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The Young Republic – Girl From The Northern States (Sky Mountain version)

The Young Republic – Bronagh

It’s been a good eight months since there’s been any mention of The Young Republic on here, which must be some sort of record. So it’s time for an update. They’ve been busy – trying to crack their home country, recording not one, but two albums, changing line-ups (bye Nate and Bob, hello Wes) and moving to somewhere called Sky Mountain in Tennessee.…

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Aug
26
2010

A quick word with… Dan Michaelson
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Dan Michaelson & the Coastguards – Bust

Another artist who’s recently been overdue space on The Daily Growl is Dan Michaelson, former Absentee frontman and all-round East London good guy. It hardly seems any time since the release of his debut album Saltwater with his band The Coastguards, but that was 18 months ago and he’s about to hit us with a whole new long-player – Shakes - due in October. Before then though he’s releasing a limited…

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Aug
25
2010

A quick word with… Left With Pictures
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Left With Pictures – Constantly

Left With Pictures – June

I don’t want to go on about my blogging absence of late and how busy I am elsewhere, but it’s precisely that which has prevented this feature from appearing much earlier. Ideally, it should have appeared at the start of the year, when long-time Daily Growl faves Left With Pictures started their new In Time project, releasing a song every month of this year. It didn’t of course, but here it…

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Aug
06
2010

Interview // Round Ron Virgin
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Round Ron Virgin – Old, Sick and Die

Round Ron Virgin – Been Waiting

Even in the age of mass digital media, the best music recommendations still come directly from friends’ tip-offs. And sometimes it’s just as well. If I’d never been personally told about the album Cowabungler by Round Ron Virgin, I’d probably have overlooked it, or been put off by the dreadful double pun whammy. But I persevered, buoyed by the promise of “a pleasant kind of…

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Jul
22
2010

Cloud Control
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Cloud Control – Gold Canary

Cloud Control from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

Have you been on the Black Cab Sessions website lately? I drop by regularly and there’s always something brilliant going on. The latest session comes from Cloud Control – an Australian band I’d never heard of before – who bring handclaps and some lovely harmonies to a trip up Brick Lane. Turns out they’re playing for the self-same Black Cab Sessions at The Luminare tonight. I found out too late…

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Jul
22
2010

Seven Songs // Bear Driver
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Jul
22
2010

Gruff Rhys vs. Tony Da Gatorra
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By The Daily Growl

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Jul
22
2010

Swarm Nights
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By The Daily Growl

Not Squares – Bi Ki Na (Me Me Wee Wee WeeMix)

Not Squares – Release the Bees from Bright Stem on Vimeo.

Here, Belfast’s premier synth destroyers return, having ditched their guitars, clutching a well-thumbed copy of Let’s Make it RAVE, and a cheap graphics package, and somehow contrive to make it awesome.

mp3: Not Squares – Bi Ki Na (Me Me Wee Wee WeeMix)

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Jul
16
2010

Richard Youngs – Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits
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By The Daily Growl

Richard Youngs – Love in the Great Outdoors

This review first appeared on Bearded Magazine.

Glasgow has long been celebrated for its independent music – plenty hot new bands, artists and scenes have come out of there in the past few decades, but you can be sure that no media flurry about music in that city will ever mention the name Richard Youngs.

There a few reasons for this. Despite being hugely prolific, Glasgow-dwelling Youngs is a reclusive sort;…

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Jul
15
2010

July MAP
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By The Daily Growl

La Turbulencia Quiere Hacernos Levantar Hoy

H.E.A.T.

Settle Down

Where I Am

Pocketful Of Rocks

Last Party

Chirango

Dead Night

Parade In Chimes

Cassette 2012

Swedish Babe

Keine Experimente

She’s A Boy

Owls

Jakarta Motor City

Cold Without You

Ghost Writer

The Wallnut Tree

Google Song

Solo Dios Sabe

Strange Days

Pig

Sweet Caress

Encuentro Inesperado

Atlas 1977

Alone

The Lion And The Pocketwatch

The Last Queen

Onder Draai Die Duiwel Joints

23:59

Bricks Over Bricks

Perdoname

Now here’s part 2 of Wet Paint Day here on The Daily Growl. There are no more tracks from the new album – just the same one but this time it’s been distributed…

