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Playlist - 12 June 2008 (RIP Nick Sanderson)Nick Sanderson I was genuinely upset to hear of the death of former Earl Brutus frontman Nick Sanderson.  While others will remember him for his involvement in a number of other bands - Clock DVA, World Of Twist, Jesus and Mary Chain and Freeheat - I remember him most with his short involvment in the band which was active between 1993 and 1999 and released two albums, Your Majesty .. We Are Here and Tonight You Are The Special One (nothing to do with Chelsea). The latter album was released on Polygram and it's hard to imagine a major label taking such a risk on such a band these days - a 30-something collection which included a former JoBoxer, Martin Fry out of ABC's brother and a headbanging Japanese guy whose contribution other than, erm, standing on stage headbanging was so limited he made Bez look like a multi-instrumentalist. They first came to my attention when the short-lived "we're XFM, a REAL indie radio station" (copyright 1997-1998) A-listed The SAS And The Glam That Goes With It. In the early days of the UK version of MTV2 (circa 1999), viewers could choose an hour's worth of videos on their website and I managed to get Come Taste My Mind a rare TV showing, which I recorded for posterity and subseqently Youtubed here: I was lucky enough to see them live about 10 years ago at the Electric Palace in Camden supporting Kenickie, with a friend who clearly hated them. I was pretty much mesmerised by the whole set - probably the best support slot I've had the good fortune not to ignore. The bastion of all world knowledge that is Wikipedia describes them as a hybrid of glam rock, Kraftwerk and the Fall, and I can't really argue with that. No firm news of how and when it happened but his last record label, Planting Seeds, reports that it was in the last couple of days, and posters on JAMC message boards suggested it was cancer. In other news I spent half an hour tonight trying to open a bottle of beer with a can opener. I gave up in the end. The show had an unusually international flavour tonight (haha), with Iceland (Sigur Ros, Bloodgroup), the Faeroe Islands (Gestir), Norway (Libido), Sweden (the Cardigans), Germany (H-Blockx) and Japan (Ikimono Gakari) all getting douze points from the Brentwood jury tonight. Chatroom reviews KLF - America: What Time Is Love? "Sounds like Lord of the Rings" The Pale - Shut Up Venus "Cotton Eye Joe gone industrial" Pedan'ts Corner I played another poorly apostrophated band, Victorian English Gentlemens Club, who of course should be "Gentlemen's", and are aware of the error, but are not making any real attempts to correct it. However I am pleased to report that the B-52s have finally, after three decades,removed the incorrect apostrophe from their name on the packaging for their new album, Funplex. And we played: Metronomy - Hear To Wear Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook Sultans Of Ping - Ladybug Boy Hot Hot Heat - No Not Now Victorian English Gentlemens Club - Impossible Sightings Over Shelton B-52s - Juliet Of The Spirit Editors - Munich Carbon Silicon - The News British Sea Power - Apologies To Insect Life Audioweb - Test The Theory Gemma Hayes - Out Of Our Hands Blur - Globe Alone Gestir - Sum Urt Ikimono Gakari - Hanabi Earl Brutus - Come Taste My Mind Hole - Violet KLF - America: What Time Is Love? Pale - Shut Up Venus Mystery Jets - Hand Me Down Placebo - Nancy Boy H-Blockx - The Power Stereolab - Three Women Sleeper - Vegas Cardigans - Sick And Tired Keane - Bedshaped Libido - Overthrown Article by Paul Golder, 12 Jun 2008 |
 
11/10 The Verve 18/10 Kylie Minogue 25/10 Stereophonics 01/11 The Cure Current UK time is 03.17 PM |