Magical musical tour
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almostwittyA former music writer colleague of mine once told me that the great thing about new music was that it was always there for you, when you were ready.
Given that my last CD purchases of simple pop bands Alphabeat and Scouting For Girls drew sustained moaning from my music-loving neighbour, it's patently high time that I stopped hearing new music via music video channels, and had my musical horizons somewhat expanded. Fortunately, my friend muzikfiend is visiting from the States, with a declared intention to spend a week going to as many music concerts and clubs as possible, so I thought I'd join her.
So first off was Sneaky Sound System at the Koko. I'd heard pretty much nothing about them, so was pleasantly surprised to find a popular energetic electro-pop-dance band from Australia with a couple of catchy songs that I still can't forget.
Next, it was Ladytron at the Shepherds' Bush Empire. I have listened to, and liked a couple of their songs before so I was looking forward to it, but was "super non-impressed", as muzikfiend puts it. It seemed as if they had no passion, no desire to be there - they were just going through the very bored motions, and they didn't play their more popular tunes. However, the crowd around me seemed to love it, so it was probably just me not attuned to their cold ways.
Now, onwards to an impromptu club tour of London
Given that my last CD purchases of simple pop bands Alphabeat and Scouting For Girls drew sustained moaning from my music-loving neighbour, it's patently high time that I stopped hearing new music via music video channels, and had my musical horizons somewhat expanded. Fortunately, my friend muzikfiend is visiting from the States, with a declared intention to spend a week going to as many music concerts and clubs as possible, so I thought I'd join her.
So first off was Sneaky Sound System at the Koko. I'd heard pretty much nothing about them, so was pleasantly surprised to find a popular energetic electro-pop-dance band from Australia with a couple of catchy songs that I still can't forget.
Next, it was Ladytron at the Shepherds' Bush Empire. I have listened to, and liked a couple of their songs before so I was looking forward to it, but was "super non-impressed", as muzikfiend puts it. It seemed as if they had no passion, no desire to be there - they were just going through the very bored motions, and they didn't play their more popular tunes. However, the crowd around me seemed to love it, so it was probably just me not attuned to their cold ways.
Now, onwards to an impromptu club tour of London
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Date: 2008-11-23 03:46 pm (UTC)I have a podcast that tries to inform music lovers of other bands to listen to than the drab circling the airwaves. Here's my latest playlist
01 - Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why
02 - Headlights - Cherry Tulips
03 - The Donkeys - Gone Gone Gone
04 - The Do - Travel Light
05 - Jolie Holland - Mexico City
06 - She & Him - Black Hole
07 - The Black Keys - So He Wont Break
08 - Liz Durrett - You Live Alone
09 - Bears - Wait And See
10 - The Boy Bathing - The Questions Simple
http://bigjb-thesoundtrackofmylife.blogspot.com/
The past couple are mellow. I plan to create a more energetic one for next week.
I also have a collection from 2007 that you can stream, anyway it's a good selection of music from the past 2 years.
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Date: 2008-11-24 09:56 am (UTC)On the other hand I'm in love with miss Sneaky. That's going in my car.