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Miki Berenyi Trio at Webster Hall, New York (08 June 2024)

06/08 Miki Berenyi Trio at Webster Hall Miki Berenyi Trio Setlist (06/08)  setlist courtesy of brooklynvegan Stray* Leaves Me Cold* Hurricane Vertigo Covert* V.O. (Piroshka song) Love at First Sight (The Gist cover) Gango Kiss Chase* 8th Deadly Sin Kinch Light From a Dead Star* Ubique For Love* Everlastingly Yours (Piroshka song) Big I Am Ladykillers* Suzanne (Moose cover) Baby Talk* with Budgie and Lol Tolhurst on drums * Lush song Tour Dates Aug 10 Margate, UK - Elsewhere Aug 10 Brighton, UK - At The Edge of The Sea Festival Sep 07 Birmingham, UK - The Hare & Hounds Read More Lush Miki Berenyi, one of the founding members of the seminal ‘90s shoegaze band Lush, loves to say “f**k.” As in, “I’ve played you a couple of Lush songs, so don’t go f**k off to the bar now.” …

In response to Miki Berenyi Trio at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco (01 Jun 2024), Sean King writes:

Great review. I first saw Lush in 1991, saw Piroshka in 2019 and saw Miki Berenyi Trio two weeks ago at NYC's Webster Hall. I thought MB3 sounded great. I didn't check any set lists beforehand but did watch/listen a few times to their professionally-recorded September 2023 Paris Popfest performance on YouTube, so I knew most of the new MB3 songs.

I like all Lush, although I'd say “Ladykillers” is my least favorite song from my least favorite album of theirs. I never expected them to play it but really enjoyed how they delivered it this time - in a more “classic Lush” manner.

By the way, opening act drummers Lol (The Cure) and Budgie (Siouxsie & The Banshees) came on to play on our show's finale at Webster Hall, “Baby Talk” (early Lush song).

Miki says this mini-U.S. tour did well enough that they play to return in 2025 (hopefully, WITH Moose!) and will also release an MB3 album next year.

Photos: That’s me and bassist Muck Conroy outside the venue beforehand. Usual bassist Ollie was filling in for Moose on guitar who’s afraid to fly. So, Piroshka veteran Mick (a founding member of Modern English) was drafted in on bass for this tour. As you may recall, he first played with Miki on the last-ever 2016 Lush reunion show. It was his idea to hold up five fingers here, as it’d been five years since we posed for that 2019 Berlin photo with Moose. He didn’t remember me per se but he remembered that Berlin show. Nice guy.

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Miki Berenyi Trio (with Lol and Budgie on drums) at Webster Hall, New York (08 June 2024)

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Miki Berenyi Trio at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco (01 Jun 2024)

Miki Berenyi Trio Setlist Stray* Leaves Me Cold* Hurricane Vertigo Covert* V.O. (Piroshka cover) Love at First Sight (The Gist cover) Gango Kiss Chase* 8th Deadly Sin Kinch Light From a Dead Star* Ubique For Love* Everlastingly Yours (Piroshka cover) Big I Am -- Encore -- Ladykillers* Suzanne (Moose cover) Baby Talk* * Lush song Read More Lush I have mentioned this at various time, I was more of the Britpop-sounding Lush vs their early shoegazing beginning. That doesn't mean I don't occasional enjoy listening to Gala or Spooky …

Miki Berenyi Trio
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco
June 1, 2024

Miki Berenyi, one of the founding members of the seminal ‘90s shoegaze band Lush, loves to say “f**k.” As in, “I’ve played you a couple of Lush songs, so don’t go f**k off to the bar now.”

The audience who attended the Miki Berenyi Trio’s sold-out show at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall seemed to love the sass. But even more, they cheered a setlist full of songs from Lush and Piroshka, Berenyi’s previous bands. Mixed in with the walls of guitar and airy vocals, Berenyi dutifully delivered the hits that any legacy band knows to deliver to the fans, including Lush’s 1996 single, “Ladykillers,” part of an encore where they just pretended to leave the stage but really just stayed put, doing away with the pretense. (Although the audience did do the traditional "Please play some more!" cheering and foot-stomping, for which Berenyi was suitably amused.) But this version they offered was less “britpop” and more venomous, leaning towards a gothic-industrial mood. The whole night had a spooky vibe, a haunted mansion of atmospheric guitar and vocals trying both to summon and wake the dead.

Their setlist also included “Covert” and “For Love,” from Lush’s 1992 debut, Spooky, along with “Light from a Dead Star” from their 1994 album Split. “Was that from Split?” she asked the crowd. “I can’t f**king remember.” It’s been awhile since the band’s heyday, so she can be forgiven for the lapse in memory, as long as the trio brought the gauzy, luscious rock, which they did in spades. And since Berenyi’s recent memoir, Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success, might have rankled former Lush bandmates like Emma Anderson with its take-no-prisoners confessions, the trio’s Lush covers may be the only Lush “reunion” we get.

The Miki Berenyi Trio—consisting of Berenyi, her longtime partner Kevin “Moose” McKillop, and Oliver Cherer—also played their own songs, of course, a seamless fit for the shoegaze genre. Tracks like “Hurricane” and “Vertigo” were studded with reverb and haunting melodies. Against a backdrop of dreamy visuals projected onto the screen behind them, it was a night of aural soundscapes and Berenyi’s atmospheric vocals, the kind of music that makes you close your eyes and drift on waves of distortion and a holy racket of sound.

