OK Thought I'd bring this back with some bits and pieces requested elsewhere etc etc.

First up The Guillemots (http://www.guillemots.com/) finished 5th in the BBC's sound of 2006




I Saw Such Things In My Sleep EP, released 5/9/2005



Trains to Brazil single, released 5/12/2005



The US EP version of the single that finally charted after the long history of this band finally includes sucess in the singles chart. The album (Tragedy Rocks) is being re-released tomorrow. Really good stuff. Hopefully I can put the full thing up next week


New single from The Mystery Jets "The Boy Who Ran Away" out end of next month, not heard it yet but here is the first three A-sides from them.

On My Feet

You Can't Fool Me Dennis



My favourites of late. Most anticpated (full length) debut of the year for me

The Young Knives - The Decision



Random singles from MV's Singles 2006 1st Quarter

Editors - Munich


Hard-Fi - Cash Machine


We Are Scientists - It's A Hit


The Feeling- Fill My Little World


Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats


Plan B - Hearbeats


Test Icicles - What's Your Damage?


Mylo - Muscle Cars


Belle & Sebastian - Funny Little Frog


Tiga ft. Jake Shears - You Gonna Want Me


Mark Ronson - Just


The Shortwave Set - Repeat To Fade


Richard Hawley - Just Like The Rain


Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down


Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse


Delays - Valentine


Graham Coxon - Standing On My Own Again


The Go! Team - Ladyflash


Clearlake - No Clean Fun


Hard Fi - Better Do Better


The Darkness - Is It Just Me?


The Kooks - You Don't Love Me

Somewhere down the road it's going to hurt like hell to hear this song.

More than this one?

Damn--that's tons of fun, but has none of the poignancy of the original. Or of the Gonzalez song.

That cover is great shit. It will make some people foam at the mouth. Gonzalez was in our top 10 week before last.

I am forever grateful for this. Please keep it up!

I'm never going to be able to catch up. Come July I'll be going, "Have you guys heard of a band called such-and-such?" and everyone will begoing, "Yeah, Mitchell posted their stuff back in January..."

Continuing...

The Rakes - All To Human


Morrissey - You Have Killed Me
(First 96 seconds at least)

Massive Attack - Live With Me {Radio rip, good quality}


Mogwai - Friend Of The Night


Morning Runner - Burning Benches


The Harrisons - Blue Note


The Young Knives - Here Comes The Rumour Mill


Placebo - Because I Want You


Beth Orton - Concieved

Good to see this



I might stick some more singles up this weekend.

This EP is out stateside on Tuesday


Track list:
1. Sake
2. Trains To Brazil
3. Made Up Lovesong #43
4. Over The Stairs
5. Who Left The Lights Off Baby?
6. Cats Eyes
7. Go Away
8. My Chosen One

Seeing them next Sunday at Schubas.

Erm, Gareth, We Are Scientists are from NYC.

There is an interesting show on BBC6 right now about how America Gets British Rock so wrong. (And boy, do we ever!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/music_we...esponse#comment

God both those covers suck. Can Embrace get any worse? I loved their first two albums, liked the third, couldn't stand the last one, couldn't even bring myself to buy it. Haven't heard this new one yet, but I can't imagine feeling any differently. I think I like Snow Patrol, but having to say that I think that means maybe I don't like them as much as I thought. I have their last two albums, I'll probably try this out when it leaks.

Embrace set for #1 single this week.

Guillemots got a pretty good review on pitchfork today.

That mini album isn't quite as good as the EP's*, Hopefully the album will be one of the top 10 debuts of the year. (touch wood) That is a good review though considering.


* Yes, I know.

that new Embrace is damn fine IMO.

hey has that new snow patrol album leaked yet??

I haven't heard anything by them, but that PF review made me want to listen, so I guess it did its job.

just the single, which is ok

Here's another album for the 7/10 club



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mitchell, upload the new cinematics single here when you get it.

