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Showing posts with label We Are Tokyo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label We Are Tokyo. Show all posts

Thursday, 24 November 2011

It's All Indie #4

Our 4th instalment of the finest music to fall under the tag 'Indie', all music that was not initially free to share has been given consent by each and every one of the bands and or their management.



1) Pilots - Let The Light In
2) Films Of Colour - Slow Burn
3) Fixers - Trans Love
4) Elephant - Ants
5) Smith & Burrows - Funny Looking Angels
6) Dog Is Dead - River Jordan (Acoustic)
7) Futures - Islands In The Sea
8) Waylayers - Magnets
9) Chapel Club - Waterlight Park (Demo)
10) We Are Tokyo - Magnetic
11) Trophy Wife - Canopy Shade (Acoustic)

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If you have any problems about the mixtape please email us at bambridge@hotmail.co.uk before taking action as I can take out any tracks if need be.

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

It's All Indie #1

Here is the latest brand of mixtapes, I will never be announcing them until the last minute, only 10 tracks long, and will always feature...

- 4 Relevantly unknown bands
- 1 Remix
- 1 'Demo'
- 2 From artists in the spotlight at time of release
- 2 From established bands/artists

Who is in it? Click [HERE]



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ENJOY - Fred,x

Monday, 20 June 2011

Single Review... We Are Tokyo - Never

Unlike some bands We Are Tokyo have kept me on the edge of my seat since I started the blog nearly two years ago. Their latest offering 'Never' is certainly a great track that has been well worth the wait. The video is amazing too as is the remix that Alex (Vocalist + Guitarist) done. You can download the track for free... but not until you read the review!

Never:
I can't express how good this track is but the production and mixing on the track is second to none, and to think this is all done by the band! The track is a Synth heavy Indie track with the guitar styling their fans are use to. The way this tracks build from a simple piano, with the fading in of the synths and Alex's vocals you are lulled into thinking this is a slow track. Anything but. After the 01:30 mark the track suddenly gains body and your ears are treated to a wonderful sound.



Never (We Are Tokyo Remix):
This dancier version of the track is one for the dance floor. And considering that it is for free you better jump on the bandwagon as this track is a killer track! It starts all distorted and then it drops, pure rave music! It's so good I think if this has the right publicity this could easily sneek into a 'Ministry of Sound' compilation!
Out of 10: 9/10

We Are Tokyo - Never
Out of 10: 9/10

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We Are Tokyo - Never

Monday, 4 April 2011

Track of the week... We Are Tokyo - Your Eyes Lie

We Are Tokyo are back out of their long hibernation, nearly a year since 'Bullets' was released they produce one of the best Indie/Electro-Rock songs of the year.

With a powerful hook, stunning drumming with Mr Wheeler on the drums, Alex Fox commanding the vocals and captivating you with his ideas. The song has a very very strong chorus and does top trump 'Bullets' in that department! Their debut video accompanies the song on youtube and a link is below in the link section. I have been following them since I started the blog as we know it in 2009, and this band have always promised me with music I'd love, not letting me down so far!



Keep an eye out for more releases as We Are Tokyo are setting out to take 2011 by the horns and storm into 2012 with lots of recognition they deserve.

We Are Tokyo - Your Eyes Lie by It's All Indie

We Are Tokyo - Your Eyes Lie
Out of 10: 9/10

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Sunday, 26 December 2010

Awards of 2010

New act of the year:

1: We Are Tokyo
2: Ideals
3: Violet Bones



Best international act of the year:

1: Secrets
2: Repeater
3: Beat!Beat!Beat!



Best surprise of the year:

Neon Index, I booked them for the "It's All Indie Showcase" and without hearing a song, I just went on word of mouth. What a surprise, they played out their heart and souls, I loved the set and they played a cover of "Standing In The Way Of Control", which was pulled off brilliantly!

Monday, 6 December 2010

It's All Indie: Top 20 - #6

We Are Tokyo - Bullets

We Are Tokyo, a band from Bristol who have played gigs along side some big indie bands such as Passion Pit and Grammatics. They have become over the past months a good find for me, ever since I stumbled upon them while on my daily MySpace music hunt for good music. I highly rate them and can't wait for the new Ep come out. Its been a while but I should hear it soon.



With some pretty awesome free single downloads these guys have been apparently getting the eye of a few labels. And why not! the Bright Lights EP was awesome, The Best In Me single even better then came Bullets, with what it was following it was hard for the (then 4 piece band) to give the fans something better... they did it. Bullets with its catchy hooks and electronic guitar filled chorus just makes it one of those awesome indie tracks! Download it below along with a couple of equally brilliant tracks, Tangram is a real fave of mine!

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We Are Tokyo - Best In Me
We Are Tokyo - Bullets
We Are Tokyo - Tangram

Monday, 22 November 2010

Ones to watch: 2011, The list

Here is my list of who to watch in 2011, in A-Z order

Ideals
Kilto Take
Neon Index
Them:Youth
Things I Never Told You
We Are Tokyo

Running up to 2011, each week I shall tell you why they are going to be big!

