*Coming up

Sorry for another few blank days kids, have had work up to my earlobes.

HOWEVER. Joy. Coming at you very soon...

- SIA live @ Night & Day Cafe (review, pictures and video)
- Adele A/B Side single review
- Jay-z new single review
- Noah & The Whale live @ Night & Day Cafe

plus any of you fine people who are going to see my friend from across the pond, Jenny Owen Youngs (the Kingston/London/Manchester shows) I will see you there. Cheer loudly and yell things (nice things).

www.myspace.com/jennyowenyoungs

Glucky
xxx

*Tegan and Sara - The Con (Album)

I realise this album came out a little while ago, and therefore this review should have gone up a while ago but thought i'd dig it out and post it seeing as T&S are touring here soon and if you don't have a ticket.. what are you waiting for silly?

Tegan and Sara - The Con (Maple Music)



Sometimes along comes an album where a band has grown so much, lyrically, melodically and personally that when it’s laid out in front of you bare boned on a record there is nothing left to do but sit down with a pair of headphones, put the record on and press repeat.
The talent of Tegan and Sara has never been in doubt, with four previous records underneath their belts including the very successful; ‘So Jealous’ and countless numbers of honest, catchy and often heart wrenching songs, they are clearly accomplished, but with their new record ‘The Con’ they have taken everything to the next level.
Somewhat like a perfect lovers’ mix tape; the songs deal in heartbreak, longing, coping, realisation and speaking out - and that’s only on the surface, dig deeper and there is a hoard of intricate and intimate moments to be found.
While both girls are intense songwriters, interestingly, while they perform together, it is well known that they write alone, which is maybe why their individual sounds are becoming more distinct. Songs like; Nineteen, Call It Off and The Con are clearly Tegan’s – direct, passionate and allow you so much access, you wonder if you’re listening in on something that was meant to be private. Singing over an intense drumbeat on ‘Are You Ten Years Ago’ she takes the sound of Tegan and Sara into an entirely different territory. Equally Sara’s ‘Like O Like H’, ‘Burn Your Life Down’ and ‘Floorplan’ are full of intricate parts, quirky vocals and subject matter stretching far beyond some of her previous songs, now incorporating inspiration from childhood, marriage and even coping with death.
What’s so unique is that their records never seem to display a stronger writer/lyricist, you are never made to choose between them, they both have their accomplished individual songs but together, they have a fantastic record. So no matter who has written what, like a musical ying and yang they have managed to intertwine their styles to produce a record that everyone can relate to. Whether it’s love lost or gained, self-realisation or self-confusion, every song on this album resonates.
With their live shows garnering a reputation for hilarious storytelling along with fantastic musical performance, it’s clear these are woman of great talent and substance and in a musical world where unfortunately that can be a rarity, thank Canada for Tegan and Sara.

10/10

*WIN - Tellison

Hey Kids,

one of our favourite bands Tellison;



have finally released their single 'Gallery' on very very limited (500 copies) 7" vinyl;



and we have a lovely shiny new copy to give away.

To win, email the regular email (getglucky@googlemail.com) with your name and address.. points win prizes, or in this case emails do.

*Get Glucky*

*Remi Nicole - My Conscience and I (Album)

Remi Nicole - My Conscience and I (Cool Delta)

The album opens with, 'Go With The Flow' and an unfortunately irritating over the top London accent. This seems to be a trend at the moment, but Remi is just arriving that little bit too late; it just feels tired now, where are all the females who are going to be offering something new? A bigger frustration though is that when it's the 'LDN' style of singing it's near impossible to tell if the artist actually has a good voice. A lot of the songs on 'My Conscience And I' seem to follow the same formula; none of them are offensive, or particularly bad, but very few song on the album are special enough in music or lyric, to stand out from everything else that's around at the moment.
First single 'Rock 'n' Roll' single is highlight, 'Tabloid Queen' sounds like the beginning of a Jack Penate song, but then as soon as she starts to sing about Heat Magazine, it all gets a bit embarassing. You get the feeling someone has put a lot of effort in to making Remi Nicole appear 'cool' when instead this intense pushing of current culture actually rubs off in a negative way. 'Fed Up' and 'Right Side Of Me' are more stripped down songs and suit her much better, it feels more comfortable - like she isn't trying so hard to be relevant. As a whole though the album just seems too simple, it's followed a pop formula and slung a guitar on the singer to make it feel a bit indie, but it ends up just feeling like some odd 'tween rock/pop' sent to give mothers someone their child can safely listen to.

