http://blog.shelflife.com Shelflife Records. C86, Indiepop, Shoegaze, Twee, Britpop, New-wave, 80s, early 90s, vinyl, music music you never heard of. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:33:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good news for those on the east coast. A Smile and a Ribbon are heading to the states to play their first US tour in May. See below for dates confirmed so far. In other news, their 1000 series release "The Boy I Wish I Never Met" ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/03/11/a-smile-and-a-ribbon-east-coast-tour/ Well... it’s been of couple days, so I’m finally recovered, I think, after all of the plane flights and nights without sleep. Oh wait, this isn’t Ed, my name is Drew, you know, from Horse Shoes, and this is actually my first post on the Shelflife blog! Hopefully I will ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/03/06/london-popfest-2010-recap/ I just heard from Christoffer that he's put up another free download. This time the debut release from his Cafe 2001 [a record company] label, a compilation called "This is the Cafe Superstar beat [volume 1]". I remember loving this compilation when it first came out, so ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/03/04/this-is-the-cafe-superstar-beat-volume-1/ Katsen recently released a limited CDEP called "Basic Pleasure Unit" in the UK which sold out almost immemdiately. The EP features "It Hertz!" album track "Where Nobody Can Find Us," a fantastic remix of "Florian," and three brand new tracks. For those who missed it, we're offering it ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/03/02/katsen-basic-pleasure-unit/ Happy to see some recent Burning Hearts live videos making their way up on YouTube. Since I can never make it to any of their shows in Europe I appreciate those who post these. "I Lost My Color Vision", recorded at Insikten, Jönköping, December 19, 2009: "I Lost My Color Vision", ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/03/02/burning-hearts-live/ Here's the brand new video from Champagne Riot for their song "Ingrid Bergman" (featuring Northern Portrait frontman Stefan Larsen on vocals). Enjoy! www.champagneriot.com myspace.com/champagneriot http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/02/26/champagne-riot-ingrid-bergman-video/ Good news from the Norwegian label Cafe2001 [a record company]. They're offering up a free 5 track download from Remington super 60 entitled the "Winter EP." I still love their first album "Pling2001" and it's nice to see they're back doing what they do best. Listen ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/02/10/free-remington-super-60-ep/ Wow! Horse Shoes are now playing the London Popfest with newly added headliners The Wake. White Town and Leaving Mornington Crescent too! What an incredible line-up and I so wish I could attend! Those going, please take a lot of pictures. Listen to The ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/02/08/the-wake-play-the-london-popfest/ AJ who was in The Parcels recently digitized these two videos and I thought I would help spread the word. The Haikai TV show was recorded by our good friend Kenji Sekioka for Japanese TV. Shelflife had a segment as well. I need to post that at some ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/02/04/two-new-videos-from-the-parcels/ I must admit I have a pretty decent obsession going on with the Edition 59 Creation reissues. I have most (if not all) of these tracks on cd already (not to mention all the other formats), but there's something special about seeing them as 3" cds that I can't ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/02/04/creation-records-reissues/ Thieves Like Us debut a new song and video from their upcoming album "Again and Again". Fire wins out over my self doubt. Her blue sea was seeking me. Broken dreams were breaking me. Swam into the deep blue sea. Days were heavy with despair. Broken dreams were breaking ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/01/28/thieves-like-us-never-known-love/ Thieves Like us by //SLANG from //SLANG on Vimeo. www.slangmag.com http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/01/27/thieves-like-us-feature-on-slang/ Good news! Burning Hearts are heading to Germany in February! They'll be joining The Ruling Class in Berlin. What a show that will be! February 24 - Berlin at Bang Bang Club Let's Kiss and Make Up! w/ The Ruling Class and Der Elegante Rest ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/01/26/burning-hearts-in-germany/ I've been listening to http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/01/25/the-bridal-shop-whale-in-da-pain/ Horse Shoes are heading to the UK the end of February to play the London popfest as well as some other dates. Don't miss it! February 28th - London at the The Lexington London Popfest w/ White Town (UK), Leaving Mornington Crescent (Sweden) & Humousexual (UK) March 1st - Brixton at ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/01/13/horse-shoes-in-the-uk/ Korallreven's "Loved-Up" made my top 20 songs of 2009 and when I heard Fastcut Records in Japan were releasing a 7" of it, I thought I would offer up some copies in the Shelflife shop (while still expensive they're probably $5 or so cheaper than if you ordered direct from ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/01/04/korallreven-loved-up-7/ Thieves Like Us "Your Heart Feels" live on the French TV show Pigalle. Also, here's a new interview with Andy on The Sound and the Fury Blog. www.thieves-like-us.com http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/01/03/thieves-like-us-on-french-tv/ I finally settled on my top 10 list of 2009, so I thought I'd get this podcast done today (it's been exactly a year since our last one, so the timing couldn't be any more perfect - ha). You'll notice in the end Seeland beat out Sally Shapiro. ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2009/12/22/podcast-3-top-20-songs-of-2009-by-ed/ More Champagne Riot goodness for you. The band has recorded a new holiday mp3 single called "Xmas Safari" available as a free download below! Happy holidays! Download it here! Listen to Champagne Riot - Xmas Safari [dewplayer:http://www.shelflife.com/mp3-bin/CR_xmas_safari.mp3] You can also still download their 2008 single "December Slopes" here! myspace.com/champagneriot http://blog.shelflife.com/2009/12/10/champagne-riot-xmas-safari/ Champagne Riot has been going through some exciting adventures this year reinventing themselves a few times over (from a solo project -- to a duo -- to a trio -- and now back to a duo). The good news is that they have really settled in nicely with the ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2009/11/12/champagne-riot-confessions-of-a-poker-pro/