Lostmusic Records

10th July - The Gramaphone

St Christopher
Legendary Sarah Records band warms up for indie tracks!

Now I bought a handful of these songs at the time and am bowled over at just how Scouse this York 3 piece sound! It’s got big splashes of The Icicle Works and The Lotus Eaters in there, early Postcard sensitivity, a dash of Felt, a wee smidge of early Pulp and even on some later more accomplished tunes, Cass McCombs yearning, janglesome origins. Someone mentioned Marc almond yesterday. Singer Glenn Melia does touch upon that wavering soul. (Norman Records on the recent Lost At Sea compilation)

The Social Services
The Social Services are a promising up-and-coming indiepop band out of Stockholm - cute, not cloying, more bittersweet than sweet and overall, incredibly charming. (It’s A Trap)

The half-Scottish Social Services, whose The Baltic Sea should become Sweden’s national Anthem (Think Small)

The Candy Twins
Fantastic … beautiful … unbelievable (Edwyn Collins on the song Edwyn Collins is Back)

Infectious indie pop from up-and-coming guitar outfit. Jangly guitars and great hook are reminiscent of The Kinks and The Wedding Present and the chanting chorus is seriously addictive (The Sun)

The Lieutenant’s Mistress
Decent melancholy indie with hints of Morrissey or Lloyd Cole, this northern sound stands out in the south coast musical climate (Latest 7)

These guys have an easy sound with quite a laid back, melodic flavor from guitar that ranges from light rythmical strums to full chordwork and jangles. A trumpet crops up now and then, adding a real touch of class. Drums can add great flare when they want to, and at times bass settles into some slightly Latin sounding grooves, while a whistle creates a carnival feel.(Neon Promotions)

Plus Guest DJ’s.

Tickets on sale for £5 from We Got Tickets. £6 on the door.

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6th July - The Enterprise

The next night we have lined up is another Sunday night at The Enterprise, Chalk Farm. Tickets are on sale now for just £4 - you can buy them from We Got Tickets. It will be £5 on the door.

Indurain
With releases on Cloudberry and Plastilina Records - this Anglo-Swedish duo - play lilting electo tinged folky indiepop. This is their debut london show and it should be a treat! After a sold out Cloudberry 3″ single Johan and Mikko embarked into a new trip where melancholy meets happiness, where elegance meets dancey beats and wet Wednesday afternoons meet Sunny Sundays on the beach (or a pub in Camden!)

Sparky’s Magic Piano
Another duo - this time hailing from London. Sparky’s Magic Piano self released the rather wonderful debut LP “Feel the Beat and Do it Anyway!” - which is shimmering piece of electro tinged pop music.

“listening to sparky’s magic piano was an unexpected delight, and i encourage you to do the same.” ToHellWith.co.uk

The Kick Inside
Coming upto London for their debut Capital city gig are this quartet from Bristol. They play a firey brand of jangle pop - recalling the hey day of 80s indie sound (Think Brilliant Corners, The Chesterfields and a hint of The Smiths). The band have recently played as support to Horowitz in their home town at a Big Pink Cake night. We can’t wait to see them!

Molloy
Molloy are a five piece from London that play insanely catchy electro pop. They played the 2nd ever Lostmusic show back in May 2007. So we’re delighted to have them back. They’re colourful, fun and above all else - great live.

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22nd June @ The Enterprise

Lostmusic is delighted to be teaming up with London’s weePOP! Records and we’re hosting their 1st year anniversary on Sunday 22nd June. The night features 4 bands that have all released sparkly 3″ CDr singles on weePOP! during the past year. And they’ll be a free CD for the first 30 people who turn up!

The line up is as follows:

The Just Joans (My Space)
A “shangri-las” esque tribute to small town teenage angst! Brimming with humour and boy/girl coloquial scottish vocals, keyboards/pianos, banjos and acoustic guitar, this is a perfect slice of skewed pop music!

Little My (Website)
Little My & friends are an assortment of 8 to 15 peeps stolen from various Cardiff & Bristol bands who are forced to play 1 - 2 minute songs whilst wearing animal ears in public.

