JEN LONG
I'm Jen. I present a show on BBC Radio 1, promote shows, DJ, run the
Kissability label. You can also find my articles in NME, The Line Of Best Fit,
Artrocker, Rockfeedback, and the BBC Reviews website. You can find lots
of stuff what I do on here. Thanks for
visiting!
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Upcoming DJ sets... May 28th - Buffalo, Cardiff May 31st - Comfortable Shoes, Star of Bethnal Green June 1st - The Edge, Luton June 2nd - Shacklewell Arms Stage, Field Day June 4th - Festifeel, Queen of Hoxton June 6th - Simply Rad, Queen of Hoxton June 23rd - Saturday Night Fish Fry, Birthdays June 30th - Dammit, Old Blue Last July 4th - Simply Rad, Queen of Hoxton July 14th - Lake Stage, Latitude Festival August 18th - Glass Gutter Beach, North Wales19 hours ago
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Did a Noisey Talks.19 hours ago
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Upcoming DJ sets... May 28th - Buffalo, Cardiff May 31st - Comfortable Shoes, Star of Bethnal Green June 1st - The Edge, Luton June 2nd - Shacklewell Arms Stage, Field Day June 6th - Simply Rad, Queen of Hoxton June 23rd - Saturday Night Fish Fry, Birthdays June 30th - Dammit, Old Blue Last July 4th - Simply Rad, Queen of Hoxton July 14th - Lake Stage, Latitude Festival August 18th - Glass Gutter Beach, North Wales19 hours ago
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It's my stage at Great Escape tonight. All the bands are amazing and the venue is sick. First band, Among Brothers, on at 19.15 x19 hours ago
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London! Come to this tonight... Born Gold (formerly Gobble Gobble) plus Kurhye-oo who is sometimes in Grimes' backing band. Purtiy Ring used to back Born Gold too. Indie as.19 hours ago
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Tonight in Cardiff! Come down. They will steal your heart. Such a beautiful band <319 hours ago
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BADASS! Next on is next Monday (7th) with Savoir Adore!19 hours ago
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http://the1234shoreditch.com/ I've got a stage at this year's 1234. Should be SICK.19 hours ago
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Playing grunge here tonight after my radio show.19 hours ago
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If you live in London, come hang out and watch some bands tonight yo!19 hours ago
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On @BBCR1 at midnight with loads of music. What's made your week awesome???
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Loving this Bandslam movie on telly right now bigging up @forgetcape. How have I not seen this before...6 hours ago from web | Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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Just saw @vegucated by @marisamillerw at Chapter Cardiff. Brilliant and brutal. Never want to drink milk again :(
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@itsVela hahahahahahahaha34 hours ago from web | Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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Parakeet http://t.co/9xqMxKZx
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@shrinkwrapped i started at white city last week with red bee. we can 'do lunch' (jokes)35 hours ago from web | Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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Stuck some upcoming DJ sets on my FB page. Check them out... http://t.co/FCysCXGu36 hours ago from web | Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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@shrinkwrapped you work for bbc? Are you based in white city?
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So @allymccrae is right. United Fruit are RAD. http://t.co/ZU8GLj0Z
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We're two cans in @undertonecdf and it's 30mins til doors. Pretty sure tonight is gonna get funnnnnn...
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Classic Simply Rad dinner with @brrecords http://t.co/c30M02tR
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@JammyKemp next time!
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@icepeople yes
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@producertash me tooo! Xx
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On a train to Cardiff. Simply Rad tonight @undertonecdf with Ice, Sea, Dead People and United Fruit. Who's in??
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May 28th - Buffalo, Cardiff
May 31st - Comfortable Shoes, Star of Bethnal Green
June 1st - The Edge, Luton
June 2nd - Shacklewell Arms Stage, Field Day
June 4th - Festifeel, Queen of Hoxton
June 6th - Simply Rad, Queen of Hoxton
June 23rd - Saturday Night Fish Fry, Birthdays
June 30th - Dammit, Old Blue Last
July 4th - Simply Rad, Queen of Hoxton
July 14th - Lake Stage, Latitude Festival
August 18th - Glass Gutter Beach, North Wales
See you in the pit. Jokes.
