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THE DIAMOND TILE MIX – bretonLABS by bretonlabs

One of our new favorite UK acts, Breton will be next touring in London March 28th, Manchester March 29th and Leeds March 30th.

I saw them earlier this fall, opening for Ghostpoet, at Scala, and as their reputation precedes them of “must see live,” after seeing their performance, I can’t wait to catch them again. Energetic, fun, and such good beats, period.

Kaskade is playing at my house, my house.  Well, fine, across the street from my apartment on Saturday night.  (Now you all know where I live, creepy).  For the weekend, for Halloween, and for everyone going to this on Saturday, here’s Kaskade with Dada Life and Dan Black from his new album Fire & Ice.

Kaskade & Dada Life Feat. Dan Black – Ice

TALL SHIPS at PIANOS Photo Credit: Caleb Olson (Paper Gardens Intern)

Hello.  It’s been a while.  Two months to the day, actually.  Wow.  Thanks to SL for holding it down from London Town.

Well, now I’m back.  I have my giant red headphones on, listening to some of the bands we checked out at CMJ last week, getting ready to get back IN this.

We kicked off our week last week at The Syndicate / Conflict of Interest party with Boy & Bear, Chiddy Bang, etc.  I’ve always wanted forthebeat to hit up a Taco Bell FEED the Beat party.  For our first encounter, we hit up Rebel NYC.  While I would never want to find myself at this establishment  more sober than not before midnight again, I would definitely check out this sketchy, uncomfortably close to Penn Station locale super intoxicated, post 2 am with some great, great bands.  It was the perfect spot to kick off the week.

I didn’t catch too, too much last week, but what I did see were some of the acts I was most excited to check out, like Caveman and Tall Ships.  Here are a few songs to listen to…

A Lull – Weapons For War
Caveman – Decide
Tall Ships – Vessels
Tall Ships – Plate Tectonics

We wrote about Breton a few weeks ago but wanted to post on them again as 1/2 of us saw Breton live last night at London’s Scala. They opened for Ghostpoet and played about 7 tracks, which sadly did not include their new single, Edward the Confessor/Kensington System. But they did play The Well live and some other great ones from earlier EPs. They have three EPs to date: December 2010’s “Counter Balance,” July 2010’s “Sharing Notes,” and “Counter Balance Remixes,” released July 2011 which includes a Temper Trap remix of one of their singles titled “December.”

Breton- The Well
Breton- Pace Maker

Breton will be playing some festivals coming up including the SWN Festival on October 21st in Cardiff, then on to London Calling in Amsterdam on November 11th, then onto Trans Musicales in Rennes, France on December 2nd.  Really hope I get to see these guys again soon. If you have the regional opportunity, definitely go see them live.