Mike's Mad4these
Choice new music - w/c 2 May 11
1 2 COSMO JARVIS Sure As Hell Not Jesus new EP 29 May 2011
2 3 DEPECHE MODE Personal Jesus 2011 new single 30 May
3 4 J MAGIK & WICKAMAN with DEE FREER In Pieces (Mike Delinquent Project Edit) new single
4 1 ARCTIC MONKEYS Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair new single 30 May 2011
5 5 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Around My Head new single 17 May
6 - KATY PERRY Last Friday Night new single
7 10 YOUNG THE GIANT My Body new single 16 May 2011
8 8 IAN BROWN, ALEX METRIC & STEVE ANGELLO Open Your Eyes new single 8 May 2011
9 - THE TRAVELLING BAND Fairweather Friends from their 'Screaming Is Something' album 30 May 2011
10 - WILD HOPE Money & Gold new single 6 June 2011
10 10 CHAPEL CLUB Blind new single 16 May 2011
10 5 SMITH WESTERNS Weekend new single 2 May 2011

This week's post ...

The Bees
Go Where You Wanna Go new single 6 June 2011
Innovation a la Bees stylee continues... an accoustic chorale... a nice, almost Beach boys-ish piece, turns out the song was a Mamas & Papas original... it'd be great if it takes off, I hope it does
The Bees will release a special edition version of their critically acclaimed album, Every Step’s A Yes, to coincide with a summer of live shows, including support slots with Fleet Foxes and a special headline date at London’s St James Church, as well as a number of special festival appearances. The full list of tour dates is:
31 May Hammersmith Apollo, London (w/Fleet Foxes)
01 June St James Church, London (headline show)
23 June Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (w/Fleet Foxes)
26 June Glastonbury Festival, Somerset
28 June Apollo, Manchester (w/Fleet Foxes)
29 June Corn Exchange, Edinburgh (w/Fleet Foxes)
01 July Eden Sessions, St Austell (w/Fleet Foxes)
08 July The Honey Harvest, London (headline show)
15 July Latitude Festival, Suffolk
17 July Close-Up Festival, Bucks
24 July Secret Garden Party, East Anglia
12 August Summer Sundae Weekender, Leicester
03 Sept Mosley Folk Festival, Birmingham
Tickets for all dates are on-sale now. Details available from www.thebees.info
A new single, Go Where You Wanna Go, is released on 6 June. A cover of the Mamas & the Papas 1965 classic, the song was first aired live by the band earlier this year and received such a strong reaction that it was recorded to tape at the Bees own Steam Rooms studios shortly after.
Go Where You Wanna Go will also feature on a revamped iTunes release of the Bees’ standout fourth album Every Step’s A Yes, alongside a wealth of extra tracks, videos and remixes. On top of the original 10-track album, highlights include a stunning live session cover of Portishead’s The Rip and b-side & fan favourite The Dink. There is also a four-song acoustic ession recorded by a stripped-down trio of key Bees Paul Butler, Aaron Fletcher and Tim Parkin, plus Tom Gardner on drums. Every Step’s A Yes (Deluxe) is available on iTunes from 30 May via Fiction.

The Naked & Famous
Girls Like You new single 6 June 2011
"Run... run and run...". These guys are on the ball, there's a pop sensibility about their material, always great hooks and a superb crescendfo of atmosphere on 'Girls Like You'... These Kiwi's are showing the way for Brit bands... this deserves hit status!
Hotly-tipped newcomers The Naked And Famous will release their new single ‘Girls Like You’ on June 6th. The track is the third single to be taken from their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Passive Me, Aggressive You’
The New Zealand five piece were awarded the Phillip Hall Radar Award at this year’s NME awards and made the longlist of 15 candidates for the BBC Sound of 2011 poll after hitting the XFM and Radio One airwaves with two brilliantly catchy singles, “Punching In A Dream” and “Young Blood”.
Currently touring the USA with Foals, The Naked And Famous return to the UK in May to headline more shows including a sold-out Shepherds Bush Empire (May 20th).
The group has also confirmed a full slate of summer festivals, taking in Glastonbury, T In The Park, Lattitude, Reading and Leeds in the UK as well as the prestigious Fuji Rock Festival in Japan and Lollapolooza.
The Naked And Famous took a DIY approach to recording ‘Passive Me, Aggressive You’ producing their album in a mix of bedroom and small Auckland studios last year before the single “Young Blood” was picked up by New York based indie Neon Gold and the band’s subsequent inking of a deal with Fiction.
“Young Blood” was a record-breaking chart hit in New Zealand. The song has gone on to further chart and radio success in Australia, where it is certified Gold, Germany and the US, It has also picked up remixes from sonic pioneers as diverse as Morgan Kibby (M83), Chiddy Bang and TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek.
http://www.thenakedandfamous.com
http://www.myspace.com/thenakedandfamous

