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Field Day Clashfinder

Field Day have read my mind and created a clashfinder website.

Looks like I will be spending most of my time at the Laneway and Shacklewell Arms stages.

Dam the Grimes vs Jessie Ware vs When Saints Go Machine clash :*(

Check it out here

Beckham does Beethoven

I'm not sure Beethoven would approve?

Video of the day: Hot Chip

Hot Chip have yet again produced an unusual and entertainining video, directed By Peter Serafinowicz "Many animals were harmed during the making of this video. Regrettably, none of them made the final edit." P. Serafinowicz 

Check out the vid for Night and Day:



There's also a nice live version from Later with Jools Holland here:



Looking forward to seeing them again at Lovebox in a few weeks.

Topman Ctrl

Quite a cool new concept from Topman Ctrl to take back artists to their roots n that.

All bands start somewhere, finding their sound and writing their first tunes in anonymous spaces like bedrooms and garages. We thought, what would it be like to send a few bands back to these once familiar spaces and challenges them to perform in the most basic of environments with minimal kit and limited power. What you hear is what you get.

First up is one of my fave up n coming bands Citizens! who I saw in Hoxton a few months back. Check it out:

Mostexclusivevideoever.com

Belgian band Absynthe Minded had a unique idea to promote the video for their latest single "Space", helping them to gain radio airplay and encourage fan loyalty.

Their site mostexclusivevideoever.com only broadcasted the video whilst the song was being played on the radio.

Here comes the science bit, concentrate:

The track was created with a detectable audio watermark which allowed the program, which operates similarly to song recognition technology, to identify the Absynthe Minded song among the constant stream of radio play. At times when the song was not being played by radio DJs, visitors to mostexclusivevideoever.com could instead access a short film detailing the making of the video. (source: Springwise)

The video and song aren't that interesting but still, the idea is a bit different! Reminds me of Adam Tensta’s Pass It On app which I wrote about here, check it.

Hello to Palma Violets

Two live videos from hotly tipped band Palma Violets.





Hard to tell tooooo much from these videos, quite The Smiths esque perhaps but they've toured with Alabama Shakes which is a very good sign.

Watch this space...

History of Lyrics that aren't Lyrics

Friday Fun

New Band of the Day: Pale Seas

Some chilled tunes that are rather nice from Pale Seas:





You just missed them at CAMP but they are playing Bushstock which looks kinda fun and Power Lunches in London, plus more dates around the country on their site.

Track of the Day: Caan 'Into the Night'

Former Ou Est Le Swimming Pool bassist Caan's track is a nice downbeat electro number.



Check out his Facebook page for a free track download and also this beauty of a track 'Every Little Thing' on Spotify.

He's playing Dingwalls on 31st May too for less than a tenner, score! Get tickets here

Ghostpoet Acoustic Session

Nice acoustic session from Mercury Music Prize nominee Ghostpoet performing 'Survive It'



Just down the road from me in Angel, I await to hear when the next event is...

Tom Vek returns (woop)

Loving this new track from Tom Vek



I'm not sure if it's actually that good yet or if I'm a bit brainwashed after his amaaaaazing performance at Bestival last year.

He's a talented fella, as well as his own stuff he has been busy doing remixes for the likes of Alt-J, Slow Club and Man Like Me.

If you get a chance to go see him live then DO IT. So far this summer it looks like he is only playing the Hop Farm and Parklife festivals.

Alt-J are also definitely worth a look - they supported Toro Y Moi last year and were pretty swell!