Apr 9, 2008
The world seems to be behaving very strangely here in Suffolk. A
couple of days ago I was watching a bee taking nectar from blossom
on the trees outside the barn window as it was being brushed by
falling snow. Now a heap of dead frogs has appeared in the garden.
Perhaps we are in for a bit of a plague. Maybe it's the guys at
Cern in Switzerland who are messing about with a bit of very
expensive kit that crashes molecules into each other at great
speed. It seems that some pretty fundamental particle could be
created … or a black hole.
I'm your generator - The
Brandals (Jakata, Indonesia) PMN
Formed in 2001, done drugs, drunk intoxicated liquid, done the
chitlin' circuit, bleedin and dying, released 3 studio albums. Now
we're gona chew you up and spit you down, you low life scummm..
www.brandalisme.com/
I mentioned Twitter on last
week's show, well, I've set up Suffolk 'n' Cool up with an account
of its own so that's the place where you'll see anything music or
podcast related. twitter.com/suffolkandcool
l'Amanite - Delph' sans les
pattes (Strasbourg, France) Jamendo
Her weblink from Jamendo doesn't work so I can't tell you much but
I see that Gabor Kovacs played a couple of tracks by Delp' on the
excellent Electrical Language
podcast at www.electricallanguage.co.uk
Delph's link is published as http://dede-en-bulle.0rg.fr but it
doesn't seem to work. I'll update when/if I see that it is
fixed.
Here's a busy band.
Top Drawer - Man Man
(Philadelphia, USA) PMN
Man Man are an astonishingly original quintet who have found the
perfect berth for their gypsy-swamp-rock-carny-soul-Viking-vaude
ville-punk collective. A musical contagion waiting to happen.
Their next three shows at The Bowery Ballroom on Thursday, Brooklyn
Masonic Temple on Friday and The Paradise Rock Club in Boston on
Saturday are all sold out, so sorry if that's where you are but
they have a seriously busy tour on the go taking in dates in
Montreal, Toronto, Columbus, Chicago, Madison, Minneapolis, Omaha,
Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Indio,
Phoenix, Dallas and Austin all before the end of the month! In May
they'll be over in the UK and much of Europe.
www.myspace.com/wearemanman
www.wearemanman.com
I'm actually finding Twitter to be quite useful as a really quick
and casual means of keeping in touch with a bunch of folks. A bit
like a cross between blogging and SMS.
There are a few really neat little desktop applications with enable
you to follow without having to keep your web-browser open. I'm
using Twitterrific and
Twirl on my
Mac systems. Twhirl actually runs on Windows but let me know what
else is good on Windows and we'll pass the word on.
I gotta stay downtown - After
Son (Huizen, Noord-Holland, Holland) PMN
First played them way back in February last year (show 51) You can
listen again in player. Versatility is the word.
After Son is a vision transformed to a universal rock experience.
The music tells the story from the perception of the eyes fixed in
a experimental sound. The sound that was created is better know as
the movie for your ears.
www.afterson.eu/
www.myspace.com/bandafterson
La Foret de Shellwood - Deskaya
(Feurs, France) Jamendo
Deskaya est un jeune groupe qui a vu le jour en octobre 2003 à
l'initiative de Bertrand, ex-guitariste maintenant devenu
chanteur.
Aujourd'hui notre groupe est formé de 7 musiciens âgés de 15 à 18
ans, cependant nous n'avons pas toujours été 7...
A ses débuts le groupe était composé de Bertrand et Léa à la
guitare, Florent à la basse, Adrien au saxophone et au chant, et
David à la batterie...
Laurine a ensuite été recrutée pour placer sa voix sur le bordel
pseudo musical fournit par les membres du groupe.
Après quelques temps, c'est Gaspard, le petit frère de David, qui
s'est plus ou moins « incrusté » ( puis il est finalement
resté car on l'aime bien, même si ça reste un petit frère, et il
faut dire qu'il se débrouille plutôt bien !! ). Il a commencé au
synthétiseur, puis à la guitare à partir de septembre 2004 où il
prit la place de Léa qui a décidé de quitter le groupe...
http://deskaya.new.fr/
Too long - Yael Naim (New
York)
Played her song New Soul a
couple of weeks ago.
Yael Naim and David Donatien interview:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1446831583/bctid1448201833
or: http://tinyurl.com/4rhyql
I have to be vague about next week. I'll try very hard to get a
show up but life is pretty chaotic and sad right now.
Peter