Islington Boys' Club - we'll all be members soon!

Islington Boys Club, one of Londons most exciting new bands took some time out of their busy recording schedule to answer some questions for WCMandWDC so read on to find out what they have to say, what they have been up to of late and what the future holds for them......


Who are you and where are you from?

We are Andy, Daniel, Ed and Drew and we're from Islington, North London.

Describe Islington Boys Club sound in three words:

Dynamic, Subtle, Heavy

Where does your band name originate from?

It comes from where we rehearse, which is a old church in Islington, after it was deconsecrated in 1958 it became a Boys Club (the Islington Boys' Club to be precise). There's still a plaque on the wall with the name on it!

The best and worst band you have ever been compared to?

Well we are something of a strange proposition, we don't really sound like anyone but ourselves, because of that we have gotten some strange comparisons in the past. What is nice is that people see parts of their favourite bands in us, when in reality we haven't really been influenced by them.

The strangest summation of your band and or songs?

That we "are sex", we haven't got a clue what that means, and we’re not really sure that we want to be either!

What’s next for Islington Boys Club?

We've got a busy year shaping up. In March we went on tour with Ulterior round the UK and now we've got the touring bug! So we'll be out on the road again in June, around the release of another single and then out to Europe to tour the album which will be out later on in the year.

So we're working hard on writing too… We've recently been in the studio recording loads of loads of demos, figuring out who we want to work with and then we'll start thrashing out the album over the Summer, which'll be interjected by a couple of festival appearances.

Finally, who would you choose to be an honorary member of Islington Boys Club for one night only? Tell us why and what would they do.
That is a tough question, cue serious debate amongst band…

We’re going to have to go with Brian Eno, he is an amazing producer, and it seems like he would be quite a lot of fun to work with, however seeing as it is only one night we would probably spend the entire time recording, fuelled by a diet of chocolate digestives and herbal tea. We'd like to think we'd record a hit single, but in all honesty we'd probably get all experimental and do a triple album of experimental drone/feedback.

Catch Islington Boys Club headline show at the Old Blue Last for CLUB.THE.MAMMOTH vs It’s All Indie for their single launch party for new track ‘Misfit Sugar’ on 8th April. You can find out more about Islington Boys Club here and for the latest information on lives shows coming up throughout the summer including festival appearances here.

Check out the awesome track 'Pristine' below!!

Islington Boys' Club - Pristine by islingtonboysclub

WHAM BAMM!!

One of Londons hottest new club nights, WHAM BAMM is back with a 50's Rock 'n' Roll special! on Thursday 24th February at The Macbeth.

WHAM BAMM is every 2 months where the curators pride themselves on only ever putting on the best bands they can possibly find. So if you are in a band and you manage to get yourself on the bill for this night, it means your very good.

This month, the line up consists of:

DAN SMITH 8.30 pm

CHA ET MON AMOUR (Dancers) 10.05 pm

TO KILL A KING 10.15 pm

BORN BLONDE 11.15 pm

DADDY L.L a true Rock 'n' Roll dj is on throughout the night.

Blonde Ambition from 12 - who is fastly becoming Londons favorite dj will be spinning some tunes as well.

followed by.....

S/L/A/T/S our RnB lover from 1-2 am

The hosts are even nice enough to give everyone free POPCORN AND WHAM BARS on entry.

£3 before 9pm and £5 after.

Make sure WHAM BAMM becomes a regular night out in your diaries!!

A week of gigs and a weekend of parties......

So after a pretty full on week of gigs including the likes of Islington Boys' Club who massively impressed me, Mystery Jets, Tribes and Fiction on the same bill was always going to be an incredible show and then Eagulls and Swanton Bombs for the Eagulls single launch party. It's been a brillaint week and now I'm very tired for the weekend but feel that growing up and getting on with it has to be the best way forward......

So here are some tracks to get you in the mood for the weekend whatever you are up to.....

Golden Bug + Rodion feat. Lavinia Claws - Washing Machine (Bottin's Spin Cycle)

Skrillex - Cat Rats

Also go here and listen to this wicked track by XXXY called 'Ordinary Things'.

