Must Have Albums for January 2010
New year, new website and now time to introduce a new monthly feature where we list our album picks for the forthcoming month. January 2010 is packed with some killer releases, some that we have already been lucky enough to hear and some that we are looking forward to with fevered anticipation.Midlake 'The Courage of Others'Release date: 25th JanuaryWe love this band and after the gorgeous ‘Trials of Van Occupanther‘ we felt that they dropped off the radar a little whilst paving the way for others including The Fleet Foxes... so the release of ‘ The Courage of Others’ nearly ...
Our Top Tips for 2010
We thought we would give you our top tipped acts for 2010. We'd like to stress that this list is in no particular order but simply includes those which have caught our eye and those we feel will make a impact on your world this year.DelphicWe have already written about Delphic in the most favourable way possible so this one comes as no suprise to you we're sure (and they feature in most people's tip lists for 2010) so we could not do this list without mentioning them again. Acolyte the album will be released next week so the music will ...
Dirty Boots: Top 10 Albums of 2009
Here we have it... the Dirty Boots Top 10 Albums of 2009 - see below as the countdown from 10 to 1 is revealed! 10. Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter Sheffield’s answer to Scott Walker records yet another classic album of gorgeous personal songs. If you have heard any of his previous albums you will know roughly what to expect but this is definitely not a bad thing. Richard Hawley continues to make beautiful music for his ever growing group of admirers and it won't be long before he is a British institution. A classic songwriter for the 2000’s.09. Empire of ...
Rumspringa – Update!
We have been avidly tracking the brilliant, bold and wonderfully talented duo that are our very own uniquely individual Rumspringa while they have been finishing off their first album over there in California and found this lovely little update so thought we would post it up here so you can all see what they have been up to. Enjoy!December 14, 5:56 PMLA Live Music ExaminerStefhan Gordon writes:Though not exactly new or unrecognized, having formed in 2006 at Cal Arts (and having toured the UK and played at SXSW in Austin, Texas), Rumspringa is a band certainly worthy of a much larger audience. In ...
Dirty Boots Stage at Glastonbury. The Pics…
Hello all ye Glastonbury Dirty Booters!Now that we have all recovered and feel human once more, here's a selection of pics for you to enjoy - all courtesy of the amazing Sophia Schorr-Korn - www.sskphotography.co.uk. A Massive thank you to everyone involved in the Dirty Boots Stage at Glasto 09...xx[gallery link="file" orderby="rand"]
New Music
Who is ‘Iamamiwhoami’?Who is ‘Iamamiwhoami’? Since this was posted on the net late last week it has been the topic of much internet debating, going by the high production we are pretty sure it will be someone we all know, popular guesses so far range from the most likely ‘Goldfrapp’, through to Christina Aguilera (not so sure) with mentions of... [Read more of this review]
Band of the Day – PsychologistBand of the Day – Psychologist Once again we are in the situation of not knowing a huge amount about this band at the moment but from what we can tell it is Iain Woods who is the creative force behind the fantastically dark and brooding sounds of Psychologist. Iain describes his music as ‘Pop’s Evil Twin’ but if anything you... [Read more of this review]
Free new Pontiak track – World Wide PrinceThis morning The Line of Best Fit premiered the Pontiak track World Wide Prince, which is taken from their upcoming record Sea Voids. Click HERE for the track Oh yes, a bit of an exclusive for Dirty Boots today as we give you a little gift from Pontiak’s latest long-player. The track is the immense wall of sound that is ‘World Wide Prince’ from... [Read more of this review]
Band of the Day – Free EnergyFree Energy With chunky Stones’ riffs, Van Halan guitar lines, a love of Tom Petty, Marc Bolan and even Thin Lizzy! Philadelphians Free Energy certainly know their music and with Killer tracks like Free Energy and Dream City you can totally see why James Murphy has signed them to DFA as his first big guitar band. They have huge ambition and... [Read more of this review]
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DB Records
Rumspringa – Update!We have been avidly tracking the brilliant, bold and wonderfully talented duo that...
THEM:YOUTH 'HALO' – OUT TODAY – GO AND BUY IT IMMEDIATELY!!Our second release under Dirty Boots Records is “Halo” by Them:Youth...
THEM:YOUTH RELEASE ‘HALO’ on SEPTEMBER 28th ON DIRTY BOOTSDirty Boots is excited to announce that following the release of their acclaimed...
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