November 2011
7 posts
Wilco- One Sunday Morning →
Can’t stop listening to this at the moment.
Bon Iver, o2 Academy Leeds, Tues 10th November
In a recent browse through the ‘1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die’, I discovered Bon Iver’s ‘re:stacks’ amongst the chosen few. If his performance on Thursday night was anything to go by, this is no exaggeration. Haunting, beautiful, melancholic yet strangely uplifting are some of the hyperbolic adjectives I could use to explain the set, but they all seem to fall flat when put on the page....
Ghostpoet- Mine, Leeds University Union, Tues 8th...
Ghostpoet (Obaro Ejimiwe) has come a long way in an impressively short time. His debut album, the wonderfully titled Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam was nominated for the Mercury prize- a signifier of music talent if there ever was one – and The Streets’ Mike Skinner lists him as one of his favourite MCs. After supporting both Metronomy and Jamie Woon on tour, Ghostpoet is now going it...
Stevie Jackson: (I can't get no) Stevie Jackson.
Stevie Jackson, lead guitarist and occasional songwriter/vocalist of Glasgow’s twee rock band Belle & Sebastian, has finally unveiled his first solo project. Fun is the name of the game here and the album is infused with whimsical, melody driven tracks that occasionally verge on being too quaint. A pleasant sixties pop vibe in tracks such as the Serge and Bardot inspired ‘Where Do...
'A blog is not writing, it's grafitti with...
I’ll be honest with you. The thought of starting my own blog has crossed my mind before; a niggling idea that’s flashed in some region of the brain whilst staring wistfully at others’ virtual creations. The inspired sentiments of these viewings often ranged among: ‘Oh if only I was as funny/as stylish/as creative as him/her’ or better still ‘I could do loads...