i've moved out...

... i'll be at http://accrobeau.blogspot.com from now on....

yes please hot chip

Wrestlers

neglected blog

once i get internet at my new place this blog will be a lot less neglected, promise.

anyway, I'm going to DJ at this on Thursday, i'm on before anyone turns up. sweet.

tonight

There is loads going on tonight, but i'd say make sure you get to the Star of Bethnal Green for the return of Dollhouse Days are Over with the likes of Ratty Rat Rat on the bill, it'll be a right laugh. suggestion for pre-drink - Vice Issue Launch at Old Blue and post-drink Gash at The Macbeth... see you at the Star...

talk about it

birthday tings yeah

Vampire Weekend videos are always good

Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

yes...

yeahaaah?

and then then the night after that you can go to this...

Does anyone care about the Mercury Music Prize? Is it too obvious that Burial is going to win? is Burial going to win? 

this looks gogogogogood

93 feet east next Sunday, all day... gotta love East riiight.

Skinny Twins

Skinny Twins by Underground Heroes is out on Itunes, so go download it yeaah?

lazy post...

Joe and Will just posted this on myspazzz - 

JOE AND WILL ASK? T-SHIRTS available in S/M/L/XL

ONLY £10

Click the Paypal link on our site


©katecox2008

also go to www. beatport. com and buy our monster ep if you like it :-)

then go to our blog and download our Human League, Ellen Allien and Marc Houle remixes all for free!

- support them.

e male

Straight off of popjustice.

i lost my phone

please send me your numbers.

Lounge on the Farm

Sooo Lounge on the Farm is just a few weeks away, and you can still get tickets, which is ridiculous. If you haven't been before, this is surely the finest of the smaller festivals (minus Bestival obv), set on a farm near Canterbury with bands playing in the Cow Shed, on bales of hay, in fields, that sort of thing. The line up this year is excellent as always, with the likes of Black Kids, New York Dolls(!), Lightspeed Champion, The Bees, The Coral and Mystery Jets to fill those indie needs, and Toddla T, Midfield General, DJ Format and Filthy Dukes tearing up the "Hoedown" Tent... get your tix soon!

Disco time

So if there ever was a reason to go to itunes and get the Erol Alkan podcast it is this. The latest mix is genuine disco, and it is excellent. He told discodust this "i've put together a 80 minute mix of some disco vibes which are lighting up my stratosphere."

good.

Is Wimbledon back on?

Either way, here is a link to !Tashed, where they posted a song about Maria (left, if you hadn't noticed) which is by Soft Tigers and remixed by Bumblebeez. siiiick.

mash up time

So GIRL TALK have put their album up for any amount of money you see fit. Sound Familiar? Anyway, it is excellent if you're into your mash ups.

Touch!

Say HELLO to your new Thursday night. From next Thursday...

They Have Hype

So I saw this band called We Have Band on Friday night, and they were fucking great. check them out yeah.

Oatmeal TV - Episode 5

This is the first part, watch it all on you tube.

The (almost) Daily Photo Blog

happens here.

LONG LEAVE PRESENTS

tomorrow night yeah? Corsica Studios, Elephant and Castle. I'll be on snapping duties.

"Lift him up so I can kick him in the fucking face"

Woah.

Isle of Wight festival was wicked. Free Bow. Some new dance moves going down, The Whip, The Music, Man Like Me, happy days.

photos an ting

If you're in London tomorrow night or over the weekend, head towards this...

I'll be on the Isle of Wight, doing that whole festival ting.

Stylophone yessss

I got a Stylophone today, its pretty sweet.

Plump it up

Check out Plump DJs "Torque of the Devil" remixed by The Subs which you can buy over at Finger Lickin - tune.

Also, while you're at it head over to Electro Rash, they've got up a Peaches remix of that Ladyhawke track "Paris is Burning" that is going to be all over the radio any minute now. 

Happy Days.

worst tag line ever...

...but this really could be good.

suspended bridge with sweet shop

So this was the highlight of the Free Range stuff on Thursday. The card at the bottom says "Project - suspended bridge with sweet shop in south bank". And if you can't quite work it out, the model shows a bridge going down the thames with a bright orange sweet shop which is taller than the London Eye. In addition to this there is some sort of MASSIVE silver egg on its side in the middle? Thinking outside the box yeah?

Also there was a show of people that had just finished a degree in "media make-up".... which is face painting. boom.

