Dananananaykroyd, Die! Die! Die!, Future of the Left, Kasms and Rolo Tomassi at the one festival? Surely not. Infact, I almost don’t want to write anything about the East London artrockfest that is Offset, as my teeth are clenched together with jealous rage. I got a message through my last.fm account detailing who and what the fuss was all about, only to realise that it was taking place the very weekend that I had just agreed to a family gathering, stating “Nothing worthwhile happens in September anyway.” Clearly completely wrong.
The 5th and 6th see this beauty come to Hainault Forest Country Park, Redbridge, London, with a ridiculously cheap price. A festival where I would actually want to go and see bands? I thought it was but a distant dream. It better be this bloody good next year – it’s in my diary already.
More info about Offset Festival 2009 is here – I suggest you go and check it out if you are in any position to – just don’t email me any pictures or I might vomit.
When I interviewed Andrew Wilson from Die! Die! Die! a few months ago we spoke briefly about the state of music in Dunedin. He had this to say, “It’s probably the best I think it’s been since I left there when I was about 18.” A few months later I met up with Andrew in Wellington and quizzed him about some bands I should check out from Dunedin. One of the bands he mentioned was Gate, the solo project of Michael Morley, vocalist and guitarist in The Dead C. Another band he mentioned was TFF, a band previously recommended to me by members of Moron Says What after Camp A Low Hum 2009.
Last week I asked TFF if they’d kindly send me a couple of songs and a bio so I could do a wee write-up on them. The band’s drummer Rory MacMurdo sent me a rather strange email, with no bio or information of any sort about the band, and a couple of songs which he said “people could download, but only for sexual favours”. I have since done some digging around and found out a little bit about TFF, so here goes.
I know, I know. You’ve read everyone else’s lists already and you’re bored to death by them. I don’t blame you. Instead consider this my personal carthasis and a way of reflecting on the year. I’ve chosen my top five Christmas songs/live performances/albums of 2008 and of course, I did my [festive fifty] the other day. I’m saving the albums list for tomorrow so pop by then.
Some pics from a recent DIE! DIE! DIE! gig in Auckland, posted on the excellent Einstein Musical Journal blog.
Photos from a recent FOE gig - a friend of our friends Hold Your Horse Is - she’s gonna be big!!! Read the gig review after the jump.
Shots of North Carolina’s folk-rocking Avett Brothers’ stop in Glasgow - 22.08.11
Read the review of the gig here.
Take a look at the acts and art on offer at this year’s Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Included are the likes of Fight Like Apes, Lykke Li, Sea of Bees and Seasick Steve. Photos from our own...
Good time with Bad Guys. Photos from the May 29th gig at the Old Blue Last. Read the review by the Bad Guy himself, Stuart London after the jump.
Artrocker.com exclusive: for fans of White Lies and Crocodiles we’ve got some fresh pictures from their UK show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire earlier this month, courtesy of Alessandro...
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