Morning Fader Secret Track

So yeah, its that time of the week again when we ( the morning fader team) find our secret tracks for you. Well, i know that's not strictly true... a) ive not told them im doing it b) the shows not on this week c) its not 9.40am on a Saturday. Despite these facts.. i think you want to hear a new track don't you?

This is what i have got for you. Zoey Van Goey - Sweetheats in Disguise, beautifully simple folk pop. The song evolves organically, lifting the spirit like a summer bloom, introducing the overdriven guitar that sits in the mix so beautifully. This was created not with the knowledge that certain chord progressions sound 'nice', this was tempered in the mind and soul of some truly talented musicians. Check out their MySpace for tour dates, and if not to buy their album, at least check out their banner art!

Southern Travels

Schools out, so what better to do that go see all the friends that you see at uni all the time? Chester + Manchester + Swindon + London = Goodtimes had by all!



I have had a little bit of a playlist following me however. Travelling down to Swindon had Hannah on the iPod responsibilities saw tracks from Marina and the Diamonds, Simon and Garfunkel, Dan Le Sac vs Scrooobious Pip, The Beatles and a sprinkling of Clew Lips too. But the minimal time i have had in connection with the interweb has brought the soundings of The Cults to attention, so i mean to bring them to yours.



The Cults - Go Outside



The perfect spring sunsetter (if it wasnt so frigging cold atm) The vocals spring up images of a baked Africa, yet a light and airy glockenspiel has removed itself from an nasty cliches, (much like Paul Simon mentioned before). The minimalism that is going on with music atm whether is be the deconstructed beats of The XX or new offerings from The Foals is definitely a welcomed rest that we need before the festival season.



SPEAKING OF:

More of this talk coming soon, but ill let you listen to The Cults first :)

Stats/Econ/Phil

Shit. Its still March and I'm already revising. Somethings wrong. Its not just the revision that's wrong, its frigging sunny outside, that's not meant to happen for 2 months...much like my revision now that i mention it.

Casual revision listening: The Foals have returned with their first poppy track off their new album "Total Life Forever". Whether its the spring air effecting me, this track gives a warm feeling inside as the backing vocal combined with the wet delayed guitar sinks into my ears. The "antidotes" sound has been tamed and tampered into something more accessible, but there still remains a nervous edge with poly rhythms. With all great music, it grows with every listen.

The Orient - The Foals

Top Track - Club

Two posts in one day, You just cant put the Morning Fader down. Esspecially with our extra long show today! but even with all that time we felt we were one track short. As you will have heard we did our top 3 of the year (so far)

So here is our top Club Track Of the Year (so far!)

Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix) by Schitz Popinov

Le Sac vs Pip @ Cockpit

So first off, Morning Fader has to apologies to Sound of Rum for turning up so lazily and missing most of their set, but the final song that we did hear blew us away. But we cannot comment on what we didn't see.

B.Dolan however we did! after sneaking in a quick beer we gt prime position to see the show. That's exactly what it was though, it was a full on show, captivated by his big beats and lyrics, that wasn't all. Bring up a guest on to the stage, he re-enacted Evel Knievel most daring stunt.. which a few tweaks to ensure it fitted on the cramp Cockpit stage. He did the exact job of a support act that many artists forget, to hype up the crowd, regardless. Here is a taster in the form of Fifty Ways To Bleed Your Customer however i think you are best just going out and buying the album.



An empty stage was slowly being filled, an 80 caramel office chair, table, bottle of rose, living room upright lamp and three easels, complete with Logic of Chance artwork. Dan Le Sac hummbly settles himself behind his decks, and lets the first sample loose (Beat That My Heart Skipped) as Scroobious Pip strides on with purpose... and a brief case. Again, I'm going to have to pull this word out again but the gig was nothing less than a show, characters and costume changes, and a fucking good dialogue. Magician Assistant literally had people in tears, a song that has so much power on the debut album Angles looses nothing on stage. But it wasn't all about the old tracks, The Beat, does exactly what it says on the tin. Sick Tonight hit just as hard as it did as the first listen on the album, in fact i would have loved to have been one of the ones to hear that for the first time there. The final surprise for us, by this point soaked in sweat, with grins from ear to ear and hands in the air, Scroobious Pip left the stage after their encore of Letter From God To Man, Yet Dan remained. Playing a 10minute jungle/electro influenced Dj set, i would have paid the ticket price to see that.