Anyway.... check out this "two doors down" remix...

Free Range

Free Range is "Europe's largest showcase of graduate art and design" - it's also an excellent way to get drunk for free on Brick Lane and mock peoples "art". There are private (read - public) views every Thursday night till the middle of July, which means Thursday nights just got a lot cheaper. Look at the website for a taste of what's going on.

Last of the Lookers out today....

You can get the new Metros single here - 

Download Single Bundle

Download Single Track

Buy the actual ruddy thing!

deadly rhythm presents...

This is worth going to tonight if you have cash...

podcasts really...

OK OK OK OK so I just thought I'd share some love on what podcasts i'm listening to at the moment and I'd like some suggestions back on what I should be listening to... everything I mention here you can subscribe to via itunes so I won't bother linking to everything.

The Fabric podcast is all ways really really good, Howie B has just done a two part one, the first part was older stuff that has inspired him and the second part which i am literally listening to RIGHT NOW has some wicked new stuff on, the first track being some crazy re-working of Singing in the Rain which is so dark, worth downloading just for that, and thats the current Fabric podcast, so if you do it today that should be the one you get.

I'm also a big fan of the Erol Alkan podcast, which is less regular but always excellent. The most recent one was Beyond the Wizard Sleeve live.

Durr do a good podcast with lots of the live sets from their night, and also heads up to Ed Banger and Kitsune for good electro mixes seemingly constantly. 

I also get the Guardian Music Weekly podcast, and all though I never listen to Radio 2, I guess that it sounds something like that. I don't know. They have good insightful interviews and always good guests, the most recent being Mystery Jets and Andy Burrows. The presenters are pretty bad, it kind of feels like they've just got their columnists to do it (which they probably have) so although they are occasionally witty, it all feels a bit awkward. But I like it.

The thing with listening to podcasts all the time is that you never listen to the radio, so I also get BBC Radio 1 indie weekly and Zane Lowes 5 minute podcast of his hottest records of the week.

IN NON RELATED PODCAST NEWS - 1965 and Domino Records are having a little knees up tonight at Corsica Studios near Elephant and Castle tube... so come along to that yeah?

STAGE INVASION

wilson

Thomas F Wilson - good dude.

Bill Hicks

So I spent my bank holiday weekend reading the rest of a Bill Hicks biog that I started reading ages ago, it was excellent. I think you can get it in HMV at the minute.

Skinny Twins

Watch this snazzy new Underground Heroes video! Also if you're in London you should be at the Red Star in Camberwell tonight for the Rumshebeen single launch coming out on 1965 records yeaaah 10 till 4. 

new music? have you heard the Cryptonites remix of Violet Hill? it makes it almost listenable. search it.

Back in LDN

So Brighton was a laugh. Highlights being - 

Chatting with David E Sugar

Bumblebeez Live at Ocean Rooms

Aids Wolf

The Guy from Electric Soft Parade storming off during an interview with his side project Restless List. Surely "Are you better than Electric Soft Parade?" isn't that bad a question?

The Ghost Frequency being good dudes and awesome live.

and lots more...

shut up

so the white williams interview was cool. that night ended up djing somewhere in hxton and then heading to some rockstar games  party, that i think i might have already done a blog about but i cant remember. wednesday in btown last night went to see andy c at the audio in birghton. tonight with some people. in b-town all weekend. call me if you;re there. x

next thing shes wearing my rolex...

did anyone else hear this on Radio 1?

Hot Chip - Wearing my Rolex (Wiley Cover) (zSHARE)

stuff an tings

So the guy from White Williams was pretty cool, we had a nice chat, you'll be able to see it for the next Oatmeal...

HYPE IT - check the cover of I want Candy

So the new episode of Oatmeal will be online soon, we interviewed loads of people for this one, I personally caught up with Soulja Boy, The Metros, Toddla T, Ipso Facto and a bunch more from Camden Crawl. 

Last night was pretty sweet, my sister was up from the Isle of Wight so I took her out on the town... quick DJ set with Tara Rocks (we played Hangin' Tough) at Electricity Showrooms then to this Rockstar Games party at Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes where we drank some free cocktails, ate some free waffles, saw the Whip and a bit of Courteeners, saw Dave Berry trying to "hype up" the crowd, and got back home at a reasonable hour! good times.

