Music · 4 October 2011 ·
Phil Selway - Running Blind
Music · 19 August 2011 ·
BOY - Little Numbers
Time is hard to kill since I met you.
The name BOY doesn’t make it easy to find this German-Swiss two-piece consisting of Valeska Steiner and Sonja Milena Glass on the internet. But here you go, their website is listentoboy.com and you can get a free MP3 of their song This Is The Beginning, too. Furthermore, they’re releasing their first album, titled “Mutual Friends”, on September 2nd.
Until then you can look them up on youtube, where you can find a number of acoustic sets which are just plain beautiful:
Music · 16 April 2011 ·
The Notwist - Come in
Recorded during the The Devil, You and Me sessions, but released only as a 7 inch b-side.
Music · 6 February 2011 ·
Tied & Tickled Trio - La Place Demon
The past year seems to have been a busy year for the Weilheim scene around the members of The Notwist. Their collaboration with Themselves of Anticon fame under the moniker 13&God will be releasing a new album this year, Martin Gretschmann revived his own band Console and released Herself last autumn. In the meantime the Acher brothers have been busy as well, with their bandmates of Tied & Tickled Trio (apparently named after a Japanese sex game) and collaborated with the drummer Billy Hart. The fruits of their work are called La Place Demon and will be released on April 1st, 2011. However, their fusion of Dub and Jazz is far from being a lame April fool’s joke, and it is another album to look forward to this year.
Tracklist: Tied & Tickled Trio and Billy Hart – La Place Demon
1. The End is the Same as the Beginning
2. The Three Doors Pt. 1
3. Calaca
4. Violent Collaborations Pt.1
5. The Three Doors Pt.2
6. The Violent Collaborations Pt.2
7. Lonely Woman/Exit La Place Demon
8. The Three Doors Pt.3
9. Ghost All Around
Music · 28 November 2010 ·
Unbunny - The Path
Music Concert impressions · 30 July 2010 ·
Themselves, Glasgow Stereo
Ladies and gentlemen, if your favourite rapper doesn’t rap fast, it is because he can’t.
Dose One of Themselves can rap fast, and this is what he demonstrated with Jel’s support on July 23, at the Glasgow Stereo. A video, so you can hear for yourself and some pictures from the event, including the support band, whose name I unfortunately forgot Dam Mantle.
Themselves – Oversleeping from Anticon on Vimeo.
Music · 24 July 2010 ·
New 13&God album in 2011?
According to a post by Dax Pierson in the 13&God facebook group I know ’13&God’ has nothing to do with religion, the supergroup consisting of members of the Notwist and Themselves, returned to the studio in January. Thus, when Themselves played in Glasgow yesterday, I asked Jel about the current state of the new record: Apparently there will be another brief recording session in Autumn, and they hope to have the album mixed down by February. That’s definitely something to look forward to.
One of the prospective tracks featured on the new record is “Sure as Dept.”, written during their 2007 tour:
Update Nov 10th, 2010:
According to Dax Pierson on facebook:
The record is scheduled to be mixed in September. [He has] lots to sing and tweak.
Update Dec 8th, 2010
Tweet from @anticon (The US-based label the new record will be released on) on Dec 1st:
pressing play on the first master draft of the new 13 & god record…………………… now.
Update Feb 2nd, 2011
According to Pitchfork, the new 13&God album will be released on May 17th, will be titled Own Your Ghost and feature the following songs:
01 Its Own Sun
02 Death Major
03 Armored Scarves
04 Janu Are
05 Old Age [MP3]
06 Et Tu
07 Death Minor
08 Sure as Debt
09 Beat on Us
10 Unyoung
Anticon also put a wee preview of the song ArmoredScarves online:
13 & God – “Armored Scarves” Preview from anticon. on Vimeo.
Update Feb 23rd 2011
Pitchfork has the first song: Old Age.
Update May 4th, 2010: Pre-listen, Release Dates & Tour
You can pre-listen to the album online. Furthermore, the release dates are now official, too: In Europe, Alien Transistor will release the “Own Your Ghost” on May 6th, and in the UK on May 9th. The US release will be on Anticon and is scheduled for May 17th.
My opinion? It’s brilliant! ‘nuff said.
Oh, also these are the tourdates:
2011-05-17 Cologne (DE) — Gebaeude 9 (w/ Saroos)
2011-05-18 Amsterdam (NL) — Paradiso (w/ Saroos)
2011-05-19 Leuven (BE) — Stuk (w/ Saroos)
2011-05-20 Lille (FR) — Aeronef (w/ Saroos)
2011-05-21 Paris (FR) — Maroquinierie (w/ Saroos)
2011-05-22 Frankfurt a.M. (DE) — Bett (w/ Saroos)
2011-05-23 Berlin (DE) — Lido (w/ Saroos)
2011-05-24 Munich (DE) — Ampere
2011-07-14 London (GB) — Garage
2011-07-23 Puch (DE) — Open Air Festival
Music · 22 July 2010 ·
Le Peuple de l'Herbe vs Beth Gibbons
Another live video with Beth Gibbons, this time with the French Hip Hop group, interpreting “Roads” and “Glory Box” by Portishead. I really like the added trumpets and flugelhorns.
Le Peuple de l’Herbe vs Beth Gibbons from Le Peuple de l'Herbe on Vimeo.
Music · 20 July 2010 ·
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Candy Says
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man – Candy Says (Paleo 2003) from Logic Will Break Your Heart on Vimeo.
Music Personal · 17 July 2010 ·
Subcity - Laser Party 2010
Subcity LASER Party (2010) from Subcity Radio on Vimeo.
Subcity Radio, Glasgow University’s student radio station, doesn’t just do radio. We also do events, like this one here, at the Art School. Thanks Joe for this wee video.
Video: Joe Crogan
Music: Koopa Boss Mode – Laser Sword
Date: 13 June 2010
Location: Art School, Glasgow