20.02.10
Posted in new releases at 3:32 pm by derry
Album of the Week : Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate : Ali & Toumani (World Circuit)
These incredible 2005 sessions brought together the pairing of these 2 African music legends for a 2nd time & offer us a reminder of what a powerful musical force Ali Farke Toure was & how much we Residents love Toumani Diabate (having pretty much played his 2008 ‘The Mande Variations’ to death!). You don’t need to be a world music aficionado to enjoy this record – soothing & quiet but brimming with life, it is a calm but intense experience that is utterly mesmeric.
Single of the Week : Archie Bronson Outfit : Shark’s Tooth (7″) (Domino)
The excellent ABO return, taking another bold step into the unknown, based in tradition but manipulated into totally new forms. ‘Shark’s Tooth’ is a warped slice of psych-rock Egyptian space disco produced by the DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy that offers up a tiny taster of the direction the band are exploring on their new psych-rock extravaganza of an album, ‘Coconut’.
Forthcoming Instores : Tunng – Monday 1st March @ 6pm – ticket holders only Husky Rescue – Thursday 4th March @ 6pm
Greetings one & all!
Well last week Sam banged on about Field Music & guess what? I’m about to do exactly that too. Anyone who came down to their instore performance last Friday can’t fail to have been blown away – it was an awesome affair & one of the best we’ve seen in a good while. So if you did make it, thanks for coming & supporting, the Brewis Brothers were verily chuffed! Big apologies to those of you who couldn’t get in, our little shop was bursting at the seams. The volume of the PA should have ensured you could at least hear the fabulous soundsfrom within, whilst hanging out in the cold we hope.
So to business & this week there’s some great records vying for your attention. The Ali Farke Toure & Toumani Diabate album is our top pick this week, more about that above!…Efterklang are back & continue their exploration of previously unexplored territory. Fans of Talk Talk, Mum, Blue Nile & Owen Pallett will love their new direction…Johnny Cash makes one last goodbye with the final instalment of his American Recordings album series, every bit as good as previous volumes…we played it upfront in the shop last week & now you can get your hands on the Marina & The Diamonds album – a hot tip for domination in 2010!!…Toro Y Moi have featured on pretty much every “one’s to watch” list for this year - their post-club, blissed out slow-burning landscapes can’t fail to impress…Strange Boys serve up a scuzzy, disharmonious & utterly vibrant racket on their excellent debut that’s got our Daniel & Matt all excited…Nat’s tip this week is the amazing Loscil record – being on Kranky you’ll probably know what to expect, but if Stars Of The Lid, Tim Hecker & Pan American float your boat then you can’t miss this…Following her recent appearance in Brighton at the Nick Drake tribute show, we’ve had a lot of you asking about Krystle Warren – good news is her debut is out now & effortlessly links jazz, blues, folk & funk…I’m a big North Sea Radio Orchestra fan! If you are too, check out the new Arch Garrison record by NSRO founder Craig Fortnam, ’tis lovely…Another record I’m loving this week is the Dakota Suite ‘reinterpretations’ – with Peter Broderick, Tape, Jacaszek & Hauschka on board this is neo-classicalism at its finest…The Soundway label continue their Nigerian Special series, this time exploring the Afrobeat scene that sprung up in the wake of Fela Kuti’s explosive 1st afrobeat records. Needless to say, this has got Sam written all over it…Other bits this week includes new albums from Kathryn Williams, Kath Bloom, Cluster, Baby Dee, The Courteeners, Tom McRae & Brian Jonestown Massacre along with reissues from Black Sabbath, Dennis Wilson, James Blackshaw & EPMD.
resident new releases february 22nd 2010
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13.02.10
Posted in new releases at 5:04 pm by derry
Album of the Week : Field Music: Field Music (Measure) - 2cd / very limited double LP plus cd (Memphis Industries)
At last, they’re back. After a prolonged hiatus the Brewis brothers return with an album at least twice as long as all their previous records. We always did hanker for more & now we’ve got it! They are truly one of the uk’s finest & this ambitious record has something for everyone. A precious gem.
