Let’s take a future frolic through February in Birmingham... Various spaces of the Internet have been blogging about Swim Deep’s latest single offering: ‘King City’. Blogs have been thrown into a race, trying to express how good the song is better than the last blog. The song in question is a corker and Birmingham’s music scene has collectively been wearing a smug grin ever since. Swim Deep have been a cult concern in Birmingham for a while now but now the cult seems to be getting a tad bulkier. Swim Deep’s ripple is slowly turning into ...

Das diesjährige Bootboohook Festival präsentiert die ersten hochkarätigen Acts für seine vierte Ausgabe. Auf dem Event, der wieder in Hannover stattfinden wird, sind unter anderem The Whitest Boy Alive , Tocotronic und BOY  zu Gast. Damit ist die Liste der Bands, die sich vom 24. bis zum 26. August die Ehre geben, auf 22 angewachsen. Nicht nur das Highfield  oder  Taubertal Festival  werden also in der Festivalsaison für gute Stimmung bei sommerlichen Temperaturen sorgen. Hier könnt ihr euch noch einmal das bisherige Line-Up zu Gemüte führen und einen Clip mit den besten Momenten aus 2011 ansehen: The Whitest Boy Alive | Tocotronic ...

On a rencontré French Films avant leur concert à la Flèche d'Or, voici de quoi on a bavardé: V: Pourquoi ce nom, French Films ?  FF: J’aurais souhaité qu’il y ait une plus grande histoire derrière ça, mais moi et Johnny nous avons eu une conversation un jour au sujet du cinéma français et on s’est dit pourquoi notre groupe ne s’appellerait pas French Films? C'est un peu ironique, je suppose. Parfois, les gens pensent que nous sommes français.  V: C’est quoi vos principales influences ?  FF: Dans nos précédents groupes, nous jouions différents types ...

Title:  AABENBARINGEN OVER AASKAMMEN Author:  Stephen Worthy Label:  MOSHI MOSH Rating:  4 Summary:  Allow the fact that Bergen’s Casiokids sing in their native Norwegian to put you off buying this record and you’ll be missing out on a brilliant, breathlessly exciting, sunshine-dappled album of melodic, electronic alt-pop. Category:  Reviews Sub Category:  Albums Include in Section Feed:  "" read more

Less than a year since the release of their debut album, The Megaphonic Thrift are back with another long player, this time self titled. On Decay Decoy the band seemingly flattered the noise rockers of old, particularly Sonic Youth showing heavy influence or, depending how you look at it, outright imitation. On their latest effort, the Norwegian supergroup (members of Casiokids and The Low Frequency in Stereo) have continued their quest for all things loud, which they have honed to newer, bigger levels. However, this time round there is also some softer and slower numbers that have been added into ...

A joint In Photos Special by the Gregorian brothers of December and January - essentially due to the gig machine winding down somewhat and indulging in a gluttonous sleep over the Christmas/New Year period. But you did see our In Photos of 2011 to tide you over, right? The Go! Team The Field Trans Musicales 2011 Okkervil River Zola Jesus Mister Heavenly Thurston Moore Aloe Blacc Friendly Fires TEEDS The 2 Bears - NYE Icarus Casiokids Childish Gambino Wild Flag The Maccabees

Following Casiokids ' Bergen inspired mix from last week was always going to be difficult, but the rather awesome Cristina Checa from Granit has stepped up to the challenge with this 45 minute chunk of brilliance. Granit might not be a familiar name to you right now, but if they continue to release brilliant EP's such as their recent self-titled one ( listen here ), then that's sure to change soon. Have a listen and let us know what you think. Description I've selected a dozen songs that i can't stop listening to while riding my bike at the ...

A couple of record launches nestle discreetly amongst this leap month’s gigs. Nova Scotia’s Gabriel Minnikin’s launches his new album “Parakeets with Parasols” with a gig (or rather a 'Record Release Concert') at the Martin Harris Centre . The ex-Guthries member has been making solo country-rock records in Manchester since 2004, with this latest a collection of piano songs recorded in a Whalley Range church. The concert will be “ the new record live, in its entirety, from start to finish. I will be playing the piano, accompanied by a chamber orchestra consisting of strings, woodwind, brass and singers ...

Welcome to another 405 site playlist. This week we return to the usual format of putting together a playlist of bands we've featured on the site over the past seven days, and that means you're treated to the likes of First Aid Kit, Errors, Casiokids & more! You can listen to the playlist by clicking here . New Music Chart Miike Snow - 'Black Tin Box' (ft. Lykke Li) - ( link ) Lana Del Rey - 'Born To Die' (PDP 13/Damon Albarn Remix) - ( link ) Woolf">Othello Woolf - 'Work So Hard For This' - ( link ) Metronomy - 'The Look' ( Two Inch Punches Shook Shook Rework) - ( link ...

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Gawky synthpop scamps quivering in corners Bergen's Casiokids  may once have been although in the wake of their third and debatably most muscular full-length, Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen, they return to the tenebrous caverns of London's underground to sell out Rivington Street's swankiest subterraneous railway tunnel, Cargo. It's our inaugural Eat Your Own Ears show of 2012, and it left us stupefied; asinine beam indelibly etched from ear to ear; genuinely thankful an irrepressible festive greed never resulted in the gnawing of aural receptors... Up first however are FAMY , who seem to be attempting some faux mystique ...

Welcome to the fourth edition of 'Plastic Platform', which is our new mix series for 2012. So far we've had mixes from STRFKR , Keep Shelly In Athens and J£ZUS MILLION , all of which have been stellar. This week's edition is brought to us by Casiokids . The band have just released a new album called Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen - which we're massively in love with ( review here ) - so we thought we'd rope them into doing a mix for us. Have a listen/download their Bergen inspired mix below. Description Here's a mix for you featuring exclusively ...

In lieu of the abolition of January, we can prescribe two things to assuage the pain of the dark months. One is a good alarm clock and a series of early nights, and the other is Casiokids.

Louis Abbott and Friends – Brel // 25th January 2012 Glasgow is positively bursting this week with almost every kind and style of music you can imagine. There’s even an appearance from Motown legend Martha Reeves! However, with it being Burns Night this week, this seems a rather more fitting choice… Click here to buy tickets You can visit Admiral Fallow by heading to http://admiralfallow.com/ Other Gigs 23/01/12 : Explosions In The Sky – O2 Academy // Click here to buy tickets 26/01/12 : King Creosote and Jon Hopkins – O2 ABC // Click here to buy tickets 28/01/12 ...

Five years ago today, these were the current stories that were most-read: 1. Pete Wentz wails about leaking ruins his artistic vision 2. RIP: Denny Doherty 3. Jo O'Meara's views on Indian food 4. Jo O'Meara - the real victim 5. Big Day Out bans flags 6. Victoria Newton confused that She's Madonna video features nobody who looks like Madonna 7. Robbie Williams is like an ordinary bloke from Stoke 8. Ofcom investigates racist bullying inside Celebrity Big Brother studio 9. Gennaro Castaldo explains how Chris Moyles broke the charts 10. News Of The World thrilled by ...