I hope this is not the last we hear from them, i want to see more singles, and more projects, please.

Monday Morning Delay

They say everyone hates Monday: the excitement of the weekend is a distant buzz in your ear, coffee stained teeth in a desperate attempt to raise yourself and blurry eyes in the sun..

But then you realise, that warm glow on your face is in fact the sun, not just an echo of yesterdays hangover. You look up, as you squint it pulls the corners of your mouth up. Smiling as the sun bursts through the skeletal trees. Just when you think a Monday morning could not be more perfect, explosions of green are filling out the from the boney fingers of the branch.

Fuck the Calendar, Spring is here.

Why? - This Blackest Purse

Why? Why not? A song that says everything is alright, and it always has been. Look at the trees, let yourself smile, get on your phone, meet a friend you've not seen in time, and tell them that you fucking love them.

Why not.

Mammox Review: Glitterbugs

Today we have a review of the up and coming Mammox signed to psychedelevator.com records

"Mammox formed in April 2009 when Mark C. Aylward (rapper), Nate Belasco (keyboards), James Staub (bass), and Zachary Zukowski (drums) fused together their limitless musical talents and various influences. The four members met at Northeastern University while studying Music Technology. Together they introduce a psychedelic collaged sound rooted in hip-hop, glitch, electronic, and world music."

What i like straight away about this band was the order in which they formed. Wrote an Album > Recorded it > Learned how to play it on traditional instruments > Then found a name. Genius. A similar technique for a few band such as These New Puritans, Pendulum and Metronomy. But a system that is working well!

And it appears to be working well for Mammox. The band has only been on Myspace.com for the last couple of months, but already seem to be making impact. Musically speaking they sound like SebastiAn crossed with Dan Le Sac vs Scroobious Pip; a band couldnt make a better start in my eyes. Choppy samples and tempo that makes your head rock, Electro key rhythms that punch through the mix, make for a truely original arrangement. Its the emergence of these electro/Hip Hop acts that are making me excited about Hip Hop again, a genre that feels to me as if it has fallen in to a formula of 909 rhythms and rapping about sex. Its all been done and its all been said.

Thankfully, Mammox have something new to say. To hear for yourself, check out Glitterbugs

Post Show Review

Good Morning, hope you enjoyed the show, another brilliant play-list:

SparkleHorse- Its a wonderful life
Panda Bear - Ponytail
Panda Riot - Street and You and Me
Angus and Julia Stone - Bella
Crystal Stilts - Converging in the Quiet
Manchester Orchestra - Ive got friends

Liars - Scissor

Tims = Drake - Forever (Nero)
Matts = The Knife - Variance of Birds
Hannah = Miss Meradith - Kiss Kiss Kiss

And because we ran out of time, in a lecturer like style, here is what we couldn't fit in:

Crookers - Remedy ft (Miike Snow)


Thank you very much for joining us, and hope to see you next week.

The Neat

"Free gig at Brundenell Club, you in?"
"yeah go'ed"

And that's how this little adventure started. Start off with an obligatory game of pool, little did we realise that the guys next to us, playing snooker (rather badly ill add) were The Neat. But first we found 'We Were All Made In China'. An interesting band, some effort has obviously been taken to construct popular and easily accessible melodies, and had most of the attributes that you would expect from a more commercial band, like McFly. That's not a complete right off, but it just seems too obvious that they are really concerned about making it. However they are definitely worth a listen.

The Neat - Herd Of Animals


Then on to the Bear Mask, i was really impressed, excellent live, with power and a certain sincerity behind their music. With a sound not too dissimilar to The XX but defiantly not a copy, these have their own style, but i did think it would have benefited the music if the gain was turned down a little, and more attention to the details, and even silence.