Single of the Week : Esben & the Witch : Lucie, At The Precipice – limited 7″ (Too Pure)
Gorgeously haunting, slow building, siouxsie inspired “nightmare pop”. The 1st official release (following the self-released ep & split dance to the radio 12″) from Brighton’s hotly tipped (& rightly so) 3 piece who have been bubbling under for a while now & are ready to brim over the cauldron’s edge. this year’s the xx?
This Week’s Playback : Marina & The Diamonds ‘The Family Jewels’ – Tuesday 16th February @ 6pm
Hear the album in full here, in advance, with a “refreshment”! Preorder the album & you’ll get a poster & sticker & you’ll be in with a chance of winning a limited Marina & The Diamonds baseball shirt.
This Week’s Instore :
Field Music – Friday 19th February @ 6pm
Can’t tell you how much we’re looking forward to this. Field Music return to Brighton to celebrate the release of their fantastic new album. They haven’t got a show down here, so this will be your only chance to see this wonderful band in Brighton. Their instore as The Week That Was was one of my highlights of 2008 & this should prove to be no different.
Forthcoming Instores : Tunng – Monday 1st March @ 6pm – ticket holders only
Husky Rescue – Thursday 4th March @ 6pm
Hello everyone.
It is yet another week of great, great music & it’s getting to the point where we’re having trouble keeping up but we’re trying our darndest. Quite apart from the opportunity to tell you how great the new Field Music album is one last time, there is the new record from Shearwater. ‘The Golden Archipelago’ is the final panel in their triptych on the natural world is perhaps their finest record to to date… There is also the new album from Peter Gabriel. He has undergone a little bit of a rehabilitation in the cool stakes what with Vampire Weekend name checking him & the diverse likes of Field Music (them again) & Yeasayer naming his influence on them. This new record justifies all the love he has been getting. It is a quite wonderful set of covers of the likes of Arcade Fire, Neil Young & Bon Iver that frames the material with just an orchestra & his inimitable vocals. Spellbinding stuff…. Lightspeed Champion returns with his sophomore record. Dev Hynes has traded in those americana threads to record a baroque pop record that is “Woody Allen singing Rufus Wainwright with glee” according to NME… That Voice of the Seven Woods guy is a slippery character. For his new album he is now Voice of the Seven Thunders & that is perhaps a reflection on the music as it whips up a storm of progressive psych rock. Great stuff!… sadly Jack rose passed away late last year but not before recording ‘Luck In The Valley’. It goes to show this american primitive guitar player was right at the top of his game & his is a tragic loss… Clipd Beaks 3rd album delivers on their potential. It is a wonderfully expansive work that draws water from the same well as Royal Trux, TV On The Radio, This Heat & Liars.A murky & intense beauty…. while we wait impatiently on Wooden Shjips next record we can cling tight to the new Moon Duo record which is Eric Johnson of the Shjips & Sanae Yamada. It’s an interstellar jam full of repetitive riffs. Bit of a busman’s holiday then but no complaints from us!…. Did we mention our very own James Dean’s Lost Idol record yet? No? James has very generously given us copies of his new album 2 weeks up front so we advise you to swing by & pick it up if you like Four Tet, Boards of Canada, Caribou or Dextro. It really is a great record & no, he didn’t pay me to say that (he insisted he wouldn’t stoop so low). It also comes with an exclusive free bonus ep… We have all these releases plus the new Xiu Xiu record, Owl City, the Midlake super deluxe box, Gui Boratto, the next two volumes of Ethiopiques (24 & 25), the next installment from the world psychedelic label “Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas“, Justin Adams, the next in Madlib’s medicine show series, Oh No’s new record plus singles from Hot Chip, Dum Dum Girls, Los Campesinos & oh so much more. To see the complete listing of all new releases, click on the link below.
