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2010: The Year Of The Gigs
2010 is shaping up to be an awesome year for fans of indie/alternative music in Singapore. Just look at this fantastic line-up of folks slated to visit our sunny shores! 9 bands in 30 days! And I'm pretty sure there's more to come. OMG! Too many bands, not enough moolah! I'm going to have to pick and choose wisely! 
12 Jan: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
13 Jan: Cat Power
14 Jan: Green Day
19 Jan: Patrick Watson
24 Jan: The Killers
26 Jan: Andrew Bird
3 Feb: Muse (Big Night Out)
7 Feb: Florence + The Machine, The XX, and Hockey (St Jerome's Laneway Festival) I'm definitely going for the Cat Power gig, and I suppose I won't forgive myself if I miss Muse again. And what's with this latest rumour I've been hearing about the return of Kings of Convenience to our shores? Could it be true?
Olmeca CD Release
Monte Carlo 76 has been asked to play on Olmeca's CD release show at Self Help Graphics on 12/4 at 8 PM. This will be a great night of hip-hop, reggae, and theater, all to celebrate the release of Olmeca's new album La Contra Cultura.
Olmeca CD ReleaseFriday 12/4 8 PM
Self-Help Graphics
3802 E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave.
Los Angeles CA 90063
$10/All Ages
Free Giveaways
w/ Pachamama, Las Ramonas, Nuai, DJ Dubtonez
Help Asobi Seksu Tour (And Get Exclusive Swag!)
Asobi Seksu are about to embark on a tour of the U.K. supporting White Lies, and are asking their fans to help them out.
The band are offering a range of rewards in exchange for donations, ranging from downloads of their upcoming acoustic album 'ReWolf: Live At Olympic Studios', to private gigs and one-off signed peices of artwork.
For more information on the rewards, and a message from the band, visit their Kickstarter Page.
Asobi Seksu Tour Dates (Supporting White Lies)
Nov 18th - Bournmouth, Academy
Nov 19th - London, Brixton Academy
Nov 20th - London, Brixton Academy
Nov 22nd - Leeds, Academy
Nov 23rd - Norwich, UEA
Nov 24th - Sheffield, Academy
Nov 25th - Nottingham, Rock City
Nov 27th - Manchester, Apollo
Nov 28th - Glasgow, Academy
Nov 29th - Newcastle, Academy
Dec 1st - Portsmouth, Guildhall
Dec 2nd - Bristol Academy
Dec 4th - Cardiff, University
Dec 5th - Birmingham, Academy
You can follow Asobi Seksu on MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.
Challenge Of The Day: Put On A Gig
This is a pretty easy one surely. Put on a gig somewhere in the UK.
OK, we're not asking you to put on a gig really, this is pretend. So please, just imagine that you want to put on a gig. For a friend, or just for the fun of it, in a place that isn't normally a music venue. It could be in your local bar - just a couple of local musicians playing acoustic in the corner. Or it could be a slightly bigger pub for your friend's 21st / 30th / 40th birthday party - a covers band of four people for instance. Or you've got ambitions - how about putting on a bigger act in one of those huge pubs which regularly has at least 300 people screaming at football on giant TV screens? So just imagine the scenario. Now what? Well the first thing to cross your mind would probably be 'I think I need permission' or perhaps 'I wonder if there's something about licensing music I need to know about'. Today's challenge is: Find that information. Then let us know how you got on. Was the information easily available? As a non-musician layperson who just wants to put on a fun party for a friend, was it clear? And after searching, are you any the wiser about what you are and aren't allowed to do, or even more confused? Please leave comments and tweets letting us know what you found out and if you're on Twitter finding out stuff too use the hashtag #uklive Have fun, we'd love to know how you got on. But please note, if you already had extensive experience in this field this experiment is not for you. We're trying to find out how easy it is for laypeople to put on an event involving music, not asking promoters to wade in with personal experience. We'll save that for another blog post. So get searching! Live music has recently been in the news. Here's a recent Guardian article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/oct/15/small-venues-struggle-live-music As more and more people keep telling bands like us 'All the money's in live music now innit?' we'd like the same people to show us how that is true.New Kill It Kid dates announced!
(photo by Tim Knowles)
Kill It Kid are back out on on road in a couple of weeks, on a national tour supporting Foy Vance. The band are kicking off the tour with a headline show in Bristol on the 12th November. Included in the dates is a night at London's beautiful Union Chapel, which is bound to be a very special evening.
Headline Show
Nov 12th Bristol, Music South West
Supporting Foy Vance
Nov 17th Birmingham, Glee Club
Nov 18th York, The Duchess
Nov 20th Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
Nov 21st Exeter Phoenix
Nov 22nd Cardiff, Glee Club
Nov 23rd Oxford, Jericho Tavern
Nov 25th Nottingham, Bodega
Nov 26th Portsmouth, Drift
Nov 28th Derby, The Royal
Nov 29th Manchester, Ruby Lounge
Nov 30th Glasgow, Classic Grand
Dec 1st Inverness, Hootenanny
Dec 2nd Aberdeen, The Warehouse
Dec 4th Limerick, Dolans Warehouse
Dec 5th Cork, Cyprus Avenue
Dec 6th Dublin, Academy 2
Dec 8th London, Union Chapel
Dec 12th London, The Monarch Club Night
Dec 22nd Guildford, Boileroom
For more information, head on over to Kill It Kid's MySpace.
Don't forget, you can grab a copy of their debut at the One Little Shop.
Shuffle On, Paul
Typical Lagos shuffle groove in this tune by Coleman Head. Terry Burns on bass. I love the way Paul always looked so casual, in a later verse he scratches his head during a 5 beat break :)
More on Geneva
In 1974, I can't remember how Paul got this Curtis Brother gig in Geneva, Switzerland but I was between two tours, Europe and Asia with Mayall so I agreed to do it because it was Paul. A piano player named Ronnie, and was it Ron Johnson on bass? The long and short of it was, the Bros did a show where each set was a medeley, few if any solos and that shit gets boring after a few rehearsals, let alone when you're in a club "performing" it.
I was lucky, because I had a girlfriend in Zurich and I get her to to come and stay with me in Geneva. Sex, food and drugs are the only relief from a truly boring gig. The rooms we had in the hotel were small, no fridge and when the band got done, it was the middle of the night. Whenever that phrase came up, Paul and I would sing it - what was that from, Shaft? or some R&B hit? Anyway, In the Middle of the Night there wasn't any place open to go eat so we made sandwiches and hung them out the window in the pillowcases of our rooms. That was, when we got back, we'd be able to eat and for me, go back to my Swiss-German girl.
During the sets, near the end of a totally arranged (as in no spontanaity at all) 6-song medley complete with written modulated transitions, Paul and I would look at each other go "Balogna sandwich there, boy" showing that was shit to look forward to after this pergatory. The future bolgna sandwich became the ultimate get off on stage.
Speaking of religion, the line "Try God, Paul. You've tried everything else..." is attributed to a past mother-in-law, don't know who.
A lot of strange things happened on that gig, but in the end, I had to leave early for the Asia tour with Mayall.
