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I’ve got things I want to do tomorrow…

We’re very excited to be working with Pullman’s ‘Gathered Ghosts‘. Last year we posted the track, ‘Some Dreams‘, and now we’re looking forward to his forthcoming EP ‘Foreign  Box’. The EP consists of a selection of early demos so charming we just wanted to share them with everyone.

We’d also like to say a massive thank you to our good friends at Babysweet Sessions have made the rather beautiful video for  ‘Some Dreams’.

 

Here it is. We love it and hope you will too…

Speak soon.

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news…

So it’s definitely been a while since our last post and for that we apologise. We have though been very busy, working away, getting together some very exciting bits and pieces that we’re very proud to be putting out this Spring.

You’ll be pleased to know our very own ‘Melodica, Melody and Me’ are back with a brand new single ‘Come Outside’. The track is taken from their eagerly anticipated debut album that, since converting half a house into a pretty shit hot studio, they have been locked away recording. And so here it is…

Melodica Melody and Me – Come Outside…

We’re also looking forward to Mammal Club’s debut – ‘Au’ EP, a four song introduction to an expansive, experimental pop that they have most definitely made their own. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for songs over the coming days…

speak soon.

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in the city, there’s a thousand faces all shining bright.

Is it really that time of year again? Is it really time for ‘In The City’ all over again?…

Well with the music press telling us that ‘Manchester is where it’s at’, and the best line up in years, it definitely appears that In The City is back and stronger than ever. After a rough couple of years there seems to be a genuine enthusiasm and excitement surrounding things in 2010…

We tried to do a top ten ‘things to see at ITC’. Half way through listings, and already up to 15 we knew we had to get a little more stern with ourselves… It might not be a ‘Top 10’, but here is our ‘everybody’s stalking Top 10 + 1 things to see, and IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER…

Our first must see is London’s Beaty Heart. Any band with three drummers is sure to cause a certain amount of interest, but we’re very excited to see how they pull off their dark, soulful, tribal, calypso,weird loveliness live! They grace the NOHO stage at 10.45pm on Wednesday!

Beaty Heart – Cola.

 

Another band from the capital are 2:54, and they’re another band we’re still to see live. It’s a good few months now since we first heard their pretty, shoegaze pop and after a few dates with Blood Red Shoes they’re playing NOHO at 9pm on Wednesday.

2:54 – Creeping.

 

 

Now a lot has been said about the rise in popularity of ‘folk’, but all of that aside, and focusing on genuine talent we’ve definitely fallen for Dry The River. A beautiful voice, delicate harmonies and great songs. Dry The River will be playing Band On The Wall at 10.10pm on Wednesday.

Dry The River – Bible Belt.

 

 

and finally a Manchester band. We’ve been lucky enough to see Young British Artists on many an occasion, but not for a little while. With a sound that’s grown steadily in stature over time, and releases through Red Deer Club under their belts, YBA are one the city’s more noisier offerings, but by far one of the best. Definitely can’t be missed at 8pm at The Castle on Wednesday.

Young British Artists – Lived In Skin.

 

With Oxford being another place people seemingly love to refer to as a current musical hub, it would be rude not to see one of its bands in our list, so it’s lucky we’ve decided include Fixers. Showing a more playful and energetic side of Animal Collective they won’t be short of fans. They hit NOHO at 8.20pm Thursday.

Fixers – Iron Deer Dream.

 

Maybe we are a little bit biased, but we couldn’t have our very own Mammal Club playing In The City and not be all over them like melting butter. With more songs coming thick and fast from the Art Math Poppers we’re very excited about their visit to Manchester. Be at The Castle at 10.20pm on Thursday or be…. erm… square?…

Mammal Club – Picket.

We’d definitely be lying if we were to say we knew a lot about Vondelpark, so it’s more an intrigue into the small number of songs we’ve heard that’s drawing us to this. There’s very little find about this chap/band online, but the songs we have stumbled across are pretty sweet. If you’re a fan of Washed Out/Toro Y Moi but want something with a little more about it then look no further. Just be at Gullivers for 8pm on Thursday.

VondelPark – Jetlag.

We featured their song ‘Old Ties’ on our August mixtape, but depressingly we’ve not managed to catch one of the early Slow Motion Shoes gigs. With a varying sound that could as easily be put under the whole ‘ChillWave’ (did I really just say that?… I feel sick) banner as it could be likened to the mighty Elliott Smith, they really are an eclectic bunch. We’ve liked everything we’ve heard so far, and are looking forward to popping our Slow Motion Shoes cherry at Soup Kitchen, 9pm on Friday.

Slow Motion Shoes – Brendan Fraser.

Eagulls are a little bit different to a lot of the stuff at ITC this. After a whole lot of twee, meandering tunes (not that we’re complaining) this seems to be the return of something dirty and angry. With a nod towards great early 90’s American Rock, Council Flat Blues is good starting point. They’ll be playing Soup Kitchen at 7.20pm Friday.

Eagulls – Council Flat Blues.

Tip Of Your Tongue has been one of our favourite songs so far this year so including Porcelain Raft in our list was nothing more than a formality. It’s moody, beautiful, elegant and executed with such finesse. We’ll let the song do the talking. A must see for us! 9.20pm at Band On The Wall, Friday.

Porcelain Raft – Tip Of Your Tongue.