The opening band, Lol Tolhurst & Budgie, had dueling drumkits and instrumentals recalling the catchier ‘90s electronica-as-mood music vibe (their music features guest artists like James Murphy and Bobby Gillespie), something nice, say, for an evening on the open road before you head to a rave.

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Britpop Now 2024

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Pulp USA Tour 2024 Read More Pulp Pulp - Different Class (1995) So many great songs on this album, from their hit "Common People", to the revenge "I Spy", to the dance favorite "Disco 2000", to kinkiness "Underwear". Love Jarvis Cocker and his wonderful songwriting. I have bought this album ....

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Legendary Britpop band Pulp is doing their “This Is What We Do For An Encore” tour in the US and Canada. We haven’t seen Pulp in America since 1997, so this is a big deal.

Hopefully, if these tickets sell well for these limited dates, that Pulp can expand their American tour to more cities.

We saw the band in Australia and noted that it might be the band’s last performance in the country: “I want to wrap Jarvis Cocker up in greaseproof paper and take him home for later. We saw him a couple of years ago playing his own stuff, and it wasn’t a fraction as good as this. The dancing was unexpected but very impressive. He kept saying it might be the last time Pulp ever plays in Australia. I hope he’s wrong, because that would make me very sad.

It was hard for me to tear my attention away from Jarvis and his energetic on-stage presence, hip shaking dance moves and ongoing chatter with the crowd between songs. I was so focused on him that I really didn’t notice the rest of the band, although I am sure they existed. The entire set was great, in particular the songs ‘Sorted for E’s and Wizz’, ‘Babies’, and ‘Underwear’. However the stand out highlight was, of course, the final song, ‘Common People’. An unforgettable performance.”

Tour dates:

8 Sep 2024– Chicago, IL - Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom

10 Sep 2024 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY

13 Sep 2024 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre

16 Sep 2024 – San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

18 Sep 2024 – Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium

Paul Weller USA Tour 2024 Read More Paul Weller The Modfather Paul Weller is currently on a tiny US tour heading to Riot Fest in Chicago. For some reason, Minneapolis is just one of four US non-festival dates, and so naturally, the Varsity Theater show last night, September 10th, was sold out. ....

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The great Modfather Paul Weller announced his first North American tour since 2017. The influential singer (who inspired many Britpop bands) is touring in support of his upcoming album 66, set for May 24, the day before his 66th birthday.

66 includes contributions from Noel Gallagher, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, Madness’ Suggs McPherson, Richard Hawley, The Blow Monkeys’ Dr Robert, Le SuperHomard’s Christophe Vaillant, and Erland Cooper, with string arrangements by Hannah Peel.

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We saw Weller when he was last here in Oct 2017 and wrote, “After the intermission, lights dimmed as the intro music of The Beatles’ ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ announced Paul Weller and his band taking the stage for a breathtaking two and a half hour headlining set that would touch on all points, of his over four-decade long career. Weller has surrounded himself with a crack band for the tour featuring longtime sidemen Steve Cradock (guitar), Andy Crofts (bass), Steve Pilgrim (drums), and Ben Gordelier (percussion) as well as new addition Tom Van Heel (keys) and kicked things off with 2015’s ‘I’m Where I Should Be’, a song which encapsulated The Modfather’s confidence in still finding his place in today’s musical landscape and also echoed the sentiments of the thousand people in attendance cheering him on.”

Tour dates:

Sep 06 Red Bank NJ – Count Basie Center for the Arts

Sep 07 Brooklyn NY – Kings Theatre

Sep 08 Boston MA – House of Blues

Sep 10 Glenside PA – Keswick Theatre

Sep 11 Washington DC – Lincoln Theatre

Sep 13 Toronto ON – History

Sep 15 Chicago IL – Vic Theatre

Sep 16 Minneapolis MN – First Avenue

Sep 19 Seattle WA – The Moore

Sep 20 Vancouver BC – Vogue Theatre

Sep 22 San Francisco CA – The Fillmore

Sep 23 San Francisco CA – The Fillmore

Sep 25 El Cajon CA – The Magnolia

Sep 26 Anaheim CA – House of Blues

Sep 27 Los Angeles CA – Orpheum Theatre

Miki Berenyi Trio USA Tour 2024 Read More Lush I have mentioned this at various time, I was more of the Britpop-sounding Lush vs their early shoegazing beginning. That doesn't mean I don't occasional enjoy listening to Gala or Spooky …

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Known for her brightly dyed red hair and her dreamy, star-dusted pop songs, Miki Berenyi had an unmistakable presence as one of the founding members of Lush, one of the penultimate British shoegaze bands of the 80s and 90s. A few decades on from that band’s heyday, Berenyi is gearing up for a U.S. tour with her own band, which includes her romantic partner, “Moose” McKillop. (She also has an autobiography out now in the U.S., Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success, which was originally released in 2022 in the UK.) The trio treads familiar terrain as her previous bands (not including the Britpoppy interlude)—dreamy, sometimes dystopian pop with lots of crunchy, distorted guitars, all anchored by Berenyi’s ethereal vocals. The red locks may now be raven, but Berenyi and her band’s music still commands attention.

Lush (18 Sep 2016)

We saw Lush in 1994 and when they reunited for a few dates in Sep 2016 and wrote, “I was surprised just how great Lush sounded after all these years. Sure, I have complained a little when they sped up many of their songs for their live shows, but I understand that they have to keep it fresh. Again, while I privately enjoyed Lush’s music in the last 20 years by myself... it certainly felt weird to share the same love as all the other 1,400 fans at the show.”

