YES! This dude knows what its all about! VGM Acapella - Volume 1 by Smooth McGroove

The little train thing at stansted looks like it should be in some dystopian futuristic place. Actaully it probably fits perfectly.

lohrien:

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This is awesome. Which reminds me I need to get my Howl’s Moving Castle tattoo finished. One day…

Soundproof studio? Yeah, I got that. I think. That just means a bath robe, a foam box thing and some jeans on a chest of drawers, yeah? Thought so.

johnnycrap:

Varnishing that sucker. Already sold.

Recording demos with my neighbours cat. The song I’m working on mentions him in it!

I wrote and recorded this in under an hour one saturday morning. I’ve written some more parts, I’m quite excited to see how it finishes up.

Back when this was a full band we played V festival a couple of times. It was a really good laugh. Especially when our mate and driver Jan called Tinchy Stryder, “Dizzee”.

There will be a version of this on the album. Maybe with train sounds and lap steel guitars that sound like whales getting down.

Also, as  side note, if you haven’t already, check out my e.p. It’s free to download over at my bandcamp page.

I’ve been really quiet for a while, but I’m busy working on new songs for an album that I hope to begin working on in a few weeks time. It’ll be a bit of a departure from ‘Get Real’ in some ways, but an obvious progression in others. You’ll see when it’s done.

I’ve also been teaching 10 year olds how to make beats.
Just thought I should let you know whats been going down at my end.

Much love, talk to you soon.

Matt.

rebellionnoise:

Lower Than Atlantis Summer Merch!

Tho boys are kindly using my track ‘Holiday’ on this! very nice.

I look gormless and demented at different points in this video, but it was very surreal just standing next to this guy!

On Friday I had the enormous pleasure of playing some songs with Tommy Stinson. One of the founding members of the Replacements. Current bass player of Guns’n’Roses. It was mental.

He was such a lovely guy and I think everyone who came and watched had a great time, it had the feeling of playing to a few friends. The really crazy thing for me was that we busked in my normal busking spot (whereas I generally make a few pounds in half an hour, Tommy made about £300!) and then moved on to one of my local pubs. It all took place about 2 minutes walk from my flat!

Tommy was raising money for Timkatec (www.timkatec.org), a charity he does a lot of work for, helping homeless and orphaned kids in Haiti. It’s a really amazing cause so if you’ve got 5 minutes to spare, check out the site, and if you’ve got a few pounds or dollars or whatever to spare, please donate.

Anyway, it was all one of the most amazingly surreal events of my life I think. The Replacements are my favourite band, and probably like a lot of ‘Mats fans, I can verge on the obsessive. So for me this was just insane. I’ll put some links to some videos, one in particular I just have the stupidest grin on my face the whole way through. But when Tommy Stinson asks you to play a solo over one of his tracks and then seems to dig it, I’m not sure what else you’re meant to do.

He got me into his Guns’n’Roses show later on that night and we had a drink after the show which was a lot of fun. And him talking about the ‘Mats (even if it was just brief) was again, amazing and surreal. I wrote my dissertation on that band. If only I could have met Tommy a couple of years earlier, I’d have got a 1st for that bastard I reckon!! I think he’d go down as a pretty good source.

To summarize, what a good lad and what an amazing day.

It’s been a long time coming, but here, have some new tracks. They’re pretty stripped back. Anyway, I hope you like them, and if you do, download them and share them, it’s free!

ifheroes:

Today is hand-assembling and numbering day, ready to go out to all of you lovely pre-ordering people within the next couple of days! We are still astounded by how nice these have turned out, if you like to own pretty physical copies of releases you can pick one up from http://ifheroesshouldfail.bigcartel.com/.

looking gooood!

jgharding:

Old Car In Havehill (Taken with instagram)

pjbondmusic:

Thank you, Jim. (Taken with instagram)

red-lipstick:

Justin Poulsen - Gas World, 2011

I’m going to finish these recordings I started about 2 months ago with the intention of recording them quickly and getting them up. I am a fucking nightmare when it comes to getting things done. BUT!! by next weekend, these songs will be finished. They better be… Is a full moon a good thing for getting stuff done? because its massive tonight. good night.