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