Afternoon all, when it comes to Amy Winehouse, Miss Mills obviously has something to say, so when this rant occurred i thought i’d capture the moment. I am a fan, but fair play to Gill, its a good rant…
we repay them with indifference…
…now that’s a Fair Trade!
boom boom!
I had the fortune to chat to the gentle gents from Post War Years the other day. What a treat - lovely lads with lovely straightforward, honest to goodness english names (by english I mean spongy war time grey britain where fun had to be made, not bought. And boys wore their trousers short and had japes, not happy slappings.) Yes, Simon, Henry, Tom and Fred were nothing short of charming, and personnified the old school, war time good manners you just don’t see in nu rave bands. But then that’s probably because nu rave bands are public school boys who are brought up to believe that manners are for staff, whilst Post War Years seem more like the sons of staff. In a good way. Oh god, i’m getting in a mess here…..
Anyway, to quit whilst I’m only slightly submerged, I had a bit of a chat with them, principally to see if they were overweight.(you’ll have to watch the interview to understand that one) They’re not. So go check ‘em out in the next episode of Flyposter.
bah. and indeed humbug. Am I the only one that’s come away from last weekend’s Camden Crawl with a fetid taste in my mouth? and no, it’s not due to a late night binge at the Marathon, but a sneaking suspicion that this event may actually be rather cynical. i know, depressing isn’t it? yet more unscrupulous buggers extracting the urine in order to extract some cash from the music scene.
I’d previously been a bit of a champion for the Crawl, the idea of one of the world’s most famous musical locations opening up its many live venues for a couple of days of untrammelled indie meanderings was immensely appealing, but this year they jumped the shark.
The gigs were oversold, resulting in huge queues, thereby negating the main draw of the Crawl - the idea that one could traipse from venue to venue catching great up and coming bands. Hardly any of the bands were paid, believing mistakenly, that they would get some much needed exposure by playing. Sadly, most of the bands got no coverage, due to the fact that media passes were rarer than an early night for Kate Moss. Most of the people getting involved in the event were asked either to provide their services for free or were offered co branding. The main line sponsors paid a hefty whack, yet none of this cash was reflected in increased venues, payment for the bands or any form of investment in the very scene that’s generating so much money for them. Now maybe I’m being dreadfully old school here but that strikes me as cynical.
I could go on, but for me the most heartbreaking thing was seeing piles of folk who’d travelled down to London for the event, only to spend most of their time queueing in the pouring rain in order to catch a glimpse of a band before heading off to queue for another one. Tickets aren’t cheap, so surely they should at least guarantee that you’ll see some of the bands you came to see? or am i being naive again…? from where I’m stood though, the only people that spent money were the bands and the fans, whilst the only people making it and benefitting were the organisers.
Now don’t get me wrong, I was as staggered as i’m sure you all have been by the Shannon Matthews ‘abduction’ story. As the grim details of the faked abduction and her appalling family’s plot to bleed public sympathy and coffers dry emerged I didn’t think I could feel any more sorry for Shannon and her torment. Until they pictured the photographs of her hideaway in the newspaper today. Not only was the room little more than a hovel, but for her entertainment she had only a keyboard, a glue gun and a BUSTED CD…….
In this Episode of Flyposter Gill and I get our feet in the door of the Electric Ballroom, Camden, to have a ganders at IAMX… Happily we caught them at their sound check, fully booted and madeup. It was quite a performance for a soundcheck!
We did some flyposter blagging and mangaed to get Lead singer and ‘mini-tyrant’ of the band, Chris Corner, to gives us an insight into life as a londoner and artist in Berlin (and i quote…’open, relaxed, dirty, debauched….’) We can only imagine…
Also…Peter Moren tops the show with our exclusive acoustic rendition of Reel to Real, from his new album coming out this week The Last Tycoon…
Enjoy Flyfans, and make sure you stay in touch as Gill and I are going to be getting about at the Camden Crawl this weekend…
Does it offend you yeah?We get the scoop of the DIOYY backstage antics… and hard work ofcourse…. as they take on the US market at the ever popular SXSW Festival in Texas…James, Morgan, Dan and Rob were beating Michael Jackson in the midweek charts last week! We went down to the University of London union for their first gig in the UK after coming back, and caught up with them.Did you ever know they named their band from a quote off The Office?… as they were uploading they’re first single the Office was on TV, they heard the line and it stuck as a band name… eh? we ask ourselves!!!ahh well, we love it and never mind a mouthful when its this good…
A Live Music Special, some gorgeous tracks performed by the, grrrrr, Cobra Dukes… the unstoppable Belgium DasPop… and the beautifully styled and coiffured Nada Surf…Aren’t we good to you!
