Brand new Manchester club night from Factory 251’s Tom Corney, gonna be immense. Expect a darker take on the usual indie night from discerning DJs 

Out with the old and In with the new. No more nostalgia, just brand new tunes. From indie to disco, chill-wave to grime, a touch of techno and a new project from Modest Mouse.

Ten tracks over five rounds – you tell us who’s won? Who’s failed? And who deserves abuse?! Strong opinions, submissions and suggestions welcomed at @TomCorney & @richLOUDER

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Washed Out + Star Slinger // Deaf Institute, Mcr // 8.8.11

The sense of social network excitement surrounding this gig exceeded expectation. True, Ernest Greene under his chillwave alias Washed Out is a pioneer of the sunshine genre. Still, Manchester isn’t exactly known for heatwaves and harvey wallbangers.

As shown by our very own support act, Star Slinger. Must admit, I’m a fan of what I’ve heard. A classy rework of Gold Panda’s Marriage, and reggae waltz Dutchie Courage both perked my ears.

However, the audience were static, maybe weighed down by their chinos, a popular choice of attire for the evening. Mr Slinger wasn’t happy, voicing his disappointment. Shocked me a bit if I’m honest. Yes, he’s a talented producer, but DJ’ing at half 8 on a Monday evening to a crowd of chillwave enthusiasts, what did he expect? Whatever it was, he didn’t get it.

The debut Washed Out album, Within and Without, has received mixed reviews. My view is that it’s fantastic background music with a couple of synthetic standouts. One thing I’d questioned was how to transfer it live.

Seems like Greene has got it spot on with his full band setup. From the first stroke of bass, you can tell it’s heavier than the album. The songs seem to grab you more. Considering I was expecting a heavily pre-recorded and sampled performance, this was impressive.

The enthusiasm of the frontman is encapsulating. It’s always nice to see an artist enjoying what he does.  The set is well planned, raising tempo and maintaining class. By the time Life of Leisure EP highlight New Theory comes out, the audience are lapping it. Greene even takes a leaf from Bjork’s inventive book and brings out his Ipad as weapon of choice.

Mixing new and old, the band also draw from Within and Without. The highlight of which being Soft, massive beach sounds and beautifully resonating. With the crowd pining for more, an encore of single Eyes Be Closed leaves a sweet taste. 

As you can probably tell, I was impressed. There’s a lot of great chillwave coming out now and it’s well worth listening to (See: Beach Cult clubnight). It’s fair to say that a lot of it is influenced by Washed Out. Tonight proved that Ernest Greene is ahead of the game.    

Class.

Hey Ella, thanks for the follow and kind words. I was lucky to see him…but did wait 6 patient years! Love some of the photos and links on your blog, keep the good work up.

We’ve launched a new radio show featuring new bands just like Tom Vek so if you want to submit anyone or hear some new tips give them a listen and let me know what you think!

All the best, rick

A bunch of brand new music and a couple of skeletons from the closets of DJ Tom Corney (Fac251 // http://tysbk.tumblr.com/) and rickLOUDER (http://ricklouder.tumblr.com/)

SoundClash - TommyTank vs rickLOUDER by rickLOUDER

12 Tunes done SoundClash styleee in the following categories. Who’s won in your eyes? Who’s made a massive FAIL?!

Song From The Year You Left School

Coldplay – Shiver

Twister – Sunshine

Band You Love That No-one’s Ever Heard Of

Young British Artists – Lived In Skin

The Koreans – Keep Me In Your Mind

Current Dancefloor Tune

Sebastian – Love In Motion (feat. Mayer Hawthorne)

The Whip – Secret Weapon

Favourite Remix at the mo

Radiohead – Lotus Flower (Jacques Greene RMX)

The Boicotts – I Don’t Wanna Be Your Boy (Medicine8  Remix)

The Wobble-Off

Rusko – Jahova

T-E-E-D – Bournemouth

8am Tune

Caribou – Sun

SBTRKT – Hold On