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Britpop: The Music That Changed Britain

Britpop: The Music That Changed Britain Charting the birth, boom and bust of one of the biggest movements in British music. Britpop revitalised pop music and saw artists emerge that would help rewrite the workings of the music industry. Episode 1 - Sunday, 12 March How the fortunes and rivalries of Blur, Oasis, Suede and Elastica created Britpop as we know it. Featuring fascinating anecdotes and rarely seen archive footage. Episode 2 - Sunday, 19 March 1995 was the year Britpop took over, with the Blur/Oasis rivalry making the national news, Pulp emerging from the sidelines along with a raft of female-fronted bands. Episode 3 - Sunday, 26 March A look at the movement's peak in '96, when Britpop's laddish swagger was inescapable. Episode 4 - Sunday, 2 April Exploring the movement's tumultuous last days, as non-stop hedonism, creative exhaustion, and a change in the national mood combined to change Britpop beyond recognition. Read More Britpop P.S., Other Britpopsters The Bluetones, Space, and Salad will be joining Sleeper. Tour dates: Birmingham, O2 Institute (July 29) London, O2 Forum (August 5) …

There is a four-part documentary on Britpop airing on Channel 5. Unfortunately, the television documentary is geo-locked, so those outside the UK cannot watch this show. Thanks to a friend of mine in London, I was able to watch the show.

Being a massive Britpop fan, all the bands presented in the documentary are familiar to me. I love all the bands… but I felt the documentary actually goes beyond what I considered Britpop, for example, they dedicated a whole segment to Ocean Colour Scene, which I never really group them in Britpop.

Watching the show, and hearing all the great music, it made me put on some old records from Pulp, Oasis, Blur, Elastica, etc.

Again, I knew all about the birth and story of Britpop, as I was a huge fan… but there were some nuances that I didn’t get, because I didn’t live in England. Things like “Lads culture”, spearheaded by the magazine Loaded, caused a backlash from audience. I didn’t think that was a thing, but I can see how these “bros” rocking to music that some indie kids are into… and that might turn off some original fans.

They also had a segment about Three Lions, the “band” led by Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds, English comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner. Again, I don’t even consider this a Britpop song, even though it was one of the most famous song for England football team’s participation in that year’s UEFA European Championship. It was the sequel to New Order’s “World in Motion”… but it was lost on anyone outside of England to know “Three Lions” as a Britpop song.

Some of my favorite things about the documentary was seeing behind the scenes of Blur’s music video for “Parklife”. I love seeing Space! I love that band. I love seeing footages of Jarvis Cocker invading Michael Jackson’s performance. I remember the Cocker thing, but I never knew what a controversy it was. So many great moments in Britpop’s history.

I love that we got basically a four-hour documentary on Britpop, and it covers a lot of bases… but I felt like it was also missing things that I would’ve at least mentioned briefly. For example, the music movement before Britpop, I would’ve touched on New Wave of New Wave (NWONW) or Madchester or Shoegazing. I might have briefly mentioned some semi-obscure bands like Me Me Me or Northern Uproar or The Longpigs or Theaudience.

I think this is still a great documentary, and I’m just sadden that the BBC decided that the rest of the world can’t see it. I’m hoping that the producers will put this out on Bluray and make it for sale for the rest of the world. I know I will be one of the first to buy it. Many of my non-UK Britpop friends would buy it too. We love this stuff, just make it available for us.

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Minneapolis: January 17 to January 18, 2018

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from January 17 to January 18, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More The Killers "Christmas in L.A." (featuring Dawes) is the eighth annual Christmas single by The Killers for (RED). The band has been releasing Christmas-themed singles and videos for Product Red …

THE KILLERS
Xcel Energy Center
Wed 01/17/2018 (7pm/$25)
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One of the most influential bands in the past decade has got to be The Killers. We’ve seen hundred of shows and so many of the contemporary bands covered the Killers…. Which is funny because the Killers wears their influences on their sleeves and are known for playing “killer” cover songs themselves. Recently, due to Morrissey’s last-minute cancellation at the KROQ Christmas show, the Killers covered an excellent version of ‘This Charming Man’. But it shouldn’t surprise anyone, as their singer Brandon Flowers is a massive Moz fan.

Anyway, The Killers’ fifth album Wonderful Wonderful (their first in five years) came out September 22nd on Island Records. The album’s lead single, ‘The Man’, has already topped the Triple A radio chart, as well as countless radio charts around the globe.

What is exciting is that this is the Killers’ first real tour since 2013 (we caught Brandon Flowers in September 2015 and he played plenty of Killers’ songs, but it’s not the same thing).

Show up early to check out special guest Australia’s Alex Cameron. Alex Cameron and his six-piece band will be playing music from their album Forced Witness (Secretly Canadian).

Tour dates:

Jan 9 2018 Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
Jan 10 2018 Washington, DC @ The Anthem
Jan 12 2018 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Jan 13 2018 Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Jan 15 2018 Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
Jan 16 2018 Chicago, IL @ United Center
Jan 17 2018 Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
Jan 21 2018 Duluth, GA @ Infinite Energy Center
Jan 23 2018 Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 24 2018 Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
Jan 30 2018 San Diego, CA @ Valley View Casino Center
Feb 1 2018 Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
Feb 3 2018 Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
Feb 5 2018 Broomfield, CO @ 1st Bank Center
Feb 6 2018 Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena

Read More Destroyer Destroyer (otherwise known as Dan Bejar) is a sophisticated pop songwriter, as evident by his tenth album Poison Season. He'll be stopping by the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis … Mega Bog Mega Bog (aka Erin Birgy) opened up the show. I wasn’t sure if this was her last night on tour, but for sure, she confessed that it was the last night that she would play with her live band: James …

DESTROYER
+ Mega Bog
Fine Line Music Cafe
Thu 01/18/2018 (7pm/$20)
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The 2018 Destroyer U.S. tour starts tomorrow. Destroyer (aka Dan Bejar) will be performing songs from his 12th album ken, which came out last October 20th on Merge Records.

