Reptar are a band new to my ears, but I’m glad I gave them a listen. Their debut EP Oblangle Fizz Y’all was released yesterday, and it’s made to brighten up your summer. The band started making waves at this years SXSW, with a debut 7″ release already behind them (produced by Ben Allen), the [...]
Its that time again – time for round-up-the-year-lists from bloggers. Our own has been several weeks in the making, but we have come up with a collaborative list for the year. In no particular order, here goes:
This tune All Of This is the opening track on the debut album of Auckland 5 piece The Naked And Famous. It draws immediate comparisons to the LCD Soundsystem stormer All My Friends with its constant biting rhythm (albeit with a poppier slant). These guys have been tipped for big things. The genre hopping album [...]
After the volanic ash forced LCD Soundsystem to cancel their two gig Tripod stint back in April, James Murphy & Co will be gracing our shores in November.
TGIF – thank goodness it’s Friday – is all I can say this week. It’s now T minus 7 days for Electric Picnic and I can’t fecking wait. So for today’s On The Road To Electric Picnic With… pick I’ve decided to pick two artists (because it’s also Weekend Tunage day and we like to [...]
News has hit me that LCD Soundsystem are streaming their new album, This Is Happening.
Times like this I wish I was back in Ireland for a bit – with the start of all the festival announcements out of the way there seems to be a lot of good standalone gigs coming up in the coming few months also.
This weekends tunage is a bit of a throwback…to 2007. One band that I’m happy to see on the Electric Picnic lineup is LCD Soundsystem so seems fitting to have them for week’s tunage. The song is All My Friends and it’s one of my favourite LCD Soundsystem tracks – I’ve seen them live before [...]
