A weekend of music
This weekend I had the privilege of going to three awesome shows
On Friday night I went to see Dad Rocks! in the tiny back room of a café with Ed. I first heard the name Dad Rocks! ages ago but never really listened to his music until he came to visit the SoundCloud offices a couple of weeks ago, whereupon we all discovered that he was the nicest guy ever.
Thankfully his tour made a second stop in Berlin, and this time I’d been listening to his album non-stop. It’s a really interesting pop album with great guitar parts that hint at his rock band past, as well as beautiful horn and string arrangements, but mostly it just has a organic-ness and originality to it that is super refreshing. It’s just a bit, for want of a better word, different. And I can’t stop listening to it. And the lyrics are incredible.
♫ Listen to the debut Dad Rocks! album, Mount Modern, on SoundCloud or Spotify.
Snævar (Dad Rocks!) and Bethan.
On Saturday night, Ed (the fountain of all Berlin music knowledge) had heard that England’s own Gnarwolves were playing at some tiny punk venue in Friedrichshain. Naturally, being as totally punk as we are, we had to go. The venue wasn’t at all recognisable from the outside - there was no sign or indication that it was a venue - but the noise was audible from the top of the street, so that helped us find our way.
The best thing about this night was that it reminded me of going to tiny punk shows in Worcester, where bands like No Comply, Adequate Seven and Pete’s Sake would make 150 kids go mental in a tiny underground sweatbox. I hadn’t been to a show like this in ages, and it was nice to listen to super loud punk rock with the added bonus of big German guys crowd surfing and trying to kick you in the head, and also a bar where beers cost €1. Gnarwolves were totally awesome - gruff pop-punk at its finest.
♫ Listen to Gnarwolves’ debut EP, Cru, on Bandcamp or Spotify.
Bringing tie-dye back with Ed.
On Sunday night, a Scottish guy called Luke Joyce (pop star name, I Build Collapsible Mountains) was in Berlin to play a show. We released our albums in Germany on the same label so he came to my place to stay for a few days and we had great chats and watched Mad Men together. Fact: Luke’s parents actually named him after Luke Skywalker (actual fact).
Luke’s songs aren’t cheery but they are awesome. He played in the downstairs room of a cocktail bar which was filled with amazing old sofas and chairs, and it was the perfect setting for some Sunday night acoustic music. Luke is playing around Germany for the rest of this week (dates here) so go and see him if he’s in your city!
♫ Listen to the new I Build Collapsible Mountains album, Songs From That Never Scene, on Spotify.
blindsided // luke leighfield & jose vanders [bon iver cover]
FREE download: BandCamp
Our Bon Iver cover was posted by this blog as “a song to have sex to” and has now been reblogged 370 times, and has over 10,000 plays on SoundCloud. Insane.
Luke Leighfield // Have You Got Heart? // Part Three
On the campus and in the club.
You can download Luke’s last album, featuring HYGH, for free (or whatever you’d like to pay, a little generosity never goes amiss) here: http://lukeleighfield.bandcamp.com/
Part three of Tom’s photos from the ‘Have You Got Heart?’ video shoot. The video will be online very soon - get excited!
Luke Leighfield // Have You Got Heart? // Part Two
At the beach and on the street.
You can download Luke’s last album, featuring HYGH, for free (or whatever you’d like to pay, a little generosity never goes amiss) here: http://lukeleighfield.bandcamp.com/
Part two of Tom’s behind-the-scenes photos from the HYGH? video shoot.
Luke Leighfield // Have You Got Heart? // Part One
Last Sunday I spent the whole day with a group of great friends assisting Duncan Howsley and Charlotte Knight film Luke Leighfield’s new video for his killer track, Have You Got Heart?
It was a bit of a location jumping epic and I’m very excited to see the final result. I took a few pics from each location, which I’ll post up here and above.
You can download Luke’s last album, featuring HYGH, for free (or whatever you’d like to pay, a little generosity never goes amiss) here: http://lukeleighfield.bandcamp.com/
Tom took some killer photos at the ‘Have You Got Heart?’ video shoot. Here’s the first collection - more to come!
The Duke and Luke
Featuring @DukeSpecial and @LukeLeighfield
See higher res picture over at my 500px.com/tomalprice site
My post about their tasty little collaboration on the Greenbelt Blog: http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/blog/2011/08/the-duke-and-luke/
Just me and Duke Special being Bond girls. I was trying to be Halle Berry.
Luke Leighfield and Jose Vanders // Blindsided
Going to post a few more photos from behind the scenes of this weeks music video shoot with Luke and Jose. The edit is complete, so keep an eye out for it in the next two days!
Thanks to the ever-awesome Angela Stephenson for the photos.
I have a rainbow halo. Awesome.
Luke Leighfield & Jose Vanders // Music Video Shoot
Huge thank you to Angela Stephenson for the photo.
The wonderful Sophie Galpin of My First Tooth looking SUPER GREAT at the LL/JV video shoot.