In regards to the Suede-inspired name, Bejar explains: “Sometime last year, I discovered that the original name for "The Wild Ones" (one of the great English-language ballads of the last 100 years or so) was "Ken." I had an epiphany, I was physically struck by this information. In an attempt to hold on to this feeling, I decided to lift the original title of that song and use it for my own purposes. It's unclear to me what that purpose is, or what the connection is. I was not thinking about Suede when making this record. I was thinking about the last few years of the Thatcher era. Those were the years when music first really came at me like a sickness, I had it bad. Maybe "The Wild Ones" speaks to that feeling, probably why Suede made no sense in America. I think "ken" also means "to know."”

Show up early to check out Brooklyn’s Mega Bog (aka Erin Birgy), touring in support of Happy Together (Nicey Music). We caught the singer last year with Cate Le Bon and noted, “ Birgy was experiencing some discomforting toothache (asking if there was a doctor in the house to pull out one of her tooth...), but if she was in pain, she didn’t show it on stage. Normally (especially on recorded albums), Mega Bog is more ‘saxy’-sounding, but unfortunately they didn’t have a live saxophonist on in the band. Musically, they sounded a little like Kate Bush with organic chimes and flutes.”

Tour dates:

Jan 10 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Jan 11 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Jan 12 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater
Jan 13 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
Jan 15 Austin, TX – The Mohawk
Jan 16 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
Jan 17 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
Jan 18 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe
Jan 19 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
Jan 20 Chicago, IL – Metro
Jan 21 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
Jan 22 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
Jan 23 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
Jan 24 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
Jan 26 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
Jan 27 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
Jan 28 Washington, DC – Black Cat
Jan 29 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle
Jan 30 Carrboro, NC – Cat's Cradle
Jan 31 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
Feb 01 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
Feb 02 St. Louis, MO – Blueberry Hill
Feb 03 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
Feb 05 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
Feb 06 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Feb 07 Boise, ID – Olympic Venue
Feb 08 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
Feb 09 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom

Read More Typhoon Typhoon ripped through One Eyed Jacks in the New Orleans French Quarter last Saturday (3/15/14) and unloaded a sonic storm on local eardrums. The eleven piece band from Portland, known for beautiful arrangements and radical … Mimicking Birds Mimicking Birds is basically singer/songwriter Nate Lacy, who first came on the scene with his debut self-titled LP in 2010. Mimicking Birds' difficult sophomore album Eons … Anti-Flag Reel Big Fish and Anti-Flag will be at Skyway Theatre. Special guests Ballyhoo! and Direct Hit! are also on the bill. … Passion Pit More than a year has passed since Cambridge, MA-based Passion Pit’s breakthrough album, Gossamer (French Kiss Columbia Records) has been released and the indie pop band’s …

Other shows in the area:

TYPHOON
+ Mimicking Birds, Sunbathe
Turf Club
Wed 01/17/2018 (7pm/$18)
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Contemplative indie rockers Typhoon is touring in support of their new album Offerings (coming out January 12th via Roll Call Records). There’s still time left, but if you pre-order the album on their website, they will autograph it for you.

Tour dates:

01.10 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, Ut
01.12 - Gothic Theatre - Englewood, Co
01.14 - The Waiting Room - Omaha, Ne
01.17 - Turf Club - Saint Paul, Mn
01.18 - Majestic Theater - Madison, Wi
01.19 - The Metro - Chicago, Il
01.20 - El Club - Detroit, Mi
01.23 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, On
01.25 - Paradise Rock Club - Boston, Ma
01.26 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, Pa
01.27 - Music Hall Of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, Ny
01.31 - 9:30 Club - Washington, Dc
02.01 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, Nc
02.02 - Terminal West - Atlanta, Ga
02.03 - Exit In - Nashville, Tn
02.06 - The Mohawk - Austin, Tx
02.08 - The Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, Az
02.10 - Music Box - San Diego, Ca
02.11 - Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, Ca
02.13 - The Independent - San Francisco, Ca
02.16 - The Crocodile - Seattle, Wa
02.23 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, Or
02.24 - Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, Bc
02.28 - The Deaf Institute - Manchester, Uk
03.01 - Broadcast - Glasgow, Uk
03.02 - The Lexington - London, Uk
03.07 - Le Petit Bain - Paris, France
03.08 - Botanique - Brussels, Belgium
03.09 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, Netherlands
03.10 - Knust - Hamburg, Germany
03.13 - Vega - Copenhagen, Denmark
03.14 - Musik & Frieden - Berlin, Germany
03.15 - Fluc - Vienna, Austria
03.16 - Gare De Lion - Wil, Switzerland
03.18 - Royal - Baden, Switzerland
03.20 - Artheater - Cologne, Germany

ANTI-FLAG
Amsterdam Bar
Thu 01/18/2018 (7pm/$15)
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Political punk rock veterans Anti-Flag (not to be confused with Black Flag or White Flag) will be headlining the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul on Thursday.

These all-ages punk rock shows usually starts early and features a ton of bands… they include Stray From The Path, The White Noise, and Sharptooth.

Anti-Flag’s American Fall is out now on Spinefarm Records and their mission on this tour:

“The mission of the Trump regime has been clear from day one, the normalization of bigotry. Dangerous rhetoric has become dangerous policy that has put countless in harms way. It is the responsibility of all to be on the side of the marginalized and scapegoated and that is the goal of the aim of the Silence=Violence Tour.

“No longer can we allow people to sit on the sidelines in the fight for social and economic justice. Inaction makes you complicit. If oppressed people demanding space and dignity in our society is what is making you uncomfortable, perhaps it is because you are a bigot or fascist? We must spread empathy, not apathy. Our aim is to do that at every show we play across the US.”