Tribes
We Were Children new EP 6 June 2011
Light and shade in plenty of evidence here, a grand beginning some pointed lyrics against an off-key guitar line.. a stand-out track with strong production...should pick up plenty of airplay... hit potential... long career potential. Good tune.
If the past couple of years have been rock’n’roll’s radio iceage, right now our toes are teetering on the brink of a lush new dawn. The question is; beyond the frenzy of supposed saviour bands whose name-drops have christened the New Year, which of the lauded gangs of axe-wielders are the genuine sculptors of tomorrow?
Well, of the few promised Next Big Things, none have earned their hype more than Camden's Tribes. “When you’re a kid you want to be cool, so you make experimental weird music. But for us, I think there just came a point where we couldn’t be bothered messing around anymore," prophesises singer Johnny Lloyd. "I realized that there’s no point being in a band if you’re not gonna be one of those life-changing bands. Not the one’s you stroke your chin too, the one’s you beat your heart plate to.”
It's this unabashed manifesto of anthemia that’s taken the rag-tag four-piece from prodigious debutant slots opening for idols The Pixies, to relentless grassroots grafting of the UK's dives, to being christened "The future of rock'n'roll" by fanboys The Mystery Jets, a sentiment chimed by everyone from NME to Radio 1's Huw Stephens. They're a shining testament to the blood, sweat and tears so many buzz bands seem to bypass these days, at their peril.
Joining the dots between Mudhoney and The Libertines, their debut EP 'We Were Children' (which has already gained Zane Lowes coveted ‘Hottest Record In The World’ status) is a fittingly heart-racing call-to-arms for a generation left crying out for band name worthy of being Tip-Ex'd onto a satchel.
Released on June 6th through Island Records, the band will be coming straight back at us with their debut album in August which is currently being recorded in Liverpool with Mike Crossey. Don’t miss their trademark live shows over the coming months when they support Funeral Party and play their own headline shows as well as festival dates.

The Villagers
The Pact new single 23 May 2011
I like The Villagers.... they look set to follow the boards of Mumford & Sons etc with their west london Folk Scene approach... a catchy song, light on the ears and spirit, ideal for Radio 2/6Music... hit potential
Villagers are to release The Pact (I’ll Be Your Fever) as the next single taken from their Mercury-nominated debut album, Becoming a Jackal. The track will be available digitally from May 23rd (RUG391). Following their month long arena tour as special guests to Elbow which saw them perform two nights at the 02 in London, Villagers are to headline a full UK tour in May before performing at various festivals over the Summer.

