Sourpatch gig tomorrow!

Sourpatch - i want you either way from Richard Gutierrez on Vimeo.

Don't forget that we've got our first popshow of 2011 tomorrow night at The Flying Duck. Sourpatch, Town Bike and Maximum Bob are playing with doors at 7pm.

See you there!

HMHB presents Eux Autres and The Hardy Boys at The Flying Duck, Sat 5th March

Eux Autres

We’re extremely chuffed to be hosting Eux Autres for their first ever gig in Scotland. They’re an indiepop band from San Francisco consisting of Nicholas and Heather Larimer, Yoshi Nakamoto (ex-Aislers Set and current Still Flyin’drummer) and Nathan Berlinguette.

Eux Autres have just released their third album, Broken Bow, and it’s a stunner. Their sound has been likened to ‘the unrequited love song Doug Martsch would have penned for Francoise Hardy, had the time/space continuum conveniently collapsed’. With their literate Francophile pop played with guts and energy they’re a proper indiepop band, the kind Half My Heart Beats is all about!

The gig is on Saturday 5th March at The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow.

Joining them will be The Hardy Boys, who formed in Greenock way back in 1985 and built a cult following on the back of their early releases. They’re back playing live after a long hiatus and have promised us a couple of new songs as well as the classics.

Tickets are available from wegottickets or on the door.


Praise for Eux Autre’s latest album, Broken Bow:

“It has a timeless, rough and tumble pure pop feel that perfectly matches its sometimes joyful, sometimes troubled, always kind of complicated lyrics” – Three Imaginary Girls

 “Guitars are spare and heavily reverbed, drumming is primal, and boy-girl vocals are sweet without being overly precious. Basically, Eux Autres has been doing for years what many a lesser band is trying to do today” – The Days of Lore

 “The best songs flog individual vocal talents. Nicolas’s goes down like a warm cup of naiveté on “A Band Undone”, a forlorn track that’s kissed by plenty of iridescence with its jangling guitars and piano curlicues, placing it firmly on a Zombies/Byrds footing. Meanwhile, Heather’s coy delivery on “Queen Turner” is as irresistibly treacle as the Pastels’ Katrina Mitchell’s vocal licks” – PopMatters

 “Songs on Broken Bow are just as poignant and stunning as before… Always fun, there’s generally a hint of emotion, be it pensive dwelling on being treated poorly, or a raucous jaunt on a favored sports team. Fun, always; but the lyrics speak something a little different from what you might be used to. That, above almost anything else, is what makes Eux Autres one of the better pop bands around” - FensePost

Changes to our regular night at The Flying Duck

We’re just writing to let you know about a few changes to Half My Heart Beats for 2011. Our monthly night at The Flying Duck is moving from its old second-Saturday slot to a new, regular third Saturday of the month slot (11pm – 3am).

Our first night in the new slot will be on Saturday 19th February and we’ll be sending out event invites to the Half My Heart Beats group on Facebook soon (although everyone is welcome, as always). 

We're also moving from the main room to the kitchen bar, which is something we’re really excited about. The kitchen bar has a dancefloor and plenty of seating in a smaller space, which will hopefully make for a more together-feeling club night.

One final change is to the entry fee – it will now be £3 before midnight and £5 after, or free if you come down before 11pm, so do!

Hope to see some of you at the Duck on 19th February!

PS. Our monthly slot at The 78 will remain unchanged on the last Saturday of every month.

PPS. Don’t forget the two awesome gigs we’ve got coming up: Sourpatch, Town Bike and Maximum Bob on Wednesday 23rd Feb and Eux Autres and The Hardy Boys + 1 (TBC) on Saturday 5th March. Both gigs are at The Flying Duck.

Playlist from Half My Heart at The 78 - Janaury 2011

Colin
The Lucksmiths - Guess How Much I Love You
One Happy Island - Earth's Circumference
Architecture in Helsinki - City Calm Down
New Morning - Working for the Payroll
Pipas - Run Run Run
The Carrots - I Tried To Call You
The Rosie Taylor Project - The Sun on My Right
The Smiths - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Darren Hanlon - All These Things
Withered Hand - Big Ten Four
Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You

Lynsey
Frankie Rose and The Outs - Hollow Life
James Yorkston - Queen of Spain
King Creosote - Marguerita Red
Withered Hand - For the Maudlin
The Just Joans - Your Pain Is A Joke Next To Mine
Saint Etienne - Hobart Paving
Andersen Tapes - And They Were Saxons
Eux Autres - You're Alight
Pants Yell! - Rue de la Paix
Veronica Falls - Right Side of My Brain

