Mike's Mad4these
Choice new music - w/c 28 Mar 11
1 2 SMITH WESTERNS Weekend new single 2 May 2011
2 1 JON FRATELLI Santo Domingo new single 14 April 2011
3 10 GUILLEMOTS The Basket new single 11 April 2011
4 - NOAH & THE WHALE Tonight's The Kind Of Night new single 17 May 2011
5 - EDDIE VEDDER Longing To Belong new single 30 May 2011
6 5 YASMIN Finish Line new single 8 May 2011
7 - THE MUSGRAVES So Sofia new EP 26 April 2011
8 10 MILK & SUGAR Hey Nah Neh Nah new single tbc
9 7 THE KILLS Satellite new single 28 March 2011
10 6 GO! TEAM Apollo Throwdown new single 16 April 2011
10 8 WRETCH 32 & EXAMPLE Unorthodox new single
10 9 J. COLE Who Dat new single date to be confirmed
10 - CHASE & STATUS Time new single date to be confirmed

This week's post ...

Airborne Toxic Event
Numb new single 18 April 2011
It’s been exactly two years since The Airborne Toxic Event rose like a shining totem for catchy, smart, compelling indie rock and landed a UK top twenty album still as an unsigned band. The debut has gone on to sell well over platinum and TATE’s unique blend of charisma, compelling pop anthems and hard graft - playing 30 shows in 30 nights - won them a legion of devotees, all of whom have been eagerly anticipating the band’s return. And now in 2011 The Airborne Toxic Event are back with a brand new album of eleven songs, including the single ‘Numb’, which is released on 18th April through Mercury Records. The band will be touring the UK in April including 4 London shows in 4 days!

All The Young
The First Time new single 4 April 2011
Drums come crashing in... guitar... like a traditional indie arrangement... strong vocal... good words "Thank you for being there...." Yes I like this, very nice
Stoke's All The Young are set to burst into the world with an album of brick-breaking powerhouse sounds, brought into catastrophic dimensions by GGGarth Richardson, the man responsible for classic albums from Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Biffy Clyro. A fitting collaboration for a band whose whole manifesto chimes with the age-old tale of the lads from a nowhere town, singing about something better than what's outside their door.
Following tours with Brother, and with further dates as headliners on the Midlands Calling tour approaching, ATY are readying their own moment of reckoning
with their debut single 'The First Time', a driving onslaught of churning bourbon-soaked chords and cloud-bursting hopeful melodies.
Tour Dates:
Supporting Brother
April
11th – Reading, PLAY
12th – Yeovil, The Orange Box
14th – York, Stereo
15th – Sheffield, Leadmill
16th – Middlesbrough, Uncle Albert’s
17th – Glasgow, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
Headline tour
April
29th – Darlington, Inside Out
May
4th – Sheffield, The Forum
5th – Glasgow, King Tut’s Wah What Hut
6th – Stockport, KU
9th – Guildford, The Boiler Room
13th – Preston, Mad Parrot
14th – Sunderland , Independent
19th – Liverpool, Sound City
21st – Stoke, Underground
28th – Southampton, Unit
www.alltheyoung.co.uk

CoConi
Spirits On The Telephone new single 2 May 2011
There is a sexy seventies style funky keyboard line quietly plunking away in the single mix of this new tune from CoConi. 'Spirits On The Telephone' is an atmospheric type of tune more sound based than lyric oriented... kind of spooky. Pleasant enough though probably not strong enough to break through this time.

Dutch Uncles
Cadenza new single 2 May 2011
If Dutch Uncles had the inspired production talents of someone like Stephen Street to hand I think they may conjour up a hit tune... jingly Smiths like guitar work and 'highbrow' vocals stamp their authority on 'Cadenza'... should pick up some useful airplay, a maybe. PR.... Dutch Uncles are Duncan Wallis (Vocals), Sped (Guitar), Andy Proudfoot (Drums), Peter Broadhead (Guitar), Robin Richards (Bass) and started 2011 with aplomb, their unabashed highbrow pop helping them sell out shows up and the country on their first ever headline UK tour. And now May 1s will see the
release of Cadenza, the lead single from the upcoming debut UK album of the same name. Cadenza encapsulates all the musical adventure and ambition that Dutch Uncles trade in. The infectious Italo-House piano opening and peculiarly catchy looping sea-shanty guitar riff give us the hooks whilst frontman Duncan Wallis’ vocals provide an exquisite counterpoint. The result is three minutes of dynamic and swoonsome future thinking pop. With the album out 25th April, Dutch Uncles will be heading out on tour as follows:
Apr 7 Paris, Festival Mon Amour
Apr 27 London, XOYO
Apr 30 Leeds, Live at Leeds
May 12, Brighton, Great Escape Festival
May 13 The Hague, Walk the Line Festival
May 19 Liverpool, Liverpool Sound City
May 21 Cheshire, Friends of Mine Festival

