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Introducing : Glass Animals
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www.4ortherecord.com hit fever pitch this weekend when not 1 but 2 new tracks from the incredible Glass Animals graced our inbox with their presence...Read the full article.....
David's Lyre
Masked troubadour, David's Lyre is, like his semi-hidden aesthetic, somewhat of a mystery at present. Although if fairness exists in the world at all...Read the full article.....
Lunar Youth : Interview
Lunar Youth make the kind of music that makes your heart skip a beat as the emphasis on romance engulfs you in a warm flurry of emotion. It’s really rather lovely. Their nostalgic take on pop, reminiscent of the 80’s penchant for...Read the full article.....
Andrew Davie : Free MP3
The glorious inclination towards traditional, folk infused music over the last few years has been a welcome and refreshing inclusion to many a music collection. The talent has proven vast, accolades have come from...Read the full article.....
Introducing : Ray Dar Vees
South London trio Ray Dar Vees are the latest anthemic pop-rock act to vie for the attentions of new music scenes with their patent talent for creating earnest and engaging lyrics that take just as much prominence as the music they sit alongside... Read the full article.....
Penguin Prison
Aside from the bizarre moniker, Penguin Prison himself is a fairly extraordinary concept as far as musicians go. It’s fair to say that since his foray into making it as an artist began, his wildly vast experiences have not welcomed success...Read the full article.....
Rapids : Interview
Bournemouth based Rapids are a rather interesting prospect. Not only are they one of the first bands to come out of a slowly developing rock scene in the area more notorious for it’s thriving house and dance music but they are directing a sound that is upfront...Read the full article.....
The Forest & The Trees
Scandinavia has been a bit of a hot bed for exciting music of late. And that is in no way in relation to its close(ish) proximity to the volcanically active Iceland. Norway engaged in the exciting credible pop resurgence with bands such as...Read the full article.....
The Good Natured : Interview
Sarah McIntosh is the young singer-songwriter, perhaps more widely known under her moniker The Good Natured. Clutching her grandmothers old Yamaha keyboard that became the initial inspiration for her electronic-pop...Read the full article.....
King Charles: Destined For Greatness
A fan wrote on King Charles’ Facebook page after getting home from his gig at the Nation of Shopkeepers in Leeds on Monday. He said, “I don’t understand how you’re not incredibly famous yet- you were amazing tonight”. This might seem like...Read the full article.....
Introducing: Dog Is Dead
You know that well oiled idiom, sometimes in life you just happen to be in the right pace at the right time? Well sometimes in life that is indeed true. Whether it's finding a rare limited edition...Read the full article.....
The Last Dinosaur : Q & A
Jamie Cameron and Luke Hayden are the Last Dinosaur. A dynamo duo with the technical capabilities to produce a debut album with nothing more than a 16-track recorder and the creative attributes that have made said album a DIY masterpiece... Read the full article.....
Twisted Wheel : Interview
Twisted Wheel are a band fast-needing no introduction. And with so many quintessential British rock'n'roll bands ending their reigns at the head of the scene, including Oasis and more recently Supergrass, these boys have... Read the full article.....
Lail Arad : Q & A
Oh how the tables have turned. The guitar wielding bands of yesteryear have been replaced in favour by a plethora of female soloists littering the rightious path of UK new music currently. Moreover this oestrogen fuelled talent isn’t limited...Read the full article.....
Safari : Q & A
Safari are five fearless young lads from Hertfordshire; the newest bunch to navigate the music industry jungle in a synth fuelled blast of electronic pop. Bursting out of the embers of the now defunct Model Horror, Safari have embraced...Read the full article.....
Introducing : Morning Parade
Hailing from deepest Essex, childhood friends Steve Sparrow, Chad Thomas, Phil Titus, Ben Giddings and Andy Hayes ...Read the full article.....
Pope Joan : Interview
Being sent hundreds of press releases a week alongside copious amounts of promo cd’s makes for an arduous process in terms of determining what to cover, who to go and watch and who to talk to. It can get fairly tedious, extremely repetitive and sometimes...Read the full article.....
