Field Day Highlights 2011

Well wasn't that all a load of fun! And with pretty decent weather, bar the little bit of rain, but the sun after was well worth it!

Highlights

1. Creep, great band, did a cover of a Memory Tapes song
2. Ducktails, playing "Hello" by Martin Solveig & Dragonette, confusing the shit out of everyone, including me
3. CockNBullKid was amazing! What a stunning voice!
4. Ariel Pink, shame the tent was rammed
5. Electralane, i have this weird issue with watching bands i love, but they truly deliveried
6. Trophy Wife, defo ones to watch out, great fun live band
7. Spectrals, with the new album coming out in October on Witchita, they're so tight right now, sounds amazing live
8. Born Ruffians, everyone seriously lost their SHIT to these guys! I don't even think they expected it to go off like that!
9. Factory Floor, playing new material that sounds as great as ever!
10. Glasser, well just for making beautiful music to finish the festival on
11. The burrito that i had was amazing, and let that be a tip to you, you'll only need to eat once if you have a burrito


Lowlights.

1. Beer and Cider, well all drinks being £4
2. Finding out the singer of Spector is the singer from Oxe. Eagle. Lion. Man
3. Missing L-Vis 1990, the tent was kicking off! And it sounded amazing!

So there you have my little run down on what was an ace day! If you have proof you had your Dark Party tote with you, and i didn't see you and buy you a beer, i owe you one, and will buy you a beer this Saturday, or any other kind of drink that you like

Ringo Deathstarr

Nothing hazes out a weird sunday better than the new Ringo Deatherstarr album "Sparkler". Stand outs include "Sweet Girl", "In Love" and "Summer Time". For fan's of noisy driving fuzz like they used to do, but with something else

STAY SAFE

It's saturday, we're at Field Day today, but i'm sure like you, you'll be partying tonight, stay safe kid

Field Day

So its the day before Field Day, it doesn't matter what happens, the sound being naff or the *coff* rain its always a great day out, with some amazing bands to boot!

This is a small playlist of my top bands of the day! Click HERE to check it out!

IF I SEE ANYONE WITH A DARK PARTY TOTE BAG I WILL BUY YOU A BEER!

Sleeping With Wolves

So we're lucky enough to put on local boys Sleeping With Wolves. They've spent along time away working on their sound and getting a solid EP together, We're excited about this one!

You can download "Mirrors" for FREE HERE

You can also listen to the full EP on Soundcloud HERE

Azari & III - Manic

As John has got the ball rolling on the blog (us Gingers work in pairs), I thought I'd pitch in with the new Azari & III single "Manic". It's amazing. It took me a while to get into it, but the vocals are the catchiest since "Hungry For The Power", and it has a massive ammount of energy about it, much like the live show.

The album is out on Monday (YOU CAN STREAM IT HERE) and they are playing XOYO on Thursday. Me and Nic AM from the Dark Party crew are going, and you should too. There are still tickets available here. They are genuinely one of the best live bands I've ever seen, and challenge the intensity of Plastikman.

I honestly don't have a bad thing to say about these guys, and hopefully when you listen to the album, buy it, then see them live on Thursday, you wont either.

BoaBoa x

Spectrals Album Announced October

So we've been waiting for ages, but its now come out that the Spectrals album will be out in October on Witchita in the UK and Slumberland in the US! Can't wait to hear it in its full glory!

Don't leak it, just buy it ;)

Royal Bangs x Warpaint

Our boys Royal Bangs have done an amazing remix of the Warpaint single "Bees", its AMAZING and FREE download it HERE

Crystal Antlers

Feel in love with Crystal Antlers from the moment i heard them... this is taken from the new album, "Two-Way Mirror", just so warm dark and fuzzy, i can't understand why you don't like them already?

Lover Lover

Lover Lover are Eleanor Bodenham, Martin Craft (M. Craft), with production from Nick Littlemore (Empire of the Sun, Pnau, Cirque Du Soleil), everyone is all over them at the mo, and its all cos of NL, i dunno, i hate when people get to carried away with association. I get the production is massive, but you've got to have something to work with right? This is a solid tune, nice and airy, enjoy