I'm gonna go buy that on Monday, have a feeling that it will make top 40 as well. I was dead pleased when it beat off BYOP on Lamaq's Rebel Playlist (and it got 70%) on 6Music last week.

i don't really understand the editors comparisons i'm reading about everywhere. sure, there are nods to the oh-so-fashionable fashionable dance-punk (what british rock band doesn't do that these days?), but i hear some fascinating, unlikely digressions as well. Some serious brit-pop reverence -- specifically suede. it's an odd combination to be sure... but I like the direction they're heading, as least at first blush.

At least Andy Gill isn't producing it. Supporting Editors and We Are Scientists probably help lump them in with that lot.

I can hear the Suede in it, another thing that I've noticed is the amount of bands that have a touch of Echo & The Bunnymen in them, nothing obvious just a little bit of a Bunnymen feel behind what's going on at surface level. (aside from Doves or Coldplay)

I've just read that Donnie Darko is their favourite film and soundtrack so they obviously are fans at least. Also I think the fact the lead single is obviously going to swooned over will do them wonders.

I have a two song Cinematics single that came bundled with the new Ambulance Ltd. EP. The songs on it are Break and Alright. If you want that I can upload it.

yes, please, sir. thank you.

Receive and you shall ask -- oops, strike that, reverse it. It's late.

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this is good.

i think i may like the b-side even more than the single proper. good use of negative space...

edit: nice chameleons reference in "break."

Beaten by Ne*Yo into second spot, rumours abound that there was an issue with the downloads of "Nature's Law" Whatever song still sounds like Roxette. Kooks got another top 40 with "Naïve".

Fuck, am I ever a sucker for Embrace...I'm really liking (most of) this.

i agree. the b-side is catchy as f*ck.

the last minute is perhaps my top musical minute of 2006.

they got the a-side and b-side ass backwards. the a-side is ok, but it won't exactly help those unfortunate comparisons to editors/interpol.

GKI, when are you going to drop some more science on us, singles-wise?

Been a slower couple of months compared to Jan/Feb but I'll look in to it this week.

{Promo only at the minute}

Thanks!

bump.

Guillemots is pretty solid after one listen. I like the last track quite a bit. Thanks for posting this!

Get them while they are still good.

Thanks to Mitchell for posting the Guillemots full length. They're the real deal (and probably more deserving of their own thread).

I recognized most of the new songs from their okay live appearance at Schubas earlier this year (where they seemed a bit tired and indifferent). As with the live show, "Sao Paolo" pulls off the feat of being an 11 minute song that doesn't feel like half that long; it's so multi-faceted and involving. But you can say that about most of the Guillemots' songs, especially another relative epic "Redwings". None of the new songs are as obvious or immediate as "Trains to Brazil" (revisited here along with "Made Up Love Song #43). "Annie Let's Not Wait" and the title track come close though. "Blue Would Still Be Blue" works better live with Fyfe solo standing on a chair with his little plinky, twinkly keyboard...it's a bit precious on the album. "We're Here" underwhelmed me when I first heard it as a single a few months ago. In the context of the album, it's absolutely sublime. "If the World Ends" is the only track that isn't doing much for me at the moment. A bit too MOR.

These guys (and gal) aren't for everybody...I can hear Jim Derogatis now, "Where's the rock?"...lots of strings, complex keyboard and percussion arrangements, emotive vocals...but this has a lot of rewards for those who appreciate ambitious pop music.

As for the other recent postings: Young Knives: ok-ish. A few songs sound too much like other UK new rock bands with few distinguishing characteristics. Plan B is just not my thing. Thanks again Mitchell.

Do you know what the next Nerina Pallot single is going to be? I love Fires.

Great thread, by the way!

Anyone feel like re-uploading Guillemots for me? I'm in the process of moving, so it's been hard to stay posted. Any requests in return?

Thanks, Bobzilla. I really enjoyed the Guillemots on first listen. There are a couple of tracks towards the end I wasn't too enamoured with but overall I like their dramatic sprawl. Hopefully it stands up to repeated listens, but it seems there's enough going on here that's worth coming back to.

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/guil...window-pane.htm

Is that you?

No, I don't like Embrace.