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Choice new music - w/c 2 May 11
1 2 COSMO JARVIS Sure As Hell Not Jesus new EP 29 May 2011
2 3 DEPECHE MODE Personal Jesus 2011 new single 30 May
3 4 J MAGIK & WICKAMAN with DEE FREER In Pieces (Mike Delinquent Project Edit) new single
4 1 ARCTIC MONKEYS Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair new single 30 May 2011
5 5 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Around My Head new single 17 May
6 - KATY PERRY Last Friday Night new single
7 10 YOUNG THE GIANT My Body new single 16 May 2011
8 8 IAN BROWN, ALEX METRIC & STEVE ANGELLO Open Your Eyes new single 8 May 2011
9 - THE TRAVELLING BAND Fairweather Friends from their 'Screaming Is Something' album 30 May 2011
10 - WILD HOPE Money & Gold new single 6 June 2011
10 10 CHAPEL CLUB Blind new single 16 May 2011
10 5 SMITH WESTERNS Weekend new single 2 May 2011

This week's post ...

The Bees
Go Where You Wanna Go
new single 6 June 2011
Innovation a la Bees stylee continues... an accoustic chorale... a nice, almost Beach boys-ish piece, turns out the song was a Mamas & Papas original... it'd be great if it takes off, I hope it does
The Bees will release a special edition version of their critically acclaimed album, Every Step’s A Yes, to coincide with a summer of live shows, including support slots with Fleet Foxes and a special headline date at London’s St James Church, as well as a number of special festival appearances. The full list of tour dates is:
31 May Hammersmith Apollo, London (w/Fleet Foxes)
01 June St James Church, London (headline show)
23 June Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (w/Fleet Foxes)
26 June Glastonbury Festival, Somerset
28 June Apollo, Manchester (w/Fleet Foxes)
29 June Corn Exchange, Edinburgh (w/Fleet Foxes)
01 July Eden Sessions, St Austell (w/Fleet Foxes)
08 July The Honey Harvest, London (headline show)
15 July Latitude Festival, Suffolk
17 July Close-Up Festival, Bucks
24 July Secret Garden Party, East Anglia
12 August Summer Sundae Weekender, Leicester
03 Sept Mosley Folk Festival, Birmingham
Tickets for all dates are on-sale now. Details available from www.thebees.info
A new single, Go Where You Wanna Go, is released on 6 June. A cover of the Mamas & the Papas 1965 classic, the song was first aired live by the band earlier this year and received such a strong reaction that it was recorded to tape at the Bees own Steam Rooms studios shortly after.
Go Where You Wanna Go will also feature on a revamped iTunes release of the Bees’ standout fourth album Every Step’s A Yes, alongside a wealth of extra tracks, videos and remixes. On top of the original 10-track album, highlights include a stunning live session cover of Portishead’s The Rip and b-side & fan favourite The Dink. There is also a four-song acoustic ession recorded by a stripped-down trio of key Bees Paul Butler, Aaron Fletcher and Tim Parkin, plus Tom Gardner on drums. Every Step’s A Yes (Deluxe) is available on iTunes from 30 May via Fiction.

The Naked & Famous
Girls Like You
new single 6 June 2011
"Run... run and run...". These guys are on the ball, there's a pop sensibility about their material, always great hooks and a superb crescendfo of atmosphere on 'Girls Like You'... These Kiwi's are showing the way for Brit bands... this deserves hit status!

Hotly-tipped newcomers The Naked And Famous will release their new single ‘Girls Like You’ on June 6th. The track is the third single to be taken from their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Passive Me, Aggressive You’
The New Zealand five piece were awarded the Phillip Hall Radar Award at this year’s NME awards and made the longlist of 15 candidates for the BBC Sound of 2011 poll after hitting the XFM and Radio One airwaves with two brilliantly catchy singles, “Punching In A Dream” and “Young Blood”.
Currently touring the USA with Foals, The Naked And Famous return to the UK in May to headline more shows including a sold-out Shepherds Bush Empire (May 20th).
The group has also confirmed a full slate of summer festivals, taking in Glastonbury, T In The Park, Lattitude, Reading and Leeds in the UK as well as the prestigious Fuji Rock Festival in Japan and Lollapolooza.
The Naked And Famous took a DIY approach to recording ‘Passive Me, Aggressive You’ producing their album in a mix of bedroom and small Auckland studios last year before the single “Young Blood” was picked up by New York based indie Neon Gold and the band’s subsequent inking of a deal with Fiction.
“Young Blood” was a record-breaking chart hit in New Zealand. The song has gone on to further chart and radio success in Australia, where it is certified Gold, Germany and the US, It has also picked up remixes from sonic pioneers as diverse as Morgan Kibby (M83), Chiddy Bang and TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek.
http://www.thenakedandfamous.com
http://www.myspace.com/thenakedandfamous

