Sunday 30 December 2007

*Get Glucky on the move!

Hey Kids!

Glucky is going on a musically inclined trip to...

CANADA, well Toronto to be exact



and then a little play time in New York City.



with any luck we shall be bringing you interviews/features/reviews with Digitalism, The Reason, Vivek Shraya, Kate Nash, The Most Serene Republic and hopefully more to be added.


Give Glucky a shout on the email if you're a Toronto local and going to be at any shows or if there are any great local bands I shouldn't miss out on...

xxx

Sunday 23 December 2007

*Christmas



Hey Kids,

Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all.. hope you are all warm and cosy somewhere with people you love or people you love but have a big fight with once a year at Christmas.. as long as you can all kiss and make up, eat and drink too much and fall asleep together in front of the fire...it's all good.

Love,
Glucky

See you late December...Get Glucky is about to take a trip...

Saturday 22 December 2007

*Adele - Rough Cuts (mp3)



Because I get the feeling that you've all been good boys and girls this year, I wanted to give out a little reward.. lots of you have been asking for some Adele mp3s so I thought i'd manage to reward you without pissing anyone off, and post some of her demos/rough cuts for those of you who weren't on the Adele train all that time ago...

Enjoy and Merry Christmas/whichever holiday you celebrate!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/fp16yf
- Best For Last

http://www.sendspace.com/file/yxv17t
- My Same

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ywkrxs
- Hometown Glory

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4wldrd
- Daydreamer

Friday 21 December 2007

Peggy Sue & The Pirates @ The Barfly, London (Live)



Peggy Sue & The Pirates

Used to touring by now after various support slots including Kate Nash and The Gossip Peggy Sue & The Pirates have finally come to take their own victory, and victory it was. With a sold out Barfly and a room full of very excited people it's hats off to the girls for all their hard work.

They deal in the slightly quirky but beautifully arranged; their harmonies are usually near perfect and their simple set up of acoustic guitars and stools really allows their vocals to shine. However there is still a commanding stage presence that isn't quite there, the crowd refused to stop talking in parts which made it difficult to appreciate the simplicity of their set, but songs like 'The New Song' 'Spare Parts' and 'Television' show off their inventiveness along with their ability to make quirk reachable by all.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xb8jpx - Shot of Tuaca (DEMO)

Sunday 16 December 2007

*Need To Know - Pony Up (Band)

Ah Montreal. You bring us yet another present to put under the tree.

PONY UP



"is your existential dream team. Laura Wills (vocals/keyboard) is the neighbour-girl you watched metamorphose from a heartbroken teen into a cynical sensualist of fully fledged femininity. Sarah K. Ruckus (vocals/guitar) is the hard candy that broke your teeth when you chewed instead of sucked. Lindsay Wills (drums/vocals) is your every secret misery and ecstasy at midnight with the lights out. And Lisa J. Smith (bass/vocals) is the perfidious lover who mends your heart by moonlight only to break it again over breakfast."

http://www.sendspace.com/file/oymaqj - The Truth About Cats And Dogs Is That They Die

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6w5ktk - What's Free Is Yours

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0mba5n - Possible Harm

Saturday 15 December 2007

*Need To Know - Greg Laswell (Artist)



In the ever growing world of the 'singer-songwriter' species it is sometimes hard to distinguish a good from a bad, an original from a carbon copy BUT here at Get Glucky I like to think we have a reasonably good ear for the good, original kind.

The newest delight to our ears has been Greg Laswell; his song 'Sing, Theresa Says' has literally been on repeat for the last few weeks and as he is now releasing it as the first single from his album 'Through Toledo' we wanted to present it to you for your aural delight. If you like songs that sound like they belong in your car as the soundtrack to a night time road trip or you just like a lot of acoustic guitar and shuffling drums then reward yourself..

Song:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6g8whz

Video:


Extra Listening:
*Same As You
*What A Day
*Amazed
*Girls Just Want To Have Fun

*Bloc Party/The Cribs/Foals @ Alexandra Palace (Live)





The view from Alexandra Palace is a beautiful one, placed high on the top of a hill, from the outside you can see night time views out across the entire city of London. The view from inside was slightly odd. These huge venues always feel slightly clinical.. obscenely bright lights and a half a mile walk to actually get to the room with the stage and you know.. the bands?

First up were a band I was really excited to see:

Foals: Hyper, energetic songs with jagged guitar parts, they were a perfect support act for Bloc Party jumping around the stage like they themselves were plugged into the amps. Think Bloc Party meets Klaxons with a little sprinkle of electro.

Essential listening: 'Hummer' - http://www.sendspace.com/file/rdtt7q

The Cribs: I really like The Cribs; songs like 'Hey Scenesters' 'Men's Needs' and 'I'm A Realist' are all the sound of a great British music scene and therefore I was excited to finally hear them live. I don't know if it was the fault of the massive vaulted room we were in (which is quite possible) or if they were having a bit of an off night but I wasn't very impressed. It felt like they shouted their way through a good majority of the set and the best songs didn't redeem them. However my resolution is to go see them in a smaller venue - they got lost in Alexandra Palace.