PASSION PIT
+ slenderbodies
First Avenue
Thu 01/18/2018 (7:30pm/$35)
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After a two-year absent, Passion Pit returns to a new 2018 North American tour. We caught them a few years ago and wrote, “Singer Michael Angelakos’ trademark falsetto voice echo’d through the boomy stadium; he rarely standing still, bouncing end-to-end on a stage bathed in minimal blue lighting most of the evening. The dichotomy of Passion Pit’s songs is their sometimes dark themes presented in an energetic manner, fused with synth riffs and an undeniable urge to dance to them, and that was certainly the case for the most of the student body this night. Opening with ‘Make Light’ and seguing into ‘The Reeling’, that point was immediately proved.”

The California-based duo slenderbodies will open.

2018 Tour Dates:

1/10/18 – Washington D.C – 9:30 Club
1/12/18 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
1/13/18 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
1/14/18 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
1/16/18 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
1/17/18 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theater
1/18/18 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
1/20/18 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up
1/22/18 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
1/23/18 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
1/25/18 – Portland, OR – Roseland Ballroom
1/26/18 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
1/27/18 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
1/29/18 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
1/30/18 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
2/1/18 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park
2/2/18 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee
2/3/18 – Los Angeles, CA – Belasco Theater

SLOTFACE
7th Street Entry
Thu 01/18/2018 (7pm/$10)
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Norwegian pop-punk foursome Sløtface will be headlining the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis this Thursday in support of their debut album Try Not To Freak Out (Propeller Recordings/Nettwerk).

Ahem and Dennis will open the show.

Sløtface North American Tour Dates

1/11: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
1/12: Oakland, CA @ The New Parish
1/14: Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar
1/15: Seattle, WA @ Barboza
1/18: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
1/20: Madison, WI @ FRZN Fest at High Noon Saloon
1/21: Chicago, IL @ TNK Lincoln Hall
1/23: Washington, DC @ DC9
1/24: Philadelphia, PA @ Everybody Hits
1/25: Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere (Zone One)

TRIBAL SEEDS
+ The Green, Sammy Johnson, Leilani Wolfgramm
The Cabooze
Thu 01/18/2018 (7pm/$20)
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San Diego reggae band Tribal Seeds will be at the Cabooze this Thursday. Joining them will be The Green, Sammy J, Leilani Wolfgramm.

Upcoming The Green Tour Dates:

01/09/2018 Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, ID
01/10/2018 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
01/12/2018 Aggie Theatre Fort Collins, CO
01/13/2018 Gothic Theatre Englewood, CO
01/14/2018 Slowdown Omaha, NE
01/17/2018 Granada Theatre Lawrence, KS
01/18/2018 Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
01/19/2018 Concord Music Hall Chicago, IL
01/21/2018 Shelter Detroit, MI
01/24/2018 HighLine Ballroom New York, NY
01/24/2018 House Of Independents Asbury Park, NJ
01/25/2018 The Sinclair Cambridge, MA
01/27/2018 Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD
01/30/2018 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
02/01/2018 The Beacham Orlando, FL
02/02/2018 Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, FL
02/03/2018 State Theatre Saint Petersburg, FL
02/06/2018 Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill Dallas, TX
02/07/2018 Scoot Inn Austin, TX
02/09/2018 The Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
02/11/2018 One Love Cali Reggae Fest
05/18/2018 The Hangout Beach, Music & Arts Fest.
05/27/2018 California Roots Festival

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Ben Watt at the Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis (22 June 2016)

Ben Watt Setlist Bricks And Wood Young Man's Game Faces of My Friends Between Two Fires Golden Ratio Some Things Don't Matter Hendra Rollercoaster (Everything but the Girl song) Winter's Eve Gradually Nathaniel 25th December (Everything but the Girl song) Fever Dream -- Encore -- New Year of Grace Forget Alan Sparhawk Setlist instrumental Ohio (Crosby Stills Nash & Young cover) Sandinista (Low song) Death of a Salesman (Low song) Lake Superior What Part of Me (Low song) instrumental Lies (Low song) Waiting (Low song) Read More Ben Watt April 8th saw the release of Fever Dream, a new solo album from songwriter/producer/DJ Ben Watt, known in the States as one half of Everything But the Girl. … Bernard Butler I heard the intro song "Introducing the Band" before Brett Anderson and company took the stage. I never saw original guitarist Bernard Butler, but this tour featured new guitarist Richard Oakes. … Low I distinctly remember seeing a Pack A.D. and a Low poster on the first episode of The Returned (US version). ....

British musician, singer, songwriter, and author Ben Watt (otherwise known as the guy in Everything But the Girl) just headlined the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis on Wednesday, June 22nd, in support of his new album Fever Dream (Unmade Road).

Alan Sparhawk

The evening began with a rare solo set from Alan Sparhawk from Duluth band Low (as well as Retribution Gospel Choir, Black-Eyed Snakes, The Murder of Crows, and seemingly many more) who not only mesmerized the dinner club crowd during his brief thirty-minutes, but loaned a prize red guitar for the headlining act to play as well.

Sparhawk started somewhat randomly, in a dark suit and hunched over his guitar; half-tuning, half-playing before seguing into his beginning cover of Crosby Stills Nash and Young’s ‘Ohio’ poignantly changing “four dead in Ohio” to “forty-nine dead in Orlando” at one point.

Guns were obviously on the singer-songwriter’s mind in lieu of recent terrorist events, as he moved next into ‘Sandinista’ from Low’s 2007 album, Drums and Guns.

After an homage to Lake Superior and admittedly being a little spooked by all the upright guitars resembling people in his peripheral vision, a trio of Low songs even more stripped down was well-received, including newest songs, ‘What Part of Me’ and ‘Lies’.

Ben Watt

Ben Watt, with guitarist Bernard Butler took the stage shortly after 7:30pm. Just a brief introduction to Bernard Butler, for those not familiar with the musician/music producer: he was Suede’s original guitarist. He wrote their second album Dog Man Star, but left the band before promotional and touring in 1994. Butler and Suede’s singer Brett Anderson would eventually mend, when they formed The Tears in 2004.

