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Mike's Mad4these w/c 14 Jun 10
Choice new music - Click below for the latest on each artist
1 1 KATY PERRY & SNOOP DOGG California Gurls new single 20 June 2010
2 2 REPUBLICA Ready To Go 2010 new single 7 June 2010
3 3 WOLFMOTHER Far Away new single 21 June 2010
4 4 EXAMPLE Kickstarts new single 13 June 2010
5 5 SAGE FRANCIS Best Of Times promo only
6 6 I BLAME COCO Self Machine new single 27 Jun 2010
7 7 CHAPEL CLUB Five Trees Horrors Remix new single
8 8 TINIE TEMPAH Frisky South Rakkas Fu*k Me Remix new single 7 June 2010
9 9 TIFFANY PAGE On Your Head new single tbc
10 10 UFFIE & PHARREL ADD Suv new single 31 May 2010

This week's post ...

David Holmes
The Dogs Are Parading new double album
The definitive David Holmes collection covering his premier work of the past two decades. Some thirty trax are featured on this compilation featuring collaborations with Weatherall, Lafayette, Too Fat, Mogwai and Kevin Shields. An essential addition for the collector.

IDC
Daytime Radio Hit new single 26 July
'Daytime Radio Hit'... not... far too many f-words to edit or are there... sexy female vocals luring one into a false sense of security before the "Oh another thing, get the f+ck out of my..." whatever. Great rhythm track and this must have a chance of becoming a big club hit... You may have seen IDC support Calvin Harris or 2Many DJ's recently and this track is surprisingly neat. Hit potential.

Katy Perry
California Gurls - Remixes new single 26 July 2010
Well what is there too add... USA's Billboard Number One for a second week, Number One on UK iTunes by Sunday night and now another four radio edits to add to the original two - MSTRKRFT, Manhattan Clique, Passion Pit and InnerPartySystem. The endangered species of the pop song has struck back with Katy Perry's twin bazookas with and without Snoop... the songs oozes freeway driving around LA... made for KIIS FM (California's Capital FM equivalent and superior). Here's a risky prediction for the soon to be Mrs Brand (Or if she follows our Opposition Leader Harriet Harman's finely blended example of incompetance masquerading as enlightenment... Mrs Perry) ... UK Number One!

Monarchy
Love Get Out Of My Way new single 26 July
Another fast rising electro-duo release a top pop tunette. Monarchy's 126bpm 'Love Get Out Of My Way' comes in seven flavas remixed by Sinden, Holy Ghost, Tim Goldsworthy and Treasure Fingers. Hit potential.

Travie McCoy & Bruno Mars
Billionaire new single 26 July
Why on earth would Katy Perry trade Travis McCoy for Russell Bland... maybe that's the inspiration for 'Billionaire'. McCoy is sooo cool, when Gym Class Heroes played to a packed Mad4it venue back in 2006 he stayed behind talking to fans and shaking hands... great band, great frontman and together with Bruno Mars this US Top Tenner should top ten in the UK too. I'm no fan of gratuitous use of the fuck word, I think both BoB are resisting a strong temptation to use it more often which must be a good thing... it's in the first line "I wish I was a fuckin billionaire" and it's limp replacement "fickin" in the clean edit. Originally the word seemed to portrait anger and frustration, it seems to increasingly betray a lack of inspiration, moral ambition and possibly intelligence. Anyways, Top Ten... maybe Number One!

Uffie
Sex & Dreams & Denim Jeans new album 31 May 2010

I like that picture... she'll need some help washing that off!
Although Floridian Parisienne Uffie seems to have been momentarily trumped by Ke$ha she's got a certain something about her.. maybe the Francais femme fatale eh...?
This is a fine album with some memorable tracks, not least the curtain raising 'Pop My Glock' of a couple of years back.. what 2006... it's flying again...
the strangely titled 'A.D.D. S.U.V.' featuring Pharrell
and the 'MC's Can Kiss' single.
Really liking Uff's up-beat elctro stomping cover of Siousxie's 'Hong Kong Garden'.
Definately worth a closer look!!!

