Kathleen Byron

26 October, 2009 | 8.04AM Written by: Caleb Rakes Filed under: Music News : filthy dukes , kill em all Before Justice and Simian Mobile Disco were famous, they played at the Filthy Dukes’ quirky Kill ‘Em All And Let God Sort Them Out club night. The party began life six years ago as a poorly attended bash in the basement of a pub in London, but soon grew to become one of London’s most popular club events, helping to create the indie dance hysteria that later swept the globe. The success of their parties soon led to Olly Dixon and Tim Lawton being ... Read Full Story

When a gig involves many important looking boxes - well, amplifiers, mixer and synths, keys and many many wires, not forgetting lots of pretty whirly lights you know it'll be a cracker. Thus, Simian Mobile disco was one of those indeed. To further light up my little world, they started with 'Sleep... ... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk (click the title to read on!) Read Full Story

THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND RELEASE “15 T0 20/YOU’LL DISAPPEAR” REMIXES ALBUM OFFER PRINS THOMAS REMIX OF “ YOU’LL DISAPPEAR ” FOR FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD NYC collective The Phenomenal Handclap Band are releasing a sizeable remix album for “15 to 20″/”You’ll Disappear,” out Oct. 20th on Friendly Fire Recordings. The band has enlisted the help of some of the finest electronic artists around the world for this digital-only release, including Prins Thomas, Montee, Horse Meat Disco, Ilya Sanatana and more. The band has been playing select dates with Simian Mobile Disco, Chromeo and Bajofondo among others, and have announced a special headlining show to finish ... Read Full Story

THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND RETURN TO US FOR TOUR AND POP MONTREAL, RELEASE LIVE AT LIME SESSION BREAK THE LAW AND PAY FOR IT IN NEW “15 TO 20″ VIDEO NEW VERSION OF “ TESTIMONY ” AVAILABLE FOR FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD NYC collective The Phenomenal Handclap Band has returned from the UK and are preparing to hit North America once again, this time alongside Simian Mobile Disco, Chromeo and Bajofondo among others. The band will be playing a very special show at Pop Montreal tonight, Wednesday 9/30, and will be DJing at select events and parties during this year’s CMJ Music Marathon. Led by ... Read Full Story

I’m liking what this poster’s telling me a lot; Joker, Fake Blood, Caspa, Rusko, Aeroplane and Simian Mobile Disco all compressed into one immense night. I’ve already ploughed through a thesaurus of superlatives to try and articulate just how great this line up is in a previous post, but now Simian Mobile Disco have been announced as the headliners. That said, I saw SMD on Saturday at the Warehouse Project and was left, not for the first time by an SMD live set, a little disappointed. I think it’s necessary to emphasise the “live set” part of their sentence though; I really believe that, ... Read Full Story