MIKI BERENYI TRIO TOUR DATES

May 29 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre

May 31 Mcgill, NV - Schellraiser Campground

Jun 01 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall**

Jun 03 Portland, OR - McMenamins Mission Theater**

Jun 04 Seattle, WA - Madame Lou's**

Jun 06 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater**

Jun 07 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge**

Jun 08 New York, NY - Webster Hall**

Aug 10 Margate, UK - Elsewhere

Aug 10 Brighton, UK - At The Edge of The Sea Festival

Sep 07 Birmingham, UK - The Hare & Hounds

**dates with Lol Tolhurst x Budgie

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Lush at Vic Theatre, Chicago (18 Sep 2016) (Updated)

Lush Setlist     intro music: Undertow (Spooky Remix) De-Luxe Breeze Kiss Chase Hypocrite Lovelife Thoughtforms Light From a Dead Star Desire Line Lit Up Scarlet Etheriel Undertow For Love Out of Control Ladykillers Downer Sweetness and Light -- Encore -- Lost Boy Nothing Natural Leaves Me Cold -- Encore 2 -- Monochrome Tamaryn Setlist I Won't Be Found Hands All Over Me Sugar Fix Cranekiss Softcore Fade Away Slow Intruder (Waking You Up) Tour Dates 11/03/16 Iceland Airwaves Festival 2016 11/05/16 Rolling Stone Weekender Festival 2016 11/25/16 Manchester @ Academy Read More Lush I have mentioned this at various time, I was more of the Britpop-sounding Lush vs their early shoegazing beginning. That doesn't mean I don't occasional enjoy listening to Gala or Spooky … Tamaryn Tamaryn (born in New Zealand, currently based out of San Francisco) has a single and video is called "Heavenly Bodies." The track is taken from her new album, Tender New Signs ...

Lush at Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles (25 Sep 2016) photo: Mark

Shoegazing band Lush just played the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles last night. Mark sent in the photo and noted that their setlist was the same as their appearance at the Vic Theatre (aka the Victoria Theatre) in Chicago, Illinois.

Today, Lush will be playing their first US radio session in 20 years at KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic which will be streamed live at kcrw.com, so tune in.

Now that all the current news about Lush is out of the way, let us reflect back at their Chicago appearance last week.

Just to give you a little background, I got into Lush before the Internet existed, early 90s with the video for ‘De-Luxe’. By the time I saw the ‘For Love’ music video on 120 Minutes, I had rushed out to the (now-defunct) Wherehouse Music Store to buy Spooky. The band was a bit of a mystery to me (remember, this was before the internet), and we learned what I could through Melody Maker, Select, and NME.

By 1994, Lush seemed to have moved away from their shoegazing/dreampop sound to a poppier-sound, fitting in quite well with the Britpop scene. It was around this time that I caught the band at Fillmore in San Francisco in 1994 (with a new band called Weezer as opener).

In two short years, we would find out that their drummer, Chris Acland had committed suicide... and the band was no more.

In the 20+ years that followed, I’ve had a private relationship with Lush on headphones and listening to their album. I’ve made playlists, I’ve tried to collect all the b-sides, etc. I knew almost all of their recorded material, so hearing that the band recorded new music for 2016... it was both exciting and scary. Spoiler alert, the new songs are just as good, so you don’t have to worry too much.

With a limited touring schedule (the band has work and duties and could only tour when they all use up their vacation time at the same time), I knew I had to take off some days to make the long drive to Chicago to see the band again.

We’ve never been to the Vic before, so we showed up early. Even at 30 minutes before the venue open, there was already a long line that wrapped around the side of the building. With everyone getting the pat down treatment, it did take longer than usual to get inside. Apparently, men outnumbered the women at this show, as there were no waiting for the women’s line... and at the end of the Lush show, all their men’s shirts sold out.

Once inside, we found a good spot. The way the Vic is setup, it seemed like there used to be seats on the standing dance floor. As you move back there were raised platforms, so viewing the stage from the back was just as good as being in the front.

Tamaryn

Opening up the sold-out show was New York's Tamaryn. We previously the band 2012 and noted just how shoegazing the band sounded.... And it made sense to have them open up for Lush on most of their U.S. tour dates. Clearly, based on their music, Tamaryn's main influence was early Lush songs.

The band, named after its singer's name Tamaryn, played a 35-min set without ever speaking between songs. Compared to the last time I saw Tamaryn, their performance was pretty much how I remembered them: “Singer Tamaryn spent most of the time with hair in her face, introspective-like... but once in a while, she does break out some dance moves!”

Tamaryn came on stage dressed in a Ellesse sweatshirt, but it did come off during ‘Cranekiss’, because of her passionate dance routine. They won over some of the audience, but because they never introduced themselves, everyone was asking who was that band?

I was surprised just how great Lush sounded after all these years. Sure, I have complained a little when they sped up many of their songs for their live shows, but I understand that they have to keep it fresh.

Again, while I privately enjoyed Lush’s music in the last 20 years by myself... it certainly felt weird to share the same love as all the other 1,400 fans at the show.

I thought their setlist was good, choosing to showcase the two music style of Miki & Emma. To me, the Emma songs were the melodic shoegazing ones (examples ‘Sweetness and Light’ and ‘Thoughtforms’), while Miki’s songs were always upbeat (examples ‘Hypocrite’ and fan-favorite ‘Ladykillers’).

After switching to a pre-tuned guitar for ‘Hypocrite’, Miki asked the audience to mind the person behind them when they film them on their phone. She explained that she once spent a whole gig behind someone who held up their phone the whole time.

All of the singles got the biggest cheers - including ‘For Love’ and ‘Ladykillers’. The latter, Miki announced, “You guys might like this one...” Of course we did.