Now we feel a little bit like a cheaty cheat for including Standard Fare with it only being a matter of days since we caught them at KRAAK with Shrag an’ all. But the truth is that since that moment we saw them ‘Philadelphia’ has been dominating our playlists. It’s going to take something pretty special to displace it as our ‘Song Of ITC 2010’. See Standard Fare  at The Castle, 10.30pm on Friday.

Standard Fare – Philadelphia.

 

 

So that about wraps it up. Our Top 10 +1 for ITC 2010. Unfortunately we couldn’t include more of the stuff we’re exciting about over the next few days, so here’s a run down of a few other bits and pieces we’ll be seeing too….

 

Weds.

Sissy & The Blisters, Brown Brogues, Mazes, Still Corners, Tim & Sam, Dog Is Dead, Fiction, Stealing Sheep, Patterns.

 

Thurs.

Mount Kimbie (YEAH!), Crystal Fighters, Labyrinth Ear, Misty Miller, Chad Valley, D/R/U/G/S, Planet Earth, Youth, Dinner Party.

 

Fri.

Glasser, Yuck,  Dignan Porch, Spectrals, Monument Valley, Clock Opera, Japayork, PLANK!, Working For A Nuclear Free City.

 

I’m sure they’ll be more things popping up all the time, so for any updates you can always follow us on Twitter @everystalking.

 

have a gooden!

 

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techniques…

Recently we took a little trip up the M6 to Preston. We’d heard a few rumours about a band’s first show, but couldn’t find anything online about them… So tuneless and clueless to what was going on we chanced it and made our way to The Adelphi.

As the name would suggest, there is most definitely a hint of New Order to ‘Techniques’. Thankfully we bloody love New Order! The set was short, sweet and filled with very impressive, slick, cool pop tunes. We left with only a hymn sheet containing the lyrics for six songs to show for. If only we had some music…

Chris

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old world…

So we put up our little mixtape a little while back and there were a few tunes on there that struck quite the chord with some of you. One in particular kept coming back around, and in recent weeks has been getting the support it deserves from the people in the know at specialist radio across the UK. The song is Old World by The Seal Cub Clubbing Club, and so here it is in its entirirty…

 

This tune is taken from their forthcoming album ‘Royal Variety’, out on Jack To Phono later this year.

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some dreams…

Ever been to Pullman? No, neither have we… We have though found a reason to go – Gathered Ghosts. The project of singer songwriter Javier Suarez falls somewhere between Jeff Buckley and early Badly Drawn Boy, with that fragile sound of Daniel Johnston. He’s certainly someone we’re very excited about.

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vinyl, tape, biscuit and raisin…

Seeing as we’ve been pretty absent over the past month, it’s fair to say this past week has been a pretty exciting one. Not only did it see the physical release of our second single, Melodica, Melody & Me’s ‘Piece Me Back Together’, and the posting of our ‘from us to you’ mixtape, we also tried the MilkyBar with biscuit and raisin. All were rather fun experiences apart from the latter, which simply tasted horrible. Raisin and white chocolate? What were they thinking? If this doesn’t send the confectionery industry into disrepute I don’t know what will. Bring back Pretzel Flipz, I say!

So after a rather hectic tour with Bombay Bicycle Club, Melodica have been away travelling the world and resting up before they head back out on the road this October. ‘Piece Me Back Together’ hit the shops this week and for anyone who hasn’t already had chance to buy it is available from the lovely friends at Rough Trade, Puregroove, and Resident, as well in our shop – where you can also get your hands on one of the limited edition T-Shirts and screenprint posters that accompanied the release.

We were also very excited to post our first mixtape this week. But that’s not all. It’s a collection of songs we’re really pleased to have on there, and would just like to thank all of the bands and artists for agreeing to be on there. Throughout the coming weeks you will be seeing a limited number of cassette copies gracing the counters of shops, bars and cafes near you! If your extra lucky you just land one of the 20 reel to reel cassette version. They look very fancy indeed so keep your eyes peeled. It’s a collection of songs we’re really pleased to have on there, and would just like to thank all of the bands and artists for agreeing to be on there.

Full details of the mixtape can be found here.

That’s all for now.

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from us to you…

it might have taken us twice as long as we said it would to put together, but we’ve finally put the finishing touches to our first mixtape ‘from us to you’. It’s probably pushing it calling it a mixtape, maybe more a collection of songs we’ve put together to share with you, like a teenage boy desperately trying to impress his other half….

We’ve pressed up 100 limited cassette version that you be able to find lingering around from next monday….

So, we’re proud to present…

Tracklisting is…

1. Seal Cub Clubbing Club – Old World

2. LESANDS – Easy To Please

3. Sun Drums – Old Machine

4. Matador – Sketches

5. Mammal Club – Towards You With Lust

6. Council, Alaska – Interlude

7. Weird Era – Summer Heights

8. Paul Thomas Saunders – Dementia, Depression, Pyschosis, Blues

9. YoungHusband – Constantly In Love

10. Slow Motion Shoes – Old Ties

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dry chalk bone…

It may have been a while but the wait is now over to hear new music from Liverpool’s Sun Drums. The band posted  Dry Chalk Bone – a haunting little number with nods towards Grizzly Bear/Animal Collective/Bon Iver up on their site yesterday.

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