Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Exhibit A

I put 'Paris' by Friendly Fires in my christmas compilation the other day, but saw the video at a silly time in the morning at the weekend, and it made the track even better. I've seen them a couple of times recently & I'm starting to believe they're the real deal, and not just a band that struck lucky with one of the best cover versions of all time (Your Love).




You can see them for FREE if you check out the Vice Live Tour, where they're playing with Black Kids and Ipso Facto. You just need to sign up here for free tickets to Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester or The London.



More FREE gigs come in the form of a one-day tour of London by New Young Pony Club.. on 24th January they have the following schedule:

7pm – The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, NW3 2BL
9.30pm – St Aloysius Social Club, 20 Phoenix Road, NW1 1TA
11.30pm – Cousin Jill’s, 42 Albemarle Street, W1S 4JH

To get tickets send an email to miniclubmantour@gmail.com


For your listening pleasure, could i recommend the Allez Allez mix over at Rayna's Modyfier blog. One of the best mixes i've heard in a long while, and rather puts my effort over there to shame! This is what I should be out chugging to when I bemoaned the lack of disco nights in London.

Can I also recommend, courtesy of Hianta at Fluokids, the Lifelike mix of Cromeo's 'Needy Girl'. It's rather 'large' as the vernacular has it.

CHROMEO - NEEDY GIRL (LIFELIKE REMIX)

I've also been thrilling to the joys of 'Blind' by Hercules & Love Affair. It's yr DFA disco shizzle, but with Antony of Antony & The Johnsons singing even more camply than usual on top. Awesome. I won't put it up, as I got told off by DFA before so don't post their stuff. I'm sure the Hype Machine can help you though.

And just remember... Celine Dion is amazing.