What the hell is going on? #29: Sessions Week
By: Thomas Hannan
Hey mate.
The Rockfeedback Sessions are maybe my favourite part of this job. In them, we invite some favourite bands of ours to join us in The Lexington, the venue beneath our London office, and play us songs from their forthcoming records – simply lit, with a Lynchian backdrop of red drapes and performed on the floor rather than on a stage, they always make for both visually and aurally stunning pieces. We’ve had the likes of Mumford and Sons, J. Tillman and Emmy The Great grace us with their presence for this unique little series so far, with more to follow from folk such as No Age, Laura Gibson and Alessi’s Ark (ever eclectic, us). This week sees the first week we’ll dedicate entirely to such sessions on Rockfeedback TV, starting today with Los Campesinos! talking us through tracks from their third LP Romance Is Boring. On Wednesday, a similar task befalls Northern Irish indie pop quartet Two Door Cinema Club who use their Rockfeedback session to showcase songs from their Tourist History debut, before we unearth a real gem on Friday with a session from Steve Abel, a spellbinding singer songwriter from New Zealand.
So, that’s a pretty busy few days for Rockfeedback TV. Not to be outdone, Rockfeedback Live is keeping itself pretty occupied too, running not one but two gigs, in the space of two days, that’ll knock the socks off’a even a person who was very determined to keep hold of their socks. The first happens on Wednesday the 10th of March, and sees returning one time Club Rockfeedback healiners The Soft Pack ably supported by Swanton Bombs and Speak and the Spells on a tiny boat (The Tamesis Dock) on the Thames in London town. A few – and I mean a few – tickets remain here. A mere 24 hours later, we’re back at the Lexington in Angel for the second gig, one we’re co-promoting with our friends at the Green Man festival, brining Cate Le Bon, Lawrence Arabia and Marques Toliver your way for one of the finest three act bills we’ve ever put together. All three will be recording one of the exclusive, aforementioned Rockfeedback Sessions for us earlier in the day also.
We must mention how everyone at Rockfeedback was saddened to hear of the death of Mark Linkous over the weekend, the mastermind behind Sparklehorse having taken his own life on Saturday. On record, Mark always came across as a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders, and it’s tragic to think that weight eventually just got too much for him to bear. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and fans. Rest in peace, Mr. Linkous.
Tom.x