POP LOVES ROCK

Fall Heads Roll..

2006-09-21T14:30:00.000Z

The Fall @ The Galtymore Ballroom, Cricklewood
15/09/2006

nenhuma banda mantém os seus fans ao longo dos anos como esta..
os The Fall tocaram 4 noites em Londres e muitos foram os que assitiram aos 4 concertos consecutivos do abominante Mark Smith e da sua trupe, sempre nova e diferente...

" It was a beautiful, cheesy old dancehall in Cricklewood, a distant suburb of London...
There was nothing particularly psykick about it, but by fuck the chandeliers were huge. I'll be willing to bet there was a breakout going on in the Bingo complex opposite. Yes, it was a great and surreally appropriate venue for the best gig I've seen in many years, by the best band in the history of the multiverse.

The first surprise was when the band came on and started playing an extended instrumental intro.
They were *all* different (except Elena aka Mrs Smith on one finger keyboards). I read later that The Fall had undergone one of its regular seismic upheavals and the collossally tight, incredibly brutally skilful band onstage last night had only played once together before. It was even a different lineup from the gig at the same venue the night before, the band having lost a guitarist and then a bass player since the two gigs in Shoreditch at the beginning of the week.

And earlier in the year, the lineup had also changed when the core of the even more previous line-up, which had been together over the course of the two previous albums, had walked out four dates into the US tour.
Mark E Smith seems energised by the turmoil. He was a snarling, deafening presence in the barbed core of hooks and riffs that the band was laying down. He'd cut an increasingly lethargic figure of late but last night he was upright and imperious, surveying the audience and the balcony as if about to address some Victorian space-age British Empire in his mind's eye.

He had his usual struggle with the mike stands, and was clearly feeling the heat, shedding a leather jacket and a weird, spangly black and silver pinstripe jumper early in the set. He seemed to delight in un-nerving the admirable new guitarist, often standing and singing (shouting) right behind him. There was a lot of amp fiddling as well; the guitarist looking understandably nervous every time Mark disappeared from his peripheral vision to muck about with the settings behind him.

Some of the new stuff was fantastic, with the medley of new songs "Fall Sound" and "Reformation" at the core of the set being particular standouts. "Theme From Sparta FC", that amazing dissociated Greek Football Yob Anthem that is used as the theme for Football Focus these days, was played at about twice the speed of the recorded version and literally left the audience gasping.

Every song was a highlight but the encore was especially special, the band rescuing Garage Punk classic "Mr Pharmacist" from the band's 80's past and then bludgeoning the audience into oblivion with an absolutely MASSIVE version of *Blindness* from the last album, Fall Heads Roll (which you would be criminal not to have in your CD collection) which Mark humorously and unusually candidly introduced as being about his "backstage experiences" - blind drunk is somewhere in our personal backstage rooms that we've all been, after all...
...the best band in the world. "

à Paris au travail!

2006-09-06T11:31:00.000Z

Paris , 01/09 a 04/09
Feira Maison & Objet

trabalho árduo..
nada de paródia..
só vender "tapeti e carpeti"

Carnaval em agosto..

2006-09-06T11:21:00.000Z

Notting Hill, 27/08

para fechar um mês de visitas nonstop, carnaval em Londres...
no minimo um fenómeno estranho, mas deu para abominar em grande..

The Cramps!!!

2006-08-21T13:03:00.000Z

PSYCHOBILLY ROCK
Astoria, 15/08

"..The Astoria, where The Cramps played in 2003 is a very cool venue..

As we got in The Priscillas did their support show and if you ask me, it fits perfect to a evening like that. I recommend: "Rip Up Your Photograph". their website is thepriscillas.com

Then it was time to welcome THE CRAMPS!! "

".. Lux' stage outfit was great and his new hair-colour is... 5 years ahead of our time.
His performance got wilder wilder faster faster each song and he really enjoyed that night.
He even dedicated a song to those who came by airplane to see the show.
Poison Ivy was sexy as ever, wearing beautiful tights and playing the guitar like a rock'n'roll godess.
Chopper Franklin still has the shrunken head at his bass guitar.It surely helps him doin the Zombie Dance.He's a perfect Cramp. Hopefully they never change THAT lineup anymore.
Finally i had the pleasure to see Bill Bateman drumming with The Cramps.He was fantastic doing the old AND the new songs.

