This One's Different

Palma Violets - Best of Friends 

To celebrate me finishing university and officially joining the unemployed population, we decided to head off to The Great Escape. An already amazing line-up was made even more impressive by the last minute addition of Palma Violets, as an NME RADAR special guest. A 2am slot of craziness, with Palma Violets as the instigators.

Feeling the effects of many a late night and early morning, Palma Violets were delegated the role of waking me up, starting off with Johnny Bagga Donuts. Resulting in the 300-strong crowd exherting all of their (Palma Violets induced) power to the front; continually bashing my thighs on to the stage edge. A magnetic reaction between the crowd and Palma Violets. 

Palma Violets fellow instigators of chaos pull me, and subsequently half of the crowd, onto the stage; by this point all under the spell of the band from Lambeth. The securities reaction was to  push us off the edge of the stage, dropping into the crowd below - so Palma Violets joined us. They topped the gig off - with the help of their main man Harry Violent - covering Invasion of The Trebbles by The Hot Nasties. 

Left with the parralel bruises on my thighs of my wild night with Palma Violets.  

L. 

The Creases - I Won’t Wait 

A couple of weeks ago i posted Fun To Lose. Unable to find anything else by The Creases, the track was a bit of a tease… They have now given us more, in the form of I Won’t Wait.

BIG STATEMENT: The Creases have got to be one of my favourite discoveries of 2013.

L. 

Wolf Alice - Every Cloud 

Every Cloud will be accompanying Wolf Alice’s forthcoming single - Bros. 

Bros will be released 20th May via Chess Club Records. 

L.

Grave With No Name - Aurora 

Aurora by A Grave With No Name has been a musical discovery that i have kept to myself for a little while before sharing, like a selfish toddler. 

Aurora is the first single from Whirlpool, featuring the busy Alanna McArdle, who we have previously posted under the name IDES. 

Whirlpool is released 01/07/2013 via Stare Records.

L.

The Upskirts - Vesuvius

Having previously posted a track from The Preatures, we continue the theme of posting bands hailing from Sydney. In this instance The Upskirts are a band that have been building a reputation in Australia for their guitar-driven garage rock and particularly for their live shows.

Vesuvius is the single and personal highlight from the band’s second EP Disconnection which was released late last year. You can hear the other tracks from the release here. Next month sees the band perform a number of UK shows with appearances scheduled in London and at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton. 

D.

The Beautiful Word - May Not Be Love

Summer is just around the corner and you could do a lot worse than spend your summer days listening to the infectious pop songs of Brighton’s The Beautiful Word.

Channeling the upbeat harmonies of Stealing Sheep, their latest track May Not Be Love is from the currently unreleased debut long-player Particles. You can watch a DIY stop motion video for the track here.

The band who have had national airplay through Tom Robinson’s BBC Introducting show have a number of dates forthcoming featuring an appearance at this year’s Indietracks festival.

D.

Big Wave - GW Bridge

There have been countless bands we have discovered via Art Is Hard, one of which is Torquay’s Big Wave. First introduction of them came in the form of Dying On The Vine which was released last year as part of Art Is Hard’s Pizza Club.

GW Bridge is the B-side to their new single Goldmine which is to be released on 20th May on gold cassette and can be ordered here. 

D.

The Preatures - Is This How You Feel?

The Preatures are a five-piece band from Sydney. I have seen them compared to Fleetwood Mac and Haim, comparisons that can be heard in their latest single Is This How You Feel?

Their EP Shaking Hands is out now, and they have recently signed a 5 LP deal with Mercury records.

D.

Drenge - Necromance Is Dead

To celebrate their current joint-headline tour with Temples, Sheffield based brothers Drenge have released the track Necromance Is Dead as a free download.

D.

Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs - Be Glamorous

I’ve been a big fan of Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs since I saw them support TOY last year, Be Glamorous is their latest single and is out next month via Heavenly.

In our first zine, I tipped the band as ones to watch for 2013 and made a comparison to them with New York Dolls, I definitely stick by such comparison with their appearance in their latest video.

Be Glamorous. 

D.

Splashh - All I Wanna Do

All I Wanna Do will be the first single from Splashh’s debut album Comfort which is going to be released on June 3rd via the ever reliable Luv Luv Luv records. Here is the new video for the single.

D.

Chapel Club - Jenny Baby

One of my favourite releases from last week’s Record Store Day was the new album sampler released by Chapel Club. Jenny Baby will feature on their second LP Good Together which shows an ambitious change of direction from debut album Palace.

D.

MGMT - Alien Days 

I am sorry that we have been very quiet recently. Deadlines are a bitch. We will make it up to you all! Until then, here is Alien Days by MGMT. 

L. 

The Creases - Fun To Lose 

Mysterious.

L.