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Saint Saviour // Manchester (11/11/2012)

Having released her long awaited solo debut album Union earlier this year, Saint Saviour, the powerhouse voice behind Groove Armada and just Becky Jones to her loved ones played an intimate set at Manchester’s fast rising Trof. (Continue…)

Possessing an army of dedicated followers through years of slowly moulding what is a solid back catalogue of high eccentric pop hooks and heart wrenching ballads, the lady herself stepped into the light for an appreciative crowd. Hearing a studio recording of such a magnificent voice is one thing but to see Jones erupt live is far more rewarding.

Supported by a backdrop of cello and guitar, early favourites included recent single Tightrope, channeling her inner Kate Bush. Each song was performed with high energy and an overwhelming spirit concluding that Jones enjoys the stage.

Personal favourite Reasons showed how a song can transcend perfectly infront of a live audience, stopping the crowd from their whispering chatter. Not only did Saint Saviour show her experience and passion but demonstrated her longevity in the game. Backed by critics and loyal fans, Becky Jones may have made a few more friends after tonight. 

* The debut album Union is out now *

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Kate Boy | In Your Eyes

After premiering the incredible Northern Lights a few weeks back Kate Boy has now posted the pretty incredible b-side In Your Eyes. Even more incredible the swedish group are now signed to IAMSOUND and will release the songs on January 22nd. More incredible than that is how crazy people love this track. Incredible. 

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Blog Sound 2013

Something rather exciting has been happening in the last few weeks. 49 of the best UK music bloggers have got together to create a longlist of 15 artists who will be making a huge impact next year. The list detracts nothing away from the annual BBC sound of 2013 though what it does do is serve as an honest viewpoint from the writers who live their lives searching for new music. (Continue…)

Last year’s list pointed out this year’s Mercury Prize winning, Alt-J though interestingly enough the BBC had left them completely off their list. Just over 170 acts received at least one vote.  The winning act received votes from around 25% of all bloggers. The list below is a representation from a wide spectrum including major label, independent label and even unsigned artists, giving recognition to some who do not major PR support. 

Created by Robin Seamer (Breaking More Waves) & Andy Von Pip (The Von Pip Express). 

“Each blog was allowed to vote for five acts and the diversity of the nominations was staggering.  Based on the evidence of the spread of votes anyone that says that music bloggers are sheep and are all writing about the same artists has it wrong.  However, the results of the poll show that certain artists do have a lot of support and love from a significant portion of UK bloggers and those artists make up the Blog Sound of 2013 list,” says Robin.

The short-list and official winner will be announced January 3rd 2013

So without dragging this post out even longer here is the longlist for this years Blog Sound 2013, there are a few surprises on there, a few obvious choices that so obvious I didn’t think they would place and a few I even voted for, which of course is always a nice feeling, so enjoy:

AlunaGeorge:

Curxes: 

Chvrches:

Daughter:

HAIM:

Laura Mvula: 

MØ:

Palma Violets:

PINS:

Randolph’s Leap:

Rhye:

Savages:

Seasfire:

The Neighbourhood:

Tom Odell:

And of course here are the 49 UK bloggers who took part in the list:

A New Band A Day, A Pocket Full Of Seeds, All Noise, Alphabet Bands, Both Bars On, Brapscallions, Breaking More Waves, Brighton Music Blog, Details Of My Life So Far, Don’t Watch Me Dancing, Dots And Dashes,Drunken Werewolf, Eaten By Monsters, Electronic Rumors, Faded Glamour, Folly Of Youth, Flying With Anna,God Is In The TV, Harder Blogger Faster, Howl, In Love Not Limbo, Just Music That I Like, Killing Moon,Kowalskiy,  Love Music : Love Life,  Mudkiss, Music Broke My Bones, Music Fans Mic, Music Liberation, Music Like Dirt, My Bands Better Than Your Band, Not Many Experts, Peenko, Real Horrorshow, Scottish Fiction,Skeletory,  Song By Toad, Sounds Good To Me Too, Storm’s Brewing, Sweeping The Nation, The Blue Walrus,The Electricity Club, The Mad Mackerel, The Metaphorical Boat, The Music Hoarder, The Recommender, This Must Be Pop, Von Pip Musical Express, 17 Seconds

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N E W $

A$AP Rocky has unveiled plans for his long awaited debut album, LONGLIVEA$AP. Here is the new artwork with the release set for January 15th 2013. Swoon. 

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Laurelle & Alexander (Continue…)

Recently I am have been extremely impressed with Boom Ting Records growing collection of artists. Not only do they have producer gods Etherwood & Jakwob but also a young Canadian duo, Laurelle & Alexander. After meeting at the Whistler mountains the duo decided to create beautiful dream pop music together. What a wise decision. Their upcoming debut EP Life Underwater, is due to drop extremely soon and will showcase some pretty amazing material including the impressive Moon Kids, a Summeryelectro pop single with Laurelle’s soft vocals. Keep on eye on these guys for sure, listen to their material below.

http://soundcloud.com/laurellealexander | https://www.facebook.com/Laurelle.Alexander