Stairs To Korea @ Bandstand Busking

Stairs To Korea played four songs for the Bandstand Busking guys one cloudy day last October, with the backing track playing on cassette from my gran's old tape machine. A jolly fun afternoon out. Check it out here.

Breathturn

According to last.fm, US 2-piece Hammock are my eighth most listened to band EVER (between of Montreal and Magnetic Fields). They make music of the pretty, sleepy, dreamy, gliding variety. If you're into MBV, Slowdive, Sigur Ros, Growing, M83, Belong, Grouper, Mark Kozelek, July Skies etc, then this might just be your thing.

The new album is out in May.

www.hammockmusic.com

Bark like a dog, walk like an Egyptian

A sneaky preview of Banish Negative Thoughts, the opening track of the forthcoming Pagan Wanderer Lu album "European Monsoon", which will be out this summer.

Pre-order now and receive a free MP3 compilation of PWL rarities!

Feeling Without Touching

In which Glass Candy's hippy-hipster frontlady continues her pioneering work in disco pilates.

Nimbus Noise

It's Mat Riviere week on the wonderful Cloud Sounds podcast. It also includes tracks by Stairs To Korea, Thee Oracle, Bastardgeist, and Jam On Bread and The Middle Ones. Good stuff.

Oslo & E8

New BRNLV column on Drowned In Sound featuring by:Larm Festival, Xiu Xiu, Stairs To Korea, Efterklang, Altaar, Giana Factory, Bodebrixen, Megaphonic Thrift, Trouble Books and loads more.

Feel Like Dancing

Thin Ice is the second single from Gus Gus's 24/7. It's another soulful spin on techno that pulses and gleams it's way into your mind and then won't quit. Gus Gus repeat their triumphant Airwaves perfomance at NASA in Reykjavik next Friday. Anyone wanna to buy me a ticket and a plane ride? Feel free...

HRTBPS ECG of FYH, FYI

Internet Forever guitarist Heartbeeps has recorded a cover of Mat Riviere's FYH. It's part of a project for awesome indie blog Sweeping The Nation. Which I believe is linked over there somewhere --->

BRAINLOVE FESTIVAL 2010 ANNOUNCED

29th & 30th May 2010
@ Brixton Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, London

Day and Weekend Tickets On Sale Now at £12/£20

16 of the final 40 bands announced including headliners: David Thomas Broughton and Drum Eyes



Brainlove Festival 2010 is go! Your essential glimpse into the thriving UK underground is back with another packed bill of pop oddities, brand new talents, breaking leftfield acts and cult stars.

Having rammed Brixton's Windmill to the rafters in 2009, Brainlove Festival continues to go from strength to strength. Distinguished by a carnival atmosphere, a packed out crowd and a cavalcade of sonic creativity, the festival has doubled to two days for 2010 with 40 bands packed into the lineup on indoor and outdoor stages.

16 acts were announced this morning exclusively on new online festival hub http://www.thisfestivalfeeling.com, including the two main stage headliners - the extraordinarily talented DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON, and DRUM EYES, who's lineup includes DJ SCOTCH EGG and members of BOREDOMS and POWER UP.

Tickets are on sale now via Wegotickets. Weekend tickets are just £20, working out at 50p per band, and day tickets are priced at £12.

Previous BRNLV events have featured early shows from the likes of FUCK BUTTONS, SCROOBIUS PIP, BISHI, THE RESEARCH, INTERNET FOREVER, GAGGLE, GAY AGAINST YOU and AGASKODO TELIVEREK, so you can try and spot the bands on the lineup who are on their way to wider acclaim and appreciation in 2010.


In the run-up to the festival, Brainlove will be blogging a band a day, with MP3s and videos for you to check out, on the Brainlove Blog. The logo and artwork will be by CHAOS vs COSMOS, and will be unveiled next week.

BEST*BRNLV*FSTVL*EVER!


Saturday May 29th
DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON
BLEEDING HEART NARRATIVE
MAT RIVIERE
THE BEAR DRIVER
GODZILLA BLACK
A SCHOLAR & A PHYSICIAN
FOLLOW YOUR HEART
+ 3 Acts TBC

DJ: RICH THANE (THE LINE OF BEST FIT / ILL FIT)
DJ: GOD DON'T LIKE IT

Sunday May 30th
DRUM EYES
STIG NOISE MMX
NAPOLEON IIIRD
STAIRS TO KOREA
RATFACE
ABI MAKES MUSIC
ETHICAL DEBATING SOCIETY
+ 3 Acts TBC

DJ: JOHN BRAINLOVE

See you there!



Photos from BRNLVFSTVL2009 by Sonny Malhotra

Tomorrow, In A Year

A roundtable conversation with The Knife (Olof and Karin), Planningtorock (Janine), Mt. Sims (Matt)...

Keeping Up With The Jonsi

Jonsi of Sigur Rós has a solo project coming. And from this film, it sounds spectacular...

Lewis Takes Off His Shirt

A pretty, uplifting song from T.A.F.K.A.F.F.'s new album "Heartland".

If you're reading on Facebook, click to watch.

Roomy

A new track from The Twilight Sad. The chiming piano reminds of Johnny Cash's 'Hurt' and the simmering tempo builds over scratchy black and white film a la 'Paris, Texas'. Nice.