Well, 2011. You were quite the year! So much so that I’ve only been able to recover enough to think about you a full week into 2012. Crazy, huh? New jobs, lots of change, oodles of shenanigans, and yes, lots of good music. So much so, that I undoubtedly missed vast quantities of things that I really should have got to. Ho hum.
So what things did Skye like? Blimey. I just looked at the Excel spreadsheet of this year’s releases (see how cool Skye is!), and there’s a lot of stuff on there. However it’s fair to say that I do actually have a favourite record of 2011, despite my general resistance to ranking things. I know, crazy times, huh, maybe the Mayans are right after all.
Feb 23 Bristol Carling Academy Feb 24 Southampton University Feb 25 Cambridge Junction Feb 28 Stirling Fubar Feb 29 Inverness Ironworks Mar 1 Aberdeen Moshulu Mar 2 Dundee Fat Sams Mar 4 Oxford Carling Academy Mar 5 Leeds Metropolitan University Mar 6 Sheffield Plug Mar 7 Nottingham Trent University
NME reports: *The Go! Team’s rapper and frontwoman Ninja has recorded solo material and has explained to NME that she has plans for a career of her own. The star revealed that she has been recording with super-producer Richard X, who has previously worked with Kelis, between her band duties. “If I write a song, I write it for me,” she explained, when asked if she contributed songwriting to The Go! Team. “I’m a rapper – I’ve got exercise books stuffed with lyrics instead of homework going back to when I was 11. I’ve been recording stuff with Richard X, and I’d love to be a solo artist in the future.”
See below for the band’s just-released video to ‘Doing It Right’, off of The Go! Team’s forthcoming sophomore album, Proof Of Youth. Ridiculously fun or just plain ridiculous?
All dates can be found below. View their upcoming album, Proof Of Youth‘s cover art here. MP3 at bottom of post.
10.13 Chicago, IL – Double Door 10.15 Seattle, WA – Neumos 10.17 Portland, OR – Doug Fir 10.19 San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine 10.20 Pomona, CA – Glass House 10.21 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex 10.25 Boston, MA – Paradise 10.26 Philadelphia, PA – TBA 10.27 NYC – Bowery Ballroom 10.28 Brooklyn, NY – Studio B 10.30 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Below you’ll find the artwork for The Go! Team’s upcoming LP, Proof Of Youth, due out on September 11th. For full track listing check here. As for the cover art, love it or hate it?
Release Date: September 11 Title:Proof Of Youth (via Sub Pop) First Single & Video: ‘Grip Like A Vice’
Track Listing: Grip Like A Vice/Doing It Right/My World/Titanic Vandalism/Fake ID/Universal Speech/Keys To The City/The Wrath Of Marcie/I Never Needed It Now So Much/Flashlight Fight/Patricia’s Moving Picture
