Recapper
It would seem it's remarkably easy to let time slip through my fingers when it comes to this blog. My regular updates have lapsed somewhat already, but i've got a few good songs to post today to make up for it.
As previously mentioned I had a great weekend a month or so ago at the End of the Road festival. One of the highlights was Jeffrey Lewis who was playing songs from his new album of Crass covers. In fairness it wasn't up to the standard of a typical Jeff Lewis show as he'd completely dispensed with his trademark comic book illustrations for the songs, but it's always nice to have some new music from one of my favourite artists, especially when it seems to be a concerted artistic and political statement, and you can't blame a man for trying something new can you?
Due to the post strikes the album only got to me yesterday but I've had a couple of listens and I'm particularly enjoying this track. I can kind of identify with the sentiment. Maybe I should go check out some Crass albums?
Jeffrey Lewis- Big A, Little A
Also at End of the Road I accidently caught the end of a set by Monkey Swallows the Universe, and although I only managed to see a couple of songs they were charming enough for me to make a mental note to buy their album. Again, now that the strike has calmed down and the album's turned up there's an immediate clear highlight on there in Matterhoney, which is the kind of immediate poppy indie song i could have done with whilst i was spending all those weeks waiting for summer to happen.
Monkey Swallows The Universe- Matterhoney
I'm off to Swn in a couple of weeks time where I'll get to see them again, alongside a whole bunch of other bands, most of which I haven't heard of. Should be a good weekend!
And speaking of good weekends, if you're about Colchester this weekend (and let's face it, who wouldn't want to be hanging out in such a happening town?) you might want to come to this:
As previously mentioned I had a great weekend a month or so ago at the End of the Road festival. One of the highlights was Jeffrey Lewis who was playing songs from his new album of Crass covers. In fairness it wasn't up to the standard of a typical Jeff Lewis show as he'd completely dispensed with his trademark comic book illustrations for the songs, but it's always nice to have some new music from one of my favourite artists, especially when it seems to be a concerted artistic and political statement, and you can't blame a man for trying something new can you?
Due to the post strikes the album only got to me yesterday but I've had a couple of listens and I'm particularly enjoying this track. I can kind of identify with the sentiment. Maybe I should go check out some Crass albums?
Jeffrey Lewis- Big A, Little A
Also at End of the Road I accidently caught the end of a set by Monkey Swallows the Universe, and although I only managed to see a couple of songs they were charming enough for me to make a mental note to buy their album. Again, now that the strike has calmed down and the album's turned up there's an immediate clear highlight on there in Matterhoney, which is the kind of immediate poppy indie song i could have done with whilst i was spending all those weeks waiting for summer to happen.
Monkey Swallows The Universe- Matterhoney
I'm off to Swn in a couple of weeks time where I'll get to see them again, alongside a whole bunch of other bands, most of which I haven't heard of. Should be a good weekend!
And speaking of good weekends, if you're about Colchester this weekend (and let's face it, who wouldn't want to be hanging out in such a happening town?) you might want to come to this:
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