This week's Goss ...

UK Top 40 Sun 13 Jun 10
Dizz gets his fifth UK number one... he's nearing Westlife sustainability here.... the England charge straight to the top with 'Shout'... 'Three Lions 96' at 10, England New Order 'World In Motion' at 22,Terry Venables at 23 (Elvis will be turning when he hears 'If I Can Dream' rather murdered by El Tel) and Lily Allen's Dad Keith Fat Les 'Vindaloo' at 32.... The World Cup's getting more and more like Christmas.

Christina Aguilera's 'Bionic' goes straight to the top of the UK Albums.

Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg hit the top Stateside with 'California Gurls' while B.o.B./Bruno Mars now has three of America's Top Ten - 'Nothin On You', 'Airplanes' with Paramore's Hayley Williams and 'Billionaire' with Katy Perry's ex Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes. All rather incestuous over there so thank heavens for Ellie Jackson who at last gives the UK an American presence with La Roux and 'Bulletproof' hanging on at 10.

7 new entries - 7 up, 24 down, 2 non-movers

This Week ... Last Wk ... Wks In ... Artist ... Title ... Origin

1 new SHOUT FOR ENGLAND, DIZZEE RASCAL & JAMES CORDEN Shout UK

2 new TINIE TEMPAH Frisky UK

3 16 3 K'NAAN Wave The Flag UK

4 1 2 DAVID GUETTA CHRIS WILLIS Getting Over France / US

5 6 3 EMINEM Not Afraid US

6 11 12 USHER & WILL I AM OMG US

7 3 7 JASON DeRULO Ridin' Solo US

8 2 4 B.o.B. Nothing On You US

9 7 7 ALICIA KEYS Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart US

10 new LIGHTNING SEEDS, DAVID BADDIEL & FRANK SKINNER Three Lions UK

11 25 2 PIXIE LOTT Turn It Up UK

12 4 3 DIZZEE RASCAL Dirtee Disco UK

13 15 4 KE$HA Your Love Is My Drug US

14 5 6 AGGRO SANTOS & KIMBERLY WYATT Candy UK / US

15 9 4 SEAN KINGSTON / JUSTIN BIEBER Eenie Meenie US

16 13 2 MILEY CYRUS Can't Be Tamed US

17 8 3 N-DUBZ & BODYROX We Dance On UK

18 18 5 RIHANNA Te Amo US

19 28 3 LADY GAGA Alejandro US

20 10 3 3 IYAZ Solo US

21 12 4 5 EDWARD MAYA & VIKA JIGULINA Stereo Love Rumania

22 new ENGLAND NEW ORDER World In Motion UK

23 new TERRY VENABLES If I Can Dream UK

24 17 7 ALEXANDRA BURKE-PITBULL All Night Long UK / US

25 21 7 TRAIN Hey Soul Sister US

26 19 11 PLAN B She Said UK

27 23 2 B.o.B. & HAYLEY WILLIAMS Airplanes US

28 39 21 4 SQUAD Three Lions 2010 126 UK

29 20 FYFE DANGERFIELD She's Always A Woman UK

30 14 7 ROLL DEEP Good Times UK

31 24 15 TINIE TEMPAH Pass Out UK

32 new FAT LES Vindaloo UK

33 22 19 LADY GAGA & BEYONCE Telephone US

34 27 2 GLEE CAST Poker Face US

35 35 3 KERI HILSON I Like US

36 29 23 ALICIA KEYS Empire State Of Mind (Part 2) US

