Up
& Coming....Up
& Coming....
A page featuring some of the up and coming bands to look out for in your travels as well as some of the gigs we hope to be popping along to in the near future.
| BANDS TO WATCH..... | UPCOMING GIGS.... |
| GEMMA HAYES -
Could be one to challenge Polly Harvey and Beth Orton in the indie kid
favourite female slot - now produced by Dave Fridmann with a Mercury Prize
nominated album and doing some scorching live shows - watch her go !
GOLDRUSH - a new band from Oxford playing Americana tinged with Beach Boys Harmonies. Have recently had a Fridman remix single out which has been gaining an awful lot of airplay. HEM - From New York - an 8 piece country based outfit with a singer, in Sally Ellyson, to die for - one of those rare crystal clear pure voices - Songs range from country to folk to modern ballads not out of place on teenage movie soundtracks. The Arlenes - Husband & Wife alt.country duo with the emphasis more on country BUT they are north London based and the UK's best bet for alt.country/Americana stardom. Cracking good debut album out now. LINCOLN - A UK outfit featuring an unusual line up of brass instruments augmenting and alt.country setting with a British twist - latest mini LP has Kibokin has some great tracks with the band sounding like U2 at times and veering a little uncomfortably close to the Beautiful South at others. They show promise in an area where there is not too much UK competition at the moment. WITNESS - Wigans finest - initially pushed as a "British REM" their debut certainly did have similar overtones but they re located to Bristol and have produced a staggeringly good second album - Under a Sun. Sadly dropped by their label Island they are currently in the wilderness. PORCUPINE TREE - progressive revival - if it actually happens then this band will be spearheading but they aren't - quite. JANUARY - One of the few gems signed to Alan Mcgee's poptones label but sadly not being hyped mentioned very much - this could be the band that Oasis strived to be - check out their debut album. - Dropped off the radar
Ones That did make it as predicted here ..... RYAN ADAMS - a superstar in the ascendant - currently enjoying a golden prolific period and will drag Americana screaming in to the charts eventually - self styled musical genius but the hype is actually pretty close to the truth in his case !
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We're planning to get to
the below gigs - you never know we might see you there !.....
STILL TO COME :- Martin Simpson - 30th Jan - Ram Club Mark Olson & the Creekdippers - Feb - The Borderline
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