Have sensational weekends from WCMandWDC!

Com Truise

This might just be one of the most exciting things I have found in quite a while. I can't really decide where I think music is going to go in terms of direction over the next six or so months and I'm guessing SXSW and Great Escape might give some indication with some new bands, producers and artists coming through but for now I am more than happy to settle with this.

Not only does Com Truise offer up some incredible remixes for the likes of Neon Indian and Twin Shadow but also produces self made music. I don't feel the need to define or pigeon hole Com Truises music to a genre so have a listen and make your own mind up. All you need to know is that it's very very good.

Listen to Colorvision below and head over to the Soundcloud page to hear more tracks and remixes. Or you can head over to Com's myspace


Colorvision (WIP) by Com Truise

Letting your Guards down

One of my favourite EP’s of last year came courtesy of ‘guards’(aka Richie Follin). I first heard about them through John Hilcock’s new noise mail out. They gave away their EP through their bandcamp site for free and since then I haven’t looked back. It also contained one of my favourite tracks of the year in the form of ‘Don’t wake the dead’ which I have been playing out in the early parts of sets for the last 6 months. If you don’t own the EP or let alone haven’t heard it, stop what you are doing and go and download it from their bandcamp now! I can’t wait to hear more from the band in the forthcoming year and to see them on 15th February at White Heat in London.

Listen to the 'Don't Wake the Dead' here now.....
GUARDS - Don't Wake The Dead by 3 Syllables Records

I may as well put it off till after the weekend.......

After realising the potential of Spotify premium and bothering to figure out how to use it on my phone I have been obsessed with downloading every piece of music I could think of. It suddenly dawned on me I have been neglecting new music; well mostly bands that I found a while back and never got to write about. So I have decided may as well put it off for a few more days and provide some tracks that I have been playing out and about that are fitting for the weekend ahead.

Yelle - Safari Disco Club

Everything Everything - MY KZ, YR BF (Fenech-Soler Mix)

Gil Scott-Heron - I'll Take Care of You (Jamie XX Remix)
Gil Scott-Heron - I'll Take Care of You (Jamie XX Remix) by dynmk

Memoryhouse - To the Lighthouse (Million Young Remix)

FM Belfast - Synthia

Youthless come of age

After a hugely succesful whistle stop tour of the UK in October including an appearance at Manchesters In the City festival and picking up fans such as Jon Hilcock and John Kennedy, Youthless were kind enough to answer a few questions for wecantmixandwedontcare! about themselves and their take on their garagey-math-rock sound. So here's what they had to say.....

Who are you and where are you from?

We are Sebastiano Ferranti (from UK but raised in Lisbon) and Alex Klimovitsky (from NYC but moved to Lisbon as a teenager). We both currently live in Lisbon, Portugal.


Describe Youthless’s sound in three words:

Barbarian Pop Genius


Where does your band name originate from?

It’s a cross between Big Youth (a Jamaican Reggae artist from the 70s) and Payless Shoes (a cheap shoe store outlet).


The best and worst band you have ever been compared to?

Best: Pink Floyd

Worst: Lady Gaga


The strangest summation of your band and or songs?

"Golden Age ...is two minutes and nineteen seconds of pure larks " (Drowned in Sound) ... we really like that write up. it's strange and also the perfect summation of what we thinks songs should be: "Larks" = "carefree or spirited adventures"

What’s next for Youthless?

One more interview question and then we're watching a movie. Music wise: we're also putting out another single with One Bird and an EP hopefully very soon after that.


Finally, who would you choose to be an honorary member of Youthless for one night only? Tell us why and what would they do?

Animal from the muppets as a guest drummer. He's like Bonham, Moon and Grohl all in one...plus he's got the best unibrow of all time and can outdrink Serge Gainsbourg!


OBR 001: Youthless - 'Golden Age by onebirdrecords

You can hear more from Youthless on their myspace
and keep checking in for some potential UK dates in the new year.