The Monitors http://www.the-monitors.com Keeping track of new music, media and industry news Fri, 18 May 2012 09:29:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Man Like Me @ Dingwalls http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/man-like-me-dingwalls/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/man-like-me-dingwalls/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:03:33 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=8619

Touted as a band to experience live, Man Like Me are throwing a party next Thursday to celebrate the launch of their new single ‘Squeeze’. Mates including Tom Vek and Mike Skinner, it’s sure to be a decent party!

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Touted as a band to experience live, Man Like Me are throwing a party next Thursday to celebrate the launch of their new single ‘Squeeze’. Mates including Tom Vek and Mike Skinner, it’s sure to be a decent party!

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/man-like-me-dingwalls/feed/ 0 Public Podcast from The Great Escape http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/public-podcast-from-the-great-escape/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/public-podcast-from-the-great-escape/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 11:31:36 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=8616 We’re bringing you the big buzz bands from The Great Escape this week. And man, there were a lot of buzz bands. Luckily they were also really good. Here’s our pick from the weekend.

]]> We’re bringing you the big buzz bands from The Great Escape this week. And man, there were a lot of buzz bands. Luckily they were also really good. Here’s our pick from the weekend.

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/public-podcast-from-the-great-escape/feed/ 0 Digital Soundboy stage @ Lovebox http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/digital-soundboy-stage-lovebox/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/digital-soundboy-stage-lovebox/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 11:12:54 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=8605 Shy FX brings his Digital Soundboy label to Lovebox this year on 15th June 2012 and he’ll be bringing with him a new artists, Dismantle along for the ride.

]]> Shy FX brings his Digital Soundboy label to Lovebox this year on 15th June 2012 and he’ll be bringing with him a new artists, Dismantle along for the ride.

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/digital-soundboy-stage-lovebox/feed/ 0 Zulu Winter – Language http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/zulu-winter-language/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/zulu-winter-language/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 11:05:43 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=8603 Zulu Winter - Language

The debut album from this London five piece manages to straddle between artistic indie and big, engrossing choruses. Some have described it as Coldplay-ish, but that’s always said with the tone that somehow Coldplay sell out arena’s by being shit. Which doesn’t really add up.

Language does sometimes sound a bit same-y, but for a debut, Zulu Winter have proved they have capacity to move from Efterklang-esque epic moments such as in ‘Moments Drift’ to the upbeat and jaunty ‘Silver Tongue’.

An album that manages to move you through multiple feelings at once, and all of them positive. There may be a few artists around sounding similar to this, but Zulu Winter have given them all a hard fight to go up against this.

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The debut album from this London five piece manages to straddle between artistic indie and big, engrossing choruses. Some have described it as Coldplay-ish, but that’s always said with the tone that somehow Coldplay sell out arena’s by being shit. Which doesn’t really add up.

Language does sometimes sound a bit same-y, but for a debut, Zulu Winter have proved they have capacity to move from Efterklang-esque epic moments such as in ‘Moments Drift’ to the upbeat and jaunty ‘Silver Tongue’.

An album that manages to move you through multiple feelings at once, and all of them positive. There may be a few artists around sounding similar to this, but Zulu Winter have given them all a hard fight to go up against this.

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/zulu-winter-language/feed/ 0 Haim http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/haim/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/haim/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:54:30 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=8601

The big buzz band from The Great Escape this year, these three LA sisters have been kicking up more of a storm than a fake Garry Glitter Twitter account. Mixing folk and R&B they fit so perfectly into the two niche’s currently in the center of the musical landscape they’ve come as a bit of a ‘durr’ combination and made a winning formula. So many people are risking eating their hats for the sake of these guys being ‘the next big thing’  that it’s hard not to see these girls being everywhere over the coming months.

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The big buzz band from The Great Escape this year, these three LA sisters have been kicking up more of a storm than a fake Garry Glitter Twitter account. Mixing folk and R&B they fit so perfectly into the two niche’s currently in the center of the musical landscape they’ve come as a bit of a ‘durr’ combination and made a winning formula. So many people are risking eating their hats for the sake of these guys being ‘the next big thing’  that it’s hard not to see these girls being everywhere over the coming months.

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/haim/feed/ 0 Kindness – House http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/kindness-house/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/kindness-house/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:40:40 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=8598 Kindess’ new track isn’t only very, very nice it also comes with a cute little retro teaching-aide style video.

]]> Kindess’ new track isn’t only very, very nice it also comes with a cute little retro teaching-aide style video.

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/kindness-house/feed/ 0 Iranian Under Seige http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/iranian-under-seige/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/iranian-under-seige/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:38:22 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=8595 German-based Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi has sparked controversy in the Islamic world by referencing religious figures in his tracks. The rapper has since gone into hiding and become known as the ‘musical Salman Rushdie’.

guardian.co.uk

]]> German-based Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi has sparked controversy in the Islamic world by referencing religious figures in his tracks. The rapper has since gone into hiding and become known as the ‘musical Salman Rushdie’.

guardian.co.uk

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/iranian-under-seige/feed/ 0 Spears to Judge http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/spears-to-judge/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/spears-to-judge/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:35:42 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=8593 Britney Spears has been announced as a Judge on the upcoming US X Factor series. And some woman called Demi Lovato.

billboard.com

]]> Britney Spears has been announced as a Judge on the upcoming US X Factor series. And some woman called Demi Lovato.

billboard.com

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/spears-to-judge/feed/ 0 Music To Help You Work http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/music-to-help-you-work/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/music-to-help-you-work/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:33:34 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=8590 This infograph helps you work out what sort of music you should listen to on the job.

brand-m.biz

]]> This infograph helps you work out what sort of music you should listen to on the job.

brand-m.biz

]]> http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/music-to-help-you-work/feed/ 0 Glitter Repeated http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/glitter-repeated/ http://www.the-monitors.com/2012/05/17/glitter-repeated/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:32:38 +0000 NIcholas_b http://www.the-monitors.com/?p=8588 A few people kicked up a storm after a Gary Glitter performance on Top of the Pops in the 70s was repeated by the braodcaster on a TOTP2 special.

nme.com

]]> A few people kicked up a storm after a Gary Glitter performance on Top of the Pops in the 70s was repeated by the braodcaster on a TOTP2 special.

nme.com

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