March 2012
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Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - Country and In These Times LPs Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad are a Rochester (New York) based quintet who define themselves as practitioners of ‘Psychedelic Roots Music’. Formed in 2006, GPGDS are famed for their live shows (750+ so far) recordings of which are often uploaded to the Internet Archive. Slow Down saw the band make a debut in 2006 and...
Mar 30th
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Mar 24th
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The Spills - Occam’s Razor LP Seems like our weekly Gigseen Featured Music series is on a trek northwards. New Build from London, Arbor Lights from the Midlands and this week: Wakefield’s The Spills. Expect something Scottish next week and then we’ll be checking whether the seagulls on Rockall have knocked out any banging tunes recently. The Spills sound like a band that if...
Mar 23rd
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Arbor Lights - Debut EP Arbor Lights - A four-piece alternative / post-rock band from the Midlands, last week released their eponymously titled debut EP. Clocking up with five really rather expertly-assembled tracks, the release, as a debut, seems to be doing all the right things. Formed back in 2010 in Birmingham, Arbor Lights are Alex Clarke, Matt Elton, Greg Aston and James Clarke. Their...
Mar 16th
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New Build - Yesterday Was Lived And Lost LP New Build are a new band from London featuring Al Doyle (Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem) Felix Martin (Hot Chip) and Tom Hopkins. They have just released their first album, Yesterday Was Lived And Lost, on their own imprint: Lanark Recordings. The 12 track album is out now on digital and CD formats and the heavyweight vinyl is due for shipping in a few...
Mar 9th
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Mar 4th
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Hooray For Earth at Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen 28/02/12 Full Write-up/Review @ http://gigseen.blogspot.com/2012/03/live-review-hooray-for-earth-famy-coves.html Low-Q Bootleg: http://i.mixcloud.com/CBJdYG
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Mar 3rd
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Jenova 7 - Dusted Jazz Volume Two LP Jenova 7 is nom de plume of Michael J. Sirois, Boston born trip-hop musician and independent filmmaker currently living in Los Angeles. He is a member of the Dusted Wax Kingdom label. His genres include downtempo jazz, trip-hop & abstract instrumental hip-hop. Having already highlighted a collaborative track Haiku with Jenova 7 and Esbe earlier this week...
Mar 2nd
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