I talked about missing The Temper Trap train a month or so ago when I finally caught 500 Days of Summer on DVD. I've since had a chance to catch up, and ended up really enjoying their debut Conditions. If you're in a similar position and for whatever reason never looked into these Aussies, here's a very easy way you can without spending a penny! Temper Trap Giveaway 1 US winner will receive: (1)Temper Trap Poster (1)Copy of their debut, Conditions TO WIN: Simply email me with 'Conditions CD Giveaway' in the subject line and 1 winner will be selected at random on Monday, February ...
Ritzy from the Joy Formidable kindly agreed to give us an insight to life on the road. The band spent last week in NYC playing two dates with Passion Pit before headlining two further sold out shows. Over the last two years my respect and admiration for the band both as artists and people has grown. In 2010 I am sure The Joy Formidable will hit even higher heights and continue to blow crowds away through Europe with the Temper Trap next month. If you don't have tickets yet for the March UK headlining tour get some! They are without doubt ...
Following my recent post on Cosmo Jarvis the blogging world went crazy! In a matter of days we had over 5000 downloads from BIYL of 'She's Got You'. For me it's a real honour that Cosmo is giving us the world exclusive of his new single, 'Crazy Screwed up Lady'. I believe it's going to be a full week before this airs anywhere else! ‘Crazy Screwed Up Lady’ drops on March 14thon Wall of Sound Records. Taken from his recently released 18 tracker album titled ‘Humasyouhitch / Sonofabitch’ the single will feature a Cenzo Townsend (Florence & the Machine / Editors / ...
Let's set the scene: A jet-lagged Damien suggests we wander from the venue to a nearby coffee shop to chat. On arrival the shutters are down and it's barely above freezing as we continue our quest for Americano !!! We switch on the tape machine and chat as we trudge through the snow and slush of a dismal, damp January night in Norwich. Damien: Hi so who do you guys write for? Mark: Well I write for BIYL, an American music-based website with contributors from Arizona, Florida and Canada. It's a funky site set up by Sean Ryan. Shane is my photographer ...
Ok Go's UK tour kicked off with a bang at Norwich's Waterfront last night. Pre-gig, I had the pleasure to interview lead singer Damien Kulash. I got a good vibe about the night ahead, and I was not mistaken!! The night exploded into life as they bounded onto Stage with a revved up version of "Shooting The Moon" from the New Moon soundtrack. Ok Go are one of the most engaging bands i have seen live for a long while. All the old favourites were in the set including slices of unadulterated pop such as "Here It goes Again". These songs ...
Communion, the London-based musician/fan collective responsible for some of the most talked about club nights in London, Leeds and Brighton, are to spread their wings in early 2010 with the release of a unique compilation featuring a host of previously unrecorded songs and exclusive one-off collaborations.
‘Communion: The Compilation’ will be released on the 1st March [...]
One of the better radio friendly indie guitar bands, Trail release a debut album on February 22nd titled To The Rest Of The World. It’s a well produced and accomplished listen! Based on their debut’s strength, I ran a Q &A session with lead singer Charlie Afif.
1. How long have the band been together and [...]
The Portland Arms Cambridge is a compact venue but with surprisingly good acoustics. My congratulations must go to the sound engineer who brought out the best from both bands. First up were The Foxes! Having been an admirer of this band since 2007, I had never actually seen them live before.
The nine song set included a [...]
The multi-platinum funk soul brothers, with 4 Top 10 albums to their name, return for the first time in five years with the first classic party album of the decade! Featuring collaborations with Roots Manuva and Paul Kaye.
Huey, Fast and Frank have been missing in action for 5 years, caught up in an acrimonious [...]
I’m head over heels with Ellie Goulding right now, though I hope I’m not being too obvious. Don’t want to hand over relationship power too quickly, after all.
Ellie is a busy bee these days, what with the release of ‘Starry Eyed’ as an official single on the 22nd, followed by her debut Lights on [...]
I talked about missing The Temper Trap train a month or so ago when I finally caught 500 Days of Summer on DVD. I’ve since had a chance to catch up, and ended up really enjoying their debut Conditions. If you’re in a similar position and for whatever reason never looked into these Aussies, here’s [...]
Most of you will know that I am good friends with Robert J. Manton, erstwhile lead singer of mod legends Purple Hearts. Many of you may not know about The Alley Jaggers, a cracking garage band he is part of. This project has been steadily developing over the last three years or so, growing out of Bob’s [...]
