Regular readers well know our soft spot for La Blogoteque and their well-filmed, intimately captured performances. This one of Beirut has been floating around for a while, but such is the fast pace of the internet we almost forgot about it. A pleasant reminder – tickets for our show with Beirut are selling faster than…Usain Bolt? A one minute punk song? One of those weird energy shots?
Get on it.
We just announced Gang Gang Dance to play for us at XOYO in London, the gig is in about 5 weeks time, so excuse us please while we post a multitude of times about this amazing group. It starts here with the new video for Mindkilla.
We continue what is shaping up to be Metronomy week on the blog with another interesting video of Joe Mount, the man behind Metronomy. Yesterday he was talking about Devon and his approach to music, and today he guides us through their great new record.
Speaks for itself:
“One of the first landmark releases of 2011” **** Mojo
“Ravishing….. a miniature jewel of an album” **** Q
“Genuinely moving and haunting” **** The Guardian
10/10 Best Album Of The Month Vice
“As an album, Cat’s Eyes is simply remarkable” bbc.co.uk/music
“Mightily seductive….warm, out-there pop that is worth all the care and
attention that has been invested in it” 8/10 NME
“Darkly Lush, neo-Lynchian love songs…. You hope this pair have only just
begun” **** The Independent
“Cat’s Eyes have cannibalised pop’s past and come up with a sound that’s
wonderfully weird and new” **** The Times
“Twisted, emotional soundscapes Phil Spector might have dreamed up” ****
Daily Telegraph
“Cat’s Eyes is an impressive first outing full of sensuous dreamy
atmosphere” Clash
“Lovelorn duets, dreamy sixties pop and spooky psychedelia conspire to make
a welcome musical surprise” Shortlist
Check out this excellent video with Joe from Metronomy going through his ideas for the new album. He talks a little about equipment and concept and how he has been working. It’s very interesting and makes the album see even more exciting.
The brilliant Cat’s Eyes have made a playlist of some influences and general head-nodders for them. Read the playlist/interview below and listen to it:
Playlist put together by Rachel and Faris of Cats Eye’s:
Rachel:
The Dying Swan by Saint-Saens: The first piece of music that I can remember listening to…I’ll never get tired of it.
Guess I’m Dumb: Glen Campbell: check out the youtube video for the really weird backing dancers.
I Get Along Without You Very Well: Chet Baker -I love the way he uses his voice like an instrument, and uses his trumpet like a voice.
Exit Music (For a Film) : Radiohead
In this song I like the subtle classical references,the direction the song takes, and the performance of it.
For Once in My Life : Stevie Wonder
-As soon as this song starts it puts me in a good mood.
Faris:
Station to Station : David Bowie
David Bowie can sound convincing singing any kind of song.
Wandering Star : Lee Marvin
I liked this one a lot when I was a kid, I think I heard it on “paint Your Wagon” first.
Old Man Willow : Elephant’s Memory
I heard this song on Midnight Cowboy which has been one of my favourite films for a long time.