We’ll be running a series of posts with some of our favourite bands / DJ’s / Promoters giving us their top ten tracks of the moment…

First up, we’ve got Duncan from WeLoveBrum who host nights at The Bulls Head, Hare and Hounds and The Rainbow with the intention of bringing the best unsigned talent – both local and national to Brum! Dunc is also one half of the creative genius’s behind the alternative jugganaught that is Rag N Bone

The next We Love Brum night is Thursday 1st April at The Hare and Hounds with Great Eskimo Hoax and Silver (Souvenirs) with This is Tmrw DJ’s!

1. YOUTH – (Silver) Souvenirs

2. A BOAT TO ROW, TO ROW, TO YOU – Boat To Row

3. IF I DON’T TRY – Tantrums

4. FIREWORKS – Venice Ahoy

5. COFFINS – Savant

6. OVER THE LANDSCAPE – Cajole Cajole

7. DIAMONDS – (Silver) Souvenirs

8. BOY ON THE HILL – Barnesy

9. WENCESLAS SQUARE – Goodnight Lenin

10. SHIPWRECK – Hot Club De Paris

Courtesy of Blue Whale

Friday gone, I DJ’d for the lovely people at Jugend Klub and to mark the momentous occasion I did a little mix for their blog (A mix which was also given out as a free CD on the night). The artwork was done courtesy of Mr John Napier and apologies for exposing those pasty legs to the public..

Sungazer by thisistomorrowuk

Tracklisting.

Soul Mechanik – I’ll Call You (Acapella) // Underworld – Tongue //Toro Y Moi – Blessa //   Washed Out – Feel It All Around //

Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader (Neon Indian Mix) // Hot Toddy – I Need Love (Morgan Geist Dub) // Lindstrom – Another Station //

Daniel Wang – Free Loving // Greg Bird – Wonderland // Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie // Joy Orbison – Wet Look // Fuck Buttons – Surf Solar

Matt

Mix no.1 is served up by Rob Adams; friend and stablemate of This is Tmrw.

He is at the controls for the first in a series of fortnightly mixes of Birmingham’s best promoters and djs as well as record labels and friends of This is Tmrw from further afield.

He serves up a supine mix of dark discordant melodies, featuring Beach House, Angelo Badalamenti and Low. Having recently finished ‘Twin Peaks’, he said “there’s a definate a Lynchian veil over this mix”.

Tracklist: In The Dark Trees

“Robot Factory” – Swell Maps
“Otherness (Black Mustang’s Frozen Moon Jam)” – Chilled By Nature
“The Waltz” – Tuxedomoon
“In The Dark Trees” – Brian Eno
“Bookhouse Boys” – Angelo Badalamenti
“Amazing Grace” – Low
“Beneath The Underdog” – Baxter Dury
“Norway” – Beach House
“Sky Warning” – James Pants
“Sleepwalk” – The Lady Vanishes

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Totally Bone wrote these rather lovely words about our very own Greg Bird…

Greg Bird – Totally Bone

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Now Wave is a weekly clubnight at Manchester’s ultra hip Deaf Institute‘. They insist on a music policy of ‘Nothing older than 2 years’ – A refreshing change from the ten a penny clubnights who seem happy to carry on playing the same set list of boring Indie week in, week out.

‘Now Wave’ are also pretty renowned for the live shows they’ve put on and the past few years has seen them go from strength to strength after hosting shows with the likes of Battles, The XX and Field Music and future shows including Deerhunter, The Antlers and a certain Gil Scott – Heron..

Here’s a mix they recently posted on their Sound Cloud page – The Glo Fi mix is a warm, blissed out, psych affair.

GLO-FI MIX by Now Wave

Tracklisting…

1. Toro Y Moi – Thanks Vision
2. Small Black – Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix)
3. Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader (Neon Indian Remix)
4. Neon Indian – 6669 (I Don’t Know If You Know)
5. Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie
6. Tanlines – Real Life
7. Memory Tapes – Stop Talking
8. Telepathe – Chromes On It (Gold Panda Remix)
9. Washed Out – Feel It All Around
10. jj – Ecstasy

This is Tmrw Present Times New Viking / Yuck / Black Mekon

TIMES NEW VIKING

Times New Viking, from Columbus, Ohio write scrappy, trashy punk rock full of hooks and melodies. They are currently on tour with their good buddies Yo La Tengo and wrap up a mamouth European tour on a Bank Holiday Saturday at The Victoria!

YUCK

Yuck is made up from 2 fifths of Cajun Dance Party (They made that album when they were 15 – Tastes Change!) and sound like a mix between Dinosaur Jr, Pavement and Guided By Voices…Safe…Fuzzy Guitars, Ammmmaaaazing melodies and wicked vocals…

BLACK MEKON

We CAN’T!! Wait to get Black Mekon back on home soil and this will be their first show in god knows how long. Primal, sleezey, greazy, garage music from the Eastside’s finest…

…Believe..

Plus DJ Support from..

OUT OF STEP
THIS IS TMRW

The Vic holds 130 people max id say, so its gonna be a pretty intimate affair. Tickets are priced at £8 and are available from Seetickets…