Latitude Festival 2009: Jeffrey Lewis’ Acoustic Set (Part 2)
Tom LennonStanding 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 […]
Latitude Festival 2009: Jeffrey Lewis’ Acoustic Set
Tom LennonHere’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 […]
Latitude Scrapbook: Datarock
Tom LennonSounding like Talking Heads and looking like Devo-with-ASBOs, they are the mighty Datarock. I wrote about their Latitude Festival set in a previous […]
Latitude Festival 2009: Peter and Ben
Tom LennonI’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 […]
Latitude Festival 2009: Lily’s Latitude
Tom LennonMy 5 year old stepdaughter's thoughts on Latitude 2009.
Latitude Scrapbook: Thom Yorke/Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard
Tom LennonDuring 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 […]
Latitude Scrapbook: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
Tom LennonI 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 […]
Latitude Festival 2009: Patrick Wolf
Tom LennonAfternoon 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 […]
Latitude Festival 2009: Patrick Wolf, ‘Hard Times’
Tom LennonPatrick Wolf performing 'Hard Times' at the Latitude Festival 2009 on 18th July 2009.
Latitude Festival 2009: Squeeze
Tom LennonShowing 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 […]
Latitude Festival 2009: The Pretenders
Tom LennonShowing 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 […]
Latitude Festival 2009: Datarock
Tom LennonImmaculately 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 […]