What we’ve had on the office stereo this week
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Guards
‘Crystal Truth’
60s-indebted New Yorkers’ making a sleepy take on Spector-ish pop, complete with totally righteous organ.
Solange
‘Looks Good With Trouble’
In spite of being in possession of The Most Boring Artwork Of The Year (TM), this newie from Solange is another exceptionally classy piece of En Vogue-like R&B.
Queens Of The Stone Age
‘Kalopsia’
A man whose inner crooner is barely bubbling under the surface at any given time, ‘Kalopsia’ sees Josh Homme let it run wild, and it’s smoky, nasty and amazing.
Realistically, there’s no way that Like Clockwork isn’t going to be great.
It’s time for one hell of an all-dayer at Queens, care of the folks at the ever excellent DocFest and Sheffield arts and culture institution Now Then Magazine.
There’ll be a screening of Ken Loach’s Spirit of ’45, cinematic installations from Exploding Cinema, live music, spoken word/slam performances and feasts from Street Food Chef.
Tickets are a very measly £2.00, and will be available on the door from 2pm. Head on over to the Facebook event for all the details.
Saturday 15th June
Spirit of ’45 Day
Queens Social Club
2.00pm
18+
£2.00
What we’ve had on the office stereo this week
Subscribe to our Spotify playlist for all our picks
Kelis
‘Jerk Ribs’
Kelis teaming up with TV On The Radio guy Dave Sitek ranks pretty high on our good news barometer. Also, Motown chart-busting horns, school sports day whistles and Wild Beasts-alike bongos makes for one hell of a package deal.
Shabazz Palaces
‘New Town Burnout’
There was pretty much no way that Sub Pop’s Seattle rap duo reworking Animal Collective would be anything other than massively great, right? Right.
Treat yourself to a mucky feast of bass throbs and stabs of synth.
Sky Larkin
‘Motto’
Soon to be sharing a stage with Marnie Stern at Queens, Wichita’s Leeds guitar-rock signees’ are keeping some strong company.
This newie got compared to Pixies, Sleater-Kinney and Sonic Youth when it premiered on Pitchfork.
Fans of scuzz, take note. The Loveless brothers bring us a very special evening of live music at the start of June, complete with friends, DJs, zines and burger offers off of The Harley’s artery-busting new menu.
Enjoy!
Saturday 1st June
Drenge
The Harley, Glossop Road, Sheffield
18+
7.30pm (with free-entry stuff from 2pm)
Advance tickets: £6.50 Harley Live members, £7.00 non-members, more on the door
Tickets onsale from Friday 10th May with no booking fee from The Harley, The Wick at Both Ends, The Old Sweet Shop or Record Collector
Heads up, competitive eaters…
The folks at the Harley’s Twisted Burger Company are in the throes of the third ever Man vs Burger contest, and it’s pretty much got your name all over it. Heats are taking place every day this week. Sign up to have a shot at finishing the appallingly spicy We Be Burnin’ burger in the fastest time to win free burgers for a year or a not-as-unsavoury-as-it-sounds ‘Burger Party’.
Head on over to the Facebook event for all the details.
Damn; you better fear that wasabi.