Wolf Gang
The King & All Of His Men new single 13 June 2011
Interesting take on an ole nursery rhyme... Wolf Gang are playing @ Ten Feet Tall soon (Friday 27 May 2011 - tickets £6 and £7) and it'll be a great gig to study a hotly tipped new band. An arty type of painting with words, some catchy hooks, lyrics... I find myself wondering how this would sound were someone like Stephen Street producing.. I think there's potential here but it needs the right striaght to pop no unnecessaries approach... Wolfgang are good quality though and deserve to be heard.
SECOND SINGLE ‘THE KING AND ALL OF HIS MEN’ RELEASED 13 JUNE
DEBUT ALBUM – ‘SUEGO FAULTS’ RELEASED 27 JUNE
Following several phenomenal shows at this years SXSW and an incredible tour with The Naked And Famous, Wolf Gang will be hitting the road in May and June for a full UK tour in support of the eagerly-anticipated debut album ‘Suego Faults’ set for release on 27 June. The tour will kick off at the Camden Crawl on 1 May followed by shows in Kingston, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leicester and many more, the tour also includes three Dot to Dot festival appearances and Great Escape on 13 May. This massive 24 date tour will finish up in Southampton on 19 June.
Wolf Gang’s recent single ‘Dancing With The Devil’ has had over 55,000 downloads after being picked as iTunes ‘Single Of The Week’ last week. The third single from the anticipated debut album will be ‘The King And All Of His Men’ released just before the album on 13 June.
Wolf Gang’s SXSW debut was the talk of Austin and included packed shows at the NME Official Showcase, a show at the prestigious Fader Fort and finished off with a show at the Neon Gold/Chess Club party. Already creating a stir among music press in the UK and now in the US, Wolf Gang are well on the road to success - already being hyped by some of the best around including Spin, Fader and Pitchfork whilst in the UK he’s had high-accolades from The Guardian, The Times and NME.
The debut album was recorded with producer Dave Fridmann (MGMT, Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips) and showcases just what everyone is anticipating – a ferocious pop record with an abundance of suave panache, punchy beats and heart-throttling melodies. This album is one of Fridmann’s rare collaborations with a UK artist, having heard a demo of ‘Lions In Cages’ he immediately invited Max out to record the track in Upstate New York and the rest as they say, is history.
Wolf Gang, created and fronted by singer/songwriter Max McElligott have come a long way in just the last few months. Their live shows have become even more magnetising with McElligott really coming into his own as an enigmatic and unique front man.

The Wombats
Techno Fan new single 6 June 2011
An important year for The Wombats, make or break time... sell out gig coming up in Cardiff... distinctive vocals, rather like Scouting For Girls their at the forfront of the new wave of commercially successful Brit bands.... "Shut up and move with me move with me or get out of my face....". To me there's a certain artiness to these bands which has little of the depth of The Clash, or even the hopeless lost souls in The Libertines. I have an unfortunate feeling this track will struggle when it really needs to sound like a top five record... A hit though, I hope
“For me, there has been one record, of late, that’s been so ecstatically uplifting and bursting with classic modern pop tunes that it’s elevated me out of any slump, funk or sluggishness I might have been feeling at the time. Believe it or not, it’s the new Wombats album. Maybe Murph is the new Prozac after all.” – NME
“A modern pop primer bursting with potential hits… reminds you just how thrilling and sharp-edged narrative pop can be.” – Sunday Times Culture
“The pop album of the year, by at least a dozen choruses” – BBC
The Wombats follow ‘Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)’, ‘Jump Into The Fog’ and ‘Anti-D’, three of their biggest airplay hits to date, with the release of the new single ‘Techno Fan’ on June 6th on 14th Floor Records. The single follows their recent second album ‘This Modern Glitch’ that entered the charts at #3.
Produced by Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age) ‘Techno Fan’ is immediately addictive and upbeat, featuring sweetly memorable vocal harmonies and some characteristically unconventional lyrics. Fans of frontman and lyricist Murph’s more story-based writing will find much to enjoy in the synth-rock, disco-destroying brilliance of ‘Techno Fan’ – the tune where ‘Mr Brightside’ chats up La Roux in a drug-swamped Hoxton dive bar. Key line: “I’m in debt to you / But don’t feed me plant food”.
“That’s more of a story,” Murph says. “I went to a minimal techno rave in Shoreditch with my girlfriend. It was dirty, I didn’t stay there for long. I’ve never seen a longer queue for the toilets in my life. People had their hands up going ‘I actually need a wee’ and everyone in the queue would go ‘go on then’.
‘…This Modern Glitch’ was recorded through 2010 over three sessions with separate producers, all in L.A. First, Jacknife Lee brought his precise technological nous to ‘Anti-D’, followed by Eric Valentine who helped the band put together ‘Tokyo (Vampires And Wolves)’ as well as ‘Techno Fan’. Muse knob-twiddler Rich Costey joined forces with additional creative input from TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek and John Hill (Santogold, M.I.A., Devo) to complete a record that will shock, impress and spin opinion on this most uncompromising of 21st century pop bands. The album even finds rooms for a guest appearance courtesy of Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro on ‘Girls / Fast Cars’.
Often acknowledged as one of the most infectiously entertaining live bands around, The Wombats are confirmed as Friday night headliners at this year’s Lovebox festival that will be held at London’s Victoria Park on July 15th and will also play Rockness on June 12th. They hit the road in September for a full UK
headline tour:
September Box office number
21st – Cardiff, University Great Hall 02920 781 458
22nd – Nottingham, Rock City 0845 413 4444
23rd – Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall 0844 847 1776
24th – Cambridge, Corn Exchange 01223 357 851
26th – Bristol, Colston Hall 0117 922 3686 / 0117 929 9008
28th – London, O2 Brixton Academy 0844 477 2000
29th – Southampton, Guildhall 02380 632 601
October Box office number
1st – Yeovil, Westlands 0844 811 0051
2nd – Birmingham, O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
3rd – Lincoln, Engine Shed 0844 888 8766
4th – Sheffield, O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
6th – Newcastle, O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
7th – Glasgow, O2 Academy 08444 999 990
8th – Manchester, Apollo 08444 777 677 / 0161 832 1111
www.thewombats.co.uk