Tribes
We Were Children
new EP 6 June 2011
Light and shade in plenty of evidence here, a grand beginning some pointed lyrics against an off-key guitar line.. a stand-out track with strong production...should pick up plenty of airplay... hit potential... long career potential. Good tune.

If the past couple of years have been rock’n’roll’s radio iceage, right now our toes are teetering on the brink of a lush new dawn. The question is; beyond the frenzy of supposed saviour bands whose name-drops have christened the New Year, which of the lauded gangs of axe-wielders are the genuine sculptors of tomorrow?
Well, of the few promised Next Big Things, none have earned their hype more than Camden's Tribes. “When you’re a kid you want to be cool, so you make experimental weird music. But for us, I think there just came a point where we couldn’t be bothered messing around anymore," prophesises singer Johnny Lloyd. "I realized that there’s no point being in a band if you’re not gonna be one of those life-changing bands. Not the one’s you stroke your chin too, the one’s you beat your heart plate to.”
It's this unabashed manifesto of anthemia that’s taken the rag-tag four-piece from prodigious debutant slots opening for idols The Pixies, to relentless grassroots grafting of the UK's dives, to being christened "The future of rock'n'roll" by fanboys The Mystery Jets, a sentiment chimed by everyone from NME to Radio 1's Huw Stephens. They're a shining testament to the blood, sweat and tears so many buzz bands seem to bypass these days, at their peril.
Joining the dots between Mudhoney and The Libertines, their debut EP 'We Were Children' (which has already gained Zane Lowes coveted ‘Hottest Record In The World’ status) is a fittingly heart-racing call-to-arms for a generation left crying out for band name worthy of being Tip-Ex'd onto a satchel.
Released on June 6th through Island Records, the band will be coming straight back at us with their debut album in August which is currently being recorded in Liverpool with Mike Crossey. Don’t miss their trademark live shows over the coming months when they support Funeral Party and play their own headline shows as well as festival dates.

The Villagers
The Pact
new single 23 May 2011
I like The Villagers.... they look set to follow the boards of Mumford & Sons etc with their west london Folk Scene approach... a catchy song, light on the ears and spirit, ideal for Radio 2/6Music... hit potential

Villagers are to release The Pact (I’ll Be Your Fever) as the next single taken from their Mercury-nominated debut album, Becoming a Jackal. The track will be available digitally from May 23rd (RUG391). Following their month long arena tour as special guests to Elbow which saw them perform two nights at the 02 in London, Villagers are to headline a full UK tour in May before performing at various festivals over the Summer.

Wolf Gang
The King & All Of His Men
new single 13 June 2011
Interesting take on an ole nursery rhyme... Wolf Gang are playing @ Ten Feet Tall soon (Friday 27 May 2011 - tickets £6 and £7) and it'll be a great gig to study a hotly tipped new band. An arty type of painting with words, some catchy hooks, lyrics... I find myself wondering how this would sound were someone like Stephen Street producing.. I think there's potential here but it needs the right striaght to pop no unnecessaries approach... Wolfgang are good quality though and deserve to be heard.