3/10

*Kill The Lights - Buffalo Love (Album)

Kill The Lights - Buffalo Love (Maple Music)

"Kill The Lights is four men and one woman making calculated noises to specific rhythms with amplified instruments." Band Bio

"Buffalo Love" is one of those albums with so much difference and variation to it that it takes a good few listens to start to understand what it is you might be listening to. This is not a negative quality by any means, unless you are an impatient listener. The album is definitely a grower - however 'Skinny White Girls' along with having an amusing title and being my favourite track on the album, has an instantly clear indie/pop appeal while remaining just on the edge to constantly make you re-consider whether that is anywhere near a correct classification.
The album is full of prominent stabbing guitar parts placed throughout, speedy drumming and a variation of vocal showcases - yearning, sleepy, and at times urgent; Kill The Lights is a hard band to fit into any boxes. Songs like 'Orestes' while still containing the feverish drumming seen so many other places on the album has haunting guitar parts and the kind of vocals on a chorus that make you shout right back. It's not the most consistent of albums, there are a few tracks that fall at the mediocre end of the spectrum, but highlights such as 'Skinny White Girls' 'Orestes' and 'Bombs' clearly show a band that knows what they want to sound like, even if we don't always share in that knowledge.

"Underlying it all, there is a sense that music should be an artistic venture that combines passion, musical chops, friendship, and self-challenge." Band Bio

6.5/10

*Silversun Pickups - Pikul (EP)

Silversun Pickups - Pikul (Upshot)

Silversun Pickups are without a doubt one of my favourite new bands of this year. They manage to mix up their sound to be familiar yet completely refreshing. As a band their song is both quiet and loud, delicate and strong, and always in all the right places.
The EP originally released in 2005 has been re-released off the back of the success of the album. Since we have already done the 'New Kids on the Block" feature with their drummer i'm going to keep this short and sweet. This EP is great, the album is great, go show them some love even if you don't feel strongly about the colour silver, the sun or pickups in general.

8/10

*Little Noise Sessions - Jack Penate, Young Knives, Laura Marling, Joe Lean & JJJ (Live)

First some pictures:












apologies for slightly crap quality of photos, but it was in church, so no flash and no sinning. Flashing... sinning.. god i hope that pun made sense or I just sound crazy. SO on to the gig.

For those of you unfamiliar with the "Little Noise Sessions" they are acoustic gigs done one every night for about a week in aid of a charity called MENCAP for people with mental disabilities. The venue was absolutely stunning, you'd be forgiven for thinking the acoustics of a church would be weird but it sounded fantastic and felt like a hugely special gig to be a part of even before the music came on.

Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong were on first.. unfortunately I really don't have a lot to say about them. They're hyped by NME which makes me almost immediately not want to listen but I ofcourse gave it a chance and just didn't hear anything remotely special, original or particularly interesting.

Laura Marling.. ah Miss Marling, she was primarily who I came to see and I was not disappointed. She really has a phenominally haunting voice, and as much as I hate to play the age card she is only 18, maybe even 17? But to think of all the growth she could acheive in the next few years when she's already so fantastic both as a lyricist/songwriter and as a live performer, is really exciting. She played most of the songs off her "My Manic & I" EP apart from my favourite, 'Typical' however she gave a beautiful rendition of "Ghosts" that more than made up for the absence of the former.

Jack Penate... bless him. What a trooper, he's used to playing live, loud, jump around gigs and here he was in a church playing his acoustic guitar and still jumping around the stage and dancing like a maniac. A genuinely nice seeming guy with catchy songs and envy inducing dance moves, the music isn't always amazing but there are a handful of great songs on his debut "Matinee" so it's worth giving it a listen and if you really hate him you're probably related to scrooge. I mean he talks about his mum and dad in his songs, and trainers, and Jack Kerouac. He's a nice guy ok?

Videos to come very soon...


