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GSL! Playlist Vol. 22 - 26.04.2010

It's another random mix of tracks that have kept us going throughout the last week. With Beach House being the book ends to a bizare, rather dubby clash of bangers. Click here and enjoy.

Beach House – Zebra
Patch William – Last Bus
Bowerbirds – Beneath Your Tree
Efterklang – I Was Playing Drums
Duran Duran – Rio
Mia – Bucky Done Gun
Kenneth Bager – Fragment Eight (Sound Of Swing)
Justice – Stress
Chrispy – Badman Sound
Rusko – Woo boost
A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It?
Beach House – 10 Mile Stereo

Album of the Week 26.04.2010, Beach House

This weeks album of the week comes from the brilliant Beach House. Their 2010 album 'Teen Dream' came out a few months ago and we have had a couple of tracks from them on the weekly Playlist, but we realised they deserved more! So here it is 'Teen Dream' by Beach House'.

GSL! Playlist Vol. 21 - 19.04.2010

Vol. 21 is upon us. There is no real theme to this one apart from an eclectic mix of our favorite tracks. Its all bangers no mash...

MGMT – Flash Delirium
Melodica, Melody & Me – No Time To Skank
Professor Green – I Need You Tonight (feat. Ed Drewett)
Neotropic – Sirens Sister
Vandaveer – The Streets Is Full Of Creeps
Cat Power – Nude As The News
Gabby Young & Other Animals – Whose House
Band Of Horses – Compliments
The Black Keys – Same Old Thing
Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
Yeasayer – O.N.E
MGMT – Song For Dan Treacy

Album of the Week 19.04.2010, MGMT

This week we have put MGMT's latest as the Album of the Week. 'Congratulations' seems to be the perfect follow on from 'Oracular Spectacular', pushing forward from the older pop sensibilities, twisting and turning into a more complex yet somehow catchy eruption of psych-pop this album should keep you going for while.

The Peoples Music Awards 17/04/ 2010

This weekend its The Peoples Music Awards, taking place at Mass in Brixton this Saturday. It's THE award show for the untapped music with amazing acts performing throughout the night.

You can get your tickets now from www.thepeoplesmusicawards.com

Here's what they say...

The People's Music Awards is a new website where unsigned music artists, bands and producers can upload their music to be heard and voted for by the public and top industry professionals. We are the first and only global unsigned / new music awards. There are a variety of different categories artist can enter their music into, such as Hip hop, Indie, Rock, Dance, RnB etc... Bands can enter 1 song per awards cycle and there are 3 rounds:

Round 1: The people's vote - where the public vote for their favourite bands and songs. Remember you have to vote for 3 songs for your votes to count in this round!

Round 2: The guest judges round, where music-industry professionals listen to, vote, and give useful feedback on the songs they have heard.

Round 3: The Peoples Vote (Final)

The final round is all up to the people to choose a winner. People simply select their favourtie atists in each category. The top 2 artists in each category will then go head to head until final voting closes, and will have the opportunity to play at the awards ceremony, where the winner(s) will be announced!

The winner of each category will not only receive the People's Music Award trophy and the title 'winner of the Peoples Music Awards 2009!' but will also be included on our 2010 winners compilation album, which is distributed throughout the musc industry and will be made available for sale through The Peoples Music Awards website and associated music shops.

The idea of this site is to give artists and fans the opportunity to:
Showcase your music and take your first steps to making it big!
The chance to perform live at the awards ceremony (which will also be streamed on this website)
Gain exposure and get direct feedback from the public and top music-industry professionals (Guest Judges)
Gain recognition and awards for your hard work
Become part of an international music making network and community
Get Special deals with our associated partners
Connect Fans with the hottest new bands and music on the planet
There are millions of talented unsigned musicians and producers out there and this awards programme gives you a unique opportunity to get yourself heard and create a strong fanbase in the process. As we all know it can be very hard, if not impossible, to get leading industry figures to listen to your music. The People's Music Awards gives you the chance to do just this and get the recognition you deserve, and will be a benchmark by which the music industry will assess your talents.

*Artists can enter up to 2 categories but are limited to one song per per band.

"It is the aim of the Peoples Music Awards to become a benchmark for the next big thing, and to open the world of music up to everyone."

GSL! Playlist Vol. 20 - 12.04.2010

So all too quickly its the beginning of the week again and so we have prepared another playlist to keep you going through the week. Hopefully something old and something new for everybody. So click here, turn the volume up and sit back.

