Great video footage from the recent Boots Electric gig at the Garage! See if you can spot me, about 1:17 minutes into the intro! You can watch the rest of the songs from the gig on MoshCam's website! To see more photos that I took from the gig have a look HERE!
This band is amazing! So unique, fresh and minimal, I just love their album Barton Hollow.
"In some ways, music doesn't get much more modest or minimalist than it is in the hands of The Civil Wars, a duo comprised of California-to-Nashville transplant Joy Williams and her Alabaman partner, John Paul White. They travel without a backup band, and on their first full-length album, Barton Hollow, the bare-bones live arrangements that fans hear on the road are fleshed out with just the barest of acoustic accoutrements. Each song is an intimate conversation, and no third wheels or dinner-party chatter are going to interrupt that gorgeous, haunting hush."
So went to see the amazing Jesse Hughes again last night and was just blown away! Boots Electric are just plain awesome and know how to put on a good show!
Only downer of the night was some drunk middle aged Scottish chick who took a massive dislike to me after I accidentally bumped into her when the crowd was jumping around to 'Speaking in Tongues'. Got a few elbows from her and also a few backward kicks to my shins. When I told her to stop I got told that she would take my head home in a bag. Yea alright horse. Seriously...what would Jesse say?
Really sad news about Whitney Houston, the greatest voice of all time. The Bodyguard is one of my favourite movies and many a night out involved dancing to 'I wanna dance with somebody'.
How awesome is this new interactive video from Red Hot Chili Peppers for their new single, 'Look Around'. Sweet baby cheeses it's amazing!!
You can use your mouse of keyboard arrows to pan around the different rooms, and also if you hover your mouse over certain items, the contain links to more photos and videos.
Can't wait to see them at Knebworth this summer!
So...following on from this post, the boyf and I headed to The Dublin Castle in Camden to see Blackfoot Circle doing their thing...and it's a pretty good thing! Here are some photos, again not the best quality, lighting wasn't ideal for iphoneography :) ...
Oh.Em.Gee, this made me laugh so much! Totes Zef bra! Awesome, awesome parody.
Lyrics are a crack up:
[INTRO] Check it. I represent those freckled and copper In our race, we got these red-coloured rings Darks, lights, scarlets Gingers, amaranths, roses, burnt hues, cardinals I'm like... all the sunburn stings All those red alleles Topped into one hairstyle
[CHORUS] My-y-y... my skin is ultra-white I need sun protection from the UV light Aye, aye, aye... I am the Scottish type Anaemic complexion, need sun protection
[VERSE 1] I'm a ginger, son My hair is like a flickering flame, I feel pain being in the sun I hate sunlight, cuts me shining like a knife (I'm a ginger... shunned!) Like Bozo the Clown, I'm never brown - wear a shirt in the bath Gotta stay in the shade, sunrays are harsh No melato-nin, pale as The O-men Co-nan! I aint got a soul, skin is full of mel-ano-ma! Spot fire, crotch pyre of carc-ino-ma! I'm a hot chilli pepper with this blazing red God dammit, at least you don't live with Ronald Weasley's head Slip Slop Slap, rolling on more... S-P-F Hereditary, recessive genes fleck my flesh My doctor might check my freckled specks Hair is scarlet as blush, I ate too much crust Curls starting to rust Got fiery chro-mo-somes Rosiest hormones, I'm saucier than to-ma-toes Such harmfulness from sunburn blisters, don a hat I'm flaming as Van Gogh My Cherry is Ripe I'm Orphan Annie, a raggy doll I don't pass for no strawb'rry blonde I'm fi-i-i-irecrotch for life, yo I'm a ginger
[CHORUS] My-y-y my skin is ultra-white I need sun protection from the UV light Aye, aye, aye. I am the Scottish type Anaemic complexion, need sun protection My-y-y my skin is ultra-white I see no reflection, like I'm from Twilight I-I-I find candles far too bright Allergic reaction to light refraction
[VERSE 2] Gingerkid jokes? Cruel I'm called Chuckie and ranga, swim in no pool White as chalk, with fiery locks Call the firetruck... I'm not Blue! As I bake, flake, ache Sunburnt til my arms are fried Fanta pants, a pure Caucasian and daywalker Gingers stay indoor We're not like people from that Jersey Shore Need more sunblock or we get hot and charred raw I'll get no child as a sperm clinic donor Hiding from the break of dawn Thriving in the cool of night I can't tan without catching alight
I'm sanguine, see We navigate the shade of fences, gates and trees Every purchase I make so 'shadily' I'm Anne of Green Gables Pippi Longstocking, reddish, with Hermione Granger
Ginger, my bangs Totally white flesh Failing math... can't do trig with no Tan My Spice Girl suit is slutty Redder than the wig on Roxanne Just need a temp'rate zone, suncream and a fan Guys-mocking-my-chalk-skin? I'm a ginger
[CHORUS]
[BLACKOUT] Gosh, this is like, The least I've stung or felt burnt in my whole life Stuck in a box of Redheads... hey don't shake it! No more dyeing or mousses This place has got no sun You can't see I'm a freckled sideshow Can't look at me now! Holed up in this box instead No light! I'm housed inside! No more blisters Enter the ginger We so recessive Keep your sun deck I'm safe from cancer I like shade...
Discovered Blackfoot Circle through my boyfriend and his friends who come from Portsmouth. I've seen them live a couple of times and they're awesome!
Bio:
Blackfoot Circle..... Two guitarists, a bassist, a drummer and a singer. All with the same desire for what they do and for where they want to be.
The band are from Portsmouth, England, where you can hear their songs playing from any open window and where a sell-out Wedgewood Rooms crowd can be heard singing their lyrics on any given Saturday night.
Fresh off the back of winning Hard Rock Cafe’s UK Battle of The Bands competition, where they received glowing reviews from judges James Curran (Absolute Radio), Jemma Downey (Live Nation) and James Walsh (Starsailor), The band's belief and reputation are growing fast. This and their recent appearance at Bestival being covered by ITV's Meridian News has created a real buzz in and around their local area.
They now hope to achieve the same following nationally as they have in their home town. Music trends are forever changing and Blackfoot Circle feel that they are the band to be the catalyst for the next shift to make guitar music great again.
