...in the "currently reading" thread
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features ... 86,00.html
in case you missed it....
"The Ivories
All-girl quartet; the hottest unsigned band in Leeds with a razor-edged fusion of PJ Harvey, Nick Cave and Siouxsie."
Ooh, they haven't got a web site. Which one looks ike Nick Cave?
All-girl quartet; the hottest unsigned band in Leeds with a razor-edged fusion of PJ Harvey, Nick Cave and Siouxsie."
Ooh, they haven't got a web site. Which one looks ike Nick Cave?
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yetruffers wrote:Ooh, they haven't got a web site.
www.theivories.com
helena (left) obviouslyruffers wrote: Which one looks ike Nick Cave?
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Is that why the musicians that are there turn into such gobsh|tes to try and get some attention?
McCulloch, Wylie all that lot did OK at getting heard...
McCulloch, Wylie all that lot did OK at getting heard...
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"The latest hotbed for rock'n'roll talent isn't hip Glasgow or chic Manhattan,"
i assume they mean Glasgow = franz ferdinand and Manhattan = the killers? or something?
i assume they mean Glasgow = franz ferdinand and Manhattan = the killers? or something?
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the ivories:ruffers wrote:"The Ivories
All-girl quartet; the hottest unsigned band in Leeds with a razor-edged fusion of PJ Harvey, Nick Cave and Siouxsie."
Ooh, they haven't got a web site. Which one looks ike Nick Cave?
http://www.48crash.co.uk/images/ivories_band_large.jpg
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Hmm.
Although I'm not keen on a lot of bands mentioned there, I am encouraged by the signs that the heart of musical genesis is once again shifting up past Watford...and I did like the reference to the Sisters, even if they didn't put in all the vital capital letters...
Congratulations to Quiffy, for hitching his cart to the rising star of The Ivories then. As the Man in the Know, is this article spot on, or is there a bit of talking up going on here?
Although I'm not keen on a lot of bands mentioned there, I am encouraged by the signs that the heart of musical genesis is once again shifting up past Watford...and I did like the reference to the Sisters, even if they didn't put in all the vital capital letters...
Congratulations to Quiffy, for hitching his cart to the rising star of The Ivories then. As the Man in the Know, is this article spot on, or is there a bit of talking up going on here?
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*cough*
couldnt possibly say
truth be told, probably a bit of both. there is definitely a buzz about quite a few of the young leeds bands at the moment, even outside of leeds!! you cna feel it when you speak to people! its palpable.
48crash are being pestered for distribution rights from loads of european, american and japanese labels and publishing companies. their roster seems to have captured the imagination of the music press both here and abroad
and hell, what scene didnt benefit from a bit of talking up during its genesis? punk? new romantic? goth?
friends of friends an' all that.
i've only actually heard one ivories track and thats a b-side from the forthcoming single, but it was quiet cool
prefer the mighty black wire myself though
couldnt possibly say
truth be told, probably a bit of both. there is definitely a buzz about quite a few of the young leeds bands at the moment, even outside of leeds!! you cna feel it when you speak to people! its palpable.
48crash are being pestered for distribution rights from loads of european, american and japanese labels and publishing companies. their roster seems to have captured the imagination of the music press both here and abroad
and hell, what scene didnt benefit from a bit of talking up during its genesis? punk? new romantic? goth?
friends of friends an' all that.
i've only actually heard one ivories track and thats a b-side from the forthcoming single, but it was quiet cool
prefer the mighty black wire myself though
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ruffers wrote:"The Ivories
All-girl quartet; the hottest unsigned band in Leeds with a razor-edged fusion of PJ Harvey, Nick Cave and Siouxsie."
Where... When... Ooh, I'm gettin' a bit dizzy...
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Keep on plugging, mate!
I apologise if I came across a little cynical in my first post - I'm just very sceptical of the media, especially the Guardian, and particularly the Guardian on modern music...but then, I'm basing my judgement on the paper itself, so maybe the writers for the online edition are better.
Closeted over here in the bloody City of the Dead, it feels like absolutely nothing new is happening on a grand scale; there's good bands, but who the hell is going to take anyone out of Kingston? If you don't have floppy hair, ties, and a Doherty obsession, no-one wants to know (don't TALK to me about the damn Paddingtons)...
I'm ranting, apologies; basically, I'm pleasantly surprised by this article, more power to the North!
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no need to apologise mate, you're right to by cynical. online journos are no "better" in that respect... everyone has an agenda, and thats how "scenes" have always started. its not what you know...
the writer of that "leeds music" guardian article, dave simpson, is an established guardian writer amd is actually quite involved in the manchester music scene (or so i gather). one assumes him and choque have crossed paths, as it were, somewhere along the line and the thus the article was born.
anything that encourages interest in bands that arent from london should be encouraged
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Listened to them on the way to work this morning. Will be playing them when I DJ on Friday night.Dark wrote:I'll like Black Wire when nobody else does.