Any Rumours?

[Joe-]

I've just thought- Newton Faulkner is around this year. I think he'd fit in nicely- I'd love it personally

Especially if it went Newton>Seasicksteve

[little car]

jenkins is still about. he had cordelia studios at one point i think.

[little car]

but theres always this lot?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeah_Yeah_Noh

[butchwade]

If we're going through Leicester's not-quite-as-illustrious-as-it-should-be musical past, there's always Rabid, Blab Happy, The Bomb Party, The Originals, Perfume, Po!, and Prolapse to name a few. There's also a band (apparently) from Shepshed called Penfold Gate who seem far too good to be from Shepshed (or to have such a bad name):

http://www.myspace.com/penfoldgate

Get em on the bill.

[SweepingTheNation]

If we're going through Leicester's not-quite-as-illustrious-as-it-should-be musical past, there's always Rabid, Blab Happy, The Bomb Party, The Originals, Perfume, Po!, and Prolapse to name a few. There's also a band (apparently) from Shepshed called Penfold Gate who seem far too good to be from Shepshed (or to have such a bad name):

http://www.myspace.com/penfoldgate

Get em on the bill.

Edited April 15, 2010 by SweepingTheNation

[little car]

They are very good - Jon Kennedy and Huw Stephens have got behind them too. I put them on last month, in fact.

Unfortunately, unless it turned out to be some form of injoke, it was their last gig.

[SweepingTheNation]

Yeah, it was - a superb night it was too, if you discount the financial loss resulting from two well out of town bands plus Sunday night attendance.

Andy tried to get a Prolapse reformation for the first Fringe, I recall him telling me, but not everyone was keen. They're starting to prove a quietly influential band - Gareth from Los Campesinos! has namechecked them.

[andyblack]

Yeah, it was - a superb night it was too, if you discount the financial loss resulting from two well out of town bands plus Sunday night attendance.

Andy tried to get a Prolapse reformation for the first Fringe, I recall him telling me, but not everyone was keen. They're starting to prove a quietly influential band - Gareth from Los Campesinos! has namechecked them.

Edited April 16, 2010 by andyblack

[andyblack]

Oh and penfold gate were / are indeed great. They've played the fringe twice.

[ceph]

[andyblack]

I would quite like to see the wonderful Mr Plow at SSW again

[Ed Leaf]

That MGMT link is really interesting...

In a really circular sort of discussion, Alan Jenkins was also involved in very early Yeah Yeah Noh.... see this interview by Dave Dixey for details...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.dixey/jenkins.htm

Leicester - so much to answer for....

I wonder if bands will be citing the influence of the Falling Leaves in years to come.

Sean

Edited April 16, 2010 by Ed Leaf

[andyblack]

i keep meaning to buy the MGMT album, solely because it's produced by Sonic Boom. I went to see sonic in notts in december, on the third floor of a cafe bar, in nottingham market square. they sold the beer out of boxes from behind a table, and an mgmt blokey was there in the audience. best gig i went to last year by a long way.

[andyblack]

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news...il/article.html

good to see the leicester mercury read our sswfringefest twitter posts.......

[butchwade]

you might be in luck for the fringe then........

[little car]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor have reformed and are playing ATP and a few other unspecified UK shows this year. Would be great for SSW.

[SweepingTheNation]

Very unlikely, though, partly because it's in December and partly because they're not the sort of band to take a late booking from a mid-sized UK festival.

Talking of ATP curators, though, bearing in mind the specifics for this week's announcement, notice the gap in these European schedules for August? http://www.matadorrecords.com/pavement/

[little car]

Very unlikely, though, partly because it's in December and partly because they're not the sort of band to take a late booking from a mid-sized UK festival.

Talking of ATP curators, though, bearing in mind the specifics for this week's announcement, notice the gap in these European schedules for August? http://www.matadorrecords.com/pavement/