Track of the week: Django Django - 'In Your Beat'

This week's track of the week is taken from the new Django Django album which we're digging! Marble Skies is a beautiful, quirky and crazy record - In Your Beat was released a couple of months back as one of the lead singles of the record and we're loving it! Check out the tune below and get acquainted with the brilliant record here.

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Gig of the week: Harry Pane & more at The George Tavern, London (1st Feb)

Happy Independent Venue Week folks! Be sure to get out and support your local venues and bands this week (and throughout the year) to keep the live music scene thriving. With such an exciting line-up booked it'd be rude not to big up our own show this week as our gig of the week top tip! If you're in London and looking for somewhere to be this Thursday (1st Feb), head down to The George Tavern where we've got a dream line-up booked - Harry Pane, Jeremy Tuplin, Felix M-B and Daisy Chute. They're a group of extremely talented singer-songwriters and at just £4 for advance tickets (here) it's a complete bargain! Check out the artists below...

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Eight questions with Me and the Moon

We're proud and excited to be working with Guildford 3-piece Me and the Moon on back-to-back hometown single launch shows (tickets) next month for their new tune It's Alright. We caught up with the band to find a little more about their listening habits, recording process and what the future has in store for them - get reading below and keep an ear out for the new tune on 6th February.

1. First up, who are Me and The Moon?! How long have you been making music together?

Hey! So we are Tamara, Jonny and Alex. We've been playing as a 3 for about 2 years now which has flown by!

2. Tell us who influences you musically as a band and individually!

Jonny tends to listen to more jangly guitar stuff like Alvvays and Real Estate while Tamara is into more folk stuff like Matthew and The Atlas and Laura Marling. Alex leans more towards bands like Hey Rosetta and Mac DeMarco. But it all kind of crosses over and mostly we all really listen to the same stuff.. We're all big fans of Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals, Lucy Rose.

3. We adore your recent single ‘Standing Still’ - how did it feel to get that one out into the world, and how has the response been since the release?

Thank you so much, we were so excited to put it out as we feel its taken a new direction to some of our older stuff. Its been a super exciting time, the track got added to the Radio X playlist which was awesome and seemed to be really well received, and had lots of nice reviews from a few blogs which is great.

4. Your new single ‘It’s Alright’ is being released on 6th Feb - anything you can tell us about the writing or recording process for the track?

We've spent a lot of time on this track and we're really excited to releasing it! We've been experimenting a lot more with synths and samplers and adding new textures and sounds. Theres lots of harmonies and we feel like it really sums up sonically everything we want to sound like so we cant wait for everyone to hear it!

5. You’ve had to add a second hometown single launch show at The Star Inn in Guildford due to pretty immense demand for the first show. What can fans expect from the shows, and how do you prepare in the run up to a big gig?

We cant believe it! It's pretty overwhelming really how fast that sold out, We've spent the last 2 months really focussing on writing so we're going to be playing a lot of new songs which we cant wait to share with everyone. We're practising really hard working on the live sound. The dates are part of our tour to promote the new single and theres always something special about a hometown show so we're looking forward to these nights.

6. Who is your audience and how do you connect with fans - all the usual social media?! Any crazy, fun, exciting stories about your fans are very welcome!

Most of it is general social media really the usuals of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We get a lot of support from local radio and BBC Introducing which we're so grateful for that helps us reach new fans.

7. Describe your dream gig to us! Any venues that you’re desperate to play close to home or further afield? Perhaps there’s an artist you’d love to collaborate with on a show?

Its hard to say! Theres some cool big venues we’d love to play but smaller venues are so intimate. Theres a few festivals we’d love to get involved in though such as Latitude or Barn on the Farm.

8. Beyond the release of the single, what does 2018 hold for Me and The Moon? World domination, or perhaps an album is in the pipeline?

We haven't planned our world take over yet.. ahha No so we've got the single coming in February, and then we're doing some recording in spring so hopefully some new songs later on in the year. Our festival summer is starting to look busy which we're super excited for and then hopefully just lots of gigs and new songs is the aim for the year.

Track of the week: Low Island - 'Too Young'

With a brand new Low Island track surfacing last week we could hardly pick anything else as our track of the week today! Too Young was wonderful when we saw them play sold out London dates back in November and we're digging this studio version of the track! It's taken from their upcoming third EP which we can't wait to hear in full... Team Tigmus also can't wait to catch the guys at their debut hometown headline at The Cellar in Oxford this weekend which recently sold out - if you need to get your live fix and missed out on tickets for this show you can catch them at London's Scala on 26th April (tickets.) 

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Gig of the week: She Drew The Gun at Omeara (26th Jan)

Our gig of the week this week comes from one of our favourite artists, the almost hypnotic She drew the gun. They're playing a show at the lovely Omeara in London as part of a run of shows that NME are putting on for their annual awards - the show is this Thursday and is sure to be a lot of fun! We're digging this recent single from the band, Sweet Harmony (does exactly what it says on the tin!) Find out more about the show and grab tickets here.

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Track of the week: Ferris & Sylvester - 'Better In Yellow'

Their latest single London's Blues and sold out headline show at Battersea Arts Centre earned Ferris & Sylvester a double track of the day/gig of the day feature on our socials last week. We're topping that today by making their recent tune Better In Yellow our track of the week after the duo premiered this wonderful video over the past few days! If you're new to them, they're a London based duo who met as solo musicians in the city and started to write together, with the"clever combination of Archie's blues influence and Issy's soft folk tone has created a distinctive genre of their own." Their harmonies are pretty sweet too! We love this tune, take a look at the video below...

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Gig(s) of the week: Richard Walters in London, Bristol Oxford this week

We're cheating a little bit this week with not one, not two but three gigs of the week... Richard Walters takes to The Islington in London this Wednesday, Cafe Kino in Bristol on Friday and a hometown show at Fusion Arts in Oxford on Saturday.  We love Richard and his beautifully unique voice - he's an incredible performer! Get listening to his Mahogany Session of a track from the wonderful record A.M. below and grab your tickets now!

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Track of the week: Tempesst - 'Feel Better'

For our first track of the week feature of the year we're looking back on one of our favourite tunes of the past few months, taken from the brilliant Adult Wonderland EP by the lovely Tempesst chaps. Feel Better is smooth, groovy and still circling our heads and our playlists a couple of months after its release so we just had to make it the track of the week! If you haven't listened to the guys yet, better late than never - check out the full EP here.

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Gig of the week: Benedict Benjamin at Sebright Arms, London (13th Jan)

Hello all! We're back at it, dusting off the January cobwebs and digging out the best upcoming gigs and new tunes to share with you all. Our first 'gig of the week' for 2018 comes from one of our favourite folk singers, Benedict Benjamin. His debut album Night Songs was released almost two years ago now and he's been hard at work on its follow up over the past year and will be premiering some material from that record at the show. Catch Ben at Sebright Arms for New Roots Promotions with a full band and with Kristin McClement in support this Saturday (13th) - more details on the event page here.

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