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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Belong

'Belong' is the title track from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's second album that's due for release March 29 on legendary record label Slumberland. The track finds the band heading into the sonic territory of the Smashing Pumpkins at their most pop (think Siamese Dream / Mellon Collie era). Rather than just ape that sound, they've infused it with their own brand of precise, hazy yet delicately violent songcraft that improves with every listen. It's an indie pop gem and better than anything Billy Corgan wrote in his prime, despite the inevitable protestation from your nostalgia fuelled memories.

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Belong by Slumberland Records

Anglo Franko - [edit] radio mixtape #1

[edit] radio is proud to present the first in a series of monthly mixtapes made by Anglo Franko (AKA Chris Fellowes).

If you like what you hear then I suggest you take yourself and a friend over to the Bleep Test night at Reading's Oakford Social Club. Here you’ll find Chris and his brother entertaining the crowds playing the finest selection of new music. ACE!

If you fancy yourself as a budding mixtape maker then email your mix to:

Submissions@editradio.org

Anglo Franko - [edit] radio mixtape #1

Phoenix - Listzomania (Shook Remix)
Yelle - La Musique (Tepr Remix)
Miami Horror - Holidays
Moullinex - Love it is then
Cassius - Les Enfants (Gessaffelstein Remix)
NERD - Hypnotise You (Alex Metric Remix)
Boys Noize - Sweet Light (Boris Duglosch Remix)
LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls (Holy Ghost Remix)
Mr Oizo & Gaspard - TV Slut
Martin Solveig ft Dragonette - Say Hello (Dada Life Remix)
Daft Punk - Derezzed (PinkIsPunk Remix)
Vandroid - Master & Slave (Van She Tech Remix)
Deadmau5 ft Wolfgang Gartner - Animal Rights
Kiss - I was made for loving you

Rage Against The X Factor Protests by Lawrence Piddock

January can be a very depressing month. Especially if like I, you're faced with the prospect of going to work in the dark and going home in the dark. But it's not all bad. Sure the weather's just as cold and there's the prospect of being snowed in just when you need to get somewhere, but there's always that sense of something new which is particularly handy if the previous year's been a bit rough. Another welcome aspect is that Simon Cowell is off the telly for a while, and that little spark of gold comes with an unexpected bonus.

What's that? I hear you cry! Well, it means that you can go onto Facebook for the next few months and not have to be pestered by some campaign to get some poxy record to Number One for Xmas as an X-Factor protest. (More after the jump)

Looking for talented and dedicated contributors

Do you have a passion for music and writing?

Are you a band/artist that wants to get your music played?

Are you a budding DJ that need an audience?

Are you interested in doing a guest podcast?

If the answer to any of these questions is a big fat YES, then [edit] radio wants to hear from YOU!


[edit] radio is currently accepting submissions for the following:

• Tracks, EP's and Albums from talented local musicians
• Press Releases
• Local Promoter that is trying to spread the word about a gig or new release
• Podcasters
• Mixtapes from local DJ's (around 30 minutes long)
• Single reviews (400 words limit)
• Album reviews (800 words limit)
• Music Columnists (1000 words limit)
• Live Gigs reviews (400 words limit)

Please e-mail these and other suggestions an  idea's to Submissions@editradio.org and we will do our level best to respond.

Kev x 

Club Velocity presents - Ben Marwood Album launch party- Outside There's A Curse

Date - Friday January 28th 2011
Venue - Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1 2ST
Doors - 8pm All Ages
Tax - Five pounds (door) Four pounds (advance) www.wegottickets.com
Acts - Ben Marwood/Quiet Quiet Band/Oxygen Thief
Sponsored by www.editradio.org





BEN MARWOOD
Local solo singer song writer Ben Marwood received some good news at the end of 2010, that the debut album that he had recorded was going to be released by London based record label Xtra Mile (home to Frank Turner and Chris TT) After many years of hard slog and dozens and dozens of gigs, Ben is a perfect example that hard work can finally pay off.

His début album Outside There's A Curse was recorded in Reading over a period of weeks during 2010 with the help of various friends. It is a great début offering, a collection of the his best songs of the last five years.

It is a must buy for any fan of a great song, a must buy for any fan of music, it is a must buy record.

Pre-order the album from Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Outside-Theres-Curse-Ben-Marwood/dp/B004IM1PWI



QUIET QUIET BAND
Reading finest band, made up of ex members of Heartwear Process and Mass Hysteria.They are currently on fire. They deal in a sassy form of UK flavoured folk country.Think Low, Sparklehorse and Modest Mouse. A mighty fine band and they deserve to be on this bill.

Quiet Quiet Band - Woke Up Dead by editradio

OXYGEN THIEF
Oxygen Thief sings loud, plays an acoustic guitar, stamps on fx pedals, lives in Bristol, wears Doc Marten boots, drinks whisky, collects Be@rbricks, and wants to be your friend.

Oxygen Thief-There Can Only Be One by editradio

*Rising Sun Arts Centre is a charity please support it, it is run by unpaid volunteers and is Reading best kept secret.

www.velocityrecordings.com
www.myspace.com/velocityrecordings

Ben Marwood's 'Oustide There's A Curse' Tour Details

To support the release of his debut album Outside There's A Curse, on Xtra Mile Recordings, Ben Marwood is taking his one-man folk show on the road alongside the one man wrecking machine Oxygen Thief. [edit] radio will be at all of the shows so please come along, bring your friends and say hi.

JANUARY 2011
15th - Leeds - Cardigan Arms
16th - Cheltenham - Slak (w/Jim Lockey)
18th - Bristol - Louisiana
19th - Oxford - G&D's Cowley Road
20th - York - City Screen Basement Bar
22nd - Farnsfield (nr Notts) - Village Centre
23rd - Swindon - The Vic
28th - READING - RISING SUN ARTS CENTRE
29th - Birmingham - The Bright House
30th - London - Wilmington Arms
(please check with the venues for age restrictions, ticket availability etc)

Pre-order the album from Banquet Records in Kingston here:
http://www.banquetrecords.com/XMR040CD

Released on 31st January 2011. To celebrate, I'm also playing a one-off show inside Banquet Records itself. Tickets free and more details here:
http://www.banquetrecords.com/benmarstore

Ben Marwood - It's Harder Now To Break Your Stupid Heart by editradio

Oxygen Thief-There Can Only Be One by editradio

Bandorama/Club Velocity @ the Rising Sun sponsored by [edit] radio

Bandorama/Club Velocity presents
Date - Saturday, January 15th
Venue - Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1 2ST
Doors - 8pm ALL AGES
Tax - Five pounds on the door
Bands - Circus Sands/The Dissenters/Lights
Sponsored by www.editradio.org


CIRCUS SANDS
Mighty fine dig the fuzz wonderful guitarness. Seriously tasty noisepop.

Under the Red Sky.mp3

THE DISSENTERS
Two piece from that rocknroll epicentre that is Maidenhead.Sort of thing Long Gone John at Sympathy used to release. Think Do Rag/Mr Aeroplane Man/White Stripes/PJ Harvey

Insolable.mp3

LIGHTS
Tash POP.The best demo we have heard in the last six months.No other band in the world are doing drums/keys vocals.Only Reading could produce a band like this.Its POP music Jim, but NOT as we know it.....

www.velocityrecordings.com
www.myspace.com/velocityrecordings