Camden Crawl - 3 weeks to go

So the countdown begins in earnest for this years Camden Crawl. Its got bigger, growing to two days with even more bands and venue joining in. Last year was my first time at the crawl and one that I won't forget in a long while. I saw: Wolfmother, Dogs, Young Knives, Rumble Strips, Forward Russia, Cazals and Dirty Pretty Things. An awesome night!! This year I'm still a little behind the curve on who to see (a situation I will rectify over the coming fortnight or so). Some early tips are: Air Traffic, Example, Hadouken!, Hot Club De Paris, iLikeTrains, New Young Pony Club and Pull Tiger Tail. Plus there are loads of other bands I haven't really explored yet, and then there's always the surprise headliners!!

Tokyo Police Club

"Operator....get me the president of the world....this is an emergency"

What could this emergency be you may well ask yourself. This is probably that you don't already have a copy of A Lesson in Crime, the debut from Canadian four-piece Tokyo Police Club. TPC first came to my attention a month or so ago, and ever since getting hold of a copy of LiC I've been hooked. The raw, jittery guitars and drum beats sound like the early strokes, but from the future in a world where robots rule the earth and have enslaved humanity.

LiC clocks in at only a little over 16 minutes, but its seven songs are nuggets of pure indie perfection. Quality over quantity, just like Is this it. Unlike the strokes before they are groundbreaking, just BRILLIANT!!! Go and get a copy of this album/EP you will not regret it.

Stand-out tracks: I could decide, so all seven of them. Cheer it on, Nature of the Experiment (video below), Citizens of Tomorrow, Shoulders & Arms, If it works, Be good, La Ferrassie.

Official website: http://www.tokyopoliceclub.net/
Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Police_Club
itunes link:


Nature of the Experiment (video)

Come one, come all

If you like good music, and are on the look out for new and exciting stuff, you've come to the right place. To begin with I will give brief reviews and recommendations of a mixture of new bands, stuff I have loved from the past few months, and some of my old classic favourites. Along the way, I will whenever possible point you to where you can hear the music for yourselves. If anyone out there has any recommendation that they want to give, they would be most welcome.

(oh and that's not my vinyl collection, its just a dream. i've got about 520 and counting though)