January 2010 Archives

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Would you like a flute with that?

Singles Club #39

By Peter Guy on Jan 27, 10 10:31 PM in Singles Club

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Thou shalt always kill it - Nick Smith finds a hip hop duo that are on the money.

Yeasayer: Brooklyn, New York

By Peter Guy on Jan 26, 10 09:00 AM in Banter

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February 8 sees the release of one of 2010's most anticipated records - Yeasayer's Odd Blood. In a Getintothis exclusive, Peter Guy chats to multi-instrumentalist Ira Wolf Tuton about their fabulous new record, the pop music which has influenced them and how their live show could see you lose all control of your bodily functions. Expect near death experiences, basketball shoot-outs with Animal Collective and the wildest celebrity dinner party imagineable.

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Getintothis' favourite lunatic, Fever Ray (aka Karin Dreijer Andersson), scooped Best Dance Award at the P3 Gulds in Sweden last week. The usual thank you's to mum, God and the next door neighbour's cat were replaced y something slightly more memorable. Here's what went down...

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Andy Kelly finds a new love to wash away the January blues.

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One of the year's biggest and sexiest records is given the True Blood makeover - think Donna Summer with vampires making out. What's not to like?

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What did you expect?

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Austin's Spoon return this week with their seventh record, Transference, Phil Gwyn gives the inside track on one of rock music's most creative and consistent forces.

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Time gentlemen, please.

Singles Club #38

By Peter Guy on Jan 15, 10 09:00 AM in Singles Club

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Ready for 2k10s biggest dose of psychedelic rocket fuel?

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And BLANG! Seemingly outta nowhere Mathangi Arulpragasam has this evening tweeted away her new track and video from her much-anticipated forthcoming record. See watchall tink...

Top 10: Albums of the Decade

By Peter Guy on Jan 12, 10 06:00 PM in The Top 10

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Getintothis reflects on the best records from 2000-2009.

Adult Books returns to le Bateau

By Peter Guy on Jan 10, 10 08:03 PM in On it

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Woot! The return of a Getintothis Liverpool favourite - it's what Saturday nights are made for.

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So, by now you'll have seen that wide-eyed, polo-shirt-sporting lovely plastered everywhere, and if you don't know by now she's the face of the new Vampire Weekend record, Contra, which is out on XL next week.
And in the age were the physical format really does seem on its knees, Getintothis has the full album for you to stream. Clink inside for some fuzzy delights to get you through the winter chill.

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If like me, you are still recovering from the new year festivities, feel free to procrastinate from work further by watching a little homespun Happy New Year video postcard from our friends Efterklang which features exclusive audio snippets from forthcoming album Magic Chairs - out February 22.

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With a collection to rival a small record shop and a gig diary fit for any addled groupie, music is Peter Guy's religion. Working alongside the key players across Merseyside and the national music scene, Peter has edited the official Liverpool Sound City magazine The Liberator, been a media partner with Liverpool Music Week and covered festivals and industry showcases home and abroad. Getintothis is his irreverent insider's guide to Liverpool's music landscape and beyond.

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