Mexican Kids At Home (Website)
Folky slacker pop on a tatty Skateboard! Be preapred to be charmed by this quintent!

The Darlings (My Space)
The Darlings are a five piece alt-country inflected indie-pop band, led by Elisabeth Darling. And for this night only Elisabeth is starting the whole night with a solo show!

Tickets will be on sale shortly from WeGotTickets for £5. It will be £6 on the door.

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12th June @ The Gramaphone

The next Lostmusic night at The Gramaphone is fast approaching. This time we got a delightful (yet quirky) night of Pop lined up.

Doors 8pm
The Gramaphone - 60-62 Commercial St, Spitalfields, London, E1 6LT

Tickets on sale shortly from We Got Tickets for just £4 (It will be £5 on the door)

Nat Johnson My Space
After five years as singer, songwriter and guitarist with Monkey Swallows the Universe, Nat has decided to embark on a solo adventure! And what an adventure it’s turning out to be. Coming all the way from Sheffield - anyone who has known and loved Monkey Swallows the Universe - will have an idea what to expect. Wonderful acoustic ‘pop’ songs with a slightly folky feel. This is dreamy summer pop of the highest order.

The Keith John Adams My Space
We’re delight that The Keith John Adams have agreed to play their 2nd Lostmusic show. Keith has put together a great little band to play songs from his stunning new LP ‘Unclever’ (released on Happy happy birthday to me Records). He’s a great live performer with charisma dripping from every pour. He also recently wrote/recorded 40 songs in just a few months for the lucky folk who pre-ordered the LP - an incredible achievement!

Mr Solo My Space
Mr Solo (David Devant & His Spirit Wife) has been thrilling audience across London with his quirky performances and top pop songs! Expect the unexpected and something a little different from this most adorable Pop Star!

Tall Poppies My Space
Susan, Catherine and Jon have been based in London since 2006 - arriving from Perth, Australia - armed with a hatful of winsome pop tunes. “They look super – all legs, knee socks, knowing grins to each other and glossy bobs. They sound even better – inch perfect harmonies, all Tanya Donelly crossed with Barbara Dickson(!), abetted by bass and guitar that is another texture, rather than just an aside.” (Sounds XP)

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30th May - The Enterprise

Slow Down Tallahassee (My Space)
Slow Down Tallahassee met behind the bar of a seedy nightclub, serving endless drinks as Motown hits and disco classics stopped their hearts from giving in. Taking their inspiration from the otherworlds of Henry Darger, the writings of Dorothy Parker and the Attitude of early Madonna, girl groups, playground gangs, paperback romances, tear-jerking pop and the burning ambition to write an album full of the greatest underground pop songs that this country has ever seen!

Plans and Apologies (My Space)
Plans & Apologies are a six piece band from Derby in England. As part of the music media’s hopeless pursuit of the perfect pinpoint pigeonhole in one, Plans & Apologies have been described as sounding like The Wedding Present, The Smiths, The Kinks, Pavement, Belle & Sebastian, Blur, Gang of Four, Captain Beefheart and the Super Furries.

The Understudies (My Space)
The Understudies are a four piece band from all over the UK! They make some delecious Scottish flavoured pop. A must see band for fans of Belle and Sebastian, Camera Obscura and The Hermit Crabs. Delightful stuff.

Tickets will be £5 in advance and £6 on door. They will be on sale from WeGotTickets shortly.

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Update!

First, the sad news. The Fischers have had to pull out of the May 10th RoTA gig. Their singer Jamie needs an operation on his vocal chords and it’s rendered him unable to sing at the moment. We wish him a speedy recovery. And as luck has it - we’ve been able to add Pete Green to the line-up and as he is the next person to releasing a single on Lostmusic Records - we are absolutely delighted that he will be able to perform one of his solo shows on the 10th May (Hastily made flyer to the right)

And if that wasn’t enough to cheer us up. We’ve just had word that Pete Green is beavering away making pop magic in Stoke! as he is currently recording his Lostmusic single.

As soon as we have concrete details - we’ll have them up on the site. Expect the single to be available as pre-order sometime in June. It will officially be released in July and we’re set to have a single launch pop show to celebrate - details to follow in due course. This is likely to be happening in early July and we’re hopeful that Pete will be backed by his super-duper new band for this one!