37 26 6 PENDULUM Watercolour Australia

38 new SHAKIRA Wacka Wacka Time For Africa Columbia

39 36 14 JUSTIN BIEBER & LUDACRIS Baby US

40 31 4 PRETTY RECKLESS Make Me Wanna Die US

America's Hot 100

This Week ... Last Week ... Weeks In ... Artist ... Title

1 2 4 KATY PERRY & SNOOP DOGG California Gurls

2 1 10 USHER & WILL I AM OMG

3 3 8 B.o.B. & HAYLEY WILLIAMS of PARAMORE Airplanes

4 4 17 KE$HA Your Love Is My DruG

5 11 10 TRAVIS McCOY & BRUNO MARS Billionaire

6 5 15 TAIO CRUZ Break Your Heart

7 6 10 LADY GAGA Alejandro

8 7 19 B.o.B. & BRUNO MARS Nothin' On You

9 16 6 BLACK EYED PEAS Rock That Body

10 8 14 LA ROUX Bulletproof

Dosh 0 No-Dosh 0
Posted Friday 18th June 2010
No dis-respect to Algeria and not forgetting the 'Three Lions' injury curse has hit again - but much as we'd like to see England win the World Cup there is something very unsettling about watching some of the world's best paid players so obviously struggling. Must be nerves eh?

Bluebirds
Posted Thursday 17th June 2010
So Blackpools first game in the top flight since 1971 will be Wigan... Blackpool v Wigan in The Premier League. Brilliant! Meanwhile Cardiff City's first fixture of 2010/11 will be Sheffield United at home. The Swansea v Cardiff Welsh derby will be played in Cardiff in November and Swansea in February. We await with excitement the Blue Square Premier League Fixtures for Newport County and their first Welsh derby with Wrexham since 1988.

Sex 10FT & Trezise
Posted Wednesday 16th June 2010
Thanks to Agent Ev for spotting Ten Feet Tall in Grazia Magazine (31 May 2010). Author Rachel Trezise names our venue Ten Feet Tall as her Sex & The City bar... she's not wrong! Cwmparc born Rachel will be appearing @ Clwb Ifor Bach tomorrow night with readings from her new book 'Sixteen Shades Of Crazy'.

Stuart Cable
Posted Wednesday 16th June 2010
A celebration of Stuart Cable’s life will take place at St Elvans Church, Church St, Aberdare at 12.00 on 21st June 2010.
Appropriate attire only. Family, flowers only. stuartcable.co.uk
Start: Richard’s Funeral Services Chapel of Rest, Harriet St. to Mill St.
Left at The Welsh Harp into B4725,
Continue for 1 mile to town center (Canon St).
Right at Cenotaph into Victoria Sq, bear right
Right into Church St.
End: St Elvans Church can be found directly ahead.
Parking
From Cardiff:
Use Dukes St Car Park or continue to Tesco roundabout,
Turn left and follow road to R’bout then continue straight over
into Gadlys Pit Car Park
Secondary Parking:
YNYS Car Park. Right off A 4059 towards
Michael Sobell Sport Centre.

