Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Wow, 4 months without posting. I suck
Hey everyone, thanks for the encouragement to get started blogging again. I feel like I haven't really had much to say recently but actually there's been quite a lot going on.
Joey Ultra did do the recording I talked about 2 posts and 4 months ago. An excellent set of live recordings at the Cellar Bar with Al Heslop followed by a very good session at White House which we are just tweaking the mix of on Wednesday evening. I'll put a link up to the myspace on here when we get the final tracks done so you can hear it.
We also had a 'last gig' as bass player Sam is taking a few months of paternity leave from the band. Hopefully we'll be back sometime next year.
I managed to catch up with Does it Offend You, Yeah in Oxford as part of their latest UK tour. Was good to see them back in the UK for a bit after their mental 2 years of world touring. They are back in the studio soon to do a new album which I'm looking forward to.
Pete and the Pirates are currently on a European tour, they are back in the UK later in the month and I'm looking forward to seeing them in Reading on the 20th at Plug'n'Play.
Since I last posted the After Dark club started and stopped doing gigs on a Thursday night as part of their new student night Die Young Stay Pretty. It was designed around the kind of indy club night you get tons of elsewhere in the country with 1 band quite late in the evening but it didn't work out for some reason. A shame. The night will continue without the live music. I've also been informed by a reader that there'll still be irregular Saturday night gigs though, which is good news.
Er... yeah, more soon. Promise.
x
Labels: Does it Offend You Yeah, Joey Ultra, Pete and the Pirates
Friday, March 28, 2008
They are rockstars
My copy of Does It Offend You, Yeah?'s debut album arrived yesterday. I'm enjoying it a lot. I'm sure I've said it on here before but the surprising thing about DIOYY live is just how hard they rock. There are many types of music that are called Electro, and DIOYY are often referred to as an Electro band but I think of them more as a rock band. Perhaps one of their strengths is having such a wide range of influences that a lot of people can relate to something they do. I hear things that remind me of heavy bands, dance bands, electro bands, indie schmindie bands. It's quite a varied album, the first three songs are the kind of heavy electro you might expect from early singles, but then you get almost straight 80s pop songs and even what I can only describe as the theme from a noughties Japanese Austin Powers in Attack of the Lesbian Octopus. 2 minutes of instrumental fun that's one of my favourite tracks on the album.
It's been a brilliant year or so for Reading based bands. Long may it continue!
Tonight I'm off to see Six Nation State at the Rising Sun Arts Centre which is always carnage but I'm planning on taking it easy for a trip to the big smoke on Saturday. Woo
It's been a brilliant year or so for Reading based bands. Long may it continue!
Tonight I'm off to see Six Nation State at the Rising Sun Arts Centre which is always carnage but I'm planning on taking it easy for a trip to the big smoke on Saturday. Woo
Labels: Does it Offend You Yeah, Six Nation State
