you don't know what cha don't know: i don't know how clocks work but stick this on your radio

Clockwork Radio's new EP was just released. These Mancunian boys- along with a foreign Middle Eastern addition- showcased their prog rock sound at the Hungry Pigeon Festival back in May. Youthful exuberance melded with shoe-gazey tactics rendered the crowd helpless to the pull of their synchronous sway. As a testament to the group's diversity, the band effortlessly brought out the big guns and set the crowd alight with tunes like Foxtrot Bravado and Zeppy.

Whether you're into orchestral emo rock or not, lend an ear and take a gander at their recently released EP and page. This summer the guys are trekking it across the channel to a little place I like to call Germany for the Taubertal Festival with headliners the Prodigy. Then it is on to Egypt for a tour before bouncing back to good ol' Manc in the fall.

.Clockwork Radio myspace page.

The broski and I recently bypassed Berlin for a much too short period of time. The city is 9.5 times the size of Paris so clearly two trips to the kapital are not nearly sufficient. I might just have to move there and become a permanent sight-seer. Anyway, we were lucky enough to catch the first leg of Elephant Stone's European tour. Highlights included lead singer/sitar player Rishi Dihr expounding the oddities of having a German teach an ethnic Indian sitar, watching motionless east Berliners gradually grow a grin from ear to ear with each build-up, plus, of course, the display of ingenuity from the band itself. Did I mention they were Canadian? Quelle Coincidence(s).

.Elephant Stone.