We’re heading to the newly revamped Barfly, Camden on March 15th for a very special ‘Rockstock’ gig!
It’s going to be an amazing night from Trekstock with our friends Lower Than Atlantis before their HUGE tour, the amazing HildaMay and our favourite Leeds boys Mishkin! Plus special guest DJ’s competitions and prizes!
Tickets available on Ticketweb HERE
Thank you Matthew Dent for the amazing artwork!
TS x
February 11th was a very special eve indeed for Trekstock!
Off we went to the O2 Empire in Shepherds Bush to see the incredible Low Anthem and our good friend Ludovic captured the spirit of the gig for us in the wonderful review below…
Low Anthem O2 Shepherds Bush Empire – Thursday, 11.02.2010
‘For a band often described as fitting better small intimate venues, a packed Shepherd’s Bush Empire (the biggest enclosed venue the Low Anthem performed in the UK to date) can be somewhat, in the words of Ben Miller himself, quite ‘overwhelming’….Yet the Trio from Rhode Island delivered another high quality performance, confirming they’re one of the best musical revelations of 2009.
From the moment they took the stage, the band’s unique ethereal sound captured the venue’s attention and never let it go, naturally commanding silence from the crowd, the barmaid to whisper taking orders and a scattering of shhhhh’s here and there…. After a solemn opener ‘’Oh My God Charlie Darwin’’, the hour and a half set drifted from acoustic slow burnt ballads to more electrified groaning blues rock, a mix of songs from ‘OMGCD’, ‘What The Crow Brings’, new material and a few covers, a set engrained in the spirit of Americana heritage.
With the unassuming homemade feel of a jamming session, in front of a crowd of 2,000, Ben K. Miller, Jeff Pytrowsky and Jocie Adams switch between instruments from one song to another, moving from horns, upright bass, guitar and drums to a very unusual crotales. And if the tone and lyrics are often deep, sometimes mournful, it stands in contrast with a palpable sense of enjoyment on stage and the light mood floating in the venue. Proving that with large crowds you don’t have to be the loudest to grab one’s attention, the Low Anthem are the kind of band that leave you with the impression that making good music should be a simple thing….. And this is what defines talent.’
Ludovic Lacolonge
COMPETITION!
We’re running an exclusive competition with our friends at The Fly in the March issue where we’re giving away the guitar below signed by The Low Anthem plus many more special artists!
We’ll definitely be heading to End of The Road festival in September to catch the band again!
TS x