previously

not Gilbert O'Sullivan nor Rich Flyswatter but the superb Sonny J with a little help from Mirwais & The Jackson 5 - watch the vid here

Mike's Mad4these w/c 25 Aug 08
Choice new CD's - Click below for the latest on each artist

1 2 SONNY J Can't Stop Moving new single 8 September
2 3 KINGS OF LEON Sex On Fire new single 15 September
3 4 CSS Move new single 8 September
4 - GRINDERMAN (Nick Cave) No Pussy Blues new single
5 6 JOHN LEGEND Greenlight new single 6 October
6 5 JUGGANOTE 7/7 from The 'Don't Stop' EP
7 - THE COURTEENERS That Kiss new single 29 September
8 1 THE AUTOMATIC This Is A Fix / Secret Police / Steve McQueen from the 'This Is A Fix' album 25 August
9 8 FLOBOTS Handlebars & DJ Shadow Remix new single 15 September
10 9 XPRESS2 & DAVID BYRNE Lazy Moto Blanco Edit 2008 new single
11 - 1913 Can't Move On new single 22 September
12 - BILLY TALENT & ANTI FLAG Turn Your Back new single 15 September
12 - JOHNNY FLYNN Brown Trout Blues new single 1 September
12 7 LADYHAWKE Dusk Til Dawn new single 15 September

ohell anagram welcome to the official site for Mike TV's Mad4it - the weekly and sometimes mobile club night. We play the biggest indie & alternative hits ever and some mainstream & some unusual requests - click here for a recent setlist.
here's the live line-up:-

Friday 5th September Groove Joint Movement
Friday 12th September - The Metros 'More Money Less Grief' album launch
Friday 26th September Johnny Foreigner
Friday 3rd October Wilko Johnson
Mike
TreVelyan can also be found DJ'ing on Saturday nights til 4am @ Ten Feet Tall, Church Street in Cardiff

this week's post ...

The All New Adventures Of Us
Firestruck
new single 29 September
Another chart challenger from the lengthily named The All New Adventures Of Us and at 2'50" the radio edit is well worth play on Radio's One, Two and ILR. A jaunty upbeat 149bpm Firetruck and it's four minute (Doki Doki) ? album version have a certain accoustic pop aloofness which makes them attractive propositions. A third track on this promo cd, the mellow 'I Do Eyes' (Demo Version) again though pleasant is rather more sombre with it's downbeatr lyric "You can force yourself to love, but don't tell yourself they'll stay". I like them, Northampton's soon to be famous seven are on the way

The Foals
Olympic Airways
new single 29 September
People do seem to be aquiring a genuine love for The Foals. With 'Olympic Airways' It seems mainstream success is on their collective minds now with a four minute tune featuring a lighter airy style of vocals over their trademark beat and at a rather more leisurely 139bpm. Even though many will have this on their album new fans will give this a Top Twenty possibity

Human
Pacey Singer
new single 22 September
Some showpiece footage to be found on YouTube reveals a good satge presence to accompany the ironic 'Pacey Singer'. A bit of a strange title, which kinda stands out and makes it a curio, "Don't have a problem with the women when your wallets full as mine ... well my name is Pacey Singer don't follow me - follow me". At 119bpm it's a good single with a certain addictive darkness ... a hit maybe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

this week
The All New Adventures Of Us 29/9
Foals 29/9
Human 22/9

18 Aug
Billy Talent 15/9
Black Tide 25/8
Courteeners
CSS Remixes
Flobots DJ Shadow Remix
Goldblade LP 8/9
Grinderman
Iglu & Hartly
Johnny Flynn 1/9
Maybes?
1913
Noah & The Whale LP
The Streets
Ting Tings

11 Aug
The Automatic LP
Eric Prydz 25/8
The Feeling 15/9
Infadels
John Legend 4/10
Kings Of Leon 15/9
Ladyhawke 15/9
Neil Halstead 8/9
Primal Scream LP
Sergeant 1/9
Underground Railroad
Weezer 29/9
Xpress 2 & David Byrne Remixes

4 Aug
All New Adventures Of Us 4/8
The Automatic 18/8
Cold War Kids 15/9
CSS 8/9
The Delays 11/8
Flobots 15/9
Keane 4/8
Mogwai 8/9
Mystery Jets 18/8
Neimo
Red Light Company 11/8
Subways LP 16/6
Subways Single 25/8
White Lies 22/9

28 Jul
InnerPartySystem 22/9
Johnny Foreigner 8/9
Maddona Fedde Le Grand Remix
The Metros 8/9
Natty 21/7
Peter Raeburn 18/8
Platnum 15/9
Sam Beeton LP 1/9
Scars On Broadway
Sharam & Daniel Bedingfield 25/8
Sonny J 8/9
We Are Scientists 8/9

21 Jul
The Coral 8/9
G Love LP
Ida Maria LP 23/7
Jeremy Warmsley
Lykke Li 25/8
Mason Jennings LP
Nick Harrison 23/6
Presets 1/9

14 Jul
Black Kids
Cut Off Your Hands
DORP
Esser
Glasvegas 25/8
Johnny Flynn
Primal Scream LP
Sharleen Spiteri 14/7
Soft Cell Remixes
Virgins
Wild Beasts

7 Jul
Galvatrons
Fratellis
Jugganote

30 Jun
Annie LP 6/10
Big Linda 11/8
Das Pop remixes 28/7
Days LP sampler
Forever The Sickest Kids 14/7
G.Love & Special Sauce 4/8
Jack Johnson 28/7
Jim Noir 28/7
Like A Fox 11/8
Madcon LP 18/8
Madonna remixes 7/7
Mason Jennings 18/8
MGMTvJustice 23/6
Pendulum 28/7
Prego 4/8
Primal Scream 14/7
Skepta 15/9

