Tuesday 23 June 2015

The one When JC met SLM 23/6/15

Good to meet SLM on today's show talking about his songwriting and many music projects ! 

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Playlist-

Luna Rosa -Aura In Bloom 
New Vinyl -Fly High 
Plastic Birds -In Time
Underground Ocean-Get me out 
Auction for the promise Club-This may Hurt 
The Marks Cartel -Take me home 
Luke Potter -Do you love me yet 
Natalie Prass -Bird of pray 
Chloe Chadwick -Feels like home 
Zurich -Alone 
Min Diesel -Kirk Session 
Billy Vincent -Across my street 
Horse Party -What I'd do 
Mickey 9s -Computer inventor 
Apachelux -This time 
James Rooney -As you do
Biscuithead & the biscuit Badgers -Queen of the roller derby 
The incredible magpie band -forevers too soon 
Michael Armstrong -Living what you're breathing  
The Deadly Circus-House of plagues  


SLM -Courage won't wait 
The night 
Edge of freedom  

Info -

Natalie Prass - 'Bird Of Prey' (Radio Edit)

Impact Date: 31st July – Label: Spacebomb/Caroline/Universal.

Stroll up to that jewelry store shimmering on a hot Virginia night, under the neon “Spacebomb” sign and take a look at the latest gem–glowing, sparkling, radiant with light. Natalie Prass is the sound of an artist and community working together, replete with lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry, soaked with the same sweet perspiration and small-town spirit that ran through Memphis, New Orleans and Muscle Shoals. It is both an utterly timeless and perfectly timed affair. Using the experience from producing Matthew E. White’s Big Inner, Spacebomb joined forces with a true kindred spirit–Nashville singer and songwriter Natalie Prass–to travel deeper into its universe of sound. The sheer quality of her voice and songs gave collaborators the freedom to push their craft to the limit: Trey Pollard’s gorgeous, technicolor strings rising from the coastal plain; White’s muscular R&B horn signatures driving and complicating the dance; everything locked down to the rhythm section of Cameron Ralston and Pinson Chanselle riding a supernatural groove. Natalie Prass is a thoughtful collection of music, nourished by reverence for past eras of big band and jazz and infused with the crisp detail of late 70s & early 80s R&B, a diamond for everyone, a sophisticated soul-pop triumph. 

 

“Bird of Prey” kicks it off with that silky and propulsive beat. Prass delivers the goods, balancing an infectious hook and calmly observed feelings as flutes dive and weave between muted horns, a rolling tack piano courtesy of Daniel Clarke (k.d. lang, Ryan Adams) underpinning the beat. This track makes a confident assertion that southern soul is not gone or lost, or confined to retro gestures. Funky horns, gutsy guitar lines and murmuring flutes in “Why Don’t You Believe In Me” connect with the song’s wry internal monologue, sine wave needles of feedback penetrating the mix in counterpoint to an overall controlled elegance. “Violently” riffs off expectations for gentle ballads with its raw take on the intensity of desire. Vocally inspired by Diana Ross, conveying both softness and strength–a litheness and brightness, Prass has the ability to express the full spectrum of emotion and drift further into shades unknown. During "My Baby Don't Understand Me," she sings of the world crumbling while horns sashay into fanfare, the arrangement getting impossibly big but never losing the groove, staying balanced, dropping down to a piano lick, then returning with force–with power. As a songwriter, Prass has that rare ability to compose in her own distinct voice and still sound immediately classic. 

 

The graceful “It Is You” closes out the album in style, the spirit of Harry Nilsson strolling in a sentimental mood through colorful fields of sound. Pollard distills his strings to their highest proof: intoxicating, sweet and lush, then fading down to a perfect sigh of dissonance. Natalie Prassconsistently achieves those moments of “shared recognition,” when certain elements, a nuance of arrangement or the emotional weight of a lyric, unite to create astonishing richness and depth. This artist and this record reach Spacebomb’s vision of intensely personal, well-crafted regional music, a new music that has global reach and appeal. It wouldn’t sound the same coming from anywhere else, New York, Chicago, L.A. or even Philly; the pace is unique–pure central Virginia time, bound up in the tight harmony of community, its energy captured and released in the vibrant, effortless sound of Natalie Prass.