The setlist of that night:
1. Mad Daddy
2. Rock on the Moon
3. Way I Walk
4. Hanky Panky
5. Hang Up
6. Fissureof Rolando
7. Papa Satan Sang Louie
8. Big Black Witchcraft Rock
9. It Thing Hard On
10.Primitive
11. Lonesome Town
12. Caveman
13. Let's Get Fucked Up
14. DopefiendBoogie
15. Hot Pearl Snatch
16. Dames Booze Chains and Boots
17. TV Set
18. PsychoticReaction
19. Wrong Way Ticket
20. Tear it Up

e um excerto de uma entrevista ao Lux Interior e Poison Ivy:

" ..Lux: We’re excited about going back to Portugal because when we were in Portugal last time I chopped a hole in the floor too – we’re going to Portugal next – and they put us in a dressing room of a bullfighting ring and the dressing room had a curtain in the middle of it where this side was the rock and roll band and on the other side of the curtain was all the drugs they give to the bull fighters after they get gored. We were just filling our pockets with this stuff!
Ivy: There was like painkillers and Valium.Lux: Yeah! Unbelievable!
Ivy: But they put a rock and roll band in a room….
Lux: …with a curtain so the rock and roll band won’t get to the drugs! Yeah, except the smart ones that can go behind the curtain..."

fechada para balanço..

2006-08-09T10:37:00.000Z

ihey!
abandonei o blog por uns tempos de carochada..
férias, visitas.. não tem dado 'tempo' para escrever nada.
uma vida difícil..

no entretanto,
feitas as contas, há 3 meses que estou em Londres na rockalhada..
e também fiz 32! anitos em Berlim..
só faltava lá a minha maltinha.. o circo!
mas, festejamos aí nem que seja em Dezembro, depois da operação Tokyo..

Old, very old school...

2006-07-26T23:16:00.000Z

22/07 - Roxy Music, ExCel, London

um concerto pouco punk..
com o glamour um bocado chassado do mr. Ferry
mas a voz tava lá..

valeu pelo ambiente..
a malta do reumático deu o seu melhor..

The Independent
By Chris Mugan

... the predominance of middle-aged couples suggested a generation reliving their youth when they played Roxy's later yuppie seduction soundtracks in less practical cars than they own today. This audience was not disappointed by the group's greatest hits set, though there were enough surprises for fans of their art-rock early days.
This period has been brought to mind by news that the former Roxy keyboardist, Brian Eno, had worked with the band on recent recording sessions - their first collaboration since the early Seventies. Just in the nick of time, for even before the band reformed in 2001, their music had been overshadowed by Bryan Ferry's country gent image. He was even upstaged by his son, Otis, prosecuted for his Commons protest against the fox-hunting ban last year.
Eno originally denied being back on the scene and declined to appear live, which left Ferry, the guitarist Phil Manzanera and the sax/oboe player Andy Mackay, as drummer Phil Thompson was ill. The singer croaked his way through their opening numbers, though soon regained his legendary poise. Ferry's louche croon was in full effect, and with age was more plaintive than ever on "Jealous Guy". His bandmates, meanwhile, showed Roxy's elegance extended beyond the sartorial, with a succession of rich yet understated arrangements. Manzanera played with clipped precision and rarely has an oboe sounded as haunting as on the debut album highlight "Ladytron".
There were, sadly, too many solos as the group morphed into a Ferry, Manzanera, Mackay supergroup with each taking equal time in the spotlight. The daft horror story "Bogus Man" faded away too slowly in a morass of noodling. It was impossible to work out why two extra guitarists were among the array of additional performers - "My Only Love" came with a trio of unnecessary solos. Such extraneous instrumentation was generally reserved for the set's middle third. Roxy rallied with a forceful finale that returned them to their superb second album For Your Pleasure. They hammered home "Editions Of You" with the intensity to suggest they had predated post-Punk's dance fixation by several years, before Ferry put on his campest persona for an exuberant "Do The Strand".
Without any new material on show, the sheer joy the band displayed during such moments was promising, compared to the flat delivery of numbers from their smooth Eighties period. It suggested they may finally loosen their ties on next year's album, their first since 1982.
Roxy Music are rocking once more.

