Miles Kane - Concrete for Q

 

Just got home from seeing Miles Kane play at Concrete for Q. The gig was recorded for their radio show and will be broadcast soon.

The performance was even better than I expected. Full of energy and a reminder of how good Brit-Indie-Pop-Rock can be. A throw back to the 90's, but in the best of ways. It felt like a set from Oasis in their hayday with Kane's modern twist on it. Fantastic guitar riffs and loud echoey vocals carried the songs up and out of the tiny venue. The intimate crowd really enjoyed the show and joined in on several catchy chorus's.

I will be seeing Miles Kane again and his album 'Colour Of The Trap' will be getting another spin tomorrow.

Speciail thanks to Peter from Sourmash for taking me along to the show.

Communion - Bushstock Festival Schedule Announced

Who I want to see

St. Stephens Church
2pm - Daughter
5:15 - The Staves
6:15 - Marques Toliver
*7:15 - King Charles*

Shepherds Bar
*6:45 - Tom Williams And The Boat*
7:45 - Lucy Rose
9:00 - Treetop Flyers

Ginglik
10:00 - Peggy Sue

The Goldhawk
11:30 - Foy Vance

With tickets at only £27.50 + booking, Communion have delivered real value here. So many great acts!

Daughter at Strongroom

I came across the soothing music of Daughter when listening to Huw Stephens on Radio 1 last Wednesday. I was delighted to hear that she would be playing The Great Escape Festival, and further still when I found out she was playing the same night as Twin Brother at Latest Music Bar!

Daughter as an act materialised in November last year when Elena Tonra cut off all of her hair and decided to put up four new songs under this name on a new page. She grew up on a music diet of her parents vinyl collection and her older brothers rock CD's. It would seem that having discovered acoustic music she started to piece together her early songs.


Last night I went to a stipped back set at Strongroom where Elena treated us to a thirty minute with her guitarist Igor Haefeli. The performance the pair gave was compelling. Deep lyrics delivered very modestly, Elena lets her voice take the forefront and builds around it with delicately composed instrumentation. The second song on the EP called 'The Woods' is a perfect example of this.


Having spoken with Elena after the show it is clear that when performing she becomes the songs and very much embodies the feeling behind them for the time that she is playing them. I purchased her four track self released EP which is called 'His Young Heart'. This is available to download but if like myself you prefer a physical copy, there are a limited amount that are being sold at shows.

Find her performing here:
June
4th - Bushstock Festival
8th - Proud Camden
16th - The Lexington
21st - The Social
July
8th - Lounge On The Farm Festival

Daughter - Landfill (taken from the 'His Young Heart' EP) by ohDaughter

The Great Escape Wednesday Night - Rizzle Kicks

The Great Esacape Festival kicked off on the Wednesday night with a pre-escape party. I caught The Mirrors set, which looked and felt very 80's. I really enjoyed it at first but found myself getting a bit lost during the set. Their single 'Into The Heart' was a particular highlight and you can download it now

On before them were Brighton lads Rizzle Kicks who I hear "absolutely smashed it!" with a new band setup. Shame I only got there for the end. They played again the next day at the wristband exchange (Jubilee Square), which thankfully I made it out to and thoroughly enjoyed! A very energetic performance from two very nice lads! I wonder if this had anything to do with the relentless energy drink that was beng handed around, as they were on the Relentless stage.
The boys left Brighton to embark on a long journey north to Carlisle to perform on the Introducing Stage at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend. From watching the videos I can only assume that they have re-named the place Carlizzle! Trust me you will all be getting down with the trumpets soon, but until then enjoy this footage of them at the festival where they were gifted a nice pink bra on stage!

Bon Iver Tour Announced

After a long wait since the 'Blood Bank' EP was released in 2009 and before that 'For Emma, Forever Ago' in 2007, Bon Iver have announced there will be a new album self titled 'Bon Iver' released through Jagjaguwar on June 21st. To follow its release there will be a U.S. tour throughout July and August.


We can only hope that a European tour will shortly follow.

Dates
July
22-23 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
24 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
25 Indianapolis, IN - The Murat Theatre
27 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
28 Atlanta, GA - Cobb Energy Performing Arts
29 Raleigh, NC - Raleigh Amphitheater
30 Richmond, VA - The National
August
01-02 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
03 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
05 Boston, MA - House of Blues
06 Holyoke, MA - Mountain Park
08 Toronto, Ontario - The Sound Academy
09 New York, NY - The United Palace Theatre
10 Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park Bandshell

Here is the beautiful cover art by Minnesota artist Gregory Euclide and track listings

A.
Perth
Minnesota, WI
Holocene
Towers
Michicant

B.
Hinnom, TX
Wash.
Calgary
Lisbon, OH
Beth/Rest

The Abbey Tavern - Open Mic

I Went to an open Mic night at The Abbey Tavern in Kentish Town last night.
It was the usual some good, some bad, up until a few standout performances by some very talented artists indeed! Bella Spinks, Lucy Rose, Kerry Leatham from Peter & Kerry and Ryan Keen all stood out.

What particularly stood out for me was Ryan's style of guitar playing and I was drawn in by the song 'Thank You'. He told us that it was written for his Grandma. She passed away and left him some money that he used to buy his guitar which allows him to make the most of his percussive style of play. See the video below.

You can buy Ryan's first EP entitled 'Aiming For The Sun'. He's currently working on a second EP. You can see him live on May 9th at 93 Feet East and I was delighted to hear that he'll be playing at the same festival as Twin Brother this year at REDFEST.

Lucy Rose also has her first single coming out and the launch night is on July 5th at Cargo. Here's the facebook event and you can buy tickets here.


What made everybody's night was the man on last with the cello which had two speakers in the back! We found out once he'd started that this played a backing track, to which he plucked away at his cello like a double bass. Unfortunately the man was not a singer, but played his costomized nstrument very competently. I think he was the most amusing of the evening!

Boss Angeles - Beach Slalom DOWNLOAD

Absolutely loving this track! Heard it on 6music BBC Introducing with Tom Robinson via Ollie Russian's blog tip.

They are from Boscombe, which is where they get their name. Apparently Boss Angeles is what the locals call it there. I've found out little about the band, but I'll be keeping an eye out for more tunes like this and so should you.

Here's the track and if you like it, you can download it for free!