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'Gloriously giddy art-pop magnificence from the South
London suburb of Modern. A hooky-pop marvel… like Modern
Life is Rubbish for the web age' - NME.
Whether Good Shoes actually have good shoes remains to be
seen. What they do have, however, is Good Tunes. They play
stripped-down, frenetic pop and they play it very, very well.
It's all clanging, jangling guitars and strangled vocals -
think Buzzcocks versus The Jam, with a dash of Futureheads
for added spice.
Their first gig was opening for Mystery Jets at a secret gig
on Eel Pie Island, and the music press were instantly tipping
them as Something Very Special. A string of sold out singles
on London's uber-cool Young and Lost Club label followed,
and by the summer Jo Whiley and Zane Lowe were hailing the
band as one of the stand-out acts at the Reading and Leeds
festivals.
And the music press are quite keen on them too…
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'The new sound of suburban London. One of the best lyrical
outings in the past decade. Beautifully crafted and wonderfully
succinct' - Music Week.
'South London upstarts who have recorded one of the most
exciting debut albums in years' - Dazed & Confused.
'You find yourself singing along to their songs on the very
first listen - charmingly catchy, the band's sunny exuberance
can't help shining through. Irresistible' - The Guardian.
'Fusing the dynamic spirit of the Buzzcocks with the lyrical
wit of The Futureheads, Good Shoes are the band to watch'
- Vogue.
'Releasing three singles of increasing indie brilliance,
theres something about Good Shoes that suggests both stamina
and rich potential. Simply irresistible' - The Sunday Times.
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'Scotland's biggest and best new band…a weird
and utterly brilliant hybrid of The Killers and Panic! At
The Disco. Only they'll probably end up being bigger than
both' - NME
Named after a phrase in 80s dwarf flick Willow, they have
all the pop hooks and all the pomp of P!ATD alongside anthemic
choruses, guitar licks and keyboard tricks worthy of Flowers
and co.
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Dykeenies
have played with the likes of Mystery Jets, Maximo Park and
The Fratellis, were the first band to be signed to the new
label run by legendary Glasgow venue King Tuts, and have just
completed NME's Rock 'n' Roll Riot tour alongside The Horrors,
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We're not gonna lie to you, we were GUTTED when Foals
pulled out but you know, every cloud has it's Shy Child. Straight
outta New York City and signed to the cooler than cool Wall
Of Sound label, they're in the county for a string of sold
out dates with Klaxons and have just finished tours with Hot
Chip and Soulwax. They've been all over MTV2 for the past
few months and you might have heard their remixes of 'Munich'
by Editors or 'Decent Days & Nights' by Futureheads on
your favourite indie-disco dance floor.
Being former members of seminal post-everything mentalists
'El Guapo'
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(Dischord
Records) and dance-punk pioneers Supersystem (Touch and Go)
gives them more scene points than your tight jeans and scarf
could ever dream of but it's with Shy Child that they've really
taken it to the next level. Don't just take our word for it,
get down the front and find out for yourself - but leave your
glow-sticks at home and bring your finest air keytar... New
York City in the house!
"Disco-punk that has you writhing furiously to its hip-shaking
euphoria, leaving you wishing it could be prolonged for just
one minute more." Drowned In Sound |
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Creators of one of this year's best indie long players,
Kubichek! are a devoutly special band - as incendiary as the
explosive exclamation mark that punctuates their unusual moniker.
Their music is an uncompromising DIY punk jitter, noir tinged
and new-wave, drenched in feedback and melodic sass. Claiming
the likes of Editors, Maximo Park, Futureheads and Bloc Party
as fans, Kubichek! are your favourite bands' favourite band.
Their debut album Not Enough Night is swathed in dark,
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juddery guitars and alarmingly robotic drums with more
noise and aggression than the average lawn mower - and we
can't say for certain that there isn't a lawn mower in there
somewhere.
Drowned in Sound called it 'as near to perfect as you can
get without ever resorting to self-indulgence' which, you
have to admit, is pretty good eh?
Don't forget to stretch before going to see Kubichek!...
or you might do yourself a mischief.
'Heady and indelibly cool' - NME
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Direct from the USA, from somewhere in the alley
between Arcade Fire Walk and Modest Mouse Cul-De-Sac, Envy
Corps write songs with captivating hooks, sing-a-long choruses
and a feel for melody that other bands would break legs for.
Recently signed to Mercury Records, they've just finished
a coast-to-coast Stateside tour with peoples' favourite, The
Killers.
