While I was in Paris, Nickopedia Catchdubslet me know about this upcoming album:
New Vampire Weekend album named Contra will be out January 11th
in the UK and 12th in the US via XL Recordings.
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On an unrelated note; Manuvers has been asking for this QSO track; which you may recognize from the following track below. Cue-points in there already.
Back when I was hosting The Underground on WVUM, if there was one label I was constantly checking for, it was Tru Thoughts. I have no idea how I got put up on them; but "Thank You!" to whomever was responsible.
I was so hooked on their sound that when I found out that Will Holland, aka Quantic, was going to be heading to the States for a gig in Philly and another in NYC, I hit up both Paul Jonas and Tom Simpson (awesome guy) to try and sort out a gig in Miami.
At the time a 'budget' to me was $200-$250, [imagine a 'broke-college-kid', then imagine a 'broke-college-kid-dj'; we're the 'brokest' kind], and after they tried negotiating, they realized I really didn't have anymore money. So, because Will really wanted to play Miami, my $250 stretched out far enough to bring him down on the only night the venue (I/O Lounge, now The Vagabond) had open that particular week, a Monday.
Needless to say, Quantic's non-NYC/Philly US debut was poorly attended. That was probably the first time I started getting hip to the fact that Miami is just a 'little' behind the (music) times.
Anyways, for all those squares that still aren't hip to Quantic or Tru Thoughts, get with this shit.
Taken from her debut album, Under the Munka Moon. Buy it any chance you get; I've got two vinyl copies & one on cd.
I would also highly recommend -- possibly even more so than Alice Russell's LP -- purchasing TM Juke's Map From The WildernessLP --- she's featured on two great songs on the album. I still play them out frequently.
* If you've downloaded any of these songs, congratulations, you're now only 6-8 years behind.
