By Matt Jones
January 24, 2013
Geordie duo Smoove & Turrell have been rocking the contemporary soul scene for some time now. Through the debut album Antique Soul in 2009, established producer, DJ and soulful remixer Smoove found his perfect complement in the impassioned tones of John Turrell – resulting in a vintage sound with an edge sharpened in contemporary reality, both musically and lyrically. … Continue Reading
Toronto’s Bonjay have revealed a brand-new video for ‘Creepin’, which forms half of their double A-side single due out in the UK on June 6. The video draws upon the stark, beautiful arctic wilderness that lies north of their home.
The song’s muted, pulsating synths, ’90s RnB vocal and shuddering bass are set to snippets of Bill Mason’s 1972 documentary ‘Cry of the Wild’.
‘Stumble’/‘Creepin’ will be released on 6 June via One Bird Records following a string of live dates. … Continue Reading
We’re launching a brand-new free-entry clubnight called woo. at the Queen of Hoxton in London on Thursday February 18th [Gmap], featuring The Power Trio DJs (ooh, mysterious!) on the decks, playing:
My Bloody Valentine, Air France, Yo La Tengo, Memory Tapes, The Ronettes, Air, New Order, The Shangri-Las, Neon Indian, Vivian Girls, The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, The Cure, Summer Camp, Beach House, TV On The Radio, M83, The Knife, Iggy and The Stooges, Sonic Youth, Jimi Hendrix, The Radio Dept, No Age and more.
The PR has this bit of parodial wankery so we’re sticking it in here too:
woo. [wu?]
interj & n & vb
A less sycophantic and more authentic version of its descendent, ‘woo!’.
Do come. … Continue Reading
Muso's Guide presents... New Year's Eve!
We’ve had an awesome year here at Muso’s Guide. A quick recap reveals that after celebrating our sixth birthday we were shortlisted in the Record Of The Day awards’ Best Digital Publication and Best Blog categories, appeared on ruddy Sky News and gave you three amazing gigs. Can you believe that? Us neither, almost! And it’s our absolute pleasure to be hosting the Abbey Tavern‘s 09/10 switchover and bringing you some absolutely marvellous tunes. Come to Kentish Town in Londonville and we’ll show you a good time.
What’ve we got for you? Great music, that’s all. No quirks, just our favourite songs for dancing. Celebrate the end of the decade with your favourite music website, your bestest chums and a steady stream of booze – and it’s free entry!!! Yes, that’s right, nada, zero, nothing. What a bargain. … Continue Reading
Booker T Jones
Legendary musicians are ten a penny these days. Haven’t you heard it’s an ageing population?
Daniel Merriweather - Change
Being hand-picked by Mark Ronson to front the flagship single from your soon-to-be-a-mega-hit album kind of singles you out as a bit special.
To close our informative, eye-opening, enlightening series, we’ve got something in non-word form. We reckon if you’ve been following the series on a day-to-day basis, you’ll have learned a fair shot more on what you think soul is – and you may have discovered a few new artists as a result of not only their music but their opinions. How novel. … Continue Reading
The Welcome To The Welcome Wagon album - by The Welcome Wagon - was famously produced by Sufjan Stevens. It’s arguably the only contemporary liturgical album that the masses got to hear about in 2008. And The Welcome Wagon, equally famously, comprises the Reverend Thomas Vito Aiuto and his wife Monique; born in Michigan, the former agnostic studied Theology at Princeton and is now senior pastor of Resurrection Presbyterian Church. Not quite your usual background, then – and to continue, Monique was raised on a farm and has been previously employed as a craftmaker for Martha Stewart. … Continue Reading
We rather like Vessels, go have a listen to them here - their snappy insights on soul proved weightier than imaginable. We hope this inspires you to have a read of our review of White Fields And Open Devices, and then perhaps even go and purchase some of their music. Here’s what they gave us: … Continue Reading
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