"Taking place in late July in the sort of East Anglia countryside that would make Keats and Shelley pen a Tolstoy-an brood of odes, Secret Garden Party has come a commendably long way since its conception in 2004..."
More / (05.03.10)
motorpsycho, freddie gibbs, gorillaz, bass clef, pit er pat, is tropical and dimbleby and capper all have new music to download for free that frederick mikardo-greaves thinks you should listen to. and fred’s, like, the most intelligent kid ever, so do his bidding.
More / (05.02.10)
the best promoters in the midlands bar none recently celebrated their tenth birthday. liam manley was on hand to report on it for rockfeedback, interviewing the likes of monotonix and six organs of admittance, as well as having “useless brains” blown at the series of gigs held in celebration of the event from sunn o))), lightning bolt, om, beestung lips and more.
More / (21.01.10)
“we were told we were to go to mackay’s outdoor apparel store, where we would find a wealth of incredible untouched clothing from the 1970’s that would make us look like old scotsmen on walkabout...”
More / (13.01.10)
“this is more what your big city debut is supposed to be like. any hubris we were feeling was sinking like the titanic...”
More / (13.01.10)
“not to stoke any fires of rivalry, but when we told londoners we were headed to hull for our next show, they acted like we were headed to some war-torn third world nation and implored us to take up weapons or hire guides...”
More / (13.01.10)
“someone from the venue said to us (and i’m still not totally sure this is a complement) “you guys sound like a real band!” yes, we are indeed!...”
More / (13.01.10)
“good show, albeit chatty crowd that renders the tender tunes of either band impossible to convey, but the rockers work...”
More / (13.01.10)
“as bill swerski once said, ‘there are no two finer words in the english language than ‘encased meats,’ my friend’...”
More / (13.01.10)
“i’m not sure if it was the uber-european hotel we’d stayed in the night before, or the fact that we’re chest-deep into this tour, or some sort of built in yankee bbq honing device, but we ended up eating lunch at an american-themed restaurant called buffalo grill...”
More / (13.01.10)
rockfeedback recently received the following missive from long term friend, sometime rfb-contributor and full time bassist in the excellent official secrets act, lawrence diamond. we publish it in full, with the accompanying covering letter, as even though it’s long, occasionally rambling and based far more on personal adoration of obscure indie records than factual analysis... well, those are exactly the things we love about rockfeedback. enjoy the following, hopefully as much as we did – and a big cheers to lawrence.
More / (12.01.10)
walking new music oracle daniel monsell offers up ten artists we at rockfeedback think might do great things in 2010. as it’s based on our own admiration rather than in-depth market analysis, come the end of the year this lot might not be huge, but they’ll sure as hell be good. watch them closely...
More / (07.01.10)