Friday 28 August 2009

I say buy the record.

Folky bands such as Noah and the Whale and Mumford and Sons seem to be the bands of the moment. With this in mind I'm pleased to see Curly Hair, a band I've had my eye on for a while, starting to get some well-deserved recognition. The blend of male and female vocals gives these guys a slightly unique sound which I absolutely love. They recently toured with Klaus Says Buy the Record and are signed by Brighton-based Toy Soldier Records, with their first single due for release in September. This will be available to download for free and will be followed up by an EP entitled 'Ivy League', which I think you should definitely purchase if you love a bit of lo-fi pop-folk.


My band of the week - Not to be confused with a clothing fastener

Hook and the TWIN, not Hook and the Eye as I keep mistakenly calling them, are probably my favourite recent discovery. I couldn't even try to place the musical creations of this duo hailing from London into a genre, but they describe themselves as Electroacoustic/Concrete/Blues. I particularly enjoy Bang Bang Cherry. It reminds me of Captain Scarlet. Here's the video for your viewing pleasure.


http://www.myspace.com/hookandthetwin

Thursday 27 August 2009

Welcome...

Due to my bad timing in graduating during a recession and thus being unable to procure a job for myself, I have alot of free time on my hands to research lots of lovely new bands who I believe will become rather popular in the not so distant future. Thus, I thought I would share with you some of my favourites.

On Wednesday I saw the best live gig I've seen in a long time at The Brighton Coalition. The headline act was The Perils, who gave a brilliant live performance. They describe their music as Indie/Punk/Rock on their myspace, a perfect evaluation, with a great blend of all three genres apparent in their songs. The only semi-downside was the fact they seemingly refused to perform an extra song at the end of their set, despite the demands of their fans - in actuality the bassist clearly couldn't handle the nicotine deprivation any longer and had crowd surfed off the stage and straight into the smoking area...but this only added to the traditional rock 'n' roll image the topless frontman had already created, in my humble opinion...

The support act were also brilliant and are another band to keep an eye, or should I say ear, out for. Fronted by ex-Kooks bassist Max Rafferty, The Third Man claim "We sound better than we look. And we look good!" Those boys don't lie, go see for yourselves.
They were supposed to be playing the Beachdown Festival in Brighton but, alas, the organisers have had to cancel this event due to the aforementioned economic crisis. Boo.


The Perils will be playing at the White Air Extreme Sports and Music Festival, which takes place on Brighton beach from the 18th-20th of September. You can watch and take part in 'over 40 sports' as well as being entertained by the likes of White Lies, Doves and Biffy Clyro. Artists also taking to the stage whom I'm particularly excited about are Doll and the Kicks, The Boxer Rebellion and This City - if you haven't heard any of these bands yet, I urge you to check them out.