SPOEK MATHAMBO strange take on Joy Division's Control. 

I thought I better get back to the blogging lark again. Been up and down the country at music festivals selling merchandise again. Did Download Festival a few weeks ago - really good festival. I recommend it to anyone. It didn't have that stereotypical heavy metal everywhere theme, there were plenty of great bands playing. Although I did go and watch Korn, who were fucking amazing! 
This guy - Gwar has something to say about drummers, I think you might like it.

Meadowlands Artwork.

I say, the artwork for The Meadowlands festival looks spiffing. 

No really just like the website the posters going up and around sussex and beyond are eye candy. These were just taken off the festivals Facebook page here. 

With the big wanderlust just around the corner we are all excited about this years 

hunky-doy weekend. 

I and others will be produceing loads of top stuff, including back stage films, photos

and insights into the build up, break down and of course the weekend its self. 

So watch this space.

The Communal Fire is going to be great, artists and festival goers alike chilling out together. 

Awesome.

If you wanna get involved you still can. There are spaces left on the crew. Perfect for students or if you have a-little time on your hands.

Get to learn management skills, back stage hand crew and teamwork experience and of course you get a free ticket for the weekend. Thats not just all!! We will provide you with yummy meals all day and the big winner FREE tipple, wine and cider for all you lovely hard workers!

Be apart of the freshest new festival in Sussex, if your interested find out more from theses guys: crew@meadowlandsfestival.com

Reading Festival

So the mad rush to get on See tickets, Ticketmaster and various other websites for the Reading Festival will commence roughly in 30 minutes. You'll be sitting on your computer for hours tonight, using Facebook or old skool MSN to send new found links to your mates. Then you find out two of your mates have tickets and you don't. Ahhh the rush.

I'm going to wait this year until I know for sure the line up is worth the 350 squids their probably charging this year.

This has been floating around the blogs and forums for a while now, not sure how legit it is.

Remember only trust these websites, don't feed the touts:

• SeeTICKETS
• HMV.com
• Ticketmaster
• NME.com
• Ticketline
• Gigantic
• Stargreen
• Ticketqueen
• lastminute.com
• National Express - coach & ticket packages
• VoyagenBus.com (France only)

Famous + Naked + Yaaks = Madness!

 

  

Well in a few hours I and a mate, (because I only have one) will be going down to Digital in Brighton to see THE NAKED AND FAMOUS. And although I am really looking forward to seeing the band with their post MGMT sound, with songs like Young Blood and my personal favorite Punching A Dream. Its the support act im looking forward to seeing the most. 

Since posting about the YAAKS they have uploaded a new song called Cavalcade on their Myspace. Being the chap I am I looked in to this "cavalcade" and found it is indeed a procession or parade on horseback, or a mass trail ride by a company of riders. Thanks Wiki.

Yet more mystery about this still un-known band. So will YAAKS be the sort of Eastbourne based APES AND ANDROIDS or EMPIRE OF THE SUN, full of elaborate flamboyance and just maybe the cliché of masks. I kind of hope so, keeps a man guessing and thats all we have been doing untill tonight, when they reveal their true identity.

See you there folks.

 

Yaaks live in brighton!

Yes we finally get to see this very secretive band from Eastbourne, get tickets in the flesh only by the looks of things. Say pop down to Resident Music or Rounder Records to get your mittens on this highly prized affair. They are playing Digital (Brighton) on March 9th 2011 with The Naked & Famous.
And some Electro Swing by The Correspondents, oh and these guys are playing at The Hanbury Ballroom (Brighton) Friday, February 18th 2011 but it might be sold out, I'll use my wizard skills to acquire a ticket...

...Or not!