Having this is making me smile, a lot. So happy for you @brightlightx2 (Taken with instagram)
At the @dzdeathrays show and this shirt is stood in front of me. Hell. Yeah. (Taken with instagram)
Driving to Brighton for #greatescape with @born_gold. Go see them today! (Taken with instagram)
Some rad vibes happening to @richaucoin right now. Go see him at Great Escape!! (Taken with instagram)
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clubkissability: Here’s our next release from the very brilliant Deaf Club. It will be available on limited edition gold cassette and will include the band’s debut Lull EP. There will also be a live recording of the band’s set from the launch party made available after release date via download. Pre-order. Launch show.2 plays
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yeahdudemetal: joycemanor: Ceremony - Living Hell Here’s to fucked up youth. Here’s to burning lies. Here’s to each fucking day that just passed me by. Best song.1692 plays
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gobblegbl: GBL GBL RMX CABARET #8 - Cloud NothingsORIGINAL SONG:Cloud Nothings - Morgan(courtesy of Group Tightener) REMIX NOTES:I’m going to try to be briefer with these; the other posts look like Borges’ library or something. Cloud Nothings is Dylan Baldi’s bedroom blown-out jangly guitar pop project. What sets him apart from the ever-expanding lo-fi pack are two very-important things: 1) he has an incredible knack for hooks and pop structure; 2) unlike so many others out there who are good with garageband, his live show absolutely destroys. The image above (credit) is from the amazing Shake Some Action showcase at SXSW, which was put on by the righteous collective of Sensitive Homeboyz: Friendship Bracelet, Weekly Tape Deck, Transparent Blog, Indie-Verse Radio, Yours Truly + Underwater Peoples. A source of endless yesjams, hangs, and weirdly delicious ethiopian wraps, SSA’s intensity cranked up even further when Cloud Nothings rolled in, ostensibly bringing a massive crowd with them. The drummer (who also shreds it in Wombs) flails with an abandon that needs to be both seen and believed, and the songs are so well written that they just sound even more like big rock anthems with the additional fidelity. The Morgan 7” is now out of print. You can catch Cloud Nothings playing shows in the Northeast of US and Canada throughout May and June. REMIX DOWNLOAD:Cloud Nothings - Morgan (GOBBLE GOBBLE’s Nimbus Shamble) xoc301 plays
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Really like these new tracks from London’s Parakeet, out now on heavyweight vinyl. Fronted by Mariko from Yuck, it’s got a kind of washed out Vivian Girls feel to it. See them live at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on June 6th.
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Check out the new video from Canadian producer Kuhrye-oo, co-directed by and starring Grimes.
I had the pleasure of hanging out with this guy last week, as well as seeing him perform solo and as part of Born Gold’s band. He is an amazing guy and an incredibly talented musician. It was really exciting to be in his company.
He’s got a new EP out now via UNO. This is the highlight with out a doubt. Dropout, glitchy and full of soul.
As well as playing with Born Gold, you might recognise him from playing in Grimes’ backing band at SXSW. He’ll also be out on tour with Cadence Weapon in the UK later this month when he opens up for Japandroids.
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Check out the new video from my boys DZ Deathrays.
New album Bloodstreams gets a release on May 7th. It will be SICK.
Check out this awesome new four way split from Art Is Hard. Featuring four of the best new grunged out guitar bands from around the UK’s DIY scene (GUM, Playlounge, Joanna Gruesome, Keel Her), it’s a record that we’ll surely be looking back on fondly in a few years time. It’s difficult to pick a favourite band from this release, but check out the video from GUM below…
Check out the new video from London’s Fanzine. It’s a weird trip and worth watching until the end. The track itself, a gorgeous summer breeze of bright guitars and relaxed harmonies that couldn’t be any further from the weather we’re currently enjoying.
The single gets a release next Monday through the exciting Best Fit imprint, the new label from our brothers over at TLOBF. It comes with a beautiful hand-drawn guitar tab so you can play along too.
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Really like these guys – an Australian duo now living in London. I first heard them last week on Jon Hillcock’s excellent New Noise podcast. He found them through Cardiff alumni Jake May’s Basement Fever blog. It’d almost be rude not to stick them up here.