The Gossip again..

2006-07-26T03:38:00.000Z

17/7, King's College of London
Gossip pela segunda vez...
Brutal! ainda gostei mais..

... the gossip's vocalist beth ditto packs the hurricane-force punch of a genuine soul belter. she's dropped it down a notch or five, though, for this slow, punky r&b sizzler, all bootsy collins bass and funky cowbell thwack. the limited 7" features the album version plus a cover of the slow and sultry aaliyah track 'are u that somebody'. the trio preserves the song's less-is-more mechanics, limiting the music to lurching bass, dub-inflected guitar accents, and sparse drums.

!!! - Chk Chk Chk

2006-07-26T03:31:00.000Z

19/07 Islington Academy

estava à espera de ouvir mais musicas do album "Louden Up Now" de 2004..
mas tocaram mais do album que vai ser lançado...
hey..nem sequer a "Hello? Is This Thing On?" ..

mas até que tocaram bem, especialmente o Mr. Tyler Pope.. foi um concerto muito animado.. um bocadito demais até... a maltinha saltava, suava e batia palmas exageradamente..

Video "Hello? Is This Thing On?"

mais visitas ao castelinho...

2006-07-25T00:54:00.000Z

primeiro chega a pauleta mais o flavio brasuca, do porto, para uma semana de completa parodia em Londres.. sorte que "esta" semana eu estava de férias..
logo no dia a seguir juntam-se à trupe a ana e a rosane de amsterdam.. e mais o nuno 'togethinho' e a camila.. grande comunidade brasuca instalada nas masmorras.. palmilhanço até mais nao com as objectivas sempre a disparar..
até que por fim chega o master pinho para a fritadeira britanica.. o grande chef, que dominou camdeeem brutalmente!

Petrochemical Rock!!!!!!!!

2006-07-12T09:50:00.000Z

11/07, Buffalo Bar
Les George Leningrad

Les Georges Leningrad might be considered a bit unusual...
This trio of noise-thumping electronic experimentalism knows not of decency but of absolute lunacy-- not only in the studio but more importantly on the stage with a live show eliciting pandemonium through form.
These French party enforcers are sure to make you sweat that expensive hair gel.

Rise: London United Festival

2006-07-10T09:40:00.000Z

London's free anti-racist music festival, Rise: London United, take place on Saturday 8th July 2006 at Finsbury Park.

With an eclectic mix of hip-hop, indie, pop, jazz and reggae, there is something for everyone at this festival, which celebrates London’s diversity and aims to bring together the diverse community that is London.

Famous draws include Graham Coxon, The Wailers, The Duke Spirit and the Buzzcocks, while a host of other stages showcase African, Asian and urban music.
Plus a Cuban fiesta with kids' workshops and a carnival procession, and the final of the Londonwide Youth Slam Championship.

PARABÉNS Ó GIL, BOB E MEIRELES!!!!!!!

2006-07-09T22:42:00.000Z

14º Curtas Vila do Conde
Festival Internacional de Cinema

Premiados 4º Video Run

Os filmes premiados no 4º Video Run foram:

1.TOXIC
Miguel Marques, Victor Santos, Miguel Meira, Catarina Lopes
2.MOTER
Isabel sousa, Rui andrade, Antonio Carvalho, Andreia Teixeira
3.MUTASONS
Joana Macedo, Duarte Catarino, Gilberto Figueiredo

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!

2006-07-09T22:37:00.000Z

07/07, The Kentish Forum

deve ter sido bom o concerto..
tava bastante animado..
só maltinha suada a pular..

só que chegamos na parte do encore..
eu mais a minha mania de chegar atrasada aos concertos!
a ver se desta aprendo..

Com o seu album de estreia, homónimo, lançado em 2005, o quinteto nova-iorquino Clap Your Hands Say Yeah conseguiu boas recomendações entre os seguidores da música alternativa.

Um dos primeiros detalhes apontado sobre a banda é a semelhança da voz de Alec Ounsworth com a de David Byrne. Mas, o Clap Your Hands Say Yeah tem mais ligações com o Talking Heads do que se pode perceber em um primeiro momento. A sua música tem a peculiaridade que é essencial para que uma banda se distinguir das demais, ou de movimentos, em um certo momento. Assim, como a banda de David Byrne no fim dos anos 77 e início dos 80, o Clap Your Hands Say Yeah consegue fugir do lugar comum. Isto, provavelmente, em virtude da inspiração de seus instrumentistas (Alec Ounsworth - voz, Lee Sargent - teclados, Robbie Guertin - guitarra e teclados, Tyler Sargent - baixo e guitarra, e Sean Greenhalgh - bateria).

fim de semana no puerto!

2006-07-06T00:24:00.000Z

01/07, Plano B

eu e a maltinha..
sempre em festa!
já tinha saudades..

montagem mr. bob

e mais um mês de estágio...

2006-06-28T12:11:00.000Z

in July at London:

07/06............... The Divine Comedy.................. Somerset House
.......................Pretty Girls Make Graves............Islington Academy
07/07 ...............Clap Your Hands Say Yeah...... .....The Forum
07/10............... Young Gods............................Scala
07/11 ...............Les Georges Leningrad...............Artrocker at Buffalo Bar
07/12............... The Spinto Band................... ...Dingwalls
07/13............... Animal Collective..................... Astoria
07/15............... Punk Rock Karaoke................... Garage
.......................Silver Jews............................Mean Fiddler
07/17................The Gossip.............................Kings College
07/18................!Forward Russia!......................Garage
07/19................!!! (Chk Chik Chick)...................Carling Academy Islington
07/20................She Wants Revenge...................Scala
07/21................Terry Callier........................... Jazz Café
07/22................Roxy Music............................. Excel
07/23................Lovebox Weekender.................. Victoria Park
07/25................Tortoise.................................Koko
.......................The Longcut............................Dingwall
07/29................Loves Ends Disaster.................. Metro Club

me and mr. sid..

2006-06-27T22:10:00.000Z

obra do mestre pakito
me and mr. sid vicious!

o melhor de brighton..

2006-06-27T21:59:00.000Z

ganhou!

punk rock na praia..

2006-06-26T22:50:00.000Z

24/06, Brigthon
e o Ken..simbolo da capital gay da England

o Julio on the beach..

o primeiro 'fish and chips' com cocacolinha..
uma das maiores atracções turisticas do UK.. não fiquei fã...

a maltinha old school a parodiar no asfalto...

21/06 - O2 - Wireless Festival em Hyde Park

2006-06-26T14:41:00.000Z

Gogol Bordello - um caos "akusturicado"

...are unlike any band I've ever seen or even heard. Their music is a fusion of eastern folk and punk.

Accordians, violins and washboard percussion are supplemented with more mainstream instruments like drums, bass and guitars.
Singer Eugene Hutz looks like a pirate, he sneers and bellows into the microphone while the other musicians tend to comparably stay in the background.
The performance is energy packed and chaotic though out but the music doesn't vary much often it is hard to tell where one song ends and another begins as they seem to melt into each other after a while.

White Rose Movement

The attitude, the groove, the hooks, and the spiky pop sensibility, speak louder..

White Rose Movement are Finn Vine (vocals, guitar) Jasper Milton (guitar) Owen Dyke (bass) Taxxi (keys) and Ed Harper (drums). They formed in the winter of 2002, blinking out into the first politically charged year of the decade, taking their name from the noble, yet naive, 1930's German anti-fascist movement.

21/06 - ainda em Hyde Park

2006-06-22T14:18:00.000Z

The Strokes cover Lou Reed in London, "Walking on the wild side", bringing a bit of NYC to Hyde Park..