Butler has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of his generation, as well as one of Britain’s most original and influential guitarists... although watching him work on stage, being as humble as he is, Butler doesn’t let those titles goes to his head.

Watt & Butler met at a party “six years ago”, and wanted to collaborate because they “both wanted a change” (according to the Nottingham Post), however, the story he tells on stage was that it started as a joke.

We caught Watt & Butler on a tiny venue Bryant Lake Bowl in July 2014. The original booking sold out when words of these two legendary musicians were in town, so they quickly added another show to satiate demands.

Now the two is back, but this time at a much bigger venue and with a full backing band: bassist Cameron Ralston and drummer Pinson Chanselle, both from Spacebomb Records. Watt explained that the Spacebomb session musicians were highly recommended by Michael (M.C. Taylor) of Hiss Golden Messenger.

Since Ben Watt’s Fever Dream album just came out on Unmade Road, he played a lot of “new sh***”, but throwing in a few “old ones, because I know you guys like that.” You got the sense that he doesn’t think much of bands that are touring right now, but playing the hits from their old albums. As he would later explain, he is a very different person now than when he was 19 (writing ‘Some Things Don't Matter’ from his debut album North Marine Drive... before Everything But the Girl).

Setlist

‘Hendra’, the title track from his previously 2014 album with Bernard Butler, was dedicated to his sister Jenny, who passed away unexpectedly. He explained that ‘Hendra’ was a street to Jenny’s rental vacation home. When he found out that the word meant ‘home’, he knew he had to write the song for his sister.

Watt said that he rarely sang on Everything But the Girl and so he simply didn’t play them live. One day, talking to EBTG’s singer Tracey Thorn, Thorn suggested that he sing on one of the songs Watt wrote for her. With that introduction, he proceeded to play ‘Rollercoaster’ solo on keyboard.

The other EBTG song, ‘25th December’ was the penultimate song. Of course, the title track to Fever Dream was saved last to close out the set.

With nearly a full house doing a standing ovation, the band came back out to play to ‘New Year of Grace’ and ‘Forget’ for the encore

Ben Watt’s Fever Dream is out now. Watt will be doing a free acoustic in-store appearance at Luna Music in Indianapolis tomorrow (June 29th).

Ben Watt at the Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis (22 Jun 2016)

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Ben Watt with Bernard Butler at Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater, Minneapolis (19 Jul 2014)

Setlist Hendra Forget Young Man's Game North Marine Drive Some Things Don't Matter The Gun Nathaniel Bricks and Wood The Road (Everything But the Girl) Matthew Arnold's Field The Levels Golden Ratio The Heart Is A Mirror -- Encore -- Spring 25th December (Everything But the Girl) Tour Dates 07/21/14 Seattle, WA – Columbia City Theater* 07/22/14 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel * 07/25/14 Charlton Park, WOMAD Festival 07/26/14 Port Eliot Festival, St German's Church * 08/16/14 Osaka, Summer Sonic Festival 2014* 08/17/14 Tokyo, Summer Sonic Festival 2014* 08/21/14 Sydney, The Basement 08/22/14 Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria 10/23/14 Exeter, Phoenix+ 10/24/14 Bristol, Fiddlers+ 10/25/14 Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach+ 10/27/14 Edinburgh, Voodoo Rooms+ 10/28/14 Manchester, Ruby Lounge+ 10/29/14 Dublin, Whelans + 11/01/14 Hull, Fruit+ 11/02/14 York, Fibbers+ 11/03/14 Leicester, Musician+ 11/05/14 Brighton, Komedia+ 11/06/14 Southampton, Joiners+ 11/10/14 London, Village Underground+ * Ben Watt with Bernard Butler + Ben Watt Trio Read More Ben Watt Minneapolis, here is a show that should be on your radar: Ben Watt at the Bryant Lake Bowl. I have been to this venue before, it is very tiny. … Bernard Butler I heard the intro song "Introducing the Band" before Brett Anderson and company took the stage. I never saw original guitarist Bernard Butler, but this tour featured new guitarist Richard Oakes. …

I cannot begin to tell you how lucky we were to have caught Ben Watt (one half of Everything But The Girl) with Bernard Butler (original Suede guitarist) at the very tiny Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater in Minneapolis, late Saturday night.

Before I talk about the show, I wanted to briefly talk about Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater as it's a venue that I'm sure many of you have not attended. Entrance to the venue is inside the bowling alley, not the door facing the street.

The venue is entirely seated, with the seats in the back on a raised incline, so sightline is a non-issue. Maximum capacity is 82, making it one of the smallest venue in the city. My only complaint, especially if you're seating next to the door, is that whenever someone leaves the venue (bathroom breaks or taking a phone call outside), you can definitely hear the crashing pins and the loud, excited bowlers.

It may depend on the show, but for this Watt performance, the entire audience was completely quiet and highly respectful of the performances. Also, please note that I caught the late 10 o'clock, but I suspect the set is close, if not identical, to the earlier show.

Setlist

As you can see from the setlist, the majority of songs were taken from Ben Watt's latest release, Hendra (Caroline International), but throwing in a couple from his 1983 album North Marine Drive (Cherry Red), including the title track and "Some Things Don't Matter".

Rounding out the rest of the set was "Bricks and Wood", which was recorded during his Hendra session, but did not make the cut on the album. Watt explained that he recorded three different version of the songs, but was indecisive on picking the right version. Instead, he pointed out that there is a live version that he recorded on 6BBC, which you can hear soundcloud. That song, "Bricks and Woods", is about the night he was hanging out with his brother in London, and they decided to drive up to their childhood house.

Also worth noting although "Matthew Arnold's Field" was listed first, it was played after the Everything But the Girl song, "The Road."

Watt was quite talkative, often talking about how each song came together and what they were about. You get such great little stories, about how the singer for The Apartments, Peter Milton Walsh slept at Watt and Tracey Thorn's floor for six months, trying to make it in London.

