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Wednesday 30 June 2010

women - european dates announced




Tally Ho faves Women have scheduled a fair few live dates across Europe and UK this summer/autumn in support of their forthcoming sophomore LP release Public Strain.

Tally Ho caught them at White Heat @ Madam JoJo's a while back and they were incredible, a review of that night was posted on these very pages and you can read it here. They'll be bringing their unique brand of post psych, new wave to the following venues

30 AUG 201020:00
THE HARLEYSHEFFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM
31 AUG 201020:00
THE GLOBE W/ IDIOT GLEECARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM
1 SEP 201020:00
CARGO W/ IDIOT GLEELONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
2 SEP 201020:00
THE DEAF INSTITUTE W/ IDIOT GLEEMANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
3 SEP 201020:00
BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB W/ IDIOT GLEELEEDS, UNITED KINGDOM
4 SEP 201020:00
CAPTAIN'S REST W/ IDIOT GLEEGLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM
5 SEP 201020:00
THE CLUNY W/ IDIOT GLEENEWCASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM
6 SEP 201020:00
FREEBUTT W/ IDIOT GLEEBRIGHTON, UNITED KINGDOM
7 SEP 201020:00
PLEASUREGHENT, BELGIUM
8 SEP 201020:00
STUDIO 80AMSTERDAM, NOORD-HOLL, NETHERLANDS
9 SEP 201020:00
CAFE DE LA DANSEPARIS, FRANCE
10 SEP 201020:00
HDKV KUNSTVEREINHEIDELBERG, GERMANY
11 SEP 201020:00
HAFEN 2MAIN, GERMANY
12 SEP 201020:00
BANG BANG CLUBBERLIN, BERLIN, GERMANY
13 SEP 201020:00
MOLOTOWHAMBURG, GERMANY

Tuesday 29 June 2010

morning benders - rough trade instore 30th June



Acclaimed west-coast softies Morning Benders are playing an instore at Rough Trade East tomorrow night...

You can get your wristband by buying the LP during the day tomorrow or try your luck queuing in the no doubt searing heat at 6pm but if you do that you're a doyle.

Here's the Morning Benders performing album highlight Excuses with a host of SF friends, courtesy of Yours Truly

new sounds - green gerry



One of the cool things about running a blog is the amount of talented people willing to share their music with you. LA-by-way-of-Atlanta based Gerry Green, psych genius behind the flip monikered Green Gerry, has given us a sneak peak at some of the songs that make up his self released debut Odd Tymes.

Careering between Syd Barrett-like vocals that fly too close to the sun and downbeat folk lullabies, Gerry has crafted a delicate but self-assured record filled with the wonder of summer and the haunting harmonies of the sky at night.

You can check out and download the full album at his Bandcamp site and check out our favourite cut BBBButtons below


Monday 21 June 2010

Young & Lost Club - Single Collection



London's Young & Lost Club will celebrate their five year anniversary by releasing a singles collection this summer.

Despite being to blame for Noah & The Whale, Nadia and Sara, the girls who run London's premier singles label, have also been at the forefront of the city's alternative music scene since their first foray into putting out records with Vincent Vincent & The Villains 'Blue Boy'.

The collection, which comprises of 34 tracks from the likes of Vincent Vincent, Noah & The Whale, Johnny Flynn, Lord Auch and Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, is released on August 16th.

You can pre-order it here

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love

Pigeons - Fade Away

PIGEONS "FADE AWAY" from OLDE ENGLISH SPELLING BEE on Vimeo.

Pao Pao (ft Prizes) - Liberia





Via Delicious Scopitone

Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss (Canyons Remix)



Wednesday 16 June 2010

Walkmen - Lisbon



The Walkmen's 2008 album You & Me was, for me, like re-discovering a vague acquintance as a soulmate. I'd always been aware of them and The Rat had blown my mind, but i didn't really give Bows & Arrows much time to sink in, in hindsight, i can see that is something essential to the listening process with a band as deep and layered as The Walkmen.

You & Me has soundtracked so many night bus journeys around London over the last two years its a 'go to' for me whenever i find myself alone in the city seeking a quick and safe passage back to my flat. I really hope that with the announcement of a new album Lisbon, due in September this year, i'll have even more late night fodder.

Check back for more updates on the new album but for now...


Ariel Pink Live




Scala, Kings Cross - 15/06/10

Anyone who has followed the music press coverage and myth making surrounding Ariel Pink would be forgiven for imagining him living in a bedroom haze, surrounded by redundant, dust gathering games consoles, worn out VHS tapes and a shit load of vintage equipment. I picture him only surfacing to open his bedroom door and snatch the toasted cheese sandwiches his mother dutifully leaves out for him.

