THIS WEEK:THE PAPER SHADES The Paper Shades are a Folk duo comprised of Sarah Dollar and Jon Rixon from Southern England. They deliver blissful understated harmonies & gentle guitar refrains that dance in & out of subtle rhythms and ‘Light of the Day ‘will have you swaying,dreaming & toe tapping all in one full swoop.
THIS WEEK: DUOLOGUE Duologue are a 5 piece based in London making cracking eletronica fuelled Pop music. This line up is:-Tim Digby-Bell (Vocals), Toby Leeming (Live programming & beats), Seb Dilleyston (Violin), Toby Lee (guitars), Ross Stone (Bass). They have just released their debut album, ‘Song & Dance’ and the single ‘Push It’ through Killing Moon more »
February 20, 2013 – 4:47 pm
THIS WEEK:FOLD Based in Leeds, Fold are a live downtempo / trip-hop 4 piece consisting of founder Seth Mowshowitz on synths & samples, Kane Rattray on drums, Ben Walsh on bass and Josh Gardziel on guitar. They integrate speech into music in experimental ways in order to reflect some of the more difficult truths of more »
By Johnno Casson
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Posted in Johnno Casson, Prick and Ding
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Also tagged Bastard Jazz Recordings, BBC 6 Music, deep joy, dj cam, dj krush, dj shadow, Equality Trust, FOLD, FOTN, John Lennon, mo' wax, Mr Gee, mujaji, NYC, shadow records, Tax Justice Network, West Yorkshire
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January 30, 2013 – 9:39 pm
THIS WEEK:VINNY PECULIAR Vinny Peculiar is a songwriter/poet based in Manchester – with an acute pop music sensibility running through his work. It’s as if he’s logged all the best bits of 20th and 21st century UK culture, distilled them at Gas Mark 6 for a while, and then re-imagined them in the form of more »
By Johnno Casson
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Posted in Johnno Casson, Music Resources, Prick and Ding
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Also tagged Bill Drummond, Bill Hicks, Bond Villains, Charles Bukowski, David Bowie, HOME, Luke Haines, MARIANNE FAITHFUL, OASIS, ONE, Parlour Flames, TV, Vinny Peculiar, VOLUME
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January 29, 2013 – 3:56 pm
MUSIC VIDEOS Lux Lisbon – Get Some Scars Get Some Scare is the new single and video by London based band Lux Lisbon. The single will be included in the new EP of the same name that will be released on March 25th, a 4 tracks EP that also includes their already popular song Your more »
December 12, 2012 – 6:44 pm
THIS WEEK: LONESOUND Lonesound is an Indie Guitar Pop act based in Dalston, London – in which James Ewers writes and arranges the songs – and also plays everything, bar the drums. James is blessed with a gift of a voice that sounds great on record, on radio and (alright, this is an educated guess) more »
By Johnno Casson
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Posted in Johnno Casson, Music Resources, Prick and Ding
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Also tagged dalston, dermot o'leary, Deuce Bigalow, EP, Fresh Faves, Listening Post, London, Lonesound, Steven Reed
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October 19, 2012 – 5:41 pm
Of all the vintage digital toys cluttering up my home studio, perhaps my favourite is the Casio Rapman, which I reviewed for Making Music magazine in 1991 (see below). Until working with Swami Baracus on last weekend’s Immersion Songwriting event I’d never seen it used by a really gifted rap artist. It struck me that more »
By Tom
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Posted in Music Resources, Tom Robinson
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Also tagged audio, beats, Casio, downloadable, loops, magazine, Making Music, patterns, RAP-1, Rapman, review, samples, WAV, Wave
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October 15, 2012 – 12:00 pm
Reviewed by Team Freshnet’s Massimo Zeppetelli From blues to speed dating, this week we have one mighty range of music and visuals for your pleasure to make this week all the more better than it originally is planned to be (see how I knew your week was going to be awesome before you even told more »
By Massimo Zeppetelli
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Posted in Fresh Faves, Massimo Zeppetelli
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Also tagged Alcopop, ALEX HIGHTON – Stupid, Angus & Julia Stone, art is hard, Ashton Kutcher, Balloon Twister Records, BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing, BBC Radio Merseyside, BEAR CAVALRY – The Word ‘Canoe’, Big wave - only you, Billy Fury, Blueprint Studios Manchester, Bobby Bare Jr, buffalo bar, Camera Obscura, Carole King to Bonnie Raitt, Chris Donohue, Cloudberry Records, Crewe Festival, Crewe Live, DANNI NICHOLLS – Warm Your Hands, Diana Jones, Drive Ryan Gosling, Edwyn Collins, Emmylou Harris, Everything Everything, Feed Kindt, Firars Court, Fresh Faves, Fresh On The Net, Gillian Welch, Gosport, Halo, Here We Go, Iain Archer, Jim Lauderdale, JOSH HEALEY – Niamh’s Song (Midnight Sun), Karblammbo, Kate Walsh, Krautronica, Laura Hocking, Lifeboats & Relationships, Manchester Academy, Mark Olson, Massimo Zeppetelli, Nambucca London, Naomi Todd, Nell Bryden, Otis Gibbs, Puryss, Redshift Radio, Reindeer Section, Right Where I Want You, Robert Plant, Salford Radio, SKY BETWEEN LEAVES – Sky Between Leaves, Slow Show, Snow Patrol, soft power records, Sticklebacker, Tall ships, THE BIG SUN – Time I Bought a Boat, THE SANDMAN’S ORCHESTRA – Hello Stranger, THE SPOOK SCHOOL – Cameraman, Tired Pony, Todd Snider, Unsigned bands, vera Clouzot, WHISKY STAIN – Wooden Coat, Woodditton Wives Club
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August 15, 2012 – 10:23 pm
THIS WEEK: WIM OUDIJK Wim Oudijk is a singer, musician, composer and producer from The Netherlands. I’ve known Wim for a fair few years now; we met in the halycon days of MySpace and have continued to collaborate on all sorts of projects – although it always surprises people that we have yet to meet more »
Encounter those rare moments you come across a song that is just perfect and you can’t help but have it on repeat? This happened to me today when I got an email from Birdeatsbaby‘s mailing list saying that their video for their new single ‘Anchor’ is available to watch on YouTube today. I had already more »
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