23 Jun
Basshunter LP 14/7
Black Kids LP 7/7
Cage The Elephant LP 23/6
Charlie XCX 18/8
Cut Copy 4/8
Das Pop 28/7
Death Cab For Cutie 21/7
Ida Maria 21/7
Kid Rock 7/7
Marvin LP 28/7

Raid 21/7
Rifles 21/7
Sam Sparro 21/7
Santogold 28/7

16 Jun
Annie Mixtape
Annie Remix 7/7
Cage The Elephant Wicked Devil Remix 16/6
Flobots 4/8
Hadouken 7/7
Jack McManus 14/7
The King Blues 4/8
Yoav 28/7

Top 40 - Sun 24 Aug 08

This Week ... Last Week ... Weeks On Chart ... Artist ... Title

1 1 4 KATY PERRY I Kissed A Girl

2 3 5 THE SCRIPT The Man Who Can't Be Moved

3 2 7 KID ROCK All Summer Long

4 6 4 RHIANNA Disturbia

5 7 2 MADCON Beggin'

6 5 8 DIZZEE RASCAL & CALVIN HARRIS Dance Wiv Me

7 4 3 THE VERVE Love Is Noise

8 9 6 NOAH & THE WHALE Five Years On

9 8 11 JORDIN SPARKS & CHRIS BROWN No Air

10 new BIFFY CLYRO Mountains

 

11 10 10 COLDPLAY Viva La Vida

12 11 16 NE-YO Closer

13 15 9 IRONIC Stay With Me

14 12 8 BASSHUNTER All I Ever Wanted

15 18 20 GABRIELLA CILME Sweet About Me

16 new THE AUTOMATIC Steve McQueen

17 14 11 TING TINGS Shut Up & Let Me Go

18 13 5 IDA MARIA I Like You So Much Better Naked

19 17 3 NELLY with AKON & ASHANTI Body On Me

20 32 2 TAIO CRUZ She's Like A Star

 

21 26 2 LITTLE JACKIE World Should Revolve Around Me

22 21 13 CHRIS BROWN Forever

23 20 11 MADONNA Give It To Me

24 19 4 SATURDAYS If This Is Love

25 22 15 RIHANNA Take A Bow

26 28 2 KEANE Spiralling

27 25 17 DUFFY Warwick Avenue

28 23 23 SAM SPARRO Black & Gold

29 31 37 NICKELBACK Rock Star

30 24 15 TING TINGS That's Not My Name

 

31 33 6 THE SCRIPT We Cry

32 27 2 SOLANGE I Decided

33 new GABRIELLA CILME Save The Lies

34 16 2 BLOC PARTY Mercury

35 new ALPHABEAT Boyfriend

36 new METALLICA The Day That Never Comes

37 new J MAGICK & WICKAMAN Crazy World

38 29 3 SPOON, HARRIS & OBERNIK Baditude

39 36 10 BUSTA RHYMES & LINKIN PARK We Made It

40 40 28 FLO RIDA & T-PAIN Low

At last Madonna in Cardiff, the Council says she had to compete with other Bank Holiday tourists

BH, it's Madonna

In a music event something akin to The Beatles at Cardiff Capital in 1964, Madonna, 50 not out, began her latest world tour in Cardiff

It is the first time the Millennium Stadium has been picked to start a world tour and stadium manager Gerry Toms said it showed the venue had the confidence of the industry.
"They could have gone anywhere in Europe but they had the confidence in Cardiff, not just the stadium, but Cardiff as a whole to deliver. We should take some strength from that."

Unveiling a stage show with 250 crew, £1m of jewellery, 16 dancers and eight costume changes. It was the first of 51 dates in a tour which takes in 16 European venues, including London's Wembley Stadium, before moving on to North and South America.

The set up includes - two stages, £lm of jewellery, 69 guitars, 3,500 individual wardrobe elements, 100 pairs of fishnet stockings with 100 pairs of kneepads. 30 wardrobe trunks with 18 clothing racks and nine wardrobe crew. 12 seamstresses in Cardiff worked to finish the costumes for opening night. 120 powder puffs, large freezers to carry ice packs for Madonna and her dancers. Also travelling on the tour are a chiropractor, a personal trainer and a masseuse, there are 10 cases of medical supplies and 12 trampolines for rehersal by Madonna and the dancers.

Madonna performed around 20 hits from her 25-year career, with the show split into four sections - Pimp, Old School, Gypsy and Rave.
The Millennium Stadium's stage was flanked by the giant letter M on both sides, with the roof shut as rain fell.

The Pimp section of the concert was described as a "mashed-up homage" to 1920s deco and modern gangsta pimp, in which Madonna made an entrance dressed by Givenchy. The Old School show section saw Madonna return to her early 1980s downtown New York City dance roots. There was a Romanian folk music and dance-influenced Gypsy section, before the Rave element, which had far eastern influences, emerging "all sparkly and sporty".

But strangely with it being the first date of Madonna's tour, £55 tickets were still available shortly before the event, leading Cardiff's Liberal / Plaid Cymru Council to claim "most of the city's hotels were full because it was a bank holiday weekend and not due to Madonna". Yeah right

America's Hot 100

This Week ... Last Week ... Artist ... Title

1 1 RHIANNA Disturbia

2 - DAVID ARCHULETTA Crush

3 2 CHRIS BROWN Forever

4 3 KATY PERRY I Kissed A Girl

5 6 COLDPLAY Viva La Vida

6 5 MIA Paper Planes

7 7 KARDINALL OFFISHALL & AKON Dangerous

8 - RIHANNA Take A Bow

9 10 NE-YO Closer

10 - TAYLOR SWIFT Change