Public Service Blogcast Episode 56

What do you get when you cross Alden Ginger from the criminally short-lived Unicorns with ex Arcade Fire-r Brendan Reed? The lazy answer is experimental yet accessible psych-indie but that would do Clues' originality a huge disservice - for a more accurate answer hit the play button on this unique blogcast takeover then check them out live later this month when they visit the UK to promote their self-titled debut album - which if you follow the links below you can purchase from their label with free T-shirt stencils and a tour poster.

19.10.2009 Manchester (UK), Drowned In Sound @ In The City Festival
20.10.2009 Sheffield (UK), The Harley
21.10.2009 Edinburgh (UK), The Electric Circus
22.10.2009 Dublin (IE), Whelans
23.10.2009 Liverpool (UK), Korova
24.10.2009 Bristol (UK), Start The Bus
25.10.2009 London (UK), The Lexington

Public Service Blogcast Episode 56
40 minutes 42 seconds
Recorded 28/09/09
Tracklisting
01.06 Dog Faced Hermans - Wings (from Hum Of Life album - self-released)
07.22 Clues - Remember Severed Head (from self-titled album - Constellation)
10.30 Ry Russo Young - Red Ribbons (from Luck Drag album)
13.20 Clues - Haarp (from self-titled album - Constellation)
19.14 The Creeping Nobodies - Exult (from untitled album - Villa Villa Nola)
25.23 Elfin Saddle - Our Wounded Mother (from Water Mother EP - Villa Villa Nola)
30.36 Niagara Falls - The Cat The Mouse (from Niagara Falls Tapes EP – Villa Villa Nola)
35.45 Tiny Kitten - Petalboat (from I Light Up My Life album)
37.49 Clues - Perfect Fit (from self-titled album - Constellation)


If you have any suggestions for future takeovers or want to submit your demo for our forthcoming Public Service Podcast series, get in touch - email blogcast@smalltownamerica.co.uk

Public Service Broadcast Club 6 - TODAY!

Details are over -------------------> on the main website.

It's my birthday on Monday, so I'm probably going to drink too much cider and play some Bruce Springsteen. JUST A WARNING. Anyone want to sell / give me a ticket to the London show on the 28th? PLEASE?

Public Service Broadcast Club 5 - TODAY!

Check it out kids, we're back for another afternoon of fun music at the Notting Hill Arts Club (21 Notting Hill Gate, W11) in London. Copied and pasted from t'website:

TIM TEN YEN is the snappiest dressed man in London. Probably. What is certain is that "Everything Beautiful Reminds Me of You", released via Pointy Records, was the snappiest sun-drenched pop record made last year by a snappily-dressed man from London. SNAPPY. His live shows come assisted by The Sinister Cat, and if that doesn't pique your interest by itself, well...

INTERNET FOREVER bill themselves on their myspace as "the dangerous sounds of twee". We think they're like a Times New Viking-savvy take on what Beat Happening were so special for - a band that places youthful exuberance and a desire for maximum fun moments uber alles. We're SOLD.

POPE JOAN are a four-piece avant pop band from Brighton. Trading in angularrrrr guitar lines and 8-bit synth fury equally, debut mini-album Hot Water, Lines and Rickety Machines was last year via the fine people at OIB Records (also responsible for Lonely Ghosts, who some of you may remember from our Christmas party) and garnered a lot of lovely words from the underground press.

As usual, the show is from 4pm to 8pm, it's TOTALLY FREE, there'll be cheap drinks and we'll be playing some CHOONS (me says likely to include: The Auteurs, Best Friends Forever, Bruce Springsteen, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone covering Bruce Springsteen, Deftones, El-P, Handsome Furs, The Hold Steady, of Montreal, No Age...) between the bands. It's the best way to start off your Saturday! OFFICIALLY.

Also, check out Laura Wolf's (from Internet Forever, y'know) awesome poster up there. Amazing, huh?

