Wednesday 23 December 2009

GOOD FORM CLUB IN 2009 AND 2010

2009 has been a pretty cool year for us at camp GFC. We have achieved quite a bit but we hope 2010 will be more of a proactive year for us. Our highlights of '09 include seeing Blue Roses' self titled debut album finally released after working tirelessly on the project, putting on The XX and releasing Wonderswan's debut single 'Furrrpile'. Seeing bands that we love like Wild Beasts getting the recognition they deserve is also rewarding. We have put them on a few times and they are super nice guys and deserve their success.

2010 will see us programming monthly gigs and Leeds' coolest hang out Nation Of Shopkeepers, our first of which is Pens on 31st Jan (see poster) with support from Rent Boys and Blood Oranges. Look here for more info.

We are also putting on a new monthly club night at The Well called Hello Nasty which is gonna be way cool and will feature ace bands, djs and drinks promos for all you students. Wetdog (above pic) headline the launch party with support from Grass House and These Men on Thursday 4th February (more info to follow).

Good Form Club will continue to release records in the new year. We will be announcing details shortly so keep 'em peeled. Over and out. Merry Christmas everyone. See you on the other side.

Monday 21 December 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM GOOD FORM CLUB

A few treats for you so that you don't get all bored over the festive period:

A fun Christmas single by supergroup Hunks featuring loads of cool bands like Pulled Apart By Horses, Sky Larkin, Copy Haho, Los Campesinos and more. The single is out now and proceeds go to charity. Buy it here.

Fucked Up along with Andrew WK, Ezra Koenig, Bob Mould, Yo La Tengo, Tegan and Sarah and more covering the christmas classic 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'.

Charlie Brown's Christmas special is king. The score by Vince Guaraldi is also amazing.

A live performace of RUN DMC's Christmas in Hollis.

Sunday 20 December 2009

TOP 10 SINGLES OF 2009

This was a toughie but we had to choose 10. Here they are in no particular order:

GRIZZLY BEAR - 'TWO WEEKS'


JULIAN CASABLANCAS - '11TH DIMENSION'


DIRTY PROJECTORS - 'STILLNESS IS A MOVE'


THE DRUMS - 'LETS GO SURFING'


ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - 'MY GIRLS'


JOY ORBISON - 'HYPH MNGO'


THE HORRORS - 'WHO CAN SAY?'


CHEW LIPS - 'SOLO'


GIRLS - 'HELLHOLE RATRACE'


YEAH YEAH YEAHS - 'HEADS WILL ROLL'

Saturday 19 December 2009

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2009

Its been a great year for music and it has been hard to choose our favourite 10 albums........... so in no particular order:

YACHT - 'SEE MYSTERY LIGHTS' (DFA)
Appropriately poppy, catchy tunes with all their elegant lyricism intact, about summer parties that would actually want to play at a summer party.  Fuck the Christmas dinner and get out the barbecue....

ST. VINCENT - 'ACTOR' (4AD)
The most lovely voice on any record this year.  The sweet yet sinister record is like a collection of short stories which Annie Clark narrates leaving the listener overwhelmed. 

FRYARS - 'DARK YOUNG HEARTS' (Bandstocks)
Moody intelligent lyrics, beautiful melodies and crystal clear synths. It's the best bit of Depeche Mode and The Velvet Underground, without all the smack.

DIRTY PROJECTORS - 'BITE ORCA' (Domino)
A big rock / wonky pop album that is artful and playful.  An album full of textures from 3D choral vibes, minimal bleeps and electronics to African style disco and strings. 

CURSIVE - 'MAMA I'M SWOLEN' (Saddle Creek)
A heroes return from everybodies second favourite band. Just doing, basically what Cursive do best.  Writing clever emotional power pop music.

THE XX - 'XX' (Young Turks / XL)
Everyone knows how much we love The XX. We were there from the start listening to their early demos and we put them on earlier this year. Seriously check this record out for some lazy, laid back, chilled out action.

THE HORRORS - 'PRIMARY COLOURS' (XL)
Just a banger innit really. You've all heard it and if you haven't, go and fucking buy it, NOW.

GRIZZLY BEAR - 'VECKATIMEST' (Warp)
An absolute masterpiece from the Brooklyn based quartet.  Listen to it you will be rewarded.

WILD BEASTS - 'TWO DANCERS' (Domino)
A beautiful, sweet and original recording. Full of ideas, intelligent lyrics, gorgeous melodies combined with two of the most distinctive voices in music today. 

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - 'MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILLION' (Domino)
The 9th long player from Animal Collective is upbeat and fun. A celebration of life that reminds us of a fucked up carnival with its amazing rhythms, synth sounds, drums and noise. Joy!

Monday 14 December 2009

SINGLE OF THE WEEK: YACHT - 'PSYCHIC CITY'


Forget the battle for the crimbo number 1 between rage and joe whats his face from X factor and enjoy this punctuated and repetitive cracker with nice and low bass from Yacht. Out on DFA.

Monday 7 December 2009

SINGLE OF THE WEEK: FRANKIE AND THE HEART STRINGS - 'FRAGILE'


A wonderful slow paced lament from Frankie and The Heartsrings.  The band have been a bit ambiguous not having any music on their myspace so it is ace to finally hear something by them.  The single is released on ltd edition double A side 7" via Rough Trade with 'Hunger' as the other hit.

Friday 4 December 2009

WEST YORKSHIRE THIS WEEKEND

Good Form Club's guide to the best gigs, club nights and erm........ vintage fashion fairs happening this weekend.

FRIDAY: RUFFIANS @ BRAFORD PLAYHOUSE, BRADFORD
Ruffians is Bradford's coolest new night at Bradford Payhouse which is fast becoming Bradford's hottest hang out. Expect to hear up tempo electronic pop from all over the world. Doors 7pm. Entry £3.

FRIDAY: MAMBO @ FAGINS, HALIFAX
A night of funk soul and electro. Doors 9.30pm. Entry is £3 with proceeds going to The Tanzanian Street Kids Project.

SATURDAY: PULLED APART BY XMAS PARTY @ THE COCKPIT, LEEDS
Pulled Apart By Horses are hosting one hell of a Christmas party at the cockpit on Saturday. They have asked some of their pals to play with them including Dutch Uncles, Chickenhawk, Friendship, Holy State, Dead Confederate, Swound and Castrovalva. 2pm. £9

SATURDAY: BABI-CHIN-FREE @ BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, LEEDS
An Amazing free gig at The Brud featuring Ringo Deathstarr, Indica Ritual, Cowtown, Beards and Wrongbot. Doors 8pm.

SATURDAY: NO BONES @ NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS, LEEDS
Leeds' coolest club night with live performances from Good Form Club favourites Milk White White Teeth, Just Handshake's (We're British) and Blood Oranges. 8pm. £2 Entry.

SUNDAY: AFFORDABLE VINTAGE CHRISTMAS FAIR @ LEEDS UNIVERSITY
Over 40 cheap vintage stalls brought to you by England's biggest travelling vintage fair. 12pm - 5pm. £2 entry.

SUNDAY: VINTAGE FAIR @ IMPRESSIONS GALLERY, BRADFORD
Another amazing fair brought to us by our good friends at Rose and Brown Vintage. 12pm - 4pm. Free entry.