It’s exclusive and intimate and unmissable… We’re going to be around London next week filming a series of other live gigs that have the Flyposter seal of approval… Watch this space… and in the meantime, watch Flyposter 17…
There’s a lot going on in this episode as Gill and I rushed down to the Astoria to get a few words with The Blood Red Shoes and watch their sound check for the live gig that night, with the Kooks on the NME tour…Meanwhile Michael and Brian seemed to have gained access to the Wondercom comic book festival in SanFrancisco. They have press passes? Maybe they give them ot to lifelong members of the Comic Book Monthly, we can only guess. But believe it or not we have to thank them whole heartedly as Brian gets to show off his guns, with none other than Lou Ferrigno! Yes, THE INCREDIBLE HULK! And guess what, we get a scoop on a new Hulk film! The movies coming out in June this year. Ed Norton, William Hurt, Tim Roth, and Liv Tyler all star along the great man, and when I say great I mean it! Check out this…
Back at the Astoria, we realise that the sound check is being filmed by others… a crew were capturing the set, to use for the new music vid, keep your eyes peeled for yours truly and Miss Mills, as outbursts from front of house could only have helped their performance…This week from the PMN we have yanky picks: some punk rock from Brian with a stonking ‘Supersonic’ by Bad Religion. Michael tones down with ‘Light Speed Champion’ by Galaxy of the Lost and video pick ‘Hologram World’ by Tiny Masters of Today. The Limey goes for ‘I Like You Like A Madman’ by The Wave Pictures, ‘Patty Lee’ by Les Savy Fav and video ‘Death to Los Campesinos’ by Los Campesinos….Michael and, more to the point, Brian, get a little frisky with the comic book nerdettes, and there is a hint of bodily fluids being exchanged. Nice one Brian, always taking one for the team…
Hey Lydia here, wanted to fill in some gaps from episode 15 of Flyposter… Gill was asked to DJ a gig at the Luminaire in Kilburn, so we thought we’d cover the 2 acts and film the show from there… Alas Gill’s dj booth proved too loud to film the links so we had to resort to toilets, stairwells and ticket booths!! not really the glamorous coverage we were hoping for, although it did furnish its own moments of hilarity…
When Gill signed up Cobra Dukes and DasPop to the network she became rather chummy with them, so we managed to get to the dressing rooms to find the bands in more than high spirits! which meant, again, we didn’t really have the opportunity to film links there, but I’ve included a couple of out takes for your enjoyment, sorry Kyle! Hehehe and Gill…
The bands were really awesome, I’ve uploaded Science Fiction from the CobraDukes for the moment… they’re really enigmatic on stage and in person, hilarious, really hope you guys get to see them in person… heres the link to their page www.myspace.com/cobradukes. Check out their upcoming gigs…
Luckily enough DasPop, who I hadn’t heard of before, turned out to be awesome too. They’re from Belgium and sooo full of energy… www.myspace.com/daspop Really, check them out! They even managed a bit of audience participation…without the arena cheese, well maybe a bit of kitsch cheese, but that’s good cheese as far as I’m concerned…still with me?
All in all, it was a great night, and I hope you enjoy the picks and videos this week, as always there’s the ongoing saga of tastes between us brits and the yanks, but hey, we like to keep it eclectic and give you a real taste of whats out there in new music…
Next week we’ll hopefully be bringing you the show from an exclusive gig at HMV, Oxford street… a couple of big names will be just a backdrop to your audio and visual tantalisation… lucky you, Lydia…x (Gill please put your blogging pen to paper, in the meantime i might just keep adding some images i have of you like below!!!!)