Bearmask - Diary entry (its worth a watch just to see what they are like)




Finally, The Neat. Kaiser Chiefs recommended via Simon (who very kindly will be contributing to the show on 20th). With a sound that combines The Horrors, Foals and Fuck Buttons (possibly), Their sound hit mixed reviews in the club, personally, i did enjoy it, but their songs need a lot of work in arrangement. I am sure we will be hearing a little more from them in the not too distant future.

Call For Glastonbury Lovers

LSR.fm are doing a documentary on Glastonbury Festival to mark the 40 year aniversary of the festival.

But we want your help:

What was your favourite year?
Favorite line up?
Favorite song?
...
or even just your best memory!

So get in touch either in the comments, or get on twitter (located on the left handside)

In the mean time as always, I've got a track for you. Its been on repeat pretty much all day, its epic and worth the perseverance through the noise :) the album is brillant, but nothing like the days of Silent Shout, this is closest song to a single you will find on the LP (coming in at 6min 41sec)

The Knife - Variation of Birds

p.s. Check out the sunset in Leeds

12 Foot Snail

Three Things that made yesterday:

1. The Morning Fader Pool Team, played their first tournament, and won.


2. www.dubsiren.com/
For iPod and iPhone


3. Making a 12 Foot Snail with a ball of twine dropped stories


And one track to accompany a 12 Foot Snail:


Scissor - Liars

Morning Fader Monday Mezz

Standard night out in Leeds: Mezz on a Monday, 90p drinks and pretty decent music! The best track of the night A-trak Remix of Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, pretty much set the tone and made the night all in one go

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) (Club Edit) by Schitz Popinov

Then on to the MUSIC. We Have Band, Check Out This Band. This is proper guitar band in the modern sense ( i suppose??) its just excellent music, which is well worth checking out. I'm not going to say anything more on the subject :)


We Have Band - Divisve (mujava remix)

The Logic Of Chance Review

After studying 'Angles', lyrically and musically, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip had set the bar high, and in the first 8 bars of the 'The Logic Of Chance' they'd broken the record once again. 'Sick Tonight' just made me happy; pure and simple.

If their first record sounded like they were working with each other, their second sounds like they were working together. But at the same time, each could so easily be individual pieces of art, working on the same theme. Both artists are in tune with modern culture: Dan Le Sac flips through electro, hip-hop, drum and bass to dub-step, while Pip's social commentary is spot on, holding a mirror to society. My flat mate commented, " its so easy to comment but never actually do anything", but its in talking about it, getting it on the radio, getting it on the stereo, people hear about it and talk about it, that the work gets done.

That's what this album does, 'Great Britain' teaches us complacency is not enough, with the company of a great electro-beat. 'Get Better' has the best lines I have heard in a long time. 'The Beat' shows that Le Sac is a true scholar of modern music, which just begs to be played on the biggest sound system you can find.

All in all, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip are the partnership that British music has been waiting for. (and the albums bloody brilliant)

For you for now


dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Get Better by Sunday Best

Fuel for Film

Midnight photography in Hyde Park, sparked by two tricks

Dub Pistols (Sunday Best Cosmic Dub Remix)

Sunday best, a record company everyone should be looking out for. This is just pure bliss. But what is also worth looking out for, which i had the honour of reviewing, is Dan Le Sac vs Scroobious Pip new album, The Logic of Chance.

Foals - Spanish Sahara (Mount Kimbie Remix)

Oh Oh, do you remember the days when math-rock became cool, those were the days that were the seeds of the fruitful-musical-plant that was 2009. So they came back with a new bag of grain. This isnt a GM-crop. This is Organic (mannnn) this is the Foals.

You're going to hear the new foals track alot (cos its quality) but i wanted to offer you something a little different. This is it.

Till Next Time.

Fader @ Mint

2/3's of the Morning Fader at Bigger Than Barry. Looking beautiful as always.

Bigger Than Barry @ Mint on Tuesdays is definitely Morning Fader endorsed, the music is the latest in Dubstep and Electro, its smokey, sweaty and bloody gorgeous!

See you on Saturday for the show, dont forget to email in!