back to business

If I were ever to actually follow this godforsaken practice of making new year's resolutions I guess that 2007 should really include paying some actual attention to this damned blog. It's not that I don't want to blog. It's just that... cue excuses excuses, I don't bloody know. I guess I will write small things and hopefully it will grow and grow from there, becoming ever more pretentious and yet in touch with "the kids." Ha.

Not that anyone even reads this anyway so it doesn't really matter when I actually think about it. Down to business...

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Christmas treats 2007:

What did I receive over the winter break? Exactly what I asked for actually. A big thumbs up to Sir Nicholas up in Legoland, sorry Lapland (former is surely much more interesting).

1. The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
2. Starless & Bible Black - Locust
3. The Beatles - Love
4. Tunng - Comments Of The Inner Chorus
5. Sparklehorse - Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain

Comments on all of those should follow but I'm not promising owt. Let's just say 1, 4 and 5 all lived up to expectation, 2 was a tad disappointing to be honest (I've just heard it all before) and 3, well 3 I never really asked for and was, quite frankly, The Beatles. Take that as you will.

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I managed to sneak into the somewhat secretive Kristin Hersh gig in London town last night. It was in a considerably tiny theatre slap bang in the middle of Soho and golly darn gosh it was good to go to a sit-down gig again. Having never seen her live and only hearing the bare minimum of her material (mostly the up-coming album if I'm honest) she blew me away. She has a awesome voice, be it even terrifying at times, eminating from her minute china doll figure. The crowd scared me half to death, being completely comprised of hard-core 4ad fans, who spent the after-show discussing extremely rare setlists from 1987 and that time when they could have almost sworn that she glanced their way. I kid you not. Was somewhat unnerving when Kristin thanked the audience for coming along and not one - the usual overenthusiastic, slightly debriated oddball - but the entire forum all answered in unison, "No, thank you." Hmm.

But what can I say, I was impressed and I really would genuinely urge anyone with a love for female rock-like singers (think PJ Harvey for one) to check her out for FREE at Tottenham Court Road's Fopp on Tuesday!

Stereogum reported the soon to be released new album, Learn To Sing Like A Star (out next month), from Hersh back in December. A lovely little report and mp3 of 'In Shock' can be found here.

Said EP In Shock can be purchased from the usual outlets.