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  2. Pet Hates!

    in General Discussion

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    Promoters who tease people in their emails

    Just tells us or wait until it's confirmed. It's 9 months away so it's not going to make much difference is it? Anything I organise 9 months in advance is probably going to be more important that whatever the gig is. I'm hardly going to put off booking a holiday or something around then just on the off chance that there might be a gig I want to go to in 9 months.

    Total dicks.

    Blame Mike for that one.

  8. imp: Panda Su + Esperi + Sarah J Stanley + Fiona Keenan @ Project Slogan, 17 Feb

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

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    interesting music promotions and LoSt & FoUnd are delighted to announced our first joint event in a small, wonderful location, featuring:

    PANDA SU + ESPERI + SARAH J STANLEY PLUS FIONA KEENAN

    Thursday, 17 February 2011

    Project Slogan, 48 Langstane Place, Aberdeen

    Doors 7.30pm

    Entry 6 on door

    Spaces are VERY limited. Please come sharp to avoid disappointment.

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    PANDA SU

    2010 was a brilliant year for Fife based duo Panda Su, with them playing a string of festivals including Fence Collectives Homegame Festival for the second consecutive year, Secret Garden Party, Belladrum, Wickerman and Hinterland festival too. Their EP "Sticks & Bricks" brought in rave reviews across the country.

    'The problem with myself is that I long to be someone else,' sings Fife songstress Panda Su. But on this evidence, recorded with the Beta Band's Steve Mason, she's doing very nicely indeed. At one point some children cheer loudly, which is surely the height of twee, and she and Steve close the curtains and settle down with a big bag of popcorn to enjoy watching home movies from their old-school 16mm movie camera. Blissful, no? ....Milo McLaughlin, Products of a Gaseous Brain

    Shaws raw emotional honesty and blunt lyricism are framed with an impressive array of strange and wonderful instruments, most notably the percussion (from precariously balanced double xylophones to jumper-muted tom toms and heart-felt stamping). I got lost again she laments in the intimate, candle-clad setting of Pivo Pivo; no doubt the audience does too ... The Skinny (****)

    Her sound veers from folksy canticle to chart-bopping ditty with schizophrenic regularity, marking Panda Su out as a cut above the vacuum-packed hoards of humdrum sonic tailchasers. She may be dishing out doe-eyed homages, but the part Scot, part Portuguese songstress's own star is quickly expanding into a sparkling constellation ... Under the Radar, The Scotsman

    Panda Su is a Fife lass who creates an aura of mystery by painting her face to resemble our bamboo-munching chums. Sounding at times like a folkier Suzanne Vega, she plays a succession of endearing and original wee numbers, the highlight of which is Eric Is Dead, a deliciously slow-building chunk of dark pop ...The List (****)

    This debut EP confirms Su and her cohorts as one of the most promising new bands around at the moment. The four songs on this recording are beguiling and haunting, catchy and unsettling in almost equal measures with an uncanny knack of worming their way into your psyche. Each song is a gentle, textured thing full of subtle flourishes and enchanting melodies topped off by Sus distinctive, lovely voice. There are elements of folk, electronica and pop in here, occasionally reminding me of the brilliant Cat Power but ultimately Panda Su have their own original and compelling sound ...Is This Music? (*****)

    Panda Su takes her very self and illustrates it in her music like the vein charged maps of the world. All you have to do is take yourself on your own journey and you will find something in her music that will help you reach somewhere worthwhile ...Halina Rifai, Glasgow PodcART

    And therein lies the beauty of Panda Su, a voice so strong singing fragile songs coupled with music that is deceptively simple. The recordings she has done with Steve Mason from the Beta Band are full of immediacy and an urgent yearning. Eric is Dead is a lush piece of pop music that deserves to beard at sun kissed festivals the world over ...Sean McCann, Glasgow PodcART

    Witnessing their set you don't know whether to laugh or cry ... Matt Meade, Dunfermline Press

    "After several intense, gorgeous shows, this debut EP confirms Su and her cohorts as one of the most promising new bands around at the moment." ... is this music?

    If 2010 was anything to go by, i suggest you catch them now before these guys make it big!!

    Panda Su | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos

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    ESPERI

    Esperi is Scottish multi-instrumentalist Chris Lee-Marr. His songs and indeed sounds are both thought provoking and incredibly uplifting. Having already supported the likes of KT Tunstall, Gomez, Johnny Flynn, Olof Arnolds and James Yorkston and being a regular at festivals like Wickerman, and T in the Park, Esperi is ready to take his wonderful music to a larger audience. His music ranges from acoustic storytelling to colourful electronica looping and combining different sounds with his acoustic guitar.