Reminds me of some of the sick sounds I OH YOU deliver from the other side of the world; Bleeding Knees Club and even a little of that DZ Deathrays punk spirit, but there’s also a good load of early 90s Pixies charm and current lo-fi cool.
Either way, this is a tune.
I’m completely in love with Derby’s Crash of Rhinos. Last year’s Distal is a kick in the gut of post-hardcore guitars and swelling lyrics, and now it’s getting a re-release courtesy of the ever brilliant Big Scary Monsters.
Big Sea has to be one of my most over-played tracks of the last few weeks. Grab it on bandcamp or pre-order the limited edition cassette over at BSM.
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I was tipped off on these guys last week and just can’t stop listening. They’re from Liverpool, but sound like something from the West Coast, USA via Matador’s back-catalogue circa 1994. Thick and vibrant guitars, bleakly sharp lyrics, and a silky gravel voice. It’s like someone made a band just for my own sulking ears.
New 4 piece from Manchester. Just sold out of their first tape release. There’s not much info about after that but I really like this. Dark and interesting, I’m looking forward to seeing how they pull it off live.
Another year of SXSW is over. I’m back at home with massive amounts of frustration at having missed about ninety per cent of what I wanted to see, but also pretty stoked with some of the bands I did manage to catch. Here’s some of my picks…
There was so much awesome music from Montreal this year. I really dug the Tops set I saw. It was like post-punk disco from the 80s; super pop but with attitude. You could totally imagine them being off a soundtrack to some John Hughes film.
Three sisters from LA, they were one of the buzzes of the festival and deservedly so. Even though this song is pretty glossy and for some reason makes me think of Natalie Imbruglia’s Wrong Impression, live they were pretty brutal, sounded a bit like Fleetwood Mac, and did a drum breakdown to close their set that almost left my hangover winning.
These guys are a quintet from Costa Rica. Kind of reminded me of Warpaint, but very early days. The sound at their showcase kind of sucked, as did a few venues at SXSW this year, but they won me over and I’ve been listening to them a lot since I got back.
These were great – big wall of sound guitars and unassuming, delicate vocals over the top.
I like them because they remind me of The Joy Formidable.
That’s just a few to start. I’ll have more stuff on my radio show on Sunday night too.
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The Guardian picked Deaf Club off our stage as one of their highlights from The Great Escape! Thanks guyysssshhhhh.19 hours ago
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It's our stage at The Great Escape tonight! Come and have a beer!19 hours ago
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Hey hey! It's Fever Fever day! Grab on itunes n all! http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-chair-single/id52360871619 hours ago
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Our Fever Fever cassette has now sold out on pre-orders! Going in on a second pressing in a different colour. Collect em all?!19 hours ago
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Pre-order for our new Fever Fever cassette! WOOP!19 hours ago
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Tune into Fearne Cotton BBC Radio 1 today to hear her spin Kissability kids, Cut Ribbons' new track. Woop!19 hours ago
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The Samoans live bootleg set is now live on our site. So if you bought a cassette - scan that QR code and get downloading!19 hours ago
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NEW RELEASE!!!19 hours ago
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Make sure you grab a copy of the Samoans tape. They are things of beauty - the tapes and the band.19 hours ago
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Change of venue for our Great Escape stage. We will be at Green Door Store on May 10th. It will be awesome.19 hours ago
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Our boys DZ Deathrays in Rolling Stone. Oh shit yeah.19 hours ago
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Up on the iTunes now… http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-chair-single/id523608716
NEW ON KISSABILITY!
Check out our next release! The brilliant Fever Fever - The Chair.
Click through to have a listen!
Change of venue for our Great Escape show!
Still the same awesome line up though.
Excited to announce our next release! Cardiff’s Samoans. Click through to hear the track - it’s huge!
Here’s our next release from the very brilliant Deaf Club.
It will be available on limited edition gold cassette and will include the band’s debut Lull EP. There will also be a live recording of the band’s set from the launch party made available after release date via download.
Our next release, Deaf Club, are Band Of The Day over on the Guardian website.
Click through to check it out.
NEW SINGLE!
New Show!
Deaf Club Kissability Single Launch.
5th March in Cardiff.
click through for event.
