Festival wish list - New Music 2010 - Part 8
To finish what has, aside from music and a great weekend in North Wales, been a rather lack-lustre month I thought I would add some things that have caught my attention in the last few weeks. When I started about two hours ago I had a pretty clear plan in mind; that it became well and truly wrecked on the rocks of new discoveries is just one of those things and also for the longer term good...
These are just some of the acts I originally intended to mention. I've mentioned some of these artists, if only in the side-bar, already so here are a few of them. In truth the list of those still to mention is actually now longer than it was when I started!
Esben and The Witch, Brighton, UK.
Exquisite, romantically inclined, comfortingly gothic (and occasionally electro-acoustic) new-traditional: I recommend any song you can find and they are confirmed as playing Truck Festival 2010. Last year's 'Marching Band' served as a shot across the bows of the competition, and my God has the competition become formidable on all fronts, but the one track that sticks in my mind just now is the more recent 'Lucia At The Precipice'.
The Ruby Suns, New Zealand.
Their album 'Fight Softly' is already available (released by UK label Memphis Industries) and they are confirmed to appear at End Of The Road 2010.
Ones that I have not mentioned before, and that I'd like to see live, are:
Beach Fossils, Brooklyn, NY.
I have heard a few songs and 'Day Dream' is not atypical.
Islands Lost At Sea, Bolton, UK.
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The début album is 'are having a lovely time' and to be released in the UK on 26 April.
I could, and soon will, add more but it is past that time tonight. A few throw-away suggestions including, perhaps, some returning acts less well known:
Operator Please! - Australian five-piece in support of their second album 'Logic', due shortly.
New Young Pony Club - new album 'The Optimist' represents a distinct realignment by Ty Bulmer and the crew following 'Fantastic Playroom', which was their 2007 début. For more on this album see here:
The Ruby Suns, New Zealand.
Their album 'Fight Softly' is already available (released by UK label Memphis Industries) and they are confirmed to appear at End Of The Road 2010.
Ones that I have not mentioned before, and that I'd like to see live, are:
Beach Fossils, Brooklyn, NY.
I have heard a few songs and 'Day Dream' is not atypical.
Islands Lost At Sea, Bolton, UK.
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The début album is 'are having a lovely time' and to be released in the UK on 26 April.I could, and soon will, add more but it is past that time tonight. A few throw-away suggestions including, perhaps, some returning acts less well known:
Operator Please! - Australian five-piece in support of their second album 'Logic', due shortly.
New Young Pony Club - new album 'The Optimist' represents a distinct realignment by Ty Bulmer and the crew following 'Fantastic Playroom', which was their 2007 début. For more on this album see here:
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