SECOND SINGLE ‘THE KING AND ALL OF HIS MEN’ RELEASED 13 JUNE
DEBUT ALBUM – ‘SUEGO FAULTS’ RELEASED 27 JUNE
Following several phenomenal shows at this years SXSW and an incredible tour with The Naked And Famous, Wolf Gang will be hitting the road in May and June for a full UK tour in support of the eagerly-anticipated debut album ‘Suego Faults’ set for release on 27 June. The tour will kick off at the Camden Crawl on 1 May followed by shows in Kingston, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leicester and many more, the tour also includes three Dot to Dot festival appearances and Great Escape on 13 May. This massive 24 date tour will finish up in Southampton on 19 June.
Wolf Gang’s recent single ‘Dancing With The Devil’ has had over 55,000 downloads after being picked as iTunes ‘Single Of The Week’ last week. The third single from the anticipated debut album will be ‘The King And All Of His Men’ released just before the album on 13 June.
Wolf Gang’s SXSW debut was the talk of Austin and included packed shows at the NME Official Showcase, a show at the prestigious Fader Fort and finished off with a show at the Neon Gold/Chess Club party. Already creating a stir among music press in the UK and now in the US, Wolf Gang are well on the road to success - already being hyped by some of the best around including Spin, Fader and Pitchfork whilst in the UK he’s had high-accolades from The Guardian, The Times and NME.
The debut album was recorded with producer Dave Fridmann (MGMT, Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips) and showcases just what everyone is anticipating – a ferocious pop record with an abundance of suave panache, punchy beats and heart-throttling melodies. This album is one of Fridmann’s rare collaborations with a UK artist, having heard a demo of ‘Lions In Cages’ he immediately invited Max out to record the track in Upstate New York and the rest as they say, is history.
Wolf Gang, created and fronted by singer/songwriter Max McElligott have come a long way in just the last few months. Their live shows have become even more magnetising with McElligott really coming into his own as an enigmatic and unique front man.

The Wombats
Techno Fan
new single 6 June 2011
An important year for The Wombats, make or break time... sell out gig coming up in Cardiff... distinctive vocals, rather like Scouting For Girls their at the forfront of the new wave of commercially successful Brit bands....
"Shut up and move with me move with me or get out of my face....". To me there's a certain artiness to these bands which has little of the depth of The Clash, or even the hopeless lost souls in The Libertines. I have an unfortunate feeling this track will struggle when it really needs to sound like a top five record... A hit though, I hope
“For me, there has been one record, of late, that’s been so ecstatically uplifting and bursting with classic modern pop tunes that it’s elevated me out of any slump, funk or sluggishness I might have been feeling at the time. Believe it or not, it’s the new Wombats album. Maybe Murph is the new Prozac after all.” – NME
“A modern pop primer bursting with potential hits… reminds you just how thrilling and sharp-edged narrative pop can be.” – Sunday Times Culture
“The pop album of the year, by at least a dozen choruses” – BBC
The Wombats follow ‘Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)’, ‘Jump Into The Fog’ and ‘Anti-D’, three of their biggest airplay hits to date, with the release of the new single ‘Techno Fan’ on June 6th on 14th Floor Records. The single follows their recent second album ‘This Modern Glitch’ that entered the charts at #3.
Produced by Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age) ‘Techno Fan’ is immediately addictive and upbeat, featuring sweetly memorable vocal harmonies and some characteristically unconventional lyrics. Fans of frontman and lyricist Murph’s more story-based writing will find much to enjoy in the synth-rock, disco-destroying brilliance of ‘Techno Fan’ – the tune where ‘Mr Brightside’ chats up La Roux in a drug-swamped Hoxton dive bar. Key line: “I’m in debt to you / But don’t feed me plant food”.
“That’s more of a story,” Murph says. “I went to a minimal techno rave in Shoreditch with my girlfriend. It was dirty, I didn’t stay there for long. I’ve never seen a longer queue for the toilets in my life. People had their hands up going ‘I actually need a wee’ and everyone in the queue would go ‘go on then’.
‘…This Modern Glitch’ was recorded through 2010 over three sessions with separate producers, all in L.A. First, Jacknife Lee brought his precise technological nous to ‘Anti-D’, followed by Eric Valentine who helped the band put together ‘Tokyo (Vampires And Wolves)’ as well as ‘Techno Fan’. Muse knob-twiddler Rich Costey joined forces with additional creative input from TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek and John Hill (Santogold, M.I.A., Devo) to complete a record that will shock, impress and spin opinion on this most uncompromising of 21st century pop bands. The album even finds rooms for a guest appearance courtesy of Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro on ‘Girls / Fast Cars’.
Often acknowledged as one of the most infectiously entertaining live bands around, The Wombats are confirmed as Friday night headliners at this year’s Lovebox festival that will be held at London’s Victoria Park on July 15th and will also play Rockness on June 12th. They hit the road in September for a full UK
headline tour:
September Box office number
21st – Cardiff, University Great Hall 02920 781 458
22nd – Nottingham, Rock City 0845 413 4444
23rd – Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall 0844 847 1776
24th – Cambridge, Corn Exchange 01223 357 851
26th – Bristol, Colston Hall 0117 922 3686 / 0117 929 9008
28th – London, O2 Brixton Academy 0844 477 2000
29th – Southampton, Guildhall 02380 632 601
October Box office number
1st – Yeovil, Westlands 0844 811 0051
2nd – Birmingham, O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
3rd – Lincoln, Engine Shed 0844 888 8766
4th – Sheffield, O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
6th – Newcastle, O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
7th – Glasgow, O2 Academy 08444 999 990
8th – Manchester, Apollo 08444 777 677 / 0161 832 1111
www.thewombats.co.uk

This week's Goss ...

