Odds And Sods

The Cancelled Zutons gig has been rearranged for Tuesday 22nd June, which is not great as it’s the night before we head down to Summerset for Glasters. They’ve also added a gig at The Shepard’s Bush Empire in October.

There’s a great piece in today’s print edition of the NME (god knows how you find these articles on the web site) about the rise of the Art Rock scene in New Cross (that’s in SE London for our international readers). It suggests that Lewisham will be christened The Rock Borough because of its small-band-supporting-club Pop Of The Tops; its fledgling record label Angular Records; and the leaders of the scene Art Brut and Bloc Party.

And since I’ve mentioned Bloc Party, can I just plug there excellent new single, Banquet, which I overlooked whilst gushing about The Rakes. This is a step up from their debut – think of it as a proper pop record, the bigger brother of The YYY’s Rich, with a four-to-the-floor baseline and a stop start chorus. IF you can get hold of a copy I strongly suggest you do – I believe Amazon have a few left.

What do The Rakes and Bloc Party have in common? Glad you asked - their debut singles were both released by Trash Aesthetic, which is fast becoming the label of choice for new bands.

- posted by Nigella @ 7:27 PM