I'll spit it out
Gah, i've been away for a long time again. Well in my defence, bank holiday comes but 6 times a year, and the August bank holiday is always the silliest what with carnival and in recent years the TDK festival.
My main gripe with previous TDK's were the £4.50 beers (that's basically £4.50 for half a lager), and the worrying trend towards making people pay (in this case £3) in order to simply find out who was playing. The beer situation was sorted thanks to smuggling in a bottle of whisky, and I will remember in future the top tip for avoiding line-up rip-offs.... take photographs of someone else's listings using a camera phone.
With all that out of the way, I have to say the TDK festival was brilliant. A fantastic atmosphere and great music.
Most of the 'bands' I saw were in the Adventures Close to Home tent. Black Affair (a collaboration between Steve Mason of the Beta Band & The Verve's bassist) were nice enough but didn't really threaten to soar to Beta Band levels of greatness.... apart from maybe a collaboration with Miss Odd Kid that despite needing to be done twice due to bad sound, gave a very warm glow to my whiskey-addled mind.
It was great to finally see South Central live, and frankly they rocked the place. It's not just me saying that either... all around me people were looking at each other & saying 'this is fucking great'. Or 'hospitalised by awesome' as a myspace comment says!
A little treat for the punters came with a cover of 'Higher States of Consciousness'.. which also went down a storm. Hopefully they picked up a good few fans. That's if anyone can remember anything of the evening... it was that kind of night.
Co-incidentally a new bootleg mix of theirs dropped through my door last week. I doubt this will get a release anywhere else, so enjoy...
LATE OF THE PIER - SPACE AND THE WOODS (SOUTH CENTRAL BOOTLEG MIX)
I also caught Friendly Fires, who impressed me a lot. 'Your Love' is surely one of the greatest cover versions of all time.
Otherwise the terrace was where it was at. It was beautiful man, beautiful. 'The Chain' by Fleetwood Mac was a fantastic moment, as was the Soulwax mix of Justice..... what a tune. The point where the sound drops out completely in the middle is devastating.
Has this been all over the internet already? Probably. But if not, and even if you're suffering Justice fatigue you should check this out immediately. Erol Alkan also smashed up Field Day with it the other week...
JUSTICE - PHANTOM PT II (SOULWAX NITE VERSION) (REMOVED BY REQUEST)
Some of this kind of thing went on afterwards.... followed by carnival. Although I think i've left it a bit late to unleash my carnival selection. Next year perhaps!
This is a bit quieter than the usual racket you'll find here, but i've been blown away by this single... an ideal accompaniment to picking figs from the tree. Liz Green's incredible voice vibrates with the sounds of dusty French gramaphone records, warm brandy and bicycles in the countryside.
I bought it following some slathering reviews on the boomkat & rough trade newsletters, and haven't been disappointed in the slightest. A voice this special with songs this good... I forsee an appearance on Jules Holland and millions of album sales.
This is actually the b-side, but I thought 'French Singer' was quite an appropriate title. Beautiful.
LIZ GREEN - FRENCH SINGER
EDIT: TRACK REMOVED BY REQUEST
Download it here or listen at her myspace.
My main gripe with previous TDK's were the £4.50 beers (that's basically £4.50 for half a lager), and the worrying trend towards making people pay (in this case £3) in order to simply find out who was playing. The beer situation was sorted thanks to smuggling in a bottle of whisky, and I will remember in future the top tip for avoiding line-up rip-offs.... take photographs of someone else's listings using a camera phone.
With all that out of the way, I have to say the TDK festival was brilliant. A fantastic atmosphere and great music.
Most of the 'bands' I saw were in the Adventures Close to Home tent. Black Affair (a collaboration between Steve Mason of the Beta Band & The Verve's bassist) were nice enough but didn't really threaten to soar to Beta Band levels of greatness.... apart from maybe a collaboration with Miss Odd Kid that despite needing to be done twice due to bad sound, gave a very warm glow to my whiskey-addled mind.
It was great to finally see South Central live, and frankly they rocked the place. It's not just me saying that either... all around me people were looking at each other & saying 'this is fucking great'. Or 'hospitalised by awesome' as a myspace comment says!
A little treat for the punters came with a cover of 'Higher States of Consciousness'.. which also went down a storm. Hopefully they picked up a good few fans. That's if anyone can remember anything of the evening... it was that kind of night.
Co-incidentally a new bootleg mix of theirs dropped through my door last week. I doubt this will get a release anywhere else, so enjoy...
LATE OF THE PIER - SPACE AND THE WOODS (SOUTH CENTRAL BOOTLEG MIX)
I also caught Friendly Fires, who impressed me a lot. 'Your Love' is surely one of the greatest cover versions of all time.
Otherwise the terrace was where it was at. It was beautiful man, beautiful. 'The Chain' by Fleetwood Mac was a fantastic moment, as was the Soulwax mix of Justice..... what a tune. The point where the sound drops out completely in the middle is devastating.
Has this been all over the internet already? Probably. But if not, and even if you're suffering Justice fatigue you should check this out immediately. Erol Alkan also smashed up Field Day with it the other week...
JUSTICE - PHANTOM PT II (SOULWAX NITE VERSION) (REMOVED BY REQUEST)
Some of this kind of thing went on afterwards.... followed by carnival. Although I think i've left it a bit late to unleash my carnival selection. Next year perhaps!
This is a bit quieter than the usual racket you'll find here, but i've been blown away by this single... an ideal accompaniment to picking figs from the tree. Liz Green's incredible voice vibrates with the sounds of dusty French gramaphone records, warm brandy and bicycles in the countryside.
I bought it following some slathering reviews on the boomkat & rough trade newsletters, and haven't been disappointed in the slightest. A voice this special with songs this good... I forsee an appearance on Jules Holland and millions of album sales.
This is actually the b-side, but I thought 'French Singer' was quite an appropriate title. Beautiful.
LIZ GREEN - FRENCH SINGER
EDIT: TRACK REMOVED BY REQUEST
Download it here or listen at her myspace.
posted by headphonesex @ 1:50 AM
