English Teacher set up shop for a short set in a fabled recording facility for the Live From BBC Maida Vale Studio EP. Digital only at first, but now it gets a release on white vinyl. They performed three tracks from their This Could Be Texas album, plus covers of Billie Ellish and LCD Soundsystem.
It took the suits some time to recognize that English Teacher are a damn fine band. Their full-length This Could Be Texas garnered rave reviews earlier this year, two years after the cognoscenti did the same for their debut EP Polyawkward. Now their label Island hopes to capitalize on their new found fame with a five track EP Live From BBC Maida Vale Studios.
Tape Op has launched another podcast series: DISCussion. They get on the phone with an artist to discuss an album they love. In episode 11 Mark Guliana talks about LCD Soundsystem's American Dream.
The new LCD Soundsystem/John Cale/Franz Ferdinand package All My Friends is available as of May 28:
As a stalwart of the New York Avant Garde, it's no surprise that the hugely influential and celebrated New York indie-electro outfit LCD Soundsystem asked John Cale to rework their incredible new single "All My Friends".
"All My Friends" is a relentless, guitar driven showpiece in the vein of Bowie's "Heroes" Or Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life" and Cale brings to his version his trademark sound making it an instant classic.
John Cale covers All My Friends on the forthcoming LCD Soundsystem 7" single. A version by Franz Ferdinand will be on another 7" single, so you will get three different takes of the same song. Release date: May 21.
Update: you can stream the cover here:
