So firstly, apologies for not putting up any entries for the last two weeks. I've been busy toiling away at putting together an itinerary of the great and the terrible for you, my faithful readers, so you're not going in to Sound City blind. Me and my brother normally do this every year we don't have to stand through gash bands, so hopefully this handy dandy guide will save you having to do as I did and trawl through you tube and sound cloud.
THE ATLANTIC STAGE FRIDAY THE VACCINES - FRIDAY, "like if The Shadows or The Lively Ones had played guitar for The Ramones" http://vinylcountdown.weebly.com/blog/the-vaccines-come-of-age NEON WALTZ – PSYCHEDLIC KULA SHAKER WANNABES, NOT BAD. FRIDAY ATLANTIC STAGE EVERYTHING EVERYTHING – REALLY GOOD. FRIDAY. SERIOUSLY, JUST LISTEN TO "COUGH COUGH" OR ANYTHING BY THEM. BLOODY BRILLIANT. SWANS – FRIDAY AVOID SPECTOR – SOUND A BIT EDITORS AND BIT ROXY MUSIC VERY GOOD. FRIDAY ATLANTIC STAGE EVIAN CHRIST – LOCAL SATURDAY MISSABLE CRAP TOR MILLER – BIT ONE REPUBLIC. NOT GREAT. FRIDAY ATLANTIC STAGE VAULTS – BIT FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE. 3 SONGS I HEARD SOUND GOOD. FRIDAY ATLANTIC STAGE SATURDAY THE FLAMING LIPS - SATURDAY, "like an acid trip described by a friend," http://vinylcountdown.weebly.com/blog/the-flaming-lips-with-a-little-help-from-my-fwends ALL WE ARE – SATURDAY, "Like a funkier Magic Numbers or a low key Bee Gees with a psych twist" http://vinylcountdown.weebly.com/blog/all-we-are-all-we-are VRYLL SOCIETY – SATURDAY LOCAL BAND MISSABLE SERPENT POWER – COLLABORATION BETWEEN SOMEONE FROM ZUTONS AND CORAL SATURDAY SILENT SLEEP – SATURDAY LOCAL SINGER SONGWRITER, NOT BAD DUTCH UNCLES – SATURDAY. SYNTHY BUT WHERE ARE THE TUNES? FLAMING LIPS - SATURDAY FUCKED UP – PUNK BAND SATURDAY MISSABLE GULF – SATURDAY LOCAL BAND PSYCHEDELIC, SOUND, NOT BAD STEALING SHEEP – SATURDAY LOCAL BAND ALL FEMALE SYNTH BASED PSYCH COCTAEU TWINS SOUND HMM MIGHT BE OK HARD TO SAY THE GHOST OF A SABER TOOTH TIGER – SATURDAY SEAN LENNON AND HIS GF. REALLY REALLY GOOD DUO THE SUNDOWNERS – SATURDAY LOCAL FEMALE BAND MISSABLE THURSTON MOORE BAND – EX SONIC YOUTH SOUNDS REALLY GOOD DAYDREAMY INDIE AND MISERY POP SATURDAY SUNDAY BELLE & SEBASTIAN - SUNDAY, "The album is an odd mix of disco and their more familiar brand of dream like folk pop" http://vinylcountdown.weebly.com/blog/belle-sebastian-girls-in-peacetime-want-to-dance THE CRIBS – SUNDAY, "This album made me want to jump off sand dunes and have adventures. You should too." http://vinylcountdown.weebly.com/blog/the-cribs-for-all-my-sisters JANE WEAVER – SUNDAY, "like if the theme tune of Space 1999 [...] was vocalised with folkadelia from a questionably utopian society with even more questionable dress sense" http://vinylcountdown.weebly.com/blog/jane-weaver-the-silver-globe GAZ COOMBES – REALLY GOOD EX SUPERGRASS SINGER, VERY THOM YORKE LIKE, SUNDAY. BILL RYDER-JONES – SUNDAY, KIRKBY BORN EX CORAL GUITARIST POOR MAN’S NICK DRAKE. MISSABLE BLOSSOMS – SUNDAY MANCHESTER BAND BIT DOORSY/CORAL NOT BAD