The Good Ship, Kilburn, has a very curious set-up for a live venue. The band/musician isn’t centre-stage, but down a pit.
So you have two options to watch the performer, either get down in the pit with them – where there is enough space for a dozen or so people – or you stand around the edges of the pit. The rest of the space is much more a standard bar set-up.
So the attention isn’t always on the acts, as there is such a little space to see them that the audience tends to drift into the bar area.
This was generally true for most of this night, a charity night of 7 acts. That was until Jake Morley took to the stage. Read more
Richie Sambora, Bon Jovi’s guitarist has been arrested in Laguna Beach, California on suspicion of drink driving. Sambora, 48, was arrested after a police officer noticed his black Hummer weaving in traffic lanes on Tuesday.
He has been ordered to appear in court on 7 May on one count of driving under the influence, police said. Though he could also face further charges of child endangerment as he had two children in his car at the time of the arrest
The chances are you weren’t at this gig – I can be quite be certain about that as the place was really quite empty. Which is a pity as you missed a good night.
What would probably be quite a good venue when packed, was echoing with about 30 people in attendance to see three bands play. Of those three bands it would seem that they had either done none or very little publicity, or in Cassette Electrik’s case been asked at the last minute to perform.
Cassette Electrik who we were there to see didn’t let the lack of an audience affect them much, though it was obvious on occasion that singer Lucy Bugiel needed a bit more of a crowd to bring out her best performance. Read more
Our favourite electro band Cassette Electrik have some exciting news – for you lucky MusicRiot readers.
They are playing a gig tonight (11th March 2008) in central London, and for all of you that get along and mention MusicRiot, you can claim your FREE CD Single of “The Smartest Bomb”!
Yep, you read right, a free CD! Just get along, mention us and you’ll walk away a CD heavier and having heard some of the band’s fantastic new material. Hope to see you there!
Mark Oliver Everett is better known as E, the lead singer of rock band The Eels. And if you are aware of the Eels discography then you are likely to be vaguely aware of many of the stories that are told in this book.
That’s because E is, by and large, an extremely auto-biographical songwriter, putting his experiences and feelings directly into his lyrics. And boy does he have some experiences!
He’s experienced more losses of family and friends so far in his life than some might see in their lifetimes. His genius father died of a heart attack, his sister committed suicide saying she was going to be with their dad “in a parallel universe”, a few years later his mum died of cancer. This left him the final member of his family.
It’s no wonder that he believes that music saved his life – all this death pushed him into numerous depressions, but he cleared his head, realised that he was still living and that he was going to make the most of it.
Everett writes touchingly about his life, his family, his music and his feelings about all three. This isn’t your usual Rock Star Biog – this is, as the back-cover states, the “beautiful world of a man on a mission”
As MusicRiot reported in October last year, legendary UK band, The Charlatans, have released their new album through the website of radio station, XFM.
“You Cross My Path” is the latest album from the band. Lead singer Tim Burgess is reported as saying: “When we were recording the album, we already knew we were going to release it for free over the internet, and that’s when we realised we had to make it a brilliant album – you can’t cheat free.”
Burgess explains: “We want ‘the people’ to own the music and we want the artist i.e. us, to own the copyright. Why let a record company get in the way of the people getting the music?”
Album releases
Sheryl Crow – “Detours”
The Feeling – “Join With Us”
Pete & The Pirates – “Little Death”
Eve – “Here I Am”
Groove Armada – “Late Night Tales”
Simple Plan – “Simple Plan”
Single releases
The Rascals – “Suspicious Wit”
Mark Ronson feat. Alex Greenwald – “Just”
The Presets – “My People”
Whitey – “Made Of Light”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!”
Hatcham Social – “So So Happy Making”
Kid Harpoon – “The Second EP”
A bit of sexual deviancy, hallucinations and the odd walking dead never did anyone any harm, which is why Six Nation State are proud to present the video to their catchy tune, ‘Taking Me Over’.
Like a Dawn of the Dead Saturday special, ‘Taking Me Over’ was made by kidnapping the band’s fans, donning them in zombie gear, and decorating Greenwich with them. Check out the eccentric action. Read more
Just a quick reminder that “T in the Park” tickets go on sale at 9am this Saturday morning (16th Feb).
If you want to be one of the people first in the queue – come back here tomorrow and click on this link! Good luck with getting the tickets before they all go!
Our favourite electro band Cassette Electrik have some exciting news – after a few months of silence since their MusicRiot Presents/Album launch gig in November last year.
It was silence for a good reason – they’ve been using the past couple of months to write some awesome new tunes. They’ve been locked in a studio with producer Oli Horton (Trademark, Foals, Piney Gir, Chicks on Speed, amongst others) and expect that the resulting EP will be out in the springtime.
Can’t wait till spring comes? Well they will debut a few of the tracks at their gig at Madame Jojo’s, in Soho, London, on March 6th. Get along if you can, otherwise come back shortly after the gig for our review.
