Saturday 29 May 2010

Klaxons @ Chinnerys 26/5/2010

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Support came from Baby Monster an unsigned indie/electro band from the USA. They got a good reaction from a very packed, sweat filled chinnerys crowd. I'm not always very easy to please when it comes to support acts I don't already know (although I try and show some support for them no matter what)! but I really enjoyed Baby Monster, the blend of indie and electro always goes down a treat for me and it was nice to have some music that I really wanted to dance to before the main act even came on.

Being a bit tipsy on cider I thought I would try and be brave and join some of my friends in the middle centre of the crowd, however when the Klaxons came on, playing new song "Flashover" the crowd went absolutley insane! So I fought my way back to the side where I could actually have a bit of breathing space!

The set consisted of all the hits from their first album and a few songs that will be on their forthcoming new album, all of it sounded awesome. Flashover is a colossol wall of deranged sound and all the other new songs sounded good too.

I forgot just how many great songs they have done, highlights for me included Gravity's Rainbow and Magick. and the encore of "Alantis to Interzone" was fantastic. Even though sound great on cd, they sounded much better live, these songs were made to be heard live!

The set list:

Flashover
As Above So Below
Same Space
Gravitys Rainbow
Calm Trees
Golden Skans
Twin Flames
Two Recievers
Magick
Echoes
Astrominocol
It's Not Over Yet
Future Memories
Alantis to Interzone

Monday 24 May 2010

This blog

For those reading this on Facebook- this has been imported (and most of my music blogs are imported) from my blog which is at http://djmoonlightmusic.blogspot.com which is why it's always says at the bottom- view original post.

Anyway I'm debating what to do about my blogging. Currently this blog is about music and not much else- I normally write anything else just directly as a facebook note. I don't know whether I should carry on doing the same- although not all my friends/readers are on facebook that might want to read about more than music, or to just write everything I want to write- primarily music, activism, poetry/writing and occassionally other things on the DJ Moonlight blog as it gets imported onto facebook anyway (even though it sometimes takes ages- as long as a week at times)!
OR to start separate blogs for activism and writing which wouldn't be imported on facebook and mean I'd have 3 blogs to maintain.

What do you think?

Playlists

Pigtails

The Long Blondes - Weekend Without Makeup
Metric - Gold Guns Girls
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Activity Grrrl
Girlschool - Take It All Away
Be Your Own Pet - Girls On TV
The Ropes - What They Do For Fun
The Dead Weather - Hang You From The Heavens
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
Sleater-Kinney - You're No Rock N' Roll Fun
Blondie - Sunday Girl
Heart - Crazy On You
Everything But The Girl - Missing
Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Miss The Occupier - Short Sight
The Dresden Dolls - Girl Anachronism
The Muffs - Funny Face
Moloko - Fun For Me
Hazard County Girls - Red Light
The Ettes - No Home
Eurythmics Feat. Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
HorrorPops - Crawl Straight Home
Hole - Miss World
PJ Harvey - Down By The Water
Buried in Mexico - Down
Björk - Big Time Sensuality
Driver - Falling Down
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Yes Miss, No Miss - Sexy Back

New Music
Charlot Webster - My Cold Heart
Darlington - Track 8
Reason For Rumours - Celestial
Daisy Grenades - Broken Record (Rob's mix)
The Cave Singers - Seeds Of Night
The Sibleys - Dancin' on Delany Street
Pattern is Movement - It's the Wine
Mother Mother - Body Of Years (Album Version)
Land Of Talk - Speak To Me Bones
Limozine - Junkie Girlfriend
TheTrees - Stop Talking
Calatrilloz - Origins
Mistress Stephanie And Her Melodic Cat - Shake Your Dance Stick
Rattlesnake Remedy - Black Sheep Fiddle
Chavtownband - Cabin Fever demo
Guttercat and the Milkmen - Lonely tears in the Night
Filthy Cat - Hit
Greg Kiss & The Feral Cats - Beg Thine Fair Hands
Sugarplum Fairy - She
In Love and War - Death on the Silver Screen
The Slack Republic - Contrary To Popular Belief
Ambulance Ltd - New English
Caduseus - I Guess it's Goodbye
Dirty Love - Baby You Suck
Catherine Elms - I Should

