Gigs a hoy...

I'm off to Iceland today. Seeing Olafur Arnolds tonight at Iono with my friend Svanlaug. Awesome. But this week, there was three brilliant gigs, all with my friend Alison visiting from Canada. Saw Kill it Kid, my favourite new band at the moment, Jesse Malin and Valgeir Sigurdsson w/Sam Amidon at a tiny Church called St. Barnabas Church. All were brilliant, so here are some links:

www.myspace.com/killitkid

www.myspace.com/jessemalin

www.myspace.com/valgeirsigurdsson

www.myspace.com/samamidon


off to Reykjavik...

Two Things..

1. I went to the Royal Horse Show with Alice yesterday in Windsor. Windsor castle is HUGE, first and foremost. Secondly, Alice's sister was competing in the horse jumping/equestrian competition in front of the Queen and her team finished third. Therefore, the Queen was to award them their gift/badge/whatever. When she walked up to Laura (her name's) and her horse Gondalo, the horse spit on her. Yup, Alice's horse spit on the Queen. AMAZING. Oh, and they have Pimm's in the can. It was all quite English.

2. I'm coming home May 21 - June 1. Any gigs? Lemme know.

Here's a video for her majesty...

London is GORGEOUS..

So warm, sunny, lovely. I'm at work. Land of Talk is performing tomorrow with Wintersleep. I'm highly anticipating the show, and I hope the turnout is good.. as I promoted it. Oh, and Amsterdam was fantastic. more soon..x

Here's Land of Talk.

Loomer...

I missed a show last night in Amsterdam I should have attended. A band I booked to play the Rivoli in Toronto four years ago was at Maloe Melo in Amsterdam. They are called Loomer and are fantastic alt/folk country, but I got too immersed in an amazing Raclette Dinner Party at Jared's to get off my ass and get down there. Too bad.. amazing coincidence though. Here's their MySpace:

Loomer

And here's a brilliant video from my favourite TV show, 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'. I'm going to try and write a pile of articles today so I can stream a few episodes. Oh, and it's GORGEOUS in Amsterdam again. I love this place.

Fuck...


Boris Johnson is not only the new mayor of London, but the BNP won a seat in the London Assembly. I've suddenly become a resident of a city with no promise anymore. Boris Johnson is a manic nut, one who will possibly ruin London, while the BNP got 69,000 votes. That means there are 69,000 racists in London. I'm utterly depressed. Poor, poor London.

Alabama 3 in Brixton..

Absolutely crazy it was. The sound was muddy and a little rough because of a constant white noise/reverb around the Brixton Academy...but it was crazy. Alabama 3 is from Brixton. So it was quite insane. They are a band everyone should see once, and apparently stories from their past are legendary. I can't divulge them, but they are insane.. Here's a video: