You can take the boy out of the indie...

[boyofbadgers]

Three things:

1. I've had the new Arab Strap album on repeat for the last couple of days. It's easily the best thing they've done. Aidan has found wuv and is grudgingly optimistic about it. All still partially cloaked in a fug of stale beer and last night's used condoms of course but he's positively joyous in places. Hell, he even SINGS for most of it.

2. Listened to Seamonsters this morning and am now unreasonably excited about seeing The Wedding Present next week. I hope they'll be as good as they were the last time I saw them, at the late lamented Duchess in Leeds. In 1993. Argh.

3. As noted in catsgomiaow's poll, my favourite Xmas song right now is No Xmas For John QuaysLittle Drummer Boy. What I didn't say is that this is almost entirely due to Low's uber-indie slo-core version of the song.

It appears that November has made me come over all indie. And with no Poptimism on the horizon to cure me either. Help!

Comments

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

'End Credits', though. In fact the whole EP (which is all I have)...

Wedding Present; I think it's eighteen years since the last time I saw them.

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

I saw the Weddoes a couple of times too, and I would guess that both (possibly all three?) were in the late '80s.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i saw them when they played stuff off of Watusi. i.e up to the BITTER END

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Yikes!

I am hoping they only play stuff up to and including the 12 singles plus the new record. The Saturnalia/Mini/Watusi period = k-dull.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i seem to recall quite liking Mini, and trying quite hard to find stuff to like on Watusi :-(

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"Sports Car" is OK. IF YOU LIKE THAT KIND OF THING ahem.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i feel a poll coming on....


curse this free LJ account, hem hem

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

are you some sort of atommickbrane ;)