 



BILLY VINCENT

 

Billy Vincent’s new album ‘Stand On Me’ hits the shelves on August 28th 2015. Here’s the skinny...

 

‘Stand On Me’ tells 12 tales, some taller than others, and some absolutely honest and true. At times it’s a heartbreaking, drunk in the blackness, fumbling for a lighter to burn your bridges record – but it’s as blindly optimistic as it is dark.

 

London's seedy underbelly hasn't been chronicled this vividly since The Libertines' debut." - Q Magazine

 

Co-writers and singers Billy Barratt and David Vincent had this to say about the new album, its title, and the songs therein...

 

“We thought it important to choose a title that represents the bigger part of the songs on the record, and 'Stand On Me' is one of those reassuring statements that if you're lucky, someone close to you might say to you when you feel like you’re out of options, letting you know you can lean on them and it's all going to be alright”.

 

“A lot of these songs are about that, not letting people you care about crumble and disappear with the rain, it's a positive thing and we wanted to embrace it”.

 

This album, however, is not soft or mushy – it’s as aggressive as it is sincere. It’s Americana, dragged through South London... kicking and screaming.Recently signed to Swiss label Deepdive Records, this hard hitting, country-tinged record stretches further afield than the debut album ‘She’.

 

Covering the UKSwitzerlandGermany and Austria, the band will support the release with tour dates in each region.

 

WEB : www.billyvincent.co.uk FACEBOOK :www.facebook.com/billyvincentmusic

TWITTER : @billyvincent

 

LEWISBURG

Lewisburg is the working moniker for Londonbased singer-songwriter Ali Robertson.

Influenced by acts such as the Eels, Phosphorescent and Ryan Adams he began his musical project in the bars of WilliamsburgBrooklyn at the end of an 18 month around the world trip. Lewisburg subsequently gained radio coverage on LA station KCRW, from The Guardian’s Paul Lester on ‘Absolute’ and his debut single ‘El Celebro’ premiered on UK news and entertainment site Neon Nettle.

An independent artist, he co-produces his material with Olly Betts of ‘The Duke Spirit’ and ‘F.U.R.S’. His new single No Plateau is released next month and is available on all major download sites.

 ‘Melodic, rising guitar riffs alongside thudding kick drums and emotive heartfelt lyrics dealing with loss, fear and hope..’

ARTROCKER

 

“…recalls the whimsy of Tindersticks, the darkness of Nick Cave and the Bad Seedsand the quirkiness of Belle and Sebastian.”

BACKSTREET MAFIA

 

Social media :

 

Facebook : www.facebook.com/lewisburguk

Twitter : @lewisburg_

Soundcloud : soundcloud.com/lewisburg

iTunes link for new ‘No Plateau’ single – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/no-plateau/id997748353?i=997748355

Free download of a special El Celebro EP - http://www.noisetrade.com/lewisburg/el-celebro

 

HORSE PARTY

 

“Brilliant ... the pale, dead hand of Patti Smith on the tiller and the pop nous of XTC”

Unpeeled

 

“Like Stevie Nicks singing with PJ Harvey... Ellie Langley’s vocals drip with attitude and menace” Gigslutz

 

“One of the most exciting new bands around”

Songwriting Magazine

 

“A sweet/sour mix of prescient, razor wit and winning tunefulness... Highly recommended.” The Digital Fix

 

“Cohesive, brazen and delightfully noisy”

Bearded Magazine

 

“Sounding like The White Stripes playing Fugazi covers with Beth Ditto"

God Is In The TV

 

Horse Party formed in September 2012 when singing guitarists Ellie Langley and Seymour Quigley met drummer Shannon Hope at Seymour’s ‘Washing Machine’ clubnights in their hometown of Bury St Edmunds. Inspired by East Anglia’s quietly thriving DIY scene. The trio released a string of singles and EPs on their own Pure Deadly imprint. Summer 2014’s debut album ‘Cover Your Eyes’ saw critical acclaim and airplay from 6music’s Lauren Laverne and Steve Lamacq, Shell Zenner at Amazing Radio and XFM’s John Kennedy, and an invitation to play Latitude Festival from Huw Stephens and BBC Suffolk Introducing.

