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South of France is rather lovely, whereabouts?

Yeh lovely poster Lets not forget RM Hubbert has just finished a pile of dates opening for the mighty MOGWAI & has been getting great plaudits for these shows

Usually a show containing Aberdeen indie-merchants Copy Haho would, in itself, be an aural treat , but throw in the hypnotic shivers of Ducktails and Julian Lynch and youve got a magnificent gig of the month from drownedinsound read on down Drowned in Scotland: May-June 2011 / In Depth // Drowned In Sound

& here's the proof from todays playlist, this is seriously excellent news guys Beck Devils Haircut Sufjan Stevens I Walked Copy Haho Factory Floor Kelis Trick Me Battles Ice Cream Love Alone Again Or

just to show the depth of this line up BIG TROUBLES nyc | young & pretty opening for The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 5th May 11 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart played Webster Hall in NYC last Friday to close out a national tour with Twin Shadow, and luckily Y&P was in attendance. Opening the show were Y&P favorites Big Troubles, who kicked off the night with a short but sweet set of jangling guitar pop and neo-shoegaze noise. The crowd was thin for Big Troubles but the band sounded great on Webster Halls massive sound system. It was a huge step forward for the band; who will release their sophomore LP on Slumberland Records this year

Norman Records on Julian Lynch's latest release Kinda wish I didn't have to review this album. 'Mare' was my favourite LP on 2010 by a frickin ' mile and a half so 'Terra' was always gonna be a difficult one to get into. Trouble is, I can't help but compare the two and I'm gonna need a fair few listens before I can commit to a definitive opinion on it. Not that this is too much of a worry as 'Terra' sounds instantly fantastic. Sure, it begins with a blast of saxophone which is never welcome in the Business Lady household but before you know it our boy Lynch is lulling my mildly outraged psyche with beautiful eastern infused jams complete with hand percussion and loosely strummed acoustic guitar. Lynch's vocal is one of my current favourites and I dig the way he'll try anything, stretching his voice as far as it will go. Opener 'Terra' is a like a blueprint for everything that is good about his style and from there on out it's clear sailing; beautiful guitars, light percussion, warm synth/piano tones and incredibly well arranged songs. One thing that strikes me about Julian's work is that it shows no pretensions to being fashionable or hip. Recent footage of him on Pitchfork soloing for 30 minutes in a Gilmore style over a slightly ham-fisted reggae infused country rock jam is testament to that yet it's still my favourite video currently doing the rounds on the site. Also love the fact that the press release for 'Terra' reads more like a bog standard CV than a testament to the power of Julian Lynch's popularity. Humble, gifted genius is at work here.

coming your way Coppy Haho headline......& its superb value:up:

Thanks for the idea of the pillow fight, we'll maybe keep that one for a special occasion sometime ahead??? Also thanks very much to all those who have been in contact about supporting our efforts. Its quite humbling that people on here have great support for UTG & our plans to ensure improvement & retention. Its goiung to be quite a speacial event so why not come along for a while from 1pm on Sat 11th June. Hopefully we will have some decent weather.....

zooming your way, less than a month to go, fantastic never to be repeated line up of the NE's finest four piece plus a superb tour package hitting these shores & we are lucky to get to Aberdeen

Whokill now down to No 2 in the overall review basket Recent music reviews & album reviews by Any Decent Music thats wedged between new releases by Wild Beasts (no 1) & Fleet Foxes (no 3). anybody interested in reading the reviews can see click on above link then hit the artist to see what a mass of worldwide reviews are saying.

great stuff, can you clarify if you will be available for this on Sat 11th June....can you pm me will respond to other enquiries tonight....thanks this is very wonderful the responses already

The PICNIC above is completely FREE FREE to attend, if you can make it just come along The charges are to join FOUTG so we can print 1000's leaflets, postcards, put on picnics hire PA systems, etc etc etc. We are fighting a small rump of businesses that have millions at their disposal etails Friends of Union Terrace Gardens Friends of Union Terrace Gardens - what can YOU do to help? | Facebook