Wednesday 19 May 2010

This week on the shows

New Music New Talent

The Psycho Surgeons - Wild Weekend
Crossfade - Already Gone
Suck My Deformity - Is It Wrong
A Weeks Worth - When The Week Died
Tessmarka - Ready to Roll
Yolz in the Sky - I READY NEADY
Husky Rescue - Diamonds In The Sky
Love Of Diagrams - Form And Function
An Ideal 4 Living - Exit
The Faintest Ideas - You're Beautiful
Gabby Young (Dave Howells Remix) - In this..dave wowell mix fi
The Longshots - Live Fast, Die Young
The Deer Tracks - Slow Collision (Radio Edit)
Drugdealer Cheerleader - I don't Wanna Go To School
Math And Physics Club - Darling, Please Come Home
Shocking Pinks - This Aching Deal
The Bereavements - Track 1
Alamo Race Track - Don't beat this dog
Bunty - thats why Im crossing my legs
The Sea And Cake - Crossing Line
Care Bears on Fire- Everybody Else
Atomic Blonde - Breakdown
The Postmarks - Go Jetsetter
In Love and War - The Bliss and The Sacrifice
Nouveau Glam - The Long Goodbye (High)
The Breakup Society - Robin Zander
Bad Astronaut - Autocare
Zen Motel - Devil Song(2007) (Bonus Track)
Catherine Anne Davies - Long Year
Catherine Elms - Drowning

Pigtails and Army Boots
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cold Light
Juliette And The Licks - Purgatory Blues
Au Revoir Simone - Hurricanes
The Slits - Ping Pong Affair
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to love
Heather Nova - London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Tori Amos - Secret Spell
Alisha's Attic - Air and Angels
The Dollyrots - Nobody Else
Echobelly - Great Things
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Imani Coppola - Legend Of A Cowgirl
Little Boots - Meddle
Regina Spektor - Better
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age
Dead Disco - Automatic
The Distillers - Beat Your Heart Out
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
L7 - Pretend We're Dead
Obsessive Compulsive - Perfect Wreck
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
Death of the Elephant - 2N2222
Dirty Fairies - Get High (TT UAD Mix)
Trash Monroe - Venus Envy
Wendy Solomon - Happy Hour Final Mix
Alanis Morissette - Crazy

Monday 10 May 2010

This week's playlists- what to listen out for!

Pigtails and Army Boots

Fever Ray - Triangle Walks (Radio Edit)
Paramore - Brick by Boring Brick
Blood Red Shoes - ADHD
Madonna - Vogue
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
The Sounds - No One Sleeps When I'm Awake
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets
Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves - Wake Up The Heroes
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Arabian Knights
Care Bears on Fire - Jack Brown
Joan Jett - Cherry Bomb
Metalchicks - We Are The Warriors
Peaches - You Love It
Paloma Faith - Upside Down
Codeine Velvet Club - Vanity Kills
The Noisettes - Scratch Your Name
Robots In Disguise - Wake Up! (Robots In Disguise Mix)
The Creepshow - Candykiss
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Patti Smith Group - Privilege (Set Me Free)
Jennifer Paige - Crush
Inkubus Sukkubus - Call Out My Name
Tsunami Bomb - Say It If You Mean It
Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don't Care
Tigerpicks - Disco Punk Electro Funk
Cansei De Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
Belly - Feed The Tree
Gossip - Careless Whisper


