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Latitude Festival 2009: Jeffrey Lewis’ Acoustic Set (Part 2)

By ⋅ July 25, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Standing behind a clear perspex podium, sporting some fresh facial hair and holding one of the most battered-looking gee-tars in the business, lo-fi ‘anti-folk‘ hero Jeffrey Lewis apologised to a packed crowd in the Latitude Festival’s Poetry Arena for the last-minute cancellation of  his eagerly-awaited lecture on the seminal comic-book, Watchmen.  It was scheduled to [...]

Latitude Festival 2009: Jeffrey Lewis’ Acoustic Set

By ⋅ July 24, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Here’s the wonderful Jeffrey Lewis performing at the Latitude Festival’s Poetry Arena in the wee small hours of 19th July 2009. Review to follow. Low-Budget Detective Film: Whistle Past The Graveyard: Birthday Party Song: There’s more where this came from.

Latitude Scrapbook: Datarock

By ⋅ July 21, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Sounding like Talking Heads and looking like Devo-with-ASBOs, they are the mighty Datarock.  I wrote about their Latitude Festival set in a previous post, and here’s some footage of it that I took with my nifty Kodak z6i pocket camcorder. The migraine-inducing, shaky-cam effect isn’t some intentional stylistic embellishment aimed at recapturing the frenetic energy [...]

Latitude Festival 2009: Peter and Ben

By ⋅ July 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve since found on YouTube the short film about a sheep that I was so dismissive towards it in my last post.  The film is called Peter and Ben and it’s directed by Pinny Grylls. It’s quite sweet and I feel rather guilty now. Clare and Lily will certainly like it – and maybe Baby [...]

Latitude Festival 2009: Lily’s Latitude

By ⋅ July 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

My 5 year old stepdaughter’s thoughts on Latitude 2009.

Latitude Scrapbook: Thom Yorke/Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard

By ⋅ July 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

During Thom Yorke’s rare solo performance on Sunday afternoon at the Latitude Festival’s Obelisk Arena, some misanthropic wag in the crowd said loudly:  “I wish they’d put the big screens on so we can see how bad his hair looks.”   I’m happy to say it wasn’t me. I had mixed feelings about seeing Thom Yorke [...]

Latitude Scrapbook: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

By ⋅ July 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I caught The Asteroids Galaxy Tour during Mark Lamaar’s now-traditional ‘God’s Jukebox’ showcase last night at this year’s Latitude Festival.  They come from Denmark and play an irresistible and infectious blend of 60s soul (there’s lots of horns!) and indie-tinged psychedelia. I thought they were great.

Latitude Festival 2009: Patrick Wolf

By ⋅ July 18, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Afternoon slots on a festival’s main stage can be a cruel and intimidating testing ground for up-and-coming performers.  What may sound great within the gloomy confines of a medium-sized urban venue can lose its impact when performed on a big field in broad daylight before a transient crowd of musical moochers.  It takes a certain calibre of artist [...]

Latitude Festival 2009: Patrick Wolf, ‘Hard Times’

By ⋅ July 18, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Patrick Wolf performing ‘Hard Times’ at the Latitude Festival 2009 on 18th July 2009.

Latitude Festival 2009: Squeeze

By ⋅ July 18, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Showing my Age part 2: Squeeze, Uncut Arena, 17th July 2009  Let’s face it: Squeeze aren’t what you might call a fashionable band.  Then again, I’m not what you might call a fashionable person.  So let me take this opportunity to fess-up and admit that I’ve always liked them.  My first 7″ single (look it up) [...]

Latitude Festival 2009: The Pretenders

By ⋅ July 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Showing my Age part 1: The Pretenders, Obelisk Stage, 17th July 2009 Veteran rock queen Chrissie Hynde  – and, let’s face it, considering the number of line-up changes they’ve had over the years, The Pretenders are Chrissie Hynde just like Mark E. Smith is The Fall - played an energetic early-evening set at Latitude’s main Obelisk Arena on [...]

Latitude Festival 2009: Datarock

By ⋅ July 18, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Immaculately turned out in matching red tracksuits -  with sonic and stylistic influences that include Devo, Talking Heads, Kraftwerk and Ben Stiller’s family in The Royal Tenenbaums- Danish elctro-combo Datarock electrified the mid-Saturday afternoon audience at the Latitude Festival’s Obelisk Arena.  This came as something of a surprise as mid-Saturday afternoon audiences at festivals are normally sedate, hungover and not used [...]

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