42 Music Week 05.10.12
PRODUCTRECOMMENDED ALBUM OF THE WEEK
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TRACK OF THE WEEK
ETHAN JOHNS If Not Now
Then When? (Three Crows Records)
Acclaimed British musician and record producer Ethan Johns is set to release his debut solo album in the traditional manner early next year. If Not Now Then When? will be brought through on his own Three Crows Records label. Although not officially released until February 2013, the first
edition of the album will be issued on heavyweight gatefold vinyl alongside a full UK tour of independent record stores this November and an intimate St. Pancras Old Church show on October 29. The Brit award-winning producer, whose vast production credits
include The Vaccines, Kings of Leon, Ray Lamontagne, Laura Marling, and Ryan Adams to name but a few will perform and hold Q&A sessions at each show Written by Johns in-between making albums for others, it features
February 2013
INCOMING ALBUMS RNDM Acts (One Little Indian)
RNDM is a new act featuring Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and
drummer Richard Stuverud who will soon release their debut album, Acts. Earlier this year, Arthur joined Ament
and drummer Stuverud in Montana for a jam session, which would give birth to RNDM ‘Acts’. Within an hour on that first night in
the studio, the trio had created an Ament song called What You Can't Control. And after four days with longtime Pearl Jam engineer Brett Eliason behind the boards, the group had nearly 20 finished tracks, which were eventually whittled down to 12 for this album. RNDM embark on a 16-date North
American tour, kicking off November 2 in Brooklyn, NY and ends November 27 in Seattle, WA.
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top musicians that he has produced for, and performed with, over the years, including Ryan Adams, Laura Marling and Danny Thompson. Dom Monks and Jeremy Stacey “took over principal duties” on production and John's father, legendary producer Glyn Johns, mixed the record. Tracks Hello Sunshine and Red Rooster Blue are available to stream via Soundcloud now.
October 5
MADEON The City
(popcultur/Columbia)
Following on from the success of previous singles Icarus and Finale - both of which were A- listed by Radio 1 and both of which entered the UK Top 40 – The City, with its soaring synth lines and bass-driven beats, looks set to reinforce the French Producer/DJ as a big name in modern electronic music. Madeon has performed at
some of the largest festivals over the summer including the Radio 1 Hackney Weekend, Wireless and Lovebox. He also supported Swedish House Mafia at their Milton Keynes Bowl show and has appeared at Coachella, Lollapalooza and Identity Festivals in the US alongside various others around the globe.
STAFF PICK: RHIAN JONES, STAFF WRITER
ONLY BOYS ALOUD Only Boys Aloud (Relentless/Sony) Only Boys Aloud - the 141-piece choir, aged 14 to 19, from the Welsh Valleys - are
best-known for their third-place success on Britain’s Got Talent this year. Following a recent performance on
ITV1 prime time show Red Or Black, the album immediately went to No.1 in the Amazon Movers and Shakers chart after a jump of 5,270% following the show. The album includes traditional Welsh
songs, choral versions of contemporary tracks as well as OBA’s famed BGT track Calon Lan. A special Christmas edition of the
album will include re-arranged versions of traditional festive numbers. OBA will team up with Only Men
Aloud to bring two seasonal shows to Venue Cymru and the Wales Millennium Centre in December.
NOVEMBER 19
LAWSON Chapman Square (Polydor) Following the success of two Top 5 singles, four-piece Lawson are soon to release their debut album,
Chapman Square. The album is named after the location
of band member Andy’s flat where Lawson came together and wrote most of the songs on the record, spent many of their early days as a band and recorded their first YouTube videos that landed them a record deal in June 2011. This summer the pop-rock guitar
group performed at a number of festivals, including T4 On The Beach, Hard Rock Calling, T In The Park and V Festival. Lawson will continue their live run with
the Hometowns Tour throughout this month and November, culminating in their biggest headline show to date at Koko, London on November 6.
OCTOBER 19
ANGEL HAZE Reservation (Island) Thank Christ for a hip- hop record that isn’t about tasteless smut,
dollars, or being ‘up in a club’ and having a ‘real good time’. Angel Haze’s
mixtape Reservation is instead stock full of abuse, poverty and life so real (“my mom was gone all the time, my stomach touching my spine”) it may as well be reaching out and slapping you in the face. The 14 tracks here turn uneasy
pictures into addictive, dark and dirty listening – without the need to graphically describe having ‘sex in the
lounge’ or call the listener a ‘stupid ho’, à la Ms. Minaj. The 21-year-old New York-born
rapper can (in her own words) spit till her lips need 16 stitches. Backed up by lyrical genius, she easily clocks up a swift 10/10 in my book for her free LP release. Haze’s ouput is
fresh, intelligent and just really (really), solidly, gold-plated, un- clichéd, 100%, bona fide good. After recently
signing on the
dotted line to Universal in the States and Island Records over here, her debut album is“pretty much done”. My fingers are crossed that she’s
here to stay - and has some new music on the way. Stay tuned… OUT NOW
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