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Jul
15
2010

A quick word with… Wet Paint
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By The Daily Growl

Wet Paint – Dead Night

If, like me, you were one of the people who enjoyed the scuzzy, fuzzy slacker rock of It Rots, the debut album by East London band Wet Paint, then rejoice! They’ve recorded a new album which is out sometime soon. Not sure exactly when, but the main thing for now is that I’ve got a wee exclusive for you in the shape of a new track. The new record continues where the previous…

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Jul
15
2010

A bad week for live music
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By The Daily Growl

Metronomy – You Could Easily Have Me

The Pack AD – Blackout

Yesterday, for propably the last time, I went down to Pure Groove in Smithfields. Since it opened there in 2008, I’ve been there many times – to buy records, to drink coffee and most of all for their excellent instore gigs. Their lunchtime shows have sustained me with live music when getting out to gigs in the evening have been difficult, so I’m gutted that they’re having to…

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Jul
13
2010

Seven Songs // Wilder
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By The Daily Growl

Wilder – Girls vs Boys

It’s always nice when people give me more than just song titles for Seven Songs. I appreciate everyone who does it of course, and I know artists are busy and all that. But extra effort is always pleasing. If I were to measure bands by this criteria, Wilder would be top of the charts. Three out of the Bristol-based four-piece took time to enthuse about various songs at some length for which I’m…

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Jul
13
2010

Seven Songs // Perfume Genius
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By The Daily Growl

Perfume Genius – Learning

It’s been much publiclised lately that the songs on the Perfume Genius debut album Learning come from a dark place. And certainly, the simple beauty of these piano ballads is underscored by raw emotion and pain, but that’s what makes them so compelling and no doubt why the album has been so acclaimed. When I asked Mike Headreas my usual seven questions, I wondered what heart-wrenching songs he might suggest. Certainly songs by Karen…

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Jul
12
2010

Interview // Kev Jones of Communion
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By The Daily Growl

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Jul
08
2010

David Thomas Broughton // CAMP // 7 July 2010
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By The Daily Growl

David Thomas Broughton – Potential of our Progeny

Dressing and undressing. Playing with mics. Robotic dancing. Alarms going off. Rock Star poses. Reading flyers. Fuzzed up guitar solos, legs astride. Confronting the crowd. Crawling under the stage. Moments of extreme beauty, giving way to arrhythmic cacophony. Exhilarating, confusing, spine-tingling, irritating. Amazing.

He’s going away for a while. This was a farewell gig of sorts and contained the closest thing to an encore I’ve ever seen him do. Bye David.…

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Jun
30
2010

Interview // The Monroe Transfer
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By The Daily Growl

The Monroe Transfer – Waltz

When I meet Nick Gill in a back street in Aldgate, he’s in remarkably fine form for someone who’s been up ill the previous night. It’s impressive enough that he’s made it in for work and I would have understood if he’d cancelled, but spurred on by a love for his job (old-style printing), he’s keeping going with a good measure of cheer despite the circumstances. As it transpires, this is a nice…

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Jun
17
2010

Meursault – All Creatures Will Make Merry
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By The Daily Growl

Meursault – Crank Resolutions

Meursault – Sleet

It’s about bloody time I got round to writing my review for this album. On the other hand, I’ve had it for long enough now to have given it enough listens to be clear that it’s one of the best albums of the year. I’ve gone on long enough about how Meursault are one of the best bands in the UK at the moment and this album proves the point very well.

The…

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Jun
15
2010

The Great Escape: 15 May 2010
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By The Daily Growl

Erland & The Carnival – My Name Is Carnival

The Shoes – Bored

Slow Club – Trophy Room

This is another horrendously late live review, but please bear with me. It’s been hanging around in my drafts for weeks now and I don’t want to delete it. Plus, I saw some good stuff the other weekend in Brighton and I’d like to share it with you.

