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FAULT of the Day: Fat Freddy’s Drop – ‘Clean the House’

22/05/2013 by FAULT Leave a Comment

Dub/rhythm & blues/fusion impresarios Fat Freddy’s Drop have dropped an instant classic in the form of ‘Clean the House’. A perfect midweek track that showcases all of the Wellington seven-piece’s disparate musical styles, ‘Clean the House’ is smooth, soulful and bluesy without feeling old-fashioned. Oh, and the music video features a grindhouse version of marionette theatre. Need we say more?

Look out for the brass section at 2:40 - and more blowing just afterwards. Not safe for puppets at work.

FFD return to the UK with a sold out show at Village Underground on June 26th and a UK tour in the Autumn, including a show at Brixton Academy.

‘Clean The House’ is taken from Blackbird, the forthcoming studio album from Fat Freddy’?s Drop. Blackbird is due for release on June. 24th

Filed Under: FAULT Music, FAULT of the Day Tagged With: Blackbird, Clean the House, Fat Freddy's Drop, grindhouse, marionette

FAULT Future: Honey Tower

21/05/2013 by FAULT Leave a Comment

Promising German electro artist Honey Tower recently released Silver, the much-anticipated and inspired follow up EP to her debut LP, Crystal Rain. Previously featured on FAULT Online, the beat-bringing maverick of Germany’s ever-burgeoning club scene describes her latest effort as offering ”fresh listening experiences such as pumping Club bangers, haunting soundscapes with industrial drums, heavy Dubstep basslines as well as tight and sexy Electro House evoking obscure images of a classic ‘Film noir’ movie.”

Definitely a FAULT Fave and a hot tip for the future:

honey tower silver

www.myspace.com/honeytower
www.honeytower.de

Filed Under: FAULT Magazine, FAULT Music, FAULT of the Day Tagged With: crystal rain, film noir, german clubbing, german electro, honey tower, silver

FAULT Favourites KAV and Rico the Zombie release new single – ‘Dirty Rejects’

20/05/2013 by FAULT Leave a Comment

FAULT Issue 10 stars KAV and Rico the Zombie have joined forces to release this sizzling Summer single. The pair have been collaborating on an album project together in LA since the start of the year.

Collaborators KAV and Rico the Zombie as featured in FAULT Issue 10. Rico was shot by Kai Stuht and KAV by Benjamin Johnson. Both shoots are exclusive to FAULT. Back copies of this issue are available by clicking above, or from the ISSUES page.

‘Dirty Rejects’ is an ode to the overlooked and marries Kav’s naturally nihilistic bent with Rico’s signature energy on-set. It’s a tantalising combination that comes together in the form of powerful riffs and a darkly catchy refrain.

‘Dirty Rejects’ is out tomorrow, 21st May ’13, and is available via KAV’s website - www.kavblaggers.com

Filed Under: FAULT Favourites, FAULT Featured, FAULT Magazine, FAULT Music Tagged With: band of blaggers, Benjamin Johnson, dirty rejects, FAULT ISSUE 10, kai stuht, KAV, kav blaggers, Rick Genest, rico the zombie

Exclusive Kate Nash Interview for FAULT Issue 14

15/05/2013 by FAULT contributor Leave a Comment

“You can spend your life biting down on one thing. You can waste all of your time on one idea. You can get your little brain into one big mess.” Kate Nash’s third album, Girl Talk, unravels with these words, and in so many ways, it’s telling as to why she chose to transform herself so much, so fast.

photography VICTORIA STEVENS, styling LISA NGUYEN, hair/makeup LYDIA FOSTER

FAULT: Does it worry you that existing fans might fade away while you’re accumulating new ones with this big change?

Kate: For me, the previous albums were time capsules. Even with the new album, that’s what it is. It’s not like I can’t relate to it after it’s in the past, because I do, and I can enjoy [fans] looking at them in that way.

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Your music videos have been at the forefront along with your music since the very beginning. We all perked up when we saw your collaborations with Kinga Burza, who directed many of your earlier videos. How did that come about?

Back at the time, Kinga was very influential, but right now I’m working with Lee Jones. I feel like I’ve made the best videos that I’ve ever done with him. I feel like we’ve connected very easily, and you find people where you don’t have to talk about all the details because you just make that connection. I just shot the video for “3AM”, and I think it’s the best one that we’ve done.

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Why the powerful anthems for women now with Girl Talk?
I think it has always been there. I have always wanted to empower women. I think it has a lot to do with ageing, too. I’m older now, and I feel more in control of what I’m doing. I have my own label now, too. It takes time to figure out who you are and who you want to work with.

Interview KEE CHANG

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Filed Under: FAULT Favourites, FAULT Featured, FAULT Magazine, FAULT Music, Interviews Tagged With: Album, British, Girl Talk, interview, kate nash, Kee Chang, Lisa Nguyen, Lydia Foster, Music, new music, Victoria Stevens

Manchester rockers The Courteeners – exclusive shoot for FAULT Issue 14

03/05/2013 by FAULT Leave a Comment

The Courteeners were shot by Olgac Bozalp and styled by Arndt Stobba exclusively for FAULT Issue 14

Three years after their second studio album, Falcon, was released, The Courteeners have returned with their new record, ANNA, which takes listeners in a completely new direction. Both hyped and criticised throughout their career as being a “lad band”, The Courteeners have set out to prove that they can write and execute an album much deeper and more intricate than skeptical critics thought possible. While the emphasis with ANNA is on new techniques, electronic effects and catchy hooks, the band haven’t lost their original charm and undeniable capability to write stadium-filling anthems. FAULT sat down with frontman Liam Fray to talk about their newest release.

