And the prize for Most Half-Arsed Blogger of the Year goes to...

ME.

Definitely.


However, this is all set to change now I finally have a fully functioning computer!



Butterflies On Strings


Butterflies on Strings are a Basingstoke based 4 piece who dabble in what can only be described as 'poppy electronic indie'. An my god, it's great.
I only came across these boys thanks to a remix the ever wonderful Frankmusik did of their song 'Thomas Is My Friend'.
They are definitely worth checking out, I've been caning them on the old iPod for the last 2 months, so they must be good!

Anyway, here is 'Thomas Is My Friend', enjoy!


P.S I apologise that its on ZShare, but my Fileden is playing up for some reason!

'E Wuz Robbed!

I dont really need to enlighten anyone on the 'political' voting of the Eurovision Song Contest, because everybody already knows how it works, and that nobody ever votes for England anymore, apart from San Marino [thank you].

To be honest, you have to applaud Andy Abrahams, the contestant flying the flag for the English this year, as he did give us our best Eurovision song for years. A measly 14 points clearly did not reflect his efforts.

But its expected right?

For me, the best song of the evening was from France's Sébastien Tellier, an already well known artist, with song Divine. I think I was probably taken with this right from the beginning when he drove onto the stage in a golf cart. The whole thing seemed like a bit of a joke to me, but it certainly didnt disappiont.

Enjoy!




Oh and if anyone can tell me what the hell Bosnia & Herzegovina's entry was all about then I would be very appreciative, how that got more points than our binman Andy I do not know...

Catch 22

[Far right...when hes of legal age he is gonna look like the more attractive version of Luke Pritchard..]

Lo-Fi Culture Scene are a group of 5 13/14 year old boys from North London, oh no i hear you scream, another boring bunch of kids who wanna be like Arctic Monkeys; fear not, these lot are great.
Its quite hard for me to make a coherent post as i am listening to them this very second, and far too many adjectives are flying into my brain space at once.
Basically, they make great music that you will listen to over and over again and know the words to every song within two days.
I just cant believe how young they are, they leave no clues, not vocally or instrumentally, and they certainly make music better than bands of twice their age!

To be honest, if i was that talented at their age, i would be a very happy chappy.

Lo-Fi Culture Scene - Catch 22

Well it has been a while..

So, nearly three months since my last post. Thats quite a lot of time and quite a lot of procrastination; this of course is irrelevant as nobody reads this blog, but it makes me feel better to write this and explain myself.

Three months is a long time, therefore allowing me to accumulate a load of goodies for your ears.

I am happy to say, Ear Bait is back on track, with some tracks for yoooou.

I have decided not to go for all new music, just music that catches my attention and that needs to be shared, OK, it will probably all end up new but whatever, the post after this isn't so there.

[OK, its clear I have gone mad.]

Firstly, I am gonna have to post my drafts, I have about 50 million that haven't yet been published so I suppose I can get that job out of the way first....

Take me far away.

This song reminds me of being in a car, in the early hours of the morning, on a deserted motorway coming back from a holiday.

It is by Zoot Woman, a London Based electro band, and it is called We Wont Break.

Enjoy.

Zoot Woman - We Wont Break

Hugo come back..

The Tellers
This song is completely 100% one of my favourites of this year already. I know its not particularly new, coming from around September last year I think, but I really do think everybody needs to give it a listen and get themselves with the artists that are The Tellers.
The Tellers are a considerably young duet from Belgium signed to 62 TV records. They make catchy indie pop which can be listened to on their debut album 'Hands full of Ink' which is out now. Go buy it. Its worth.
The song I will posting goes by the name of 'Hugo' and it really is nothing but catchy. After one listen i was hooked, and I honestly haven't stopped singing it! It even gets the honour of being my Myspace profile song. Lucky eh?
Anyway. Enough rambling and more listening!

Enjoy!


37 - The Tellers - Hugo.mp3

Lightspeed Champion - Falling off the Lavender Bridge

I'll be completely honest with you, i've embraced the whole 21st century thing and only ever buy my music off the internet these days, and it takes something very special to make me go out and buy the real hard evidence of purchase.
Falling off the Lavender Bridge is one of those special things.
I even resisted the temptation to listen to the album when it was up for streaming on the Myspaz.

Anyway, enough of the rambling, I bought this album and it did not disappoint in any way shape or form.
It. Is. Brilliant.
New single 'Tell Me What Its Worth' is a real treat, along with 'Everyone I know is listening to Crunk' and the ever pleasing 'Midnight Suprise'.
I dont think I can name one song on the album that is bad. Not one. It all works really nicely.

If you can, buy your copy from Rough Trade as it comes with a bonus CD of cover tracks, which isn't suprising as every Lightspeed Champion fan knows he loves his covers! The cover CD was a nice suprise for me as the Good Shoes 'Never meant to hurt you' cover was definately one of my favourites out of the whole album and bonus CD...and a lot better than the original in my opinion too!

So, if you're in need of a new lot of tunes to listen to, I highly recommend you purchase this album. It really is good, a faultless debut album that i'm sure will be splashed across 'Albums of the Year 2008' lists in magazines and blogs at the end of the year!!

Once you pop, you just cant stop...

George Pringle

This rather lovely lady describes herself as a diseuse, a female entertainer who performs monologues, this she does, over music she has composed herself on Garageband.
The first time I heard Carte Postale I was immediately reminded of the late 90's band Black Box Recorder; most probably because of the spoken word lyrics and possibly haunting overall combination of those and the music.
It did take a while for me to truly appreciate the piece, but as soon as I did i fell in love with it and it definately is in my top five favourite tracks of 2007.
George Pringle is currently offering a free download every month here.

This months free song is "I'm Very Scared Buster, Yes At Last", which I highly recommend so get on over to RcrdLbl and download it!

Also, enjoy 'Carte Postale' because I really do think its brilliant, and the words are pretty much perfect.


George Pringle - Carte Postale.mp3

2 posts in one day? Lucky buggers!

OK, you have probably seen this before or the Daft Hands video before, but I only stumbled across this today and WOW.

How. Cool. Is. That.

[Stick with it until its halfway through, thats when it gets good.]

Daft Bodies - Harder, Better, Stronger, Faster.

Thats him, right?

OK, so I have abandoned the blogging of late, bad of me I know, but UCAS takes up alot of time! Plus, i've been on a frenzied music hunt so I have looooads of music to grace your ears this January.
Which technically means you can let me off, right?



Regular Dave.

Thats the bloke from The Holloways I can hear you saying, and yes, you would be correct.
This rather attractive young man is of course Dave from the brilliant Holloways. I happened to stumble across his profile in one of my manic music quests and noticed that hes 'done a song'. Quite frankly, I think its marvellous. Lovely voice, lovely tune, lovely lyrics, he can't really go wrong.
Unfortunately, he won't be harassing the world with his solo efforts because "Regular Dave is afraid to sing these songs in front of people so you may never get the chance to see him live but you never know."
Despite this, you should give him a listen anyway, he is bloody good.

Shame really. Maybe they should think about making him the front man of The Holloways? Much easier on the eyes and much easier on the ears.
Anyway, make your own minds up and see what you think.

Regular Dave - Here we go again.mp3