Our day at The Great Escape started mid-afternoon down on the beach at Digital. The…

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Jun
15
2010

Where you been?
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By The Daily Growl

Black Mountain – Old Fangs

Tim & Sam’s Tim & the Sam Band with Tim & Sam – Fire in Your Heart

Soreng Santi – Iron Man

Is there anyone out there still reading this blog? You’d be forgiven if not, because I’ve hardly been prolific in recent weeks. I never seem to get time to write stuff, things get backed up and it just ends up being frustrating. But here are some new things to kick-start what’s hopefully going…

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Jun
09
2010

Konono No.1 – Assume Crash Position
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By The Daily Growl

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Jun
02
2010

Pavement @ Brixton Academy, 11 May 2010
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By The Daily Growl

Pavement – Frontwards (live)

Pavement – In The Mouth A Desert (live)

It was appropriate that Pavement’s first UK date on their reunion tour was in Glasgow, still the only non-festival gig in this country outsite London. Back in mid-90’s Glasgow it seemed like every other band in the city was trying to be Pavement, but despite being there in the midst of it all, I never really got into Malkmus & co till much later. Now I get…

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May
28
2010

Seven Songs: Darwin Deez
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By The Daily Growl

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May
26
2010

Shjip stream
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By The Daily Growl

Mystery Jets – Dreaming of Another World (Wooden Shjips Remix)

I’ve never really got along with Mystery Jets. Maybe it stems from the day I was trapped in the old Rough Trade shop in Covent Garden while they played one afternoon. That shop had only a narrow spiral staircase as an exit and my escape was blocked by scores of keen teens, so unimpressed of Bow was left to peruse the same rack of 7 inches for half…

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May
21
2010

A quick word with: Woodpigeon
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By The Daily Growl

Woodpigeon – Woodpigeon vs. Eagleown [Strength in Numbers]

Woodpigeon’s new album Die Stadt Muzikanten is probably their best yet. Or at least their most consistently good. Even though it clocks in at a hefty 16 tracks, there’s little let-up in the quality. We know what to expect from Mark Hamilton and his merry band of Calgary musicians – sweeping string-laden indie-pop with bolstered with gorgeous harmonies and a easy way with sweet melancholia. – and this album fulfills all…

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May
20
2010

Seven Songs: Matthew and the Atlas
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By The Daily Growl

Matthew & The Atlas – I Will Remain

Let’s not have any mention about Mumford & Sons here. OK, I’ve just mentioned them, but only to make the point that in the wake of the success of Marcus Mumford & Co, there’s the danger that any young man wielding a banjo is going to be compared to his more famous peers. I’ve not seen any other reviews of Matthew & The Atlas, but I’ll bet I know what…

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May
20
2010

A quick word with: Quack Quack
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By The Daily Growl

Quack Quack – Jack of None

It’s rare these days to stumble across a band you’ve never heard of before, and come away breathless and gaping at the mouth, but that’s exactly what happened at End of the Road last year when my friend and I wandered into The Local tent and witnessed the live spectacle that it Quack Quack in full effect. I’ve rarely seen such an energetic performance, which is even more remarkable given that the band…

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May
18
2010

May MAP + the evil of Google
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By The Daily Growl

There’s Nothing In The Water We Can’t Fight

Allright

Meu Canto

Bang Bang You’re Dead

Por La Ventana

Curse

Lonely

Git Ur Wong On

Shark’s Tooth

Too Fast

Engagement Song

Ovatime

Silicone

Sharpen The Knife

Kampus Kemarau

Airport

Letter Of Marque

Miss My Gun

Aquarium

Buena Malicia

Song For Electricity

Silence Is Golden

Mi Perro Poodle Tiene Pulgas Negras

Victimless Crime

Watch Out!

You Shook

Intro (Pattern & The Essence)

I Got It

Goodnight Shining

Exilio En Yokohama

Saturday

L’etat C’est Moi

Tell ‘Em

Vaca Lechera

In this month’s MAP, I’m talking about the awesome Archie Bronson Outfit. You can see that below, along with the other 30 hand-picked tunes from…

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May
12
2010

Sound of Silver
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By The Daily Growl

Silver Columns – Cavalier (Time + Space Machine Remix)

Foals – This Orient (Silver Columns Remix)

More Silver Columns firsts. After their first gig and first recorded live footage recently, now we have the no-longer-mysterious duo’s first official video. It’s not for their first single though – Cavalier is their third, out on Moshi Moshi next week. The previous two records have been lower key affairs, but now Adem and Johnny are bursting out into the mainstream. OK, maybe not…