Elastica’s drummer Justin Welch fit in really well with the band. He was generally really good, songs like ‘Undertow’ and ‘Sweetness and Light’ got new life with the way Welch played on the songs.

We’re really happy to see Lush is back together. Hopefully, next time they’ll play somewhere closer to us.

Tamaryn

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Britpop Now: Ash, Lush, Oasis

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Read More Ash We love Ash. We've been following the Irish band for a long time now, and a few years ago, they famously said they would "never" release an album. Instead the trio concentrated on just recording singles …

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Hands down, the greatest Ash album has got to be 1977 (released in 1996). The record has all the hits we know and love, including ‘Goldfinger’, ‘Girl From Mars’, ‘Kung Fu’, and ‘Oh Yeah’.

I remember picking up the album at that time and was simply blown away by some of the catchiest songs I’ve ever heard. And let’s not forget that these guys “introduced” Jackie Chan to America using their single ‘Kung Fu’ as part of the promotion for his film Rumble in the Bronx.

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of 1977, the trio (singer/guitarist Tim Wheeler, bassist Mark Hamilton and drummer Rick McMurray) will be playing the album, from start to finish... of course, sans hidden track ‘Sick Party’.

In addition to the anniversary tour, Ash is also releasing Live On Mars: London Astoria 1997, an 18-track set recorded over the band’s five night run at the London Astoria from the 28th of February to the 4th of March. You can only pick up these limited colored vinyl or CDs at this upcoming tour (I believe if you can’t make it to a show, you can order the album via their official website).

Ian Fortnam from Classic Rock, writes, “These five nights at The Astoria, from February 28th to March 4th 1997, sound and feel like a party. An exuberant, irresistible celebration of a band who, transcending the faddishness of concurrent Britpop, succeeded on that rarest of commodities: raw talent.”

Tour Dates:

09/21 | The Roxy | Los Angeles, CA
09/22 | Independent | San Francisco, CA
09/23 | Soda Bar | San Diego, CA
09/24 | Rips | Phoenix, AZ
09/26 | Stubb’s Jr | Austin, TX
09/28 | Lincoln Hall | Chicago, IL
09/30 | Shelter | Detroit, MI
10/01 | Mod Club | Toronto, ON
10/03 | Middle East | Boston, MA
10/04 | Rock n Roll Hotel | Washington, DC
10/05 | Foundry | Philadelphia, PA
10/06 | Music Hall of Williamsburg | New York, NY
11/10 | Olympia | Dublin, Ireland
12/03 | MOD | Hasselt, Belgium
12/04 | Luxor | Cologne, Germany
12/05 | Knust | Hamburg Germany
12/07 | Lido | Berlin, Germany
12/08 | Paradiso Nord | Amsterdam, Netherlands
12/10 | Roundhouse | London, UK
12/11 | Ritz | Manchester, UK
12/12 | Rock City | Nottingham, UK
12/14 | Garage | Aberdeen, UK
12/15 | Garage | Glasgow, UK

Read More Lush I have mentioned this at various time, I was more of the Britpop-sounding Lush vs their early shoegazing beginning. That doesn't mean I don't occasional enjoy listening to Gala or Spooky …

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I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to hear Lush reunited last year. I’ve caught the band in 1994 and have been patiently waiting for their reunion.

The band is returning to the States in September - and we are committed to driving to Chicago at the Vic Theatre on September 18th. The show is sold out, but we’re hoping to make it in.

I’ve deliberately avoided looking at their setlist from recent reunion shows, so not to spoil myself. I’m assuming they’ll play all the big hits (‘Ladykillers’, ‘Heavenly Nobodies’, ‘Untogether’, ‘For Love’, and ‘Kiss Chase’). I’m sure they’ll play ‘500’, even though it’s not my favorite song.

I would also love to hear B-Side ‘Ex’ live, but I doubt they will be playing these deep, deep cuts. Also, would love to hear the anti-love song ‘Ciao!’, but may be hard to pull off as that requires a Jarvis Cocker to sing the male part.

Tamaryn will be Lush’s special guest on all dates, excluding Portland and Toronto. We previously saw San Francisco’s Tamaryn in 2012 and noted, “Last night's show is what you'd expect from a shoegazing show: dimly lit atmosphere with movie projection accompanied by heavy guitar effects and distorted undistinguished vocals.”

Lush’s Tour Dates:

09/13/16 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
09/14/16 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
09/15/16 Boston, MA @ Royale
09/17/16 Toronto Urban Roots Festival
09/18/16 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
09/19/16 Detroit, MI @ St Andrew's Hall,
09/21/16 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
09/22/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
09/24/16 Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre
09/25/16 Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre
09/27/16 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
11/03/16 Iceland Airwaves Festival 2016
11/05/16 Rolling Stone Weekender Festival 2016
11/25/16 Manchester @ Academy

Read More Oasis Internet time moves so quickly. If I had mentioned something about Noel Gallagher quitting Oasis on Friday, that would've been accepted. But it's been three days later and now I feel like people …

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After an explosive breakup of Oasis in August 2009 and a quiet breakup Beady Eye (in October 2014 via a tweet!), frontman Liam Gallagher has signed a major label record deal with Warner Bros. His solo album is coming out in 2017. In the meantime, Liam is posting photos of his brother Noel Gallagher, calling him “Potato”.

Oasis is also the subject in a recent Supersonic documentary, set for release on October 2nd in limited UK theaters. Director Matt Whitecross was granted an unparalleled look into the troubled relationship between Gallagher brothers Liam and Noel who are both credited as executive producers... and showcase their humble beginning in 1993.