You also got the impression that all these songs were all very personal to Watt. Watt tells us how he wrote "The Levels" (which features Pink Floyd's David Gilmour) was written for his Brother-in-Law. He also went on to tell us the sad story about how he wrote his memoir, Romany and Tom for his half-sister, but she passed away before she got a chance to read it.

Performance-wise, Bernard Butler does an amazing job playing these songs. They embellish Watt's songs, not overpowering, but enough that you can clearly hear his presence on the songs. Butler would sometime will step behind the curtains for songs that does not required his guitar.

While Butler never changed guitars, Watt, on the other hand, played on various guitars, including an old 1959 old favorite. You can always tell a guitar enthusiast by the various collections that they bring with them on tour.

For the encore, we were treated to "Spring" (the title was inspired by Jazz standard sheet music called "You Must Believe in Spring") and Everything But the Girl's "25th December."

After the show, fans, mostly of an older generation, would hang around to try to talk to their idols. Watt and Butler were both nice enough to take the time to shake hands, take photos, get autographs, and answer any questions. If you talked to anyone in the room, they would tell you how lucky we were to see these two legendary musicians were together in one tiny room.

Ben Watt and Bernard Butler will be playing Columbia City Theater in Seattle tonight, and will end their US tour at The Chapel in San Francisco on Tuesday, July 22.

Ben Watt, featuring Bernard Butler, at Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater, Minneapolis (19 Jul 2014)

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Ben There...

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Read More Everything But the Girl Everything But the Girl (EBTG) are an English two-person band formed in Hull in 1982. The band's …

BEN WATT
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Minneapolis, here is a show that should be on your radar: Ben Watt at the Bryant Lake Bowl. I have been to this venue before, it is very tiny. This is your chance to catch Watt (best known for being one-half of Everything But The Girl) on this intimate first-ever solo tour in the United States. Already the original show was sold out, so Watt booked an additional show at 10 O'Clock, so you can still have a second chance.

As a special bonus, the show is accompanied by friend and album-collaborator Bernard Butler (best known for being the original guitarist for Suede)!

Expect to find Ben Watt playing songs from his critically acclaimed solo album Hendra. Also, worth noting is that Watt's second book Romany and Tom came out last month (June 10th) via Bloomsbury.

US Tour dates:

07/17/14: Toronto, ON – The Drake
07/18/14: Chicago, IL – Old Town School Of Music
07/19/14: Minneapolis, MN – Bryant Lake Bowl
07/21/14: Seattle, WA – Columbia City Theater
07/22/14: San Francisco, CA – The Chapel

Read More Ben Frost Ben Frost has just released details of his autumn live dates, announcing shows in Europe, Japan, Canada, US and Mexico. The tour starts on September 20th in Oslo and includes performances at Unsound Festival …

BEN FROST
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Australian composer and producer Ben Frost recently announced a string of North American tour dates (read the full story at news.weheartmusic.com).

He's currently touring in support of his latest album AURORA, out now on Mute / Bedroom Community (Iceland).

Ben Frost tour dates:

08/15/14 Jabberwocky Festival--London
09/20/14 Ultima Contemporary Music Festival--Oslo
09/21/14 Landmark @ Bergen Kunsthall—Bergen
09/22/14 Tavastia--Helsinki
09/24/14 Museum of Modern Ukrainian Art—Kiev
09/25/14 TodaysArt Festival--Den Haag
09/26/14 Bozar Electronic Arts Festival—Brussels
10/01/14 Conpass--Osaka
10/02/14 WWW presents--Tokyo
10/04/14 Amplifest 2014--Porto
10/05/14 Denovali Swingfe/14 Essen
10/16/14 Unsound Festival--Krakow
10/19/14 Contemporary Arts Centre--Cincinnati
10/22/14 Sala Rossa--Montreal, QC
10/23/14 Le Cercle--Quebec City, QC
10/25/14 MUTEK.MX2014--Mexico City
10/28/14 Club Los Globos--Los Angeles
10/29/14 Grey Area Gallery--San Francisco
11/5/14 RoBOt Paths--Bologna
11/6/14 ClubToClub--Torino
11/7/14 RomaEuropa Festival--Rome
11/8/14 Time Zones, Bari
11/20/14 Le Guess Who Festival?--Utrecht
11/21/14 St. Ghetto Festival--Bern

BENJAMIN VERDOES benjaminverdoes.com Benjamin Verdoes recently toured with his project Iska Dhaaf and he's been hard at work releasing his solo album The Evil Eye. If you live in the Northwest area, Verdoes is also confirmed to play this year's Timber! Outdoor Music Festival this July 24th. Tour dates: Jul 24 Timber Outdoor Carnation, WA Aug 08 HomeSkillet Fest Sitka, AK Sep 12 Bell Street Park Fest Seattle, WA

BEN WEAVER benweaver.net Minneapolis based duo The Ericksons and Ben Weaver are playing at the Soap Factory this July 27th as part of the Live Letters concert series. Here is the full details of the event: DATE // July 27th, 2014 TIME // 8:00 pm CASH // $10 SPOT // The Soap Factory

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W♥M213: Britpop Vu-And-Tell

W♥M213: Britpop Vu-And-Tell (36 mins) Read More Britpop April 2014 is the 20th anniversary of Britpop, according to BBC6 and Radio 1. This whole month, we are devoting W♥M Radio to our love of Britpop. …

April 2014 is the 20th anniversary of Britpop, so all month we're dedicating our show to the wonderful movement.

NOTE: This was originally shot on video, so if you want the visuals, you'll have to see it on YouTube. Because of YouTube's overly aggressive copyright policies, the music portion was taken out. Absolutely no thanks to Geffen Records.