Thursday, 15 July 2010

Top 5 tips for 2011

With everyone having seriously lost interest in a couple of the BBCs tips for 2010, I have 5 HOT TIPS for 2011, lets see how many until then prove themselves.

Morning Parade:
Having already mentioned them a few times on here I don't really need a introduction for them. If you are new to this then here is something to mull over. They are getting played very frequently due to having 3 MASSIVE tracks out there!



Also one track also stands out when playing live, Headlights, if they do record this this can easily be a hit, not me being optimistic but to be honest being more realistic, this hurts that people don't know them better!

Morning Parade - Youth



Things I Never Told You:
With having just came off a tour with Kele (from Bloc Party) this 3 piece band has created quite a stir, their catchy songs have transformed them from 'some support act' into something bigger! Loads of people now love what they heard and want more. Click HERE for a live review that gives you all the reasons why you have to listen to them and see them live!



The bass is hypnotising, you can feel it when you whack your speakers up rippling through your body, the vocals are sung from the heart as you can tell he cares about his music. I have liked everything I have heard from them and can't wait for more stuff.

Things I Never Told You - Life Without (Demo)



Them:Youth
What do you get when you cross Delphic with Pendulum? This fantastic track called 'Fever Rising' by up and coming band Them:Youth. This London 4 piece is definitely going for big anthem tunes, as you can tell from this track!Their songs have a melancholic edge, combined with an electro beat, and has some funky synths that sound like something a well known dance act should be doing, that somehow makes their songs sound more exciting every time you give it a listen.



Them:Youth finally announced October 2010 as the release date for their highly anticipated (possibly epic) debut album! SO that can easily launch them into 2011 with a big following, as it has proven with White Lies, La Roux, Delphic and Ellie Goulding!

Them:Youth - Halo



We Are Tokyo
With some pretty awesome free single downloads these guys have been apparently getting the eye of a few labels. And why not! the Bright Lights EP was awesome, The Best In Me single even better then came Bullets, with what it was following it was hard for the (then 4 piece band) to give the fans something better... they did it.



Bullets with its catchy hooks and electronic guitar filled chorus just makes it one of those awesome indie tracks!

We Are Tokyo - Colour Blind



Fenech-Soler
Despite them being tipped for 2010 success they haven't really done much except play shows to increase their profile. If you want to just get told what it sounds like, try Digitalism - Pogo but with a but more heart put into it, and recorded in their bedroom.



Thier latest offerings, Stop And Stare and Lies are also just as brilliant but the point of this blog is not to find the obvious bangers but to find the ones people are not aware of. Recently appraring on the latest Kitsune album you know you will hear from them one more time.

Fenech-Soler - Fashion




I HOPE YOU ENJOY THESE BANDS, AND YOU KNOW WHERE YOU HEARD THEM FIRST! CHECK BACK EVERY DAY FOR MORE UNSIGNED BANDS, UNDER THE RADAR INDIE AND THE NEXT BEST THING!

Remember...

IT'S ALL INDIE!

Monday, 7 June 2010

Its All Indie Playlist: May 2010

This will be a mixtape of tracks that this week should be in your ears.

Play them in A-Z order (by Artist)



Alex Metric - It Starts
Bloc Party - Zephyrus (Holy Fuck Remix)
Blood Red Shoes - Don't Ask
Casiokids - Fot I Hose
Citizen King - Under The Influence
Everything Everything - My Keys, Your Boyfriend
Florence + The Machine - You Got The Love (The XX Remix)
Jamaica - Short And Entertaining
Kele - Tenderoni
Kids Of 88 - My House
Lost Knives - Solstice (Neo Tokyo Remix)
Nine Black Alps - Cosmopolitan
Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance The Way I Feel
Phoenix - 1901
Renegades - Renegades
Ten Bears - Braces
Two Door Cinema Club - Hands Off My Cash, Monty (Demo)
Violet Bones - Not Me
We Are Tokyo - Color Blind (Ninetynine's Love Remix)
We Have Band - Oh!
The XX - Intro
Young Legionnaire - Colossus

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Thursday, 18 February 2010

Track of the day... We Are Tokyo - The Best In Me

Today it is the turn of We Are Tokyo, a band from Bristol who have played gigs along side some big indie bands such as Passion Pit and Grammatics.



They have become over the past months a good find for me, ever since I stumbled upon them while on my daily MySpace music hunt for good music. I highly rate them and can't wait for the new single called Bullets to come out. Its been a while but I should hear it soon.

Ok the track, it has a guitar intro then the drums and vocals come into it. This suits it very well for when its drops and then goes into a kinda euphoric chorus. The use of all the instruments have been used to effective use. The synths, guitar, vocals, and the drums, all in all I love this track, especially when the bridge to the outro comes, very Bloc Party like with the guitar, reminds me of So Here We Are, agree? BBC Bristol have said that this track could be massive, hell yeah! This is a very good track and deserves to be well known. If they can produce more big hits like this then who knows where the success can lead to.

You can download all of their old stuff here too, links below

We Are Tokyo - The Best In Me
We Are Tokyo - Tangram
We Are Tokyo - Replica
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