Classic

If you like a mix of indie pop and Italians then you'll like A Classic Education. They're sound varies a bit between Peter, Bjorn & John sounds to some other stuff that's more like Black Lips. But they recently put up a lovely free download of a cover of Gilbert Bécaud's song 'Toi' which I've posted below, but you also download it here. Lovely stuff.

A Classic Education – Toi
A Classic Education – Best Regards
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Three Birds

Just been having a look at the lineup for Stag & Dagger and heard these little ladies. An Experiment On A Bird In An Airpump pack a crackin sound of some sort of goth rockabilly. Not the best name in the world, but they sound good. They remind me of the Gories a bit. Check 'em out like. If you like them you should probably listen to O Children too.

An Experiment On A Bird In An Airpump – Lights Out
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Yo Casio!

I was reading another blog and heard Casiotone For The Painfully Alone. So nice! I love the video for 'White Corolla'. Owen Ashworth and guests have a beautiful minimal sound. Simple electro beats, with nice melody and melancholic lyrics. It's like a cross of Meursault with The Robot Ate Me. Ashworth is doing the rounds at the moment with a few UK, Irish, European and US gigs. Be right nice.

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone – White Corolla
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone – Man 'O War
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Being a friend

At last Friendship are releasing 'Graveyard Shift'. So so good! Watch the vid and pre-order it at Rough Trade through the link below. Get 'em while their hot. More live dates on the myspace too.

Pre-order here
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Django zebra zebra

Django Django are a sound for sore ears. They're like Beta Band with more gusto and more electronic stuff. Sadly unsigned at the moment, there's no releases currently, but they've just done a remix on a little Rough Trade album Papercuts which is out on the 14th. Love this track Default. They're playing a few dates around London, and a couple of dates outside. Be worth a look in.

Django Django – Default
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Dumb Head

I've only just discovered this track from 1964 by Sharades called 'Dumb Head'. I love it's dirty keys and sweet melody and I think it sounds quite new still. I was pretty shocked when I found out how old it was. I think it's a cover of the Ginny Arnell song, not too sure though. This is due to the fact that I can't find any information on the band, so if anyone knows anything about them, I'd love to hear from you. Anyway, bang this against your drums...

Sharades - Dumb Head

Shute me

Heard this band The Shutes from the Isle of White. They're on this new wave of shoegaze, pshyc pop stuff that's about at the minute except it's abit more upbeat. Their sound is nice and fuzzy and pretty consistent from the few tracks I've heard on their myspace. No album yet, but looks like they're recording more stuff on the Isle. Nice to hippy out to when the sun shines. This song is the poppiest out of the bunch.

The Shutes - Hits Like Mourning
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Come Monday Night

A mate put me onto God Help The Girl. I've only heard one song so far but I hope it will allude to more of it's kind. The band is a new project by Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch. He's curated half of Belle and Sebastian and vocalist Celia Garcia to create an album that plays like a musical narrative. This apparently is the soundtrack to a film that's going into production this year. It's pretty music and a pretty interesting project. Looking forward to what the future holds.

God Help The Girl - Come Monday Night
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Whistful friday

The sun is shining and the lovely Wild Beasts are in my ears. I just had a look in to see what they've been up to, and low and behold they're planning a lovely second album for an early summer release. Super. Here's one of the older ones...

Wild Beasts - Devil's Crayon
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Armless fun

Cut Off Your Hands' debut album 'You and I' is set for a summer release in the UK. The Kiwi four piece will ensure a poptastic Smiths sounding summer filled with slightly less peotic lyrics, but good none-the-less. Happy days.

Cut Off Your Hands - Turn Cold
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