Well, its been a while. Haha. I guess I got embroiled in life and forgot the humble blog I had such hope for. Well what has happened in the mean-time... hmm.
2009 was a fun year but ultimately one that wore me down to the bone. I put on 50+ gigs in Preston, organised a month long UK tour for Nice Peter and put a lot of time into pushing Ivan Campo. Three different avenues. All rather time consuming but worthwhile nonetheless.
Here is a quick list of the best bands that played... The Joy Formidable, Jeffrey Lewis, Sparrow And The Workshop, The Chapman Family, Crocodiles, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Agitator, The Veils, Grammatics, Dananananaykroyd, The Brute Chorus, The Northwestern, Jeniferever, Race Horses, Bilge Pump, Manatees, The Birdman Rallies, Thomas Truax, Gideon Conn, The Laze and Castrovalva. I'd advise you check all or any of those out!
Special mention to the likes of Spokes, Elohymn and my compadres Ivan Campo for keeping the local side of things ticking over. We lost so many Preston based bands last year it was unreal. It was like they all realised en masse that the unsigned gig circuit is just a slog through dog turd, the media are total vacuous shit heels and sitting back listening to the likes of Ellie Goulding being championed probably nailed the coffin shut.
Preston could be a great live music city but I think it is too much like hard work for some people. With the rise in clubnights, cover bands and comebacks it doesn't bode too well. Those three C's shouldn't be taught to anyone. They just share the same common theme - easy, economical and totally devoid of imagination.
Talking of which... Preston hosted 'Rock In The Park' last summer! I'm not sure what the 'rock' was about... cos nearly all the acts mimed to cd decks. We had Peter Andre, Preston (outta the Ordinary Boys), Pixie Lott, and much more. The event was mindnumbingly awful and should be happening in Scarborough or Rhyl - not in this 'city' of ours. God damn it... if only the general public had an ounce of taste this kinda shit wouldn't happen.
Anyhow, enough talk of the mainstream drivel. Coming up soon I have the likes of Marble Valley (from Virginia) and Curtis Eller (from New York). And I can't wait. Real music. I'll leave you with a video and hopefully I'll post some more words soon. I'll try to make them interesting one of these days. Anyhow... heres some Magnetic Fields...
2009 was a fun year but ultimately one that wore me down to the bone. I put on 50+ gigs in Preston, organised a month long UK tour for Nice Peter and put a lot of time into pushing Ivan Campo. Three different avenues. All rather time consuming but worthwhile nonetheless.
Here is a quick list of the best bands that played... The Joy Formidable, Jeffrey Lewis, Sparrow And The Workshop, The Chapman Family, Crocodiles, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Agitator, The Veils, Grammatics, Dananananaykroyd, The Brute Chorus, The Northwestern, Jeniferever, Race Horses, Bilge Pump, Manatees, The Birdman Rallies, Thomas Truax, Gideon Conn, The Laze and Castrovalva. I'd advise you check all or any of those out!
Special mention to the likes of Spokes, Elohymn and my compadres Ivan Campo for keeping the local side of things ticking over. We lost so many Preston based bands last year it was unreal. It was like they all realised en masse that the unsigned gig circuit is just a slog through dog turd, the media are total vacuous shit heels and sitting back listening to the likes of Ellie Goulding being championed probably nailed the coffin shut.
Preston could be a great live music city but I think it is too much like hard work for some people. With the rise in clubnights, cover bands and comebacks it doesn't bode too well. Those three C's shouldn't be taught to anyone. They just share the same common theme - easy, economical and totally devoid of imagination.
Talking of which... Preston hosted 'Rock In The Park' last summer! I'm not sure what the 'rock' was about... cos nearly all the acts mimed to cd decks. We had Peter Andre, Preston (outta the Ordinary Boys), Pixie Lott,
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