New Music New Talent

Hopewell - Afterglow
She Wants Revenge - These Things
Plantman - The Tide
Bugs Eat Books - Killers From The Start
Oh No! Oh My! - Walk In The Park
Amusement Parks on Fire - Back to Flash
Oxford Collapse - Please Visit Your National Parks
Sparkle Motion - Try
Through the Sparks - Mexico
Power Pill Fist - Sagadraga
The Stines - Dragon Surprise
Sykamore - So Far Away
Neon Harvest - She Wants Her Baby
Dragontears - Borderline
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Sun Ain't Shining No More
YoungHeartsLightsFires - Just So You Know
The Hillmisters - Bed Headz
Headrush - Just Bring It On
Dirty on Purpose - No Radio
Mother Mother - Body Of Years (Radio Edit)
The Wallbirds - Lying At The Side Of You (Radio Mix)
Diarmaid O Meara - Murdering Disco (Radio Edit)
In Love and War - Stealing Light From Brighter Days
The Ladybug Transistor - Three Days From Now
The Stranger's Six - Back To The Start
LoveSick Radio - Boys Don't Matter
Oh Dear - Raise The Bar
KOOPA - Gimme it Back - Radio Edit
Smoke Fairies - Frozen Heart (Radio Edit)

Saturday 8 May 2010

Saturday's Alternative Goddess

Today's alternative goddess is Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine!
I loved this band as soon as I heard them only last year. Florence has achieved a lot with her band, despite past difficulties such as seeing her grandfather dying when she was only 10 and her grandmother when she was 14. She used to get in trouble at school for not focusing and randomly singing. She has dylexia, and believes she suffers with OCD, ADD and Insomnia. She has achieved a lot at a young age- she's only twenty three!
I'm yet to see her live, but would love to see this extremely talented woman.
Now, just in case you've been living under a rock, or you like me, enjoy her music- here's some for your enjoyment!

Dog Days are Over



Kiss With a Fist



Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)


my current favourite- drumming song

Tuesday 4 May 2010

On the shows this week

New Music New Talent

Metalchicks - We Are The Warriors
The Star Spangles - I Live For Speed
Shudderwall - Grudge
Cast Of The Capital - Comiston Springs
American Eyes - The Girl With The Broken Heart
American Princes - Open Letter
Sophe Lux - God Doesn't Take American Express
Raise The Human - All The Humans
Greg Kiss & The Feral Cats - Something Isn't Right
Indigo Road - Hey It's Alright
Symptom - Into The Bright
Vigilantes - Keep It Movin'
Venom Seeds - Get Out Right Now
Thieves Like Us - Fear and Loathing
The Space Between - I Need You More
Orphus - Facts Of Life
Hoodoo Fifties - Feeling bright
Carnal Rites - Take My Life
The New Pornographers - The Speed Of Luxury
The Real Tuesday Weld - Last Words
Middle Distance Runner - Naturally
In Love and War - Death on the Silver Screen
humanizer - Conflicting Accounts (new mix)
Underwater Sleeping Society - Silence Teaches You How To Sing
Penny Relentless - It's Alright
An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump - The Past Between Us
Music For Animals - Worry


Pigtails and Army Boots

Marina and The Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot (radio edit)
Morcheeba - World Looking In
Metric - Gold Guns Girls
New Young Pony Club - Talking, Talking
PJ Harvey - Working for the Man
Queen Adreena - Sleepwalking
The Kills - Tape Song
Shocking Blue - Venus
The Donnas - Looking For Blood
Donna & Althea - Uptown Top Ranking
Kt Tunstall - Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet
Lauren Harris - Get Over It
Le Tigre - Friendship Station
After-School Sports - Almost Left My Boyfriend For His Casio
Republica - Drop Dead Gorgeous
Betty Power - New Best Friend
kate nash - foundations
Sia - Soon We'll Be Found
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - Dog Days Are Over
The Dead Weather - Hang You From The Heavens
Lenka - Trouble Is A Friend
The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls - My Alcoholic Friends
Land Of Talk - All My Friends
Lily Allen - Not Fair (Clean Radio Edit)
Skunk Anansie - Selling Jesus
Sixpence None The Richer - Don't Dream It's Over