Can't let January slip away without getting the thread going. Props to Satchmo for making it out to a show in the first week of January.
Last night I went to see Duds at The Lexington. They're a weird mixture of early ACR and Bogshed. The matching dun coloured uniforms, brass and percussion and general punk/funk feel is very ACR. But all their songs are about 90 seconds long and, without enough time for grooves to really develop, the jerkiness in the sound becomes dominant, which is what put me in mind of Bogshed.
Support was from The Rebel, a solo performer singing about mental illness, bereavement and the artistic process over guitar and rudimentary electronics. Quite unsettling. I hadn't come across him before but apparently he is quite prolific in this guise and as the leader of the Country Teasers.
The other weekend I went to the Rockaway Beach festival. Highlights were Helen Love, British Sea Power and, unexpectedly, Peter Hook and The Light. Breakout performance of the weekend seemed to be Snapped Ankles, who we missed having nipped off for a drink and a smoke. The hangover lasted for most of the following week.
Coming up in the next couple of months: Colleen Green, Evil Blizzard, The Lovely Eggs, Go-Kart Mozart, ACR and a two night stand from Roman bovver giants Giuda.
Last night I went to see Duds at The Lexington. They're a weird mixture of early ACR and Bogshed. The matching dun coloured uniforms, brass and percussion and general punk/funk feel is very ACR. But all their songs are about 90 seconds long and, without enough time for grooves to really develop, the jerkiness in the sound becomes dominant, which is what put me in mind of Bogshed.
Support was from The Rebel, a solo performer singing about mental illness, bereavement and the artistic process over guitar and rudimentary electronics. Quite unsettling. I hadn't come across him before but apparently he is quite prolific in this guise and as the leader of the Country Teasers.
The other weekend I went to the Rockaway Beach festival. Highlights were Helen Love, British Sea Power and, unexpectedly, Peter Hook and The Light. Breakout performance of the weekend seemed to be Snapped Ankles, who we missed having nipped off for a drink and a smoke. The hangover lasted for most of the following week.
Coming up in the next couple of months: Colleen Green, Evil Blizzard, The Lovely Eggs, Go-Kart Mozart, ACR and a two night stand from Roman bovver giants Giuda.
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