2012 got off to an excellent start last week with our first gig of the year; bringing Haiku Salut to Norwich. It was the first time I'd been lucky enough to see Haiku live, and they really didn't disappoint. A vast array of instruments - including pianos, trumpets, drums, (multiple) accordions, and that keyboardy thing that you blow into - all filled the birdcage with lush melodies and textures.
Thanks to Matt for this short clip of Haiku Salut. Plans are for subsequent gigs to be filmed (perhaps not entirely, but substantially), but we just hadn't got around to that sort of thing.
I would definitely recommend Haiku to anyone who has the chance to see them, and I am looking forward for when they come back to Norwich. Bring on the album!
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| Billy-Boy Vine doing the DJ set last friday |
Also thanks to Bill from Collider who DJ'ed after the gig (in honour of Josh's birthday). He art
On top of all of that fun, another highlight of the evening for me was hearing the new TSC track - Bullingdon (or more accurately, the less subtle The Rt. Hon. David Bullingdon). The song, one long piece of loop on loop, just worked really well, and was my highlight of Josh's set that night.
As in time old fashion, while feeling ill, I have a song that I can relate to; that makes me feel better.
And here it is, courtesy of the band Mimas - Manflu.
Mimas were actually kind enough to post a mediafire link to their first album on twitter the other day, so if you are having financial woes, but still want access to good music, I'd recommend going to check them out.
It looks like I might be soon involved in making a documentary about how independent artists can make money and successfully grow a fan base; fucked if I know. Anyone got any advice?
Enough from me now.
James
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