We would like to let those of you who are after the Massive Attack album on vinyl know that its release has been pushed back to at least 1st March & possibly later as they want to take their time getting the fancy packaging right. It is extremely limited so we recommend pre-ordering it if you haven’t already. Just give us a call, email or do it the old fashion way & come in the shop.
Right, I think that is about it. See you down the front at Orchestre Poly-Rythmo… Ooh, did I mention the great new record by Field Music yet?…
Have a good week all,
Sam & The Residents (Nat, Derry, Matt, James, Daniel, John, Simon & Liv)
resident new releases february 15th 2010
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Posted in tickets at 4:39 pm by derry
Gig of the Week : Oumou Sangare / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Kalahari Surfers – Friday 19th Feb @ The Dome
We’re very excited about this one! Oumou Sangare has a formidable live reputation & is considered one of the jewels of Malian music but really for us it’s all about Poly-Rythmo. This is their 1st tour of the uk & it comes only 45 years after they formed. They tore up the Barbican in September last year & we’re sure they’ll do it again on Friday. Voodoo afro funk with few, if any, equals.
Tickets wise we have had the usual wheelbarrowful of arrivals including those for a gig to benefit the Haiti Earthquake Appeal which has a juicy local line-up including Fujiya & Miyagi, Los Albertos, Transformer & Midfield General. We have also had tickets for The Fall, Phenomenal Handclap Band, Vitalic, Hayseed Dixie, Femi Kuti, Coco Rosie, Devotion, the new saviour of Hip Hop, Erykah Badu’s boyfriend Jay Electronica & plenty more besides. Silver Mount Zion tickets continue to fly out as do a whole bunch of others, so remember not to hang about if you really want to go to a show. The full tickets listing is on the link below.
resident tickets on sale february 15th 2010
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Posted in new releases at 1:07 pm by derry
Album of the Week : Thee Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra : Kollaps Tradixionales - standard cd / limited package with artwork book & poster / limited double 10″ with artwork book & poster (Constellation)
The mighty Canadians have ditched 3 members & that tra-la-la nonsense but hang on to their massive sound & deliver a swelling, slow, rich & dramatic record that’s getting us very excited about the forthcoming show.
Single of the Week : The Besnard Lakes : Albatross – limited 12″ (Jagjaguwar)
Like Roy Orbison reimagined as a rollicking, snakeskin-booted Mazzy Star, our favourite Montreal outfit return with a blinding single from their brand new album (out 8th March). We’re so glad to have them back!
Forthcoming Playback : Marina & The Diamonds ‘The Family Jewels’ – Tuesday 16th February @ 6pm
Hear the album in full here, in advance, with a “refreshment”! Preorder the album & you’ll get a poster & sticker & you’ll be in with a chance of winning a limited Marina & The Diamonds baseball shirt.
Forthcoming Instores : Field Music – Friday 19th February @ 6pm
Tunng – Monday 1st March @ 6pm – ticket holders only
Husky Rescue – Thursday 4th March @ 6pm
Hello everyone,
Hope you’ve all had a lovely week & that you’re ready for your fill of all that’s good in the music world. It’s another darn big release week we’re being treated to. Aside from Thee Silver Mt. Zion’s epic release, there’s the spectacular 80’s synth-pop extravaganza from Yeasayer that sees the band head in a somewhat dancier direction whilst retaining plenty of the strange & playful elements – comes with a free double sided print if you get in quick……..another “massive” album this week from the originators of the “trip hop” scene, Massive Attack – 3d has managed to drag Daddy G back into the fold & their 5th album really benefits from the chemistry between them & the host of quality guests……….Alan Sparhawk of shop faves Low started a side project a couple of years back that lets him release his demons & boy are we glad he didn’t keep them hidden away coz Retribution Gospel Choir are a seriously powerful, visceral trio who deliver distorted dirges & riff-heavy power-pop of the highest order………..everyone’s going crazy for the new album from the legendary proto-rap pioneer Gil Scott-Heron, whose 1st studio album in 16 years is being hailed as a triumphant return……..if you like your beats minimal but glitchy & sunny rather than icy, then check out the new Pantha Du Prince album……..there’s an ace new Finders Keepers comp of mindblowing Persian pop/funk/psyche called Pomegranates…………Madlib fans will want to check out the new Stones Throw release from Strong Arm Steady as he’s provided a stack of new beats for them……..Mercury nominated Fionn Regan is back with a set of more ragged, more bluesy tunes that are bursting with ideas…….if you’re one for haunting, psyche-fuzz-folk a la Grouper, check out the fabulous new Inca Ore release……..& if dark, fuzzy experimental synth drones a la Lichens are your thing, then Infinite Body comes highly recommended……….all this & new albums from The Album Leaf, Oh No Ono, Clare & The Reasons, Get Well Soon, Throats, Blueneck, The Watson Twins, Alison Moorer, Salif Keita, Hayseed Dixie & more & there are also tons of new singles out this week including The Besnard Lakes, Nice Nice, Babe Rainbow, Field Music, Dirty Projectors (very limited 7″), Hurts, Les Cox (Sportifs) & some more Third Man 7″s for those of you collecting them too. To see the complete listing of all new releases, click on the link below..