The band closed the first night of the bash with a surprise in the encore, after sending their fans wild by playing a host of their hits in the UK capital.As well as playing a raft of songs from 'First Impressions Of Earth', they found time for old favourites, including classic singles 'Hard To Explain' , 'Last Nite','NYC Cops' or 'Take It Or Leave It' .

apesar de já não estar habituada a festivais, ambientes teen tenebrosos, a ver as bandas a mais de 2/3 metros de distancia, gostei bastante dos miudos...

The Raconteurs

a nova banda de Jack White dos White Stripes..
guitarradas à moda antiga...adorei!

A band which includes one singer/songwriter Brendan Benson and Jack White, alongside their friends - drummer Patrick Keeler and bassist Jack Lawrence from The Greenhornes.

Eagles of Death Metal... a banda da tanga!

2006-06-20T09:55:00.000Z

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL
19/06 - Academy, Islington

Do forno sempre quentinho da malta da “desert scene” (Queens Of The Stone Age e amigalhaços) sai mais um “cookie”: o trio Eagles Of Death Metal, isto é, Mr. Jesse “The Devil” Hughes; Mr. Baby Duck, também conhecido como Carlo Von Sexron (ou ainda mais conhecido como Josh Homme) e Tim VanHamel, guitarrista que também partilha funções nos Millionaire.
Reza a história que o projecto nasceu após insistência de Josh Homme – que está sempre “deserto” por mais uma colaboraçãozita e aqui cumpre as funções de baterista –, junto do amigo de infância Jesse (o auto-apelidado mafarrico), para que revelasse as suas canções de boogie-sex-rock ao mundo.
Não é coisa para levar muito a sério, portanto. Talvez uma forma de distrair o coitado do Jesse “The Devil” Hughes, que entretanto se tinha divorciado e precisava de alguma acção, em particular no campo sexual. Daí que estas canções vivam muito do espírito de engate, quando não mesmo da própria ambiência da dor-de-corno. Por isso mesmo remetem para o sul dos USA, para os bares de beira de estrada, e para uma certa sexualidade saloia, que neste caso goza com os seus próprios tiques.
Amante reconhecido da borga e da ideia de não se levar demasiado a sério, Josh Homme, não resistiu a impulsionar este projecto liderado pelo “diabo do bigode” e vá de emprestar o seu groove meio desengonçado, meio sexy ao colectivo. O que era “robot rock”, nos Queens Of The Stone Age, passa aqui a “sex rock”, que é como quem diz, a sonoridade geral dos Eagles Of Death Metal passa por uma espécie de versão semi-acústica e cacofónica do que se pode ouvir em muitos momentos da discografia dos Queens.
O metal foi-se (o death metal pelos vistos nem chega a aparecer) e o que fica é uma música desengonçada e crua, cantada maioritariamente num tom de falsete e que por vezes julga ter mais piada do que realmente tem. Ouvido com alguma insistência chega-se à conclusão que se é verdade que há aparentemente uma fonte de criatividade inesgotável nesta malta, também o é o facto de o mundo realmente não ter absolutamente necessidade dos Eagles Of Death Metal. Para os admiradores e cultores da “desert scene” pode dizer-se que são uma espécie de “piada de caserna”…

Standing In The Way of Control!!!!!

2006-06-15T00:25:00.000Z

100 Club, 14 /06
The Gossip

the first thing that strikes you is the rhythm, the gossip have been making punks dance since their debuted 5 years ago, but its now that they have fully realised their soulful, and jagged pop, after much fine tuning of their skills and sounds. you can hear everything from dischord to motown in brace's guitars, and with the addition of former chromatics / shoplifting drummer they have a new thundering beat. the next thing that smacks you is beth's voice, all the guttural blues of the south is in that inimitable instrument. recorded at seattle's bear creek by guy picciotto.

no dia de portugal...

2006-06-12T23:33:00.000Z

o jornalinho, o pakito e o pequeno julio

HEAVY TRASH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!

2006-06-09T11:16:00.000Z

Dingwalls, 08/06
Camdem Town

Heavy Trash marks the official union of soul-mates Matt Verta-Ray and Jon Spencer.

Jon Spencer (of Blues Explosion) and Matt Verta-Ray unite to take out the trash on this blues/garage rocker. Rather than release a boring old guitar rock record, Spencer and Verta-Ray pick up just about every instrument in their studio (including an assortment of strange noises spattered here and there).
The duo rev into high gear with the rock-a-billy, rough-and-ready number “The Loveless.”

