3.99 for the single will go to Help For Heroes, or most of it but why not just give Help For Heroes £3.99 and save yourself the future bother of chucking another of this series most worthless contributions to pop music history.

Oh and here's another... Olly Murs, the legend... Our Olly will be on tour in 2011 armed with his two hits and hoping to make fast money before obscurity beckons... the cost of ticket to see him is an unbelievable £27... if you're an Ollie fan don't rush out to dish your dosh on this feeble... hold on for 50% reductions in the new year... they won't be able to give these tickets away. (I am prepared to eat my chocolate hat on it).

Then worse, the return of the novelty tune.... argghhhh.... Britain's Got Talent Brett Domino and his pointless tune to 'Gillian McKeith' (who?) of I'm A Celebrity non-entity-ness is in at 29 - check his homemade vid - non synced in error like the words to the melody except they apparently were deliberately non-synced.

For the first time in eons the UK has beaten the USA with six top ten entries compared to four Americanos..

8 new entries & 2 re-entry, 6 up, 23 down, 1 non-mover Top Ten... 6 UK... 4 USA …

This Week ... Last Wk ... Wks In ... Artist ... Title ... Origin

1 new 1 X-FACTOR FINALISTS Heroes UK

2 3 3 ELLIE GOULDING Your Song UK

3 1 2 JLS Love You More UK

4 new 1 OLLY MURS Thinking Of Me UK

5 4 5 RIHANNA Only Girl In The World USA

6 2 3 TAKE THAT The Flood UK

7 6 2 FAR EAST MOVEMENT Like A G6 USA

8 5 6 KATY PERRY Firework USA

9 12 10 ADELE Make You Feel My Love UK

10 18 2 RIHANNA & DRAKE What's My Name USA

 

11 7 3 BLACK EYED PEAS The Time (Dirty Bit) USA

12 15 8 CEE LO GREEN Forget You USA

13 13 8 MIKE POSNER Cooler Than Me USA

14 11 10 BRUNO MARS Just The Way You Are (Amazing) USA

15 9 3 McFLY & TAIO CRUZ Shine A Light UK

16 8 4 ALEXIS JORDAN Happiness USA

17 14 6 NELLY Just A Dream USA

18 16 3 PINK Raise Your Glass USA

19 17 5 CHERYL COLE Promise This UK

20 20 9 THE SATURDAYS & FLO RIDA Higher UK & USA

 

21 10 2 WESTLIFE Safe Irish Republic

22 19 4 WILL I AM & NICKI MINJA Check It Out USA

23 26 9 TINIE TEMPAH Written In The Stars UK

24 21 7 B.o.B. & RIVERS CUOMO Magic USA

25 new 1 JESSIE J Do It Like A Dude UK

26 25 7 DUCK SAUCE Barbra Streisand USA

27 22 2 TINCHY STRYDER & CHIPMUNK Game Over UK

28 23 3 GYPTIAN Hold You Jamaica

29 new 1 BRETT DOMINO Gillian McKeith UK

30 28 8 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA /TEMPAH Miami To Ibiza USA

 

31 27 6 THE WANTED Heart Vacancy UK

32 36 13 TAIO CRUZ Dynomite UK

33 new 1 USHER More USA

34 re-entry 17 THE WANTED All Time Low UK

35 30 7 MICHAEL BUBLE Hollywood UK

36 29 23 EMINEM & RIHANNA Love The Way You Lie USA

37 new 1 GORILLAZ & DALEY Doncamatic UK

38 new 1 BEATLES Let It Be UK

39 re-entry 10 OLLY MURS Please Don't Let Me Go UK

40 new 1 KYLIE MINOGUE Better Than Today Australia

America's Hot 100
This Week ... Last Week ... Weeks In ... Artist ... Title
1 2 11 RIHANNA Only Girl (In The World)
2 4 7 PINK Raise Your Glass
3 1 15 FAR EAST MOVEMENT with CATARACTS & DEV Like A G6
4 6 4 KE$HA We R Who We R
5 5 14 NELLY Just A Dream
6 9 5 KATY PERRY Firework
7 3 18 BRUNO MARS Just The Way You Are
8 7 5 RIHANNA & DRAKE What's My Name
8 22 13 CEE LO GREEN Forget You (F*ck You)
10 10 15 TREY SONGS & NICKI MINAJ Bottoms Up

UK.. 3.. 2.. 1.. KO?
Posted Monday 29th November 2010 - Source BBC.co.uk
There must be disdain in Tory circles today that their government is aiding and abetting the left-wing plan to dissolve the United Kingdom... the idea that we four nations squabble amongst ourselves over free prescriptions in Wales but not in England, differing speed limits in Scotland and the like can only have come from a European monster waiting to devour us whole... Here according to the BBC are the key measure's of the ConDem coalition's Scotland Bill
Holyrood to set new Scottish income tax from 2015
Borrowing powers, worth £2.7bn, to be devolved
Scots parliament to gain control over speed limit and drink-drive laws
Devolution of powers to control air guns
Increased powers to run Holyrood elections
New post of Scottish Crown Estate Commissioner
Obviously what's good for Scotland should be good for Wales and Northern Ireland also... and for Brussels... and my ma always told me to eat my brussels.

