Lo-fil or no-fi?
Tomorrow night (tuesday) Kurt Vile comes to London, you may not have heard of him but you will have heard of another of the bands, War on Drugs, for whom he is lead guitarist. He is on tour, promoting his third solo album, Childish Prodigy, an album that was leaked online just before it hit the shelves, oops, someone at Matador will have felt the pain that day.
HIs tracks are heavy with reverb, beautifully penned with sounds reminiscent of Bon Iver, mixed with a leftfield, woozy Tom Petty. Recording all his material at home, his productions are low fi and minimal, steeped in originality, with a real amerciana rock feel. Anyway, as mentioned, he just signed to Matador, home to label mates Yo La Tengo and Cat Power, so should be well looked after there.
You can catch him at the Lexington on the London leg of a european tour, preceding Paris and Brussells, before he heads back to the US.
HIs tracks are heavy with reverb, beautifully penned with sounds reminiscent of Bon Iver, mixed with a leftfield, woozy Tom Petty. Recording all his material at home, his productions are low fi and minimal, steeped in originality, with a real amerciana rock feel. Anyway, as mentioned, he just signed to Matador, home to label mates Yo La Tengo and Cat Power, so should be well looked after there.
You can catch him at the Lexington on the London leg of a european tour, preceding Paris and Brussells, before he heads back to the US.
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Olly and his ramshackle outfit...
The Wild Wolves are made up of Alex Cox formerly of Vincent Vincent and the Villains, his brother Olly and a further 5 musicians playing everything from trombone, sax, keys, drums and bass. The Wild Wolves ' songs had been taking shape in Alex's head throughout the entire Villains roller-coaster, sporadically performed onstage in a nameless ramshackle outfit with Olly playing drums and a string of Trombonists coming and going.
After Vincent Vincent and the Villains had at long last made an album, Alex decided that his duty's were over and left the band to scratch around for some members for his new project. A fun, light field journey through ska, folk, reggae and pop.
Even though Alex has been itching to do this for years, he spent time choosing the right assortment of musicians who look incredibly relaxed on stage and enjoy every note change in their songs. The boys and girls are fortunate enough to be playing with our very own Brute Chorus on Thursday 17th at the Stags Head in Shoreditch. It is also going to be the destination of the Tape Christmas party, so come and join us in celebrating a great year!
After Vincent Vincent and the Villains had at long last made an album, Alex decided that his duty's were over and left the band to scratch around for some members for his new project. A fun, light field journey through ska, folk, reggae and pop.
Even though Alex has been itching to do this for years, he spent time choosing the right assortment of musicians who look incredibly relaxed on stage and enjoy every note change in their songs. The boys and girls are fortunate enough to be playing with our very own Brute Chorus on Thursday 17th at the Stags Head in Shoreditch. It is also going to be the destination of the Tape Christmas party, so come and join us in celebrating a great year!
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