Colossal Trojans

Saturday consisted of an old train ride, complete with thick wood stub tickets and a carriage, into Wallingford for the annual BunkFest. It was a lovely day and the main stage was towering over tons of families and their picnics and guarded by flea market stalls selling loads of hippy stuff! IT was a lovely day I got to spend with my parents. Anyway, that’s my story. What made this day so very special as discovering Ahab, a sensational four front man strong harmonious guitar playing band. Mandolin, banjo, harmonica and harmonies (pretty much sums it up). But rather than listen to my waffle, check them out yourselves. Support them guys, please! They will be playing at Borderline in London on 19 October 2013. You will not be disappointed. Check them out here! Buy their music here! But, by crickey, make sure you see them live here!

HMV Next Big Thing 07/02/2011

Kassidy

Kill It Kid

     

Young The Giant

I have completed my review from Monday nights gig in Camden. Can I say AMAZIIIIIING!! This is the intro I worked on. Probably shorten it. Made it personal. Who am I in the Music industry to give critique?! So I went on how everything made ME feel. Hope you get it!

'It’s Tuesday the 8^th February 2011 and I wake up in a house in Archway with a banging head ache, bruised knees the remains of a splinter in my thumb and an excruciating pain in my neck. What the fuck happened last night? Groaning, I roll over and on the contrary to my state of being it’s a sunny day outside, which obviously is rather noteworthy for London, but the intensity of the light is hurting my eyes and my head feels like it is about to explode in on itself. I get up and hesitatingly make the trek back to the countryside of Goring-on-Thames, the idea of being so far away from London is very soothing right now. The truth is yesterday morning I felt like shit, being in the genesis of my monthly torture my ovaries throbbing I was not in the slightest bit interested in going to mission to North London to watch Kassidy, Young The Giant or Kill It Kid and truth was I had never heard of the last two bands, neither did I put any interest in finding out about them, I was feeling very sorry for myself. But a few hours later, numerous pain killers, countless cups of coffee and few wasted hours in Covent Garden I felt a lot better, by this time it was around 4:00pm and I had to make a decision, so I made my way over to my friends house precarious about my decision, however soon the excitement was seeping out of me. Why we love friends, she welcomed me with a beer glass of white wine and some Alexis on Fire blaring, legend. I could feel every inch of me was dying to get to the gig and check out the prodigious band, Kassidy, live. I knew the gig was sold out and loaded with a water bottle of left over white wine we headed to Camden Barfly for HMV Next Big Thing, a little early to guarantee a good spot.'


All words and photograph's by yours truly.

Immensity

So I promised to post the music video once it was out so here it is. A great day and an amazing video, and you see my boobs. Ace!

That's a Wrap

Okay so I am not blowing my own wind here but I have been elated, ecstatic, enraptured and all other descriptive  happy words since Thursday. I was lucky enough to shoot the new Kassidy 'I Don't Know' music video. I must say I wasn't expecting too much after the casting but I was very hopeful when I got a call back on Friday asking me a few questions about what I was willing and not willing to do. So the weekend quickly passing I got the confirmation call on Tuesday very excited, Thursday finally came. 


I woke up at 5am to be on set by 7.30am not quite sure what to expect these 4 well dressed and very stylish guys strolled in full of smiles and hand shakes and hellos. I must say, having met a few 'famous' people, in my lifetime I did expect a totally different attitude but these four guys quickly threw my expectations out the window. The 4 Scotsmen were sweet, lovely and very chatty all with their own personalities quickly coming through. Hamish was the first to strike a conversation up with me and we got talking about music but quickly cut off due to a new scene shot. Bummer! Barrie oozed Jim Morrison's utter fucking coolness and mystique calling me 'sweatheart' in his very husky, sexy, Scots accent. Lewis was tall and very lovely and funny making me laugh within the first few minutes of our encounter. Chris was cool and collected and you can see the special bond these 4 guys have which comes through in their music too. Their accent is lovely and I heard loads of "Aiye" which I thought was cute and taking a liking to the accent which melted me into nothing. They are like family and it really makes their music something unique. They are just 4 awesome, down-to-earth guys who share an intense love for music and creating beautiful harmonies and sounds. All four playing guitar these guys are going to go very far and are extremely talented. The idea for the video was amazing and a lot of fun to shoot, being able to go two ways, but I really do believe they had the right crew and management behind them every step of the way making it a very successful day. 


A creepy setting, an old unused wheelchair and some dark, sinister paintings later my day came to a wrap at 8pm. Sadly. But I feel very honoured to have met these great guys and will most certainly go watch them at The Barfly in Camden on 7th February. If you are around you should definitely pop down. You won't be disappointed. I can not express how talented these four are. And hopefully I will be getting some sick photo's and a few beers and plenty of laughs with them. I don't want to give too much away but I will post the video when it's out. I can not wait.

KASSIDY are King

I was losing faith in music. I was ready to hang up my headphones, and turn and walk away defeated. This is probably the most over used phrase but sadly Kings of Leon killed it for me they killed rock and my faith in it. They were so original and so so unique and special bringing something that I had not hear since the early 90's with Kurt Cobain. I was saddened when they sold their soul to the masses but I suppose money always talks. So just as I was about to give up forever, put my faith and efforts back into the classics who have never failed to dissapoint, turn to the Blues I stumbled across these musical prodigies. 


I mean can you think of 4 lovely, long haired, Scotts on guitars. Consisting of four members Lewis Andrew, Barrie-James O'Neill, Hamish Fingland and Chris Potter, originally from Glasgow they draw inspiration from bands such as Crosby, Stills and Nash but bring in their own specialness that make them, well, Kassidy. Harmonies and breathtaking voices, I get Cobain, Jim Morrison and Crash Test Dummies come through yet you can not pin point them to one which gives them a unique and very special sound, Kassidy are really hitting the G Spot for me. They have restored my faith in music of this era and I can not express how relieved I was to hear this breathe of fresh air. They are a brilliant band with some really great songs and an amazing sound. I am loving The Traveller, The Betrayal, Oh My God and Stray Cats. Keep close eyes on this band. You will not be disappointed. For any information or images or music samples from these beasts you can check them out at either http://www.kassidymusic.com/home or http://www.myspace.com/kassidyuk. Thank you Kassidy!

(Image courtesy of edinburghguide.com)