ALBUM OF THE WEEK

VA - MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH HUW 

Not so much an album but a compilation featuring some of the raddest bands that are sure to be big in 2010.  The compilation was put together by Radio 1's Welsh champion of new music Huw Stephens.  All the buzz bands are on it: Dinosaur Pile Up, Banjo or Freakout, Tubelord, We Have Band and Holy State as well as some bands I have not come across before such as Sweet Baboo and Gold Panda.   The album has every thing from loud guitar noise from Pulled Apart By Horses, lofi folktronica from Gold Panda, bleeps and afro guitars and such from Gold Teeth and a bit of electronica from Young Fathers.  Like all compilations not every song is a winner but it remains consistent compared to most. I think it would have been an ace idea to release the compilation on tape but it is only available for download :(

NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS PHOTOS

Hi All, as you know we were asked to DJ at the launch night of Nation Of Shopkeepers along with Lovefoxx from CSS amongst many other cool people. Dinosaur Pile - Up and Old Romantic Killer Band were playing live. It was ace.  We also put on our own night the following Monday (Bank Holiday) with live performances from The XX, Post War Years, Brontide, Mi Mye, Pengillys, Just Handshakes (We're British) and Twisted and  dj sets from Rob Webb (Drowned in Sound, NME), Jumbo Records and Golden Owl.  Here are a bunch of photos from the Good Form Club Bank Holiday Monday do. Enjoy :)

TOP 5's of 2008

Ok. 2008 is nearly over so we thought we would do one of those lists detailing our top 5 albums, singles and gigs of the Year. By the way this was a tricky thing to do!

TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2008
1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2. No Age - Nouns
3. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
4. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forver Ago
5. Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto

TOP 5 SINGLES OF 2008
1. M.I.A - Paper Planes
2. MGMT - Time To Pretend
3. White Williams - New Violence
4. Golden Silvers - Arrows of Eros
5. Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You

TOP 5 BRADFORD GIGS OF 20081. The Hop feat. Sons & Daughters, Lets Wrestle, Slow Club, Johnny Foreigner, This Et Al, Grammatics, Cutting Pink With Knives, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, Paul Marshall, Monty Casino, Alt Track, Blue Roses, Fourteen Corners and more! @ The Love Apple & Delius
2. Fucked Up @ 1 in 12
3. That Fucking Tank + Pulled Apart By Horses + Uprights @ Rosse, Saltaire
4. Wild Beasts + Blue Roses + ABC Club + Spodni Pradlo @ The Love Apple
5. Dinosaur Pile Up @ The Love Apple

TOP 5 LEEDS GIGS OF 2008
1. Nasty Fest feat. The Mae Shi, A Place to Bury Strangers, Monotonix, Wonderswan, Dinosaur Pile Up, Cadence Weapon, Spodni Pradlo, Soiled Mattress & The Springs, Pulled Apart By Horses, Slow Club, Yeasayer, No Age, Hey! Panda and more @ The Fav
2. Fleet Foxes @ Brudenell Social Club
3. The National @ Leeds Met Uni
4. Silver Jews @ City Varieties
5. Saul Williams @ The Hi-Fi Club

NEW YEARS EVE!

Its getting to that time of year again when people start to think how they will spend new year's eve.  Here are two of our suggestions:

1.  Bad Sneakers New Years Balls @ The Faversham, Leeds!

Leeds' hottest club night, Bad Sneakers, is putting on a party to end all parties on NYE featuring the city's coolest bands and djs including Pulled Apart By Horses, Dinosaur Pile Up, Wintermute, These Monsters, Youth Attack, Bearded Slave and Johnny Strangeways.  Tickets are £12.50 and can be bought from the usual outlets.

2. PUSH @ The Astoria, London feat. Noah and The Whale

For those of you who live down south we recommend that you get yourself down to The Astoria for PUSH's NYE party.  There is a live performance from Noah & The Whale plus dj sets from Abeano, Young & Lost Club, Popcorn, Lord Auch, Corblimey, El Fatso and more to be confirmed.  Tickets are £20 which aint bad for London Prices.