SXSW 2010

and it starts

* And So I Watch You From Afar (Belfast,N Ireland)
* Broken Records (Edinburgh,Scotland)
* Chew Lips (London,England)
* Chris T-T (Brighton,England)
* Everything Everything (Manchester,Wales)
* Fanfarlo (London,England)
* Frightened Rabbit (Selkirk,Scotland)
* Good Shoes (London,England)
* Hey Colossus (London,England)
* Jackie Oates (Exeter,England)
* Marques Toliver (London,England)
* Middle Finger Salute (Blackburn,England)
* One Night Only (Helmsley,England)
* Pivot (,England)
* Rogues (London,England)
* Scanners (London,England)
* Serious Sam Barrett (Leeds,England)
* Shit And Shine (London,England)
* The Boxer Rebellion (London,England)
* The Jim Jones Revue (London,England)
* The Law (Dundee,Scotland)
* The View (Dundee,Scotland)
* The Wave Pictures (London,England)
* Todd (London,England)
* Tommy Reilly (Glasgow,Scotland)
* Trembling Bells (Glasgow,Scotland)
* Twin Atlantic (Glasgow,Scotland)
* VV BROWN (London,England)
* Wave Machines (Liverpool,England)
* Wolf Gang (London,England)

I am also expecting The XX and Miike Snow there as they are touring SO close to March.
Really excited about good Shoes and need to start listening to new bands. Oh and I kind of like the Law too and Fanfarlo are excellent.

Wild Beasts

Wild Beasts, who are an amazing band from Kendall, England (UK).
They have produced two excellent albums Limbo, Panto and Two Dancers which is one of my favourite albums of 2009. It may take a while to get acclimatised as the lead singer Hayden Thorpe sings in a falsetto though certainly belies any imagined imagery of feminine.
The good new (rather excellent) is taht Fenway Recordings are bringing them to Great Scott on Feb 24th. Be there or be very silly!

2009 review time upcoming

Not much time so I wanted to just brain dump some of teh lbums which have made me happy this Year
The Twilight sad Forget the night ahead
Grammatics S/T
Bombay bicycle Club
Wild Beast Two Dancers
Pull Tiger tail PAWS
The Xcerts In The Cold Wind We Smile
The XX S/T
The Big Pink A Brief History Of Love
White Lies To Lose My Life
Micachu Jewellery
Brakes Touchdown
Fight Like apes Fight Like Apes And The Mystery Of The Golden Medallion
Hatcham social you dig the tunnel
Jofo grace & the bigger picture

first draft

Division Day O'Briens Sept 18th

We saw Division Day when we went to see iLIKETRAINS in 2007.Then they impressed us when we did not go to see them inducing us to buy Beartrap Island.
so when they came back we went to see them. The music comes alive nad tehy play their hearts out, yes its an american band I respect, maybe not love but definitely respect. I would recommend this band to anyone looking to see a talented band play decent songs.

SoCo Polyphonic Spree The Paradise 17th Sept

DJ Lord of Public Enemy opened and made me unexpectedly very happy by playing Grandmaster Flash's Wheels Of Steel a song I haven't heard in many many years. SoCo gave us free drinks and sunglasses which made up for the fact that I really don't like Polyphonic Spree.

One eskimO 16th Sept tt's

Sometimes you go to a gig and you aren't sure what to expect. For One eskimO I feared a quiet sedate performance that in my current state of exhaustion I may not fully appreciate.
And then the truth can set you free, Thi band does not give a quiet sedate performance they enliven the animate and they awe you. Kris's voice takes nuances that you never imagined.
point: this is how illegal file sharing should work, I had never heard of this band, the board I frequent listed this album, I downloaded and was interested. They came to town, I bought tickets without question and after this performance rushed to buy the album and give them my money. without the illegal download I wouldn't have a) bought the ticket b) bought the album. Now was that the wrong thing to do?

Esser The Paradise Sept 14th

Esser, I keep forgetting how young this guy is. His album is full of quirky songs that get under your skin. On stage the guy is a bit of a loose canon enjoying himself despite a minimal audience sending his beer flying a couple of times soaking us. Worth ten of his headliner's DataRock, I enjoyed this and will continue to hold him and his album dear to my heart.