Verta-Ray and Spencer take everything traditional about blues rock and tosses it into the garbage disposal. What comes out the other end is a melding of blues, noise, and old school rock n’ roll dipped in subtle electronica and dabbed with a whole lot of balls.

This is Heavy Trash.

julio and mr. john spencer himself ( o julio é bem mais fotogénico...)

me and mr. john spencer (parece montagem.. e eu estou um espanto)

i Amsterdam

2006-05-29T21:26:00.000Z

26/05 a 29/05
Amsterdam is een echte wandelstad. Nergens zijn er zoveel bezienswaardigheden per vierkante meter. Te voet leert u de stad pas echt kennen. U kunt Amsterdam verkennen met een deskundige gids of met een wandelboek in de hand.

Free listings at rough trade shop

2006-05-22T23:45:00.000Z

04/06/2006
Neal's Yard Instore - M Craft @ 2.00pm

Supporting his new album Silver and Fire - each song on the new record is a gem. inventiveness, individuality, and inspiration all cut together with impeccable craftsmanship and a modest, reflective and warm spirit. m.craft's honey smooth voice and wry lyrics dance around sparkling melodies, the sound of his wickedly picked guitars, dreamy girl backing vocals and hypnotic drums. m. craft is often stubbornly unfashionable in his music - whether it be the chic-disco guitars of 'you are the music', the latin grooves of 'emily snow', or the near power balladeering of 'love knows how to fight' but in the end this music is poised, elegant, and has great and lasting style. m.craft writes, sings, produces, mixes and plays the instruments in his recordings, he is an australian who grew up in london and sydney. a classical music school drop out, he formed his first band, sidewinder, at 15 and spent 8 years touring and releasing records. 679 records found him and dusted him off and they've already released a couple of 7"s and an ep, now they are proud to present this remarkable debut solo album, soul music for the modern times, captivating, expressive, intelligent and beautiful.
www.679recordings.com
www.mcraft.co.uk

27/06/2006
Neal's Yard Instore - Love is all @ 5.00pm

Sweden's love is all support their debut album '9 times that same song' - 10 songs of heart and soul music featuring the songs that got them a john peel session, single of the week in the nme and a place on our indiepop compilation. the album was recorded by Woodie from comet gain and is covered in a lo-fi glaze which just adds to the appeal. each track is a golden nugget of post-punk and indie-pop perfection that recalls life without buildings, essential logic and orange juice in that it's indie kids trying to recreate disco and make music danceable. the sound is minimal and explosive and absolutely rocking. cd only at the moment on what's your rupture? - the label that brought us the long blondes and cause co-motion.
www.whatsyourrupture.com
www.myspace.comloveisall

mais um mês...

2006-05-22T21:57:00.000Z

Wed 05/31/06
Radio 4 - Cargo

Thu 06/01/06
Editors - Carling Brixton Academy

Thu 06/08/06
Infadels - 100 Club

Sat 06/10/06
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Mean Fiddler

Sat 06/17/06

Juliette & The Licks - Hyde Park
Motorhead - Hyde Park
Queens Of The Stone Age - Hyde Park
The Subways - Hyde Park

Wed 06/21/06
"Wireless Festival" - Hyde Park

Belle & Sebastian
Dirty Pretty Things
Gogol Bordello
Guillemots
Super Furry Animals
The Like
The Raconteurs
The Strokes

Sun 06/25/06
"Wireless Festival" - Hyde Park

Bauhaus
Depeche Mode
Gang Of Four
Goldfrapp
Mystery Jets
The Dears
Thomas Dolby

Wed 06/28/06
Regina Spektor - Queen Elizabeth Hall

a maltinha...

2006-05-22T09:52:00.000Z

as visitas...

sara e luis
cepinha
joana, gil e ninfi

todos no castelinho

I MAINADA!!!!!!!!

