Paying in the remainder of the donations today leads me to the big reveal that We Make Our Own Mythologies, the Sweeping The Nation compilation released back on Easter Monday, has made £189.27 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
This calls for thorough acknowledgements. So, thanks again to all the…
(Source: sweeping-the-nation)
By confirming Shy and The Fight have been added to the Focus Wales bill, alongside Racehorses, the very very super Gallops and our current favourite welsh language artist Mr Huw….
Llangollen, May 27th, it will be fun.
Our dear friend Simon Tyers heads up the fanzine / blog Sweeping The Nation :
http://sweepingthenation.blogspot.com/
We think he writes one if not THE most fluid and beautiful blogs on up and coming music in the UK, and he knows a good band when he hears one. So much he’s also writing for the line of best fit these days. Anyhow, Simon sadly lost his father to cancer last year, and thus has assembled a compilation album to raise some cash for Macmillan Cancer who helped his family in times of need last year. The compilation features such fantastic bands as Johnny Foreigner, Codex Leicester, Her Name Is Calla, Moscow Youth Cult, Japaneese Sleeperz (i really like them, they’re from Nottingham though). And last and by no means least, theres a previously unreleased track from Popty’s very own Shy and The Fight. The compilation is for charity, everyone has donated their material for free and theres some ace tracks on there, and its £3. Please go and download it.
Popty is in awe……..Arcade Fire at Coachella.
We were lucky enough to go to Coachella 2011. We saw the Arcade Fire headline on the Saturday night. Frankly we were staggering at their literal brilliance. If anyone can find us a festival closing set from any band anywhere that is potentially more brilliant than this, we’ll send you a copy of our first single, with all of our deepest admiration and jealousy….
The illuminated balls did our heads in, and were a truly beautiful sight to watch!
phoenixlily asked: hello! who are you then?
hello! you probably wouldnt really know us. we’re from chester / deeside / llangollen. so totally north wales, we’re going to erm, release some lovely welsh bands hopefully! x
Popty goes abroad…..
We survived Coachella. keen eared listeners would have heard Shy and the fight being played at the ace hotel after show party in Palm Springs. Crikey those americans know how to party. And they seemed to like Shy’s dream lots and lots…….
please please please goto this link
http://www.focuswales.com/competition/view.php?band_id=37
and vote for my band.all you have to do is enter you’re name and email address, then you will be sent a link by email which you click to confirm you’re vote. it would be super if you could.
xxxx
Popty Propaganda #4 : The graphic design dilemmas are nearly solved!!!!
Popty friends and lovers #3 : Ma.Mentor : I Can Electrik
Ok, we will feature some more welsh bands honest, but this lot deserve extra special mention. Ma.Mentor are a mixture of the Irish and Swedish people, and really rather fantastic. We saw one of their very first gigs, in an empty basement of Islington’s Hope and Anchor way back in July 2010, and we knew they were ace, even before they got the drummer (yes, he does have a vertical marching bass drum). This video is from their US debut at the CMJ in New York last November. They sound like the pixies, we believe you’ll spot them on Channel 4 with Tim Wheeler for the Jack Daniels sessions in a couple of weeks. you heard it here first………
