BSITWT #101

A classic from a real all-rounder.

James Figurine - Can't Be Sure (Sundays) (mp3)

Efterklang @ Whelan's - Sunday 25 April

If you can come up with a better way to spend this Sunday evening I will come to your house and cook you a whole meal of food. Tickets here. It's up to you now.

BSITWT #100

Caribou - 'Sun'

Taken from Caribou's splendid new album Swim and a fitting way to mark our 100th BSITWT. Caribou will appear on the EAT YOUR OWN EARS STAGE at Field Day, Victoria Park, London - 31 July 2010. We'll be there.

www.myspace.com/cariboumanitoba

Review - La Maroquinerie April 15th

Last night we had a treat in Paris' hipster mecca as Villagers supported Wild Beasts, both giving excellent performances. "Villagers" was in fact only main man Conor J O'Brien. In a "reverse Jape" move, Conor appeared on stage to say "Hi, I'm Villagers", which is just grammatically incorrect.... His performance allowed me to forgive the grammar though, as he offered a lovely solo guitar show, often going off-mic to give the room a genuine show of his superb voice. A passionate performer and story teller, he truly is one of today's Irish music stars, and I look forward to seeing a lot more of him.
Enjoy the video to Meaning of the Ritual below


Wild Beasts are clearly a flavour of the month at the moment, and with good reason on this showing. An extremely tight show, with two gifted vocalists among their foursome, and some seriously driving songs that drifted from Foals-esque turbo-charged drum/synth led belters to glorious electro-popscapes that nod back to the likes of New Order. If I had to complain, one could argue that there were times where it felt a bit repetitive, but all in all these guys put on a great show and seem to have the talent to be more than a summer buzz band. Check out We Still Got The Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues below, a true gem, more in the Foalsesque category from above.

BSITWT #99

Massive Attack - Babel