Tour Dates 06/18/10 Red Room* Kennewick, WA
06/19/10 Sunset Tavern* Seattle, WA 06/20/10 Mississippi Studios* Portland, OR 06/21/10 Bottom of the Hill* SF, CA 06/22/10 Spaceland* Los Angeles, CA 06/25/10 Glastonbury Festival 07/01/10 Serpentine Sessions London 07/09/10 Lounge On The Farm Festival 07/10/10 Eastleigh Festival 07/13/10 The Garage London 08/06/10 Relentless Boardmasters 08/13/10 Summer Sundae Festival 09/04/10 Jersey Live Jersey * with Pepper Rabbit |
I can't help but think of Buddy Holly when I think of Peggy Sue, but clearly this Brighton-based band doesn't sound anything like Buddy. For one thing, they are supposed to sound like modern indie-folk, particularly with their opening song "The Shape We Made" with the brilliant line: "his pretty eyes will soon grow tired".
Before I ramble on about Peggy Sue, I wanted to quickly mention the two opener: Athletes in Slacks (myspace) and She Keeps Bees (official / myspace). I've seen the former before, and told you that they finished strong with INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart". While this time around, their cover song (of Tears For Fears' "Head Over Heels"), but it was in the middle of their set. They seem like really nice guys, like you'd want to go bowling with them.
She Keeps Bees is basically a guitar and drum duo, and usually bear the comparison of The White Stripes, and possibly unfairly so. Singer Jessica Larrabee seemingly hates the comparison of Cat Power or PJ Harvey (at one point heckled at herself, referring to herself "When did PJ Harvey get so fat?"). And for the record, she did look a bit like Chrissie Hynde and sings like Chan Marshall, only because she has a smoky southern comfort singing style.
I didn't know any of their songs, but that's okay, it was still fun to watch Larrabee cursing at her amp ("Why don't you work right?"). She jokingly said, "yeah blame the equipment, when really you suck." I love the self-loathing qualities that Larrabee brings. Sadly this night was the last night that they'll be playing with Peggy Sue.
So just a quick update for those catching up, Peggy Sue are basically Rosa Rex and Katy Klaw, and one Olly on drums. If you were wondering about their odd stage name, they used to play under Peggy Sue and the Pirates, so that explains a lot.
They're closely associated with other indie-folk bands and singers like Kate Nash and Mumford & Sons. And not surprisingly will be playing with Laura Marling this July.
Well, I'll say one thing about the band, they sound more louder and fuller live. I think that works well, considering that the two girls are soft-spoken (so polite! "can I get more vocals, please?") and on their debut album, Fossils and Other Phantoms they are more low-key. Which is fine for a studio album, since you do want to hear the vocals clearly.
They admittedly said they only have "a few songs" since they only have one album. But fans kept shouting out, "ten more! twenty more!" But their brief hour set, they exchanged acoustics, ukulele, electric, bass, and, of course, the accordion.
My favorite song they did was "Long Division Blues", mostly because of the line, "our love is like a long division." It's really lovely.
Peggy Sue are currently on tour and be expecting to do all the UK massive festivals, including Glastonbury.
Before I ramble on about Peggy Sue, I wanted to quickly mention the two opener: Athletes in Slacks (myspace) and She Keeps Bees (official / myspace). I've seen the former before, and told you that they finished strong with INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart". While this time around, their cover song (of Tears For Fears' "Head Over Heels"), but it was in the middle of their set. They seem like really nice guys, like you'd want to go bowling with them.
♥ She Keeps Bees |
I didn't know any of their songs, but that's okay, it was still fun to watch Larrabee cursing at her amp ("Why don't you work right?"). She jokingly said, "yeah blame the equipment, when really you suck." I love the self-loathing qualities that Larrabee brings. Sadly this night was the last night that they'll be playing with Peggy Sue.
♥ Rosa Rex |
They're closely associated with other indie-folk bands and singers like Kate Nash and Mumford & Sons. And not surprisingly will be playing with Laura Marling this July.
Well, I'll say one thing about the band, they sound more louder and fuller live. I think that works well, considering that the two girls are soft-spoken (so polite! "can I get more vocals, please?") and on their debut album, Fossils and Other Phantoms they are more low-key. Which is fine for a studio album, since you do want to hear the vocals clearly.
They admittedly said they only have "a few songs" since they only have one album. But fans kept shouting out, "ten more! twenty more!" But their brief hour set, they exchanged acoustics, ukulele, electric, bass, and, of course, the accordion.
My favorite song they did was "Long Division Blues", mostly because of the line, "our love is like a long division." It's really lovely.
Peggy Sue are currently on tour and be expecting to do all the UK massive festivals, including Glastonbury.
♥ Peggy Sue
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