In other news I just found out today that Circa are going to be sending me a pair of shoes every day for a year. Which is a touch. 

Off to Brighton today, going to be there till Sunday covering the Great Escape, so might see you there.

not a weak week

Hello blog. I know it's been a week, that's bad... but it has been a good week.

Wednesday - The Suggestions smashed it in New Cross, make sure you catch them in the summer!

Thursday - wicked day in the sun, new shorts, evening spent at smash and grab...

Friday - Played lots of commercial records that weren't commercial enough for the management at Westbourne Studios (Babylon Zoo - hello)

Saturday + Sunday - Big Weekend, Justice absolutely killed it, not to mention White Lies, Pendulum Live, Black Kids and Vampire Weekend. The BBC were ridiculous and didn't let me me film anything inside. Had to go on a health and safety course 2 weeks ago. never mind. next time. Hung out with mates old and new  in the sun so that was good stuff. 

Monday - Santogold album launch at old blue... allll good.

Today - just off to interview White Williams...

its too hot to be inside

I am fully aware this is turning into a Suggestions gig listing blog. I don't care. They are playing at the Amersham Arms in New Cross tomorrow night.  Letters from London are playing and some others.

Also happening at the Amersham Arms at the minute is this Diesel U Music radio project, which is being broadcast live from upstairs, there is loads of good stuff happening on it, if you live in South London you can get it on 87.7fm, from 4pm today Raf and James of 1965 "fame" are manning the decks, so you should be tuning in then! Not sure if there is a site for it anywhere, but I guess there is so search it or something.

I got sent a copy of the Cage the Elephant album and its bloody brilliant. check this out

Cage The Elephant - Back Stabbin Betty (zSHARE)

It's way too hot to be inside doing this. I'll only be posting when its dark or raining from now on. ok?

hope everyone had a nice bank holiday weekend.

Fluo Kids

So Deadly Rhythm did a Fluo Kids night at the Amersham Arms on Friday night. The turnout was hampered by exams and that, but it was a wicked night. Props to Fluo Kids for coming from Paris to do it. Pase Rock was there, Hype it. 

Tonight Underground Heroes are playing at h20 in Gravesend, so if you're in Kent you'll be there. Keeping it Kent based a little more, you all need to be at The Loft in Maidstone for your Bank Holiday Monday. The Suggestions are playing, its free, and its 14+. Its part of Radio 1's Big Weekend stuff, so come down and have some fun.

I'm a Cheeky Scamp, these guys aren't.

So The Sun described me as a "cheeky scamp" today... which is exactly what this new Justice video features none of.

Hold the front page...

blaaaah Oatmeal.tv is going to be in The Sun and The Guardian tomorrow... 

so buy the bloody paper.

The Suggestions

The Suggestions are playing tonight at Nambucca on Holloway Road... get your self down there. Here's that free mp3 incase you missed it first time round...

The Suggestions - Fashion Monkey (zSHARE)

see you tonight.

Man Like Me

So are you ready for summer? Man Like Me are, despite the rain. I got sent this through today and has made me feel quite ready for the festival season... 

Man Like Me - Carny (zSHARE)

They're playing a bunch of the festivals including my old-home turf on the Isle of Wight, so try and check them out. This is their summer single out in June.

Vote tomorrow then... I forgot to register like a first class idiot. Surely no one is actually going to vote for this man?

Mr Ian Stevenson

This is by Mr Ian Stevenson who does the animations on www.oatmeal.tv - he's a bit good.

Found this track on Fuck You On Friday - once again the Ting Tings sound a million times better once remixed.

That's not my Name - The Ting Tings (Tom Neville Remix) (zSHARE)

you're Wom, he's Bat.

Here's a pretty serious South Central remix of that Wombats single...

The Wombats - Backfire at the Disco (South Central Remix) (zSHARE)

you can see me interviewing The Wombats at SXSW on www.oatmeal.tv

Video of the year?

not working

I'm not working any more, my body and brain have slowed down. This weekend was pretty intense. Yesterday was excellent, minus the huge fights on the way out and pathetic police officers too scarred to do anything. I pulled some serious shapes anyway, DJ Hype was intense. I missed Wiley but here's an mp3...

Wiley and Skepta - Rolex Sweep (zSHARE)

You actually HAVE to see this video.

LMHR

The line up for tomorrows Love Music Hate Racism Carnival at Victoria Park is wicked. The View,  Roll Deep, Wiley, DJ Hype, The Paddingtons, Don Letts... even bloody DJ Luck and MC Neat!

