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- Discovered tour of the day/week/what-have-you: Stevie Wonder
So I’m gonna try a new type of post, where I’ll write about artists I’m really digging who happen to be on tour, and who I JUST DISCOVERED are on tour, the very minute before I write the post. (Perhaps this occasion is interesting to no one other than me.) Running a live music site [...]
- Silver Jews at ULU, May 29, 2008
I went to see the Silver Jews play two years ago in San Francisco, only to leave before they ever came on. I was turned off by an unbearable opening act and a never-ending wait time between sets. (No, live music is not always magical. Sometimes you’re not ready for it or it’s not really [...]
- Jens Lekman and Bon Iver at the Scala
Last week Anthony and I caught Jens Lekman at The Scala. It was the 2nd time I’ve seen Jens - I blogged about my first Jens gig in Uppsala here, and seeing the same guy in the space of 6 months got me thinking about some things I love about live music that keep me [...]
- Signal IS noise: New York’s No Fun Fest
Songkick New York was lucky enough to get hooked up with some passes to the No Fun Fest this past weekend, fresh off a move from its old home in Brooklyn to the Knitting Factory. For those who don’t know (no judgments!) it is the seminal noise festival that happens over three days every year [...]
- Nick Cave in London
Half of the Songkick team recently hit the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds show at Hammersmith Apollo.
credit Snap Punk!
It was my first Nick Cave gig after years of loving his records, which was unusual - most of the bands I see live for the first time are those I’ve only just got into.
First up [...]
- Chromatics at Cafe 1001 (London), April 19, 2008 review
Thanks to Slutty Fringe’s great concert pick, I managed to catch The Chromatics‘ first London show at Cafe 1001, right around the corner from us on Brick Lane. I fell in love with the Chromatics’ sound after reading so much about the Italians Do it Better imprint, which released their album, Night Drive.
The place was [...]
- Patrick Watson at Scala
After my first Songkick-guided gig it’s now time for my first blog! Patrick Watson at the Scala last night was a magical musical treat and I completely fell in love with him, his music and his band for a second time. I was originally exposed to his soft, subtle vocals on Cinematic Orchestra’s ‘To Build [...]
- Gig Gossip: Lil Wayne
From a reader…
“so lil wayne is on this uk tour.and last sunday he was playing his london gig (which on the flyer informed that armed police would be present). hiphop connection wanted to use him on their front cover but the label said that he’s a pretty difficult artist and they were never gonna get [...]
- We got love on TechCrunch!
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/15/songkick-launches-alexa-for-bands/
Mike Arrington of Tech Crunch wrote about out Battle of the Bands feature. WOO.
Anyway, we’re working our tails off over here for some exciting things coming soon. It’s like finals all over again, cramming to the last possible minute and staying up all night, except I’m too old to pull all-nighters and it’s affecting my [...]
- Final Fantasy at the Forum
Michelle gave me Funeral by The Arcade Fire back when we were studying in Beijing and it’s been one of my favourite records ever since.
Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett) was behind the string arrangements on that album and I’ve always associated him closely with the Arcade Fire.
This was probably largely due to the first solo record [...]
