Well, we have been well and truly off the radar as we have thrown ourselves into making the most of our summer music plans – for that, we are sorry. But, we’re back, and we’ve just finished a flurry of photo uploading activity…which has reminded us just how many good events we’ve been lucky enough to attend. So, we thought we’d tell you what we thought of them.
Here we give you the festival edition…
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 Dome, London (2nd June 2015)
Ahh The Strypes. One of those bands you feel might get you arrested just for watching them…
We 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!!
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.
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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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…
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…
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…
Hessle Audio, Exit Records and Mood Hut
Fabriclive, Fabric, London (6th March 2015)
Friday night was one of those dream line ups – the Hessle Audio boys (Ben UFO and Pearson Sound) joined by Jackmaster in Room 1 at Fabric. Don’t just take our word for it – even Four Tet and Skream turned up to see the night play out!
Here are our top tracks from the night…
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.
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.
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.
That 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!
Skream, Dimitri from Paris, Horse Meat Disco and HomoElectric
Skream residency, XOYO, London (14th February 2015)
This Saturday, while all the couples were out canoodling and doing other such couple-related things, we were doing the only thing appropriate for Valentine’s Day – we were dancing the night away to the infectious sounds of disco as Skream was joined in the main room by two of the biggest names of the genre: Horse Meat Disco and Dimitri from Paris.
Here are our top tracks from the night (many of which I’m sure will be familiar to many of you)…
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.
Heaven, London (12th February 2015)
With support from Model Aeroplanes
This last week has seen us discover two great new acts (Model Aeroplanes and Oscar and the Wolf) as they performed as support for two of the headliners we originally went to see. Prides were an act we discovered in the same way; supporting Foxes at KOKO back in May 2014.
Hailing from Glasgow, the trio are fairly new to the scene having only formed in 2013. The boys have quickly built their own following and have since featured on the likes of Radio 1’s Playlist and even Made In Chelsea‘s music list (Seeds You Sow featured on Series 6, Episode 11 – make of that as you will…) As a result, they were easily able to fill Heaven’s 1,800 capacity on Thursday evening.
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