Here's the Britpop timeline for consideration:

Suede: Suede (Mar 1993); Dog Man Star (Mar 1995)

Blur: Modern Life is Rubbish (May 1993); Parklife (Apr 1994)

Pulp: His n Hers (Apr 1994); Different Class (Oct 1995)

Lush: Split (Jun 1994)

Echobelly: Everyone's Got One (Jul 1994)

Oasis: Definitely Maybe (Aug 1994); Morning Glory (Oct 1995)

S*M*A*S*H: Self Abused (Sep 1994)

Shed Seven: Change Giver (Sep 1994)

Sleeper: Smart (Jan 1995)

Elastica: Elastica (Mar 1995)

Salad: Drink Me (May 1995)

These Animal Men: (Come on Join) The High Society (May 1995)

Gene: Olympian (Mar 1995)

Supergrass: I Should Coco (May 1995)

Cast: All Change (Oct 1995)

Bluetones: Expecting to Fly (Feb 1996)

Marion: This World and Body (Feb 1996)

Space: Spiders (Sep 1996)

Ash: 1977 (Jun 1996)

60ft Dolls: The Big 3 (Jan 1997)

Catatonia: International Velvet (Feb 1998)

Here is the video:

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Suede: Coming Up Tour 1997

Suede at Fillmore Poster artist: Jason Winters Suede at Fillmore (ticket stub) San Francisco (05/23/1997) May 23, 1997 Setlist She Trash Heroine Animal Nitrate By the Sea So Young Lazy The Wild Ones Saturday Night Starcrazy New Generation Picnic by the Motorway Europe Is Our Playground Beautiful Ones -- Encore -- Filmstar The 2 of Us setlist courtesy of setlist.fm Read More Suede I'm sorry, but I will never refer to Suede as "The London Suede", which they are known in the U.S. It's nice to see that the band is doing well with their release of Bloodsports, out earlier in March 2013 on their own label. …

Second only to Morrissey and the Smiths, Suede (or as they are known in the U.S. as The London Suede) was my then-all-time favorite band. Even Morrissey had to bow down, covering Suede's "My Insatiable One" on his live set.

Select Magazine (Apr 1993) EMAP Metro

I was a massive fan, following their career through various newspaper and magazine covers, starting in 1992. By the time they appeared on the infamous Britpop cover on Select Magazine, published 1993, I knew the band was going to massive.

I'm almost sure I did not attend their debut U.S. tour in 1993 on account that I was still in high school and I could not leave my city to travel to Los Angeles to see the band.

Suede at FNAC Forum, Paris (11/26/1993) photograph by Mark

Instead, I heard about their Paris show from my friend Mark, who saw them on their debut tour in France. Prior to their actual concert, Suede did an acoustic and meet & greet at FNAC Forum in Paris. The four songs they played were "Dolly", "High Rising", "Animal Nitrate", and "Still Life".

Suede at Fillmore (03/05/1995) photos: Vu

I did eventually saw the band for their Dog Man Star tour in 1994-1995. I actually had forgotten all about it, but Melinda reminded that I was at the show with her Rescue Me From This Hollywood Life! article. I remember that I was on a balcony, and I heard the intro song "Introducing the Band" before Brett Anderson and company took the stage. I never saw original guitarist Bernard Butler, but this tour featured new guitarist Richard Oakes.

Suede at El Rey (05/21/1997) ticket stub Suede at El Rey (05/22/1997) ticket stub

By the time Suede came back to the U.S. for their Coming Up in 1997, we (Mel & I) bought tickets to see them on all their California dates, which included two shows at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles and at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

Richard Oakes was the new guitarist, and they still did some old Butler songs (in particular "So Young" and "Animal Nitrate"), which I was happy with. "New Generation", the live version, was quite different in terms of lyrics by the time it had made its way on CD single. I'm going to assume that their setlist were basically the same, although I couldn't tell you for sure since only the Fillmore setlist is available online. There are bootlegs of their Los Angeles shows, but obviously, I don't have a copy to verify what were played.

I believe the Longpigs opened up for all the dates on this 1997 tour. Note that the poster misspelled the name as "Long Pigs". The British band was riding the coattails of Britpop in the mid-90s, but eventually broke up in 2000. A "greatest hits" album called On And On (The Anthology) was released last Summer, and singer/songwriter Crispin Hunt can be found on various projects, including working for Ellie Goulding, Florence and The Machine, Ron Sexsmith, and most recently, co-wrote songs with Jake Bugg (who I saw in Minneapolis last month).

Suede, of course, is still around, probably just as popular with their diehard fans as ever. They reformed in 2009 and released a new album called Bloodsports last year. Their shows (mostly in the UK) have been quite successful, but unfortunately there are no plans on touring in the U.S.

Suede: Coming Up Tour 1997 promotional flyer

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London Calling: Placebo, Suede, Barbarossa, and Chapel Club

Read More Placebo I saw them twice that year, one has a headliner at 7th Street on April 1st, and again when they were supporting Placebo at First Avenue on May 2nd, 2001. .…

PLACEBO
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Placebo is back for their seventh studio albumLoud Like Love, coming out September 17th, 2013, via Universal Music. This coincide with their World tour (stay tuned for a tour announcement for the USA), which is kicking off in Poland.

The highly anticipated album will come in a variety of fan packages, including a 3D Lenticular Super Deluxe Box Set and Limited Edition Deluxe Digipack version.

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES - AUTUMN 2013

11/12/13 Torwar, Warsaw - Poland
11/13/13 Lucerna Music Bar, Prague - Czech Rep
11/15/13 Arena Leipzig, Leipzig – Germany
11/16/13 Lanxess Arena, Cologne – Germany
11/18/13 Hallenstadion Arena, Zurich – Switzerland
11/19/13 Olympiahalle, Munich – Germany
11/21/13 Stadthalle, Vienna – Austria
11/23/13 Unipol Arena, Bologna – Italy
11/24/13 Geneva Arena, Geneva – Switzerland
11/27/13 Festhalle, Frankfurt – Germany
11/28/13 O2 Arena Berlin, Berlin - Germany
11/30/13 Falconer Salen, Copenhagen – Denmark
12/01/13 Stora Arenan, Stockholm – Sweden
12/03/13 Sentrum Scene, Oslo – Norway
12/05/13 O2 World, Hamburg - Germany
12/07/13 Sportpalais, Antwerp – Belgium
12/08/13 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam – Holland
12/10/13 Bercy, Paris – France
12/12/13 O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham
12/13/13 O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow
12/14/13 O2 Apollo, Manchester
12/16/13 O2 Academy Brixton, London

Read More Suede This is the true story of the cheesiest, starf***er rock event I've ever witness -- Suede at the San Francisco Fillmore (05 March 1995). I had a nice chat with bassist Mat Osman before soundcheck. .…

SUEDE
suede.co.uk

I'm sorry, but I will never refer to Suede as "The London Suede", which they are known in the U.S. It's nice to see that the band is doing well with their release of Bloodsports, out earlier in March 2013 on their own label.