Eddie Vedder
Longing To Belong new single 30 May 2011
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has announced that he will release a new solo album on 30th May via the band's own Universal imprint, Monkeywrench Records, which will feature original songs and covers played on the ukulele! The album will include guest appearances from Glen Hansard of The Frames and Swell Season and Cat Power. Vedder will also release a live DVD directed by Fugazi's Brendan Canty the same day. Here’s the first single from the album, ‘Longing To Belong’. We know it’s not going to be a dancefloor filler but Eddie’s voice is in fine form and the track is undoubtedly a thing of beauty!

Fixers
Crystals new single 9 May 2011
Fixers bring back the jangly guitar of indie, a pacey 200ish-bpm, interesting stereo effect, chanty vocals... should pick up BBC6music airplay easily and could break through. Nice
Fixers return, following up their spellbinding debut single ‘Iron Deer Dream’ with this four track EP, entitled ‘Here Comes 2001, So Lets All Head For The Sun’. It’s a statement, the first real body of work from this Oxford five piece. Opener ‘Another Lost Apache’ kicks off with four-part harmonies, thumping drums and
insidious hooks. ‘Crystals’ is a tumbling, swirling psychedelic pop track, a rushing four-minute gem that captures the sun-kissed elements of Fixers music. Tambourines and stratosphere-scraping guitars drive the track along. It’s pop in its purest, most sincere form. ‘Uriel’ is sure to light up the summer festivals and beyond. Unashamedly epic, it demonstrates the bands sense of melody and their ambition. Closing track ‘Passages/Love Action’ takes the Fixers sound far and wide, featuring pounding drums, spiritual lyrics and crunching dance beats.
Fixers are no ordinary band. Gigs in the future include a show at Sounds From The Other City Festival in Manchester, where the band will be playing a church, with the backdrop a screening of Mariah Carey’s ‘Glitter’. They are a bold pop act, and like all the best pop, they are forward-thinking and innovative. Influences are pulled from an incredibly broad spectrum, from West coast psychedelia to Middle Eastern pop, New York dance grooves to Japanese pop.
Debut single ‘Iron Deer Dream’ was released on Young And Lost, and saw Fixers earn rave reviews in The Fly, The Guardian, Uncut and NME, who featured them as one of the top ten bands to watch in 2011. The band did sessions for Jo Whiley and Huw Stephens at Radio 1, whilst Zane Lowe and Nick Grimshaw gave the track repeated plays.
‘conspicuous kaleidoscopic melodies, quintessential British pop clarity’ – Uncut
‘It’s weird, it’s experimental, but it’s also instantly addictive’ – NME
‘a wondrous thing’ – Guardian
Tracklisting
Another Lost Apache
Crystals
Uriel
Passages/Love In Action
Live dates –
April 2011
Sat 30th Live At Leeds
May 2011
Sun 1st Sounds From The Other City, Manchester
Mon 2nd Hull Fruit
Tue 3rd Newcastle Cluny
Wed 4th Aberdeen Drummonds
Fri 6th Glasgow King Tuts
Sat 7th York Fibbers
Sun 8th Sheffield The Harley
Mon 9th Stoke Sugarmill
Wed 11th Leicester Lock
Thu 12th The Great Escape, Brighton
Wed 18th London Cargo
Sat 21st Liverpool Masque Loft
Wed 25th Birmingham Hare & Hounds
Thu 26th Cardiff Undertone
www.myspace.com/fixerstheband

The Musgraves
Lost In Familiarity EP new EP 26 April 2011
So here's the cutting thrust of rock in 2011 and it's.... Folk Rock. Noah and Mumford have paved the way and it's a sight to bemuse when 200 blokes are fists in the air to Adele's 'Rolling In The Deep'. To my ears we haven't yet got this Folk Rock honed in pop to the nth degree as R&B and Grime and Hip Hop seem but it's getting there. Bombay Bicycle Club's teasing, weaving 'Rinse Me Down' tune of last year is my fave of the genre so far... enter The Musgraves as favoured by BBC 6Music's Tom Robinson with their pleasant debut, a four song EP called 'Lost In Familiarity'. Lead track 'So Sofia' is an up-tempo edgy affair, then there's 'Back To Me', 'Discover Me' and 'Fortune Teller'. Good potential, this could be the consolidating of a Folk Rock boom akin to the 1960's batch which gave us Bob Dylan and Donovan. Nice.