But tonight’s Ariel Pink is a fully formed performer, brimming with an alternative-universe-stage-school confidence that betrays his reputation as a lone traveller through music’s forgotten cosmos. At times he conjures the ‘drunk grandma in her best heels’ vibe of vintage David Johansson, the hair lashing intensity of eighties Ozzy Ozbourne and strangest of all, the troll like physical comedy of Bill Bailey.

He is funny, intoxicating (and obviously intoxicated) and whilst he is clearly daft as a brush, it’s easy to be swept along by the energy he and the band expend on behalf of having a good time. Throughout tonight’s set, the group mine just about every left of centre genre you can imagine, creating a disorientating, schizo feeling in the room, as if someone keeps turning the dial on the radio (or flicking the channel, considering AP’s clear love for forgotten TV show themes) streaming thirty second blasts of wild rock n roll, 80’s funk, sugary 60’s sunshine pop and pompous 70’s glam into the room, and that’s just the first song.


The man’s voice is pretty special too, when you listen to the record and hear all the strange vocal snippets that sound like samples, they’re actually all sang live by Ariel and the group, who bust harmonies like some kind of ‘Galaxy High’ version of Fleet Foxes. One minute he’s scaling the heights of his range on the prom night smooth Fright Night (Nevermore), the next conjuring Iggy with equal abandon on Little Wig, all the while never dissolving the music in parody or his persona into pastiche.

Two encores later the crowd have been treated to some choice cuts from new record Before Today (alas no Can’t Hear My Eyes or Beverly Kills) and plenty of fleshed out early recordings, the highlight of which, Kate I Wait, with its awkward time signatures tackled nobly by the group, proves the perfectly odd end to a memorable evening.

Friday 11 June 2010

Women - Public Strain

Calgary art-punk troupe Women have FINALLY announced details of their second album, pitchfork reports.

It'll be released on August 23rd over here in the UK and September 28th in the US, unlucky.

Here's the sweet artwork, very reminiscent of Magazine and PIL and i know the band are big fans of UK post punk so here's hoping the aesthetic of the music follows suit...



That's pretty much all we know at the moment but we'll keep you updated as and when new tracks start to trickle through the cracks in the web and here's a link to a recent radio session the band did debuting new tracks on CBC.

Thursday 10 June 2010

New sounds - Wet Illustrated




Not much is known about these cats, they've recorded a single 'Born Stoked' with Fresh & Only's Tim Cohen producing and it's available for purchase on their rather rudimentary but lovely, Myspace.

We've got a stream of it below. I'll let you add your own superlatives but after listening to it a few times all i could think about was a water fight, not those horrid facebook organised mass events, that will no doubt soon be sponsored by Evian, but a good old fashioned, impromptu water bombing followed by the introduction of a hose and a few buckets and a lot of wet t shirts. That sort of thing.
Anyway...enjoy, and thanks to Raven Sings The Blues for the tip.

Vaselines announce new album



Following a recent compilation ' Enter the Vaselines', Kurt Cobain's favourite band The Vaselines (lazy i know) are all set to release their second LP after a 20 year wait.

The band formed in Glasgow in the late 80's, lasting two impressive years before splitting on the eve of their full length being released.

Released on home-of-the-great-and-good Sub Pop, 'Sex With An X' is released on Sept 14th this year and they're offering a little taster for free download right here.

The free download is called I Hate The 80's and is a funny little slice of sing a long alt pop, a great little taster of what i hope is to come.

Sunday 6 June 2010

1234 Shoreditch Festival


Just over a month until this year's 1234 festival in Shoreditch Park so we thought we'd post a little reminder about the line up.

It really is great this year, ok, so the festival is no longer free, but its still a total steal when you consider the quality of the bands that Sean McClusky and co are now able to book.

Established US groups such as Dum Dum Girls, Vivian Girls and Wavves line up beside lesser known, up and coming UK talent such as Grave With No Name, S.C.U.M and art rock pioneers such as Vic Godard & Subway Sect.

The cheaper early bird tickets are sadly all gone but its still only £20 for a day ticket, miles cheaper than Reading et al and a miles better line up in Tally Ho's humble opinion!

For more info on the festival, which takes place on 24th July in Shoreditch Park, East London, check out this link

Sonny & The Sunsets - The Hypnotist b/w Stranded 7"



Tally Ho favourites Sonny & The Sunsets follow up their awesome debut LP with a four song 7" on new label Future Stress Recordings.

With the same honest, rootsy song-writing that shone on Tomorrow Is Alright at its base, the new 7" somehow feels more intimate than previous Sonny releases. Girl on the Street and The Hypnotist both rely on folkie guitar flourishes and flute backing, creating truly psychedelic music devoid of fancy effects pedals or touched up vocals... as if we're being allowed a few brief flashes of the man behind the songs.

Highlight for this fan is Stranded. A cut from the aforementioned full length, its lingering, sinister guitar intro perfectly compliments the downtrodden, helpless tone of Sonny's lyrics.

You can pick up this latest set at Future Stress Recordings website here and as a teaser here's Stranded...