the rains didn't stop this month's buzz night from happenning last saturday. inspite of angus' "no show" and guilty feeling for not being able to attend to sir dave marshall (he's in search some local "indiepop" releases), i can say that last saturday's buzz night was quite a pleasant one indeed. it started a bit late "blame it on the rain"...
i was planning to make candyaudioline do two sets just to kick things off. it's a good thing that children of eden (they've changed their name to something like... i forgot) asked me if they could go first. i agreed without hesitation. musically they are good and most of the tunes they played were quite interesting save for the singer's delivery of the songs. if they really want to be a part of buzz night, i suggest that they listen to some "real indie/alternative" girl fronted bands and take note of how most of the vocalists do their singing. there are lots to choose from. "belly", "breeders" or "veruca salt" is a good way to start. or they could even try "velocity girl", "heavenly" and "liz phair". better yet, try female brit bands "elastica", "sleeper" or "echobelly". by the way, they also did a pixies cover "gigantic".
sunsetdrive followed. they're a four peice unit once more. i noticed they sound much heavier than before. great performance from these guys save from some amp related problems that ekong encountered.
we/candyaudioline followed next. i can say we did quite well. we decided to do a covers thing just to erase the fuck up we did during that 4AD thing. every song was executed to near perfection but what made me so proud that night was when we played "all smiles/can't sleep" that WAS vintage candyaudioline stuff - punked-out-gorgeously-melodic-girl/boy harmonies that rocks "IF IT WANTS TO".
populardays came next and with the help from tether's beejay who decided to play bass for the "posterboys" at the last minute, dazzled us with their brand of "englishness". more british (and hair) than oranges and lemons. they are even more wild swans than the wild swans themselves. want proof? listen to the song "watch out for me" a song about wanting while waiting... "ah prei to gaud teeooo woouch yew awt" (i pray to god to watch you out)... aaahh haaa aaah aaa
tether followed shortly after. as usual, another great set from them. the future of buzz night now. they are close to being everything... they can make you want to dance, they rock! at times shoegazey. all in all, the are wickedly CUTE!
i went out during poopoovox's set to attend to dave marshall but by that time, he was about to leave. that's when people started to go out of mayrics. friends of papa erik were selling us loads of cds. during that moment i saw charles and dennis fooling around to the point wherein charles lifted dennis and they did this chopper dance. it was such a funny sight to see. after that i decided to watch poopoovox. musically, they are great. they've improved a lot since the first time i let them play in my other production "in beTWEEn days". the only problem with them is the way the singer sings... MACHOCORE!!! hope to see more favorable changes from these guys soon...
the whole thing ended at around 1:35am. very early for a buzz night gig. as usual we proceeded to mr. kabab for our usual bonding session with new found friend ian (dennis' alledged boyfriend) while charles and dennis continued their "asaran" which is actually on it's 4th day already... we all decided to call it a day at around 4:15am...
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quotes from people who matters...
paano mo ba malalaman kung busog ka na? 'pag ang tiyan mo ay sing tigas ng iyong nuo, cgurado, busog ka na... dennis (tether / candyaudioline)
aah basta!!! mukha kang bulate!!!... chrales (populardays / superminty / soft pillow kisses)
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