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A Sound Reaction - Favourite songs of 2015... so far

WalesOnline - A Sound Reaction Playlist - Friday December 12

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50 of the best songs from Wales in the last 12 months

SxSW2015,pt.2

1/ 'Dani's Blues' by BOP ENGLISH:  longtime moniker for White Denim's James Petralli. This is the stunning piano driven and rollicking opening track of his new album. Stellar !

2/ 'Pedestrian At Best' by COURTNEY BARNETT:  storming track from forthcoming new album. An avalanche of power-chords. The Australian's deadpan singing style is 24- carat coolness !  A blast ! 

3/ 'Smother' by SLUTEVER:  a Westcoast pop punk stroke.  Tremendous drive.  This steamy  L.A. based female duo is ready for 2015...

4/ 'Depth Of Perception' by DUBARRAY: an ambient electronic outfit from Brisbane, Australia.   Irresistible jungle rhythms and big drums. Boss track !

5/ 'Get Your Goo On' by HOUDINI DAX:  an electrifying stomper with a big chanty chorus from a thrilling Welsh trio that played India last year (FACT).  Jumbo !

6/ 'Monster' by CHAD VANGAALEN:  longtime Australian multi instrumentalist & producer dreamt once that he got up in the morning as a gigantic monster. He wrote a vivacious song about it  !

7/ 'Drop City' by DAYCONES:  aka Ryan Janke from Tucson, Arizona. Twisted psychedelica.  Janke himself calls it  Glu-Wave. Sounds gloriously spooky !    

THE MAGNIFICENT 7 ! Week 6...

A selection of tracks from the acts that have performed on series one of Live at the Vaults in one handy playlist.

Live at the Vaults Series One Acts

Following their debut album, 'You Belong to Dax Darling'  in 2011, a full support tour with Charlotte Church, and high profile shows with the 
likes of the band everyone seems to be name-dropping, The Strypes, Houdini Dax are back with a brand new single 'Our Boy Billy' on Cardiff's
burgeoning new record label, The Underclassed.  Houdini Dax' new single coincides with a Pledge Music campaign to fan-fund the band's
forthcoming album 'Darker Side Of Town'.  ‘Our Boy Billy’ showcases a more polished sound for the band, highlighting the Dax's ever-prevalent 
infectious hooks and melodies. From The Beatles to Tame Impala and from Supergrass to Black Rebel Motorcyle Club, Houdini Dax have a 
healthy concoction of influences and these flavours shine through brilliantly in their new material. The band are styling their new live shows in a 
similar fashion to how the great Harry Houdini promoted himself in the early 20th century; look out for magicians, suited comperes and expect a 
different kind of gig experience. The album 'Darker Side of Town' will be released in 2014 to coincide with a UK tour.

Our Boy Billy by Houdini Dax

This is Chess. We are releasing this song as a FREE DOWNLOAD as a massive thank you to all of you who have pledged so far and helped us hit 25% of our Pledge Music target! 

Big love, 
Jack, Owen & Dave x 

Chess by Houdini Dax

BOOKING: harald@mfm-booking.de

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/robin.schulz.official

Release: 13.06.2014

Prayer In C

Lilly Wood & the Prick & Robin Schulz - Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix) BUY ON I TUNES NOW !!!

'Darker Days' is Dan Bettridge's sophomore 4-track EP, released on February 24 2014; following on from his debut EP 'Hunter's Heart', released in January 2013.

Darker Days was written by Dan Bettridge (danbettridge.com). 
The record was produced, mixed and mastered by Charlie Francis (REM, Kill It Kid, The Noisettes).

02 - Home - Dan Bettridge (Darker Days EP)

Copyright 2014



Produced by Fickle Friends, Sam Winfield & James Earp
Mixed by Jonathan Gilmore
Mastered by Robin Schmidt, 24-96 Mastering

P L A Y

Crouching Bees

Good Old Fashioned Maniac by Houdini Dax 

Good Old Fashioned Maniac

Turn Up The Speakers is OUT NOW! Grab your copy on Beatport: http://smarturl.it/AJTurnUpTheSpeakers

Download on Beatport

Afrojack & Martin Garrix - Turn Up The Speakers

FOR YOU

Ever wondered what kind of song The Rolling Stones would write if Stephen Hawking was their frontman? Wonder no more...

Uncertainty Principle on Main Street

CAVE SONG

Wazo *Too Pure* single release 26/01/2015

Speed Trials - Here On The Corner

Estrons - C - C-CARIAD!