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We really like this band - especially smash- hit- single-
in- waiting Story Problem, which has got the best rock n
roll gospel chorus since their tour-mates' finest hour All
these Things...
'Killers riffs with Echo & The Bunnymen beats' - NME
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Direct from New York City…
The Films sound like The Libs' if Doherty had been a bourbon-swilling,
cowboy- boot- wearing American dandy, or The Strokes if Casablancas
had lived on a diet of Britpop, jellied eels and gin. They're
a mash-up of traditional bold- as- brass US rock 'n' roll
and Britpop inspiration.
Anglophiles to a man, The Films live a bohemian hobo existence
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in a rundown Brooklyn warehouse that has fast become a
drop-in centre for the city's freaks, creeps and fashion
elite. The band signed to Warner Bros in 2005 after their
hurried first EP caught the eyes and ears of eager suits
from every major record label on Earth.
Expect to hear it on your radio any…minute…now.
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Hailing from deepest Yorkshire, One Night Only have
already won the hearts of Radio 1's influential trinity of
Zane Lowe, Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq.
Signed to Razorlight's Vertigo label, they mix insanely addictive
pop tunes with undercurrents of something a little darker.
Stadium-sized superstardom is a distinct possibility for these
boys, and they're definitely one of our hot tips from this
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now while they're still within easy reach.
'They're like Brandon Flowers' gushy love children (which
is a good thing), yet they also possess the ability to - in
moments of sombreness - provide uplifting, but heart-touching
breakdowns' - Gigwise.com
'Fantastic' - Huw Stephens.
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Darlo's high-kicking, boy-girl riot squad present
a masterclass in salacious, low-down dirty guitar-pop, and
new single Magazine is a Devo-licious, stiletto-stomping,
guitar-wrecking two-minutes of pure Britrock thrills.
They've travelled the length and breadth of the country with
the likes of Nine Black Alps, iForward Russia! and The Longcut.
They've played a sold-out show at Brixton
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Academy with The Rakes, been the subject of a BBC2 documentary,
had a rodeo in Texas at SXSW and received so much praise
from the music press that we've heard they've built a 1:1
scale papier-mâché Eiffel Tower from their
clippings.
A band who definitely live up to their incendiary moniker,
then.
'Gratifyingly aggressive and winningly pop' - The Times
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All bleeps, hisses, electronic jolts and thousand-volt
shocks, To My Boy love technology.
There are only two of them, but they manage to create the
most insane, wigged-out, oblique future-pop you will ever
hear - from the alarming angles of i am xRAY to the heady
guitar-wrecking franticness of The Grid, you can hear these
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Boys pushing
their music into the year 2525.
They've recently popped over to Italy to perform live on MTV
and have been voted the number 1 drummer-less act in the world
right now [!]
We reckon they sound like Kraftwerk wrestling with the Sex
Pistols…get yourself down and judge for yourself!
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Like every hotly tipped indie-rock group in the world
right now, these chaps are from Sheffield. Don't worry though,
they're not some bandwagon jumping nobodies - they've actually
got the tunes to back up the hype. New single Dear Constable
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show main man Shaun Keaveny and they've been a regular feature
on MTV2 for the past few months, mainly thanks to that crazy
'Kes' homage in their latest video. You know the one! Fans
of The Sunshine Underground, Pigeon Detectives and Bromheads
Jacket - meet your new favourite band.
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Cornelius Buzzard, Million Zolts and Dan Atom are
their names and, like the comic-book superheroes or mad scientists
that these suggest, they're in the business of making monsters.
Monsters built from the twisted guts of Devo, the twang surf-guitar
of The B52s and the razor-sharp wit of Talking Heads.
ZBAMV's music races along at light speed screaming 'What's
the miles per gallon Alan?' as their atomic-powered hot rod
careens wildly through the darkened streets of your town.
They're the madcap soundtrack to a reactor meltdown, a symphony
to accompany an alien invasion,
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the mangled
guitar strewn remains of a chemistry experiment gone horrible
awry…and they're amazing.
No wonder cult radio legend Marc Riley and XFM new music guru
John Kennedy have been getting behind the band in a very big
way.
Zapped By a Million Volts indeed - phew!
'...the Teesside trio is as full of frustrated youth, and
dreams of stardom as any Jonny Borrell. Juddering Buzzcocks
guitars and a desperation to get to the chorus as soon as
possible. Shockingly good? Absolutely' - Planet Sound: Channel
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