We’ve also teamed up with the fabulous WeePOP! Records. We willl be hosting a special Lostmusic Presents WeePOP! Records special in June with four bands from the WeePOP! stable playing a nice and intimate pop show for you. It’s all happening at The Enterprise in Camden on Sunday 22nd June. Again, the full details will follow as soon as they’re all confirmed.

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New Single!

We have finally got a new single in the pipeline. And we are delighted to announce that the third 7″ single on Lostmusic Records is going to be by Pete Green. For those not familiar with Pete and his quirky pop songs head over to his website as their is a wealth of information and stuff over there. And if you like what you see/hear - you could always buy his debut single ‘Everything I Do Is Gonna Be Sparkly’ - that was released on the rather good Atomic Beat Records.

The details of what songs are to be included are being worked out at the moment - it could be a two track 7″ or a 4 track EP - we’ll just have to wait and see! But it will definitely include ‘Let It Go By’. We’re hoping to have this 7″ single ready in time for a launch gig which is being pencilled in for early July.

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10th May - RoTA @ Notting Hill Arts Club

A Lostmusic Records showcase at the RoTA afternoon in Notting Hill, London. RoTA has runs ever Saturday between 4pm - 8pm. It’s FREE! to get in!

The Manhattan Love Suicides My Space
The first band to be released on our Lostmusic label (Keep It Coming EP (Oct’07)) and what a band they are. Cracking tunes, bags of attitude and just a touch of feedback. They’ve wowed audience in New York and London with their shock and awe shows. Expect it to be short - but everso thrilling.

Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring My Space
Lostmusic’s special guests for the day are Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring. A four piece from London - that have some of the best tunes we have heard in ages. Their single ‘A Question of Trust’ has been on heavy rotation at Lostmusic and the one time we got to see them play live we were blown away!

“Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring … specialise in pure wide eyed heartbreaking pop and they play it like no-one else” - Heavenly Social

Pete Green Website

To celebrate the fact that Pete has now joined the Lostmusic stable we’re delighted he has agreed to come down and kick off our RoTA afternoon. Pete lives in Sheffield and plays catchy, bright, acoustic indiepop which makes you sit up and listen. For all that haven’t seen him live, you are in for a treat.

And there will be Lostmusic DJ’s spinning some tunes before and inbetween the bands!

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8th May @ The Gramaphone

The Gresham Flyers My Space

London-based quintet The Gresham Flyers are the hybrid of their diverse geographical backgrounds (north, midlands, south and …..Slough) and the best bits of your record coll

ection, all sprinkled with a little sugar - David Gedge fronting an unruly combination of Sparks and Pulp. The band should be ready to launch their Debut LP ‘’Sex With Strangers’ (released on Cherryade) at this night!

The Scaremongers My Space
Simon Armitage fronts The Scaremongers - a man better known for his way with words than his way with songs - finally gets the chance to turn his fantasies into reality as he launches his first ever band with their début London show. Expect top notch tunes and some truly great lyrical twists!

The Birth of The Scaremongers - Guardian
Simon Armitage - Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock-star Fantasist - Times Review
Gig - Independent Review

Sparky’s Magic Piano My Space
Delightful elctro tinged indie-pop - with hints of Saint Etienne and a popped up My Bloody Valentine. This London duo are nothing short of amazing! And loads of other people agree:

“Bedroom produced electro-pop that will not fail to make you smile.” - Subba-Cultcha
“Listening to sparky’s magic piano was an unexpected delight, and i encourage you to do the same.” - To Hell With

Tickets are available now for £4 from We Got Tickets.
It will be £5 on the door.

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Lostmusic Website

We’re back. The Lostmusic website was unfortunately hacked a couple of weeks ago and after much trying we were unable to salvage the content - so we’ve returned with a simpler site. The old content where possible will reappear as soon as we have the time to re-do it all.

Aside from this little hiccup we’re going from strength to strength and there is loads of exciting news to follow. So keep your eyes and ears peeled for some exciting new releases in 2008.

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