King Creosote

Saw the wondrous King Creosote last night as part of the MENCAP Little Noise Sessions. Venue was St John-at-Hackney. Crowd were respectfully quiet and needed to be as the acoustics in the place seem to throw sound from the periphery back into the audience meaning voices at the bars can seem louder than they probably are.

Jon Hopkins added some accordion and piano complements. It's at least the third time I've seen King Creosote this year and I could see him more. His familiarity with his songs is such that they can be changed at each gig and often bleed into each other live. He is a true talent.

Bad Times

Check this out, a totally fantastic idea for keeping those blues away. I have, of course, no interest to declare in spreading the word about this project...no, none. There is more info here.

On a totally unrelated note, Seldom Records bashed heads recently and got some projects bubbling away for future dissemination. They will be nice.

Seriously, what is the point?

Occasionally, I just do not *get* certain areas of Modern Art or whatever it is this may be classified as.

The changing sound of music

Interesting discussion and links regarding varying sound quality of releases:
http://www.bandfandango.com/motherboard/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3126&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15

OKJunior's flashmob video to All I Need, directed by Michael Travis. Rather fun:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1260853901416089745&ei=YXikSKDkD4yUjQLOopW2CA&q=okjunior

RIP: http://www.stolenwine.co.uk/

Thee Moths album on Stolen Wine was, and still is, an absolute gem.

Video for "All I Need"

Here is a lovely video for OKJunior's "All I Need" featuring some downright awesome dancing. These are the sort of moves I dream of pulling off on a dancefloor.