The KBC...

...are pretty lovely disco-house-indie. They played at Lofi last year sometime, and we were deeply impressed. As mentioned on Steve Lamacq's show this very evening, they are disco-punk stalwarts of Preston's (apparently) flourishing music scene. Preston sounds like it's *going off*.

Here's a remix of one of their tracks

The KBC - DEF song (10 RAPID remix)

Eat, Drink, Neon Summer

*** A scene from Lofi last Weds, 7th Feb. An amazing night that saw people queuing around the block and some serious dancing getting done, plus the excellent Right Turn Left putting in a great last minute show after the big, secret band the Cavern organised pulled out. And from what I was told they were going to be very big. Oh well, we had a class night without them, and this is my favourite photo what I did take. *******



First up -

On a Myspace journey one day I came across this beauty. Couldn't get it out of my head for days.

Myspace

Mr Beasley - Neon [Larkin Out]

Next up-

On a Wikipedia journey, in a similar way to above, was looking up Electro Clash to find out a bit more about the begginings of that odd genre, and found this band who joyfully defy the electroclash tag and instead play driven, chase-your-own-tale electro-punk. Very much reminds me of Yeah Yeah Yeahs stuff. This song I absolutely love and keep playing at Lofi in an effort to get it initiated. They're touring as well apparently at the moment, so go see!

Myspace

Motormark - Eat, Drink, Sleep, Think

Finally,

This is the work of one Will Tatterstill, who is Exeter face, Video Games Editor for Expose (student paper) and multi-instrumental nu-folk wizard. He is also doing the music for The Princess Bride, as mentioned below. It opens tomorrow, and the music for it is amazing. I love his voice. It's Brum via Milwaukee. Bits of the Violent Femmes in there. And the occasional splash of synth and vocoder in other places. He also collaborates on this song with Max, who is also doing PB music. He can be found at the North Bridge Inn (a fantastic drinking venue in Exeter) regularly. Myspace.

That's Will (FaceOmeter) in the background, Max in foreground.

FaceOmeter - Song for the Summer

Chromeo - Needy Girl (Paper Faces remix)

I like this song, I think you should too. It just makes me happy in an indie/danse/hop hipp kinda infusion way. check it out, its a fun fun track. the origional is on my myspace page, but then again, you might find this after i have changed it...in which ae it won't be. enjoy
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A Midlands twang in the SW

Coming soon to a Lofi event near you:

Hopefully we're getting these two lovely sets of boys and girls to do a joint show for us in the next couple of months.
What this challenge is.

Of The

His middle name (ish)

Sorry, that is very silly.


Late of the Pier - Bathroom Gurgle

Based in Nottingham and hotly hotly tipped for bigger things. Not sure what else to say. We play them in Lofi. This song is very very catchy and you will probably hum it all week. Myspace


and, all the way from the Brum,

Johnny Foreigner - Say It When Yr Sober

Johnny Foreigner - Yr All Just Jealous [link no good, sorry. But it's on the myspace]

A sample from their list of musical interests:

"....we'regayforSunset Cinema Club, Paper Chase, that night kelly showed the academy her arse, talking the proverbial shit, Wedding Present, Teenage Fanclub, Jeff Buckley, Desaparecidos, Calexico, your dad, sorry alexei likes (sleeper), K, Dexys Midnight Runners, the "reimagined" battlestar galactica, Elastica, The Go! Team, Duran Duran, Wow And Flutter, Matmos, Crimson Curse...."

If that doesn't make you listen to the mp3 I'm not sure what will.

The Go! Team, Jeff Buckley and your dad. Yes, that's actually exactly what they sound like. Go ahead... have a listen.

Myspace

Playgroup and Princesses

Two of the tunes that were doing some damage to the Cavern soundsystem between 12.46 and 12.57 last night.


Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control (Playgroup mix)


CSS - Alala (Princess Superstar Remix)

Check out Fluokids and headphone sex for some very good new music too. That's very lazy of me I know... but if you haven;t already bookmarked these blogs you should do immediately, and these new songs in particular are zehr interessant.

That's it. On a very seperate note of self promotion, I've got a 40 hour week this week rehearsing for a stage version of The Princess Bride. Those in Exeter come along...... 13th to 17th Feb. Should be hilarious. And yes that's a snear I'm pulling (bottom left, the evil prince). It's ages 6+ too, so bring the extended family. Yep, all of them.

This evening...

From misty dancefloor to hands-in-the-air mayhem. Was a great night - despite exams, despite the cold, despite it being the end of semester.... proof that if the music's good then the people will show up and throw some excellent angular shapes. Cheers to everyone who came.... see Myspace for more photos.

This is how I opened my set - my mash up wot i made... my very first. I think the music's a bit too low in the mix, but hey, it went off royally this evening.

Justice VS Beastie Boys - Waters of Nazareth (Erol Alkan re-edit) Vs Intergalactic (Pzell Mashup)

Beardyman

This man is amazing. I saw him at 'Extremefest' in Exeter last year, and he had 200 sloans tripping over their own flip-flops. The crowd fell in love love with him there and then and his talents seem to know no bounds. I'd heard recordings of Rahzel and people reacting with genuine disbelief and thought I'd be the one in the corner being sceptical - but there I was at Beardyman hand over gawping mouth in complete, shameless disbelief. Oh, and he's UK beatbox Champion 2006. Myspace.