Everything Everything Album / Single News
I’ve been long awaiting the début album from Manchester’s Everything Everything since discovering them back in 2008, and it looks like it’s finally in sight!
“We’ve been finishing the recording of the album, which we’re now mixing in London. We can excitedly announce that the first single to be taken from the album is Schoolin’. It will be out in June.
REVIEW: David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - HERE LIES LOVE
“The story I am interested in is about asking what drives a powerful person—what makes them tick? How do they make and then remake themselves? I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be great if—as this piece would be principally composed of clubby dance music—one could experience it in a club setting? Could one bring a ‘story’ and a kind of theater to the disco? Was that possible? If so, wouldn’t that be amazing!” - David Byrne
Refused Return?
Seminal Swedish hardcore outfit Refused are rumoured to be reforming 12 years after their split. “Refused are back” has been circulating around the internet, prominent music journalists have been tweeting about it, and the band’s official site simply states Refused - coming soon…
If this is true it would be simply phenomenal. In their 7 or so years in music they managed to completely reshape an entire genre, culminating in the arrogantly titled but ultimately prophetic and groundbreaking album The Shape Of Punk To Come. Criminally underrated when they were around, the band collapsed under a brutal touring schedule and disagreements between members (as documented with painful honesty in the film Refused Are Fucking Dead), playing their final show in a fan’s basement (a gig cut short by local police). Refused have since enjoyed cult status with many pioneering bands stating the Swedish quartet as a major influence on them.
Since the split various members went on to new musical pastures, most notably vocalist Dennis Lyxzén with his band The (International) Noise Conspiracy, but none reached the musical heights of Refused. Hands down the one band I have always wanted to reform, if these rumours are true I will be a very, very happy man.
Marko
Blakfish Farewell Show
All good things must come to an end, and so it was when Blakfish played their final ever show in front of a packed-out Flapper in Birmingham last Friday. I had never been to a band’s final gig before (at least not knowing so it would be the final one at the time), but every Blakfish gig I have ever attended has had such an incredible party atmosphere, and this show was no exception. A room full of friends and fans with one clear connection - a love for this band and the music they have given us over the past decade
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - DRUNK GIRLS
OK, we know it’s been a while but we’re all very busy people. Normal service should be resumed soon (I’m dissertating at the moment) but for now here’s “DRUNK GIRLS” the first taste of the forthcoming LCD Soundsystem album. Predictably, it’s a slice of pure sonic awesomeness, and while it’s no “Someone Great” or “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down” it’s still damn catchy. Check it out.
Jed. x
Foals - Spanish Sahara
Its new, so I posted it.
Alistair.
LIVE REVIEW: FIELD MUSIC AT FUSION, SHEFFIELD
I just got back from seeing FIELD MUSIC at Sheffield University’s Fusion and they were bloody brilliant! Opening with Give It, Lose It, Take It (my favourite Field Music track, fact fans!) they played an amazing set, turning the initially unresponsive crowd into one calling for an encore at the end.
New album “Field Music (Measure)” got the strongest showing, with the title track and Clear Water particular highlights. Tracks from the Brewis brothers’ solo offerings also got an airing, including the excellent Rockist Part 1, alongside plenty of tracks from the band’s first two albums.
The band’s performance was super-tight, even on unscheduled encore track Let’s Write A Book, which they claimed never to have played live before. Similarly impressive were the group harmonies on A Gap Has Appeared and on excellent closer Tell Me, Keep Me.
Overall, a phenomenal performance from a hugely underrated band. If you haven’t done so already, check them out.
Click “Read More” for the full setlist…
In Praise of BBC 6 Music
David Bowie: “6 Music keeps the spirit of broadcasters like John Peel alive and for new artists to lose this station would be a great shame”
Bear with me as I give my opinion about the threatened closure of BBC 6 MUSIC. I can’t (and don’t intend to) speak for the rest of the AGCS writers but this is something I personally feel strongly about.
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