As far as I know, many of Suede's UK shows have been selling out, so get your tickets early.

06/27/13 Copenhagen Tivoli Gardens Denmark
07/05-07/06 Barcelona Cruilla Barcelona Spain
08/03/13 Incheon Pentaport Festiva
08/23/13 London Kenwood House
08/24/13 Belfast Belsonic @ Custom House
10/07/13 Nagoya Diamond Hall Japan
10/09/13 Osaka Hatch Japan
10/10/13 Tokyo AX Japan
10/11/13 Tokyo AX Japan
10/22/13 Southampton, UK Southampton Guildhall
10/23/13 Southend-On-Sea, UK Cliffs Pavilion
10/24/13 Bristol, UK O2 Academy Bristol
10/26/13 Leeds, UK O2 Academy Leeds
10/27/13 Glasgow, UK Barrowland
10/28/13 Dublin, Ireland Olympia Theatre
10/30/13 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
10/31/13 Birmingham, UK O2 Academy
11/01/13 Brussels Ancienne Belgique Belgium
11/02/13 Luxembourg den Atelier Luxembourg
11/04/13 Toulouse Bikini France
11/07/13 Lisbon Coliseum Portugal
11/08/13 Porto Coliseum Portugal
11/09/13 Madrid Riviera Spain
11/11/13 Festival Les Inrocks France
11/12/13 Lyon Transbordeu France
11/14/13 Bologna Estragon Italy
11/15/13 Vienna Gasometer Austria
11/16/13 Prague Lucerna Hall Czech Republic
11/18/13 Berlin Huxleys Germany
11/19/13 Munich Tonhalle Germany
11/21/13 Cologne E-Werk Germany
11/22/13 Rolling Stone Weekender Germany
11/23/13 Amsterdam Paradiso

Read More Barbarossa Barbarossa, aka London-based James Mathé, announced that he's just signed with Memphis Industries. His single, "The Load", will be coming out on April 8, 2013. .…

BARBAROSSA
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Speaking of blood and London… Barbarossa (aka James Mathé) just kicked off their tour with Sweden's Junip last night in support of Bloodlines! In honor of the tour, Barbarossa released a Junip cover song, "Line of Fire", which you can hear now:



Tour dates below:

05/30 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *#
05/31 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre *#
06/01 San Francisco, CA - Bimbos 365 Club *#
06/02 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *#
06/03 Bellingham, WA - Wild Buffalo *
06/04 Vancouver, BC - The Rio Theatre *#
06/05 Seattle, WA - Neumos *#
06/08 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center *
06/09 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
06/10 Toronto, ON - The Great Hall *
06/12 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall *^
06/13 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom *^
06/15 Washington DC - 9:30 Club *^
06/16 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *^
06/20 New York, NY Mercury Lounge $
06/21 Brooklyn, NY Littlefield

* = w/ Junip
# = w/ ON AN ON
^ = w/ Quadron
$ = w/ Pacific Air

Read More Chapel Club I've already prepped you on Chapel Club's last night in the USA before heading back to the UK. And they went out with a bang, quite happy to see a huge audience attendance .…

CHAPEL CLUB
chapelclub.com

Surely you remember Chapel Club? We reported on the band's Minneapolis appearance.

The London five-piece is back with a new record called Good Together, coming out June 3rd. You can stream the entire album over at their website.

Check out one of their tracks, "Sleep Alone", now:



Yes, there will be touring….

06/03/13 Birmingham Temple
06/04/13 Glasgow Art School
06/05/13 Leeds Cockpit 2
06/06/13 Brighton The Haunt
06/11/13 London Cargo

Also, if you're doing the UK festivals this year, the band will also appear at Reading and Leeds.

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RESCUE ME FROM THIS HOLLYWOOD LIFE!

Let's give thanks to friends and family. When you see them for Thanksgiving, be sure to really enjoy their company, because you never know when they're gone for good. I really miss Melinda. She would have been 42 this year.

"The London Suede" in California

Below is Melinda's article on Suede at their second show in San Francisco, from her fanzine Stupid Shiny Black Shoes. As she wrote, the events are true (I can attest to it because I was there!) The fanzine had a tiny print run and was meant only for her close friends. I don't think she would mind me reprinting it for you. It's quite funny, and it could only happen to our little group.

Oh, I should explain I helped conduct the Mat Osman interview and it was my own fault for asking if he liked his other indie Britpop bands at the time (Sleeper, Salad), so that's why he went on about f**** Salad. Those were great times, she perfectly captured the moment. Thank you, Mel.

From this Unhappy Planet,
Vu

PS, Mel and I eventually saw Suede again at the El Rey in Los Angeles (05/22/1997) and Fillmore in San Francisco (05/23/1997). It would make sense, seeing as how perfect it was for the both of us to celebrate Morrissey's birthday (5/22) by seeing Suede.

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RESCUE ME FROM THIS HOLLYWOOD LIFE!
written by Melinda for Stupid Shiny Black Shoes

photos by Vu, layout by Melinda Read More Suede Incidentally, in Suede news, singer Brett Anderson will be releasing his second album, Wilderness, on July 7th at his concert that costs £30. …

This is the true story of the cheesiest, starf***er rock event I've ever witness -- Suede at the San Francisco Fillmore (05 March 1995). I had a nice chat with bassist Mat Osman before soundcheck. I found out some interesting things about Mat and other members of the band. Mat claims to dig on Snoop Doggy Snoopy Doggsh*** whatever. He also told us that Suede has jammed with Metallica and that they are good friends.