Hi everyone, we are arranging Big PIcnic No 2 on Sat 11th June 2011 from 1pm to 5pm in UTG Union Terrace Gardens, We are looking for people to take part in the entertainment. We will have a small pa & looking for people to come along & play some music (no drum kits) plus some relevent theatre, poetry, art etc. Pretty open minded about it. Please pm me with ideas & your email address or FB. If people want to busk unplugged thats fine... Put simply Friends of Union Terrace Gardens wan't the gardens kept as they are with some simple & cost effective improvements, like better access, proper toilet facilities, perhaps a cafe & events/music on in the gardens on a regular basis. These beautiful gardens need no more than this. When asked their opinion about our scheme 98% of people who express an opinion on it think our plans are very sensible & are in favour of them rather than whats being put forward by ACSEF/SIW, which has certainly a long way to run before planning permission is given.. Come along anyhow as we had a great time last last year & we know lots on AbdnMus are behind our campaign which we thank you for. Mike/IMP

Yes defo Tuesday 14th June we spotted the date error & new IMP posters going up..... thanks to those who have bought tickets so far, check the Any Decent reviews above some quite astonishing things being said....

Tune Yards reviews go look for some amazing reviews & you can click the reviews Reviews of w h o k i l l by tUnE-YaRdS, collected by Any Decent Music Tune Yards live shows are even better than her studio work, thats why she's selling out show allover US just now live reviews from there to follow Look at the current releases Tune Yards is leaving behind Recent music reviews & album reviews by Any Decent Music

Like offramp said elsewhere time to move this up Copy Haho playing new material on the night

likewise agreed....very good night & all artists on great form & enjoyed themselves yes Iona really good especially when she started using samples/loops etc

I have heard this is incorrect, thank goodness...

this is tonight & its great to be putting this on in Aberdeen, come along if you are @ a loose end. early finish 11pm