When I saw Oasis in Sacramento in 1994, they weren’t mobbed by fans for autographs. In fact, Liam and Bonehead was hanging outside the venue and we talked to them a bit before going inside to see the opening band...

Supersonic will be released on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download on October 31.

Details:

Featuring extensive unseen archive, SUPERSONIC charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just 3 short years. This palpable, raw and moving film shines a light on one of the most genre and generation-defining British bands that has ever existed.

PS Big Brother Recordings recently unveiled Oasis’ classic 1997 video for their No.1 single ‘D’You Know What I Mean?’ on vevo.com. Directors Dom & Nic added Noel Gallagher's new mix of the song and adding in previously unseen footage. The video has been completely re-graded and is now in High Definition format.

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Britpop Now: Lush, Sleeper, Space, SFA, and more

Read More Lush I have mentioned this at various time, I was more of the Britpop-sounding Lush vs their early shoegazing beginning. That doesn't mean I don't occasional enjoy listening to Gala or Spooky …

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When I first heard the news that Lush reformed in September 2015, I was super excited. I had heard the rumors as far as 2013 or 2014 when singer Miki Berenyi granted interviews with Under the Radar and other magazines, so I can’t say I was completely surprised.

Just for the record, in case you aren’t a Lush fan or keep track of these things, but the Shoegazing-turned-Britpop band broke up after their drummer Chris Acland’s suicide in 1996. We caught the band in 1994 and noted, “vivid memories of watching drummer Chris Acland with his mouth wide open throughout the set (and I thought that was really strange).”

I’ve said this before, but these shows are very special because not only are we getting Lush again with the original members (Miki, Emma Anderson, and Phillip King... and filling in for Acland will be Justin Welch, formerly of Elastica), but this will also be a nice reunion for the fans. Trust me, you’ll see plenty of people you haven’t seen in the last twenty years... and it’ll be great!

Lush tour dates are:

4/14/16 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
4/16/16 Indio, CA @ Coachella
4/17/16 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
4/19/16 Portland, OR @ Crystal Room
4/20/16 Seattle, WA @ Showbox
4/21/16 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
4/23/16 Indio, CA @ Coachella
9/14/16 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
9/15/16 Boston, MA @ Royale
9/18/16 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
9/21/16 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
9/22/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

Read More Sleeper No one loves Sleeper as much as I do. I own all of Sleeper's singles and albums. Their second album was a slightly superior to their debut Smart album, even though all the singles leading up to the debut album was wonderful. ... Elvis Costello I've seen Elvis Costello at the Berkeley Theater before. I was there to cover Sleeper, the opening band. We had pretty awful seats, I had brought some friends along. They wanted to leave, but not until he played "Veronica" ...

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Guitarist Jon Stewart (not to be confused with actor/comedian/show host Jon Stewart), was on The StageLeft Podcast last month. As a big Sleeper fan, obviously I wanted to bring this to your attention.

Head over to Soundcloud.com, or click on the right.

Details:

Recorded at The Brighton Dome, The StageLeft Podcast is joined by our great influence, Senior Lecturer in Music Business Studies & Sleeper Guitarist - Jon Stewart.

Jon talks us through being centric to the whirlwind of Britpop, his role as Music Director on Kevin Spacey's Telstar: The Joe Meek Story and appearing on the Trainspotting soundtrack. Jon tells us the advice he gives the many musicians he's worked with in relation to dealing with the pressures of the public eye, the difficulties that arise when being in a band with a complex set of personal relationships and current projects Jon is embarking on in relation to helping recovering alcoholics.

- "The 'Fame' experience is a mental health condition... it's a form of mental illness"
- "The way I dealt with it was to drink and to take lots of drugs"
- "This feels like a bit of a therapy session..."

Jon also tells us about being on Richey Edwards final tour with the Manic Street Preachers, supporting REM & Radiohead, playing with KD Lang, and having his music covered by Elvis Costello.

Read More Space Space was a short-lived band from Liverpool. The most interesting thing about the band is that singer, Tommy Scott sounds like he's trying to be Mexican. You can hear it in the way he rolls his "R"s. …

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Look, I love Space, okay? They are a silly little band from Liverpool with silly songs like “Female of the Species” and “Me & You Vs the World”, etc. If you listen to Spiders, it’s clear that these guys love cinema, particularly American cinema. I think for their first US tour, we caught the band in Los Angeles in 1997 (?). It’s been a long time, but it was their first LA gig from what I can recall.

The band broke up for a while, but came back to the music scene in 2011. Last year, the band announced a new single “Strange World” (read all about it on news.weheartmusic.com), taken from their fifth studio album Give Me Your Future (Mulu Records).

Space dates:

7th April 2016 The Brook, Southampton
8th April 2016 Academy, Bournemouth
15th April 2016 Academy, Oxford
16th April 2016 The Haunt, Brighton
23rd April 2016 Bellfield Tavern, Kilmarnock
29th April 2016 Academy Newcastle
30th April 2016 Arc, Stockton
6th May 2016 Empire Music Hall, Belfast
7th May 2016 The Grand Social, Dublin
13th May 2016 Fruit, Hull
14th May 2016 Waterside Arts Centre
21st May 2016 Academy Birmingham
28th May 2016 Academy, Leicester
29th May 2016 100 Club, London
3rd June 2016 Fox & Goose, Southport
June 9th 2016 The Box, Crewe
10th June 2016 The Citadel, St. Helens
11th June 2016 The Exchange, Stoke-on-Trent
9th-10th July 2016 Frodsham Summer Festival 16
23rd July 2016 PKD Festival, Fife

Read More Super Furry Animals Finally, it looks like Super Furry Animals are going to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman - TONIGHT. I haven't been keeping up, but isn't there some sort of writer's strike or something ? …

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS
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I have seen Super Furry Animals at Coachella before... the only thing I can remember was that they were on early on the bill and that they dedicated “Mountain People” to the mountains.

