free download – and so she thinks

Three for Free

admin — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:14:59 +0000

January 14th 2013

Weatherbird – Liar

B town bands abound, and Weatherbird are the latest on the scene. Their abrasive, rugged new tune Liar is angst fuelled an fast – and free.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGcoqwkj6m0]

I Swim With Sharks – Thunder

Mixing an array of sonic influences and styles, I Swim With Sharks are one of the most exciting bands around. Strong, sincere and rousing, Thunder is available a free download.

Shout Timber – Rich Man/East India Trading Company

Pop done with class, infused with indie and Indian styles, the brilliant Shout Timber are giving away their two track EP for free. Download Rich Man and East India Trading Company.

Chatting with The YuYa – and get Naked for free!

admin — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:36:51 +0000

Yuya was a powerful Egyptian courtier during the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Signed to Dayjob Records The YuYa are an inspiring and eclectic duo who’s almost reggae folk fusion and dreamy indie tunes have been making waves amongst those who like their music with a dollop of authenticity and avant garde. It’s All Happening catch up with Eliseo Soardi and Constance Dalrymple, The YuYa Super nice folks, they have offered up Naked, their debut single, as a free download for you. Lovely!
For those who don’t know The YuYa, describe the band and your sound.
The YuYa is me and her. The influences of the band are very mixed and draw on the world of music. From rumba to waltz, jazz to reggae, acoustic soul to ska..all with our touch. We think that in these days of internet and the freedom it gives, everyone has developed a taste outside their cultural roots. This is due to a diversity never seen before; music is part of the same system and needs to be as diverse as possible, reaching places and mixing things no one until recently knew existed. Our sound, if it could be a colour, would be red.
Your debut album A Boy, A Queen and A Fish was out on 24 Sept– tell us about it.
The debut album is lovely to listen to. Nice songs, and to be honest we didn’t know we could make such good music :). Jokes apart, the album was written over 6 months in a London warehouse (Arena Massive) and then recorded in a wonderful theatre in the middle of the Italian Alps, in less than a week. It was winter and bloody cold! But it came out quite summery and that’s something we still don’t understand :). Many thanks to the Council of Pieve di Ledro, which gave us the place for free and Nilo Santoni who did an amazing job mixing the album and playing percussion for us!
The title of the album is taken from an African children’s story for wannabe fishermen…. it ends with a boy capturing the biggest fresh water fish that ever existed and the Queen of Uruba sparing the fish’s life to teach the boy a lesson! The metaphor of the story is that boys don’t impress Queens with just a fish!
You were the first signing to Day Job records – what made you decide to team up with them?
They look good and when we walk down the street together people are generally very pleased with the sight of us. Eli and Greg at the moment are in a beard growing competition that started last October…. and their credo was spot on for us as poor struggling employees!
You do both have day jobs – why do music? What does music, and being an artist mean to you?
Most of all, why work full time? Music means freedom to both of us.
You have both British and Italian roots, and have played all around the world, from Europe to Africa. There’s also a very diverse range of styles in your music, and the album was of course recorded in Italy – how does the world and culture influence you?
Constance loves rice and Eliseo loves pasta: two worlds and two cultures come together. It was difficult at the beginning of our musical relationship to combine our differences but we naturally came together and that’s because it is in the nature of things to mix and develop into a new one.
I’ve heard that you met at a fancy dress wedding – sounds amazing! What were you wearing, and was it the great costumes or witter banter than drew you to each other?
Constance was Billie Holiday and Eliseo was Amy Winehouse. Have you read The Secret? It explains how these things happen……
It’s Better is beautifully whimsical and rhythmic, which fits with the video – are visuals important to you?
Yes, very and we think the It’s Better video really gives an idea of what we are. Although the day of the filming on the boat was a mission! Constance does not like water! We couldn’t pee for 6 hours, and we had to put a pigeon out of his misery for reasons we can’t really explain here. In the end we had to row one boat to push the other for the whole day… But thanks to Lara (Jacoski) for the magnificent editing it worked well. Visuals are very important but I think the story is even more important. Have you ever seen a great film without a great story? Even Avatar had to have a story, special effects can only do so much….
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mWMYInaooE]
What have your highlights of the year been, and what’s coming up next?
We run a Festival in Italy called Mand’stock Festival, not to confuse it with man’s cock…. Last year was the first edition and it went really well! We had 45 bands and djs, a skateboarding half-pipe, rock climbing walls and great Italian food and drinks! 2000 people came and we think this year is going to be even bigger! It’s great to organize a Festival so we can invite bands we love. Damian Rice was at the festival on the Friday and we had a chat about music and business, we’re now friends 🙂 DJR and The Harrison Pub (King’s Cross) are also involved in the Festival this year.
2013 is a promising year, with the album out and gigs coming up you should keep checking our website or join our mailing list for any updates! God Speed!

From Buck Rogers to Bucking Bronco

admin — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:30:39 +0000

To celebrate the release of Feeder’s new single Idaho (out this week) the band have launched their very own game. The object of the game is to stay on the Bucking Bronco for as long as possible. Check out the new video for ‘Idaho’ and it will all make sense.
PRIZES:
2500 Points – Free Download of album track Headstrong
5000 Points – Free Download of Rare B-side Along The Avenues
7500 Points – Free Download Exclusive of Idaho (Instrumental)
Play here or on the band’s website.

Three for Free – August 20th 2012

admin — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:49:26 +0000

As the name suggest, each week we bring you three of the best free downloads that are kicking around out there. From straight up indie to Indian influences, rock’n’roll to reggae rhythms, grizzling guitars or soothing strumming, this is the place to open your mind and ears and check out something new. After all, won’t cost you a penny!