 

Horse Party’s new single ‘What I’d Do’ will be released as a free download (via www.horsepartyparty.co.uk) on Friday 26thJune 2015. The band will be cruising around the UK in a battered van throughout the Summer; live dates include supports with Slaves, Levellers and Basement Jaxx.

 

HORSE PARTY LIVE SUMMER 2015

 

Sat 13th June : NORWICH Open / Sat 20thJune : BURY ST EDMUNDS Hunter Club

Thurs 25th June : CAMBRIDGE PortlandArms w/Slaves / Fri 3rd July : HULL New Adelphi

Sat 4th July : SHEFFIELD The Washington / Fri 17th July : SAWLEY (Lancs)

Beat Herder Festival w/Levellers & Basement Jaxx / Sat 8th August : NORWICH Owl Sanctuary

Sat 22nd August : CAMBRIDGE Junction / Fri 28th August : BURY ST EDMUNDS Homegrown Festival

 

WHAT I’D DO / HORIZONS : The new singles are freee to download from Friday 26th Juneat www.horsepartyparty.co.uk and www.horsepartyparty.bandcamp.com

 

FACEBOOK : www.facebook.com/horsepartyparty TWITTER : Twitter: @horsepartyparty

 

BISCUITHEAD AND THE BISCUIT BADGERS

 

Queen of the Roller Derby is the latest single from BBC 6 Music favourites Biscuithead & the Biscuit Badgers. It’s a wistful little song about the lost love of a circuit-track diva.

 

Imagine the subversive surrealism of Vic Reeves, the splendid chappery of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and the wistful, poetic eclecticism of The Divine Comedy – that’s Biscuithead & the biscuit Badgers

 

The single is taken their album Dinosaurs Ate My Caravan; a hymn to a range of contemporary issues, from soy milk to David Attenborough; tea and biscuits to mysterious uncles. There’s a lament at the passing of dinosaurs and an in-depth study of the formation of snow. Queen of the Roller Derbyfollows Andrea’s Arms, about a young woman who will stop at nothing to reach the top kitchen shelf, which was recently aired by Tom Robinson on BBC6 Music.

 

Biscuithead & the Biscuit Badgers - featuring Sam on tuba, Matthew on drums, Bob on piano and Dean on voice and ukulele - have been thrilling audiences all over the UKsince 2006. The latest leg of their bid for world domination sees them play Bury, Bristol, Stroud, LeedsCumbria and WOMAD, when they’ll be headlining Molly’s Bar on the Friday night.

 

Sometimes I love bands because their music is so exquisitely crafted, and sometimes simply because it's irresistibly daft. In the case of Biscuithead & the Biscuit Badgers, it's both!

Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6Music.

 

Classic English surreality, a delightful mix of Vic Reeves Big Night Out, Bonzos and Music Hall. I want to marry them all.  

Bob Fischer, BBC Radio Tees

 

My favourite album of the year.....perfect to play in a camper van. Every track on it is a gem, the lyrics are a thing of beauty – with slightly scary undertones. Get their album, it is great!

Alan Raw, BBC Introducing

 

Live Dates:

4/7/2015 Bury Met, supporting The Lancashire Hotpots / 10/7/2015 The Plantation Restaurant, Bristol

11/7/2015 The Crown & Sceptre, Stroud / 15/7/2015 The Primrose Leeds

16/7/2015 The Belgrave Music HallLeeds, supporting Curtis Eller

18/7/2015 Fell Foot SoundCumbria / 24/7/2015 WOMAD, Headlining Molly’s Bar

23/8/2015 Just So Festival

 

www.biscuithead.co.uk

 

APACHELUX

 

Emerging from the notorious melting pot of musical talent of Southend on Sea that was home to Danielle DaxScroobius PipProcol Harum and many more are APACHELUX.