Then we played a game where we rapidly tossed out names of contemporary pop music artists and he would give his candid opinion. I was surprised at the kind of music Osman professed to like. Suede have got this reputation as an "alternative" band. So I incredulously threw out labelmate, "Mariah Carey?" Mat said, "Well, she's better than f***king Salad." I informed him that we couldn't broadcast this interview if he was going to go on using such language. So he amended his former pronouncement, "She's better than bothering Salad." Dear boy!

I asked Mat Osman what Brett Anderson's favorite drug was. Mat first answered that it was caffeine. Then he said that no, it has to be liquor. Osman said that Anderson was a hopeless alcoholic. Later on when Mat wasn't around, I had to ask Brett Anderson himself what his favorite drug was. He unhesitatingly responded, "Coffee." I believe it from the way he was writhing and generally spastically freakin' out on stage. At the time when I asked the question he was drinking beer. Mat also said that Brett had a fetish for pliers and medieval torture devices. So, they fancied the line in Pulp Fiction about "getting' medieval on yo' ass."

Mat also told us about his favorite scene from the Doors film and the Alex Cox film "Sid and Nancy," especially the one where Johnny Rotten derides the idiotic journalist on the bus-- "stupid c***." He had a wicked sense of humor. He also joked that Smiths fans were the saddest and worst types. He winked and said that he could spot them miles away. The newest member of the band, Little Dick, supposedly has a cat named Morrissey.

At the soundcheck I met two types of parasitic hanger-ons in rock 'n roll. The worst aspect of them had to be their obviously fake British accents. One was a nice woman who failed at modeling and so turned to a dubious career in music journalism. The other was a guy, Simon's Pimp (SP) dripping with drama. Had had a hilarious t-shirt that said something like, "Scream Monster Fag." He claimed to be really tight with the drummer, Simon. SP whooped it up, cheering loudly after a very moving rendition of "The Wild Ones" during soundcheck. Most of the time, Brett would sing the first couple of verses and then move off to the side of the stage and navel gaze. They even performed a Doors song for soundcheck, that "Love Me Time Times" song!

After the soundcheck, we picked up the complimentary pair of tickets and two aftershow party passes. Unfortunately, this left Shawn out… so far. We went to a smelly and none-too-clean KFC right down the street from the Fillmore. Shawn and Vu played magic cards. I saw two Latino transvestites ordering 27 pieces of chicken and some side dishes. I marked the student paper until 10pm. Then we went to the Fillmore, but we still couldn't avoid hearing the last songs of the opening act.

We joined up with Nicole, Natasha, and Phil. At the same time everyone was trying to avoid personal enemies and scum who were also at this concert. Then it turned out that SP, the guy I met at soundcheck, knew members of our party. He said he was in charge of procuring some good lays for Simon. SP bragged that he had 10 aftershow passes. He gave our friend Shawn the once over and asked, "How would you like to go backstage? Are you straight?" Shawn looked up and answered. My eyes must have bulged when he denied being straight. Then I smiled. After he managed to score the pass, we all gathered round and Shawn sheepishly explained that it happened so fast that he thought SP was asking if he were gay, to which he replied no. Then SP came up to Shawn and said, "Oooh, you're Simon's type." We ribbed Shawn about it, but then he became rather irritable. It was really nothing.

As Wesley Willis would have said, "The show was great. The rock and roll was perfect. The rock and roll was excellent. The concert was a jam. It was goin' on!" It was more bare and stripped down than the show last year at the Warfield, but it was also more energetic. Brett was twisting and grinding while the others, especially Richard Oakes, were rocking out and madly flipping their long hair. No more fey mystic dances learned from precious old men in the third world! No more annoying stage lighting (the light shining into the audience during "Pantomime Horse" at the Warfield was unforgivable). I thought they would be exhausted by their last U.S. show, but they were in tight and top form.

Simon, the drummer, showed up at the aftershow party and graciously chatted with Shawn. He was not the gross, drooling sex maniac Shawn feared that he might be. Simon seemed to be like a really nice and jolly version of Johnny Rotten. He had reddish hair poking out in all directions and was maniacally good-natured. SP simpered up to join the nice tête-à-tête they were having and leeringly said of Shawn, "He's one of my boys." All of Suede were there except for Mat, because he was feeling ill. They were bombarded by people wanting to have them sign things and pose for photographs.

Brett Anderson was sitting in the corner talking to one of the members of Metallica, Kirk Hammett. Only one person out of the roomful of about 60 Suede fans asked for Kirk's autograph. I was surprised that anyone there knew who he was. Brett was really sunken and barely seemed to be able to raise his wrist to scrawl his sig over an album cover. He seemed like a bored and tired old git. I could have just caught him at the low moment; he looked really out of it. Too many downers probably.

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W♥M108: Coachella 2011

W♥M108 (30min: archive/podomatic/mypodcast)

Covering Coachella Music Festival 2011, in the comfort of his swimming pool, Brody gives us a play-by-play of what's going on.

It seems Coachella is streaming their shows live on youtube. Bands on the discussion block:

Best Coast: they've blown up. Loads of buzz behind this band.

Warpaint: Vu likes them

Robyn: hopefully will make it on a future DVD/Bluray release

Foster the People: Amazed why they're so popular, they're selling out all their upcoming shows and with only two EPs!

The Strokes: Still massive, apparently. Headliner and back together, better than ever according to Brody

Cage the Elephant: We like them. They're amazing live.

Suede: Please drop that London-thing

Chapel Club: $2 show

Kanye West: The "top secret" guest appearance at Coachella.

Song of the Podcast is The Jezabels' "Hurt Me"

Bonus: Brody's rant on The National live.

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