Coasts – Lions

You may have heard it on It’s All Happening’s July Recharged Radio show, but you can’t hear it too many times. Bristol band Coasts create charming summery indie that’s influenced by Foals and Future Islands. Second single Lions was recently released on Intruder Records.

Skint & Demoralised – When Saturday Comes

Some of It’s All Happening are more excited than others about the start of the football season, and they are joined by Skint & Demoralised‘s Matt Abbott, in this ode to the sport, When Saturday Comes, acting as a teaser to the forthcoming album.

Gallows – Last June

Fuzzy, pounding and intense, Last June is exactly what you would expect from hardcore emo punk rockers Gallows. Just don’t get involved in a twitter spat with frontman Wade MacNeil.

Freebies from Guillemots

admin — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:48:06 +0000

Ahead of their appearance at Oxford’s Truck festival next week Guillemots are giving away Fleet as a free download. Taken from album Hello Land!, the first of four albums the band are releasing this year, this proof of how the dreamy delicious Guillemots are one of the most innovative and imaginative bands.
Read the message direct from Fyfe, then go and check it out!
Hello there to ye all & one.
This is a little note to highlight the fact that here and now we are giving you a free download of the track “Fleet” from our first album of the year “Hello Land!”. If you already have the album, then this will be of minimal excitement to you, but you can rest safe in the knowledge that you are LITERALLY one step ahead – of what, I’m not sure, but of something – because you already have our album. But if you don’t, and you enjoy listening to it, then, well, good. “Hello Land!” is ready and waiting for you HERE –http://emailunlock.com/guillemots/guillemots-fleet – should you like the idea of investigating further. I hope this is clear. Thank you.
Here also is a video shot by the resplendent Tim Chipping from a gig we did earlier in the year called Positive Blackout at the wonderful Village Underground venue. Both nights had a bunch of performances from all kinds of fish and fowl, well, no actually, just people, the only premise being that there was no amplification at all. And this is the bit in the night – well there were two nights, but this is one of them – where we sang “Fleet”.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6l7lyoRmno]
Okay, I think this is all for now. The summer album is currently being incubated for you. Not sure if incubated is the right word there, that sounded wrong, but anyhow. . . something like that. Can’t wait for you to hear it. August, I hope. There is also talk of some sort of Twitter conversation between myself and whoever may like to ask things, at some point in the coming weeks. We will keep you informed of developments in this regard.
Right, I must now attempt to wake up and face up to all responsibilities that await me.
Thanks for now,
Fyfe Xx

Free download of Secret Rivals – Tonight Matthew

admin — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:44:46 +0000

The wonderful Secret Rivals are offering you the wonderful Tonight Matthew I’m Going To Be Honest With Myself for free…if you tell your friends! Easy! Just click the button and grab your new tune. And don’t forget to check out the new EP Make Do And Mend (Part 2)!
The full tracklisting for Make Do And Mend (Part 2), released 28th May 2012, is as follows:
1. Once More With Heart
2. The Part That Kills
3. I Hope She Knows
4. I Know Something
5. Make Do and Mend (Part 2)
It is available to purchase from here or here.

Make Do And Mend (Part 2)

admin — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:40:04 +0000

Yes, the summer’s finest EP is available on Monday 30th May, just in time for your party weekends and a long smooth summer.
Secret Rivals will be releasing Make Do And Mend (Part 2) on It’s All Happening Records, and you can buy it here.
Tracks
1 The Part That Kills
2 Once More With Heart
3 I Hope She Knows
4 I Know Something
5 Make Do And Mend (Part 2)
If you can’t wait, because we’re lovely people, you can get a free download of Tonight Matthew I’m Going To Be Myself, simply by telling all your mates about it!

Red Kite & Toy @ Camden Barfly

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:07:57 +0000

February 6th

HMV’s Next Big Thing

Reviewed by Katie Stanton

Red Kite is the resurrected outlet for former Cooper Temper Clause guitarist, Daniel Fisher. Their sound is the sort of classic rock to soundtrack long walks along the beach and pensive moments looking out at the ocean. Tonight, there are five people onstage , including a female bassist (Laura Hegarty) who spends the majority of the set looking sultry and/or bored. When lead singer Fisher allows, Laura steps up and contributes some refreshingly sweet vocals, but those moments are too far and few between. Fisher’s experience in CTC shows he knows how to write a good song, with subtle pop infusions and emotive riffs. However, it is Hegarty’s vocals that really make the stand-out tracks and the band need to expand on that.

Red Kite

Nothing compares to effortless cool on a cold night in the Camden Barfly. It is minus temperatures outside, yet TOY arrive onstage all long-haired, apathetic to the cold and ironically, cool as fuck. TOY are another resurrection, with three members originally from Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong. You would never have guessed this however, as TOY’s sound is fuzzier, less poppy yet far more irresistible. Their whole set boasts a Talking Heads nostalgia that makes me want to attend an 80s prom, get rejected, then come home and cry so I can listen to this band to make myself feel better. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong achieved some level of notoriety, but disbanded in 2009. A subtle reshuffle and a deeper, meaningful sound could be exactly what they needed to achieve full-blown success.

Toy

You can download Toy’s new single Left Myself Behind and Clock Chime for free.

Free stuff! Smith & Burrows

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:49:03 +0000

This Ain’t New Jersey, a free download from Smith & Burrows, taken from their new album Funny Looking Angels which is out now. Referring to themselves as though they are in primary school in short trousers, Smith & Burrows are Tom Smith (Editors) and Andy Burrows (I Am Arrows/ ex-Razorlight). It’s taken from their new album ‘Funny Looking Angels’ which is out now.
Smith & Burrows – This Ain’t New Jersey by PIAS Entertainment
The album, which has something of a Christmas theme, is available to listen to on soundcloud.

Smith & Burrows ‘Funny Looking Angels’ album by PIAS Entertainment