Just a quick reminder that the Tues 9th Feb is the closing date for voting for your favourite indie on the www.indierecordshop.org website. Just go to the Competitions section to vote & 1 lucky voter will win 2 tickets to the Brits. We’d obviously love to win “the nation’s favourite indie competition” so please vote for us!
We’ve got a quick competition for you as well. We’ve been enjoying the lo-fi garage-y brilliance of The Soft Pack’s debut on our stereo this week & this Sunday 14th Feb sees them visit the Freebutt to promote said album. They are as fab live as they are on record, so if you want to win a pair of tickets to see them for free, all you have to do is answer the following question :
Which iconic landmark did The Soft Pack drummer Brian Hill plot to blow up in his previous band?
Email your answer to info@resident-music.com by Thursday 5pm & we’ll pick a winner at random. The winner will be notified by email so keep an eye on your inbox.
Over & out………
Natasha & the Residents (Derry, Matt, Sam, James, Daniel, John, Simon & Liv)
resident new releases 8th february 2010
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Posted in tickets at 1:05 pm by derry
Gig of the Week : Fanfarlo – Saturday 13th Feb @ Audio
Derry’s No.2 album of last year – he simply can’t get enough of this band & they’re back in Brighton again to treat us to more of their gloriously uplifting music.
Tickets-wise, it’s been a busy week again, so new on sale include : Angus & Julia Stone, Three Trapped Tigers, Alphabeat, White Hills, Norman Jay, Vagabondz – Klashnekoff, Evangelista, Control, Dawn Chorus / Hornblower Brothers & many more. Silver Mt Zion, Shearwater, Fanfarlo, Richmond Fontaine, Los Campesinos!, Memory Tapes, Wooden Shjips, Four Tet, The Bundles (Jeffrey Lewis & Kimya Dawson), Husky Rescue & Blood Red Shoes are all flying out so don’t hang about if you’re still pondering these. The full tickets listing is on the link below. We would also like to remind all those attending the British Sea Power show at Audio that it is an early show & the band will be on stage no later than 8.30pm so get there early.
Also, we are due the last batch of Super Early Bird Great Escape tickets in on Monday & as the initial line up has just been announced, tickets are now selling like hot cakes. The bill so far includes the likes of Delphic, Marina & The Diamonds, Ellie Goulding, Cold Cave, Broken Social Scene, Slow Club, Timbre Timbre, Esben & The Witch, Japandroids, Real Estate & loads more.
resident tickets on sale february 8th 2010
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Posted in staff choices at 1:03 pm by derry
We know we’ve been a bit slack putting together our recommended listening picks over the last few months as it took all our time, energy & list making skills to compile our end of year charts. However, now we’re fully recharged & have put together our guide to what we’ve been listening to this month for you. To see what’s been keeping our cold ears warm recently, click on the Staff Recommendations link below.
resident staff recommendations february 2010
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