Paolo Nutini

Paolo Nutini plays the Paradise on February 3rd and the Paradise webpage lets us know the tickets will be on sale soon. When I first saw Paolo Nutini at the Scottish Arts Music showcase at SXSW 2006 it seemed very low key and he didnt have a track on the CD they gave away as if he was a late addition and I don't think it was advertised who he was and that he was playing. I was struck by the music and took the time to find out who he was (thanks to Vic Galloway). Times have changed, his debut CD, These Streets, was released in the UK and went platinum. He now is regarded as a big deal. Whether he will sell out the 650 capacity Paradise will remain to be seen and I am surprised that he isnt starting smaller. I will certainly be there and so should you.
Paolo's webpage. Paolo's myspace.
Oh and if you are reading this around christmas take yourself over to The Wombats myspace page where they have a christmas song free to download. Scissors for Lefty also have one here here

Whiskas Review of FR playing Boston

Stolen From FR's site so I can easily reference it.


BOSTON, MA

So!

The start of our US tour proper, and hopefully we can keep this more upto date!
So all refreshed after a week off, we were up early and on our to Manchester airport on a Sunday morning.

Manchester Airport seems to have adopted a policy of being the most unhelpful airport in the world, and we had numerous problems getting our gear on the plane. Ahh well, we did arrive with enough time to have breakfast at the airport, which I think is a world place.

A few more security checks and we got on the plane, which was alright. Continental Airlines this time - nothing special.

Arrived at Newark Airport about 2.30pm local time after a 8 hour flight, and despite people being lovely it took us about an hour to get through immigration to meet our new tour manager Kelly. Kelly seems really organised and we were to spend our first night in the US in the Hilton! Check us the fuck out

We have loads of press to do on this tour, including an 11pm phone interview the night we arrived (4am UK time) and a 9.30am radio interview the next day. Not condusive at all. But anyway, before we had our night's sleep it's worth mentioning that we went out for food. All the boys had ribs, me and Dan Kiener had Strawberry Daquari's. Both these things will probably figure prominantly over the coming weeks. Had a quick drink in the bar trying to figure out American Football too - my team is the Buffalo Bills I think. I may change. Dan is supporting the Seahawks I think.

Anyway, first full day we do a cool radio interview early, hooking up with Elena from Mute Records. Actually I expand, cos this radio station isn't a normal radio station. They played my request of Frequency Ass Bandit by Botch while we were there (at 10am) - aparently it's kinda Pirate radio, but not really. Messugah is a favourite on the breakfast show too. Wierd.

Snowden have pulled out of the first gig - bless 'em they only played in the UK a couple of days ago, I don't blame them. They will join us tomorrow in New York. Their mystery replacements only ends up being Read Yellow though, fresh from finishing their 2nd album. They played The Vine you know back in the day.

So that was cool and they were awesome.





We missed the beggining unfortunately cos we were eating somewhere that had 105 beers on tap. No Tyskie though. Or Kingfisher. Me and Kiener had Daquari's. Possible error before a show, more likely completely awesome.





The show was cool, we seem to have some very enthusiastic fans in Boston, which was warming on our first show back. US electricity and the majority of our gear had a massive falling out as usual and we spent a couple of periods trying to fix stuff that had gone wrong, as well as problems with Tom's mikes (ripping the lead unplugged and then not knowing where to plug it in again) and my guitar (the screw falling out of my strap, so I need to glue it back together tonight)

We played:

Thirteen
Fifteen Part II
Twelve
Seventeen
Eighteen
Sixteen
Fifteen Part I
Seven
Nine
Eleven

A nice night! Just getting to Manhatten now, hopefully we can keep this updated better than over the last few weeks

Stupid radio DJs

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! I am so mad. When Little Man Tate came to Boston I tried so hard to get them some attention and was mostly ignored by the local DJS. Now British Accent's David Virr has decided it is time to play them - Moron! Too little too late may you rot in hell.

