In my unending lifetime pursuit of more and new and interesting and just downright good music, here are a few of the welcome hitchikers I have picked up over the last few miles...
Buzzin' About - The Apples
Upbeat, unpretentious, good time funk with a dash of hip hop flavour added for spice. The kind of music where your foot becomes detached from the rest of your body and starts tapping around of it's own accord.
The Cuckoo and The Stolen Heart - The Brute Chorus & Tigs
This is a track from The Brute Chorus' eponymous album and is a proper stomping, gypsy-style soundtrack to a riproaring argument. And everyone loves a good argument, right? That might just be me...
One Year Two Year - Catalpa Catalpa
Beautiful and hypnotic melody interspersed with random noise and sounds that at the same time feel organic. There is a certain depth to Catalpa Catalpa that is lacking in much of the so-called 'chillout' or 'downtempo' genres. I'll never understand why people would want to chillout to boring music...
Set Me Free From This Wicked Game - DJ C
This is another single track but it is a total bundle of mashup joy and highlights the intricate knowledge, skill and tongue-in-cheek of DJ C. If this floats your boat then check out some of his full length DJ mixes. Personally Boots and Boots 2 are my favourites but you can rifle your way through them, all for absolutely no pennies whatsoever. Bargain.
How To Make Ambient Sadcake - The Sandwitches
Stripped back and childlike garage rock and following the line of simple beauty in music that's been drawn by the likes of Billy Childish and Pavement and subsequently traced by Kimya Dawson, Adam Green, Jeffrey Lewis and co. This is an album that instantly strikes me as being made by people who have that lifelong desire to create song and would do so even if there were no-one around to listen to it. A new little favourite of mine...
Tuesday 9 March 2010
London Gin, Bombay Sapphire and some Cake for afters...
Woah. Now that was what I call a weekend.
The Gin Palace went off like some kind of sophisticated, slick rocket on Saturday night with outstanding music and performances from the likes of The Smokey Taps, The Jumblebox Consortium, Miss Leed'em and Count Fettucini, not to mention the sartorial standards maintained by the crowd and the captivating cocktails from the bar.
On Sunday I was then most fortunate to be able to witness the incredible Manganiyar Seduction at the Barbican in an absolutely mindblowing display of musical talent, intricacy and, well, Celebrity Squares.
From poignant beginning to the raising, explosive crescendo this was an experience that makes you forget where you are and anything else that might be happening around you. In it's conception, immediacy and effect, magnificent.
As we now plough headlong into the week, an immediate chance to relive some of this weekend presents itself at Passing Clouds in Dalston as The Smokey Taps return for their Cakewalk Cafe night. One of the tightest swing bands you will hear this side of 1940 aligned with surely one of the best live voices I have ever had the privilege to witness, The Taps will be raising the bar for Wednesday nights.
£5 on the door, £3.50 with appropriate 20s/30s dress.
The Gin Palace went off like some kind of sophisticated, slick rocket on Saturday night with outstanding music and performances from the likes of The Smokey Taps, The Jumblebox Consortium, Miss Leed'em and Count Fettucini, not to mention the sartorial standards maintained by the crowd and the captivating cocktails from the bar.
On Sunday I was then most fortunate to be able to witness the incredible Manganiyar Seduction at the Barbican in an absolutely mindblowing display of musical talent, intricacy and, well, Celebrity Squares.
From poignant beginning to the raising, explosive crescendo this was an experience that makes you forget where you are and anything else that might be happening around you. In it's conception, immediacy and effect, magnificent.
As we now plough headlong into the week, an immediate chance to relive some of this weekend presents itself at Passing Clouds in Dalston as The Smokey Taps return for their Cakewalk Cafe night. One of the tightest swing bands you will hear this side of 1940 aligned with surely one of the best live voices I have ever had the privilege to witness, The Taps will be raising the bar for Wednesday nights.
£5 on the door, £3.50 with appropriate 20s/30s dress.
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