19 posts tagged “music”
Great track - cheap, nasty video.
Well this weekend we found ourselves at a loose end so I managed to find last minute tickets for the legendary Sonics. Wow!
Firstly the compere (why do they have comperes at gigs?) came out and informed us that, sadly, Pete Doherty would not be appearing tonight. The audience let out a huge cheer. We laughed in relief that the talentless troll wouldn't be there. Anyway, the DJ was playing some great 60s tunes so we were quite happy to hear that instead.
Eventually The Horrors strolled out on stage. They're so thin I imagine that when they're on tour they post themselves from one venue to the next. They make an incredible noise, and constantly threaten to fall apart without ever quite losing it. I saw them over a year and a half ago and I think they've got better - although they are quite exhausting to watch.
One of the more disturbing things while watching the band was there was a chap in a flat cap standing next to us who was constantly farting. It was eye watering.
The Sonics took a little while to start their set - probably due to some minor technical issues that continued through the set. It has to be said, while the sound is nowhere near as raw as their sixties heyday, they still rocked. A few tunes sounded a bit too comfortable, a bit too, umm, Butlins and yet they could still do a tremendous Louie Louie. And if you can make that old warhorse sound fresh then you must have something special.
As always, someone has posted clips to YouTube. They're actually pretty good quality.
This is curently on heavy rotation in my head. It's a great piece of psychedelic pop.
Stick with it, it really is compelling stuff.
Now she's grown up and she has one heck of a voice! This is a great little pop song with a cute cartoon.
A video that just gets better and better. Cracking song too!
There are some free MP3s of Betty Davis over at download.com and they're awesome. Funky and full of sexy attitude. Go check 'em out.
Oh and her albums are also available on eMusic. Yowsers!
This will (hopefully) be a series of posts remembering great albums that have been ignored since they were released or have since fallen out of favour. We're talking mostly mainstream commercial releases here, not weird obscurities. Go straight to the bottom of this post to hear the music.
Who? Goya Dress were a three piece fronted by the singer and multi-instrumentalist Astrid Williamson. Blessed with a distinctive voice and good looks, as well as the backing of Nude records, success seemed to be a no brainer. Having John Cale produce your debut album can't hurt either.
What's it like? This is a real gem and criminally neglected. Mostly we're talking Kate Bush and Tori Amos territory here with some concessions to the Indie sound of the time. Some beautiful string and piano arrangements sit comfortably with washes of distorted guitars.
What happened? Nobody bought it. I can only speculate but I think that Astrid's gentler, folksier tunes just couldn't be heard amongst the brasher sounds of Britpop. Sad.
What next? They split up. Nude tried hard to hype Astrid's follow-up solo album, but again, it failed to press the buttons of the public. She's still out there doing the solo thing. The other two joined Cinerama.
Where to buy? It seems to be unavailable now but Astrid has plans to re-release it in the future.
Additionally, here's a video I found on YouTube for the single Crush. Not terribly representative of the sound of the album but it's fun nonetheless.
