The Wedding Present
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The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group based in Leeds , England , formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. The band's music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall , Buzzcocks and Gang of Four to more varied fo... Read More
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OFF Festival unveils new line-up additions, ..With an already stellar line up including the likes of Atari Teenage Riot, Battles, Colin Stetson, Das Racist, Iceage, Kurt Vile, Shabazz Palaces, Suicide and Swans; it didn’t look possible that OFF could get any bigger, with their eclectic mix of old and new acts. But now sub pops’ Pissed Jeans, 405 favourites Purity Ring (pictured above) & Fanfarlo and hip-hop legend DOOM are amongst new additions, it’s shaping up to be one of this summer's hottest tickets. So if you’re bored of the same old British festival line ups, get yourself a flight to Poland ASAP ...The 40523 May 2012
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This Is No Wind-UpThe Wind Up Birds From: Leeds, United Kingdom The Wind-Up Birds are from Leeds. They are named after a book by Haruki Murakami. They use good Yorkshire words like owt and nowt. They write songs about independent record shops, the reality of life, the monotony of work, and escape. They sound like the Fall stalking Art Brut in The Wedding Present's library. It's somehow fitting that, in the month that the Centre For Creative Arts launched their impressive project to release John Peel's record collection on-line, a gang of indie throwbacks, for whom Peel band would be ...The Devil Has The Best Tuna23 May 2012
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OFF Festival Line Up ExpandsPoland’s OFF Festival boasts one of the most diverse and enigmatic lineups around with their punk icons, cult artists and hottest up-and-coming bands - the cheap booze and ticket prices is just an extra. Joining Iggy and the Stooges and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and more at the growing festival includes the masked avant-garde hip hop maestro DOOM, who has worked in different projects with acts such as Madlib, Danger Mouse and Jneiro Jarel, and is regarded as one of the strongest presences in hip hop today. You can read our interview with DOOM in this month’s issue ...Clash Music23 May 2012
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[Preview / Didn't-Play-List] NEW MUSIC NIGHT ..First off, take note, Boston: The next edition of NEW MUSIC NIGHT , during which Jay Clicky Clicky and myself take to the River Gods DJ booth in Cambridge and play nothing but carefully-chosen new songs, takes place this coming Thursday, May 24th, 2012. Got it? Good. The last time our every-other-month event went down, I was sadly absent *. Yes, among the casualties of the soul-crushing sickness I came down with in mid-March was my planned appearance at that 5th edition of NMN, but before I succumbed, I was able to pull together a pretty spiffy setlist, if I do say ...Bradley's Almanac22 May 2012
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Liverpool Sound City 2012With 350 bands from more than 20 countries, an expo showcasing an array of products and services and a slew of panels, forums, roundtables and seminars with world-class keynote speakers, Liverpool Sound City is full on. There is so much to see it could easily induce choice paralysis… do you watch that intriguing documentary or attend that seminar that has a great panel discussing a subject you want more insight on? Do you catch that new band you’ve heard lots of people raving about or go and see that already established act that you know will smash it? Clash ...Clash Music22 May 2012
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COVER THE EARTH: Ukrainian PunkAs an addendum to the " Cover The Earth " post of bizarre international versions of your favorite oldies, here are various rock remakes recorded over the years by The Ukrainians . Peter Solowka, one of the members of the popular '80s/'90s British combo The Wedding Present, is of Ukrainian descent, and picked up on the music from his father. He hooked up with musicians from the old country to play Ukrainian folk music, but then threw in some covers relevant to his present condition as a rocker living in the UK. And it is some crazy stuff. No wimpy hippie folk ...Music For Maniacs19 May 2012
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The Wind-Up Birds - The LandThe Wind-Up Birds are from Leeds. They are named after a book by Haruki Murakami. They use good Yorkshire words like owt and nowt. They write songs about independent record shops, the reality of life, the monotony of work, and escape. They sound like the Fall stalking Art Brut in The Wedding Present's library. It's somehow fitting that, in the month that the Centre For Creative Arts launched their impressive project to release John Peel's record collection on-line, a gang of indie throwbacks, for whom Peel band would be a badge of honour, release their long awaited ...The 40515 May 2012
