I recently met up with Jence and Isi from Digitalism before their DJ set at the closing night of the Warehouse Project in Manchester. Here’s what they had to say:
Hi guys, nice to meet you both. So tell me, are you looking forward to tonight?
Yeah definitely, we have lots of friends coming – Erol is playing, Metro Area….we are good friends of Metro Area.
Who are your other DJ friends that you see out on tour?
Simian who are playing tonight, Erol obviously. But probably Boys Noize because I actually went to …
Much like Emmy The Great, Mumford & Sons stayed marginally under the mainstream radar during the upsurge of ‘indie-slash-folk’ that appeared last year, but I cannot even begin to describe how incredible this band is. Picture Noah & The Whale meets Johnny Flynn, and if that doesn’t appeal to you, just listen with respect for frontman Marcus Mumford for being the latest notch on Laura Marling’s bedpost (no disrespect intended, I think it’s all rather nice, actually). Check out their Myspace Page for more info and have a listen to …
Too-cool-for-you alternative rocker Patrick Wolf is set to launch a full UK tour this May following the success of his 2009 gigs thus far. The dates are as follows:
Fri, 15 May :: Northampton, Roadmender
Mon, 18 May :: Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
Tues, 19 May :: Oxford, O2 Academy
Wed, 20 May :: Leeds, Cockpit
Fri, 22 May :: Liverpool, Stanley Theatre
Mon, 25 May :: Birmingham, O2 Academy
Wed, 27 May :: Norwich, Waterfront
Thurs, 28 May :: Sheffield, Leadmill
Fri, 29 May :: Glasgow, Classic Grand
Sun, 31 May :: Manchester, Ritz
Mon, 01 Jun :: London, Electric Ballroom
The …
One of the acts to watch this year as se drops her second album, we’ve got a great live recording of Glass by Bat for Lashes (MySpace) for your pleasure. She was featured here on TBW all the way back on the first Snazzy as Fuck compilation and has continually impressed. Fur and Gold was fantastic, and Two Suns is just mesmerising. I am finding it difficult to pigeon hole her sound ( and it appears I’m not the only one), but there are certainly elements of folk and electronica …
Named after the west london street one which they were born and raised, the Goldhawks offer a uniquely British flavour the old, good americana. Think of U2 when they were good, and without Bono (which is a blessing in so so many ways).
Where in the world is their debut single which you can pick up on 7″ over at Rough Trade
Goldhawks – Where in the world
Festival Republic’s award-winning Latitude Festival is back this summer, for the fourth year in a row. The casually renowned four-day festival takes place in Suffolk’s seaside town of Southwold, and this year is starring the Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds as its mainstage headliners. Alongside its various music stages, Latitude also plays host to flourishings of poetry, comedy, theatre, film, dance, cabaret and literature. Yes, this is definitely a festival for the open-minded and the artistic.
Latitude takes palce from July 16th to 19th …
