PRODUCER / BOOM - Kevin Molloy
DIRECTOR / CAMERA / EDIT / SOUND - Nick Abbott
CAMERA - Chris Sweeney
PRESENTER - Toby L
(21.08.09)
Rockfeedback caught up with Bella Union songsmith Andrew Bird for an exclusive acoustic session whilst out in Austin, Texas, for the SXSW music conference in March. He delicately bowed his violin, stroked his guitar strings and sang like a freakin' angel for us, all bathed in beautiful Texan sunshine. A frank and honest chat only endeared him to us further.
Artists in this video: Andrew Bird
(04.08.10)
They never rehearse, they record albums by accident, they forget how their songs go with alarming regularity. And yet it's precisely such humbling qualities as these (coupled admittedly with some truly excellent songwriting) that make us love The Wave Pictures as much as we do. After donning the wooly hats and gloves necessary to cope with the unseasonably cold day we met them on, the trio played us a few songs and an interview on the porch of the Austin Folk House at the 2010 SXSW Conference in Texas.
(02.08.10)
Initially granted fame after Kurt Cobain was seen wearing a t-shirt with the cover art from his album Hi, How Are You? (Johnston was in a mental hospital at the time), and held there precariously by a prolific stretch of recordings that are everything from rickety to pure genius. In this short documentary we follow him at this years SXSW festival, from an affecting on location performance and interview, to a surprise guest performance with The Hymns, an acoustic performance to an adoring crowd at Emos. Oh, and in INCREDIBLE cover song also.
(20.07.10)
Wonderfully tortured creative souls seem to pop-up in the world of folk all the time, but this hauntingly beautiful on-location performance of an unreleased song from Fionn Regan backstage at Field Day festival still makes the hairs on our neck stand up at its very thought. Regan is a fantastically interesting and compelling artist, this exclusive track like this still ranks up there with some of our favourite on location sessions Rockfeedback cameras have been lucky enough to shoot.
(12.07.10)
"It's a simple concept really. you get a lot of folk music, and i mean a lot, you get a pretty massive tourist attraction on the South Bank -the London Eye - and you basically get everyone together and one by one get in a pod, I think thats what they're called, and go round looking at London, playing some songs and having a bit of a chat" (Toby L). So thats what we did. More specifically our good friends at Bella Union asked us to help showcase some of their acts,Ohbijou, The Acorn, My Latest Novel and The Low Anthem.
(09.06.10)
Busking is the new black, or something. Like Rockfeedback favourite Marques Toliver, Freelance Whales formed after a period performing on New York's streets and subways, including the Bedford Avenue L train platform where Toliver used to tout his soul-troubadour wares. Coincidence? We filmed them playing on a proper stage at SXSW this year. Well, it wasn’t really a stage, strictly.
(07.06.10)
With a name as brilliant as Fyfe Dangerfield it was inevitable that this talented young fellow would decide to leave his Guillemots days behind him for some time and showcase his own awesome moniker. We caught him at this years SXSW festival, invited him to the front room of the Austin Folk House, stripped him naked (musically) like an unvarnished dining table and let him perform a delicate set of strings-backed love songs, just for us. And you as well. Obvs.
(09.12.09)
Two Gallants have been wooing us for a while with their sublime mix of punk, country and folk. Rockfeedback were blessed with an exclusive performance and interview from the San Fran indie kids in a hot Austin car park at SXSW.
(25.11.09)
More used to rocking out than kicking back, Sky Larkin thrive in a more stripped back session, performing a rare, exclusive acoustic set and chatting to Rockfeedback at Glasgow's inaugural Hinterland Festival.
(30.09.09)
Rockfeedback caught up with Noah and the Whale at London’s Field Day festival back in 2008. We filmed both their on stage performance proper as well as a breathtaking acoustic performance backstage, in a Gibson trailer of all places. Grown men cried.
(23.09.09)
He’s made a fan of everyone from TV On The Radio to Grizzly Bear, and gosh darn it, he’s made a fan of us too. Miles’ gritty, gutsy vocals deliver brazenly honest songs that dissect huge themes in the prettiest of terms, made all the more beautiful by this riverside setting for an exclusive acoustic performance at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Miles grants us a chat too, as he’s nice like that.
(09.09.09)
Mutual admirers Fanfarlo and First Aid Kit might have only actually met moments before we started rolling, but this charming acoustic duet (a cover of Devendra Banhart's 'This is the Way'), is still pretty much note perfect. Filmed in a rare moment of sunshine in Victoria Park, outside the gates of the Field Day Festival 2009.
“This is what happened the first time Fanfarlo and First Aid Kit actually met. It was in the morning, at Field Day in Victoria Park. We'd been talking on emails and on the phone about going on tour together but we hadn't actually met. The day before, we spoke about Devendra Banhart cause this idea about doing a cover together had been floating about, so before we know it, we're going through a more or less a capella cover of "This Is The Way" in front of a camera (which sadly didn't capture the ridiculous dancing going on behind it.)” – Simon, Fanfarlo
(21.08.09)
Rockfeedback caught up with Bella Union songsmith Andrew Bird for an exclusive acoustic session whilst out in Austin, Texas, for the SXSW music conference in March. He delicately bowed his violin, stroked his guitar strings and sang like a freakin' angel for us, all bathed in beautiful Texan sunshine. A frank and honest chat only endeared him to us further.