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Did you set out to make an electronic record from the start?

No, not really. It’s getting a lot of attention. This record has more guitars on it than the last one, but I think it’s because Joe likes twiddling his knobs, putting all these different synth sounds in. The weird thing is when you’re in the studio you don’t think about it. You’re so involved, you’re so closed to it, you’re almost not thinking what people are going to think of it.

What would you say are the main highlights of ANNA?

I think it honesty is a highlight, I think it’s refreshing to have ‘cause the songs are quite personal. They’re not difficult to write but they are difficult to sing especially when I grew up with those boys. We pride ourselves on the fact that it’s real. I’m not writing them for a radio station or to get in a certain publication or so a certain clique in London falls for us, I’m writing it ‘cause it’s real and if people like it then happy days.

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What does your typical tour rider request list look like?

Like opposite ends of the spectrum. You get all the shit like fucking coconut water and that. Pineapple juice for onstage, it’s good for singers but it looks like you’re drinking a fucking Piña Colada. We’d like to live fairly healthy but then get absolutely fucking wasted, so it’s like what can you get that’s going to repair your body from twelve ‘til eight pm? Then you go on stage and you come off and go what can we destroy ourselves with?

The Courteeners’s new single, ‘Van der Graaf’, is released this Monday 6th May ’13

Liam, Michael, Daniel and Mark have an 8 page feature in FAULT Spring ’13. Click to get your copy NOW

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Filed Under: FAULT Favourites, FAULT Featured, FAULT Magazine, FAULT Music, Interviews Tagged With: anna, anna album, Daniel Craig Moores, FAULT Issue 14, fault spring '13, fault taste issue, liam fray, Mark Joseph Cuppello, Michael Campbell, the courteeners, van der graaff

TEETH

30/04/2013 by FAULT contributor Leave a Comment

This past weekend, on the very fitting holiday 4/20, Dalston-based TEETH performed at Glasslands in Brooklyn, NY. Known for their many Internet stunts, the band has become a notorious group of Internet misfits who did the unthinkable of hacking into Lady Gaga’s twitter. This would be their first show in the states since their Pope Benedict XVI prank, and many dedicated fans came out on Saturday to see what they would pull next.

Once the trio hit the stage Veronica started taking pictures of the audience with a small digital camera, setting a peculiar but intriguing mood to the performance. When the music began, Veronica went straight into her riot grrl attitude and vocals over brash electronic melodies. The combination of live drums, noisy electronic beats and hardcore vocals gave off a nerd-punk vibe that was really working for the crowd that was dancing violently beside me. Like a true punk, lead girl Veronica thrashed around in the crowd to heighten the excitement in the room.

Crowd pleasers like “See Spaces” and “Flowers” were performed that lit the crowd up, and we even got a sneak preview of what’s next for TEETH with a new song, where they teased each other to not screw up while performing. With the combination of smoke machines, epilepsy-inducing lights and the high-energy performance, one would feel as if on an acid trip halfway through.

After almost losing a contact, a Stella-Artois, and a song dedicated to me, they closed with a lower-key number where Veronica performed the first half sitting on the edge of the stage.

TEETH is anything, if not entertaining to see live, and I was told by Veronica that his has been one of their tamer shows since a mosh pit never broke loose. Although mosh pit free, the intimate show never lulled and kept the crowd going. They are a must-watch band, via the Internet for their hijinks, and live for a good time.

–Kathleen Tso

Filed Under: FAULT Featured, FAULT Magazine, FAULT Music, FAULT USA Tagged With: Brooklyn, Glasslands, TEETH

James Blake Album Review

19/04/2013 by FAULT contributor Leave a Comment

James Blake’s second album Overgrown was released on the 8th April having reached #1 in the iTunes Electronic Album chart with the pre-order.

Described as “eponymous, virtuosic and genre-bending” this latest offering branches out from his previous album drawing on a wide range of influences and styles. Blake’s music has been classed as “post-dubstep” and on tracks like Life Round Here we can definitely hear some urban hip-hop flavours. Aside from this Blake’s classical background and soul music inspirations come forward and present themselves with a warm vocal display, beautiful chords and tonal shifts in many of the tracks. His subtle and self-aware use of vocal sampling and auto tune give a sensitive vibe.

Favourite tracks:

I Am Sold is piano-based at the start, then switches halfway through to a bass-fuelled drum beat, accompanied throughout by wailing vocals through crackling static.

Voyeur also changes halfway through from romantic piano melodies to disco house beats with the introduction of a cow bell. This is quite different from what many of us are used to hearing from the artist.

His successful single Retrograde makes easy listening because of the underlying soul track and haunting vocals.

Some of the tracks on Overgrown seem to be almost trance-inspired. The final song Our Love Comes Back makes use of techno sounds to accomany the piano tune.

With the likes of Kanye West, Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder rating this album, it is 100% worth the listen. Each time it offers something new.

James Blake is making his second appearance at Coachella this weekend on Sunday 21st April and is currently touring the US.

Words by Joelle Thurston