NEWSFLASH: Defend Moscow release video for Die Tonight
Posted: July 5th, 2009 | Author: Matt | Filed under: News | Tags: Defend Moscow, Partisan PR | No Comments »we loved the track, so we’d urge you to check out the video below:
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Posted: June 20th, 2009 | Author: Matt | Filed under: Interviews, News, Reviews | Tags: Defend Moscow, Partisan PR, Richard Walters | No Comments »The fine folks at Partisan PR have been in touch and offered us a couple of free downloads for your listening pleasure. Up first, we’ve got singer/songwriter Richard Walters, who has already been garnering great press. Check out ‘Flooded Valley’, the B side to his forthcoming single ‘True Love Will Find You In The End’ on the link below
Richard Walters – Flooded Valley
We’ve already commented on Defend Moscow’s single ‘Die Tonight’ and if you haven’t heard it already I can’t recommend enough that you go seek it out. We’ve got a remix of their track ‘One Night Stand’ available for you here too.
Defend Moscow – One Night Stand
SINGLES CORNER! 04/05/2009
Posted: May 4th, 2009 | Author: Matt | Filed under: Reviews | Tags: Defend Moscow, Dub Pistols, Fenech Soler, Kill It Kid, Matt Merritt, Strange Death Of Liberal England, The Joy Formidable, Wave Machines | 2 Comments »Once again, our mail bag is bulging with new singles for you to check out… lets delve into the sack and see what’s on offer this week!
THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND – Like A Curtain Falling
One of TSDOLE’s best newer tracks, this manages to take a simple melody, couple it to Adam Woolway’s larynx stretching vocals and some very sweet and innocent backing vocals and forge a song that nestles away at the back of your brain only to pounce when you least expect it! This single, released especially to commemorate their theatre show (check out our review…) is strictly limited edition and only available through the bands myspace!
KILL IT KID – Send Me An Angel Down
One Little Indian
A nice relaxing tune this, the violin especially – or so you think, before the band blindside you.. Chris Turpin’s vocals are, frankly, bizarre, but somehow these guys make it work. This reminds me a lot of Moriarty, in a very good way. Melodramatic, folk with a distinct vocal that will mark these guys out instantly to the listener – with an album on the way these guys look all set to follow in the folkie footsteps of Mumford & Sons and CUTA favourites Lupen Crook and the Murderbirds.
THE JOY FORMIDABLE – Whirring
Friends Vs Records
Another act harking back to the darker fringes of eighties music, The Joy Formidable set up their stall between Ladyhawke and White Lies and, with this tune at least, have crafted a song that takes the best elements of both bands and hones them to a penetrating point. If these guys don’t end up massive then there is something seriously wrong with the world!
WAVE MACHINES – I Go I Go I Go
Neapolitan Recordings
If Hot Chip went out on the lash with the Pet Shop Boys and Calvin Harris, this might be the drunken result. One of the barmiest slices of electro pop I’ve heard in a while, I can’t help thinking I shouldn’t like this with it’s casio keyboard beats and Neil Tennant-esque vocals. But as I listen I’m beaming away and my feet are tapping enough to make me consider dancing around the living room a good idea!
DEFEND MOSCOW – Die Tonight
Kids
It’s fair to say this is the first time I’ve discovered a band coupling lyrics about what it would be like to deal with impending nuclear holocaust to a dance beat. What a beat though, this is invoking the very best of the eighties, with it’s boy-girl vocals invoking the spirit of The Human League and coupling it to a modern pop sound that their former touring partner Sam Sparro would be proud of. If you haven’t heard these guys yet, you’re missing out!
FENECH SOLER – The Cult Of Romance
Vulture
Yet another electro-dance-pop type act, there’s a fair few of them this week, but can this bedroom band match up to what’s gone before? Well, yes and no. It certainly doesn’t have the same chart potential, but to be fair, it’s more of a club track anyway, and for those who spend their nights on the dance floor, this is likely to be a great track. Sorry though guys, it’s not one I’ll be listening to at home!
DUB PISTOLS – Back To Daylight
Sunday Best
Much more out and out dance than the other tracks here, there’s something about this track, featuring Ashley Slater, that reminds me of Faithless (they don’t sound to similar though, so I can’t quite put my finger on it. Adding a relaxed hip-hop vibe makes this really stand out, it’s already on my summer play list and it might well end up on yours too!
