Dance To The Radio proudly presents Esben And The Witch’s first gig in Leeds. The Brighton 3 piece have been making waves in recent months with their incendiary live show playing with the likes of The XX and Deerhunter. Described as ‘nightmare pop’ the band recently featured on Dance To The Radio’s 4 x 12” compilation EP alongside Chickenhawk & Olfar and their first EP is available to download for free from the link above. This is a band you cannot miss!
“Esben remind you of the malice in wonderland, the beauty in horror and the horror in beauty” – The Guardian
Set to feature on the next Dance To The Radio 4 x 12” alongside Drink Up Buttercup & Milk White White Teeth the Leeds based songsmith returns to the Brudenell with his beautiful live show. Having supported Blue Roses and Bombay Bicycle Club already this year, he is set for big things. Paul Thomas Saunders is a man wise beyond his years influenced by the likes of Joe Meek and Leonard Cohen.
“His whisky-soaked vocals belie his years, and the understated delicacy of his songs is a lovely treat” - The Fly HONOUR BEFORE GLORY (Whiskas / ¡Forward, Russia!)
What needs to be said? Honour Before Glory is the solo project from Whiskas of Dance To The Radio / ¡Forward, Russia! Fame. Think a mix between Jason Molina (Magnolia Electric Co), My Bloody Valentine and TV On The Radio and you’re pretty much there. We’re delighted to have him playing.
“HBG is a great, naturally tentative and atmospheric piece of work” - Steve Lamacq At Brudenell Social Club.
Ok so its that time of year for the best albums and tracks released. We've also included our favourite albums and tracks of the decade for good measure. Keep your eyes peeled for contributions from bands on the label and friends. I've also cheated on my list as i couldn't get it down to 10 so i made my best albums and singles of the decade 20.
ALI
TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2009
5. Memory Tapes – Seek Magic 4. Grammatics – Grammatics 3. The XX – The XX 2. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers 1. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
TOP 5 TRACKS OF 2009
5. La Roux - Bulletproof 4. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks 3. Local Natives - Airplanes 2. Animal Collective - My Girls 1. Jay Z (featuring Alicia Keys) - Empire State Of Mind TOP 20 ALBUMS OF THE DECADE
20. LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem 19. Daft Punk - Discovery 18. Radiohead – In Rainbows 17. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea Island 16. Outkast - Skankonia 15. Mew - Frengers 14. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlantisim 13. Band Of Horses – Cease To Begin 12. Rufus Wainwright – Want One 11. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker 10. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 9. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR 8. Panda Bear - Person Pitch 7. Jay Z - The Blueprint 6. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise 5. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R 4. Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet 3. The Streets - Original Pirate Material 2. The Strokes - Is This It? 1. Radiohead - Kid A
TOP 20 TRACKS OF THE DECADE
20. Justin Timberlake – Cry Me A River 19. Mew – Am I Wry? No 18. Queens Of The Stone Age – No One Knows 17. Beyonce – Crazy In Love 16. The Streets – Let’s Push Things Forward 15. The Strokes – Last Nite 14. Andrew W.K. - Party Hard 13. Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger 12. LCD Soundsystem - Yeah 11. Sigur Ros - Svefn - g - Englar 10. Outkast - Ms. Jackson 9. Radiohead – Everything In It’s Right Place 8. Coldplay - The Scientist 7. The Knife - Heartbeats 6. Boards Of Canada - In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country 5. Johnny Cash - Hurt 4. At The Drive It - One Armed Scissor 3. Queens Of The Stone Age - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer 2. Jay Z - 99 Problems 1. Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
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MICK
TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2009
5. Monsters of Folk –Monsters of Folk 4. Doom – Born Like This 3. Vitalic - Flashmob 2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz 1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
TOP 5 TRACKS OF 2009
5. Vitalic – Poison Lips 4. Brian Eno – An Ending (Ascent) ** REISSUE** 3. Mujava – Township Funk 2. The Juan MacLean – The Simple Life 1. Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes
TOP 10 ALBUMS OF THE DECADE
10. Neon Neon – Stainless Style 9. PJ Harvey – White Chalk 8. Madvillain - Madvillainy 7. O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack 6. Loretta Lynn and Jack White – Van Lear Rose 5. Daft Punk - Discovery 4. Johnny Cash – American IV The Man Comes Around 3. Nicolai Dunger – Soul Rush 2. Wilco – Yankee Foxtrot Hotel 1. Panda Bear – Person Pitch
and the best reissues - Kraftwerk – Man Machine, Townes Van Zandt – Delta Momma Blues, Gene Clark – No Other, Fripp and Eno – No Pussyfooting (including the songs in reverse and half speed)
TOP 10 TRACKS OF THE DECADE
10. Midlake - Bandits 9. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 8. Ash Into The Sky – Benoit Pioulard 7. Bon Iver - Skinny Love 6. Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger 5. PJ Harvey –You Said Something 4. Ryan Adams – Magnolia Mountain 3. Rufus Wainwright – Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (Reprise) 2. Panda Bear – Take Pills 1. Johnny Cash - Hurt
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TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2009
Moderat - Moderat A Place to Bury Stangers- Expoding Head Appleseed Cast - Sagamartha Super Extra Bonus Party - Night Horses Vitalic - Flashmob
TOP 5 TRACKS OF 2009
Chickenhawk-Scorpieau Norman Bleik- I Was A King Grammatics- Murderer (Requesters Remix) The Rayographs - Francis Rammstein - Pussy
TOP 10 ALBUMS OF THE DECADE
Deerhunter - Microcastle Half Man Half Biscuit - CSI Ambleside The Dirtbombs - Ultraglide in Black The Fat Truckers - For Sale Fischerspooner- #1 Guided By Voices - Earthquake Glue Chrome Hoof - Pre-Emptive False Rapture Mew - Frengers At The Drive In - Relationship of Command Daft Punk – Discovery
TOP 10 TUNES OF THE DECADE
Les Favvy Fav - Sweat Descends Sludgefeast - Daytona Motherfucker Circulus - My Body is Made of Sunlight - Circulus M.I.A - Paper Planes Chrome Hoof - Pronod Cardiacs - Ditzy Scene Von Sudenfed - Flooded Stars - Ageless Beauty LFO - Freak Miss Kittin - Requiem For A Hit
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OWEN - GRAMMATICS
Top 5 Albums Of 2009
1. Blue Roses - Blue Roses 2. Future Of The Left - Travels With Myself and Another 3. Ramona Falls - Intuit 4. PJ Harvey and John Parish - A Woman Walked By 5. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
Top 5 Tracks of 2009
1. Blue Roses - Doubtful Comforts 2. Bat For Lashes - Daniel 3. Future Of The Left - Arming Eritrea 4. Ramona Falls - I Say Fever 5. PJ Harvey and John Parish - Black Hearted Love
Top Ten Albums Of The Decade
1. Cursive - The Ugly Organ 2. QOTSA - Songs For The Deaf 3. WHY? - Alopecia 4. Low - Things We Lost in The Fire 5. Duels - The Barbarians Move In 6. Radiohead - In Rainbows 7. Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish 8. GlassJaw - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence 9. This Et Al - Baby Machine 10. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea.
Top Ten Tracks Of The Decade
1. Elliot Smith - Everything Means Nothing To Me 2. Radiohead - There There 3. TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me 4. This Et Al - Of National Importance 5. Duels - Perimeter Fence 6. Cursive - Staying Alive 7. PJ Harvey - Big Exit 8. Bright Eyes - Lover I don't Have To Love 9. Why? - The Hollows 10. The Bronx - Strobelife
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