Friends Forever
*Get Glucky*

*Example/Mos Def @ Roadhouse/Warehouse Project (Live)

Well well, hi there kids.

After a computer death (still dead, using a replacement baby computer), I feel some updates are long overdue. Get Glucky had a weekend revolved around hip-hop. Yes, out came the limited edition trainers, the new era caps and the hoodies and off we went.

First up was "Example":



who played at the Roadhouse, I went without really knowing anything about him but came away with a new appreciation for witty rap, there's a whole different genre out there where no one has been shot, 'hustled hoes' ok now i just feel awkward typing this. Check him out for yourself if you enjoy well worded mock rap.

*Get Glucky* recommends:
You Can't Rap
Me and Mandy

Now on to the beautiful Mos Def:



There is just something about this man that is so impossibly cool. I think it's the fact that his speech is always relaxedly slurred, but then that would suggest that I would be impressed by very drunk people - which i'm usually not. Hmmm maybe it's the fact that he's a genuinely briliant rapper, doesn't flaunt an ego, doesn't wear obscenely large diamond chains and dances like a man with style. On to the actual music; warehouse project is an amazing setting. Literally an empty warehouse transformed into a concert space, lots of light projections on the walls, crammed full of people etc. Mos def came on to a huge amount of excited noise at 2am. The only problem was the first half of the set was semi-disappointing. At this point I want to stress that it wasn't really his fault, the sound was off, askew off, you could hear the music but the lyrics were pretty much lost. He did some weird thing for about 15 minutes where he just played other peoples songs, kanye west etc. Finally though he did get to his classics, Miss Fat Booty, Sex Love and Money and more that I can't remember the titles of but remember the crowd going crazy. So I will need to see 'verbal osmosis' again because he clearly has his brilliant moments, just at 3am when you've waited to see someone for a long time and he spends a quarter of his set playing other peoples songs something doesn't seem right!

*Death of computer

My Computer has DIED. I CRIED. Ok I didn't, but it's incredibly annoying. Will have everything up and running again in the next couple days when you can expect glorius reviews from:

Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong, Laura Marling, The Young Knives, Jack Penate @ Union Chapel - Little Noise Sessions
Mos Def @ The Warehouse Project
Example @ Roadhouse
Kill The Lights Album

and more treats depending on how well behaved you are..

until fixed time..

Friends Forever
*Get Glucky*

*Ingrid Michaelson - The Way I Am (Video)

1. This is Ingrid Michaelson's first official video, for her single 'The Way I Am'
2. I'm terrified of clowns, who are a main feature, so i'm not sure how I feel about the video.
3. My feelings on clowns should not sway your opinion on the video as I still think Ingrid is as lovely as cake.

*New Kids On The Block - Part 6 (Let's Go Sailing)

Good Evening..



Let's Go Sailing

Please, for the record, state:


1. i) Name and Current residing/Music making location?
Shana Levy/Let’s Go Sailing - Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA

ii) Please share a fun fact about you (Music related or otherwise)
When I’m an old lady, I want to be a professional poker player

2. A little summary of your sound? Any artist comparisons to help people fit you into their mental record collection?
I guess the sound is mellow and super melodic. I grew up playing piano and listening to classical music and I think you can hear that in the melodies. I also am really into lyrics and pay close attention to them. I was super influenced by the music I grew up listening to like The Smiths and Duran Duran and The Cure. I like to tell people we sound like the Sundays because I really love them and they’re a really good female fronted group

3. What was the first ever concert you attended? (Preferably no lies, even if it's embarrassing, my first was The Spice Girls so no judgement here)
My first concert was seeing They Might Be Giants with my best friend Miriam Cherry in Miami Beach where I grew up. I guess my first stadium concert was seeing Sting, also in Miami - with my Mom!

4. Which artist/band would be a dream collaboration for you?
I would really love to work with The Kings of Convenience

5. Where can we find/hear/buy your angelic music?
www.letsgosailingmusic.com

www.myspace.com/letsgosailing

itunes, amazon and retailers across the country

For instant listening *Get Glucky Recommends*
'Sideways'

'Icicles': http://www.sendspace.com/file/qvtpq8

*New Kids On The Block - Part 5 (Silversun Pickups)

HELLO..

