These are trying times at Pinglewood. Since the markets crashed we’ve been reduced to blogging on a calculator. Thank God A Mountain Of One are here with their epic, proggy krautpop to soothe our troubles away. Mo Morris from AMO1 took time out from being awesome to answer our three little questions. A Mountain Of [...]
01.10.08.
Esau and Ezra Vampire WeekendThe other day we rambled on about how awesome The Very Best are. To prove their continuing preeminence they (that’s Radiclit and Esau Mwamwaya) have released a free mixtape that contains 15 sunny tracks and guest spots from Vampire Weekend, Ruby Suns, Santogold, Akon, MIA (and her babyfather) and our pals [...]
01.10.08.
Like us, Daedelus enjoys dressing like an 18th Century dandy. But what does he look like in other people’s clothes? Here is is sporting a beer and vomit-soaked t-shirt from the Death Set and a space helmet courtesy of Mumdance. Daedelus – Fair Weather Friends (The Death Set Reset) [mp3] Daedelus – For Withered Friends [...]
01.10.08.
Last week we interviewed Mo Morris from the incredible A Mountain Of One. We were so busy making stupid jokes about calculators that we forgot to mention they are launching their new album previewing new material at Cargo on Friday 24th October. To make amends we have two pairs of tickets to give away. Email [...]
01.10.08.
If you remember the old Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles cartoon then you will remember Krang, the big pink brain who lived inside a giant robot. The Big Pink are like Krang and not just because of their name. They might not be evil or have tentacles, but Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze fortify their fragile [...]
01.10.08.
How To Turn An Indie Dancefloor Anthem Into Sublime Disco Sunshine, Pt 43. Starring Friendly Fires, Aeroplane and Au Revoir Simone. Friendly Fires – Paris (Aeroplane Remix ft. Au Revoir Simone) [mp3]
01.10.08.
Despite the title, Beautiful Losers is not a film about us. Aaron Rose‘s sweet-hearted movie documents the ramshackle DIY art collective that sprang from the graffiti and skate scenes of the early 90s. Margaret Kilgallen, Barry McGee, Shepard Fairey, Harmony Korine, Mike Mills and other pals tell serendipitous tales of their adventures in art to [...]
01.10.08.
We hear surfing is exciting and fun but we wouldn’t know because we are lazy and we live inside The Internets. The nearest we’ve got to riding giants is this invigorating noise from Wavves. It is Point Break condensed to three-and-a-half minutes and fed through a shitty amp and it has reminded us to start [...]
01.10.08.
If you don’t have time to listen to all of Polvo‘s 1994-but-soon-to-be-re-released Celebrate The New Dark Age EP, our dude Jason Forrest AKA DJ Donna Summer has boiled the whole thing down to five minutes of dense dancefloor tension. Guitars ricochet around Forrest’s party beats like a wild west gunfight, which is pretty fitting as [...]
01.10.08.
School Of Seven Bells make misty, ethereal dream-pop that hangs in the air like laughter on a cold day. Last night was the trio’s (former Secret Machines dude Benjamin Curtis and twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza) first London show and as they played it began snowing outside. Here Benjamin tells us about sleeping on the [...]
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