This is a track I have been working on for a bit and I have decided to upload it. It's a rough mix, so be kind. I will be working on various pieces over the next while which will hopeful develop and have vocals...but for now this it. I would really appreciate any comments
In their first performance since Meg shat herself with an anxiety attack, which led to the cancellation of a 2007 tour the White Stripes played a seemingly under-rehearsed "We're Going To Be Friends" with both Meg and Jack on guitar and vocals. It sounds a bit rubbish to be honest, but I am excited that they are back. Heres a debate which is Meg better at the Guitar or the drums...or neither
Below is when the band were a lot better
It Hugs Back are a four piece from Kent. Friends since meeting at school aged 12, the quartet of Matthew Simms (guitar + vocals), Jack Theedom (organ + backing vocals), Paul Michael (bass) and Dimitri Sudell (drums) started making music together after migrating from their hometown of Maidstone to London for university. 
There is a My Bloody Valentine vibe mixed with the songwriting of Wilco throughout their debut record Inside Your Guitar (4AD) and it has a pop charm that wins you over track after track. A standout is Simms voice, which wears its heart on its sleeve and reminds me of an early Evan Dando.
Have a listen and leave some comments below
Blue Roses is Groves from Bradford, Yorkshire. She is making sweet and spooky pop music and is a recent signing to the great XL. Her new single Doubtful Comforts is out soon!
Click here for her MySpace
SMD are at their best when there is a massive light rig and a slabs of equipment surrounding them. The video for new single 'Synthesise' is a live performance directed by Kate Moross & Alex Sushon. It is a live visual performance that synchronizes with "Synthesise"'s synthetic keyboard house tunage that is not good for those with epilepsy
It’s Blitz! is the Yeah Yeah Yeah's third studio album, produced by TV on the Radio’s David Sitek (who’s worked on the two previous albums) and Nick Launay, who’s also worked with the band before on their 2007 Is Is EP and it is released in April of this year
The album has a decent list of cameos, inlcuding TVOTR frontman Tunde Adebimpe, who sings on one song with Kyp Malone on the staple of rock ‘n’ roll instrumentation, the tambourine. You’ll also hear from Antibalas saxophonist and TVOTR member Stuart Bogie, Imaad Wasif (a member of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ touring band) and Greg Kurstin.
The first single from the album will be “Zero.”
Estelle and Kanye
U2-Get Your Boots On
Radiohead-15 Step
MIA, Kanye, Jay Z, TI, Lil Wayne
Chris Martin (Feat Jay-Z)- "Lost+" / Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - "Rich Woman"
Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes, opens up her second album Two Sons in a superbly dark and dramatic fashion. Opener, 'Glass' begins with Khan's voice bathed in reverberant echoes and the slow clime of background strings and other voices before a patch of tribal percussion courtesy of Brian Chippendale. Then the rest of the ensemble (organs, guitars, a nice bit of noise) create a massive, chilly swell. This is nice.,..very nice and it bodes well for the new record that arrives soon, there are still collabs with Yeasayer to be heard which makes the record even more exciting
Interview
1. Firstly, why the name FrYars...how did you come up with it?
I'm not sure. I just gave myself the aim of coming up with a memorable non-dictionary word. the big Y just helps people spell. So I was thinking along the lines of Blackfriars...I think.
2.when did you start to record music, what inspired you to do so?
Since I was 12 or 13 Ive recorded music. badly though. I started properly programming electronica and the like about two years ago. i got fruity loops to make music for films i was making.
3. Your influences and sound seems very eclectic...what influences you currently...what is your writing process?
Everything influences me, but nothing I can pinpoint. I like to influence myself, but naturally the self is made, in part, of ones experience. The writing usually starts on a piano, the I write and arrange electronically, then write the lyrics, then record live instruments.
4.How do you feel about the current young music scene-bands like Cajun Dance Party, Bombay Bicycle Club and the all age concert movement. Are you excited by it all?
Hmmm. I'm excited on a personal note and for those bands particularly, because I was at school with them/ friends with them. I don't think its good or bad that there are lots of young bands getting attention. Its good if theyre good and bad if theyre bad. Too much bad music is allowed to surface now.
5 Can we expect a tour...what have the shows you have done been like...any funny incidents?
I haven't gigged yet. The first ones are just around the corner. They should be interesting. Expect to see gigs in not the usual venues.
6. Finally-is there an album in the works, if so what is it called and are there any stand out tracks or songs that you are excited about?
Well there are about thirty tracks in the running. Just constantly recording. I'm not sure what it will be called; something good. Another EP in the new year.
U2's new vid, directed by Alex Courtes, who also did 'Vertigo' has the band performing in outer space, shrunken in front of a skull, clenched fists and a ceramic Aphrodite bust. Mental!!!!!!!!!
Mr. Edge explained it;
'It's based around the idea that men have fucked things up so badly, politically, economically and socially that it's really time we handed things over to women. We had our doubts when we saw a rough cut - but the finished video is brilliant.'
Oh the Video is not available at the moment, as it has been removed due to copyright...so just listen. I think the influence of Jack White and Jimmy Page is plain to see
The inner sleeve of the "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" single features a photo of Moz and band wearing nothing except 7" records. The deluxe version of Years Of Refusal comes with Wrestle With Russell a 20-minute comedic interview by Moz's friend, comedian Russell Brand.
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