THE RECOMMENDER PARTY – WE HAVE BAND

As some of you already know, whilst we were handing out flyers for a previous show some months back, a girl took one from my outstretched hand, turned to her mate and said the immortal line without any signs of a smirk… “Oh, The Recommender parties are great! If you come once, they’ll make you come multiple times“. And so our strapline was was born.

The ONLY blog party you need to know about is back and we bring you three more extraordinary artists to salivate over. TICKETS HERE. We specialise in taking our online relationships into real life by showcasing a selection of new bands, peeled from the pages of this blog.

Alongside the awesome bands on show we get all the punters to pop into our photobooth so we can shoot them looking dumb and gorgeous. The previous photobooth results are found on our Facebook page here. Additionally we also hand out our exclusive mixtapes, (the 7th of which was given out at our last event and is now listed below for the rest of the world to enjoy). It’s made up from a selection of awesome tunes from The Recommender’s favourite artists, mixed by The Battery Powered DJs.

As if all this amazing music and frivolity wasn’t enough, we will be celebrating our editor, Mike’s, birthday, so the headliners have promised to sing happy birthday to him. This time it’s personal. You simply have to come.

THE RECOMMENDER MIXTAPE #7

BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT – Being touted by NME as “the future of pop” makes this artist well worth a peek, no? We think this mix of sweet gloss and upbeat class are about as perfect as a first course could get when starting a party. This time next year they’ll be headlining.

MIRRORS- Brighton’s always been a hotbed of talent, but this is the most promising band this cities produced in years. Real promise, real tunes, real good. We’ve been behind this group since their first ever gig, so we’re so pleased to finally bring their music, described as pop noir, (but a million times more approachable than the likes of Hurts), to a Recommender crowd.

WE HAVE BAND- There’s a real connection with this band and The Recommender, having done numerous posts on them, enjoyable interviews and even a blog-wide global appeal on the day they launched their awesome debut album. Dozens of world class blogs each completed a post about the LP on the same day. We love them. They love us. Soon you will too. World class indeed.

MIRRORS – TOUR INFO, NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO

We’ve completed several posts about the Brighton band Mirrors here on The Recommender, including an enjoyable Q&A, (listed here). We’ve looked on adoringly from the beginning, having witnessed their first ever gig and since then they’ve matured and honed their sound into the beautiful, emotive noir pop that we hear today. We would be very surprised if they’re not on lots of credible ‘tips for 2011‘ lists come the end of this year.

Their latest news arrived today in the form of a new single, Hide & Seek, due for release on Monday 15th November on Skint Records. It will come with remixes by the likes of House Of House, Leo Zero and Kwes. Alongside this release is the new video, once again directed by Simon Pollard, who worked on their last single, this time taking inspiration from the likes of Jan Svankmajer and David Lynch.

You can catch them live in support of OMD on their European tour, ending with a handful of shows back in the UK in December, including one of The Recommender’s showcase events on Saturday December 4th supporting We Have Band, (more information on this will appear on our blog soon).

NOVEMBER
3 Nov 2010 London CAMP with Midnight Juggernauts, UK
5 Nov 2010 London Electrowerkz with Ulterior, UK
11 Nov 2010 Cologne E-Werk with OMD, GERMANY
12 Nov 2010 Hannover Capitol with OMD, GERMANY
13 Nov 2010 Leipzeg Haus Auensee with OMD, GERMANY
15 Nov 2010 Stuttgart Theaterhaus with OMD, GERMANY
16 Nov 2010 Munich Tonhalle with OMD, GERMANY
18 Nov 2010 Berlin Tempodrom with OMD, GERMANY
19 Nov 2010 Hamburg Docks with OMD, GERMANY
21 Nov 2010 Luxembourg Den Atelier with OMD
22 Nov 2010 Brussels Ancienne Belgique with OMD, BELGUIM
23 Nov 2010 Amsterdam Paradiso with OMD, HOLLAND
25 Nov 2010 Paris le Casino de Paris with OMD, FRANCE
27th Leeds Faversham, UK
30th Birmingham Academy 3, UK

DECEMBER
2nd Bristol Thekla, UK
4th Brighton Audio, UK