November 2010
7 posts
Old Forest
Last Sunday, I dragged myself over to the Enterprise in Camden to watch a band I’ve had my eye on for a few months now. London 3 piece Old Forest are young, raw and completely unpolished. And when I say raw, I really mean it. These boys - Tom, Matt and Luke - are all only around 16-17 years old. Making us all feel pretty old. They started out in the bedroom playing Blink 182 covers...
Cold in Berlin
A little later than usual, thanks to a heavy weekend mostly spent with the lovely and newly introduced Dance Magic Dance girls and friends. So, onto a band who I stumbled on a few months ago and instantly fell in love with. They are Cold in Berlin. And next Monday their debut album ‘Give Me Walls’ is released, picking up some much deserved coverage with a 5 star review in...
Live Review: LCMDF
Last night I was at Old Blue Last to see the band formerly known at Le Corps Mince de Françoise, now LCMDF. They’re a band I know well, not only as musicians but as individuals too. Almost 2 years ago, I spent some time with them as part of a release I was working on. Back then, in many ways, they were a different band. Originally a 3 piece, including sisters Emma and Mia along with ...
The Neat
And back to the comfort of guitars. This next band are probably one of my big tips for 2011. The Neat are a proper post punk band. Rawness, speed, simplicity, attitude and a sound that is driving forward not backwards. I get excited everytime I stumble on something calling itself post punk, because what that should mean is that they’re taking the ideas of punk forward somewhere, not...
We are Enfant Terrible
After two guitar bands, we’re going a little electronic today. French trio We are Enfant Terrible play electro infused indie rock with some 8-bit Nintendo (yes) bleeps thrown in. Okay, so there is some guitar here too, but then they mix it into their sound in a very different way to my previous 2 guests. Everything sounds very much digitised here, and while I’d usually hate this,...
Civil Civic
Okay, part two. And before I talk a little about Civil Civic, I’d like to tell you why I’m here. I love music, I mean really love it, it’s such a powerful influence in my life. Ever since the day I asked my father to introduce me to some bands and he handed me Sonic Youth’s Dirty and Pixies’ Surfer Rosa. It changed me forever. I use music in my own work, it...
Screaming Females
First up are New Jersey three-piece Screaming Females, who I was lucky enough to catch live at the Luminaire a couple of weeks back. I remember seeing a diminutive fierce looking girl in the cloak room area selling merchandise, little did I know would I see her (Marissa Paternoster) striding on stage as the headline act’s lead guitarist and singer. The visual impact was jarring, and boy...
