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DON’T LABEL ME
May 29, New York: Former Dresden Doll Amanda Palmer celebrates raising more than $1m via crowd-funding – independent of any record label. Or as she put it: ‘$1,000,000 of PURE FUTURE ARTMUSIC ASSKICKING’.
THE TASTEMAKERSToday’s opinion formers predict tomorrow’s headline acts 1 2 3 4
C AMILLA P IA TH E F LY Savoir Adore • Dreamers Neon Gold
Pure indie pop swoons, as big bouncing basslines and funk-flecked shimmering riffs propel the Brooklyn duo’s playful boy/girl vocal sparring. “Don’t you worry, don’t you worry keep on sleeping” croons Deidre Muro like we couldn’t be any more blissed out right now…
B R O N YA FR AN C IS NO TIO N O. Children • Apnea Deadly People
Pop songs born from a sinister setting – a context of depression and apnea. These guys have been overlooked over the past couple of years, and it’s about time people started paying O. Children some attention. This album deserves all the praise it will undoubtedly receive.
LO Z G U ES T KERRAN G ! RAD IO Nico Tamburella • Mind Cage Label
A whirlwind 40-minute blast of emotions. Fast guitars and raging drums mixed in with moments of calm and topped off with immaculate musicianship equal a superb record. Just be careful where and when you listen to it… you might get three points on your licence.
AN D Y C O W AN MO J O Funeral Suits • Colour Fade Model Citizen
There’s an exotic otherness to this fresh-faced Dublin quartet. Elegiac and intriguing, Colour Fade evokes U2 and Prince while following a direction untraveled by either. “I’m a machine,” pants singer Brian James, yet his band clearly do noth- ing by rote.
SIGN OF THE TIMES Universal’s London Records
From left: Nick Raphael (London Records), Didier Casnat (Gypsy Queens) and Larry Klein (producer)
has signed busking band Gypsy Queens to a major deal. Their debut LP, pro- duced by Larry Klein, is due for release in November. “In an era where the TV talent shows have created the overnight success, the Gypsy Queens have done it the hard way,” said London Records’ Nick Raphael. “We want the world to see the greatest band on earth they have never heard of!”
Strictly Confidential UK has
signed solo act and former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows to an exclusive glob- al publishing agreement.
Upbeat has signed a major new distribution deal with RSK, as well as launching new label Upbeat Synergy - with its first signing being singer-songwriter Michael Armstrong.
Columbia has signed British quartet Peace. The band have announced a slew of festival dates from June.
ON THIS DAY
Thursday, June 8, 1967 The Beatles Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band hits No.1 in the UK. It will stay there for 27 weeks. The album cost £25,000 to produce and took 700 hours to record. It is the first album to print lyrics on the sleeve.
DIGITAL vs PHYSICAL Wk 22
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0 DIG 33.5% CD 89.1% Wk 19 DIG 34.2% CD 89.1% Wk 20 Wk 21
31.4% 62.5%
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DIG 33.6% CD 65.7% 34.0% CD 65.2% DIG CD
Digital 9.9%
CD 65.9%
Digital 10.7% Digital
CD 65.2% 37.3% CD 68.2%
Digital 34%
CD 65.8% DIGITAL CD 65.6%
The UK market share for all albums in the past five weeks
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62%
Will Young I Just Want A Lover (RCA) Overall market potential GOOD
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16–24 : 33% 25–34 : 55% 35–44 : 83%
Market potential by age
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Photo: Kelly Davidson
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