It's free and is on from 12 till 6. I will be there probably looking a little worse for wear after tonight.

Ultravox

So in case you didn't know, the title of this blog is a play on words of Ultravox's Dancing with Tears in my Eyes. Which is a tune. Hype it. They were fully amazing when they were called Ultravox! before Midge Ure joined as well. Its a strong look.

So here is one final reminder that the band I manage The Suggestions are playing at West Rocks tonight. It's at Shepherds Bar in Shepherds Bush, doors open at 6 and The Suggestions are on at 9.30. They were recently demo of the week on Steve Lamacq's radio 1 show, and you can also see them at one of the Fringe Events for this years BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend in Maidstone. There will be various industry types coming down to see them so it'd be great to have everyones support. I'll see you ALL tonight - yes?!

Some Lunatic

The best bit as at about 38 seconds. This guy was on Denmark Street today, near Oatmeal TV HQ, outside one of the posh guitar places. There was so many people just walking past like everything was chill. What you can't tell from this video is that he was sweating SO much, it was pretty grim. Was on flyer-ops again today haha, so pick up your Oatmeal TV postcards all round Brick Lane and Hoxton yeah? haha.

Big Issue

So this dog was selling Big Issues on Carnaby Street yesterday, I was going to get one but it refused to show me a laminate. You just can't trust these unverified sellers. Oh I don't know.

Lilly Allen - I dont know (zSHARE)

Cage le Sac

So this is the latest Cage the Elephant video, for "In one Ear", we did an Oatmeal TV interview with them at the Camden Crawl and I was lucky enough to see them doing a little acoustic thing for e4, which was excellent. Anyway, they are playing at Another Music = Another Kitchen at Proud Galleries tonight, so if you can make it down then you should.

I'm also really into that new Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip single, as heart wrenching as it is. Here's a sweet remix I found - 

Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Look for the Woman (Fake Blood remix)

Ey Ey Ey Ey Ey

So have you seen that new MSN style messaging thing on Facebook? Me and Toddla T just discovered it fully, and he reminded me about this little second single launch party ALSO on Saturday night... so there is ANOTHER choice for you, and if his set at Camden Crawl was anything to go buy, this could be the best of the bunch.

Click Here for a selection of fine Toddla T tracks that are all ready up in blog land. Recommend the Nastee Boi remix that you can get on Curb Crawlers. Big up.

Section yourself

So MSTRKRFT is so much not a secret that there is posters up for it haha, the bird in Fenchurch said that they sold out of tickets basically instantly and was going for the whole "good luck" vibe with getting in. Startstrippers at The Rhythm Factory may well be a better bet. Link below.

I was out flyering for Oatmeal.tv - so head to pretty much any shop in the Neal Street/Seven Dials area to pick up a pretty flashy Oatmeal postcard. 

So me and Saul are agreed that the new Portishead stuff is fucking intense, i'd compare it to a nervous breakdown on record. So it is a bloody delight that there is all ready people remixing it up and taking it that one step further, to the point where it basically makes you want to section yourself. 

Portishead - Machine Gun (Tronick Youth Edit) (zSHARE)

thanks to Slutty Fringe for getting that online, and thus providing the soundtrack to my nightmares.

Last of the Lookers

Here's the video for the metros new single Last of the Lookers, I did backing vocals on it so listen out for me haha.

welcome welcome...

I don't really feel the need to write out any sort of "mission statement" on this blog, I'm just going to post tunes and write shit, you can check my (almost) daily photo blog to see some of my photography as well. nice nice...

Last night my good friend Ben Jones played me The Twelves remix of that Black Kids song with the longest title ever, which is up on lots of other blogs so go check it out.

Friday night is West Rocks at Shepards Bar, Shepards bush, The Suggestions are playing, so get down there. Here's a Suggestions mp3 to get you warmed up...

The Suggestions - Fashion Monkey (zSHARE)

So MSTRKRFT are playing a Warehouse ting in London on Saturday night, it's a fairly bad secret that the "mystery location" is the Cable Street Warehouse. If however you can't get in/can't be bothered to try, take a short walk to The Rhythm Factory for another excellent Startstrippers night, this time featuring Underground Heroes live, and all the usual electro/techno/minimal DJ heaviness going on.

first post in the bag...