Silversun Pickups
(Specifically Christopher, their obviously talented and *bonus* funny, drummer)

Please, for the record, state:


1. i) Name and Current residing/Music making location?
Christopher from Silversun Pickups. We currently create music, whether it be good or hideous, in Los Angeles. Silverlake to be more specific...

ii) Please share a fun fact about you (Music related or otherwise)
I'll give you 3 fun facts, and you can guess which on is true:
Fun Fact #1: I was once 6 feet 4 inches tall and had aspirations to be an NBA basketball player. But I had bad knees.
Fun Fact #2: On our tour supporting Kaiser Chiefs in Europe, the catering crew refers to us as the Take Aways. Because we all take our food to go.
Fun Fact #3: SSPU only communicates with each other via Skype. AT ALL TIMES...

2. A little summary of your sound? Any artist comparisons to help people fit you into their mental record collection?
We are a rock band that likes dynamics and distortion. I would say if you mention My Bloody Valentine and the Pixies and Sonic Youth in the same breath as us, that would make us blush...

3. What was the first ever concert you attended? (Preferably no lies,
even if it's embarrassing, my first was The Spice Girls so no judgement here)
My very very first concert, that I begged my parents to let me go to was the Monkees 25th anniversary tour. At the Greek Theatre in LA. It was a great show. I still have the concert shirt and if you look at a few SSPU press photos, you may even see me wearing it...

4. Which artist/band would be a dream collaboration for you?
I think it would be the bees knees if we ever worked with Wilco or Radiohead. We would then realize that we're nowhere near as talented as they all are, and subsequently quit being musicians and work at a supermarket...maybe we shouldn't collaborate with them. Maybe we should stick to our original plan and work with Weird Al Yankovic...

5. Where can we find/hear/buy your angelic music?
iTunes, Amazon.com, most major retailers: Best Buy, Target, etc...Hot Topic & any indie record store. Or you can go to DangerbirdRecords.com & buy it there!

www.myspace.com/silversunpickups

For instant listening *Get Glucky Recommends* 'Lazy Eye' 'Rusted Wheel' and 'Little Lover's So Polite'

*Need to know - Tokyo Police Club (Band)

Tokyo Police Club

The phrase 'indie band' gets thrown around far too often as a somewhat lazy description of a sound. Yes Tokyo Police Club could be defined as Indie, and yes they are a band - but they are a hell of a lot more than that. A Canadian guitar band with energetic, frantic basslines and laidback vocals, songs like; 'Nature of the experiment' 'Be Good' 'Your English Is Good' and 'Swedes In Stockholm' are all songs to make hipsters and music geeks alike shake their trendy haircuts and bounce along to until the lights come on and it's time to go home. They're the kind of band you wish you'd discovered first before your friends told you about them. So discover them now why don't you, and be that annoying but very, very smart friend.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hjgxhq - Nature Of The Experiment

www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub

*New Kids On The Block - Part 4 (Ra Ra Riot)

Introducing..

Ra Ra Riot



*We have a copy on 7" Vinyl of Ra Ra Riot's new single 'Dying Is Fine' to give away, just email getglucky@googlemail.com with Ra Ra Riot as the subject and your name and address if you want to win - remember kids, it's not the winning but the taking part that counts... mmm hmm*

Our 'New Kids On The Block' questions were answered by Mat (Bassist) and Becca (Violin) from Ra Ra Riot, look how lovely they look:




Please, for the record, state:


1. i) Name and Current residing/Music making location?
Becca: Ra Ra Riot - The world. We don't really have a home at the moment because we're always traveling, but for reference we're from Syracuse, New York.
Mat: Ra Ra Riot; originally from Syracuse, New York; currently squatting in Wes's parents' house in beautiful Frenchtown, New Jersey, trying to write some new music.

ii) Please share a fun fact about you (Music related or otherwise)
Mat: A fun fact about the band? Ra Ra Riot is a nonsensical name.

