Wrinkled Dinosaurs

I'm sure i've mentioned today's band before but it's about time I did a proper post on them. They became my favourite new band at the end of last year and they still are today. 'They' are Dinosaur Pile-Up. The band is the creation of Matt Bigland formerly of Mother Vulpine. The tunes are catchy indie but some songs have a heavier feel. The recordings at the minute are pretty rough bedroom recordings but you can tell they're ready to be polished into diamonds. Songs such as My Rock N Roll and Let's Get Up show American influences of Weezer and Jimmy Eat World. The song that got me hooked is Our Love's a Boat And We're Sinking (not a bad metaphor, eh?) It's an absolute belter of a tune with just one riff repeated throughout the whole song. The chorus of 'Honey, our love is a boat and we’re sinking' is screaming to be bellowed out by the festival masses.

When I've seen them live on some occasions there's barely been 30 people in the room but they've still blown the roof off. It's fair to say they're one of the best up and coming live acts at the minute. To say there are only 2 recordings on MySpace and about 6 recordings floating about overall they aren't short on material. They played at least 5 songs I'd never heard the other night. All of which sounded brilliant.

MySpace: www.myspace.com/dinosaurpileup

Get hold of: Love's A Boat, What Howard Says, Melanin

Next is a little treat for any Cribs fans. Before the band formed the lads were in various other bands, namely Kavolchy, Rat Monkey and Wrinkle. Wrinkle included the twins Gary and Ryan and listening to them you can see the lo-fi punk element which was more prominent in The Cribs' earlier material, especially their self-titled debut and demos such as Song From Practice 1 and Death To The Dead Bodies. Below's a link to 'The Source The Flood'.

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Summers gone away..

I've heard a few things about The ABC Club (formerly The Debuts), I think they were playing at Live at Leeds. Anyway I hadn't listened to them until now, but i have to say I'm impressed. They're managed my !Forward Russia's Whiska's, they're nothing like !FR however. In fact they're a good band to listen to if you're relaxing in the garden with a few cans of lager, that's not going to be the case at the moment because the summer looks like it's buggered off already.

Tinkering Teacups and 43 are their stand out tracks. Both containing jingly guitars complimented by gorgeous female vocals. It's all a bit shoegazey. Imagine a more mellow Strokes with a frontwoman and you'd be halfway there.

Myspace: www.myspace.com/wearetheabcclub

Get hold of: 43, Tinkering Teacups, Get Set Go

Now for something a bit different from the usual stuff I post about. An American bloke who talks over atmoshperic background music. His name's Adam Gnade. Think of the The Cribs' brilliant 'Be Safe' featuring Lee Ranaldo's spoken word, Gnade's concoctions are of a similar style but each song tells an actual story. Some of them even connect with each other as characters are introduced and further tales are told.

Last year he toured with Youthmovies and created the unlikely contribution named 'Honey Slides'. The EP combines Gnade's spoken word at a faster pace with Youthmovies unusual electronic sounds providing the bottom layer. His solo work isn't as quite as upbeat as the Honey Slides EP, with many of his songs such as Providence and Palaces having a more country and folk feel.

Myspace: www.myspace.com/gnade

Get hold of: We're Unknowing, And On Bad Days We Were, It's Five O Clock In America

Front Crawl June Mixtape

I’ve compiled a rar of ten tracks I’ve been listening to a lot the past month. There’s a mixture of B-sides, demo’s, remixes etc in there so give it a bash.

UltCult – Sapphire Memories
Mi Mye – Itchyear Eacyear
Bromhead’s Jacket – Don’t Leave
Elbow – Friend’s Of Ours
The Subways – Strawberry Blonde
Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning

Foals – Gold Gold Gold
Younghearts – This Love
Racecar Red – New Tie
The Backhanded Compliments – Master of Disguise

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