DrownedinSound review today as well Every now and then, a record comes along so good it makes you want to revisit an artist's back catalogue to see if you missed anything first time round. Two Dancers by Wild Beasts and The Horrors' Primary Colours are two recent examples that spring to mind. Then of course there are records by artists whose name has had little bearing or significance in the past, yet thanks to the CD that's spent literally weeks on repeat play at every given opportunity, it has become something of an obsession in acquiring their entire repertoire. It's at this point I'd like to introduce tUnE yArDs, the one-woman project of New England-born and current Oakland resident, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Merrill Garbus. Having been making music under the tUnE yArDs guise for the best part of five years now, it wasn't until 2009's BiRd-BrAiNs that her multi-faceted, genre-transgressing talents first came to the attention of anyone outside her native locality, and even then, as with yours truly, its impact was short-lived, eventually passing all and sundry by. To cut to the chase, whokill, the follow-up to BiRd-BrAiNs, is a breathtaking collection of song-based ideas interspersed with both a lyrical and musical ingenuity that goes far beyond any expectations based on Merrill's previous work. Even listening back to her earlier creations now - and believe me, I've trawled through her career history since whokill implanted itself in my nervous system - there's little warning of this near-flawless exercise in creativity. Where its predecessor was recorded using little more than a tape recorder and ukulele, whokill came together at the studio of California-based producer-cum-engineer Eli Crews, whose previous credits include the likes of Why?, Deerhoof and Erase Errata. Having also enlisted a permanent bass player in the shape of fellow Oaklander Nate Brenner, along with various session musicians - tenor sax player Matt Nelson being the most notable - it's clear to see why Garbus' musical vision has taken so many radically different shapes along the way. As introductions go, whokill couldn't be much simpler or straight to the point. A lone voice precedes 'My Country' announcing "Ladies and Gentlemen, Merrill is performing at the..." before heavy Burundi style drums kick in Go! Team style and its creator's off kilter vocals take hold. At precisely two minutes and 24 seconds the song changes tack completely, Garbus' horn arrangement coupled with the varying sax accompaniments offering yet another dimension. It almost goes without saying that this is probably where Florence Welch would like to be. Signing off with the quip "The worst thing about living a lie is just wondering when they'll find out", 'My Country' is just the opening gateway to a record crammed so full of ambition one wonders if its seams are at bursting point. 'Es-so' could quite easily have been recorded by another artist completely, so different is it to the opener. Propelled by a post-punk orchestrated riff not a million miles away from Adam and the Ants' 'Friends' and accentuated by a hip hop beat once honed and perfected by Beck Hanson, Garbus could have crafted her first perfect pop moment were it not for the discordant Animal Collective style breakdown at the mid-point that would no doubt have radio playlisters scrambling for the fader. Better still is 'Gangsta', a looped beat heavy concoction of voice projections that feels like Paul Simon's Graceland receiving a ghetto blasted makeover courtesy of The World Famous Supreme Team. The laid back strains of soulful groover 'Powa' once again recall Beck's Odelay, yet delve deeper into its lyrical content and that's where any similarities end. "Your power inside it rocks me like a lullaby" sings Garbus, an ambiguous statement whose subject matter becomes apparent when she adds the devilish "My man likes me from behind". "Baby, baby, baby, oh..." this most definitely isn't. Barely halfway into whokill and Merrill Garbus has embarked on more diversions than an impatient BMW driver trying to avoid the North Circular during rush hour. 'Riotriot's colourful haze evokes Ariel Pink's more intricate creations, coupled with an abstract playfulness Miles Davis would have been proud of. Lead single 'Bizness' mixes African rhythms with Garbus voice now taking the form of a xylophone. Listen again and you can vaguely hear her insisting "I'm a victim, yeah", while a backing track that appears to be based on Bjork's 'Big Time Sensuality' coasts along merrily in the distance. More hard-hitting percussion introduces 'Doorstep' before giving way to an air of tranquility culminating in Garbus declaring "I've tried so hard to be a peaceful lovin' woman". Arguably the most fragile sounding four minutes on the record, it shows off another string to Merrill Garbus precious bow. 'You Yes You' meanwhile takes the looped jazz funk punk of the Hoodoo Gurus and strips it down to a schizophrenic muddle of voice-controlled confusion, its creator again bigging up her man via the suggestive riposte "If home is where the heart is baby, then my home is inside you." For all its charm and diversity, whokill isn't quite perfect, tailing off somewhat towards the end. While its acoustic-led inroads signal 'Wooly Wolly Gong''s sleepy dreamlike intent, at six minutes long its welcome is momentarily outstayed. Album closer 'Killa' meanwhile, for all its cheesy bass lines and summery vibes doesn't pack the same punch as what's gone before, although much of that is down to the ridiculously high standards Merrill Garbus sets elsewhere. Yet as long players go, 2011 won't get much better than this, and with whokill, Merrill Garbus has somehow managed to encompass more ideas into just over 40 minutes than most artists manage in a lifetime. It goes without saying the bar has been raised, both in terms of Garbus and the rest of the competition. One can only hazard a guess as to what her next venture will sound like, but if whokill is anything to go by, tUnE yArDs' prospects are endless. 9/10

be assured a professional operation like this will have professional security outside & inside the event. The council would not give its permission if there wasn't a professional festival risk assessment. the people on Aberdeen music should be delighted that Aberdeen has a SERIOUS festival in the city & hopefully should the first one be successful it can be repeated in 2012 onwards Get behind this initative.....

consistently pleasing reviews coming in for whokill & its released tomorrow Recent music reviews & album reviews by Any Decent Music

gonna be great tonight......1UP tickets sold out, so its now tickets on the door

just back from a break & its great this has been semi announced. Quite a lot of names I heard b4 I went away havn't been listed so lots of good to come....................