July 2012
35 posts
Stream Seams' New EP
Seams, the Berlin by way of Hampshire based producer has been releasing demos and snippets of tracks over on soundcloud for years now. His ambient beats gently transformed into 8 fully formed songs that occupy his latest release, a double EP on Full Time Hobby - you can stream the entire set on soundcloud.
Seams returned to London this past weekend, blowing up Corsica Studios with a jaw dropping...
Martin Creed Tomorrow Night!
After gracing the news for his olympic bell ringing, Martin Creed is finally giving his latest release Love to You a proper send off. Tomorrow at the Dalston Victoria, Creed will be preforming alongside his band, delivering songs that range from scathing punk to heartfelt ballads - a range that only an artist as talented as Creed could pull off.
Now go ahead and watch this session from the...
Palma Violets in London this August
In the few months they’ve been doing shows, the garage slinging four piece Palma Violets have deservedly built a mammoth wave of hype. We hope you’re ready to have this tsunami come crashing down over you because these Lambeth lads will be proving their worth at the 233 studio on August 9th. The show is to raise funds to help save Studio 180 - the basement that’s hosted and...
London's Hippest Promoters?
Our Ears Are Still Ringing From Martin Creed's...
What’s that? Sorry we’re having trouble hearing after London shook from three minutes of relentless bell ringing this morning! Martin Creed’s latest art project - appropriately named Work No 1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and loudly as possible for three minutes managed to break the world record for most bells in a country being rung at once. Big Ben even...
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Piñatas Come Alive in Andrew Bird's New Video
Andrew Bird’s Break It Yourself is one of our 2012 faves so it’s only fitting that he’s gone ahead and put out our new favorite music video. A children’s birthday party gets a surprise when a living piñata comes out to join - but in a cute and not totally terrifying way. Watch the little film below!
We’re hosting a night with the stringed maestro at the Camden...
Martin Creed talks Olympic Bells on BBC Radio 6
We’ve been going no about Martin Creed’s brilliant bell ringing festivities all week, now it’s about time we let the man speak for himself. He stopped into Marc Riley’s show to explain tomorrows ringing of the bells as well as play some choice hits. Listen here!
Tonight! Rocketnumbernine + Four Tet DJ at The...
If you’re looking for a cure to the weekday heat, we’re offering smooth grooves of Rocketnumbernine to turn your burning temperatures into burning desire. Come to the Waiting Room tonight for a free set from Rocketnumbernine followed by spins from Four Tet - check below for a taste of both.
Online tickets are gone and space is very limited but with any luck you’ll get to break...
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Win: Tickets to see The xx in London
Retweet our latest tweet on @eatyourownears under the #eyoegiveaways hashtag to be in with a chance to see The xx’s album launch show on September 10th!
Tickets onsale on Friday.
The XX in London this September!
With the release of their brooding and beautiful new single we’re honored to announce that The XX will be with us in London on September 10th. The trio are lined up for a special album release performance at Shepards Bush Empire - the kind of show that can’t be missed.
The pre-sale for the show begins July 25th to members of the XX’s mailing list; general sale starts on the...
Underage Festival Pre-Show with Dog is Dead
Charming Nottingham 5 piece Dog is Dead have at long last put out the math-rock tinged twee single Glockenspiel Song.
With the song’s horns buzzing in your ears we’d like to call all the under 18’s to the front of the stage and invite them to a very special Underage Festival pre-party tomorrow night at the Camden Barfly. This show is for 14-17’s only so take advantage of...
Ring in The Olympics with Martin Creed
Martin Creed, the Turner Prize winning artist and musician has spent the past weeks organizing the nationwide wake up call for the London Olympics. This coming Friday at 8:12 AM the Nation is invited to start ringing bells for a momentous three minutes. Church bells, hand bells, bicycle bells, door bells, any bell to be precise. By ringing alongside the country you will be taking part in a piece...
Francois & The Atlas Mountains on FIeld Day Radio
Francois from Francois And the Atlas Mountains smashes it with an hour of blinders from around the globe from the depths of New York’s 80’s East Village to African Village Funk.
The talented lot will be performing at the Village Underground this October!
Francois & The Atlas Mountains - The Applecart Festival 2012 by Field Day Radio on Mixcloud
Arthur Beatrice Mixes for GETME!
Rising stars Arthur Beatrice spinned some beauties for GETME a few weeks ago - another fantastic offering from the band that keeps on giving. They’re headlining the Lexington this coming Monday so there’s no better mix to get you in the groove of things.
Martin Creed Lays Down Tracks for Field Day Radio
Martin Creed, the Turner Prize winning artist and musician stopped by Field Day Radio to play a much needed set of the classics. Listen below for his fantastic mix.
Martin Creed’s new album Love to You is out now. He preforms for us live August 1st at The Dalston Victoria.
Martin Creed - The Applecart Festival 2012 by Field Day Radio on Mixcloud
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Django Django Mix for Field Day Radio
Psych-Poppers Django Django have been reeling in critical praise since the release of their killer self titled LP. Their pop rhythms and harmonic vocals are tossed to the side for a Field Day Radio session as they blend hip hop and soul into a mix worth checking out.