2. A little summary of your sound? Any artist comparisons to help people fit you into their mental record collection?
Becca: People have compared us to R.E.M., Talking Heads and Dexys Midnight Runner, and I think if you take that sort of rock band sound and add melody driven strings to it you could get a pretty good idea of what we sound like.
Mat: Hmm, this is a difficult question to answer. Instead I'll tell you some of our individual favorite artists: The Beatles, Debussy, The Fall, Fugazi, Kate Bush, Philip Glass, Dvorak, Ceremony, The Police, Peter Gabriel.

3. What was the first ever concert you attended? (Preferably no lies,
even if it's embarrassing, my first was The Spice Girls so no judgement here)
Becca: Hahaha mine was a little boring, Allman Brothers. Followed by lots of Dave Matthews Band concerts embarrassingly enough. Had I been able to get those Spice Girls tickets, I would have been right there with you!
Mat: My first concert was Limp Bizkit and Cypress Hill - a fact which, for some reason, I am constantly reminded by my bandmates.

4. Which artist/band would be a dream collaboration for you?
Becca: Paul Simon or Kate Bush.
Mat: For me, it would have to be either The Beatles, Mid-era Clash, or Mark E. Smith.

5. Where can we find/hear/buy your angelic music?
Becca: Depending on what country you live in, you can buy it on itunes and in some retail stores. The EP isn't available outside the US so it's only our single, Dying is Fine and Each Year (RAC Mix) that's available. However, we are in the studio right now (I'm literally in the studio) recording an album that will be out everywhere around April. So some people might have to wait for that!
Mat: www.myspace.com/rarariot, itunes - where else, I don't know. I haven't been to a music store in months.

*Video Blog - Tegan and Sara (Blog)

After the incredile success and regular hilarity of forest-fone, T&S are bringing you kids 'Trailer Talk'

Trailer Talk: episode 1



Trailer Talk: episode 2



Trailer Talk: episode 3



Trailer Talk: episode 6

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Happy Tuesday x

*Mash Ups

This is a slightly more unconventional idea of mash-up but pretty spectacular never the less..

Travis Barker remixing Soulja Boy "Crank That"

*Need To Know - Ingrid Michaelson (Artist)

Ingrid Michaelson



I heard Ingrid about a year ago when she was supporting Joshua Radin at the Bowery Ballroom and pretty much immediately bought her record and fell in love with it. After no doubt a lot of hard work and a few crucial TV placements the world is finally meeting Miss Michaelson on a larger scale. But just incase you hate Grey's Anatomy but love good music I really wanted to give her a little spot here on Get Glucky. She makes perfect music for all seasons but especially for winter when it's cold outside and warm inside... settle down with your mug of hot...something.. and enjoy.

The Way I Am:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/tgeloj

Breakable:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wt3xge

*Current Playlist

Stars - The Night Starts Here
Adele - Hometown Glory
Bloc Party - Flux
Damien Rice - When Doves Cry
DJ Topcat - Young Folks In Rehab (Mash up)
Hot Chip - The Warning
Land Of Talk - Speak To Me Bones
Let's Go Sailing - Sideways
Rachael Cantu - Your Hips Are Bad
Rachael Yamagata - Elephants
The Reason - We're So Beyond This
Run, Run, Run - Fade Into You
The Specials - A Message To Rudy
Tracy Spuehler - Where Do We Go?
Clinic - The Second Line
Gregory & The Hawk - A Wish
Joshua Radin & Schuyler Fisk - Paperweight
Kanye West - Champion
Patrick Watson - The Great Escape
Tegan and Sara - Clever Meals
Silversun Pickups - Little Lover's So Polite
The Strokes - Someday
Tegan and Sara - Downtown
Tellison - Fire
The Weepies - Jolene

*New Kids On The Block - Part 3 (Rachael Cantu)

Take it away...

Rachael Cantu

Please, for the record, state:

1. i) Name and Current residing/Music making location?
Rachael Cantu, Echo Park (Los Angeles), California.

ii) Please share a fun fact about you (Music related or otherwise)
Depends on the mood, but I can turn into a dancing machine. I've always wanted to learn to breakdance professionally. I have fancy feet.

2. A little summary of your sound? Any artist comparisons to help people fit you into their mental record collection?
Not cool. I had a friend once tell me that she loved my music because it's not "cool". I took it as a compliment. Think haunting, but not scary. Pretty, but not beautiful. Comparisons: mix between Rachael Leigh Cook and Rachael Ray except that I don't cook nor do I act.