 

A meeting of the minds between Jay Wigmore and Louisa Strachan. Both hailing from the Nirvana generation, long-term stalwart indie drummer Jay met singer/songwriter Louisa at Southend’s Village Green festival last year. 

 

With influences as diverse as Maya Jane Coles to Royal Blood, War on Drugs to Roisin Murphy, Girls Aloud to Smashing Pumpkins, Apachelux’s genre-straddling sound is bound up to a mission of creating ‘dancefloor moments’…that euphoric feeling that makes you grin, jump, maybe even fall in love. 

 

This Time is the debut single from Apachelux, a gorgeous slice of electronic pop music primed to create a dreamy slice of electronic pop, consciously coupling Louisa’s tough but plaintive vocal and Jay’s bittersweet analogue melodies. Alongside the original are remixes from wunderkind Larkebird with a disco-infused house rework that bumps in all the right places; and Spatial Awareness, with a moody, minimal remix for the late night floors.

The private link to the single is available at : 

https://soundcloud.com/apachelux/this-time-radio-edit/s-1DQOE

Social media links :

www.twitter.com/apachelux

www.soundcloud.com/apachelux

www.facebook.com/apachelux

 

 




Min Diesel

Their previous work - including a split single with fellow Scottish noiseniks Pinact - draws heavily upon the best bits from their favourite late-80s/early-90s punk, lo-fi and math-rock bands' back-catalogues. The 10 tracks on "Mince" were recorded by Matthew Scott at Bakesale Recordings (Deathcats, Paws), mastered by Steven Ward (Mogwai, Errors) and exhibit every facet of the sound.

 

Born and raised in Aberdeen and the surrounding areas, the band subtly but undeniably delivers a uniquely north-eastern take on their trans-Atlantic influences through their lyrics and vocals. Currently based in “The Granite City”, the band are very much at the centre of the burgeoning local music scene. Having played alongside bands such as Joan of Arc, Johnny Foreigner, Playlounge and Tuff Love in their hometown, regular appearances outside Aberdeen culminated in a full UK tour in 2013. The year after was spent cherry-picking, refining and recording the best songs from their extensive back-catalogue.

 

While some sources of musical inspiration for the trio are immediately clear, the ideas extracted are combined in such a unique way that it is challenging to define the sound of mindie-rock with specific external references.

 

DIY magazine attempted to pin it down as "a crashing, beautiful noise that fits somewhere between Dinosaur jr. and Stapleton". Min Diesel will be playing around Scotland in May 2015 and the rest of the UK over summer.

 

Current dates . More tbc.

 

8th May – Cellar 35, Aberdeen w/ Pjaro

 

14th May – Bar Bloc, Glasgow w/ Herbert Powell

 

www.mindiesel.bandcamp.com / www.tinyurl.com/MINDIESELFB

 




Luna Rosa. A four piece Alternative outfit hailing from Corby Northamptonshire, aged 20-23. We've been gigging constantly up and down the country since October 2014, we're about to release some singles and start touring with the help of The Animal Farm. Who have added us to their roster.


Chloe Chadwick 
country singer/songwriter from the north-east of England. over 10 years trying to make it as a singer and has performed in bands across Europe .recently released  debut self titled EP. Included in the Ep is new single 'Feels Like Home' released on i-tunes and amazon now 

Single sent to country music radio stations across the UK and Ireland as an unsigned artist, giving music the recognition it deserves. 

She had performed at this years C2C country Music estival in London, sharing the bill with the likes of Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash and The Shires!!



Luke Potter 

new single, 'Do You Love Me (Yet)' is out on June 26th on iTunes but available for preorders from June 8th. A video is being filmed soon and will be uploaded around June 22nd. 



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