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Music Blog #5: The Mariners’ children

neshumaeng — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:20:14 +0000

Yesterday I fell in love. They were 4 guys and 5 girls that went by the name of The Mariners’ Children.

They were opening for Peggy Sue at Bungalows and Bears during “an evening of music, art and poetry presented by Unquiet Desperation”, or at least that’s what the flyer said. In practise, it was an unique occasion to listen to at least three very good bands in a row, drink a lot of Bushmill and be surrounded by painters brushing all over giant white canvases.

When I arrived, Tim & Sam’s Tim & The Sam Band were playing. Aside from the brilliant mixture of indie guitar and electronic, kraftwerkian sounds, the name is probably one of the best I’ve ever heard of for a band. Of course they will have to change it if they want to become famous, because no journalist will ever want to write about something he can’t remember and fans will never want to go and see a concert with people whose name they cannot pronounce, but the fact remains that it’s absolutely brilliant….

Continues on: http://www.forgetoday.com/page1212/Notes-Exploring-Sheffield-Marta-Visits-Bungalows-And-Bears

Music Blog #4: The Scrabble

neshumaeng — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:29:38 +0000

So now I don’t have a gig to talk about, for I spent the whole time moving from one shop to another to then drink at least four cocktails in a row in a bar called Smokestock.

(Ok, I know I shouldn’t use this space for advertisement and even less to advertise places in Leeds, but they were amazing. Best cocktails ever, and I have a long experience with cocktails, trust me).

Anyway, back to music and to Sheffield. I came back to find a package from Italy with some survival kit stuff and a cd. That cd, an EP called Most Unlikely Often Happens, is very, very good.

The band’s name is Scrabble and they are from Turin, my city. Although I had never listened to their music, I was familiar with the name of the band because they are friends of friends of friends and because the singer, Lorenzo De Masi, was my schoolmate in elementary and middle school. Now he calls himself Larry. Just as Carlo, Pietro and Carlo again, the other band members, are now known as Charlie, James and Lax. You just can’t help it: English is cooler when it comes to music.

Also, from the day I started to write about English music here in Sheffield, I hadn’t heard a sound so English as Scrabble….

Continua su:

http://www.forgetoday.com/page1173/Notes-Exploring-Sheffield-Marta-On-Italys-Newest-Musical-Export

The bubble has left the city again

neshumaeng — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:42:22 +0000

Another Torino Film Festival has come and gone. Balances: 10 days, 30 hours of sleep, 1 shower, 3 packets of cigarettes, 90 coffees, 2 pringles pipes, 1500 peanuts.If they told me I should do it all again, I would start tomorrow. To always hold NISIMAZINE in your hearts:

http://www.frantinisimasa.it/progetti.asp?sottosezione=Download%20&evento=NISIMAZINE