UK Top 40 Sun 1 May 11
LMFAO... aka Laughing My F**king Arse Off stay No.1 for a third week... while surprisingly Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car' is still near the top at 9 two weeks after the song appeared on Britain's Got Talent... talking of BGT, look out for Louis Walsh's 'One To Beat' - 12 year old Ronan's awesome version of legendary Nina Simone's 'Feeling Good' which should surely put the song back on the Top 40 one way or another.

Adele returns to the top of the UK Album Chart and hits Number One Stateside for the first time, while her 'Rolling In The Deep' moves up to 2 on America's Hot 100 where Katy Perry's 'ET' deposes Rihanna's 'S&M' to return to the top.

Gone GaGa... Lady GaGa's 'Judas' entered at 15, rose to 9 last week but this week slips to 23 in it's third week... Is GaGa's star on the wane?

5 new – 11 up, 20 down, 4 non-movers Top Ten… 8 USA… 2 UK…

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

1 1 6 LMFAO Party Rock Anthem USA

2 15 2 BRUNO MARS The Lazy Song USA

3 3 5 J LO & PITBULL On The Floor USA

4 5 4 CHRIS BROWN BENNY BENASSI Beautiful People USA

5 6 7 SNOOP DOGG Sweat USA

6 7 6 KATIE PERRY & KANYE WEST ET USA

7 2 2 WRETCH 32 & EXAMPLE Unorthodox UK

8 new 1 NERO Guilt UK

9 4 2 TRACY CHAPMAN Fast Car USA

10 10 7 MANN & 50 CENT Buzzin' USA

 

11 18 2 BEYONCE Run The World (Girls) USA

12 12 13 ADELE Someone Like You UK

13 8 8 BLACK EYED PEAS Just Can't Get Enough USA

14 11 13 RIHANNA S&M (Come On) Barbados

15 29 2 ALOE BLAC I Need A Dollar USA

16 13 13 JESSIE J & B.o.B. Price Tag UK

17 14 6 CEE LO GREEN & WIZ KALIFAH Bright Lights, Bigger City USA

18 32 2 JESSIE J Nobody's Perfect UK

19 21 8 BIRDY Skinny Love UK

20 16 7 NICOLE SCHERZINGER Don't Hold Your Breath USA

 

21 19 7 KANYE WEST DRAKE & RIHANNA All Of The Lights USA

22 26 4 BRITNEY SPEARS Til The World Ends USA

23 9 3 LADY GAGA Judas USA

24 17 8 WIZ KALIFAH Black & Yellow USA

25 35 2 PITBULL NE-YO, AFROJACK & NAYER Give Me Everything USA

26 22 15 ADELE Rollin' In The Deep UK

27 new 1 GLEE CAST Loser Like Me USA

28 20 12 LADY GAGA Born This Way USA

29 25 17 MARTIN SOLVEIG & DRAGONETTE Hello France & Canada

30 24 16 CHRIS BROWN Year 3x USA

 

