If you haven’t heard Spark yet then be prepared to hear an awful lot of her in 2011. She comes on like watching the XX with pop spectacles on. The gooey chorus is addictive and we’re suckers for that harpsichord too. It’s a delicious pop song and we genuinely can’t wait to see Spark support The Knocks later on in the month.
(Spark // 10th November // XOYO)
A great new video for an equally great Local Natives song ‘Who Knows Who Cares’. Check it out, it shows us a very bizarre picnic. Looks like a good time from the view of this cold November day.
(Local Natives // 23rd November // HMV Forum)
Our favourite Scottish gent has written a book of tour diaries, which promises to be everything we love about his live shows – funny, charming and always a little suprising. It’s out on February 3rd but you can pre-order it now with some details HERE
And here is a link to an MP3 of the man himself reading from it:
(James Yorkston // 20th December // The Luminaire)
This Thursday is El Guincho, Porcelain Raft and Family at Cargo. We are extremely excited about this!
YT044 – El Guincho – Piratas de Sudamerica by Young Turks
It’s the moment you’ve been waiting all month for. The Eat Your Own Ears November playlist. And I gotta say, I think this is the best mix that we’ve put together so far, managing to sneak in a couple of my all-time favourites in the shape of ‘Hendrix with KO’ by Caribou and ‘When I Come Back Around’ by Jamie Lidell. Check it out following the below link, and then come and see your highlights live.
Looking ahead to the week and to Thursday in particular.
Egyptian Hip-Hop
These young guys have come quite a way in 2010, playing every good festival in the summer and releasing their debut E.P. recently, the band keep going from strength to strength and it’s a pleasure to have them playing at XOYO on their first ever headline UK tour. We expect bigger things from them with every passing month.
El Guincho
We’re enormous fans of El Guincho and his unstoppably fun music. We’re already brushing up on our Spanish so we can sing along. Check out this slightly NSFW video of Bombay, it has some extremely pretty, uh, cinematography. Enjoy.