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Our recommendation for your weekend: Reviveher/ Tourist at Efes Snooker Club, London (Friday)

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We’ve got something pretty special for you this week – Reviveher/ Tourist presents Topazefimero with Rebolledo + Man Power at Efes.

You may have seen some of our recent posts introducing you to the mysterious DJ and producer Man Power – Berlin-based, he recently released his self-titled album on the Correspondant label. This is a rare opportunity to see him play live in London, one you shouldn’t miss out on! Add to this the fact that the night intends to recreate Mexican TOPAZdeluxe club across Europe in a serious of events across locations and geographies, this promises to be something pretty special. Not concerned only with the music, physical builds, digital technology and mixed media installations will also be used to add to the aesthetics and ambience of the evening. 

For those of you that haven’t been to Efes before, the venue lends itself well to this event and, if we weren’t in Ibiza, we’d be there with bells on!

Get your tickets here.

And in the meantime, here’s Man Power’s Skattejag to get you in the mood…

The Strypes at The Dome: quite simply, a class act

Bands, Music

The Strypes

The Dome, London (2nd June 2015)

Ahh The Strypes. One of those bands you feel might get you arrested just for watching them…

The Strypes_The Dome_Tufnell ParkWe say this as these boys (Ross Farrelly, Josh McClorey, Pete O’Hanlon and Evan Walsh) are young: very young. With a combined age that doesn’t even hit 80, you might easily jump to the conclusion that they’re not going to be up to much.

You’d be wrong though – what these boys lack in age, they make up for in enthusiasm and attitude and, most importantly, talent!!

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Our recommendation for your weekend: Field Day festival, London

Artists, Bands, DJs, Festivals, Music

One of the best London day festivals, held in Victoria Park over two days. The perfect mix of live bands, DJ sets, food, people and fun to help kick off festival season in style.

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We’ll be going on the Saturday and are most looking forward to seeing Caribou, Kindness, Spector, Django Django, Honne, John Talabot, Leon Vynehall…along with everyone else on the monumental line up!

Saturday and weekend tickets have sold out but there are still some tickets left for Sunday – get them here.

Here’s Caribou performing Can’t Do Without You the last time we saw them at Brixton Academy back in March to get you in the mood:

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Check out our Past Events page to see our music archives or, if it’s festivals you’re after, see what our festival season holds…

 

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June means one thing – summer festival season is here!

Artists, Bands, DJs, Festivals, Music

It’s June! How is it June?! Pretty sure it’s still meant to be only February or some other month early in the year… But (there’s always a but), June does mean one very exciting thing – FESTIVAL SEASON HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED!!!!!

Ahhhh festival season: sun, (inevitably) rain, cider, Pimms, (supposed) cocktails, random food, quirky food, bad for you food,new friends, new trends, silly head-wear, hot pants and butt cheeks, ridiculously white sneaks, the never-ending quest to find a waterproof jacket, new music, old music, music we love, dancing, (shuffling,) laughing, singing, fairground riding…amazing memories being made!

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Eastern Electrics 2014

There are so many festivals to choose from, it’s sometimes hard to decide whether to stick with what you know and love or try something new. Then you have the difficulty of deciding whether to stay on home turf or venture abroad. What to do, what to do…

This year, we’ve chosen to do a bit of both: we’ve got some of our faves in there and then some new adventures planned. Let the festival countdowns begin –

  • Field Day – London, UK, Saturday 6th June – 5 days to go
  • Wild Life – Brighton, UK, Sunday 7th June – 6 days to go
  • Sonar – Barcelona, Spain, Thursday 18th June – 17 days to go
  • Lovebox – London, UK, Saturday 18th July – 47 days to go
  • Boardmasters – Cornwall, UK, Friday 7th August – 67 days to go
  • V Festival – Essex, UK, Saturday 22nd August – 82 days to go
  • Dimensions Festival – Pula, Croatia, Wednesday 26th August – 86 days to go

Please keep your fingers crossed for sun. We’ll see you in the field 🙂

We’re Lost In Music x

Check out our Past Events page to see our music archives. Why not take a look at our reviews of two of last year’s festival season highlights: Berlin Festival and Unknown?

 

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Spotlight on Honne

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Honne

The Laundry, London (13th May 2015)

Well hello Honne!

Hello indeed (you will notice that all their social media handles include ‘Hello Honne’).

Honne are West Country electronic duo Andy and James. Something of an enigma really – it was very hard to find much information on the boys when sitting down to write this!

How did you find out about them?

Ever thought ‘I really want to go to that venue’ and bought tickets to a gig as a good excuse? Well, that’s what happened here. Having recently moved to East London, the venue is now pretty much on my doorstep so it worked out quite nicely.

