Time In Mind [LIVE]
This is what happened when the multi-talent duo The 2 Bears (Raf Rundell & Joe Goddard) popped into The Guardian offices and pumped out a live performance of one of the bizarrely tender moments on their recently released album.
When I saw them at Bestival last summer they were DJing … so the idea that they could tip into the realm of a live band, offering live interpretations of their studio hits is exciting news and a swerve they’ve hinted at before. Yet, with Hot Chip readying a new album and having tentatively hinted toward a string of summer dates (Camp Bestival is confirmed for starters), it seems an unlikely prospect that The 2 Bears will also tour in the foreseeable future.
In the mean time, enjoy their album, ‘Be Strong’, a mighty fine record that I reviewed for Data Transmission earlier this week.
German Anagrams
I love it when music producers get in touch with me via this blog. For me as a writer, direct contact from those making music with me writing about music is the world-wide-web at its most refreshing and innovative: a fusion stream of ideas and musicality between two individuals. It’s especially good when the quality of the music involved is as high as that of Hectic Zeniths, the album I received in December from Adam Morgan Prince. Hectic Zeniths (an anagram of German word meaning ‘layers of time’) is a recording alias, album title and record label all rolled into one solid unit. Both a fantastic concept (American musical heritage wrapped around instrumental hip-hop) and a hugely enjoyable listening experience, the album is both sublime and whimsical.
I reviewed it in full for Data Transmission, and I strongly urge you to give the below video a whirl.
Step Aside (Lightweight)
Is this the finest piece of ‘underground pop’ that Visionquest have put out yet? I’m certainly inclined to think so…
Life & Death are a new quartet combination comprising of the duos Tale Of Us and Thugfucker, so it’s hardly surprising that the finished result is so intoxicating. My full review of the EP is online here.