Neon Trees
1983 new single 11 April 2011
Neon Trees follow their debut UK hit ‘Animal’ with the release of a new single ‘1983’ on 11th April through Mercury Records. Included here is the ‘1984’ Remix of ‘1983’ – nice! One of the biggest bands in the US right now, the track is taken from their album ‘Habits’. Neon Trees will return to the UK to play festivals in the
summer.

Noah & The Whale
Tonight's The Kind Of Night new single 16 May 2011
Noah and The Whale will release a new single, Tonight’s The Kind Of Night, on May 16th. It is the second single to be taken from the band’s Top 10 third album, Last Night On Earth. The release will coincide with UK dates including a show at London’s Roundhouse, also on May 16th. 'Tonight’s The Kind Of Night' will be accompanied by a video directed by Noah And The Whale’s own Charlie Fink. The video was shot in Los Angeles during the band’s current run of US dates, which included shows at LA’s Troubadour, at South by Southwest and in New York, where they headlined two nights at the Bowery Ballroom.

PJ Harvey
The Glorious Land new single 18 April 2011
‘The Glorious Land’, the second single from PJ Harvey’s ‘Let England Shake’, will be released as digital download and on 7” vinyl by Island Records on April 18th 2011. PJ Harvey’s eighth studio album was recently released to widespread international acclaim and ‘Let England Shake’ has garnered Top 10 chart positions in the UK, Australia, Denmark, France, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland, and debuted at number 2 in Belgium & Norway.
“... more than ever, Polly Harvey was made for these times.” MOJO ****
“Let England Shake is a record that ventures deep into the heart of darkness of war itself, and its resonance throughout England’s past, present and future.
10/10” NME

Soundgirl
I'm The Fool new single 18 April 2011
Meet the effervescent new British trio SoundGirl… Izzy B (16), Olivia (17) and Little Nikki (14), three girls who’ll put the sass back into British girlpop as they unleash a barrage of future hits on a largely unsuspecting British public. SoundGirl release their debut single 'I’m The Fool', through Mercury Records, on 18th April. 'I’m The Fool' is an undulating ska-tinged future classic that features a special guest spot from London-based rapper Twizzle. Its unique sound is a fantastic statement of intent from the SoundGirl trio - on first listen it demands a double take then, gradually, it gets inside your head, handcuffs itself to your brain and throws away the key. The song was co-written by the band with Miranda Cooper, the former Xenomania songwriter responsible for some of this century’s other great pop hits for the likes of Girls Aloud, Kylie and Sugababes.

Sunderbans
Wolf Heart EP new EP 4 April 2011
Hmm, melodoic, mellow, melancholy... tempo picks up towards the end... there doesn't seem to be any obvious hook and I feel the track could be edited to around 3'15" for greater chance of success... promising though.
Relations between Sunderbans and label Club The Mammoth blossom this spring with the announcement of the band’s Wolf Heart EP due out on April 4th. The release succeeds the band's feature on Huw Stevens' Music Sounds Better With Huw VOL 2 compilation last autumn, and debut 7" single We Only Can Because We Care released by Young and Lost and produced by Henrik Orrling of Swedish favorites Envelopes. Inspired partly by the descent to insanity induced by the days and nights spent locked away in a Dalston cellar, the self-recorded and produced EP showcases the band's musical coming of age. From the sparse beginnings of Tall Trees the EP surges into life with title track Wolf Heart, where guitar and bass riffs meander to a breathless crescendo. Artrocker Magazine describes a ‘developing melancholia alongside some twisting guitar lines that Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd would enjoy...we want more’. To celebrate the release the band announce a mini-tour, with the live set bolstered by the introduction of a new member. This begins with a headline show at London’s White Heat club, Madam Jojos on Tuesday 5th April.
For more info and full live dates please visit:
www.clubthemammoth.com/ www.myspace.com/sunderbans

Sum 41
Screaming Bloody Murder new single 29 March 2011
After spending nearly all of last year on the road, including their 4th headlining run on the 2010 Vans Warped Tour – platinum Island Records group Sum 41 has completed the most long-awaited new studio album of their career. SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER, arriving March 29th jumps out with the title tune single, “Screaming Bloody Murder”. SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER follows-up Underclass Hero, released July 2007. In the interim, Sum 41 issued their first career-spanning collection, All the Good Shit: 14 Solid Gold Hits 2000-2008. It compiled singles from their debut mini-album Half Hour Of Power (2000), and all four of their full-length studio albums: All Killer No Filler (2001), Does This Look Infected? (2002), Chuck (2004), and Underclass Hero (2007). For more info go to www.Sum41.com

