Allo Darlin' release their new single, Dreaming, on monday featuring guest vocals from Monster Bobby. Several people have said some very nice things about it - including Jarvis Cocker and Huw Stephens on Radio One who seemed to believe Monster Bobby was "that bloke out of the Tindersticks." Allo Darlin' will be playing with The School at Bush Hall tomorrow night (that's Saturday the 27th) and no doubt a certain monster will be joining them for a little sing-song midway through. In the meantime, enjoy the video for dreaming, shot on Super8 by Niklas Vestberg ....
Friday, 26 March 2010
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Rock'n'Roll Circus at Jammmmmmmm
Tomorrow evening, Thursday March 25th, "a little orchestra" will be performing Michael Nyman's 'Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds' at around about eight pm, to kick off the following exciting event .... HDIF Presents
Thursday 25th March
The Loves/The Mai 68s/King And The Olive Fields/Funsize Lions
Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, SW9 6LH, 7.30pm, FREE admission
Tonight features the world debut of The Loves' Rock'N'Roll Circus! A night of olympian wonders! Vaulting and unequalled somersaults! Dancing girls! Mime! Comedy! Theatrical performances to boggle both the mind and the eye. Plus musical turns from The Loves, The Mai 68s, King And The Olive Fields, and Funsize Lions. All under the watchful eye of ringmaster Simon Love, who will be the compere for the entire evening. We're making him wear a top hat.
The Loves
Legendary psych-pop collective from Cardiff, who fuse Nuggets-style garage pop, bubblegum fuzz, sugar sweet indiepop, and hand-clapping, hip-shaking rock'n'roll. Favourites of Marc Riley and John Peel, for whom they recorded four sessions, including one live at Peel Acres, the band are fronted by Simon Love, whose "did-he-really-just-say-that?" style of stagecraft is entertainment itself.
http://www.myspace.com/lovetheloves
The Mai 68s
Noise! Revolutionary chic! A stand up drummer! If Laetitia Sadier had fronted early Jesus And Mary Chain, they may have sounded a little like this Leicester foursome - ear-splitting yet full of poise, chaotic yet cool.
http://www.myspace.com/themai68s
King And The Olive Fields
Philip Serfaty and a rotating cast of friends play swoonsome, literate indie pop festooned with ukuleles, cellos, banjos and the like. For fans of early Magnetic Fields, The Wave Pictures and Herman Dune.
http://www.myspace.com/kingsongs
Funsize Lions
Influenced by the B52s, Stereo Total and Le Tigre, Funsize Lions perform crystalline keening electropop sounds, songs that yelp and yammer over the downdraft, songs for dark mornings and airport terminals everywhere... for ever. They feature China Carolina, who is Piney Gir's naughty cousin.
http://www.myspace.com/funsizelions
And here's the info for the other performers on the night:
* A Little Orchestra. Led by Monster Bobby of Pipettes-fame, this 12-strong orchestra will open the show.
* Lucienne Cole. Performance artist Lucienne Cole will perform "Dance To The Music", in which she tapdances to "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now".
* Mr Solo's Projector Of Graphical Wonderment. Mr Solo, of David Devant And His Spirit Wife, will be doing something or other with his projector of graphical wonderment. We're not entirely sure what this is, or what he plans to do with it.
* Matt Kaufman. The actor and performance artist Matt Kaufman will be our resident mime for the evening.
* DRA Dance Collective. The London based Contemporary Dance company will perform before The Loves close the show.
DJs: Tamla Tim and Phoenix Phil (Pop Art)
Doors 7.30pm
Funsize Lions 8pm-8.30pm
King And The Olive Fields 8.45pm-9.15pm
The Mai 68s 9.30pm-10pm
The Loves 10.15pm-11pm
Last Northern line tube northbound from Oval: 00.22
Last Victoria line tube northbound from Brixton: 00.26
Thursday 25th March
The Loves/The Mai 68s/King And The Olive Fields/Funsize Lions
Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, SW9 6LH, 7.30pm, FREE admission
Tonight features the world debut of The Loves' Rock'N'Roll Circus! A night of olympian wonders! Vaulting and unequalled somersaults! Dancing girls! Mime! Comedy! Theatrical performances to boggle both the mind and the eye. Plus musical turns from The Loves, The Mai 68s, King And The Olive Fields, and Funsize Lions. All under the watchful eye of ringmaster Simon Love, who will be the compere for the entire evening. We're making him wear a top hat.
The Loves
Legendary psych-pop collective from Cardiff, who fuse Nuggets-style garage pop, bubblegum fuzz, sugar sweet indiepop, and hand-clapping, hip-shaking rock'n'roll. Favourites of Marc Riley and John Peel, for whom they recorded four sessions, including one live at Peel Acres, the band are fronted by Simon Love, whose "did-he-really-just-say-that?" style of stagecraft is entertainment itself.
http://www.myspace.com/lovetheloves
The Mai 68s
Noise! Revolutionary chic! A stand up drummer! If Laetitia Sadier had fronted early Jesus And Mary Chain, they may have sounded a little like this Leicester foursome - ear-splitting yet full of poise, chaotic yet cool.
http://www.myspace.com/themai68s
King And The Olive Fields
Philip Serfaty and a rotating cast of friends play swoonsome, literate indie pop festooned with ukuleles, cellos, banjos and the like. For fans of early Magnetic Fields, The Wave Pictures and Herman Dune.
http://www.myspace.com/kingsongs
Funsize Lions
Influenced by the B52s, Stereo Total and Le Tigre, Funsize Lions perform crystalline keening electropop sounds, songs that yelp and yammer over the downdraft, songs for dark mornings and airport terminals everywhere... for ever. They feature China Carolina, who is Piney Gir's naughty cousin.
http://www.myspace.com/funsizelions
And here's the info for the other performers on the night:
* A Little Orchestra. Led by Monster Bobby of Pipettes-fame, this 12-strong orchestra will open the show.
* Lucienne Cole. Performance artist Lucienne Cole will perform "Dance To The Music", in which she tapdances to "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now".
* Mr Solo's Projector Of Graphical Wonderment. Mr Solo, of David Devant And His Spirit Wife, will be doing something or other with his projector of graphical wonderment. We're not entirely sure what this is, or what he plans to do with it.
* Matt Kaufman. The actor and performance artist Matt Kaufman will be our resident mime for the evening.
* DRA Dance Collective. The London based Contemporary Dance company will perform before The Loves close the show.
DJs: Tamla Tim and Phoenix Phil (Pop Art)
Doors 7.30pm
Funsize Lions 8pm-8.30pm
King And The Olive Fields 8.45pm-9.15pm
The Mai 68s 9.30pm-10pm
The Loves 10.15pm-11pm
Last Northern line tube northbound from Oval: 00.22
Last Victoria line tube northbound from Brixton: 00.26
Friday, 5 March 2010
Special Sounds in Camden
So, I have been given "carte blanche" to play whatever I like at my four hour DJ set over at the Lock Tavern next week (Wednesday, the 10th of March). I have promised to play things you will not hear anywhere else in Camden. This is likely to include a lot of Moog novelty records, some modern composition, some sort of post-industrial weird noisy shit, drones, field recordings, horror film soundtracks, children's music and, of course, Ken Nordine's Colours.
It's free to get in, it starts at eight and finishes at midnight. It will be most unsettling.
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