Karaoke Time
Posted Monday 29th November 2010
While we ponder whether 17 year old George Sampson has managed to pay Simon Cowell all the money he owes him... the Britain's Got Talent 'star', anti-social behaviour council flat evictee and future star of 'Waterloo Road' owes Simon for studio time not covered by his minimal royalty deal... (none of that was made up)... It's today been announced that the two biggest karaoke shows in the world are coming together in a slushing of television juices. Simon will be whetting himself before entry at the thought of the union between two money devouring corporate cemetary's. Oh yes it's X-Factor semi-finals this weekend... when will this wanton exploitation of mute's be consigned to global TV's rubbish bin... Big Brother lasted a decade so we've possibly another four or five years of this 'mirror mirror on the wall' all too often talentless poo... there maybe another world war before it ends. Anyways here's the lowdown on the showdown....
Glee cast will be performing on the semi-finals of The X Factor on Sunday 5th December. That means two of the biggest TV shows in the world are coming together for one incredible night!
Glee Live! In Concert! In the UK!
Glee is coming to London, Manchester and Dublin in June 2011!
Rachel, Finn, Mercedes, Kurt, Artie, Tina, Puck, Quinn, Santana, Brittany, Mike, Sam and Blaine will all perform in an all-new singing and dancing celebration of the Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning show.
Tickets go on sale at 9am today (Friday 26th November) via www.livenation.co.uk.
There are also a variety of fan ticket packages for the show available, including premium seats, parties and more. Head over to www.gleetour.com for those.2011 Glee Live! In Concert! dates:
June 22: MEN Arena, Manchester
June 25: O2 Arena, London
June 26: O2 Arena, London
July 2: O2 Arena, Dublin
July 3: O2 Arena, Dublin

More Global Hot-Air
Posted Sunday 28th November 2010 - Source BBC.co.uk
Earliest freeze since... how old's the planet.... Cardiff at -7C last night... around 85F inside the club... everything was wet! Here's the latest devastating news on the hot planet from the BBC...
Mid Wales recorded the lowest temperatures in the UK on Saturday night as bitter cold continued to bite.
Llysdinam in Powys saw -17.3C (0.86F), which is both the lowest ever recorded in Wales in November, and the lowest in the UK during the month since 1985.
Another Powys weather station at Tirabad, south of Llanwrtyrd Wells, saw a new local record of -14.3C (6F).
That made Wales colder than Greenland, with the chill continuing next week, and more snow possible from Tuesday.
Michael Dukes of MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "You are seeing some ridiculously low temperatures - it has been a bit like it is in the middle of Scandinavia. "There should be a bit more of a breeze over the next day or two, which will not feel quite as extreme. But then we might see temperatures threaten -20C (-4F) in the Scottish glens later. This is certainly an extraordinary cold snap."
The all-time lowest recorded daily minimum temperature in Wales was also in Powys, on 21 January, 1940, when Rhayader saw -23.3C (-9.94F).

new trax
our weekly a to z of new cd review's is listed below

this week
The Bees 20/12/10
Chapel Club 17/1/11
Go Team! 24/1/11
Motorhead 6/12/10

22 Nov
Cosmo Jarvis 3/11
Funeral Party 17/1/11
Huski 26/12/10
Jessie J 22/11/10
Andrew O'Neill Occult Comedian Showreel

15 Nov
Anberlin 15/11/10
Arcade Fire 20/12/10
The Bees 20/12/10
Buckcherry 6/12/10
Christian TV 1/11
Escape The Fate
Huski early 2011
Jay-Z LP 8/11/10
Kassidy EP 22/11/10
Patrick Wolf 6/12/10
Pretty Reckless 26/12/10
White Lies 3/1/11
Yasmin 24/1/11

8 Nov
Afro Jack 28/11/10
Bashy 6/12/10
Enter Shikari 29/11/10
I Blame Coco LP 8/11/10
Jagga 6/12/10
Jamie Woon demo
Japanese Pop Stars tbc
Liam Bailey demo
Mona 13/12/10
My Chemical Romance 8/11/10
The Naked & Famous 6/12/10
The View 1/11/10
Wretch 32 16/1/11

1 Nov
The Barbarellas 31/1/11
Chase & Status 8/11/10
The Drums 13/12/10
Grinderman 22/11/10
Katy Perry

25 Oct
Autohype 8/11/10
Awolnation
The Count & Sinden 8/11/10
Dirty Heads
Hans Island 8/11/10
Kid Adrift 15/11/10
Miles Kane 15/11/10
Papa Roach 29/11/10
The Stand 25/10/10
Twin Sister 22/11/10
The Vaccines
Wolf Gang 22/11/10

18 Oct
Boys Like Girls 22/11/10
Example 14/11/10
I Blame Coco 1/11/10
James Blunt 25/10/10
John Legend LP 18/10/10
Katy Perry 15/11/10
Linkin Park 14/11/10
Mirrors 15/11/10
Nadine Coyle 8/11/10
Nelly Furtado 16/11/10
Tinie Tempah LP

11 Oct
Stereophonics 18/10/10

4 Oct
The Concretes 18/10/10
Fenech Solar 20/9/10
Foals 4/11/10
Huski v Arcade Fire 27/9/10
Klaxons 25/10/10
3OH!3 to be confirmed

27 Sep
Innercity Pirates 4/10/10
Pure Reason Revolution 11/10/10
TingTings 10/10/10
Robbie & Gary 4/10//10

20 Sep
Chapel Club 11/10/10
Devlin vs Kid Adrift
Spokes
Wilder 22/11/10
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