Cover Me on Friday: The Foxglove Hunt cover Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way"

The Foxglove Hunt - Love My Way (mp3 for previewing via zShare)

The Foxglove Hunt (Phoenix, Arizona) on MySpace

New full length from Rob Withem, (former frontman of Fine China) and Ronnie Martin (Joy Electric). This is pop music. Like it or be crazy. "Stop Heartbeat" available from cdbaby and Velvet Blue Music and A Different Drum. Also on iTunes.

There's an army
On the dance floor
It's a fashion
With a gun my love
In a room
Without a door
A kiss is not enough
In
Love my way
It's a new road
I follow where
My mind goes
They'd put us
On a railroad
They'd dearly
Make us pay
For laughing
In their faces
And making it our way
There's emptiness
Behind their eyes
There's dust
In all their hearts
They just want to
Steal us all
And take us all apart
But not in
Love my way
It's a new road
I follow where
My mind goes
So swallow
All your tears my love
And put on
Your new face
You can never win or lose
If you don't
Run the race

And, speaking of Joy Electric:
"My Grandfather, the Cubist" OUT TODAY.

Buy it before next Tuesday!

We want to thank everybody for their ongoing support over the years and ask that you would continue that support by purchasing the new album THIS WEEK! Why this week? Because first week sales go a long way towards establishing a good base for a release like "...Cubist".

Find it at a store or order it here:

Smart Punk - http://www. smartpunk. com/product. php?item_id=27013

Best Buy - http://www. bestbuy. com/site/olspage. jsp?skuId=8821741&st=joy+electric&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1853733

Amazon - http://www. amazon. com/gp/product/B0019KBEQO/ref=dm_ty_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1211890609&sr=103-3

Video: The Foxglove Hunt "The Life Highrise (live)"

The Perfect Boy

Like Sugar Popcast 11 - mp3, track-list

Like Sugar Popcast 11 mp3 available here via Odeo.
or via zShare.
Track-list:

Intro - The Cure - Icing Sugar / Foxy Lady
Intro - Bauhaus - The Sanity Assassin
Van She - Strangers
Cut Copy - Far Away
Pony Pony Run Run - Boy/Girl Surrender (Summer Edit)
Don Juan Dracula - New Sensation
fill - Leather Strip - Til Far
Wolfsheim - Closer Still (Radio Edit)
The Cure - A Foolish Arrangement
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - This Love is F**king Right!
The Field Mice - This Love Is Not Wrong
The Radio Dept. - Freddie and The Trojan Horse (free mp3 here)
fill - The Tough Alliance - Tough II

Northern Portrait - I Give You Two Seconds
Northern Portrait - What Happens Next
outro - Mono - Life In Mono
Kitchens Of Distinction - Remember Me?
Half String - Eyesick

Cover Me on Friday: The Airfields cover The Field Mice

This is a cover of the classic Field Mice single (released on Sarah Records (Sarah 018))

Please listen to the track via The Airfields on MySpace!

Up All Night, the long anticipated full length Airfields album is out now on Humblebee
Records.
The Airfields on myspace
Listen to The Airfields on iTunes.
An interview with The Airfields on skatterbrain.org

Van She - Strangers (video)

The Cure - The Only One

Cover Me On Friday: Lush covers Middle of The Road

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep!
Lush covers this 1971 song by Middle Of The Road. mp3 here via zshare.

The original is as old as me!

Like Sugar - Popcast 10 now available

I just uploaded the new mix on Odeo and it should appear in iTunes soon.
The mp3 can be downloaded here.
The track-list looks like this:

Don Juan Dracula – Take Me Home
(fill) Gentle Touch – Pieter Van Der Hoogenband
Northern Portrait – Crazy
The Horrorpops – Kiss Kiss Kill Kill
The Whip - Sirens
(fill) The Dust of Basement - Dlaonvie
The Presets – This Boy’s In Love (Lifelike Remix)
Cut Copy - Feel The Love
The Long Blondes - Century
(fill) Skinny Puppy – Dig It
Arthur and Martha – Autovia (Single Edit)
Anymore (now known as Halou) - Crushed Out

A Different Drum has Gentle Touch available

I love this CD and you really must order it!
This from Todd's weekly electronic pop music store newsletter:
Gentle Touch "In Memory of Savannah" $18 -- This is a really nice import release, harking back to the 90's synthpop sound that came out of Sweden with some of the underground bands like Vision System, Kiethevez, etc. where there are some Depeche Mode influences, but with a simple, uncrowded approach. I really like a couple of the songs on this album for the sheer mood. I've added one of those songs to the pop-up player at www.adifferentdrum. com/Player The songs take their time to develop and build, which you can hear if you watch a video for one of the songs here:
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=cW1UN1ZpdW0
You can listen to track samples and order here:
http://www.adiffere ntdrum.com/ artist.php? n=SIWIHW016

Free mp3: Electrocute - On The Beat

Hosted by Filter Magazine here. Junkie XL, who is appearing tonight in San Diego, produces.

