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Girl-group
raps, skipping rope chants, Motown drums and chic grooves...
it could only be Jackson, Florida's Black Kids! Since
appearing from nowhere this time last year, they've
had every tip-top tipster worth their salt waxing lyrical
about their Go Team / Arcade Fire-esque indie-pop anthems.
Not many bands get features in NME, The Guardian, Vice,
The New York Times and Pitchfork before they've even
been on tour but then again, not many bands are as downright
special as this lot. Their debut UK single smashed into
the charts just outside the Top Ten, they've just been
on tour with Kate Nash and they were recently the first
band to play fully live on Jools Holland. And that's
just the start of it...
'Resembles a mid-80s Cure hit performed
by The Go! Team on prom night' - The Guardian
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Combining
influences such as Brian Eno, The Faint, Gary
Numan and Metronomy, Late Of The Pier create a
thoroughly breathless electro punk experi-mental
sound that has had them dubbed the UK's 'strangest
most brilliant band' by those in the know. Working
with superproducer Erol Alkan they have created
some of the finest cuts of synth led brilliance
that you're likely to hear this year, and dates
with Hadouken and Soulwax and headline shows on
the recent Levis Ones To Watch Tour have seen
them establish a reputation as one of the most
explosive live bands around. |
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Ignore the
slightly mystifying name - this is ambitious, stadium-bound
pop, influenced by the likes of Tears For Fears, Kate
Bush, Peter Gabriel and Arcade Fire from the management
team that brought you pop god Mika.
With celebrity fans already including Chris Evans and
Jonathon Ross, it's fair to say that Royworld are destined
for big, big things. Things as big as their big, big
choruses you could say.
Their new single Dust has just gatecrashed the Top 40,
they're all over daytime radio and TV, and they've just
been hand-picked to support Sparks at the Mael Brothers'
eagerly anticipated comeback shows this summer…it's
all happening in Royworld.
'Crashing, carousing, airwave-friendly anthems' - The
Guardian |
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Following
the demise of her band Two Lane Blacktop back
in 2006, Pip Brown moved from her native New Zealand
to Sydney, Australia. There, she started working
with the likes of Pnau and Teenager, before eventually
creating her own music under the guise of Ladyhawke.
And what beautiful music it is! Now based in London,
her influences include classic 80s songstresses
Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac), Cyndi Lauper and
Chrissie Hynde as well as cult French groups like
M83 and Phoenix. Ladyhawke takes all of these
influences and crafts them into perfect electro-pop
that's both danceable and singalongable - just
how we like it. Annie Mac, Zane Lowe and Jo Whiley
are all well behind this…watch this girl
fly!
'Twinkly, heart-racing 80s pop that leaves its
irony at the door' - NME |
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Q
Magazine reckon she's 'the new Kate Bush' and The
Guardian found themselves throwing comparisons to
Janice Joplin, Bjork and Sandy Denny her way. That's
a bit like comparing a young footballer to Pele, Maradonna
and George Best - no pressure, then. She's currently
on a jaunt around Europe with MGMT and she's officially
proper good as. And she's occasionally joined by a
bit of a Champion called Dev on guitar... sometimes.
'A voice so hauntingly captivating
you can feel it in your stomach... It's early days
yet, but Florence will haunt and captivate, although
not necessarily simultaneously' - The Guardian.
'Best Act; SXSW 2008' - NME.
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You
must have heard I Love You? The infectious single
that sounds like your great-granny's gramophone
records being smashed up by Dizzee Rascal? Well,
if not, you've been missing out. Big time.
Described by the NME as
'wrong pop', Esser's crazy mixed up concoction
of eclectic samples, cantering beats and joyously
effortless vocals has seen him win over many
legions of fans on sold out tours with Foals
and The Mystery Jets.
'If Dizzee Rascal was a
skinny white doofus playing Bontempi beat-pop...'
- The Guardian
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These four girls from Southend
have been making waves with their minimal psych-tinged
garage… or, as they call it, 'creeping noir-pop'.
From the same scene that spawned The Horrors, These
New Puritans and Theoretical Girl, Ipso Facto have
received glowing column inches from Vice and NME over
the past few months.
They look great too. Scary, sleek and very very cool.
Not surprising really that they ended up being THE
buzz band at last year's industry love-fest In the
City.
'Hipper-than-hip, ice-cool gothic indie babes, with
immaculate style, impeccable taste in music and intimidatingly
refined cultural knowhow' - Vice |
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Sheffield
seems to be the place to be for new music these
days doesn't it!? There's them Monkeys, that
Reverend bloke and countless others. Well, the
latest band to join the Sheffield elite is well
dressed bunch The Hosts. Their debut single
'Wake Up' has been getting radio-play aplenty
from Johnathan Ross and Steve Lamacq and rightly
so. It's a MASSIVE tune. Imagine the Pigeon
Detectives big choruses and the energy of Supergrass.
Ideal. |
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Skins! There,
we've said it. It would be impossible to write about
The Joy Formidable without mentioning THAT TV show…
they've had a song featured on a Skins advert and they
recently ripped it up at the Skins Live Party Tour.
Musically, there's a bit of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and
The Pixies in there, but with pop-hooks aplenty thrown
into the mix to create something, well, something pretty
special. Not surprising that the likes of Steve Lamaq
qnd Huw Stevens are getting very excited about this
lot.
'The Joy Formidable operate as the perfect link between
radio friendly guitar music and post prime-time indie.
Love it, love it, love it' - CTA |
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Top
drawer indie rock n roll! Parka have opened for
the likes of Foals, Boy Kill Boy and The Young
Knives and their debut album is currently receiving
critical acclaim in spades.
What's more, their explosive live shows have had
everybody from The Sun ('Pure adrenaline inducing,
effervescent, speeding enthusiasm') to Q Magazine
('A must-see live band') frothing at the mouth.
Come see what all the fuss is about. |
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Proper,
full-blooded, dark-hearted garage psychedelia, of the
type The Doors and the 13th Floor Elevators were making
back when your parents were slipping naughty things
into each other's coffee. Slashing guitars, thunderous
Hammond organs and a healthy dose of 21st century electronica
all combine to make something sinister, soulful and
really rather hypnotic. Think Screamadelica-era Primal
Scream, and you're somewhere close.
'Pulsating psychedelic disco from a rock n roll heart'
- Brain Salad Surgery Zine |
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And here's a message from The Mall - our sponsors,
friends, and near
neighbours over the road!...
'Music Live is such a fantastic event for the
region that The Mall just
couldn't wait to get involved. We are sponsoring
the stage at the Town Hall,
which is - literally - a platform for new talent
and new bands to showcase
what they have got.
It is vital that businesses such as The Mall
commit to supporting events
like Music Live or they just wouldn't happen.
That would be a shame because
it is such a young, fun, successful community
event and our customers
deserve to live in a town that offers great
leisure opportunities.'
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