Last.fm Presents

Wave Machines, Films Of Colour, Starsmith, Patchwork Pirates, Bi-Polar Men, Last.fm DJ Team

Friday 20 November 2009 at 7:30pm

Introducing a brand new club showcasing the best of the UK’s most exciting music, this night brings together one of the UK’s longest running and most successful small music venues with one of the most well respected and extensive music based websites in the world.

We aim to draw the hottest acts from their extensive net of talent to curate a truly unique experience once a month at the Barfly in Camden and all for completely free.

From the NME heralded electro-indie pop of Wave Machines, through songwriter / producer du jour and Frankmusik tour partner Starsmith and ending at super-club Fabric residents Patchwork Pirates, the launch night of this monthly happening more than lives up to the high expectations of both Last.fm users and Barfly patrons

Date: Friday 20^th November 2009, 8pm – 3am

Address: Barfly, 49 Chalk Farm Road, Camden

Free entry before 10pm for 1^st 400 people signed up to Last FM event page

GAYMERS CAMDEN CRAWL LIVE LAUNCH WITH WAR CHILD THIS WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER!

The Camden Crawl are hosting a very special launch gig this Wednesday 4th November at The Blues Kitchen (111-113 Camden High Street, London NW1) to celebrate our partnership with Camden based charity War Child.

The live event will include performances from Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, MPHO, The Holloways, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Man Like Me, Bleech, New Rhodes, Beans on Toast, surprise special guests & celeb DJs.

Doors open at 6:00 pm and the entrance donation of £8.00 will go in full to War Child (registered charity no: 1071659).

War Child provides a number of services for children affected by war including; counselling to help children cope with the effects of war; vocational and professional training which gives them future opportunities.

Additional info available at www.thecamdencrawl.com/news

Last.fm DJ Team at Unsound Festival this weekend

Yep! The Last.fm DJ Team featuring Lumberjack & Matt ‘J-Pop’ Brown will be appearing at this years Unsound Festival in Poland. For more info on the amazing line up and how to buy tickets head here.

VOTE FOR LOVEBOX!

As some of you might remember, earlier this year we hosted a stage at Lovebox Festival here in London. Well, they’ve been nominated for Best Medium Sized Festival at this years festivals awards.

If you get the chance feel free to show some support over at:

http://tinyurl.com/voteforlovebox

Everyone who takes part in voting is eligible for the ultimate festival prize-draw to win 2 VIP tickets to every winning festival.

Swimming, The Shaky Hands, Cooly G, Dimbleby & Capper, Fur Hood, Gold Blood, Zebra & Snake, Mr Sushi, Shengi and 88 Days @ Cargo

Friday 6 November 2009 at 7:00pm

Last.fm Presents returns to Cargo Free Fridays in November with yet another superb line up which has been chosen from Last.fm’s weekly hype charts featuring some of the freshest sounds around!
Leading the charge are Swimming, a five-piece collective of school friends from Nottingham who have been fast gaining a reputation amongst other shows, appearing on our Last.fm stage at Lovebox this summer. We enjoyed their set so much we’ve invited them back to show exactly why leading magazines such as The Fly, Rock Sound and Artrocker are all over them.

Cooly G is the pin-up of the UK Funky scene bubbling away here in London. Fresh from the release of her debut single on the ultra cool Hyperdub label, she’s been crafting some of the best lo-fi techno infused house we’ve heard of late.

Dimbleby & Capper is another female producer/ singer songwriter we’re getting very excited about. Following a storming set at Glastonbury this summer she has drawn regular support from Radio 1 tastemakers like Steve Lamac and Huw Stevens.

As if that wasn’t enough, we’ve picked three brand new bands who we think you’ll be hearing much more of in 2010. Kick-starting with ‘Synth-Italo-Pop-Rock’ duo Gold Blood, Glasgow’s Fur Hood (who are making the trip down for you especially!) and Zebra & Snake, we’ve got six of the UK’s brightest talent on one stage. 

Filling the gaps we have Botchit & Scarper’s Mr Sushi, Shengi and DJs from one of our favourite blogs 88 Days. That’s one tidy night out. All for the princely sum of nish, nadda, nothing!

Invasion, LoveLikeFire, Moon Unit, Skull Juice, Boy of Girl and Last.fm DJ Team

Friday 2 October 2009 at 6:00pm

We’re kick-starting our monthly residency at Cargo’s Free Fridays on 2nd October. That’s right, Last.fm Presents will be hosting the first Friday of every month picking the best bands from the weekly hype charts to entertain, and best of all…it’s FREE!!!

Our October line-up sees the arrival of the hottest heavy metal band on the planet Invasion. Having won praise from Vice to NME, via numerous blogs, fanzines and portals due to their ‘new metal’ sound, we’re absolutely chuffed to have secured this three-piece for the launch of their debut album The Master Alchemist.

Fresh from contributing some great music to the recent ‘Supersoul’ compilations on DFA Records, Boy of Girl AKA Moon Unit will be flying in from Berlin to give us a sneak preview of some of the finest Synth-Pop you’ve ever heard.

San Francisco’s LoveLikeFire are also in town so we managed to snag their last UK set before they head home. We’ve been bowled over by their shoe-gazing indie rock for a long time and are very excited to have them performing live!

Filling the gaps we have the mighty Skull Juice AKA Alex Egan and Benedict Bull, responsible for some of the best DJ mixes we’ve heard recently. They’ve been DJ’ing at all the biggest and best parties in town so it was only a matter of time before we managed to book them for a Last.fm Presents show! Add the ever-reliable Last.fm DJ Team to the mix and it’s shaping up to be a pretty incredible Friday night.

Last.fm DJ Team at Disconnect & Offset Festivals

That’s right folks the Last.fm DJ Team will be playing the hottest tracks from the Last.fm hype chart this weekend at Disconnect Festival in Venice and Offset Festival in Essex.

The line ups for both festivals look totally ace with Disconnect sporting the likes of The Hacienda, LCD Soundsystem, Little Dragon, A Certain Ratio whilst Offset has The Horrors, The Slits, The XX + hundreds of other bands you have to check out.

We’ll be playing Disconnect Midnight until 2am on both Friday & Saturday night and on the main stage at Offset so come and say hi! In the meantime check out this great mix by European Man to get you warmed up.

Exclusive interview with Major Lazer

We caught Major Lazer (aka Diplo and Switch) in San Francisco before their show at the Regency and found out what it was like to record their debut in Jamaica, their dancehall influences and working with Andy Milonakis.

Check out the video below

The Last.fm DJ Team & Bowling

Thursday 10 September 2009 at 9:00pm

Hello kids,

We are heading back to our favorite bowling alley on Thursday the 10th September to kick back, bowl, eat and play some records.

We’ll be rolling out our user generated charts, so add yourself to the event page to have your say in what get’s played.

We’ll also be digging out our favourite records so expect anything and everything from italo disco, lo-fi, rock n roll, j-pop to synthpop & hype chart favorites!

See you on the dancefloor…

BTW Thanks to Mr Jonas Woost for the photo!

Fink, JazZstepPa, PENS, Ben Howard, Last.fm DJ Team and Black Cab Session DJs

Friday 14 August 2009 at 7:00pm, London

Yes we are back at Cargo to kickstart our Last.fm Presents series for 2009, this time featuring none other than Fink!!

Also on the bill we have Berlin dubstepper’s JazZstepPa, London’s mighty PENS, Ben Howard + The Last.fm DJ Team and special guest DJs from the Black Cab Sessions.

Gonna be ALL KILLER NO FILLER