A few of my favourite things

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A roundup of the finest music, freshly stumbled across in the last seven days.

PALACE – Facebook / Twitter

Thanks must go to Beatnik online for tipping us the wink on Brighton based four piece, Palace. All three demos on their soundcloud page are worth a listen but the wistful bluesy “Veins” is the standout.

They state their main influences as “White Denim, Kraftwerk, Wu Lyf, Jeff Buckley, Foals, Wu Tang Clan and Nigerian Blues” although I’m not quite hearing Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s oeuvre in their gentle blues rock as yet. Their tongues were probably firmly in cheek when they claimed to end their sets with a loud letting rip song dedicated to Blackheath village! Sadly attempts to google it only bring up an Indian Restaurant.

Top 50 tracks of the month April ’13

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Get Lucky
Last month we were collectively up all night getting lucky as a Nile Rodgers assisted Daft Punk (pictured) returned to conquer the globe using only the power of disco music.

Aprils cup truly runneth over so here’s 50 of the finest sounds in handy playlist form. I say 50 because that’s the limit of the Why.com widget below. There are actually almost 60 ridiculously good tunes on the full Whyd playlist, and almost as many on Soundcloud if that’s your preference.

Follow the monthly playlists on WHYD.COM or SOUNDCLOUD


Three reasons to help Sky Valley Mistress play the Download Festival

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Ski Valley MistressLast month, those Blackburn based purveyors of Bluesy Rock N Roll, Sky Valley Mistress almost made it to Glastonbury and now they have until April the 26th to take a step towards Donnington’s Download festival.

With days to go, the threesome of Maxwell Harvey William Newsome III, Squire and vocalist  Kayley “Hell Kitten” Davies are hovering precariously at number 85 in the online vote, with only the top 100 making it through to the judged stage.

Can you spare one click to keep them in the hot 100, and give them a chance to showcase their debut EP “The Best Thing You’ve Never Heard“?

IT TAKES ONE CLICK TO VOTE
(ALTHOUGH YOU CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY IF YOU FEEL THAT WAY INCLINED)

Record Store Day 2013: So many things to buy!

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Record Store Day is upon us bringing a wallet worrying number of limited edition releases and hosts of bands playing at independent record stores across the globe. For a comprehensive list of who’s playing where, visit the Record Store Day website.

487976_507708115941430_831468529_n1. RECORD STORE GAY

The inaugural Record Store Gay compilation was one of the highlights of last years Record Store Day and Irish shoppers will be able to buy a fresh collection of ‘gay anthems’ covered by the finest new bands this Saturday. All proceeds go towards Outhouse, a drop in centre offering support to the LGBT community in Dublin. 25,000 people visited the centre for advice in the last year alone and on Saturday most of the bands featured on the album will be playing from 1pm onwards. Listen to the release in full over on their Soundcloud page or download it on Bandcamp.

2. RANDOLPH’S LEAP – “FURTIVE GLANCES”

Randolph’s Leap have the “Furtive Glances” EP, copies of which will be available on very limited edition cassettes from Avalanche Records & Vox Box in Edinburgh and LoveMusic & monorail music in Glasgow.