Essential listening: 'Men's Needs' - http://www.sendspace.com/file/fra91v

Bloc Party: Were.. in a word EPIC. I'm not a die hard Bloc Party fan, I mean i think they're brilliant I just don't know every song they've done. But boy oh boy was I so impressed by last night. The set list was amazing, running through all their well known songs as well as some songs released very early in their career and some lesser known B sides. The lighting was fantastic and the fans were going crazy for them.
Songs like Banquet, The Prayer, Hunting For Witches and Flux filled the room reaching all the way to the people at the back. They did two encores giving everyone their fill and making sure to play fan favourites 'Two More Years' 'Sunday' and 'So Here We Are'. Hats off to Bloc Party, for a band that is constantly hyped it's nice to see one who can live up to it.

Thursday 13 December 2007

*Best of 2007



Hey Kids,

this year was a pretty darn good year for music, yes I said darn. These are a collection of my favourite records and live shows from the year. Feel free to add others on to the list that were your favourites in the comments section... but I thoroughly recommend giving a little listen to any of the albums below that you don't already own, they make me giddy.

Tegan and Sara - The Con
Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War
Land of Talk - Applause Cheer Boo Hiss
Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
SIA - Some People Have Real Problems
Jenny Owen Youngs - Batten The Hatches
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
The Reason - Things Couldn't Be Better
Au Revoir Simone - The Bird of Music
K-os - Collected
Paramore - Riot!
Feist - The Reminder
The Blow - Paper Television
Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime
KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic
Kings of Leon - Because Of The Times
Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
Tellison - Contact! Contact!
Tunng - Good Arrows
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Jamie T - Panic Prevention

Live Shows:

Jan 16th - Amy Winehouse @ Joe's Pub NYC
Jan 26th - Joshua Radin/Ingrid Michaelson @ Bowery Ballroom NYC
Feb 15th - Jenny Owen Youngs @ Mo Pitkins NYC
Feb 15th - Imogen Heap @ The Box NYC
Feb 20th - Amos Lee, Rachael Yamagata, Pete Townsend & Lou Reed @ Joe's Pub NYC
Apr 18th - Adele/Jack Penate @ ICA London
Apr 27th - Laura Marling @ The Old Blue Last London
May 1st - Cold War Kids @ ULU London
May 15th - Teitur @ Bush Hall London
June 7th - Dizzee Rascal @ Proud Galleries London
June 9th - Adele @ The Social London
June 9th - Paramore @ Frog Club Night London
Sept 7th - Regina Spektor @ Royal Festival Hall London
Oct 9th - The Blow @ The Phoenix Manchester
Oct 21st - Tellison @ In The City Manchester
Nov 27th - SIA @ Night and Day Cafe Manchester
Dec 11th - Jenny Owen Youngs @ Night and Day Cafe Manchester

*Jenny Owen Youngs (Blog)

Our favourite Montclair resident has just released a Chritmas song, I usually don't like modern Christmas songs...maybe because I was scarred by the Destiny's Child Christmas album once up on a time. HOWEVER this song is beautiful and delicious and smells like burning wood, all the things Christmas is about. Here is a little stripped down video version and for the full shiny version visit her myspace (/jennyowenyoungs).

Tuesday 11 December 2007

*New Kids On The Block - Part 7 (The Age Of Rockets)



The Age Of Rockets

Please, for the record, state:


1. i) Name and Current residing/Music making location?
Andrew Hyperion-Dishwalla Futral from The Age of Rockets currently living and rocking babies faces off in New York City, NY.
ii) Please share a fun fact about you (Music related or otherwise)
The most fun fact about me would have to be that I have seen every episode of Futurama well over 20 times each.

2. A little summary of your sound? Any artist comparisons to help people fit you into their mental record collection?
I usually like to describe us as "The Postal Service having visceral dirty sex with Her Space Holiday while Sigur Ros and The Mates of State watch from a window ... a dirty sexy window" But our new CD is more like "Sufjan Stevens having visceral dirty sex with Sigur Ros while Death Cab and Múm watch from a window ... a filthy dirty sextacular window"

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 Smashing Pumpkins on the Mellon Collie tour in 1995. It was the one where their keyboardist died of a heroin overdose and the drummer died. It was fucking awesome. My friend Roy got the tickets for it and somehow got front row seats. He is a ninja.Though I also did see Britney Spears once, that wasn't near the first but it's a fun story; my friend worked for an internet teen magazine and got the tickets - she was actually pretty awesome.

