Happy new year. Inspired by a few weeks of wandering around Suffolk in inappropriate footwear, here is a new mixtape. Hope you enjoy it. Trees In Snow – Mixed By Pinglewood [mp3] 1- Quail Lungs – You Can’t Believe In Anything, You Can’t Believe In Nothing 2- Wild Safari – History Of Savannah 3- OoOOo [...]
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Last night I spent a fun hour at Radio 1 slating reviewing some records with the awesome Nihal, Grimmy and Marina (sans Diamonds). If you’re snowed in and have absolutely exhausted all other avenues of entertainment, you can listen to their classy banter and my ill-informed mumblings on the BBC iPlayer.
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Finally, someone has translated our nocturnal torture into music. We always climb the wooden hill to the land of nod with the best intentions, and usually chirping robots hum us to sleep. But then the night terrors come, it’s 5:09am and our wide-awake ears are full of twitchy paranoia. Thank God for Mr Breakfast Beer. [...]
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321 Week begins. This little chat with Quail Lungs is the 321st of our 321 interviews, so we’re dedicating a few days to the discussion of facts, songs and wishes. Listen to ramshackle declarations from Quail Lungs and his crack’d heart, then after the jump he talks about the Kinks, Dylan and coming down. Quail [...]
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If Pink Priest had known about the field in Ipswich (past the bottom shops, by the brook) where kids go to gulp down cheap cider and learn about regret, then this song might’ve been a series of grunts called Field Of Awkward Fumbles. Thankfully it’s not. It’s blissful. If you shut your eyes while it’s [...]
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Songs containing the word ‘semen‘ aren’t usually this subtle and lonely-hearted. Yuck live in the long shadow cast by the Leaning Tower of Pinglewood and we expect to hear much more from them as the year grows old. Below, you can read their one and only wish. It’s the best we’ve ever granted. Yuck – [...]
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Take one anguished former band name (This Song Is A Mess But So Am I), add a splash of Xiu jus and a wisp of Zola Jesus. Garnish with a freshly broken heart. Former Ghosts prove that supergroups don’t always suck. Judging by these answers, frontman Freddy Ruppert needs a hug. Forever Ghosts – Dreams [...]
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If you’ve heard their hard-shelled and hymnal Coconut, then you’ll know this is a band for all of your ears, not just that tiny, magic one hidden round the back. Head honcho Seb Franklin sent us this awesome Halloween-inspired jam and answered our trio of questions. Hind Ear – Rain Man [mp3]
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While chasing this band around the internet we happened across a completely unrelated book called Silk Flowers Never Die: Love, Death, Mental Illness and Courage in an Internationally Renowned Family. That title says more about their music than we ever could. Peter from the band has awesome facts. Silk Flowers – In Your Memory [mp3]
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Joints might be the prettiest paean to pain we’ve ever heard. Aided by the celestial horns of Antibalas, Holly Miranda transforms her battle with fibromyalgia into something ghostly and grand. Be sure to read her wish and heed her advice. Holly Miranda – Joints [mp3] [Buy]
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