Posted in Music, tagged Bon Iver, Brighton, Five Years Time, Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale, Skinny Love, The Great Escape on May 21, 2008| 2 Comments »
I managed to make it down to Brighton on Saturday for the last day of a new music festival called The Great Escape.
The festival was similar to the Camden Crawl, in that a ticket gave you access to any of the several venues which had acts performing over the three days. Brighton’s compact city centre made this very convenient, and of the 25 or so venues which were taking part, the majority were within about ten minutes walk of each other.
Posted in Music, tagged British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music?, Howard Bilerman on May 11, 2008| 2 Comments »
Rock folklore has it that Win Butler spent three months following a British Sea Power tour around Canada
before recording Arcade Fire’s debut. The influence of the Brighton based band on Funeral was almost tangible, but four years on they attract only a modest following while the Canadian troupe have become one of music’s hottest properties.
British Sea Power’s third LP, provocatively titled Do You Like Rock Music?, sees the debt repaid. Not only did the band travel to Canada to record several tracks, but even invited former Arcade Fire drummer Howard Bilerman to produce them
how strange it is 