They’ve been around for a long time, but, of course, every time they play in Minneapolis, either with the full band or as solo Gruff Rhys, I have been busy with another show or not available. Unfortunately, at this point, I don’t think they’re coming back here as a full band. I see that demands for them in Los Angeles is go good, they’ve added an additional date.

SFA is currently in the US again, but not promoting a new album. Oddly enough their 15-year-old album Welsh-only Mwng album got reissued by Domino Records recently... so expect some of those classic songs to make their way to their setlist.

Tour dates:

2/09 San Francisco, CA @ Great American
2/10 San Jose, CA @ The Ritz
2/11 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
2/12 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
4/29 Austin, TX @ Levitation
4/30 Austin, TX @ Levitation
5/01 Austin, TX @ Levitation
5/03 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
5/04 Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
5/05 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
5/06 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
5/07 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

Read More Menswe@ar Nuisance Recordings and Post/Pop Records recently released Menswe@ar's first single since 1996, called Crash '14. Originally the song was a b-side to We Love You, but the song …

GIGANTIC INDIE ALL DAYER VOL 3
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The lineup for Gigantic Indie All Dayer Vol 3: A Big, Big Love looks incredible. The music festival is taking place at Manchester Academy on 28 May 2016 and will feature headliner The Wonder Stuff... but personally, I am more interested in Bentley Rhythm Ace (aka “BRA”), S*M*A*S*H, and Frank and Walters.... oh and maybe Menswe@r (yes, they are still around!)

Lineup:

The Wonder Stuff

House of Love

Bentley Rhythm Ace

The Darling Buds

The Frank And Walters

BMX Bandits

Back To The Planet

Cud

S*M*A*S*H

The Telescopes

Menswe@r

Credit To The Nation

Bivouac & Jack Adaptor (The Family Cat)

The after show will feature Mike Joyce (The Smiths), MCs & DJs Marc & Jason Jones (Indiecation & Planet X, Liverpool), and Andy Woods (Smile / Unknown Pleasures).

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W♥M203: 29 Love Songs

W♥M203: 29 Love Songs (69 mins) Read More Lush I have mentioned this at various time, I was more of the Britpop-sounding Lush vs their early shoegazing beginning. That doesn't mean I don't occasional enjoy listening to Gala or Spooky … Morrissey In 2000, Morrissey went on tour in support of his ¡Oye Esteban! DVD. Although it wasn't a traditional album release, the DVD itself … Belle & Sebastian Most people would pick If You're Feeling Sinister, but I prefer Arab Strap. B&S can do no wrong, up until Catastrophe Waitress and Life Pursuit, of course. I'm not happy with the "Christian" … The Lucksmiths Fans just discovering the Lucksmiths, good news for you, there is a 'greatest hits' double disc compilation called Cartography For Beginners out now. Track listing were compiled …

Ryan and Vu recorded this special Valentine's Day Podcast on 02/14 (if you subscribe to the podcast, you got it on that date).

In this #203 Episode, clocking in at "69 minutes" of course!, we compile some of our favorite love (and hate) songs.

We also talk a little bit about music news including:

De La Soul gave all their music for FREE on February 14 for 25 hours, in honor of their 25th anniversary of 3 Feet High and Rising, which contained their greatest hit "Me Myself And I". The promotion was also to coincide with their upcoming 2014 album called You're Welcome.

Morrissey is riding high on his Autobiography book and has announced a new U.S. tour with songwriter/keyboardist Kristeen Young, and Tom Jones to join Moz in Los Angeles and Sir Cliff Richard in New York.

Morrissey's tour dates:

May 07 San Jose CA Civic Auditorium
May 10 Los Angeles CA Sports Arena
May 13 El Paso TX Plaza Theater
May 14 Albuquerque NM Sunshine Theater
May 16 Salt Lake City UT Kingsbury Hall
May 17 Denver CO Ellie Caulkins
May 19 Lincoln NE Rococo Theatre
May 20 Lawrence KS Liberty Hall
May 22 Dallas TX Majestic Theatre
May 24 Austin TX Austin Music Hall
May 25 Beaumont TX Julie Rogers Theatre
May 27 Memphis TN Orpheum Theatre
May 28 Nashville TN Ryman Auditorium
May 30 St Petersburg FL Mahaffey Theater
May 31 Miami FL Adrienne Arsht Center
June 4 Atlanta GA Cobb Energy Center
June 6 Atlantic City NJ Revel Ovation Hall
June 7 Boston MA Boston Opera House
June 10 Baltimore MD Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
June 13 Chicago IL Civic Opera House
June 14 Flint MI James Whiting Auditorium
June 16 Lewiston NY Artpark Main Stage Theater
June 17 Wilmington DE Grand Opera House
June 19 Hershey PA Hershey Theatre
June 21 New York NY Barclays Center Arena

Joni Mitchel: Blue Warner Bros

Our Love Songs:

Joni Mitchel - A Case of You

The National - Slow Show

Morrissey - Jack the Ripper

The Cure - Love Song

REM - The One I Love

Josh Ritter - Girl in the War

Belle & Sebastian - I Fought in a War

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Ryan Adams - Sylvia Plath"

The Lucksmiths - Smokers in Love

Weezer - Across the Sea

Looper - Impossible Things

Hello Saferide - Long Lost Pen Pal

Don't You Want Me Baby? Virgin

Our Hate Songs:

Human League - Don't You Want Me Baby?

