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.
Welcome to May, Harley Live fans. We have got one hell of a packed month, and have topped it off with a seriously special offer.
With shows from Arab Strap‘s Malcolm Middleton, Mount Eerie, Ghostpoet and Marnie Stern, we want to make sure you don’t miss out on anything.
As of today, you can get one ticket to get you in to all four gigs for just £20 with the first ever Harley Live May Bundle.
All you’ve got to do is head into The Harley, The Wick at Both Ends, Record Collector or The Old Sweet Shop to buy your ticket with no booking fee. Or, if you’re not in Sheffield, just get yourself over to our online ticket shop to get it right here, right now.
Supplies are limited, so be sure to act fast, and enjoy!
What we’ve had on the office stereo this week
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Peals
‘Blue Elvis’ (Dan Deacon Remix)
Made up of one part Future Islands and one part Double Dagger, Baltimore duo Peals‘ downbeat, spacey instrumentation is transformed into a bright electronica by the addition of admirable social networker Dan Deacon.
Janelle Monáe
‘Q.U.E.E.N.’ Feat. Erykah Badu
It probably goes without saying that this shining beacon of funk is one of the greatest things you’ll hear this year.
“They be like ‘Ooh, let them eat cake’/but we eat wings and throw them bones on the ground”.
Sweet Baboo
‘Let’s Go Swimming Wild’
Frequently spotted sharing a stage with the likes of Slow Club and Cate Le Bon, multi-instrumentalist and all-round good guy Sweet Baboo‘s own band make irresistible, Beach Boys-flavoured indie-pop.
‘Let’s Go Swimming Wild’ is all organs and horns, and is darned beautiful.
What we’ve had on the office stereo this week
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Sigur Ros
‘Brennistein’
Heads up, everyone: Sigur Ros now come complete with 80s-leaning industrial clattering, and hell, if it ain’t totally and utterly awesome.
De La Soul
‘Get Away’
A dark, spacey beat and a lengthy Wu-Tang Clan sample underpin this Wu-inspired tune. The hip-hop greats’ first single since 2004, ‘Get Away’ will be followed with a new single every month, which is just damned great news, ain’t it?
Blood Sport
‘Ø’
The most recent offering from Sheffielders Blood Sport fuses punk and noise with afro-beat rhythms and some damned fine mumbling. The band will join Marnie Stern and Sky Larkin at Queens in May, in one of our favourite three-banders in a while.
What we’ve had on the office stereo this week
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Sky Larkin
‘Bellio’ – Dutch Uncles remix
As well as heading out on the road with Marnie Stern in May, with a gig at Queens on 31st, Wichita signees Sky Larkin have also been hard at work on this remix of one-time and soon-to-be-again tourmates Dutch Uncles. Their version adds vocals and guitar licks to the original, converting its faultless alt-pop into a sultry piano house.
Ghostpoet
‘Meltdown’
Ever a master of crushing, understated heartache, the video for Ghostpoet‘s newie explores the death of two relationships via a chance encounter on a bus, while the song itself pairs glacial female vocals with Ghopo’s louche rapping. See it for real at Queens on 22nd May.
Eleanor Friedberger
‘Stare At The Sun’
Formerly one half of Fiery Furnaces, Eleanor Friedberger created one of our favourite albums of 2011 with her solo début. ‘Stare At The Sun’ sees a return to her upbeat hooks and characteristically off-kilter cadence, and it’s a beaut.