    He uses a host of instruments from the conventional to the unusual including his signature rainbow-coloured bells, which he plays with his feet! He writes about his home, his dogs and his family. There are no airs or graces, he just writes about things as they are.

    Chris delicate voice and honest songwriting is akin to Mike Kinsella (Owen, American Football) but with softer, lilting Scottish undertones. However, Esperi is more than simply an acoustic artist but rather someone very special, writing stories that paint musical pictures, creating wonderful images that will touch your very heart and soul.

    Esperi | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos

    SARAH J STANLEY + FIONA KEENAN

    Both Sarah J Stanley and Fiona Keenan have been on the music circuit around Aberdeen for many years now. Racking up support slots between them including, This is the Kit, Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers, Charlot Webster, Julia & the Doogans and even our headliners for the night Panda Su. Sarah J Stanley makes the most beautiful music, with a voice that captivates you and leaves you hanging on every word in her songs, she is just simply amazing. Be prepared to be blown away!

    With comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Ani DiFranco, Fiona Keenan is a finger picking, Irish folk singer who prides herself on songs about political and social affairs. Her pro-active nature shines through in every performance she gives and has a back catalogue bigger than your grandma's arse.

  12. MOGWAI @ The Music Hall - Saturday 29th January - 7.30pm

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

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    The change in venue convinced me not to go, in the end. I have never really had good gig experiences in the Music Hall, and my fear was that some people would just be too far away from the stage to feel properly involved with the music and the performance. But from what I gather, even people down near the stage were a bit flat, too. Pity.

    Still looking forward to seeing them down here in a couple of weeks, regardless of some of the negatives being offered about last night. YEAH!

    Over the past x years that imp has been trying to get Mogwai back to Aberdeen, the one thing we kept going back to was where to do it, in order to avoid the problems of last time and still make it 'an event'.

    Tunnels was discussed, as was Woodend Barn, Cowdray Hall, Beach Ballroom and countless others...

  13. MOGWAI @ The Music Hall - Saturday 29th January - 7.30pm

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

    Posted

    i thought Mogwai was amazing but i was pretty close to walking out before the 2nd song with the Celtic scarf on the drum kit.

    No fucking need for that.Anyway i was already pissed with the performance of Aberdeen yesterday and mogwai might find i won't buy there album on that - petty yes indeed

    As others have already mentioned, if that seriously bothered you then perhaps you should think about why you actually go to gigs. Every Mogwai show I've been to there has been some kind of Celtic paraphenalia on show. Who fucking cares? I was at Hampden but couldn't have cared less once I got to the show.

    The show - moments of utter genius with a few flat bits. I've seen them play better, but overall still an amazing band.

    I thought the crowd was a bit flat. 11 year wait? Fitba come-down? Venue? Dunno...

  15. Hush Hush w/ JAMES BLAKE - 29th Jan @ Origin Abdn

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

    Posted

    I never said that the question of whether or not this was a live gig was irrelevant in the first place, i would have replied once i had noticed it.

    I also don't think my comment was harsh.

    So there :p

    So what did you mean when you said: "It's this precise attitude that makes promoting in Aberdeen all the more worthwhile..." once it was established it was a DJ set?

    I don't get what "the attitude" is...

    Apologies for trivialising the thread! :popcorn:

    *Categorise under market research*

  16. Hush Hush w/ JAMES BLAKE - 29th Jan @ Origin Abdn

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

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    It's this precise attitude that makes promoting in Aberdeen all the more worthwhile...

    I think that's a bit harsh.

    The question I originally asked (live or DJ) was legitimate, especially in a predominantly 'Gigs' forum.

    To be honest I've no real interest in a DJ set , but probably would've came along if it was a live set (as per Panda Strong's comment).

    It's an amazing coup to get James Blake in Aberdeen, regardless - so, nice work!

  18. Gigs and Announcements

    in Comments & Suggestions

    Posted

    At the moment there's no system. I don't trust the upcoming events box. I have attended a couple of gigs since late December that I found in Gigs and Announcements that somehow didn't make it into upcoming events.

    That's because whoever is posting an event in the Gigs forum also has to manually duplicate the entry in the Calendar thing. It should really be an automatic process.

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