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

this week
The Bees 6/6/11
The Naked & Famous 6/6/11
Tribes 6/6/11
The Villagers 23/5/11
WolfGang 13/6/11
Wombats 6/6/11

25 Apr
Cheap Cuts
Katy Perry
The Travelling Band 30/5/11
Wild Hope 6/6/11

18 Apr
Alpines EP
AnR
Cat's Eyes 9/5/11
Chapel Club 16/5/11
Cosmo Jarvis 29/5/11
Depeche Mode 30/5/11
Feneche Solar 18/4/11
J Magik & Wickaman
Lady GaGa 15/4/11
Nero 25/4/11
SoundGirl 18/4/11
Tom Vek 18/4/11
Young Rebel Set 22 /5 /11
Young Rival 18/4/11
Young The Giant 16/5/11
Yuck 18/4/11

11 Apr
Alex Clare
Alex Gaudino & Kelly Rowland
Alex Metric, Steve Angelo & Ian Brown 8/5/11
Ayo
The Bullits 11/4/11
Cage The Elephant 23/5/11
Death Cab For Cutie 16/5/11
Jamie Woon 4/4/11
Oh My!
The Overtones 24/4/11
Twin Atlantic 25/4/11
Vato Gonzalez & Foreign Beggars tbc

4 Apr
All The Young
Arctic Monkeys 11/4/11
Example 25/5/11
Drumsound & Bassline Smith 18/4/11
Miles Kane
Mona

28 Mar
Airborne Toxic Event 18/4/11
All The Young 4/4/11
CoConi 2/5/11
Dutch Uncles 2/5/11
Eddy Vedder 30/5/11
Fixers 9/5/11
The Musgraves 26/4/11
Neon Trees 11/4/11
Noah & the Whale 17/5/11
PJ Harvey 18/4/11
Soundgirl 18/4/11
Sunderbans 4/4/11
Sum 41 29/3/11
TV On The Radio 11/4/11

21 Mar
Chase & Status tbc
Guillemots 11/4/11
Go! Team 16/4/11
Japanese Voyeurs 18/4/11
Naked & Famous 7/3/11
PJ Harvey 18/4/11
Smith Westerns 2/5/11
Valentines 11/4/11

14 Mar
Colour Music tbc
Fixers tbc
Endless Dark 4/4/11
Funeral Party 11/4/11
Jon Fratelli 18/4/11
Lady GaGa 14/3/11
Lonely Island
Maverick Sabre 7/3/11
PJ Harvey 17/1/11
Streets tbc
Wombats tbc

7 Mar
Cut Copy tbc
Emin 4/4/11
Emma's Imagination 27/3/11
Gypsy & The Cat 28/3/11
The Heartbreaks 18/4/11
J Cole tbc
JoyFormidable 4/4/11
Milk & Sugar tbc
Morning Parade 28/2/11
Willow 6/3/11
Yasmin 8/5/11

28 Feb
Breakage 28/2/11
Cage The Elephant 13/3/11
Clare Maguire 28/2/11
Katy Perry & Kanye West tbc
Ladytron 14/3/11
Tunics tbc
Twin Atlantic tbc
Wretch 32 & Example 18/4/11

21 Feb
Anna Calvi 21/3/11
Arcade Fire 14/3/11
Cat's Eyes 28/2/11
The Kills 28/3/11
White Lies 21/3/11
Voluntary Butler Scheme 4/4/11 Wretch 32 to be confirmed