The Weekly Sweep

A Classic Education - Best Regards [Myspace] (This is going to be a 7" single on Bailiwick Records, the label that put out the Gossamer Albatross vinyl last year, and we're fairly sure this is one of the tracks they had Jeremy Warmsley produce for them. Honestly, why don't we change our name to the New Warmsley Express and be done with it? They've also recorded a new semi-cover, which Song, By Toad got to post before us)

The Acorn - Crooked Legs [YouTube]

And So I Watch You From Afar - Set Guitars To Kill [YouTube]

Bat For Lashes - Daniel [Myspace video]

Broken Records - If Eilert Loevborg Wrote A Song It Would Sound Like This [Myspace] (Album version - Until The Earth Begins To Part is out on June 1st)

Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career [Myspace]

Cryptacize - Blue Tears [mp3 from Gorilla vs Bear] (Asthmatic Kitty Records band featuring an ex-Deerhoofer, from an album called Mythomania, out in April and getting some good word of mouth. They blog too, posting their own odd mixes)

Dananananaykroyd - Black Wax [YouTube]

Doves - Kingdom Of Rust [YouTube]

Everything Everything - Photoshop Handsome [YouTube]

Future Of The Left - The Hope That House Built [YouTube]

Grammatics - Shadow Committee [YouTube]

Ice, Sea, Dead People - My Twin Brother's A Brother [Myspace]

Jack Penate - Tonight's Today [Myspace] (Yes, cerrazy legged ex-rockabilly tidy bearded goon/git Jack Penate, the same. Split opinion when we canvassed our Twitterers - split opinion when we canvassed ourselves, to be honest - but it's about time someone started taking full and frank influence advantage from Remain In Light.)

The Maccabees - No Kind Words [YouTube]

Madness – The Liberty Of Norton Folgate [live YouTube]

Mumford And Sons - The Cave [Myspace]

Papercuts - Future Primitive [Myspace]

Sad Day For Puppets - Marble Gods [Myspace]

Wake The President - Miss Tierney [Myspace]

Site discovery of the week is Ivy League Sessions, which is adjacent to Cardiff central Kruger Magazine and has visiting bands round to record three live songs apiece. Inevitably Mr Warmsley's there, as are Messrs Harkin, Adams and Matthews. Then there are more recent passing acquaintances of ours: Mr Mumford and his special friends, Miss Dougall, Mr McGuinness, Mr Jones (er, that's Rob Jones AKA The Voluntary Butler Scheme). Bec & Beth Hot Puppies, Pulled Apart By Horses (touring from April with Rolo Tomassi and Grammatics in a bill high up the not-to-be-missed scale), Threatmantics and Peggy Sue too.

Meanwhile the Ian Stewart, or perhaps Frank Farian, of STN Thommo's Two Of The Beatles Have Died project is coming to fruition. You may remember we mentioned this compilation of people covering, responding to and variously reworking the viral video minor hit when he did a Discourse 2000; news reaches us this week that Brainlove Records have got involved and are releasing it in May to raise money for the British Lung Foundation, with contributions from The Cuban Boys, MJ Hibbett, Alan MX, Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences, Applicants, Tracy Is Hot And The Clap (reformed for the occasion!) and Keith Top Of The Pops And His Minor UK Indie Celebrity Allstar Backing Band (as far as we can make out, the titular, various Art Bruts, key Indelicates plus several quadrillion people who were drunk enough) The whole shebang has a Myspace.

Item three! AWESOME PALS appears to be increasing in size and scope all the time. And, y'know, we're suckers for injokes between bands being played out in public. Look out in the comments boxes for our taking on two of Danana at once, something which we're not overly proud about. Soz. Can we have an album promo now?