2006-05-19T08:48:00.000Z

17th May
The Forum, kentish Town
YEAH YEAH YEAHS

....o concerto foi uma BRUTALIDADE!!!!!!!

por ordem de preferência:
Y-Control
Maps
Date with the night
Pin
Rich
No no no
Art Star
Miles Away
Gold Lion
Fancy
Phenomena
Honeybear
Cheated Hearts
Mysteries
Turn Into
..
(não faltou nenhuma..)

and.. at the end...me and miss karen O

THE FIRST GIG

2006-05-16T15:43:00.000Z

10 th May

Black Mountain
Pink Mountaintops
Blood Meridian

(sem fotos.. fiquei sem bateria na máquina..)

DA POP CASTLE

2006-05-16T14:03:00.000Z

Flat 3
Grafton Chambers
Grafton Place
London NW1 1LN

Hooligan Phone:
00447766938479

o inicio da digressao....

2006-05-08T16:47:00.000Z

2006-04-26T14:30:00.000Z

... " os Gossip são mais um hype cosmético da Kill Rock Stars; um composto à base de energia desorganizada num imaginário diletante, que vem reacender o meio e ajudar a fixar tendências.
Os Gossip são, levianamente falando, Nathan na guitarra, em activa reprodução de acordes dos Stooges, Kathy na bateria, a desejar ter nascido irmã de Jack White e Beth Ditto na voz, que de inspiração, fanatismo e quilos a mais se auto proclama como a reencarnação do tórax de Mama Cass, em modo ditadora feminista e defensora de grandes causas. A história da banda começa algures no Arkansas, num dia de calor intenso em que “estavam aborrecidos” e se juntaram para fazer música. Mudaram-se para Washington onde foram apadrinhados pela K Records e em pouco tempo abriram para as Sleater-Kinney e – pasme-se – os White Stripes.

É de referir que a carreira dos Gossip vive muito de placo e concertos insólitos.
Numa altura em que o rock está definitivamente reinstalado, uma guitarra tendenciosa, uma bateria grave, cerrada e uma voz em tom lascivo são elementos mais que suficientes para levarem a efeito aquilo a que a banda se propõe: pôr as pessoas a mexer."

The Gossip embark on a world tour!

19-May UK Brighton - The Great Escape
20-May UK London - ATP Festival (curated by Sleater-Kinney)
21-May UK London - Stylish riot @ Elbow Room
19-Jun DE Berlin - Magnet
23-Jun SP Barcelona - Razzmatazz
17-Jul UK London Kings College
18-Jul UK Manchester Night & Day
19-Jul UK Glasgow ABC2
20-Jul UK Newcastle Academy

http://www.gossipyouth.com/

MY CONCERT SCHEDULE - LONDON, UK - MAY

2006-04-26T09:49:00.000Z

www.pollstar.com

Sat 05/06/06 Love Ends Disaster! - Notting Hill Arts Centre
...................or Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - The Astoria
................and Saint Catherines - The Astoria

Wed 05/10/06 Black Mountain - Koko
..................and Blood Meridian - Koko
..................and The Pink Mountaintops - Koko

Thu 05/11/06 The Streets - Carling Brixton Academy
......................or Stereolab - Koko

Fri 05/12/06 Ladytron - Fabric
...................or The Rakes - Shepherd's Bush Empire
...................or The Dresden Dolls - The Astoria

Sun 05/14/06 Hard-Fi - Carling Brixton Academy
.....................or Dirty Pretty Things - The Astoria

Tue 05/16/06 Funeral For A Friend - Shepherd's Bush Empire

Wed 05/17/06 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - The Kentish Forum

Thu 05/18/06 Radiohead - Carling Apollo Hammersmith

Fri 05/19/06 Buck 65 - Barfly

Sun 05/21/06 The Gossip - Stylish Riot @ Elbow Room

Mon 05/22/06 Broken Social Scene - Koko

Tue 05/23/06 You Say Party! We Say Die!- Madame Jo Jo's

Wed 05/24/06 Dirty Pretty Things - The Forum

Wed 05/31/06 Editors - Carling Brixton Academy

4th MAY - LONDON CALLING

2006-04-25T19:20:00.000Z

London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared, and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls
London calling, now don't look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing'
Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing
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