What a week. Monday night I went to the NME-fest at Koko to witness an eclectic combination of bands to put it politely. First we saw was Darwin Deez – who would be from Dalston if they weren’t from Brooklyn let’s just put it that way. I’ve been obsessed with the effervescent, endorphin-inducing single ‘Radar Detector’ for the past couple of weeks and their performance was all that, complete with dance routines to 80s classics and more contemporary stuff (I whooped with delight at the Miike Snow ‘Animal’ sequence, I confess). I was relieved to be honest, the lack of pretension that came with goofing around in such a manner made them far more endearing than they would have been if they’d just stood and wafted Williamsburg pretention at us.
Everything Everything, the main reason my companions wanted to go because one them is pretty much OBSESSED with them and hasn’t shut up about them for the past few weeks. I liked them, the vocal could get on your tits after a while but any band that has song titles like Photoshop Handsome and My Keys, Your Boyfriend is going to get bonus points in my book… ‘Suffragette, Suffragette’ s chorus has a line that sounds like ‘Who’s gonna sit on your face when I am gone’ which I’m afraid makes me cackle with glee every time I hear it. Yeah I know, grow up Soops…
Hurts, the headliners were basically stunning. Maybe in the context of their predecessors before them or because, I dunno, they weren’t wearing plaid and beards, they seemed so stylish, so, well, sophisticated . Despite hanging from one of the side-balconies (looks great to the other punters but you can’t see sh*t so not recommended if you actually want to SEE a band at Koko), I was utterly bewitched, go see them if you get the chance. In the meantime, you can hear their single Better Than Love on Hype Machine here. HOWEVER, if you go the link cloud you can click on the link to hear my old mucker from uni, Neil Parnell aka Tronik Youth’s edit – the man has style and always has done, let’s just leave it at that.
Finally, a friend told me that part of the Tories plans were to scrap free entry to galleries and museums amongst other things. I don’t know about you but ever since hearing about our new ‘taupe’(blue with a tinge of yellow = taupe, no?) government, this makes me want to take in as much free culture as possible while we might have the chance. Lingering Whispers at The Crypt, St Pancras Church sounds pretty incredible (see link cloud for details), if any of you want to go too, shout me up.
Have a great week!
Hurts – Better Than Love (Tronik Youth Jamaica Edit) Lingering Whispers Everything Everything – Photoshop Handsome The National – “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (video)
Soopsworld’s Spotify Disco Al Desko
This week’s Spotify Disco Al Desko we have FOUR djs, Nicole K, Felix, my brother (of introducing me to BoH fame) Alex and Rob from Something Serious, my favorite London indie night.
The Summer is ahoy – Nicole K
wimbledon,usa – Alex C
“It’s more likely that all four of The Beatles would be getting back together than us reforming” – Felix
Each year we are graced by the reformation of some pioneer bands that decided to leave aside their differences and play the music that made them famous together once again. I can’t recall the feeling that I encountered when I heard that The Verve would be playing together again, they shaped the music that I am into and as such when I heard they reformed I couldn’t quite believe it after all they famously said “It’s more likely that all four of the Beatles would be getting back together than us reforming”. It appears that you can never put a band to rest, this playlist is a compilation of bands which I could hardly believe that I was seeing live or that they decided to play music together.
Felix blogs at : http://invisiblekittens.blogspot.com/
All Back to Something Serious – Rob Something Serious
Rob’s night, Something Serious is monthly at the Phoenix (back of Oxford St), a rare gem of an indie night where pretention remains minimal, the bar prices are normal and the door price is cheap = awesome!
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