The Greg Kihn Band - The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)

Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped

Lush - Ciao! (featuring Jarvis Cocker)

Bonus section: catching up on television shows! "Her", Black Mirror, Star Trek: Continues, unused concert ticket stubs, and falling in love with Lazy Line Painter Jane.

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Lush at the Fillmore, San Francisco (08/07/1994)

Lush: Split Tour USA Summer 1994 (Program Book) photo credit: lightfromadeadstar.org Read More Lush Miki Berenyi, former singer/songwriter from the band LUSH has agreed to join forces with Seinking Ships. Miki will be Seinking Ship's guest vocalist on a few select tracks of our upcoming full-length LP... …

I have mentioned this at various time, I was more of the Britpop-sounding Lush vs their early shoegazing beginning. That doesn't mean I don't occasional enjoy listening to Gala or Spooky, of course.

I love Lush, and I caught the band when they toured America with Weezer at the Fillmore in San Francisco on August 7th, 1994.

It's really funny what I do and don't remember. I remember it was a long drive to San Francisco. Melinda drove us to see her friend near Berkeley and as a result we missed The Dambuilders. Which was fine, Mel didn't want to see them anyway. We did catch Weezer, which they ended their set with "Undone (the Sweater Song)".

As for Lush, of course they did "For Love", which was my all-time favorite Lush song. Since the tour was for Split, I'm sure they did the singles ("Hypocrite"), but I can't be sure since I have such poor memory.

I have vivid memories of watching drummer Chris Acland with his mouth wide open throughout the set (and I thought that was really strange). Little did I know that only two years later, that Acland would commit suicide... and really ending Lush as a band.

I did meet Chris, Miki Berenyi and Phillip King, who were nice enough to talk and sign my Split album. I suppose Emma Anderson was feeling unwell and went straight to their tour bus, ignoring the handful of fans waiting outside. Although this would not be the last time that a musician have shunned me, it's always left a sour taste in my mouth.

Of course, I tried to stay up and follow post-Lush, in particular Sing-Sing, but that sort of went nowhere.

Trivia: I also randomly saw Rivers from Weezer, while waiting for Lush.

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W♥M132: Shoegazing

W♥M132 (42 mins)

Shoegeezers Vu and Amy sit down to talk about Shoegazing/Shoegaze music.

Although "shoegazing" emerged from the UK in the late 80s, it wasn't until the early 90s, that the name really kicked into popularity because the UK music press (NME and Melody Maker) were using it to describe the bands and the audience for their tendencies to look at their feet at gigs.

This subgenre of alternative rock had some key elements: (1) Lots and lots of guitar effects and layers and (2) Indistinguishable vocal melodies that blend in the guitar noise

Bands on our list:

Slowdive (later Mojave 3)

Chapterhouse

My Bloody Valentine

Moose

Lush (early Lush)

Catherine Wheel

Fleeting Joys

Belong

DIIV (recently changed their name from Dive)

Twilight Sad

Ringo Deathstarr

Young Prisms

The Depreciation Guild

Song of the show is Catherine Wheel's "Black Metallic"

Just in time for the Kevin Shield's remastering of his My Bloody Valentine re-issues: Glider (Mar 27th), Ep's 1988 - 1991 (May 15th), Loveless (Jun 5th), and Isn't Anything (Jun 5th).

BONUS: Looper, not to be confused with the new Sci-Fi movie, but is the Scottish band that lived off "Mondo 77" for five years (thank you Tom Cruise), plus Dreampop and M83.

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Feels like Summer

 

Sing-Sing - Feels Like Summer

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So, I bought this application on my iPad called Documents to Go, in the hopes that I'll be writing "on the go" as I'm traveling. Unfortunately, the screen keyboard is absolutely unusable. There's no feedback, so you can't just touch type. The worst part is that the auto-correction drove me nuts, constantly correcting things that didn't need correcting...

Anyway, I think I'm going to have to get a keyboard for the iPad.

Well, I thought I'd update everyone on what's coming up this month for our little group, since the SUMMER is awesome and usually means lots and lots of bands on their Summer tour.

NPR Video Sessions: Alex Cuba

I was supposed to mention last week that I'm seeing Alex Cuba (official / myspace) tomorrow... but you know how it goes.

Alex Cuba is, er, from Cuba, but I think is currently living in Canada. He's won two Juno Awards for his debut and sophomore album, Humo De Tabaco and Agua Del Pozo, respectively. I'm thinking he's hoping for a third for his recently released self-titled album, which, incidentally was nominated for a Juno. The album was released yesterday, June 8^th, and I'm hoping to hear some of his famous Spanish songs at the intimate Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis tomorrow. I'll write a full review tomorrow when I see him.

Check out the rest of his tour:

06/09/10 Dakota Jazz Club Minneapolis
06/10/10 Rumba Room Chicago
06/12/10 The Mint Los Angeles
06/13/10 Yoshi's at San Francisco
06/18/10 Spencer Smith Park - Sound of Music Festival Burlington
06/26/10 Club Soda Festival Montreal, QC
07/02/10 Stan Rogers Folk Festival Canso Sports Complex
07/14/10 JazzEast Festival Tent
07/15/10 The Majestic St John's, NL
07/17/10 Vancouver Folk Music Festival
07/23/10 Hillside Festival - Guelph Lake Conservation Area
07/30/10 Algonquin Theatre Huntsville

Chico Trujillo - Ahora Quien

Speaking of latin, Chilean Chico Trujillo (official / myspace) is playing at the Cedar Cultural Center on Thursday. From the looks of things, this is a very large band (at least seven band members), and should be an interesting mixture of dance and Pan-Latin music. I'm sure we'll hear a full report from Kate.