Colin
Bubblegum Lemonade - Penny Fountain
Felt - The World Is As Soft As Lace
The Fascinations - Girls Are Out To Get You
The Lucksmiths - The Chapter In Your Life Entitled San Francisco
Belle & Sebastian - Mayfly
The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me
Summer Cats - In June
The Wedding Present - Brassneck
Go Sailor - Together Forever In Love

Lynsey
The Divine Comedy - The Complete Banker
Gospel Music with Shirley Simms - Gamophobia
The Felt Tips - A Life More Ordinary
The Lucksmiths - After the Afterparty
Slumber Party - Retaliation
Calvin Johnson - Rabbit Blood
Ex-Crush - All Boys Break Hearts
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep
Math and Physics Club - Jimmy Had A Polaroid

Colin
Crystal Stilts - Love Is A Wave
The Aislers Set - The Way to Market Station
Allo Darlin' - Dreaming
Heavenly - Stop Before You Can Say It
The Lucksmiths - Get-to-bed Birds
Cats On Fire - The White-mantled King
Beat Happening - Sleepy Head

Lynsey
Best Coast - Sun Was High (So Was I)
Frankie Rose and The Outs - That's What People Told Me
Sometimes Always - You Can All Hide
Myelin Sheaths - Everything is Contagious
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Say No To Love
The Go-Betweens - Right Here
Belle & Sebastian - I'm Not Living in the Real World
The Vaselines - My God's Bigger Than Your God
Orange Juice - Consolation Prize

HMHB presents Sourpatch, Town Bike and Maximum Bob on Wed 23rd February

It's almost time for our first gig of 2011, and it's going to be a doozy.

We’re very excited to host Californian indiepop group Sourpatch on their first visit to Scotland. They released an outstanding debut album called Crushin’ at the start of 2010 that calls to mind '90s indiepop greats like Tiger Trap, Rocketship, Cub, Go Sailor and Black Tambourine.

The record rattles and buzzes, the production is low-key to the point of non-existence but the songs radiate with a pure pop urgency.

They sing about broken hearts, wistfulness, relationships gone wrong, relationships gone right … you know the deal. The main thing is how they sound, and they sound like a joyous indiepop force of nature.

Joining Sourpatch on their tour will be Town Bike, Liverpool’s finest pop-punk riot. According to their record label, Town Bike are “equal parts Runaways, Ramones and Ronettes - the REAL three Rs that should be taught in school”.

Rounding out the lineup is Glasgow’s own Maximum Bob, a girl-fronted rock ‘n’ roll whirlwind.

Tickets are available from Wegottickets.

Here’s some praise for Sourpatch’s debut album, Crushin’:

“It's hard to put into words how exciting this album is… Every time a tune so perfect finishes you think the next one can’t possibly top it, and yet it does its best to. It’s an emotional onslaught - a kind of shock and awe on your pop senses and nerves” – A Layer of Chips

“This is a knock-out record with the pop hit of Heavenly Vs Satan and the thrill-a-minute of the All Girl Summer Fun Band at their tempestuous best” – Fire Escape Talking

“Songs like “Fun” will get inside your head and make you feel young again, unless you’re young to begin with, which means it’ll just make you feel more alive” – FensePost

Half My Heart Beats DJs tonight at The Flying Duck

We'll be playing some records tonight at The Flying Duck from 11pm until midnight to give people a taster of Half My Heart Beats, along with some of the other Flying Duck DJs.

Here's the full bumph from the Duck's website:

A wee taster of some of the fine club nights available at the Duck in our annual January sale. Free entry for students and £3 to others and with Carlsberg and Strongbow cans at £2 all night this is the perfect opportunity to check out what The flying Duck has to offer.

With DJ's from Superfly (soul & funk) Pin Up Nights (indie & Electro) and Half My Heartbeats (indiepop).
£3 /students free with NUS card
11pm - 3am

No Half My Heart Beats tonight at The Flying Duck

Just a quick message to say there won't be a Half My Heart Beats at The Flying Duck tonight. Instead, we'll be playing records at a sampler night along with the other Flying Duck DJs next Saturday (15th January).

Sorry for the short notice! We've been working on some changes to Half My Heart Beats and we'll let you know the full details as soon as they're confirmed.

We'll still be at The 78 on Saturday 29th January and will be back at The Flying Duck in February.