Competition: Asobi Seksu Brighton Tickets

The other week I posted about New York shoegazers Asobi Seksu, speaking about their latest album Fluorescence as well as getting a bit excited by their upcoming UK tour.

Kindly, the folks at One Inch Badge Records have got in touch to say they'd be more than happy to to give away two free tickets to their show at Brighton Audio on April 21 to one lucky frequenter of this here blog. That's pretty cool, 'cause my guess is it'll be a really good (and pretty darn noisy) show that will be difficult to forget.

To be in with a chance to win the two tickets, all you need to do is send the correct answer to the following question to basementcompetitions[at]gmail[dot]com with an email headed 'Asobi Seksu' (or something like that).

What was the name of Asobi Seksu's second album? Was it:
a) Citrus
b) Orange
c) Lemon

A winner will be picked at random on April 10. One entry per person. If you're entering, please be sure you can make it to the gig. If you're a bit stuck, Wikipedia might be of use here.

Get yourself even more excited by listening to the brilliant Perfectly Crystal below. Find more info on the gig at the Facebook event page.


Asobi Seksu - Perfectly Crystal

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Asobi Seksu

Shit. A slightly less new, more established band. Don’t tell anyone I'm posting about them.

It’s with pretty good reason that I write about US shoegazers Asobi Seksu, though. Quite simply they’re really good, and so is their new album.

Now on their fifth studio album, Fluorescence puts the New York band back into more familiar plugged in and distorted territory following the entirely acoustic Rewolf. Although certainly fitting in with the shoegaze movement giving the whirring and noisey guitars, there’s also definite indie pop hints with the high-pitched and beautiful vocals from front-woman Yuki Chikudate and songs still holding a catchy, sing-along feel. Both wonderfully put together and brilliantly executed, it’s an album full of plain old good songs.

If you don’t know of Asobi Seksu then you should start. If you do know of Asobi Seksu, then you might be interested to know that they tour the UK soon. Catch them at the following venues in the following cities on the following dates:

London Electric Ballroom, April 15
Manchester Academy 2, April 16
Glasgow Garage, April 17
Birmingham O2 Academy April 18
London XOYO, April 19
Brighton Audio, April 21 [event info]


Asobi Seksu - Trails

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Releases: Best of the Week

What a WEEK! Debut albums from two of the more hyped new bands from over the pond in the last 12 months, and new, much anticipated material from some of the more ‘experienced’ artists.

Week starting February 14:


The Babies - The Babies (Shrimper)

The Babies - Meet Me In The City

Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo (Turnstile)
Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (Rock Action)
Ringo Deathstarr – Colour Trip (Club AC30)
Bright Eyes – The People’s Key (Polydor)
La Sera – La Sera (Hardly Art)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Island)
Sonic Youth - Simon Werner a Disparu [Soundtrack]
The Lovely Eggs – Cob Domino (Cherryade)
A Hawk And A Hacksaw – Cervantine (LM Duplication)
Asobi Seksu – Fluorescence (Polyvinyl)
Various Artists - Rought Trade Counter Culture 10 (Rough Trade)