3. What was the first ever concert you attended? (Preferably no lies, even if it's embarrassing, my first was The Spice Girls so no judgement here)
I didn't go to a concert 'til I was in my teens (besides Christian rock concerts at my church...those do not count). My first real "I paid for it" concert I attended was AVAIL. Some good ol' fashion hardcore punk rock.

4. Which artist/band would be a dream collaboration for you?
Tom Waits. Period.

5. Where can we find/hear/buy your angelic music?
Angelic, why thank you... You can buy it from iTunes or from my label, (they ship quickly) at:
www.qdivision.com/cantu
I am in the process of recording a new album with the amazing Meghan Toohey as producer/engineer. Keep your ears open for that!

For instant listening *Get Glucky Recommends* "Saturday", "Your Hips Are Bad" and "Make A Name For Me And You"

www.myspace.com/rachaelcantu

*Paramore - Crush, Crush, Crush (Video) and UK Dates (Tour)

Hayley's new video hair has waves. Enough said.

And kids, new Paramore tour dates for you to bounce around at. They're on sale from 9am on the 16th November at www.gigsandtours.com



PARAMORE w/ New Found Glory
01.29 Manchester, Apollo
02.01 London, Brixton Academy
02.04 Birmingham, Carling Academy
02.06 Bristol, Carling Academy
02.08 Portsmouth, Guildhall
02.09 Nottingham, Rock City
02.10 Glasgow, Academy
02.12 Newcastle, Academy
02.13 Leicester, De Montfort Hall

*Rachael Yamagata - Album Teaser (Album)

can't. wait.

*Need To Know - Adele (Artist)

(Photo Credit: Kate Merrick)

Adele
Those who run regularly around the gig circuit in London will most likely have either seen Adele or heard wonderful things about her. I came across Adele about 2 years ago on good old Myspace. A young girl from Brixton, London with a smooth and flawless voice coated in soul. Two years on and people have come to their senses and released her first single on the heavyweight indie label XL Recordings (Dizzee Rascal, White Stripes). Did we mention she's a lovely person too? That always wins points.. but if you like soulful voices especially from somewhat unusual sources, then Adele is for you. All for you.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/1ecsjy - Hometown Glory
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2b95f4 - Daydreamer
http://www.sendspace.com/file/7inwvh - Best For Last

www.myspace.com/adelelondon

On Jools Holland singing 'Daydreamer'

*Jenny Owen Youngs - UK & European Dates (Tour)

(Photo: Annie Racz)

Kids! Another tour to get your music hungry mits on, J.O.Y is returning..

Nov 22
4AD
Diksmulde, Belgium
supporting Vic Chessnutt

Nov 23
Crossing Borders Festival
Den Haag, Netherlands

Nov 25
Divan du Monde
Paris, France

Nov 27
Cafe Mono
Oslo, Norway

Nov 28
Nalen
Stockholm, Sweden

Dec 1
Mariaberg
Rorschach, Switzerland

Dec 3
The Works
Kingston, UK

Dec 4
The Railway Inn
Winchester, UK

Dec 5
Portland Arms
Cambridge, UK

Dec 6
Louisiana
Bristol, UK

Dec 8
Social
Nottingham, UK

Dec 9
King Tuts
Glasgow, UK

Dec 10
Fibbers
York, UK

Dec 11
Night And Day
Manchester, UK

Dec 12
Borderline
London, UK

go enjoy inappropriate banter and wonderful musical musings.. see you there.

Glucky x

*The Reason - We're So Beyond This (Single)

The Reason - We're So Beyond This feat. Sara Quin

Together since 2003, The Reason received a decent amount of hype and acclaim within their native Canada. While their previous material has leant towards the pop/punk category, their new single “We’re so beyond this” shows a band developing a more multi-dimensional sound. The song is one of incredibly hooky guitar lines and flawless harmonising of lead singer Adam White’s vocals mixed with guest feature Sara Quins. For some reason it feels more and more rare that you get treated to the mixed harmonies of powerful male and female voices, but on this deliciously addictive slice of emo/pop-rock you see what you’ve been missing. The song has a powerful pop melody with vocals that manage to be raw and uninhibited, without venturing in to screaming or whining territory. This single could easily be the song to break them out of Canada and into worldwide.

