I woke up this morning to find outside my Halls covered in snow. Any other day it would've been much welcomed, but today I was due to catch a train to Bath to see Late of the Pier. Alas, this did not happen but thankfully said gig has been rescheduled to February 23rd at a better venue. Result!
So no, this is not a blog about the weather. Although bleak, snow provides some fun and laughs for a while (at least while you're young enough to enjoy it). This is a blog about upcoming gigs in not just Swansea where the selection is appalling (Dear Swansea Uni Ents, I am NOT going to see The Twang) but Cardiff too. And the UK generally.
This is through searching for just one gig, any gig in the upcoming months to go to (aside from those I'm already going to) and it made me realise that while 2009 is a brilliant years for comeback albums, it is terrible so far for new bands. I tried Dananananaykroyd. I tried Joy Formidable. I tried The Answering Machine (while they are releasing a second album, they're generally new to me). And don't even get me started on that NME New Noise list that I went through listening to - are Empire of the Sun supposed to be a joke? Even Sky Larkin haven't ignited the same level of excitement as Johnny Foreigner or Metronomy last year.
Of this new class, there are two bands which are really doing it for me. And while I've bored everyone to death about the first of these (there's somewhat of a Florence Welch shrine on my wall), the other are a band I came upon last week - Dinosaur Pile-Up. They kinda sound a bit like Pixies crossed over with Weezer or something, and their newest song "Traynor" is quite fucking delightful. So check them out.
PS. I also like Mumford and Sons.
PPS. WHO THE HELL CONVINCED TILLY AND THE WALL THAT 90210 WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA?
2 comments:
Just as a kind of 'for the record' thing, The Answering Machine haven't released an album nefore, they had an EP/collection of demo's thing (ala JoFo), then three singles. Debut album time from them.
As for exciting music, listen to Pulled Apart By Horses. You know you want to...
Ah really? I totally didn't realise that, I just presumed they'd put out an album. They're not bad so I'll probably check out the album.
I also tried Pulled Apart by Horses ... I didn't really enjoy them too much though. But I could be swayed. Really, I could be swayed with everyone I mentioned seeing as I've only heard a handful of songs for the bands I mentioned
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