TV On The Radio
Will Do new single 11 April 2011
Do' the tasty new track from TV On The Radio... a good track possibly too laid back to set the top forty alight but a good effort. Why is this type of record subservient to Tempah et al... mystery. I'm sure change is on the way because sales don't always confirm the impression we're given.
TV On The Radio will release their highly anticipated new album ‘Nine Types of Light’ on April 11th.
Nine Types of Light is the follow-up to the band's gorgeous, glorious 2008 release, Dear Science, which proved to be a breakout release. It was named album of the year by Rolling Stone, Spin, The Guardian, Pitchfork, Entertainment Weekly, MTV and NPR. Touring behind the album, the group sold out a year's worth of live shows across the world. Formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, the band; David Andrew Sitek, Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone, Jaleel Bunton and Gerard Smith; decamped from their usual East Coast base, to record ‘Nine Types of Light’ at David Sitek’s Los Angeles home, recording the psychedelic adrenaline laced post-punk grooves in the kitchen, living room and patio, breaking only for the occasional barbeque and game of ping pong.
On ‘Nine Types of Light’, the group takes distorted guitars, sauntering and reverberating bass, a drum beat that is just the slightest bit off-center and the result is tracks like "Will Do" which starts out with wind chimes before giving away to that trademark buzz, with Tunde singing about the yearning for his ungovernable, unrequited love of another. "I think the songs on this album, to me, maybe sound simpler" Tunde says. "But it just might be that we have gotten better at what we do."
www.tvontheradio.com
www.twitter.com/tvontheradio.

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

this week
Airborne Toxic Event 18/4/11
All The Young 4/4/11
CoConi 2/5/11
Dutch Uncles 2/5/11
Eddy Vedder 30/5/11
Fixers 9/5/11
The Musgraves 26/4/11
Neon Trees 11/4/11
Noah & the Whale 17/5/11
PJ Harvey 18/4/11
Soundgirl 18/4/11
Sunderbans 4/4/11
Sum 41 29/3/11
TV On The Radio 11/4/11

21 Mar
Chase & Status tbc
Guillemots 11/4/11
Go! Team 16/4/11
Japanese Voyeurs 18/4/11
Naked & Famous 7/3/11
PJ Harvey 18/4/11
Smith Westerns 2/5/11
Valentines 11/4/11

14 Mar
Colour Music tbc
Fixers tbc
Endless Dark 4/4/11
Funeral Party 11/4/11
Jon Fratelli 18/4/11
Lady GaGa 14/3/11
Lonely Island
Maverick Sabre 7/3/11
PJ Harvey 17/1/11
Streets tbc
Wombats tbc

7 Mar
Cut Copy tbc
Emin 4/4/11
Emma's Imagination 27/3/11
Gypsy & The Cat 28/3/11
The Heartbreaks 18/4/11
J Cole tbc
JoyFormidable 4/4/11
Milk & Sugar tbc
Morning Parade 28/2/11
Willow 6/3/11
Yasmin 8/5/11

28 Feb
Breakage 28/2/11
Cage The Elephant 13/3/11
Clare Maguire 28/2/11
Katy Perry & Kanye West tbc
Ladytron 14/3/11
Tunics tbc
Twin Atlantic tbc
Wretch 32 & Example 18/4/11

21 Feb
Anna Calvi 21/3/11
Arcade Fire 14/3/11
Cat's Eyes 28/2/11
The Kills 28/3/11
White Lies 21/3/11
Voluntary Butler Scheme 4/4/11 Wretch 32 to be confirmed

14 Feb
The Agitator
Blacklight Pioneer 28/2/11
Kassidy 14/3/11
Parade 7/3/11
Spark 14/3/11

7 Feb
Kid Carpet 14/3/11
Lady Gaga 11/2/11
Miles Kane
Mirrors 14/2/11
Panic! At The Disco 21/3/11
The Vaccines
The View 7/3/11
Wretch 32 & Example
Wolf Gang 21/3/11

31 Jan
Naked & Famous 7/3/11
Kassidy 21/3/11
Lonely Island & Akon
Patrick Wolf 14/3/11
PJ Harvey 7/2/11
Wolf Gang 21/3/11

24 Jan
Dutch Uncles 28/2/11