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Mike's Mad4these w/c 14 Apr 08
Choice new CD's - Click below for the latest on each artist

1 1 PENDULUM Propane Nightmares new single 28 April
2 3 BARKER 70s Football Star from 'The Songs of Cardiff City' CD
3 - THE SCRIPT We Cry new single 28 April
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4 - LITTLE BOOTS Stuck On Repeat promo only
5 - ILL NINO March Against Me from the new album 'Enigma'
6 5 IDA MARIA Queen Of The World new single 12 May
7 4 KENNA Out Of Control (State Of Emotion) new single 28 April
8 8 WILEY Wearing My Rolex new single 21 April
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9 - AMY MACDONALD Poison Prince new single 19 May
10 4 BUMBLEBEEZ Rio new single 31 March
11 2 PARKA DJ In The Corner from the new album 'Attack Of The Hundred Yard Hard Man' out 5 May
12 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS The Box new single 21 April

ohell anagram welcome to the official site for Mike TV's Mad4it - the weekly and sometimes mobile club night. The biggest indie & alternative hits ever and some mainstream & some unusual requests.
At Mad4it on
Friday 25th April it's Lucy & The Caterpiller + Jamie & The Lionhearts + Hot Rocket + Dave Fiddle
On Friday 9th May it's
The Steers launching their new indie disco single 'Julia' - one of The Automatic manager Martin Bowen's fave bands
Look out for news here from one of Cardiff's legendary 80's indie outfits The Young Marble Giants who are back together and on tour...

this week's post ...

Little Boots
Stuck On Repeat
new single 2 June
This is a storming creation, an instant hit... I can't believe it's tha gal from Dead Disco. The electro intro is absolutely compellingly awesome, the songs fine, production's brilliant - Foxy Minx Vics totally addicted to bass, deserves Top Five with this

Ill Nino
March Against Me
from the new album 'Enigma' out 7 April
From New Jersey, USA, Ill Nino have created a unique blend of metal meets Santana which gave us a classy fave 'My Pleasant Torture' from their 2005 album 'One Nation Underground'. A beguiling heady mix af rich tasty accoustic guitar combined melodically with a crunching grunge of metal for emphasis on a seering pleading vocal... Not such a love song this time but nevertheless that trademark mix works to good effect again... Ill Nino are where metal and grunge can crossover into the mainstream - Superb!

The Script
We Cry
new single 28 April
Well look out Westlife, here comes another great new bunch of Irish creative genius. This single 'We Cry' does have a little goosebump factor which is not an easy mood
to create - Timbaland meets U2 is an apt reference. These guys have obviously got substantial talent, I hope their luckier than the brilliant Kharma 45 who with equal commitment to rock and dancefloor seem to have missed the boat.

Hoosiers
Cops & Robbers
new single 21 April
Another fine variation on a theme from The Hoosiers, who are currently doing some big ticket business!
After the success and longevity of 'Worried About Ray' and 'Goodbye Mr A', 'Cops' should hit the Ten Ten without too much trouble

The Envy Corps
Dwell
new album 14 April
Not the prettiest bunch of guys, Iowa's Envy Corps have played our Mad4it night a couple of times and I give them a nine out of ten for the awesome 'Wires & Wool' alone. A pleading vocal with a brilliant guitar and drum riff - brilliant. Envy Corps have a somewhat a unique approach to their music, it is a rather unusual blend to my ears akin to Arcade Fire and yet U2 also, thoughtful lyrics and melodies with a powerful arrangement exemplified on 'Sylvia (the Beekeeper)', the mellow 'Keys To Good Living'', I thought 'Rhinemaidens' a weak single but an interesting composition (the lyric 'free for the time-being' sounds ominous). The more accoustic/strings of 'Befor The Goldrush' is short sweet three minutes before a very mellow 'Walls' kicks in. The upbeat '99,100' and 'Rooftop's another mellow accosutic two minute tune. 'Party Dress' would make a good single, 'Story Problem' just missed and then the pleading 'Baby teeth' to close an intriguing set of songs - good

Portishead
Machine Gun
new single 14 April
Stunning, just like it's title. Beth Gibbons haunting vocal set against a minimally noisy banging clanging backdrop of sound, rather different to how you may
remember this mellow Bristolian trio from their mid nineties hits. I just heard Beth, Geoff & Adrian on Radio 4 explaining how they do their own thang on their own timetable, for which they should be commended. 'Machine Gun' is a stand out track, a hit? I think not really

White Denim
Let's Talk About It
new single 14 April
At just over two minutes 'Let's Talk About It' is a strong upbeat release which bodes well for the debut 'Workout Holiday' album due in June. These White Denim
guys from Austin, Texas kinda leaves you wanting more which can't be a bad thing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

this week
The Envy Corps
Hoosiers
Ill Nino
Little Boots
Portishead
The Script
White Denim

7 Apr
Amy Macdonald
Bumblebeez
Envy Corps
Forever The Sickest Kids
Subways
Wiley remixes

31 Mar
Amy Macdonald
Bumblebeez
Envy Corps
Forever The Sickest Kids
Subways
Wiley remixes

24 Mar
Cut Copy LP
DORP
Elliot Minor
Guillemots LP
Invasion
Ladyhawke
Madonna
Noah & The Whale
Sergeant
Whitest Boy Alive

17 Mar
Delays
Jack McManus
James
Kenna
One Night Only
Parka
Shout Out Louds

10 Mar
Blah Blah Blah
Eastern Conference Champions
Elle Milano LP
Leon Jean Marie
MGMT LP
Parka
Pendulum
Sam Sparro
Rogue Wave
Wiley

3 Mar
Cut Copy
The Deodates
The Draytones
Eliza
Fragma
Jake Shillingford
Jim Noir
Josh Ritter
REM
The Rushes
September
Simple Plan
Sonny J
The Thirst

25 Feb
Against Me
Aynzli Jones
Big Linda
Black Kids
Gloria Cycles
King Blues LP
Muscles
NME Awards LP
Parka

Secret Handshake
Santo Gold

18 Feb
Elbow
Flyleaf
InnerPartySystem
Look See Proof
MGMT
One Night Only
The Shoes

11 Feb
Andrew Friendly
Atomic Hooligan
Charlatans
Elle Milano
Hey Gravity
Jack Johnson
Jimmy Eat World
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Foreigner
Kate Nash
Kate Walsh
Sonic Hearts

4 Feb
Black Tide
Envy Corps
Kamera
Milke
Slaves To Gravity
Yoav