Django Django - Field Day Festival 2012 by Field Day Radio on Mixcloud
New Demos From Keel Her
Our favorite slacker rock tinged lo-fi up and comer Keel Her has been putting out an incredible stream of new tracks over the past weeks and we haven’t stopped checking her page for more. She opens for Las Kellies tonight at The Waiting Room - show up early to catch these hazy vibes at their prime. You can find the full set of demos over on her Soundcloud, or listen below for choice...
The xx - Angels
The road to ‘Coexist’ begins here with superb new track Angels. We first heard the song at our trio of shows a few weeks ago and came away feeling like it would be a firm favourite. Take a listen above now.
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Atlas Sound Preview
Bradford Cox is a special artist. From his very first Deerhunter shows he marked himself out as one of his generations most exciting frontmen, whether that’s taking those early heckles in his stride (or not) or the feeling you never quite know what to expect. Atlas Sound shows are even more unpredictable. His first bout of shows as Atlas Sound in the UK featured Cox playing out of a...
Neneh Cherry's Tour Diary
Pop sensation Neneh Cherry and her latest jazz fueled persona have been making their way around Europe to a thunderous applause. She’s been kind enough to let us glimpse into the glamorous life of a Swedish soul singing icon with a series of great tour diaries. You can find them posted here on Pintrest; alternately you can help live them this coming Sunday with her hugely anticipated show...
Watch the Making of James Yorkston's New Record
We’re on something of a James Yorkston binge of late. Over the past days we’ve posted two pitch perfect new songs - now’s your chance to see how they were made. Tickets for Yorkston’s September show at Southbank can be found here.
In Photos: Anna Calvi at the Somerset House
It’s becoming clear that those of us too timid to brave the rain last night missed out on something magnificent. Reviews of Anna Calvi’s flawless set are still pouring in, and with them a deluge of fantastic photos! Take a peep at some favorites courtesy of our friends over at The Line of Best Fit.
We can assure you that our next events for the Somerset House Series will be just as...
Neneh Cherry on Swedish Radio
Neneh Cherry stopped by Swedish radio program Sommar to give her 12 favorite songs and talk about her life and musical history. The discussion is in Swedish but stick around for her 12 ace song picks. Listen here.
Her performance (in English) takes place this Sunday.
A second song off of James Yorkston's new record
Yesterday we brought you the whirling, catchy single ‘Border Song’ off of James Yorkston’s new record I Was A Cat From A Book. We’ve had the track on repeat since and due to your glowing reception we’re going to go ahead and throw you another - so Catch! (see what we did there? we’re sorry)
Stream a track off of James Yorkston's new record!...
Here’s a real treat from the infallible Domino Record Co - a new single from Scottish songwriter James Yorkston! The loose, raucous, and wholly charming tune is pulled from his forthcoming 6th LP. You can find him live this September at the Southbank Centre.
As Yorkston sings, “This is nothing, just a flirt, just a flicker, just a taster, of what it not to come…” Needless to say...
The Big Pink present a Concrete Mix
In a brash/incredible move The Big Pink have released a poppin hip-hop mix to get you pumped for their W.A.X.D. Dance set at Concrete in a weeks time. We’d comment more but we’re too busy getting down to this Timbaland.
Tickets are limited so get them while you can here.
The cherry on top of all of this Big Pink talk is that impossibly young and talented producer Koreless will be...
Here We Go Magic at Dingwalls
Last Wednesday Twin Shadow gave us a beautiful reminder as to why Dingwalls is such an incredible space to see music. Between the class atmosphere and near perfect sound we’re confident in calling it one of London’s top venues. With that said it’s only fitting one of America’s top bands, Here We Go Magic, will be preforming there soon enough. Here We Go’s silky yet...
Amazing Artwork for the new Twin Shadow Show
Here’s an incredible image from the offices of George Lewis Jr. to get the word out on an encore performance from Twin Shadow. He knocked it out of the park at Dingwalls last week so we can’t wait to see what he brings next.
Tickets go on sale here tomorrow!
Somerset House Series: Tindersticks
In our second night of The Somerset House Series we have the perfectly matched Tindersticks and Emmy the Great. Get to know them both with videos below!
Tindersticks
Emmy the Great
Somerset House Series: Charlotte Gainsbourg
We’ll be closing out the fantastic Somerset House Series with one of our all time favorite songstresses - the incomparable Charlotte Gainsbourg. Accompanying her are ex-New Zealanders Connan Mockasin so be ready for a night of gorgeous tunes and mixed accents. VIdeos from both acts below!
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Connan Mockasin
EYOE & Open Assembly present: Arthur Beatrice
Later this July, Open Assembly and EYOE are pleased to present the heavily buzzed Arthur Beatrice headlong at The Lexington. Arthur Beatrice have been one of the most hotly tipped bands of 2012 and have gone on to release two absolutely stunning singles. If you haven’t gotten around to checking them out, don’t worry, we have your back. Take a listen below for a refresher course on one...
All The Big Pink Remixes in One Place
Beggars Group just posted this handy widget that features all of the remixes that have been done of The Big Pink! Would you just look at the tech filled world we live in. The Big Pink will be preforming a very special W.A.X.D. dance set at The Concrete in less than a months time!!
EYOE and The Somerset House Series
We’ve been keeping quiet on this one but we suppose it’s time to let you all get excited. We’re very pleased to announced we’re involved in this years Somerset House Series - curating three events at the incredible venue. Anna Calvi, Tindersticks, and Charlotte Gainsbourg will each be preforming in the span of one week! You can find tickets here while they last. In the...