CYMBALS EAT GUITARS – SUNDAY BIT MODEST MOUSE, BIT WEEZERS, MISSABLE SANKOFA – SUNDAY THINK WE SAW THEM LAST TIME, NOTHING GREAT. THE HUMMINGBIRDS – SUNDAY LIVERPOOL BASED NEW COUNTRY BAND BALTIC STAGE FRIDAY OKKYUNG LEE – INTERESTING/WEIRD JAZZ CELLIST, NO SINGING JUST PLAYING OF COMPOSITIONS, BIT JARRING – MAYBE MISS ICEAGE – very Nirvanaesque, not bad but ultimately no essential SLAVES – imagine punk crossed with the Streets – a bit raw, not bad but missable YAK – bit punky, not great BAD MEDS – another crappy punk band – noticing a theme here? BARBEROS – WEIRD ELECTRONIC NOISE BAND – V.EXPERIMENTAL – DON’T THINK I GET IT SATURDAY UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA – "feels like something of a sundowner, or like the drunken haze experienced at the end off a day drinking at the beach." http://vinylcountdown.weebly.com/blog/unknown-mortal-orchestra-ii THE MEMBRANES – OLD SCHOOL PUNK BAND, ALRIGHT NOT GREAT THE BOHICAS – catchy garage rock, reminds me of Czars BAD BREEDING – poo punk GOD DAMN – POO METAL BAND HOOTON TENNIS CLUB – CATCHY INDIE POP R. SEILIOG – electronic, droney, avant garde techno – don’t know how i feel MOATS – quite good actually, emotional indie guitar rock STRANGE COLLECTIVE – strange garage rock band, not bad, but not essential LIVES – dunno, no you tube links! SUNDAY PEACE – SUNDAY, "Give Peace a chance." http://vinylcountdown.weebly.com/blog/peace-happy-people Dave McCabe & The Ramifications - ohh, catchy! Ex Zutons frontman’s new band – catchy indie rock electronic –deffo worth a punt GENGHAR – A BIT LIKE THE SHINS, MELLOW INDIE – NOT BAD, ACTUALLY CMPNY – below average hiphop, swerve Single Mothers – another less than great punk band, swerve that! Clarence Clarity – really fucking strange, trip hop, r n b, catchy, a maybe Moon King – alright shoegaze pop band, not great, just average The Mispers – catchy guitar pop with a hint of alt-j, pretty decent Palace – average, mellow, a bit like turin brakes Honeyblood – Australian band, pretty catchy grunge pop band like The Breeders and Throwing Muses – definitely worth a look and your time. Pixel Fix – trance pop, not bad, but missable Beat Market – damn catchy electro pop, definitely worth a look – a bit like Daft Punk but with no lyrics LATE NIGHT WAREHOUSE PARTY FRIDAY RONI SIZE/REPRAZANT –NOT BAD DRUM AND BASS STUFF/HIPHOP, HEARD BETTER, MISSABLE SATURDAY EVIAN CHRIST – TRIPHOP STUFF, NOT GREAT TBH, MISSABLE SUNDAY FAT WHITE FAMILY – More like flat white coffee! Swerve this diet version of The Fall so hard you think you're actually a Formula 1 driver! CARGO STAGE FRIDAY GEORGE THE POET – HIPHOP ARTIST/RAPPPER – NOT BAD, BUT NOT GREAT STORMZY – MORE MISSABLE HIP HOP LOYLE CARNER – MORE AVERAGE HIPHOP M.O – R n B GIRL BAND, PRETTY DARN AVERAGE KOF – average r n b THABO & THE REAL DEAL – DUDE HAS A GREAT VOICE, A BIT STEVIE WONDER, PLAYS PIANO, SOULFUL VOICE – WORTH SEEING ADY SULEIMAN – NOT BAD SOUL SINGER, NOT THAT GRABBING EITHER – JUST AVERAGE SATURDAY AQUILO – PRETTY AVERAGE MINIMALIST ELECTRONIC BAND. NOTHING GREAT FEMME – AVERAGE POP SINGER, MISSABLE REAL LIES – AVERAGE POP FORMATION – AGAIN, AVERAGE POP, MISSABLE, LOT OF THAT GOING AROUND FOSSA – again pretty average fare FLO MORRISSEY – QUITE GOOD, GENTLE, LULLING VOICE, FOLKY ZEFUR WOLVES – INTERESTING ALT ROCK, PRETTY GOOD – A BIT LIKE PIXIES SEKUOIA – ATMOPSHERIC ELECTRONIC MUSIC, NOT BAD BUT MISSABLE ASTRONOMYY – AVERAGE ATMOSPHERIC INDIE POP TEI SHI – NOT BAD ELECTRONIC SHOEGAZE POP – A BIT LIKE GRIMES NLF3 – NOT BAD ELECTRONIC BAND, BUT JUST ELECTRONICS, NO LYRICS SUNDAY TEA STREET BAND – A MAYBE, PRETTY CATCHY BUT NON ESSENTIAL JENNIFER DAVIES – ALT POP, A BIT LIKE ELASTICA/GARBAGE – NOT BAD ACTUALLY, PRETTY CATCHY THE GRISWOLDS – AVERAGE AMERICAN INDIE BAND, MISSABLE FINDLAY – PRETTY GREAT, PRETTY RAW, A BIT LIKE PJ HARVEY RAGLANS – average indie band, missable HIDDEN CHARMS – SOUNDS GOOD, THEY SOUND A BIT LIKE THE ANIMALS/THE DOORS. WELL WORTH A LOOK. PROSE – A GUITAR/RAP COMBO – BIT LIKE THE STREETS, NOT BAD BUT MISSABLE JOHNNY SANDS – MANC FOLK SINGER, BIT LIKE I AM KLOOT CROSSED WITH JOSE GONZALEZ – NOT BAD WHEN I AM KING – DUNNO, NOTHING ON YOU TUBE! LAKE KOMO – A BIT LIKE THE SHINS, NOT BAD, MISSABLE THE NORTH FRIDAY GARBANOTAS BOSISTAS – PSYCHEDELIC ROCK, VERY PROMISING, VERY TRIPPY HOT VESTRY – ELECTRO DIRGE ROCK, PRETTY DECENT TAFFY – V. BRITPOP AND SHOEGAZE,REMINSCENT OF LUSH – WORTH A WATCH Anton Maskeliade – SYNTH GUY A BIT LIKE APHEX TWIN WHO PLAYS BY GESTURING NEAR INSTRUMENTS – SEEMS PRETTY COOL TINY FINGERS – ELECTRONIC AND GUITAR BAND – ALRIGHT, BUT NOT GREAT DELTA RAE - VERY MUCH POP BY THE NUMBERS, NOT BAD, NOTHING GREAT HOLLYSIZ – CATCHY AS ALL GET OUT – THINK BLONDIE CROSSED WITH BRONSKI BEAT, WELL WORTH A LOOK SATURDAY HAPPY MONDAZE – A HAPPY MONDAYS TRIBUTE BAND, BUT ARE YOU REALLY ARSED TO SEE A HAPPY MONDAYS TRIBUTE BAND? GARDEN CITY MOVEMENT – VERY MELLOW, NOT BAD BUT MISSABLE 35 SUMMERS – BAGGY LIVERPOOL BAND FROM THE 90’S, NOT BAD BIT LIKE CORAL, WE SAW THEM IN LEAF LAST YEAR. MISSABLE COLONEL MUSTARD 7 THE DIJON 5 – WEIRD PARODY-LIKE BAND THAT’S A BIT HAPPPY MONDAYS AND A BIT REGGAE, NOT GREAT CAVALRY – PRETTY DECENT INDIE BAND, MY GUT SAYS MAYBE FREE SCHOOL – ELECTRONIC ATMOSPHERIC POP – ALRIGHT BUT NOT ESSENTIAL MILLIONS – AVERAGE INDIE POP, MISSABLE AQUASERGE – FRENCH AVANTE GARDE, INTERESTING – WORTH A LISTEN JUDAS – NOT BAD INDIE ROCK, BUT MISSABLE THE BLACK DELTA MOVEMENT – VERY AVERAGE GARAGE ROCK BAND. BLEH. FUCK MY LIFE. Camarones Orquestra Guitarrística – INSTRUMENTAL GUITAR ROCK WITH ELEMENTS OF SKA, ROCK AND SURF MUSIC – PRETTY GOOD COLLECTOR’S CLUB – NOT BAD INDIE BAND BUT MISSABLE SUNDAY GRAMOTONES – GARAGE ROCK, PRETTY AVERAGE TBH THE AMAZING – PRETTY AVERAGE INDIE BAND ,MISSABLE THE MERRYLEES – QUITE LIKE THE CORAL, NOT BAD NATALIE McCOOL – NOT BAD, BUT MISSABLE VEYU – PROMISING, MELLOW John McCullagh & The Escorts – VERY CAST. HMM. C.A.R – LIKE A WHITE GRACE JONES – PRETTY GOOD, ACTUALLY EDEN ROYALS – NO CLUE, NOTHING ON YOU TUBE! PAT DAM SMYTH – a bit folky, not bad DA SWEEP – electro band, pretty