Hey there - to round off our 2010 preview week, here is a list of 'other stuff' we're looking forward to. It would be dead neighbourly to post your own hopes, dreams, fears and wild speculations below. This could have been twice as long and three times as speculative, and please bear in mind that new artists with impending debuts are going to be dealt with at the start of next year - WE'RE NOT QUITE Q YET. Anyway, enjoy!»
More Spotify based fun, featuring Panda Bear, Frightened Rabbit, Liars, Hot Chip, Field Music, LCD Soundsystem, Hefner and a bag more.»
Has the world gone completely ga-ga for shoegaze? Over the next couple of weeks it will feel like it has. Having literally spent the past six months counting down the days at the prospect of seeing My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Swervedriver et al thirty-six times over at this year's ATP: The Nightmare Before Christmas event at Minehead, the wonderful Club AC30 only go and announce the three-day Reverence series of shows at London's ICA venue.»
It seems that barely a week goes by without Los Campesinos! creating a news story for DiS. We owe them for keeping us in crisps and arcade money. And so we honour them, with a slot in our 'Records That We Are Quite Excited To Hear In 2010' preview week.»
Last week DiS was kindly invited down to the Rough Trade office/bunker to have an exclusive listen to the first five tracks from the new Mystery Jets record. Due in mid-April, the boys are still not letting the daddy tour with them, but that's the way it goes some times. »
Back in 2007/8, Brooklynite trio (then quartet) Yeasayer were a tricksy proposition, their debut album All Hour Cymbals lurching wildly between utter genius and slight tedium, their curious blend of world music, pop and prog alternately staggering and dull. You may therefore not be entirely prepared for the frankly magnificent follow up Odd Blood, a fantastic Eighties and Nineties flecked electro-pop album that ditches the quasi Africana and the pomp in favour of hooks so shiny you could stab a man with them. A review to come in the new year, but for now enjoy this here write up of DiS’s recent chin wag with Anand Wilder, Chris Keating and Ira Wolf Tuton.»
DiS's 2010 preview week rolls on apace as we check in with Joe Goddard, the electronic half of the Hot Chip writing axis. He reveals all (well, quite a lot) about the electro-poppers' impending fourth album, One Life Stand, due February. --- DiS: Okay, »
Sunderland's much-loved art poppers Field Music are officially back from their nearly-three-year hiatus. The brothers Brewis are currently appearing in a venue near you and have a new double album - Field Music (Measure) - slated for release early next year on Memphis Industries. We phoned David from the band and he told us why he feels the time is right to come back, why he is sick of being labelled post-punk and why he is prone to ripping off Peter Gabriel. »
DiS chats with James Murphy about the forthcoming LCD album, Free Energy and a soundtrack he's been working on.»
Two of this week’s best singles are available for free on the internet. Don’t never say I don’t do nothing for you, readers. »
The first time DiS saw Frightened Rabbit play in this venue two years ago, then as a three-piece, you could count the number of punters on the fingers of both hands...»
As the brainchild behind Spectrals, Louis Jones could perhaps be forgiven for hiding behind his shy exterior. Aged just twenty, his solo project wasn't initially intended for public consumption, but having created the obligatory myspace page, the last six months have record labels queuing up for a piece of his Spector-goes-surfing inspired lo-fi pop. »
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