4. Which artist/band would be a dream collaboration for you?
Right now there are a few people I would kill to work with. The first person that comes to mind is Uffie but as she has said already, "She's (currently got) the best producers" so that will never happen. A very close second would be Joss Whedon whom is not really known for music and I don't really have a project in mind but I just want to hang out with him and be funny .. together. I guess that really is more of a boy crush thing ... ok ok ... colabs ... hmmm ... someone like Kate Nash would be good because I love her quirky songwriting but really feel like she secretly wants her music to be a lot more intricate, challenging and pretentious. I guess I just want to work with girls I have crushes on. So let's throw Lily Allen in there too.

5. Where can we find/hear/buy your angelic music?
Itunes! Or any of those online digital stores. Also our website (http://www.myspace.com/theageofrockets). Also on tour.

Monday 10 December 2007

*Coming up

Hey Kids,

The end of the year is always a busy time, apologies for no very recent updates but coming your way in the next week:


Singles:
*One Night Only
*Lupe Fiasco

Live:
*Young Galaxy
*Noah and The Whale/Laura Marling
*Jenny Owen Youngs

and more from Tunng, Uh Huh Her, Tellison and other lovely people.

Until then..

Glucky x

Sunday 9 December 2007

*Need To Know - Tunng (Band)



"Tunng play a mesmerising mix of folky acoustics and busy electronica, overlaying electronic crackles, gorgeous harmonies, bewitching mantras and synthetic beats that are reminiscent of early Beta Band, 'The Wicker Man' soundtrack and Four Tet."

They do kids it's true. Their album 'Good Arrows'



is definitely one of my favourite albums of 2007 and their second single 'Bullets' is beautiful; have a listen below..

http://www.sendspace.com/file/7zwonw - Tunng 'Bullets'

Tuesday 4 December 2007

*Need To Know - Operator Please (Band)




They look like fun don't they? They are! I'm generally not a fan of overhyping bands, especially when they're young so everyone is just playing the age card as some kind of novelty but Operator Please have released one of my favourite songs of the last few weeks - 'Leave it alone' is a kicking little punk rock/pop song with parts that remind me of Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Land Of Talk esque melodies, except they're Australian... and kids. Ok now we're over the age thing lets look at the brilliant video and listen to the wonderful song:



http://www.sendspace.com/file/82nlsd - Leave It Alone

*SIA @ Night & Day Cafe (Live)


I'd seen SIA once before this night, at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. I remember only knowing a couple songs, 'Breathe Me' ad 'Sunday' but leaving totally blown away by her. This occasion was no different. Seeing as her album was only floating around the internet and not officially released I went only knowing her past records, but kids, next time SIA is in town please make sure you go along. Her voice was consistently amazing, she had hilarious banter with the crowd the entire way through and at one point checked up on us all, 'Is everyone ok? Can I get you guys anything' to which an audience member replied, 'A Beer!' and SIA got her tour manager to bring up some beer from the dressing room and handed it out to the audience. Can you say aww? What a sweetie. She ran through some oldies but goodies, 'Sunday' 'Destiny' 'Somersault' and the stunning 'Breathe Me' and introduced her new album which, by the way, is fantastic. New songs 'Day Too Soon' 'Buttons' 'The Girl' 'Academia' 'Playground' and 'Soon We'll be found' are all lining up to go into SIA's best writing yet. Did I mention the intro song was performed in UV glow outfits by her and the whole band? no? magic!

Pictures below; videos to come.







Sunday 2 December 2007

*Adele - Chasing Pavements (Single)




Adele - Chasing Pavements (Beggars)

The first time I saw Adele play was in an oddly themed 60s bar in Soho about a year and a half ago. She was incredible then, and one and a half years later she is still incredible and this time, available to the masses. Her earlier songs have been floating around the internet for awhile – ‘Hometown Glory’ ‘My Same’ and ‘Best For Last’ and they are all hidden soulful gems. At 19 years old many people are already trying to squeeze her into the same box as Kate Nash and Lily Allen but that is purely lazy journalism. The only thing they have in common is youth and hometown. Her new single ‘Chasing Pavements’ has a glossier sheen that previous songs, but is still another slice of her refreshing London soul. The most rewarding thing about Adele is her voice, it is flawless and rich and bubbling over the top of her acoustic melodies seamlessly. The chorus of ‘Chasing Pavements’ is bigger than it needs to be; with the sound of full string orchestra behind her, she could have easily carried the song without it, but it’s a minor complaint in the overall Adele picture. The B-side, ‘That’s It, I Quit’ is more loyal to Adele’s previous style; harking back to older soul sounds with a modern acoustic sound meshed in, a staccato style of singing flowing through the track with regular guitar and vocal stops to give you time to catch up.
The great thing about new talent like this is that while there is no doubt to Amy Winehouse’s talent, her reliability isn’t exactly her selling point. Adele possesses as much soul; granted a different kind but as much never the less, and best of all Adele will always show up.

8/10