Cardiff Barfly
Posted Tuesday 15th June 2010
It's a year since we moved on from Cardiff Barfly and it's genuinely sad to see it looking so 'rudder-less'.
People often ask me what happened there?
The truth is, it was impossible for me to find out.... not even the person/persons responsible for the near year long removal of the DJ booth would reveal themselves... the same Landlord of three years is there so it's hard to accept he wouldn't have had first hand knowledge of the decision.
Back in 2002 one of the Barfly's 'trendies' thought they could diversify and pull greater numbers by hiring the venue to High Contrast - presumably they thought the Drum & Bass crowd would come. Well that plan was aborted when with roughly the same attendance the bar-take was £2k down on their normal 'Madchester' bar because as they discovered too late, the drum and bass customers weren't heavy drinkers like the Indie kids. We tried Hip-Hop but their fans didn't seem to feel comfortable in a guitar based live music venue.
Except for Barfly's Hammertime, the venue has this year taken the decision to dispense almost completely with a loyal and regular indie/alternative following, aiming instead for a Techno / Dub-Beat crowd.
The problem with heading in this direction is these audiences are well catered for elsewhere in Cardiff's night life in night club's with superior facilities and they have been forever - a quick glance at the info and recent photos for their Saturday club night 'Ghosts' on Facebook (Google Ghosts club night Cardiff) doesn't give the impression that the club was anywhere near full.
So whereas in previous years, the venue got some amazing figures throughout the quiet Summer months with a familiar schedule when 30,000 students leave Cardiff and head home this years line-up looks as sparse as could be... and the problem with leaving it so late to fill schedules is people make other plans and the expectation of good things or even consistency from the venue is diminished.
Shame. After all Barfly have done for live music in South Wales, I wish them good luck, they seem to need it right now.
Here's the line-up...
Tue 15th Jun Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Sat 19th Jun Barfly presents Renegades featuring Darran Smith (Funeral For a Friend)
Tue 22nd Jun Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Fri 25th Jun Barfly presents Hell's Bent
Sat 26th Jun Serious Sounds presents Serious Sounds
Tue 29th Jun Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Tue 6th Jul Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Fri 9th Jul Whats My Age Again? presents Whats My Age Again?
Tue 13th Jul Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Tue 20th Jul Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Fri 23rd Jul Barfly presents Hell's Bent
Tue 27th Jul Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Tue 3rd Aug Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Tue 10th Aug Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Tue 17th Aug Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Tue 24th Aug Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Tue 31st Aug Barfly presents Hammertime! (Club Night)
Check Cardiff Barfly's updated night club line-up for June/July/August here

new trax
our weekly a to z of new music / cd review's is listed below

this week
David Holmes LP
IDC 26/7/10
Katy Perry Remixes 20/6/10
Monarchy 26/7/10
Travis McCoy & Bruno Mars 26/7/10
Uffie 31/5/10

7 Jun
Born Ruffians 26/7/10
Buckcherry 2/8/10
Lissie 21/6/10
Tokyo Police Club12/7/10

31 May
Broken Bells
Funeral Party 28/6/10
Pearl & The Puppets
Violent Soho

24 May
Archie Bronson Outfit 28/6/10

17 May
Alicia Keys
Alphabeat 31/5/10
Archie Bronson Outfit 28/6/10
Dallas Guild Remix
David Holmes
Example 13/6/10
Four Year Strong LP 31/5/10
I Blame Coco
Katy Perry 20/6/10
Lady GaGa 27/6/10
New Young Pony Club
Plasticines LP
Republica Remixes
Some Velvet Morning Remix 17/5/10
Tinie Tempah Mixes 7/6/10
Uffie & Pharrel 31/5/10
We Are Scientists 7/6/10

10 May
Chapels Horrors Remix
David Holmes
Delays Remix
Eminem 21/5
The Foxes 17/5
Groove Armada 26/4
Night Bus 31/5
Republica 7/6
Sage Francis
Tiffany Page
Tinie Tempah Mixes 7/6

3 May
Drake 17/5
The Foxes 17/5
LCD Soundsystem Holy Ghost Remix 17/5
Lights 15/3
Sia 31/5

26 Apr
Ash 24/5
Chapel Club
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
Kevin Rudolph 25/4
LCD Soundsystem Holy Ghost Remix 17/5
The Like
Stornoway 31/5
Tinie Tempah 7/6

19 Apr
BoB 17/5
Editors
Ellie Goulding 17/5
Goldfrapp
LCD Soundsystem 17/5

12 Apr
Detroit Social Club
The Drums
White Rabbits

5 Apr
Bearcraft v VBS
The Cheek
Dallas Guild
Delays
Foxes
Gorillaz
Groove Armada
James LP
Kevin Rudolph
Lightspeed Champion
Paul Weller 12/4
Pendulum 3/5/10
Robots In Disguise 19/4/10
Something In Construction 19 Track Sampler
Violent Soho