June 5, 2010
This is the first (only one?) of the NY Scenes that didn’t bring an immediate musical reference to mind, when I was there or even now, when I’m writing this post. I’m going to have to think about it.
I can’t even remember exactly where I was when I took it. I think it might be the intersection between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, but I’m not 100% sure.
I wanted to include it, though, because it was unexpected. I didn’t go to a specific place, or do a specific thing, and take pictures while I was doing it – I was just out walking. A couple stopped me in the street and asked me to take a picture for them facing in the other direction and after I had, as I turned around to show them the photo on their camera, I saw this scene, in front of me.
So the song:
Green Day – Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Just because.
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December 9, 2009
It’s time to post about The Seal Cub Clubbing Club again.
The first time was back in April when I came across their sound thanks to working at Five Missions More, the second time was when they agreed to play The Twitgigs Experiment in August and this is the third. I keep doing it because I’m wondering why more people aren’t raving about them…my conclusion: it’s only a matter of time.
The Seal Cub Clubbing Club – Peewit (12 Beds)
That link’ll direct you to their MySpace, where you can hear the song at the moment, but there’s also a sneaky live video of the track from their performance at The Twitgigs Experiment on youtube.
The Seal Cub Clubbing Club - Super Science Fiction
Their sound is clearly in the indie category but it’s anything but standard. Disjointed, jarring, melodious, dramatic, intense, fun – not words I’d normally combine with the intention of conveying praise but that’s how I feel about this song.
It isn’t all like this. Aurienteering has more of an indie-pop vibe, Dawn Lamb is a crazy dance inducer and Slow-Motion Powerslides (In Dee) is just epic.
The band are embarking on a UK tour early next year, stopping over at 93 Feet East on 13th Feb and doing a BBC 6music session with Marc Riley a couple of days before. They’ve been recording for the second album which will be released on indie label Jack to Phono and if it’s anywhere near being in the same league as Super Science Fiction, I’ll be grabbing a copy as soon as it’s out.
Keep an eye on their facebook page for news of other dates and an ear out for Made of Magic…
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August 22, 2009
Oops – the second post intended for yesterday didn’t end up materialising as I got side-tracked catching up with The Wire. So here it is today instead.
Post War Years
Full album ‘The Greats and the Happenings’ and then some available to stream on last.fm and spotify.
Post War Years - The Greats And The Happenings
If I’m honest, I have to say the recorded sound, although still extremely good, doesn’t do the live performance justice. I saw them at Ginglik (first time there, but this converted public toilet of a live music venue is a contender for my favourite in London) as part of Blue Flowers presents A Tribe Called West – a night that has previously featured acts including Flashguns and Stricken City.
The enigmatic and spacey indie-electro style of their music is almost hypnotic at times and they seem like really fun and charismatic lads – a theme that ran through their set was a mock-competition with questions ranging from “what is the name of the track we are about to play?” to “what does the drummer look like naked?”. Nice.
My favourite tracks are ‘Soul Owl’, ‘Whole World On Its Head’ and ‘Den’.
I could easily see them supporting Grizzly Bear or some other epic-type band at some point in the near future, or headlining their own show, but for now you can catch them at South East In East at the Vibe Bar on 3 September.
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