good actually Psyence – very 70-‘s rock and blues with elements of Black Sabbath, definitely worth a look The Stamp – dunno, nothing on you tube! THE CAVERN STAGE FRIDAY 36? – QUITE LIKE THE SHINS, not bad but missable FIST CITY – indie punk, fairly mediocre CLOSE TALKER – more average indie, MELLOW, ALRIGHT, NOT AWE INSPIRING YOUNG BENJAMINS – INDIE FOLK – PRETTY AVERAGE THE LYTICS – average hip hop very missable THE EMERALD ARMADA – FOLKY, AVERAGE, PRETTY MISSABLE THE CLAMEENS – A BIT LIKE RAZORLITE, JUST A BIT MISSABLE HIS NEW ATLAS – A BIT LIKE DRY THE RIVER, EMOTIONAL FOLK. PROMISING. SATURDAY ALL WE ARE – WELL WORTH A LOOK, I REVIEWD THEM ON THE BLOG LONELADY – CATCHY POP, BEEN FEATURED ON 6 MUSIC FEMME – AVERAGE SINGER, MISSABLE ATTAQUE – electronic, shoegaze pop – average Beat Market – damn catchy electro pop, definitely worth a look – a bit like Daft Punk but with no lyrics SOCALLED – pretty catchy, experimental hip hop. Strange stuff. FOREST IN HIS HEART (IRA LEE) – raw, soul reminds me a bit of Bobby Womack – maybe worth a look ELM – AVERAGE INDIE BAND DUKE MERCURY – MEDIOCRE INDIE ROCK FRIDA – average folk pop, meh Ludoviik Material – riot grrl kraut rock, alright but nothing great MOJA – JAPANESE PUNK/DANCE BAND – NOT BAD BUT NOTHING BRILLIANT JIMMY PE – average atmospheric electronic music, not great SUNDAY JAMBINAI – traditional Korean music fusion with ambient electronics, pretty decent THIRD STONE – KOREAN ROCK BAND INSPIRED BY HENDRIX – NOT BAD PATIENTS – KOREAN PUNK BAND, PRETTY GOOD DEAD BUTTONS – another decent Korean punk band, but not as good as patients MONOBAN – Korean folk, pretty missable CANDELAS – welsh rock band, not bad, nothing stand out HOUDINI DAX – NOT BAD ROCK BAND, NOTHING STAND OUT THO PEASANT’S KING – CATCHY WELSH ROCK THT’S REMIINISCENT OF THE WOMBATS – NOT BAD COLD COMITTEE – band like the Arctic Monkeys, not bad YR EIRA – MORE WELSH ROCK! AGAIN, NOT BAD, NOT STAND OUT WHITE ROOM – ALRIGHT PSYCHE INDIE ROCK AND THE GOLDEN CHOIR – not bad indie, but not great NINA – great synth pop female vocalist. Worth a look definitely. ANNE HAIGHT – A BIT EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL – DEFINITELY WORTH A LISTEN, PRETTY GOOD! THE KRAKEN STAGE FRIDAY JPNSGRLS – CATCHY AS HELL INDIE ROCK – WORTH A LOOK JESSE SHEEHAN – EX GUITARIST FOR NEIL FINN, BIT SONDRE LERCHE, PRETTY GOOD LOUIS BAKER – NOT BAD FOLK/MOTOWN SINGER, NOTHING SPECIAL THO LUCKLESS – NICE VOICE, BIT LIKE BETH ORTON/PJ HARVEY’S FOLKIER STUFF, INDIE FOLK ROCK – PRETTY DECENT CARNIVAL YOUTH – REEEEALLY GOOD. A BIT ARCADE FIRE CROSSED WITH THE NATIONAL – FEELS A BIT LIKE A WES ANDERSON SOUNDTRACK. TRIANA PARK – QUITE CATCHY, BUT DUNNO MAN THE SOUND POETS – LATVIAN, EMOTIONAL ATMOSPHERIC POP – NOT BAD SATURDAY GENGAHR – SEE ABOVE, I MENTIOONED THEM EARLIER. SPRING KING – A FAVE OF 6 MUSIC, CATCHY INDIE ROCK BAND BLACK HONEY – 60’S PSYCHEDELIC GRUNGE WITH A SINGER WHO SOUNDS A BIT LIKE LANA DEL REY – SOUND PRETTY GOOD! THE PEOPLE THE POET – UPLIFTING INDIE FOLK – NOT BAD, BUT NOTHING