Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Tales Of The Jackalope















If like me you hail from the UK's booty also known as the East Of England you would definately notice that there is a distinct lack of musical festivals. The music scene in Norfolk, well Norwich has got tons better in recent years.

Last Year we had the start of the Latitude festival which is a huge step in the right direction even if the line up is a little bit dull this year, if Arcade Fire weren't playing it would be pretty unexciting.

Ive decided to invest my hard earned money in another new festival, Tales Of The Jackalope at Kimberly Hall near Wymondham. Where? I hear you ask.

Vice magazine have moved the festival down from Derbyshire to sunny Norfolk with a pretty sound line up which promises to grow in the next few weeks. It proves to be the best 24 hours you could possibly have in Norfolk.

Here is the confirmed line up so far....
Dizzie Rascal
THE FALL
2MANYDJS
ESG
CHROMEO
FUCKED UP
UFFIE & FEADZ
FOALS
SHY CHILD
THE RUMBLE STRIPS
GANG GANG DANCE
THESE NEW PURITANS
CHRIS CUNNINGHAM DJ set
LATE OF THE PIER
THE HOURS
DANANANANANYKROYD
LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION
GET SHAKES
ERRORS
DJ MEHDI
AUTOKRATZ
CHOW CHOW
OX.EAGLE.LION.MAN.
THE MORE ASSURED
COMANECHI
STRIKEN CITY
CONNAN & THE MOCKASINS
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE MUSIC
INVASION
TURBO WOLF
THE PHANTOM BAND
ECONOMY WOLF
MATHS CLASS
LE TETSUO
DEAD PIXEL
MAMASHAMONE

I cant wait for Dizzie Rascal, The Fall, ESG and Gang Gang Dance. Im also pretty excited about seeing Chris Cunningham.

Tickets are £35 for a short period so get you're tickets now!

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Flight of The Conchords

Flight of the Conchords - Pilot

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New Zealand comedy folk duo Flight Of The Conchords first TV show for HBO was on this weekend, it has been available on the HBO website for a while now. I had heard some good things about them so I decided to check out the show.

I really enjoyed it actually, the humour is really British, it follows elements of huge British shows, I saw parts of Peep Show, The Mighty Boosh and The Office in there. The best part of the show is easily the songs it pushes the show from being an better than average comedy to something quite special. Uptop is the shows pilot entitled Sally. Enjoy.

Parts and Labour









Mapmaker by Parts and Labour is a fantastic effort, it captures the hardcore intesisity of bands like Oneida and Lightning Bolt and giving it a more dancey edge, album opener Fractured Skies has been cemented in my mp3 player for several weeks. It opens in s pretty grand style but nothing prepares you for the horn section that kicks in towards the end, blimey o' riley.

If you are fan of loud music with an edge then this will certainly take pride of place in your music collection, this is a loud thunderstorm of an album but with enough melody and texture to bring you back for more.



MP3: Fractured Skies

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

A Sunny Day In Glasgow









Scribble Mural Comic Journal is the new album from A Sunny Day In Glasgow,the Montreal is an album which is a fantastic effort. Truely original yet capturing a familar sound almost Moon Safriesque meets Shoegaze but with the originality to keep it high on my playlist this last few weeks.

An album filled with the electronic sounds, dreamy sound scapes and pure pop heaven.


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MP3: The Best Summer Ever

MP3: No 6 Von Karman Street

Sorry about the briefness of this post, I have just started a new job which has left me constantly tired. I will buck up my ideas this week with some super postage. Got plently of great new music to unleash on you guys!

Saturday, June 02, 2007

Dan Deacon, Spiderman of the Rings









Not that I am one for brandishing the tag Nu-Rave on bands, its a bit lazy and its also a horrible name for a genre but if any artist that I have heard recently is truely what Nu-rave should be it is Dan Deacon. His debut solo album Spiderman of the rings is a fusion of happy hardcore, Gabba, Rock, and Electro pushed to epic proportions.

Deacon is a breath fresh air in a sadly tiring musical sub-genre where a band just seem to throw in a keyboard with a few bleeps and can throw themselves into an already overcrowed scene. This was perfectly displayed at my visit to Bristol's Dot To Dot Festival last week, every band were throwing beats and synth into their music where they didnt really need to. Anything to help you get a record deal I guess.

Spiderman of the Rings is an amazing album, it took me several listens to really get to grips with it as it is so original but when it clicks it is an amazing musical experience.

MP3: The Crystal Cat

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