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Vampire Weekend @ Somerset House, Jan 14th.
Vampire Weekend play a free show above the ice rink at Somerset House this Thursday, January 14th to celebrate the release of their second album ‘Contra’ which came out on Monday. No advance tickets are required, just turn up on the day and join what will presumably be a rather large queue. There seems no word on the Somerset House or VW websites as to this happening but the fly says it is. The first 50 people get to ice skate too! // more
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On Repeat: Eels – Little Bird
First of all we must put our hands up for criminally overlooking Eels excellent Hombre Lobo album in our 2009 best albums list. There’s only so many hours in the day to listen to music and somehow that one slipped through the net until recently. We’re not about to make the same mistake with Eels forthcoming album ‘End Times’. Take a listen to the beautiful Little Bird as a taster of things to come. It’s vintage Eels.
For Fans Of: EELS
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Panda Bear @ Heaven, March 11th.
What? 2010 was arguably Animal Collective’s year with their Merriweather Post Pavilion topping a lot of best album lists. Not ours mind. We liked it but mainly for Noah Lennox a.k.a. Panda Bear‘s contributions which were as ever; breathtaking, one man Beach Boys esque, trippy masterpieces. So it is with much joy we greet the news of Panda Bear’s upcoming show at Heaven Under The Arches.
For Fans Of: Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic. // more
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Music Mule’s Gigs of 2009
2009 has whizzed by in a blur of fantastic gigs. Here’s a little list of some of our favourites with links to words, pictures and if you’re lucky, videos of some truly great shows from our home city of London and sometimes further afield. As with our efforts at ordering albums and songs of the year it’s been a challenge to remember and quantify the enjoyment we’ve benefited from this year but we’ve given it a shot. // more
