Wednesday, 8 April 2009

May is shaping up

… to be a great month for culture. ATP, the Star Trek movie, and Pride and Prejudice With Zombies, about which I blogged a couple of months ago, and which is now available from some behemoth online corporations. I also got Hunger and the new Doves album, Kingdom of Rust in the post today. I've always had a soft spot for them. They're like a happier version of Tindersticks (and the title reminds me of Joan Baez's heartbreaking 'Diamonds and Rust', about her split with Bob Dylan). The video is a live performance from 1975.
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12 comments:

  1. Dan8 April 2009 at 14:57

    ATP this year is one heck of a lineup.
    Throwing Muses, The Breeders, Bon Iver, Teenage Fanclub (Bandwagonesque should be immortalised or something), Gang Of Four - Andy Gill is one of my favourite guitarists -, Yann Tiersen, Deerhunter, The Soft Pack, The Bronx...

    Sorry, I slightly obsess over music. I'm guessing you have tickets? Slightly jealous.

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  2. The Plashing Vole8 April 2009 at 15:02

    I certainly am! Yes to the first five bands, and also to Wire and Shellac. Not arsed about Yann Tiersen because I like a lot of the contemporary classical composers he's 'influenced' by.

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  3. Dan8 April 2009 at 15:16

    Wire are the one where the singer has a really bad voice, it annoys me too much to see the 'post-punkness' of it and Shellac are the Steve Albini band who I always confuse with Sebadoh.

    Time to spotify Shellac!

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  4. The Plashing Vole8 April 2009 at 15:24

    Well, close enough - though 'post-punk' is a bit harsh for a band formed in 1976! Shellac are very angry men indeed.

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  5. Benjamin Judge9 April 2009 at 11:52

    Shellac at Phoenix in 1994. Best gig I have ever been to (Phoenix the festival not the city)

    It's nice to know all these bands are still going. Quite a large proportion of them must be in their fifties, and even sixties, by now. All tomorrow's parties is a bit like a Northern Soul weekend for thirty/forty somethings isn't it? Nothing wrong with that mind you.

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  6. Benjamin Judge9 April 2009 at 11:55

    I would hold back on calling Star Trek culture too until you have seen it. I imagine the original/remake quality will be along the same lines of Get Carter/King Kong/Alfie/The Italian Job/The Wicker Man/Shaft/etc etc

    It's got Simon Pegg in it for a start.

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  7. Benjamin Judge9 April 2009 at 11:56

    Shellac were never any good on record mind you

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  8. Benjamin Judge9 April 2009 at 11:57

    The word verification 'word' then was "iming" is that miming to oneself do you think?

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  9. Benjamin Judge9 April 2009 at 11:58

    This post has got quite a few comments hasn't it?

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  10. Benjamin Judge9 April 2009 at 11:58

    I'll go away now

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  11. The Plashing Vole9 April 2009 at 12:05

    You may well be right about Star Trek but my natural optimism is intact. Are you bored, by any chance?

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  12. The Plashing Vole9 April 2009 at 13:27

    You're dead on about Shellac's er shellac - very poor.

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