If you are so inclined, you can find the event on Facebook here and Last FM here. Tell your friends! Bring your friends! Introduce us to your friends!

Public Service Blogcast Episode 27

What do you get when you combine the talents of Laura Wolf, Heartbeeps and Christopher Alcxxk? The answer is London/Cambridge lo-fi pop trio Internet Forever and they're playing the 5th Public Service Broadcast Club free afternoon ROTA gig along with Tim Ten Yen and Pope Joan on Saturday 4th April at Notting Hill Arts Club in London.

Thanks to Laura, Heartbeeps and Christopher for recording this takeover and also to Matt Littler for coming up with the new blogcast logo.

Public Service Blogcast Episode 27
19 minutes 58 seconds
Recorded 09/03/09
Tracklisting
00.09 Internet Forever - Break Bones (previously unreleased)
02.07 Imp - Swooping Eel (previously unreleased)
06.39 Incredible Weapons - Solipsister (from Incredible Weapons EP - self-released)
08.59 The Cardboard Band - Melted Hearts (previously unreleased)
12.49 Milk Breath - Oh, Foul, Referee! (previously unreleased)
17.38 Internet Forever - Pages Of Books (previously unreleased)

If you have a suggestion for a future takeover or want to get a track played, get in touch - email blogcast@smalltownamerica.co.uk

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCAST CLUB #3 - TODAY!

We're at the Notting Hill Arts Club in London again this afternoon for some MORE LIVE MUSIC JAPERY. Hitting the stage this time:

EPIDEME - myspace - onstage 7pm
>>> The Wire sez "Two guitars, one drum, much yelling, and a boil of fuzz and stutter that will not be denied", and we think this is pretty spot on. New 7" out now on Jonson Family.

CALORIES - myspace - onstage 6pm
>>> First ever London show from this new stripped-back rock trio from ex-members of noise pop heroes Distophia! Expect plenty of Rock, in the twisted style of Hot Snakes, Liars and Deerhoof.

THE LIGHT SLEEPERS - myspace - onstage 5pm
>>> Brighton-via-Exeter purveyors of lo fi guitar pop. Debut album "We Are Gathering Dust", out through Faux Discx / Smalltown America in September, showcases their fuzzy Moore / Tengo / Malkmus-style ditties superbly.

Doors are at 4pm and it's TOTALLY FREE. Plus, it's my birthday tomorrow so I'm going to get like totally crunk WOAH and play records in between the bands. I'm going to play Jimmy Eat World. YEAH!

Facebook event? Last FM event? Sweet.

Public Service Broadcast Club #2

Aaaaaaand... that was Public Service Broadcast Club 2! Thanks to everyone who came down and a special thanks to all of the bands for being... well, fucking brilliant, if I'm going to be honest. How good was Jam On Bread's cover of At Your Funeral? A LOT BRILLIANT, that's how. Plus, Aaron Connolly finally cornered me for this documentary he's making about us, and it went far better than I ever expected it to. I probably talked a load of rubbish, but you can blame the Arts Club's rotten cider for that. The evening went hilariously off-the-radar after we left Notting Hill, and ended up with my friend Chris and I drinking cheap Strongbow whilst making keyboard loops and guitar feedback in my tiny, tiny flat until about 4am. I think my neighbours probably hate me now.

Oh well! Public Service Broadcast Club 3 is set for June 14th, which is also my birthday weekend! Most, most excellent.

So tomorrow, we're off to Radio 1. I'm really excited! I've only been to Maida Vale once, when I saw the Super Furry Animals do a session about seven years ago. I've also been up since before 7am working on some sampler CDs, we have the intention of thrusting them into the hands of anyone important looking we see while there...



You may also notice the presence of a Faux Discx logo on there - for those who don't know them, they're a great little label based down in Brighton, and we'll be co-releasing and handling distribution on a number of release with them this year. This is also really exciting! Have a look at their website, there's a bunch of free download releases that are all worthy of your time.

So there you have it! Record labels: pretty exciting.