Here’s a video of James Yuill, Babeshadow and Trophy Wife playing at XOYO last week for Eat Your Own Ears curated by Lyle and Scott. Looks like a brilliant night!
NEWS
Matthew Dear in Pitchforks Top 50
Great to see Matthew Dear’s excellent Black City in Pitchfork’s top 50 albums of the year. Here’s what they said:
They call it Black City for a reason. It a place where Matthew Dear gets to leave his other guises behind. Gone is the minimalist guru and the good-natured synth-pop experimenter, replaced by a pervert, a bank robber, a manic kidnapper. Dear plays all those roles and more on his fourth and best long-player. It’s a concept album where the concept is nothing more (or less) than our deepest depravities set to a skulking funk to which the Thin White Duke would nod approvingly. This is what Trent Reznor has spent much of the past 10 years trying to accomplish— an album that balances sophistication, studio know-how, and a woozy evil into something your nightmares could dance to. So it’s not too surprising when Dear takes Reznor’s “Closer” pulse out for a moonless 4 a.m. test drive on “You Put a Smell on Me”. With Black City, Dear offers a precisely thought-out guide to losing your mind. —Ryan Dombal
(Matthew Dear // 23rd March // Scala)
EYOE Tips for 2011 #8 – Cat’s Eyes
Who?
What to listen to…
What to expect…
Gold Panda
We’ve just announced the return of the brilliant Gold Panda for March next year. Hot off the back of making one of the year’s very best albums and delivering on his own BBC Sound of 2010 listing, it looks like 2011 will be even more exciting!
(Gold Panda // 1st March 2011// XOYO)
EYOE 2011 Mix
We’ve been looking way ahead into 2011, with a boatload of good shows coming up for you. So we’ve put together a special playlist looking ahead at the next few months with a couple of our tips for 2011 mixed in too. This mix runs like a dream, and bodes very well for next year.
http://open.spotify.com/user/eyoe/playlist/4DuLPgNQdzfifv1dcHyWeT
EYOE Tips for 2011 #7 – Esben and the Witch
Who?
Esben and the Witch, purveyors of dark broody guitar music.
What to listen to…
Huge mission statement ‘Marching Song’.
What to expect…l
Debut album is out in January 2010 and with critical backing from the likes of The Quietus and Pitchfork, it’s a fair shout to say we’ll be poring over this one for the rest of the year.