SPECIAL, REALLY BLAZ PERUS – AVERAGE ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN MISSABLE SASKWATCH – GUITAR POP/SOUL – NOT BAD, PRETTY CATCHY MILLIONS – AVERAGE INDIE POP, MISSABLE SUN GOD REPLICA – HEAVY GARAGE ROCK 70’S INSPIRED BAND THAT SOUND A BIT LIKE SABBATH/CREAM, PRETTY GOOOD! SERVICE BELLS –NOT BAD ROCK BAND, A BIT LIKE QUEENS OF STONE AGE KLO – FAIRLY AVERAGE RnB POP THE COOPERS – average indie rock, missable HOLY HOLY – warm guitar rock, atmospheric – not bad HEIN COOPER – not bad, a bit like dry the river – emotional folk rock SUNDAY VOGUE DOTS – electronic atmospheric band, not bad but not standout STOP DROP ROBOT – not bad a bit jimmy eat world like, but nothing stand out GABRIELLE PAPILLON – singer songwriter, think a bit folky like beth orton or Suzanne vega – not bad SEA WITCHES – not bad indie girl rock group THE LITTLE SECRETS – INDIE POP, NOT BAD, NOTHING STAND OUT BATHYMETRY – languorous, eerie folk band – they sound pretty interesting ORANJ SON – not bad, nothing stand out indie bleh REMI – average hiphop THE RECORD STORE STAGE FRIDAY MOUSES – LIKE BUDDY HOLLY ON ACID, NOT BAD POLAR STATES – PRETTY POLISHED, STADIUM ROCK – WORTH A PUNT CHILI AND THE WHALEKILLERS – AVERAGE INDIE ROCK SHIJO X – VERY PORTISHEAD, VERY GOOD – NEEDS CHECKING OUT JOY CUT – ELECTRONIC BAND – NOT MUCH COP SATURDAY THOUSAND – FOLK, MISSABLE BEACH SKULLS – QUITE ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN CROSSED WITH PSYCHE, PRETTY DECENT DOOMSQUAD – ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRONICA BAND, NOT BAD BUT NOTHING STAND OUT MAMAVEGAS – ALTERNATIVE FOLK, NOT BAD BUT NOT ESSENTIAL BY ANY MEANS BECKY BECKY – VERY MOLOKO, PRETTY FUNKY – I LIKE THEM SERVICE BELLS – ALREADY COVERED ABOVE LEAF RAPIDS – NOT BAD INDIE FOLK OLIVER HEIM – ATMOSPHERIC BUT AVERAGE TEAR TALK – LIVERPOOL SHOEGAZE BAND, A BIT LIKE EARLY DEPECHE MODE BUT MORE ATMOSPHERIC AND WITH LESS BITE. NOT BAD THE FLOORMEN – PRETTY AVERAGE LIVERPOOL PSYCHE BAND HAIKU SALUT – NOT BAD INSTRUMENTAL BAND, USING FOLK AND ATMOSPHERIC SYNTHS SUNDAY GET YOUR GUN – MEDIOCRE GARAGE ROCK BAND SUN GOD REPLICA – SEE LAST ENTRY FOR THEM ABOVE FIZZY BLOOD – PRETTY CATCHY INDIE GROUP REPETITOR – GARAGE ROCK, BUT NOT ALL THAT TUNEFUL GENTLEMEN ROGUES – AMERICAN PUNKS INSPIRED BY THE JAM, THE WHO & ELVIS COSTELLO – ALRIGHT, NOTHING GREAT THE COOPERS – SEE ABOVE, I’VE COVERED THEM EARLIER JESSIE WILL – QUITE LIKE NICK DRAKE, PRETTY GOOD ACTUALLY SPLINTERED UKES – UKELELE COVER BAND – NOT BAD, BUT THEY’RE JUST A COVER BAND TI – PSYCHEDELIC ELECTRO POP – NOT BAD, MELLOW, BUT NOTHING STAND OUT SASKWATCH – SEE ABOVE, ALREADY COVERED VISITORS – BASEMENT GRUNGE BAND FROM LIVERPOOL, ACTUALLY PRETTY CATCHY And that's it! I'm going to sleep now. Sleeep is goood. Yessss, sleeeeeeeeep.
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Martin Summerfield
Monthly music columnist for the Kirkby Extra, sometimes article writer for Get Into This. Freelance writer/artist/maker. Archives
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