Turns out I wasn’t the only person to have this thought as the gig was sold out…

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Jackmaster shares his love of the 80s with Tweak-A-Holic

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Jackmaster Presents Tweak-A-Holic

XOYO, London (2nd April 2015)

Last night Jackmaster returned to XOYO to present another of his Tweak-A-Holic nights. A real throwback to everything that was great about music in the 80s, we can honestly say that we haven’t had that much fun in ages!

 

Here are our top tracks from the night…

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Spotlight on Glass Animals

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Glass Animals

Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London (10th March 2015)

Who are Glass Animals?

Glass Animals are British indie rock four-piece Dave Bayley, Drew MacFarlane, Edmund Irwin-Singer and Joe Seaward.

Having made a good first impression in 2014, the boys have been tipped for success in 2015…

Glass Animals_Shepherds Bush Empire

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The Thirst_100 Club

Spotlight on The Thirst

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The Thirst

100 Club, London (7th March 2015)

Who are The Thirst?

The Thirst are Brixton-based foursome Mensah Hart (vocals and guitar), Kwame Hart (bass guitar), Mark Lenihan (guitar) and Marcus Harris (drums). If you hadn’t guessed, Mensah and Kwame are brothers.

How did you first come across them?

Completely by chance (although I guess you come across most new discoveries that way)! I was running errands in Brixton and heard a guitar riff that made my head turn…it was these boys playing in front of the iconic David Bowie mural opposite the Underground station. I bought their CD there and then and tickets for their gig at 100 Club as soon as I got home.

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Who would our BRITs winners be?

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The BRIT Awards 2015

The O2, London (25th February 2015)

Tonight sees many of the best in homegrown (and international) musical talent come together for one of the biggest music award shows in the UK: The BRIT Awards. Ahead of the show, we look at who our winners would be.

You can watch the Awards streamed live here from 8pm.

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Our great love of Magic

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The Magician presents Magic Tape 50

Ace Hotel, London (23rd February 2015)

We’ve done quite well not to write solely about The Magician since we started the blog. We did say that he would become a familiar name to you when we got started but sadly we have not seen much of him in London recently so we haven’t been able to rave about him as much as we would like.

The Magician_Ace HotelThat all changed last night when we were given the very special opportunity to be at the recording of Magic Tape 50 for MixmagTV. What you may ask is Magic Tape 50? Well, the Magic Tape series has been a selection of mixtapes that The Magician has recorded and made available for download through SoundCloud (until SoundCloud changed the rules, but it’s still possible to download via Mega).

Last night was quite the milestone as we reached Magic Tape 50!

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Spotlight on OK Go

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OK Go

KOKO, London (13th February 2015)
With support from Oscar and the Wolf

How did I not know about OK Go sooner?

That’s a good question; the boys (Damian Kulash, Tim Nordwind, Andy Ross and Dan Konopka) have been together for the last 17 years! Sometimes though a good thing goes unnoticed until you stumble across it unaware.

So what did you find?

Formed in Midwest America (Chicago to be precise), the boys have experimented with various sounds throughout their career but are largely described as an alternative rock band – something which is evident when you consider they have toured with the likes of Kaiser Chiefs to the Music to Panic! At The Disco in the past.

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Spotlight on 2:54

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2:54

Dingwalls, London (4th February 2015)

Who are 2:54?

Described as an alternative rock band, 2:54 are fronted by Irish sisters, Colette and Hannah, accompanied by bass guitarist Rich and drummer Alex.

Almost toying with being pop at times, the guitar bass and drum beats keep the band grounded by a darker sound, with hints of Garbage and The XX dropped in for good measure.

Where can I see them play?

TwoFiftyFour_DingwallsYou’ve missed them in London (if that’s where you’re reading from) – that’s where we saw them last night, at Camden’s Dingwalls.

They’re off to the States next, kicking off in Brooklyn on the 27th February. For more dates, check out their Live page.

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We’re Lost In Music’s 2014 in Review

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We’re Lost In Music’s 2014 in Review

Hi everyone!

As 2014 draws to a close, it seems apt that we take a look back at what the year has had to offer.

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Ten Walls continues to build

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Ten Walls

XOYO, London (28th November)

Last week saw (friend of the blog) Catriona and I looking to relive some memories by going to see Ten Walls play a live set at XOYO London. Revisiting the moment the crowd carried out a sit down during Walking With Elephants at Unknown never fails to make me go a bit tingly (I love that I got to be part of that!), but was he going to live up to the memories back in the confines of a club venue in the UK? I would say he did, but in different ways.

Marijus Adomaitis had kept his identity secret for much of the early months of his new project under pseudonym Ten Walls. Although his secret is now out, his ever expanding army of fans will likely know him only as the latter and his brand continues to grow based on this. Armed with his soundboard and accompanying visuals, he had the audience captivated from the moment he hit the stage.

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