Last Thursday I had the pleasure of heading down to Dingwalls in Camden for lovely gig and conversations with lovely people. The New Mendicants were playing and supporting their new album Into The Lime and Northern Irish act Malojian was supporting.
The New Mendicants is a project with Joe Pernice from the Pernice Brothers, Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub and Mike Belisky from The Sadies. They have known or been aware of each other for many years, but it wasn’t until they separately migrated to Toronto and hung out there that the project fell into place. I only met Joe and Norman as Mike was already away with The Sadies, but one thing that was clear when I saw them was how at ease they are, making an art out of creating your own reality, something I have talked about on the show many times. They enjoy playing music, each others company and have put no pressure or expectations on themselves. This is reflected with the ease they have on stage and how they’re able to enjoy themselves on tour, actually spending time in the cities and countries they are visiting, rather than just living out of a suitcase, tour bus or a hotel room, especially as it was only the two of them at the moment which helps immensely with time and logistics. During their tour, both they and Malojian had their albums available on vinyl which brought us to also reminisce on analogue listening.
Malojian
It was also a pleasure to catch up with Malojian during his first visit to London, it’s always so nice in those moments when you experience something for the first time. You can listen to it all again here:
The New Mendicants
You can listen to and download the conversation without music via my Soundcloud page and my conversation with Malojian here.
Here’s the playlist for 28th January 2014 (Albums in brackets)
1. Teenage Fanclub – Radio (Thirteen – 1996)
2. Belly – Baby’s Arm (Now They’ll Sleep single – 1995)
3. The Black Crowes – Girl From A Pawnshop (Three Snakes And One Charm – 1996)
4. Gomez – Get Miles (Bring It On – 1998)
5. Manassas – So Many Times (Down The Road – 1973)
6. Dar Williams – Comfortably Numb (My Better Self – 2005)
7. Malojian – Often Wonder (The Deer’s Cry – 2014)
8. Malojian – Julie-Anne (The Deer’s Cry – 2014)
9. Bobby Whitlock – The Scenery Has Slowly Changed (Where There’s a Will There’s a Way – 2013)
10. Kay Elizabeth – Sunset (Disposition – 2010)
11. The Beautiful South – From Under The Covers (Welcome To The Beautiful South – 1989)
12. Pernice Brothers – Conscience Clean (I Went to Spain) (Live A Little – 2006)
13. The Lonesome Sisters – Oh Sleeper (Going Home Shoes – 2004)
14. The New Mendicants – Cruel Annette (Into The Lime – 2014)
15. The New Mendicants – Shouting Match (Into The Lime – 2014)
16. The New Mendicants – Out Of The Lime (Into The Lime – 2014)
17. The New Mendicants – If You Only Knew Her (Into The Lime – 2014)
18. The New Mendicants – A Very Sorry Christmas (Into The Lime – 2014)
19. Ulrich Schnauss – A Strangely Isolated Place (A Strangely Isolated Place – 2005)