I Miss My Wife

We had Ride's "Vapour Trail" played live at our wedding, by husband and wife Mark and Christina H. of Starcrossed.

Songs for happy robots to dance to

Arthur and Martha
made my night. I am trying to complete my 10th popcast, but the whole thing sounds too familiar. I think I will use Arthur and Martha's "Autovia" to tie the show together. This is music for fans of Ladytron or Stereolab.

Matinée Recordings News for May 2008

Matinée Recordings are simply flooded in brilliant new music so stay tuned for announcements of some smashing forthcoming releases:
In the near term that includes a new EP plus debut album from Scotland’s Bubblegum Lemonade, that album we’ve promised from Sweden’s The Electric Pop Group, the third album from Australia’s The Guild League, another EP plus debut album from Denmark’s Northern Portrait, a new EP from Scotland’s Strawberry Whiplash, our third full length release from England’s Would-Be-Goods, and (fingers crossed) a new release from England’s Keris Howard (Harper Lee/Brighter). See what I mean? New music from The Hermit Crabs, The Lucksmiths, and Math and Physics Club are on the agenda too which should make that smile even bigger.

Tricky - Knowle West Boy...coming soon

Download the bits of his Council Estate track and remix it: http://www.knowlewestboy.com/

Cover Me On Friday: Ivy covers Go-Betweens

The song is Streets of Your Town from Ivy's cover album "Guest Room"(released 2002).

New single from The Radio Dept. - free MP3

The Radio Dept. "Freddie and the Trojan Horse" (LAB105, 3-track CD Single) is out on June 4.


The Radio Dept. - "Freddie and the Trojan Horse"
CD/Single-LAB115

Track listing
1. Freddie and the Trojan Horse
2. Closing scene
3. The room, Tarzana

The Ting Tings

NME make a mention about a track I played 2 months ago. #9 from my 8th Like Sugar popcast.

Killing Joke – Let’s All Go (To The Fire Dances)
Gentle Touch – Expectations
Cajun Dance Party – Amylase
The Raveonettes – Hallucinations
British Sea Power – Open The Door
Bedroom Eyes – Norwegian Pop
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Doing All The Things That Wouldn’t Make Your Parents Proud
Ostrich – Icecold Kisses
The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
Baskervilles – Caught In A Crosswalk
The Electric Pop Group – Popgirly
Levy – Rotten Love
Computerclub – Snobs
Anoraak – NERD (Never Ending Romantic Disaster)
Dark Distant Spaces – Dark Like My Soul

Saudade - Todd from A Different Drum label

I only recently stumbled upon this. Todd Durrant, the man behind the world's best synthpop / electronic pop label, A Different Drum has a music project named Saudade.
I thought it was funny / ironic to see his myspace page lists his band as "unsigned". Can't he sign himself?

Cover Me On Friday: Coldplay - Lips Like Sugar

It's a straight-forward cover, no real changes. The vocals even sound close to Ian McCulloch! Only thing off is the pronunciation of "river". The track was recorded live, so you've gotta wonder how this'd go in-studio.
Also of note, this is the first time I have referenced this song since I created this blog and podcast / netcast / popcast. So, here it goes, the words I have not used until now: Echo and The Bunnymen.

The Cure to Release Singles on the 13th of ea. mo.

THE CURE TO RELEASE NEW SINGLES THE 13TH OF EACH MONTH LEADING UP TO THE RELEASE OF THEIR 13TH STUDIO ALBUM

The Cure have unveiled their plans to release four A & B side singles, one each month starting May 13th, leading up to the release of their thirteenth studio album, as yet untitled (?), which will be out on Suretone/Geffen Records September 13th. It will be the band's first album of new music since 2004’s self titled album The Cure. Physical and digital singles will be available for purchase in store and on all digital partners.

Why the 13th of each month? The forthcoming album is The Cure’s thirteenth studio album... A lucky number indeed!

First single “The Only One” (released May 13th) includes the b-side “NY Trip”; second single “Freakshow” (released June 13th) includes the b-side "All Kinds Of Stuff"; neither b-side will appear on the album. Both tracks were produced by Robert Smith and Keith Uddin. July 13th and August 13th singles will be announced shortly...
The band is currently gearing up for a U.S. tour, kicking off May 9th. 65daysofstatic will open on all dates.
The Cure line-up comprises longtime members bass player Simon Gallup, drummer Jason Cooper and, back in the band for a third time, guitarist Porl Thompson!

Free download of Jason Bentley's remix of "All My Friends"

Free download of jason bentley's remix of "all my friends" by West Indian Girl:
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/West_Indian_Girl/download/All_My_Friends_Remix