Cut Ribbons remix EP is up on soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/clubkissability/sets/cut-ribbons-remixed/
Or buy the cassette and get it as a free download http://clubkissability.bigcartel.com/
New video from Cut Ribbons.
Grab the single from http://clubkissability.bigcartel.com/
Yeah! The lovely Huw Stephens had DZ Deathrays in session last night! Click through to listen again!
This is the next single from Kissability, out December 26th.
Catch the band on tour…
Nov 27 - The Windmill, Brixton
Nov 28 - Arts Centre, Norwich
Nov 29 - The Queens Head, Islington
Nov 30 - Oporto, Leeds
Dec 2 - The Captain’s Rest, Glasgow
Dec 4 - Undertone, Cardiff
Dec 20 - Buffalo Bar, Cardiff
The live set we recorded at DZ’s last UK show is now up for download using your QR code. And if you didn’t get a cassette on tour you can still grab one here! (click through image)
Supports announced for the Halloween DZ show! Ice Sea Dead People and Crushed Beaks! Plus Artrocker DJs.
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DZ in Brighton. Get tix for their London Halloween show here http://www.rockfeedback.com/gig/336/dz-deathrays-club-kissability-launch/
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Here’s our next release from the very brilliant Deaf Club. It will be available on limited edition gold cassette and will include the band’s debut Lull EP. There will also be a live recording of the band’s set from the launch party made available after release date via download. Pre-order. Launch show.2 plays
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This is the next single from Kissability, out December 26th. Catch the band on tour… Nov 27 - The Windmill, Brixton Nov 28 - Arts Centre, Norwich Nov 29 - The Queens Head, Islington Nov 30 - Oporto, Leeds Dec 2 - The Captain’s Rest, Glasgow Dec 4 - Undertone, Cardiff Dec 20 - Buffalo Bar, Cardiff824 plays
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Oh shit! This is tomorrow!!!
Click through to check out the new Samoans track, out now on Kissability!!!
This is our next show. Can you guess who the headliners are..?
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Big thanks to everyone who came down to Undertone, Cardiff last night for our Deaf Club Kissability launch, and to all the bands for playing. Tomorrow we are in London with Deaf Club, Drawings, and Dry The River. Come ruin your Thursday morning :)
Hey!
Just an update on what we’ve been up to! LOADS of shows booked including our first trips to London! YEAH!
Come say hi.
flux=rad present Deaf Club Kissability Single Launch / 5th March / Undertone, Cardiff / £3
Simply Rad present Dry The River album launch / 7th March / Queen of Hoxton / £3
flux=rad and Beach Creep present Cut Ribbons + Olympians + La La Vasquez / March 9th / Shacklewell Arms, London / £3
flux=rad present Secret Headliner + The History Of Apple Pie / 27th March / Queen Of Hoxton / £5
Simply Rad present Dolfinz + Slowcoaches / 30th March / Undertone, Cardiff / £3
Simply Rad present Samoans, Among Brothers, Holland and Hold Your Horse Is / April 4th / Queen Of Hoxton, London
flux=rad and Werewolf Promotions present Fever Fever / April 6th / Shacklewell Arms, London / £4 adv
flux=rad and SWN present Dry The River / 18th April / Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff / £8 adv.
flux=rad present Born Gold / 9th May / Shackewell Arms, London
Undertone! March 5th!
Our next release, Deaf Club, are Band Of The Day over on the Guardian website.
Click through to check it out.
New Show!
Deaf Club Kissability Single Launch.
5th March in Cardiff.
click through for event.
New show!
Click through for event.
And don’t forget… Dananananaykroyd tomorrow!
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Waynes Girls meet Del Preston !!19 hours ago
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We're doing WAYNE STOCK September 24th at The Prince Charles Cinema come come come !19 hours ago
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Garth / Mar talks about Waynes Girls at 49:50 and her favourite metal book in this... http://www.amazingtunes.com/users/amazingrewind/tunes/7154319 hours ago
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Schwing Along at The Prince Charles Cinema last night RULED!! Thanks to everyone that came. GAME ON !!!19 hours ago
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Last Saturday hosting the Waynes World Scwing-Along at the Prince Charles Cinema19 hours ago