Port O'Brien – My Will Is Good
Two Gallants – despite what you've been told
Lawrence Arabia – Apple Pie Bed
Darwin Deez – Radar Detector
Kenny Rogers – The Gambler
Morcheeba – Blindfold
Will Smith – Miami
Muse – Map Of Your Head
Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box
The Mars Volta – Inertiatic Esp
We Are Scientists – Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
Port O'Brien – Tree Bones

Album of the Week 12.04.2010, Port O'Brien

This weeks album of the week comes from American nautical folksters, Port O'Brien. Their 3rd album comes with a darker edge. Threadbare is a great ensemble record, the gathering of friends to create an atmospheric dreamland of folking musings.

Have a listen click here. ENJOY.

There's more to life than Nando's...

Report Submitted By Special Agent Slappa Debass
Dept. GSL! Undercover Reporting Team
Operation: Method Man
Location: Matter, 02, London

Yesterdays evening was spent at Nando’s eating a HOT chicken breast wrap accompanied by chips and some coleslaw – delicious! What you may actually be interested in though is what I got up to afterwards; I went to Matter to see arguably Wu-Tang Clans finest and one of hip hops legends: Method Man.

The doors opened at 7pm and DJ Skeptic was playing some of hip hops golden oldies from Nas’s ‘Halftime’, to Gang Starr’s ‘Full Clip’, to Pete Rock and CL Smooth’s ‘T.R.O.Y’. Method Man made his appearance around 10:15 accompanied by a Wu-affiliate Streetlife. Tracks from the ‘36 Chambers’ were played alongside songs from Method Man’s first solo album ‘Tical’ and even some from the collaborative album with Redman ‘Blackout 2’.

The venue was packed and I (now regrettably) opted out of the mosh pit where every so often Method Man would launch himself into the crowd and surf his way back to the stage. He gave away his cap to an elated fan, walked on top of obliging crowd member’s shoulders and against the regulations of the venue, repeatedly smoked on stage!

The show was great and almost every song I had hoped he would perform was performed. I saw Genius / Gza recite his Liquid Swords album a couple of years back in Camden, which was undoubtedly great, but I had been long awaiting an opportunity to see Method Man perform – one of my all time favorite rappers – and I couldn’t fault it.

If you missed it, I strongly advise that you snap up the next opportunity.

GSL! Playlist Vol. 19 - 07.04.2010

So its a bit later in the week than usual (we have easter to blame/ thank fro that!) but it is here. And we certainly have an eclectic assortment of tracks. From the sweet folky sounds of Peggy Sue to the intelligent and eloquent beats of A Tribe Called Quest, via a dose of rock from Mars Volta, Them Crooked Vultures and more. Its here for you to enjoy free on your Spotify. Just click here to listen.

Peggy Sue – Watchman
John Butler Trio – Zebra
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Run Through The Jungle
The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldier
Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang
The Mars Volta – The Widow
The Dead Weather – I Cut Like A Buffalo
DJ Shadow – Organ Donor
Mr. Scruff – Get A Move On!
Fat Freddy's Drop – Roady
A Tribe Called Quest – Luck Of Lucien
Peggy Sue – Careless Talk Costs Lives

Album of the Week 05.04.2010, Peggy Sue

This weeks album of the week comes from Peggy Sue... Their debut Fossils And Other Phantoms is out now on Wichita Recordings. Or you can click this link to listen now on Spotify.

GSL! Playlist Vol. 18 - 29.03.2010

Well well. Its that time already. The monday morning blues are in... but... we have the new GSL! Weekly Playlist ready for you and because we have Laura Marling latest 'I Speak Because I Can' as our album of the week we decided to do Ladies Week on the Playlist. So we have tracks from Carly Simon, Björk, Fever Ray and Emily Haines amongst many others. So sit back and enjoy.

Laura Marling – Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)
Emily Haines – Doctor Blind
Dusty Springfield – Spooky
Sia – Breathe Me
Donna Summer – I Feel Love
The Knife – Heartbeats
Bat For Lashes – What's A Girl To Do?
Björk – Hunter
Portishead – Machine Gun
Fever Ray – Seven
Carly Simon – You're So Vain
Laura Marling – Alpha Shallows

Album of the Week 29.03.2010, Laura Marling

This week we have an amazing album for you. Laura Marling's latest offering 'I Speak Because I Can'. The folk songstress has created an album reminiscent of the traditional folk style with England as a muse and womanhood as a consistent undertone. It offers a much matured style with an epic backdrop brought by vocals from Marcus and instrumentation from the others from Mumford & Sons. Enjoy in now on Spotify.