Their latest album is called Chico de Oro, released May 11^th, 2010, on Barbès Records, you'll probably hear tracks from it from their live tour:

06/10/10 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis 06/11/10 House of blues Chicago, IL 06/12/10 Madison arts Festival Madison, WI 06/13/10 La Oveja Negra queens, NY 06/14/10 Barbes Brooklyn , New York, NY 06/18/10 fete de la musique Riorges 06/19/10 Les invites de Villeurbanne Villeurbanne 06/22/10 cafe zapata Berlin, ger 06/23/10 cafe zapata Berlin, ger 06/24/10 cafe zapata Berlin, Ger 06/25/10 fusion festival Lärz 06/26/10 Elbhangfest Dresden 06/29/10 Sala Heineken Madrid 06/30/10 mosquito club Huelva 07/02/10 Fimec Chiclana de la frontera 07/04/10 Roskilde Festival Copenhagen 07/06/10 festival convivencia ayguesvives 07/08/10 les rendez - vouz du forum gruissan 07/09/10 festival le feu aulac branoux

07/10/10 La Guingette Blois 07/11/10 festival oasis bizz 07/16/10 epinal bouge l´ete epinal 07/17/10 polé polé festival gent 07/18/10 Big rivers festival Holanda 07/22/10 festival moz´aique le havre 07/23/10 estivales saint florent - sur 07/27/10 festival de martigues Martigues 07/29/10 studio ´l ermitage Paris 07/30/10 nuits du sud Vence 08/01/10 Festival Bastid' art 08/02/10 estivales de Saone 08/03/10 estivales de Saone 08/04/10 estivales de Saone 08/05/10 estivales de Saone 08/07/10 festival esperanzah Namur 08/10/10 festival fondus du macadam Thonon 08/11/10 festival 100 visages Liege 08/14/10 Afro caribbean festival Bredene

One thing is certain: Chico Trujillo sure loves France.

Friendo - Counter/Time

Some other bands I'll be checking out, Friendo (myspace).

I am told that their debut album, Cold Toads from Secretly Canadian is a mashup of 90's experimental rock with 70's punk and 60's pop.... all the stuff that made those decades great. "But will it blend?", one has to ask. I'm sure it'll all be answered on June 23^rd at 7th Street Entry for me.

You can listen to Counter/Time via Pitchfork. See them on tour:

6.9 - Chapel Hill, NC -Local 506
6.10 - Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage
6.11 - New York, NY - Cake Shop
6.12 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
6.13 - Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands
6.14 - Allston, MA - O'Brien's Pub
6.15 - Montreal, QC - Green Room at Mile End
6.17 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall
6.19 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick Cafe
6.20 - Newport, KY - Southgate House Parlor
6.22 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
6.23 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
6.24 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
6.25 - Winnipeg, MB - Royal Albert Arms Hotel
7.1 - Calgary, AB - DIckens Pub

Quintron - Jamskate

Speaking of experimental, remember Quintron (official / myspace) ? Apparently Quintron and Miss Pussycat have gone on tour. I will be covering the show at the Triple Rock on June 26^th, should be pretty crazy and fun.

06/09/10 Golden West Baltimore 06/10/10 The Barbary Philadelphia 06/11/10 Death By Audio Brooklyn 06/12/10 Asbury Lanes Asbury Park 06/13/10 SAntos New York City 06/15/10 Cafe 9 New Haven 06/16/10 Great Scott Club boston 06/17/10 tba Portland 06/18/10 La Sala Rosa Montreal 06/19/10 The Garrison Toronto 06/20/10 Magick Stick Detroit 06/22/10 Firebird St. Louis 06/23/10 CActus Club Milwaukee 06/24/10 Empty Bottle Chicago 06/25/10 Empty Bottle Chicago 06/26/10 Triple Rock Minneapolis 06/27/10 Royal Albert Winnepeg 06/29/10 Henotic Lethbridge 06/30/10 Sled island festival Calgary, 07/01/10 Sled island festival Calgary 07/02/10 Sled island festival Calgary 07/03/10 Sled island festival Calgary

07/12/10 biltmore Vancouver 07/13/10 Chop Suey Seattle 07/14/10 East End Portland 07/15/10 Neurolux boise ID 07/16/10 Urban Lounge SLC 07/17/10 Rinnoceropolis Denver 07/18/10 Launch Pad Albuquerque 07/20/10 BAsh Ripprock Lubbock 07/21/10 Oopolis Norman 07/22/10 tba Dallas, TX 07/23/10 Super Happy Funland Houston 07/24/10 ONe Eyed Jacks New Orleans 09/18/10 Steinbruch Duisburg, DE 09/22/10 Mereleyn Nijmegen 09/23/10 Hafenklang Hamburg 09/29/10 Queen Kong Neuchatel 10/05/10 Groove Bar Tarrango, Spain 10/06/10 La Boite Madrid, Spain, ES 10/07/10 Culturan Beleza Malandra Bermeo 10/08/10 La 2 De Nitsa Barcelona 10/14/10 Université Nantes 10/15/10 Point Ephemere Paris, France, FR 10/16/10 Trinitaires metz, FR

I actually have a ton of other tour announcements, but we'll have to same them until later this month. Hope to see some of you at a show?

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