Houdini Dax • Get Your Goo On. 
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Released December 12th, 2014

Get Your Goo On by Houdini Dax
Video Premiere by Rolling Stone Magazine, India 

Exclusively distributed by OK Listen! India 
Buy It Now: http://bit.ly/1wkX5So

Get Your Goo On

taken from FJAAK's upcoming single "Oben / Unten" 
(50WEAPONSXTR04)

Release date: January 16, 2015

Pre-order vinyl here: http://bit.ly/1BtVdtH
Download here: http://bit.ly/1Aq0K2V

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FJAAK "Unten" (50WEAPONSXTR04) Out January 16, 2015

"Smother" from Almost Famous

Out February 27th.



Smother

Dan Bettridge - Third Eye Blind

Taken from the debut album 'Constant Bop' out April 13th/14th on Downtown Records (US) and Blood & Biscuits (UK/EU).

Bop English is the recording name of White Denim frontman James Petralli. 

UK/EU Pre-order: http://tinyurl.com/k5vlhdr

https://www.facebook.com/bopenglish


Constant Bop

Dani's Blues (It Was Beyond Our Control)

“Depth of Perception” by DUBARRAY will be released 20th February 2015 on Pavement Records

dubarray.com
Facebook.com/Dubarray 
Instagram.com/Dubarray 
Youtube.com/Dubarray 
Twitter.com/Dubarray

Upcoming Shows:

Feb 15th – Earth Frequency Festival – Ivory Rocks QLD 
Feb 20th – Wanderlust Festival – Cockatoo Island Sydney 
Feb 28th – Palm Court Hotel – Wollongong NSW
Mar 1st – Regrowth Festival – Berlang Forest NSW
Mar 14th – Sheoak Shack – Fingal Heads NSW
Mar 15th – Brunswick Hotel – Brunswick Heads NSW
Mar 20th – Bundaberg Hotel – Bundaberg QLD
Mar 21st – Crawdaddy’s – Noosa QLD
April 10th – 5 Church St – Bellingen NSW
April 12th – Beach Hotel – Byron Bay NSW
April 24th – Settlers Tavern – Margaret River WA
April 26th – Caves House – Dunsborough WA

DUBARRAY - Depth Of Perception

Taken from the LP: "Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Think" - Released on March 23rd Worldwide


Australia:
iTunes: Pre-order full album and get instant download of Pedestrian At Best http://smarturl.it/sometimesisit
Courtney's special pre-order: Deluxe orange LP/LP/CD with custom-made tote bag 'link'

UK/Europe/Rest of World:
iTunes: Pre-order full album and get instant download of Pedestrian At Best http://smarturl.it/sometimesisit
Amazon: Standard LP and CD http://smarturl.it/sometimesisitamzlp 
Rough Trade: Deluxe orange vinyl gatefold LP and CD http://smarturl.it/sometimesisitrt 
Courtney's special pre-order: Deluxe orange LP/LP/CD with custom-made tote bag 'link'
Recordstore: Standard LP and singed print http://smarturl.it/sometimesisitrs

USA/Canada:
iTunes: Pre-order full album and get instant download of Pedestrian At Best http://smarturl.it/sometimesisit
Amazon: Standard LP and CD http://smarturl.it/sometimesisitamzlp 
Courtney's special pre-order: Deluxe orange LP/LP/CD with custom-made tote bag http://po.st/sometimesisitmp

Listen:
http://po.st/SpotifyCB

Pedestrian At Best Available on 7" 16th March 2015 (pre-order link to Rough Trade)

Follow:
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http://po.st/TwitterCB
http://po.st/InstagramCB

Clip by Charlie Ford @ http://www.charliefofo.com

PEDESTRIAN AT BEST was written by Courtney Barnett

I love you I hate you 
I’m on the fence it all depends 
whether I’m up I’m down 
I’m on the mend 
transcending all reality. 
I like you despise you admire you 
what are we gonna do 
when everything all falls through? 
I must confess I’ve made a mess 
of what should be a small success 
but I digress 
at least I’ve tried my very best I guess. 
This that the other 
why even bother, 
it won’t be with me on my death bed, 
but I’ll still be in your head.

Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you. 
Tell me I’m exceptional I promise to exploit you. 
Give me all your money and I’ll make some origami, honey. 
I think you’re a joke but I don’t find you very funny.

My internal monologue 
is saturated analogue, 
It’s scratched and drifting, 
I’ve become attached to the idea 
it’s all a shifting dream bitter sweet philosophy, 
I’ve got no idea how I even got here. 
I’m resentful 
I’m having an existential time crisis, 
what bliss, daylight savings won’t fix this mess. 
Underworked and oversexed 
I must express my disinterest, 
the rats are back inside my head 
what would Freud have said?

Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you. 
Tell me I’m exceptional I promise to exploit you. 
Give me all your money and I’ll make some origami, honey. 
I think you’re a joke but I don’t find you very funny.

I wanna wash out my head with turpentine and cyanide,
I dislike this internal diatribe 
when I try to catch your eye 
I hate seeing you crying in the kitchen 
I don’t know why it affects me like this when you’re not even mine to consider.
Erroneous.
Harmonious.
I’m hardly sanctimonious.
Dirty clothes, I suppose, 
we all outgrow ourselves.
I’m a fake, 
I’m a phoney, 
I’m awake, 
I’m alone, 
I’m homely, 
I’m a Scorpio.

Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you. 
Tell me I’m exceptional I promise to exploit you. 
Give me all your money and I’ll make some origami, honey. 
I think you’re a joke but I don’t find you very funny.

Buy on iTunes

Pedestrian At Best

This is our brand new single 'Apple Tree', it's released on Jealous Lovers Club March 1st 2015. "A juicy nugget of pop goodness filled with indie rock riffs and luscious three-part harmonies, 'Apple Tree' takes aim straight at your feet - designed to make you dance and groove 'til you drop." 

Filmed on a glorious day in Wales, we got our very own Mini Dax (the super-talented Fin, Jack and Charlie) to headbang and swagger their way through a country house courtyard - like a more mature Britpop video.

'Apple Tree' is our first release of 2015, giving a preview of our fan-funded upcoming album 'Naughty Nation'. 

Release date: March 1st, 2015 
A Jealous Lovers Club Release 
www.jealousloversclub.com

www.houdinidax.com 
www.youtube.com/houdinidax
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Twitter: http://bit.ly/1zWa8dq
SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/1AnlcjO

© Houdini Dax 2015 Ⓟ Houdini Dax 2015
Music by Houdini Dax and Chav Boy

Produced by Steffan Pringle, In The Red Productions

Apple Tree by Houdini Dax

Celebrate is the second track from The Hearts debut EP "Lips"
out now. Buy here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lips/id948798702?i=948798714

SHOW DATES:

Fri 30th Jan - Blackwood Miners Institute 
Sun 1st Feb – Sin City, Swansea 
Weds 4th Feb - Wrexham Central Station
Thurs 5th Feb - Chester Live Rooms
Sun 8th Feb - Ebbw Vale Institute
Mon 9th Feb - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff

www.facebook.com/theheartsuk 
www.loveandriots.com 
www.soundcloud.com/thehearts
www.twitter.com/thehearts
theheartsuk@gmail.com

Celebrate

En Garde - Black Eyes White Lines

She Don't Know

Stephen Swartz - Bullet Train (feat. Joni Fatora)

www.lifehousemusic.com
www.facebook.com/lifehouse
https://twitter.com/lifehouse

Lifehouse - "Between the Raindrops" ft. Natasha Bedingfield

Next To Nothing

Tracs oddi ar fy EP NEWYDD, "Ser Yn Disgyn"

Tracks off my NEW EP, "Ser Yn Disgyn"


Dyma Fi'n Mynd

NOS
Written and Performed by Climbing Trees 
Produced by Climbing Trees with Jethro Chaplin
Recorded and Mixed & Mastered by Jethro Chaplin at Mwnci Studios

Taken from the album HEBRON 
Released 30.08.13 on CD/DL via Staylittle Music
https://ilikeclimbingtrees.bandcamp.com/album/hebron

© & Ⓟ STAYLITTLE MUSIC 2013 • MADE IN WALES • SLM002

Hebron

Click to Buy on CD/DL

GONE TO SEA
Written and Performed by Climbing Trees 
Produced by Climbing Trees with Jethro Chaplin
Recorded and Mixed & Mastered by Jethro Chaplin at Mwnci Studios

Taken from the album HEBRON 
Released 30.08.13 on CD/DL via Staylittle Music
https://ilikeclimbingtrees.bandcamp.com/album/hebron

© & Ⓟ STAYLITTLE MUSIC 2013 • MADE IN WALES • SLM002

Gone To Sea

ALOISI
Written and Performed by Climbing Trees 
Produced by Climbing Trees with Jethro Chaplin
Recorded and Mixed & Mastered by Jethro Chaplin at Mwnci Studios

Taken from the album HEBRON 
Released 30.08.13 on CD/DL via Staylittle Music
https://ilikeclimbingtrees.bandcamp.com/album/hebron

© & Ⓟ STAYLITTLE MUSIC 2013 • MADE IN WALES • SLM002