Bonjour! Firstly apologies for lack of post yesterday, I finally got around to doing some serious recording with my new band Vaporators and after a day's worth of recording and jamming I pretty much got sick of my computer. If you're wondering what to expect from my new band then expect darkness, misery, atmospheric goth horror, then if you expect that you may not find yourself as miserable as you'd prepared yourself for. But, truthfully, it is a pretty dark affair mixing influences taken from This Heat and Neu! with bands such as The Cure, S.C.U.M and Joy Division, hardly the recipe for a Now! album is it?
Yet in these days of recession and crisis you don't want bleakness all the time? You need that ray of hope every now and again, that sunshine and power that makes you think that life ain't that crap after all. Well fear not because 2009 will see the release of what promises to be one of the albums of the decade in the shape of Passion Pit's debut album. Check out this video from their time in the studio and get your car fitted with new speakers in readiness for this LP soundtracking your summer:
30/01/2009
28/01/2009
IT'S ALL GETTING QUITE HIGHLY CHARGED
It's been a quiet day here at DDJY!, not much in the way of exciting boundary breaking developments; I've still survived another day without Twitter despite what the media are telling me and I'm still yet to find a better single in 2009 than 'My Girls' by Animal Collective
Talking of singles... today sees the release of 'One Month Off' by Bloc Party, the third single taken from their third album 'Intimacy'. I've noticed a lot of people slating Bloc Party's new direction on their latest long-play outing even though they're the sort of people who also slate bands for not trying anything different on consecutive albums. I've been a huge fan of Bloc Party ever since I heard their debut EP, they're a band who helped make my latter teenage years a lot more enjoyable and who I've seen three times (four by this time on Saturday). I don't have much knowledge of how the wider public percieve the band; their last single 'Talons' only got to # 39 in the singles charts yet they still seem to be having as much coverage and support as ever; they continue to try and push themselves in creating a truly modern rock sound, fusing typical rock 'n' roll with dance and elements of drum 'n' bass to create a sound that very few bands would be able to pull off. When it comes to looking back on the 00's in decades to come I'm sure Bloc Party, alongside the likes of LCD Soundsystem, will be a band for new bands to look back upon with great admiration.
Here's an old video I found today of Bloc Party, then known as Union, performing the earliest version of 'Silent Alarm' closer 'Compliments':
Talking of singles... today sees the release of 'One Month Off' by Bloc Party, the third single taken from their third album 'Intimacy'. I've noticed a lot of people slating Bloc Party's new direction on their latest long-play outing even though they're the sort of people who also slate bands for not trying anything different on consecutive albums. I've been a huge fan of Bloc Party ever since I heard their debut EP, they're a band who helped make my latter teenage years a lot more enjoyable and who I've seen three times (four by this time on Saturday). I don't have much knowledge of how the wider public percieve the band; their last single 'Talons' only got to # 39 in the singles charts yet they still seem to be having as much coverage and support as ever; they continue to try and push themselves in creating a truly modern rock sound, fusing typical rock 'n' roll with dance and elements of drum 'n' bass to create a sound that very few bands would be able to pull off. When it comes to looking back on the 00's in decades to come I'm sure Bloc Party, alongside the likes of LCD Soundsystem, will be a band for new bands to look back upon with great admiration.
Here's an old video I found today of Bloc Party, then known as Union, performing the earliest version of 'Silent Alarm' closer 'Compliments':
27/01/2009
HOLIDAY
As the year drifts by we at DDJY! look to the next time we can have a proper break, namely Easter! On Monday 2nd February we will be announcing the full line-up of our Easter special which will be taking place on Thursday 9th April in the main room at Central Station. We're hoping to successfully follow up the past two years massive parties that featured hundreds of people attending headlining shows from Dead Disco (aka Little Boots old band) in 2007 and The Teenagers in 2008. If you scour the internet then you may well discover the names of a few of the bands playing but for now we're keeping as much of it hushed up as possible!
The Teenagers - Starlett Johansson
26/01/2009
PROFESSIONAL THIEVES
First things first, an explanation as to the absence of the last few days posts: for the first time in my gig promoting 'career' (about 2 years), I was ordered to take some time off! Exams left me getting 3 hours sleep a night, not out of choice, and therefore I was starting to lose it. But the exams have now disappeared, as has my sleeplessness and now I am back to inform you that...
Listen to: Electricity in Our Homes - We Thought it Was But It Wasn't (myspace)
...Electricity in Our Homes have been confirmed as main support to Hatcham Social on Thursday February 12th. We're delighted to get them on board as we've been hoping to book them for about a year now; first really getting into them after we checked them out via London's Durrr club night. They're one of the most respected bands in the capital, playing eclectic art-rock and getting themselves on many great bills over the past year. Check them out via the link below:
Listen to: Electricity in Our Homes - We Thought it Was But It Wasn't (myspace)
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