Graeme Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 I would come along if I didn't have an interview the next day at 9 am...No excuse whatsoever. We'll buy you a pint (or two) to help with the interview! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 No excuse whatsoever. We'll buy you a pint (or two) to help with the interview!I'm getting some sort of intelligence test as well pre interview. What fun! As soon as that interview is finished I start a report and presentation for one the following week...Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 I'm getting some sort of intelligence test as well pre interview. What fun! As soon as that interview is finished I start a report and presentation for one the following week...Davesoft drinks are allowed @ gigs& gigs do finish early in time for last bus or maybe a lift?this will test your intellegence!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tickle Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 I would say everybody who likes off kilter wyrdfolky stuff would love Larkin. I know Belladonnaleaves already does.I still haven't heard Lese Majesty yet' date=' to my shame.[/quote']myspace.com/lesemajesty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Thanks!! I'll have a listen before I hit the sack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 myspace.com/lesemajestyhe's got a friend in Ariel Pink, now thats very fitting coz his music has a feelof AP (who we happen to have coming to the tunnels in early June) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 nice small column in the Guardian newspaper today about this lovely event. They know these things are good, so pass the word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted March 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 nice small column in the Guardian newspaper today about this lovely event. They know these things are good' date=' so pass the word[/quote']bumping along to tomorrow night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluesxman Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 bumping along to tomorrow nightWhat times are the acts on please? Roughly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Lese Majesty 21.00 (can't start earlier because there is a Theatre show in the next Tunnel)Thereafter probablyThe Kitchen Cynics 21.45Larkin Grimm 22.30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluesxman Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Les Majesty 21.00 (can't start earlier because there is a Theatre show in the next Tunnel)Thereafter probablyThe Kitchen Cynics 21.45Larkin Grimm 22.30Thanking you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 LARKIN GRIMM(translated excerpt) from Dutch Goddeau Magazine:Miss Grimm likes to describe her music as acoustic black metal. We however prefer to speak of new folk with a slightly insane edge. Harpoon is a record one must have heard, at least once. Judging by the intrinsic quality of the songs we can expect more beautiful stuff from her in the future.Surely across the board appeal "acoustic black metal", I'd pay money for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Some bits of her album sound positively satanic....ace!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Maybe we could pinch some protesters from outside HMT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 After Catherine's reaction at the Fudge Awards I'm not pinching anybody ever again!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted March 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 here's a nice review of Larkin's cdArtist: Larkin GrimmAlbum: HarpoonRating: 8/10Label: Secret Eye Larkin Grimm arrives under the same bustling avant-folk banner as Lau Nau, Josephine Foster and Spires That in the Sunset Rise. Her fractured tone poems revolve around gentle acoustic strums and fingerpicking, hand percussion, bells, flute and some multi-tracked vocal harmonies. With Harpoon she weaves a delirious, minimal dream of spectral wanderings that combines an accessible, but scattered, pop sensibility with ornate vocal embellishments. The cover sketch of Grimm spearing a gargantuan serpent through the skull is the perfect visual compliment for these empowering, occasionally sexually charged, musical evocations. Opener, Entrance, is a shimmering bath of guitar plucks and percussive clatter, with Grimms layered siren vocal extolling one whose face is like a big black cloud, and his voice is like a thunderstorm to dramatic effect over an Eastern tinged melody. Going Out is a caustic stumble of a repetitive vocal mantra and tribal percussion which serves as a declaration of sensual longing that might leave one wondering if he/she could be strong enough, strange enough, and dark enough for this feral angel, while Patch it Up teeters on rustling free-folk branches before the music fades to reveal just Grimms vocals singing the haunted chorus -- a sweet trick, indeed, with a voice as disarming as this one. Then theres the gorgeous Pigeon Food, a bittersweet slice of Carter Family old country fingerpicking crossed with the psychedelic production value of Comus. Grimms high-pitched voice describes in near Buddhist terms all the different little creatures that will eventually devour her: mind, body and soul. Her vocals, intertwining in vibrant tonal patterns with infectious harmonic backing, arouse a tingling catharsis that far outshines the songs brief two minutes. Its simply a knockout. Future Friend, on the other hand, combines blissful guitar strums and operatic harmony swirls into nine minutes of spacious, improvised freedom. The title track is a breathtaking number that likens Grimms romantic struggles to a mythical whale hunt in which she is standing on the pier with a spear in one hand and my sweet golden heart in the other, and asking: Which one do you want: heart or harpoon? Grimms ambiguous climax of caterwauling laughter and percussive crashes could be as much directed at herself as her harpooned lover, and serves as powerful juxtaposition to the mournful pleas of the opening. Her subject matter isnt really anything new, but her musical settings are so unusual and unpredictable that it seems like it is. Another case in point: the gut-wrenching goodbye of Go Gently, which could serve just as easily as deathbed hymnal as a farewell to a lover.Of course, there are plenty of artists that Grimm could be likened to. Ive already mentioned quite a few above. Chan Marshall of Cat Power is another, and Devendra Banhart, but Grimm is reaching back further here and occasionally revealing the same soul depths that marked the classic works of Buffy St. Marie and Linda Perhacs, albeit from her own skewed perspective. Its simply a stunning debut, anchored upon Grimms defiantly strong (and occasionally wounded) perspective on love and loss. Harpoon deserves a closer look by all fans of soulful, challenging, haunted folk music. - Lee Jackson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MKII Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Lese Majesty 21.00 (can't start earlier because there is a Theatre show in the next Tunnel)Thereafter probablyThe Kitchen Cynics 21.45Larkin Grimm 22.30Are the doors open before 9 though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted March 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Are the doors open before 9 though?yes doors from 8pm as usual; we will supply some excellent quieter entertainment to while away the 1st hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MKII Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 yes doors from 8pm as usual; we will supply some excellent quieter entertainment to while away the 1st hour.(whispers) I'm away to sleep... Do you remember who I am, what I look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historicrocker Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 This would be a prime moment to advertise yourself, Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 This would be a prime moment to advertise yourself' date=' Richard.[/quote']Yes, go on Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
careering Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 i think i'll go to this tonight, i'm intrigued by the opening act being connectedto k records, which is the very label the the microphones.mt eyrie are on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 + dj'ing by richard - playing good songs not crap songs is my motto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 + dj'ing by richard - playing good songs not crap songs is my motto.Fair enough. We'll hold you to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 I remember MKll.....a fine, upstanding fellow. That business with the chihuahua, the haddock and the firewoman was all just a mix-up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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