DIRECTOR / CAMERA / EDITOR / SOUND MIX - Nick Abbott
PRODUCER / CAMERA - Kevin Molloy
CAMERA - Tom Hannan
PRESENTER - Toby L
MULTITRACK - Al & Joe @ Boxcar Recordings
(16.07.10)
For the first of our Rockfeedback Sessions - a new series of special exclusive performances for Rockfeedback, we invited Fleet Foxes' J.Tillman and his own band for a incredibly memorable afternoon of wonderful harmony-drenched Americana. Fuelled by enough bottles of spirits to kill many a horse, we also had a chance to speak to the band after they played.
Artists in this video: J Tillman
(26.08.10)
Adored by music-critic-behemoth Pitchfork and with an ever-growing, dangerously passionate fanbase, Los Campesions! have been bubbling like a slowly heated kettle for some years now, but with the release of their second (brilliantly titled) second album 'Romance Is Boring', they are about to poetically drop-kick their way into the big time. We packed the seven noisy chaps/chapesses into our offices to film what turned out to be a mind-bendingly gorgeous session.
(24.08.10)
A privilege it was to have spent a particularly gorgeous afternoon in the presence of Marcus Mumford and his sons recently, as they performed for us the fourth of our Rockfeedback Sessions in the space below our London office. Further to four spellbinding versions of tracks from their debut album ‘Sigh No More’, the band reveal themselves to be wise beyond their young years in a frank and revealing interview, discussing life as a ‘new’ band, the wait to finally make their debut LP, and their place in the folk scene, indeed, if such a thing exists.
(16.07.10)
For the first of our Rockfeedback Sessions - a new series of special exclusive performances for Rockfeedback, we invited Fleet Foxes' J.Tillman and his own band for a incredibly memorable afternoon of wonderful harmony-drenched Americana. Fuelled by enough bottles of spirits to kill many a horse, we also had a chance to speak to the band after they played.
(14.07.10)
The first time we met Lone Wolf man Paul Marshall he was propping up the bar in support of his fellow Leed-sters Pulled Apart By Horses. At the time it seemed impossible that this chirpy chap talking about naked parachute jumping was the auteur of darker-than-dark Vultures. So we dragged the contradictory man for a rockfeedback session to find out just what he thinks he's doing.
(09.07.10)
L.A. duo Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt previously played together in the astounding spasmodic punk tribe Wives, but upon the split of their former band in 2005, something equally thrilling was born. No Age might only number two members and wilfully embrace a lo-fi aesthetic, but there’s a depth to their music that mightn’t be apparent on first listen. We invited the cacophonous duo to play us a little session at Urchin Studio in London.
(08.07.10)
One of the few gentlemen truly deserving of the word ‘unique’ being attributed to his person, the dazzling Marques Toliver, delivers a compelling set of violin-written songs. The term singer-songwriter nowhere near covers the depth of soul, romance and fantasy in his heartfelt tales. We tried to bottle and conserve this special something in an RFB session and, by jove, I think we managed it.
(07.07.10)
Back in March we were lucky enough to have both Lawrence Arabia and Cate LeBon playing our Rockfeedback club night, so rather than waste the opportunity we thought it best to spend the whole day with the pair of them. This beautiful little duet was just another little piece of genius they managed to squeeze out between recording their own sessions. Enjoy.
(06.07.10)
Though she'd probably kick us in the shins for saying this, Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon is gorgeous in so many ways, she sings many of her self-penned songs in her native tongue, dresses like a greek goddess who has fallen into a charity shop and could probably drink you under the table. We caught her midway through a late winter tour, trapped her in a basement so cold you can see her breath and made her sing for us.
(05.07.10)
The Antlers are from Brooklyn, and they’re unapologetically serious. Their sophomore LP Hospice is a concept album about terminal illness, varicose-veined with isolation and loss. Somehow they manage to turn all that into something beautiful. We dragged them along to play us a very intimate little session in the pub under our office, and caught up with them on life, loss and everything.
(26.03.10)
With nothing but a gently plucked acoustic guitar to hide her sweet, melancholic voice, Laura Gibson plays us a heart-pulling set of potent, fragile songs at our home away from home (beneath the office), the Lexington.
(24.03.10)
We catch up with James Yuill for one of our Rockfeedback Sessions, with three unusually intimate acoustic renditions of his trademark folktronica, and chat about the influence of dance music, and the unimportance of words.
(22.03.10)
Stripped down, visceral and impactful, Alessi Laurent-Marke writes fairytale melodies inspired by the likes of JD Salinger and Edward Gorey and films such as Harold and Maude, a comical but disturbing tale of a love affair between an old lady and a boy. We invited her to come play a bare-bones session for us, and she dutifully agreed. We was well chuffed.