7/10

*Bonjour Paris

Apologies for lack of recent posting, I am in Paris with Tunstall inc. for their last show on the current tour. If you're coming to the Bataclan tomorrow I will see you there! Otherwise more posts to come when I am homebound on Wednesday..

Friends Forever
Glucky

*Tegan & Sara 2008 UK/European Dates (Tour)

Kids!

Tegan & Sara have announced new tour dates for 2008,

Tickets go on sale november 5th at outlets listed below:

+++++++++++++

22-Feb Brighton – Concorde - www.livenation.co.uk
23-Feb Leeds - Met - www.seetickets.com
24-Feb Nottingham - Trent University - www.gigantic.com
25-Feb Wolverhampton - Wulfrun Hall - www.ticketmaster.co.uk
27-Feb Dublin - Whelans - www.ticketmaster.ie
28-Feb Belfast - Limelight - www.ticketmaster.ie
29 Feb Glasgow - King Tuts - www.ticketmaster.co.uk
1-Mar Manchester - Academy 2 - www.livenation.co.uk
2-Mar Cardiff - The Point - www.livenation.co.uk
5-Mar London – Koko - www.livenation.co.uk
7-Mar Munich – Backstage - www.fkpscorpio.com
8-Mar Heidelberg – Karlstorbahnhof - www.fkpscorpio.com
9-Mar Hamburg – Fabrik - www.fkpscorpio.com
10-Mar Cologne – Gloria - www.fkpscorpio.com
12-Mar Copenhagen - Lille Vega - www.billetlugen.dk
13-Mar Malmö – KB - www.ticnet.se
14-Mar Stockholm – Nalen - www.ticnet.se
15-Mar Gothenburg – Stenhammarsalen - www.ticnet.se
17-Mar Berlin – Postbahnhof - www.fkpscorpio.com
18-Mar Brussels - Rotonde Botanique - www.botanique.be
19-Mar Paris - La Maroquinerie - www.digitick.com
20-Mar Amsterdam – Melkweg - www.melkweg.nl

Magic. See you there..

Glucky

*The Old Soul - Gold (Album)

The Old Soul - Gold (Maple Music)

Sometimes it’s a look, sometimes it’s a voice and other times it’s just a melting pot of sounds, voices and instruments. One of the newest additions to Maple Music’s roster is, The Old Soul and their first offering, ‘GOLD’ is a melee of electronic beats, drums, strings, layered voices and the occasional synth thrown in for good measure. The fast paced, Daft Punk like intro to the album could lead anyone to think this was a heavily electronic band. But the Christmas church choir intro to the second song, ‘you are GOLD’ throws them out of the electronic arena and back into one where sharing space with Spoon, Arcade Fire, The Shins or The Most Serene Republic wouldn’t feel uncomfortable. The album seems to split into two, those songs that are instantly likeable and those that are ‘growers’. Songs like, ‘your sister’ ‘fight us Titus’ and ‘I sing in uni-verse’ don’t quite connect in melody or lyric. However songs like ‘war on the imposters’, a song covered in beautiful string and piano parts mixed with a ferociously fast drum beat and perfectly pitched vocals remind you of an epic film score. ‘Not a real tan just a BRONZER’ show the bands clearly in tact sense of humour and ‘SILVER medal’ is a catchy, cheerful number followed by ‘fear is a man’s best friend’ an epic tale with intense vocals and lofty string parts. Once you think you’ve got ‘The Old Soul’ figured out, they go and throw steel drums on ‘Let’s Neck’ a love song formed somewhere it seems between Jamaica and Canada.
For one album they have managed to squeeze a huge amount in, the many different sounds of the album won’t be for everyone but songs like ‘war on the imposters’ and ‘let’s neck’ show a band worth getting excited about, a huge slice of potential making it’s way to your ears soon.

7/10

*Halloween

Happy Belated Halloween to everyone. Mine looked like this:






(Photo Credit to Andy B)

Well done Tunstall Inc. Well done.