31 new 1 GLEE CAST Get It Right USA

32 28 13 Dr DRE I Need A Doctor USA

33 27 2 16 BRUNO MARS Grenade USA

34 new 1 WYNTER GORDON Dirty Talk USA

35 31 3 NICKI MINAJ Girls Fall Like Dominoes USA

36 37 22 DAVID GUETTA & RIHANNA Who's That Chick France & Barbados

37 33 2 TINIE TEMPAH Simply Unstoppable UK

38 new 1 CHASE & STATUS with DELILAH Time UK

39 34 12 CHIPMUNK & CHRIS BROWN Champion UK & USA

40 36 2 CHIPMUNK & KERI HILSON In The Air UK & USA

Erection time again
Posted Tuesday 26 April 2011 - Source UK Poling Report
Far from giving you more power a Yes to AV vote will gift further power into the hands of Britains Socialist minded parties, Labour, Lib Dem, Green in an exercise to diminish Tory influence.
It is a cynical deceipt aimed at making European subservience more paletable and more likely.
Interesting polls for tomorrow's Welsh and Scottish Assembly elections reveal the likelihood of some stark battles ahead.
In Holyrood, the Scottish Nationalists are up 11% to 45% - translating into a predicted 60 seats in the Scottish Parliament as opposed to Labour's 33, Tories 18, Lib Dems 9 and 8 Greens. Scottish independence would surely rise up the Scottish agenda.
In Wales, it looks likely Labour will achieve an overall majority in the Welsh Assembly Government - The latest poll suggests 32 Labour, 13 Tories, 10 Plaid Cymru & 5 Liberal Democrats.
Former Labour First Minister Rhodri Morgan's wife Julie looks likely to defeat her Tory adversary and namesake Jonathan Morgan to win in Cardiff North.
Is it significant that the former Labour Government built two pro-European parliaments to wedge against Westminster - parliaments representing around five million Scots and near three million Welsh on either side of fifty million English?
We think so.
Cynical.

America's Hot 100
This Week ... Last Week ... Weeks In ... Artist ... Title
1 2 11 KATY PERRY & KANYE WEST ET
2 6 16 ADELE Rolling In The Deep

3 3 10 BLACK EYED PEAS Just Can't Get Enough

4 1 15 RIHANNA S & M

5 4 24 JEREMIH & 50 CENT Down On Me

6 11 9 BRUNO MARS The Lazy Song

7 8 9 JENNIFER LOPEZ & PITBULL On The Floor

8 7 12 CHRIS BROWN, LIL WAYNE & BUSTA RHYMES Look At Me Now

9 12 14 KE$HA Blow

10 5 35 CEE LO GREEN Forget You

Hello Britain
Posted Friday 29April 2011 - Source BBC.co.uk

Hello old friend, we were beginning to think you'd been banished and we'd never see you again. Welcome home.

Spillers News
Posted Friday 29th April 2011 -

Spillers Records have announced an exciting new venture, a new array of live shows at Cardiff's Old Library
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ENERGETIC & FABULOUS NEW EXHIBITION BIG LITTLE CITY : we bring you ....
FREE ENTRY LIVE MUSIC EVERY SATURDAY FOR 12 WEEKS
STARTING THIS SATURDAY !!
PERFORMANCE WILL START AT 3PM PROMPT
Every Saturday from the 30th April 12 artists selected by Spillers Records will be performing in the spectacular Big Little City gallery space, upstairs in the Cardiff Story Museum. These Saturday Sessions have been put together in the spirit of Spillers' legendary instores and will feature a variety of musicians close to our collective heart showcasing the wealth of talent we come across here on the front line of our shop counter.
Sets will last around 30 mins so please arrive early so you don't miss a thing!

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

this week
The Bees
6/6/11
The Naked & Famous
6/6/11
Tribes
6/6/11
The Villagers
23/5/11
WolfGang
13/6/11
Wombats
6/6/11

25 Apr
Cheap Cuts
Katy Perry
The Travelling Band
30/5/11
Wild Hope
6/6/11

18 Apr
Alpines EP
AnR
Cat's Eyes
9/5/11
Chapel Club
16/5/11
Cosmo Jarvis
29/5/11
Depeche Mode
30/5/11
Feneche Solar
18/4/11
J Magik & Wickaman
Lady GaGa
15/4/11
Nero
25/4/11
SoundGirl
18/4/11
Tom Vek
18/4/11
Young Rebel Set
22 /5 /11

Young Rival
18/4/11
Young The Giant
16/5/11
Yuck
18/4/11

11 Apr
Alex Clare
Alex Gaudino & Kelly Rowland
Alex Metric, Steve Angelo & Ian Brown
8/5/11
Ayo
The Bullits
11/4/11
Cage The Elephant
23/5/11
Death Cab For Cutie
16/5/11
Jamie Woon
4/4/11
Oh My!
The Overtones
24/4/11
Twin Atlantic
25/4/11
Vato Gonzalez & Foreign Beggars
tbc

4 Apr
All The Young
Arctic Monkeys
11/4/11
Example
25/5/11
Drumsound & Bassline Smith
18/4/11
Miles Kane
Mona

28 Mar
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