Four Tet / Pantha du Prince / Rocketnumbernine
By Andy Wood • May 16th, 2010 • Category: gigsThis was one of those gigs you know you just have to attend although you just don’t know why.
This was one of those gigs you know you just have to attend although you just don’t know why.
This is a seriously strange record, defiantly lo-fi – reverberating with hisses and crackles – yet, at times has a rich, delightful sound – utilising piano, keyboards, banjo and ukulele.
Sophie’s Pigeons have a pretty intense sound. ‘It’s Gonna Bite’ is a strident, driven nugget, its rambunctious sound topped off with strong vocals and a bruising rhythmic stomp.
Press releases tend to vanish once placed into my tender care. It’s not that I don’t bother to read them, or even, at times appreciate them, it’s just that they tend to disappear without leaving a trace or bidding as much as a fond farewell.
Tonight almost ended in, or at least began with, a disaster when I got my O2 venues mixed up. Stepping out of the warmth of Nice ‘n’ Sleazy’s I was about to hail a cab to head to the O2 Academy at Eglinton Toll when I realised the actual venue was only a few hundred [...]