Hello, I'm Jon Death, I run a night with fellow Dig-et-al contributors Mit and Pete Death, called Death at the Disco. It's on every two weeks on a Friday, at Subway City, Birmingham. This Friday, (April 6th) is the first in a series of warehouse parties were putting on, in a space next door to Subway City. Dig-et-al main man Jack Slack will be playing as well, so if your around come and check it out.
more info at www.myspace.com/deathatsubway
I first got into Joakim through his great remixes, and production for Spanish band Panico. This is the new single of Joakim's album, Monsters & Silly songs. The album really surprised me, as i expected something in the more straight forward indie/dance crossover vein, that a lot of bands are doing at the moment. The album is in fact much more complex and layered, with no 'big' tracks on it. There's a large collection of different sounds and styles on the album, but manages to pull it off. In parts it reminds me of Liars first album, or early Sonic Youth. This track is Joakim's attempt at making a good pop song, and i think he's managed it.
This is an track off Of Montreal's third album, Hissing Fauna, are you the destroyer? I've totally fallen in love with the album, it reminds me of the band Clor, which split up after their great debut l.p. It's full of catchy pop songs with loads of hooks, and there's a lot of post punk influences on it too. There's great beach boys esque vocal harmonys on some of the tracks , great for when the weather is like this. Summer music.
Both of these records are great, I'd recommend you go out and buy them!
8 comments:
Brother Death does the business as usual. x x
very good show for a first post word!!!!!!!
great choices,but theyre wma's. booo
I'm not sure that Jon nows what wma's are. I'll sort it for ya Jon
i'm gonna create a template for folk to use and save it as draft - folk can then just copy and paste into a new post and fill in the relevant bits. the html on jons post was a bit screwed yesterday, i think it was copy pasted from word and blogger didnt like. folk dont need to be bothered with html crap tho innit.
anyhoo - am really liking the 'Of Montreal' track really sparks-ish.
so whos going to pony club later? i'm in two minds - the bingo is calling me i have an overwhelming urge to gamble.
oh yeah MIT, maybe dont post tiffany ;) innit! but a great first record all the same
erm, no i didn't know what wma's are, but Jack explained. Only mp3's from now promise! x
this track is like the 21st century beach boys (in a good way)
Or a latter day ELO
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