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May
12
2010

Daniel Bjarnason – Processions
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By The Daily Growl

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Apr
30
2010

Seven Songs: Spirit Spine
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By The Daily Growl

Spirit Spine – Slept Away

I was lucky enough to get Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music as a present a few years back. It’s an amazing collection and in particular, volume two may just be the greatest item of music I own. Supreme among the songs on that volume is Rocky Road by The Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, a crackly 1928 recording of this gospel choir. So I was greatly impressed to hear that this song was a…

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Apr
28
2010

Seven Songs: Caitlin Rose
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By The Daily Growl

Caitlin Rose – Answer In One Of These Bottles

Caitlin Rose is back. After a brief sojourn in London at the end of last year into which she managed to cram in a good number of gigs, she’s back in the capital for three shows next week, starting at The Black Heart next Tuesday. The most interesting one of the trio though has to be the show at the Screen on the Green in Islington where Caitlin is performing before…

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Apr
28
2010

Seven Songs: Caitlin Rose
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By The Daily Growl

Caitlin Rose – Answer In One Of These Bottles

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Apr
27
2010

Singing Adams
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By The Daily Growl

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Apr
27
2010

A quick word with: Sparrow & The Workshop
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By The Daily Growl

Sparrow & The Workshop – The Gun

It’s taken me a while to get into the new Sparrow And The Workshop album. Not because it’s weak – far from it. I’m sure that it’s one of the best debuts I’ll hear all year. The problem I initially had was that after falling in love with the Glasgow-based three piece’s two EPs last year, it was odd to hear most of the songs from these records re-ordered and combined with…

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Apr
26
2010

Everything grows old
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By The Daily Growl

Teenage Fanclub – Everything Flows

I can’t believe that this song is twenty years old this year. TWENTY YEARS OLD. Can you imagine how old this makes me feel?

mp3: Teenage Fanclub – Everything Flows

It still sounds brilliant after all these years though. And it’s still the song they close their gigs with. Speaking of which, here’s a reminder of how it sounded back then.

With milestones like this and a new album and gigs on the way, I think there’s…

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Apr
22
2010

The Boat Show
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By The Daily Growl

The Climbers – The Good Ship

It’s sunny, it’s spring, so time to head down to the river. If you’d like some live music while you’re there, how about The Tamesis Dock, a converted, 1933 Dutch barge, now doubling as a bar-restaurant and a gig venue. And starting next week, there’s a whole bunch of Daily Growl-friendly shows, put on by ace London promoters God Don’t Like It.

Stuff coming up that I’m particularly interested in includes Liz Green,…

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Apr
21
2010

Words so Leisured
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By The Daily Growl

The Leisure Society – Into the Murky Water (live on BBC 6 Music)

The Leisure Society – You Could Keep Me Talking (live on BBC 6 Music)

The Leisure Society – The Phantom Life (live on BBC 6 Music)

Last year it was all about the warehouse worker who found himself rubbing shoulders with the stars after being nominated for an Ivor Novello award. The press loves a plucky underdog. This year the mainstream media stories are all over the concept cricket…

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Apr
20
2010

Seven Songs – Lucky Soul
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By The Daily Growl

Lucky Soul – A Coming of Age

When Lucky Soul released their debut album The Great Unwanted in 2007, it got a lot of critical acclaim, but criminally it lived up to is title. Not long afterwards, songwriter Andrew Laidlaw found himself broke and living inside the band’s studio, then a draught-ridden converted fire station on the gloomier side of Greenwich. Some of the resulting emotial energy from that has been channelled into the new record, which picks up there…

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Apr
16
2010

Archie Bronson Outfit – Coconut
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By The Daily Growl

Archie Bronson Outfit – Shark’s Tooth

While I’m on the subject of favourite albums of the year so far, how about Archie Bronson Outfit’s Coconut as a close third? Somewhat shamefacedly, I’m not very familiar with their previous work, so I can’t say that it’s their finest hour or anything, but it’s definitely very fine. It’s a beast of an album, full of dirty, greasy noisy rock thrills. And by that I don’t mean lo-fi – with DFA man…

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