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Coming attractions: Liverpool Sound CityWHAT: More than 400 acts across 30 venues WHY: Because Liverpool has no shortage of musical outlets and keenness to foster its history and reputation. Like its spiritual precursor, Manchester's In The City, there's also talks and conferences, including Arthur Baker in conversation with Nelson George (Friday 1pm) and a DIY label panel (Thursday 1.30pm) with Rich The Line Of Best Fit, John Brainlove, Whiskas Dance To The Radio, Alex Holy Roar and Shell Amazing Radio. WHEN: 17th-19th May WHERE: Across Liverpool HOW: £45 for all the gigs, £150 for everything WHO: THURSDAY: Slow Club, Still Corners ...Sweeping The Nation11 May 2012
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A REPEAT POSTING : COS IT'S A GREAT STORY ..From an incident that happened exactly 3 years ago today and was first posted on 15 June 2009 :- It's a story I've been dying to share with you for weeks, but I didn't want to interrupt the series of guest postings. It was Saturday 9 th May, and I was with three friends travelling by train from Glasgow to Kirkcaldy (via Edinburgh) for the final football match of the season. Despite the weather being absolutely miserable, we were in great spirits as my team, Raith Rovers, had clinched the league title the previous Saturday, and the final ...THE VINYL VILLAIN9 May 2012
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The Disco Fries – Feelin’ GoodThe Disco Fries have dropped another fresh and fabulous tune on us!!! It’s called ‘Feelin’ Good’ and it definitely gives you the happy fist pumping vibes. There’s definitely good times to be had when you are thumping out the tunes of The Disco Fries and this one is no exception to that rule. It just makes you wanna party, dance and seriously shake it!!! The boys also have some upcoming tour dates: May 19 – Metropolitan – New Orleans, LA May 20 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel Twp, NJ May 27 – Ghostbar – Las Vegas, NV May 31 – Bounce Boat – New ...Your Music Radar9 May 2012
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The Wedding Present – Valentina (Scopitones) ..David Gedge (Leeds, 1960), es el responsable de algunos de los pasajes románticos más memorables que se hayan escrito en la historia del rock. También es cierto que, cada uno de sus discos son extensiones de un narcicismo crónico arraigado en su rol de casanova despechado. Pero la verdad es que poco importa cuántas veces [...]Super 45 - Música Independiente8 May 2012
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The Camden Crawl 2012 - Review (Sunday)Throwing the migratory concept of the multi-venue multi-gig idea out of the window, due to a weird combination of the organisers timetable programming and our own summer festival schedule which gives opportunities to see certain artists at numerous events and therefore not necessarily this weekend in London, our whole second day of the Camden Crawl is spent in the bunting dressed Wheelbarrow pub. Camden Crawl ? More like Camden Stationary. As the music and alcohol flows a constant stream of bladder-stressed punters are found pushing their way towards the front, for the location of the toilets is like a space planners ...Breaking More Waves8 May 2012
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The Wedding Present - Valentinaby Benjamin Ewing Given that The Wedding Present has been making ragged, jangly rock for several decades now, it might be unreasonable to expect it to continue to deliver the frenetic energy it brought to its debut album, George Best , or its soon-to-follow compilation of earlier cuts, Tommy . For a group held... Read MoreDusted Magazine4 May 2012
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A Letter From... Liverpool #4OK Liverpool, we’ve had a sucky few months for local music. The disappointing loss of both The Masque and Mojo inspired a variety of responses from ‘this is a tragedy’ to ‘big fucking deal’, but Static Gallery’s closure hit pretty hard. No, it wasn’t the best place in the world. Yes, it could’ve done with, say, a second toilet. But as a lovingly-operated arts centre, not to mention host to some of the best damn shows this fair city has seen over the last decade, it was pretty special. And even more recently, Le Bateau – home ...Clash Music2 May 2012
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A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF GIGS : WEEK 17 : TWENT ..REVIEW OF CLOSE LOBSTERS : STEREO, GLASGOW : 27 APRIL The Background "The original five-person lineup of Scottish indie-pop outfit Close Lobsters will reunite for the first time since 1989 for a very brief “People of Europe Rise Up Tour” this spring and summer that so far features performances in Madrid, Glasgow and Berlin — but could grow. Lead singer Andrew Burnett announced the tour on Facebook In January, revealing the band will reform to play Madrid Popfest on March 10, a club in Glasgow on April 27 and Berlin Popfest on July 28, with the caveat that “further dates may be scheduled ...THE VINYL VILLAIN30 April 2012
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