And The Bear
If you go down to the woods today, you'll find a young man and his guitar. And if you do, make sure you sit and have a listen, for this man is And The Bear. With his unique voice, folk tinged rock and... Read the full article.....
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Tomb Crew : Q & A
Tomb Crew are a crew that roll very deep. Their shows are renowned for being rowdy and they get a plethora of people behind the decks, but not all of them do a job; the majority are there to get the crowd going absolutely mental. We caught up with them to see how many actually are in the group, what we can expect from them soon and how many they could fit into a Smart car?!...
4or The Record: How many official ‘members’ of Tomb Crew are there?
Tomb Crew: [Laughs] at this moment in time, 3.
4TR: How many members of Tomb Crew could you fit in a Smart Car?
TC: It depends which members you put it first!
4TR: Tomb Crew roll deep, as everyone knows, but does having all these people around make touring a lot more fun?
TC: Definitely it does. I think we'd have gone mad by now if we'd have to endure all those long drives individually. But at the same time you can never get away from illa's farts…
4TR: Who does what role within the crew?
TC: To a certain extent we all do a bit of everything... but live obviously the DJs DJ and the MC’s MC and get the crowd going.
4TR: Which other DJ's/producer's can you count amongst your biggest fans?
TC: ermm, Doorly, Toddla T, Oneman, Mumdance, Rusko, AC Slater, Drop The Lime and DJ Yoda are a few and we're even bigger fans of them...
4TR: There seems to be more and more Tomb Crew t-shirt’s appearing – how did this come about?
TC: The first major event we organised as part of the Dot-to-Dot festival in Nottingham was a grime room with Boy Better Know, Slew Dem, Neckle Camp, Ruff Sqwad and a load of others... and Jamie just organised them as a kind of surprise, but it worked well!
Sim from Bantum designed them for us about 3 years ago, so big up to him!! He started it all...
4TR: You seem to be one of the bigger acts championing 'bmore', can you give us an insight into what bmore is?
TC: Bmore is club music in Baltimore, basically they have Hip Hop tunes at 90 BPM then they have the same song at 125 BPM for whatever genre you prefer...although we don’t play as much bmore as we used to we still love it...
4TR: Describe Tomb Crew in three words?
TC: Intelligent, sweaty and fun.
4TR: You touch on a bit of everything in your DJ sets. Is this a deliberate technique so everyone is happy?
TC: We literally play whatever we're feeling at the time, its never a case of trying to fit in all genres, simply what tunes we've been listening to. We’ve done a few total jungle sets and a few darker garage ones too, it depends on the line up of the night and when were playing. Plus some crowds like 4/4 and some like half time so we adjust to the audience to some extent.
4TR: Your gigs are famous for being very rowdy, have you ever had any serious accidents occur to you or the crowd?
TC: The most serious was at offset, but it was just one stupid idiot in the crowd who clearly wasn’t in the right place. Just got a bit too rowdy and the show was stopped. But 99.9% of people are there to have fun and get on with each other. Good rowdiness!
4TR: How do you chill out after gigs?
TC: We generally don’t get much time to chill out! There’s usually a 3 hour drive home from wherever we're playing and Jamie’s car has no stereo at the moment, so utter silence and then sleep before we get up to go play again!
4TR: How was your 2009?
TC: If I’m honest I cant even remember most of the year! We’ve been to some pretty amazing places and I think that’s of the one main things I’m going to take away from all of this. We've been to France, Romania, Holland, Italy, Poland, Austria, Spain, Germany and loads more places and met so many amazing people and its still difficult to accept someone is paying you to do that!
It's tiring but worth it, and when people have heard of you in other countries its kind of mind-blowing! We’ve also started having some success with our productions which is incredible and to have people you respect play your tunes and complement you is pretty amazing.
4TR: What can we expect from Tomb Crew in 2010?
TC: Loads and loads and loads of productions. We’re working so ridiculously hard to catch up with the time we lost on not starting earlier.
4TR: Who should we be looking out for in 2010?
TC: Boogaloo Crew are going to do massive things, they've got some incredible productions coming and out there at the moment so definitely check them out!
And Numan a real young guy with a lot of talent from Manchester is smashing it at the moment. So many incredible productions, 2010 is his year.
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