British Accents Year end Poll

My responses
TOP 10 ALBUMS
-any album released in the US or the UK in 2006 is eligible. So technically, you could vote for some of the same albums that you voted for last year. Please rank them as #'s 1-10, as your #1 will be ranked higher than your #10.
Larrakin Love The Freedom Spark
The Holloways So This is Great Britain
The rifles No love Lost
Stoney The Scene and The Unseen
Battle Return to Earth
The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
DPT - Waterloo To Anywhere
milburn - well well well
Forward russia - give me a wall
the young knives voices of animals and men
TOP 10 SONGS
-to qualify, the song must be from an album released in the US or the UK in 2006, or released as a single in either country in 2006. This means that a song from an older album could be eligible if it was given a single release this year. Like the albums category, your picks will be weighted from 1-10, so please number them.
The Rifles she's got standards
Little Man Tate Man I hate your band
Battle Tendency
Jarvis Running The World

WORST 5 ALBUMS
-do what you wish with this category. pick 5 albums from acts you hate, or you could pick 5 disappointing albums from artists you otherwise enjoy.
The Fratellis
The Killers
The Ordinary Boys
My Chemical Romance
The Automatic

WORST 5 SONGS
-these can be either those grating, annoying songs that you heard on the radio a few times, or simply a weak or disappointing song from an artist you ordinarily love.
snow patrol
my chemical romance
bravery
(add any of their new stuff)

BEST COMPILATION (various artists)
-soundtracks, label comps, tribute albums, box sets... any collection that contains various artists
who cares

"BEST BEST OF" (single artist)
-best of CD's, live albums, b-sides collections, remix albums, box sets... any collection featuring a single artist that's not a new studio album or a reissue.
who cares
BEST REISSUE
-any re-mastered, re-released, or re-packaged CD.
who cares

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
-what artist had a career year in 2006?
Arctic Monkeys (blah)


BEST NEW ARTIST
-who stands out among 2006's newcomers?
Pigeon detectives

PERSONAL FAVORITE ARTIST
-who are your current personal favorites, among bands still active and solo artists still alive? they don't have to have been active in 2006, as long as they're a favorite of yours.
The Cribs

BEST LIVE SHOW
-name up to 3 concerts or festivals that blew you away this year. Shows can be from anywhere, not just in your city.
SXSW
The Cribs Great Scott
Dirty Pretty Things, Scissors For Lefty 8/13/2006 Great Scott


MUSICAL HIGHTLIGHT OF 2006
-what was the most exciting thing to happen musically in 2006 - pretty much anything you can think of counts.

MUSICAL LOWLIGHT OF 2006
-what was the biggest disappointment for you musically? Could be a death, breakup of a band, closing of a club, a bad record, a disappointing tour...anything negative that happened in the musical realm in 2005.
Flaming Lips at SXSW

BEST DVD
-can be the DVD release of a movie or a musical DVD of video clips, live shows, etc.

BEST FILM
-that opened in theaters in 2006

BEST MUSIC PUBLICATION
-any print magazine or newspaper that you go to for music news, reviews, articles, etc.

BEST MUSIC WEBSITE OR BLOG
-where do you go online for news, downloads, reviews, interviews, etc?
NME.com

BEST RECORD STORE
-do I need to explain this one?

BEST CLUB NIGHT
-any night that ran during some part of 2006 in any city is eligible.

BEST RADIO STATION (broadcast)
-what's your favorite terrestrial radio station that you listen to with a radio?
you ARE joking?

BEST RADIO STATION (online)
-what's your favorite radio station that you listen to online? Can be a terrestrial station if you listen to the web stream more often.
6 music

BEST REASON TO LOOK FORWARD TO 2007
-here's where you get to predict who will break out next year.
Battle, little man tate, milburn, pigeon detectives too many to mention
New Cribs CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SXSW 2007

starting to hear about bands who will be at SXSW 2007.
So far- Little Man Tate, The Cinematics, ¡Forward, Russia!, The Young Knives, Foals, Jeremy Warmsley, iLOVETRAINS, The Pigeon Detectives, The Wombats, Battle, Popup and Yes Boss. I am getting so happy about this already! As the comment says so are Metal Hearts (not sure who they are!)
first announcement of official bands
The Stooges
Interpol
Lily Allen
Bloc Party
Devin The Dude
Hoodoo Gurus
Matt & Kim
Ghostland Observatory
The Watson Twins
Stax 50th Anniversary Soul Review
Ozomatli
Turbonegro
Cold War Kids