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The Junction was a sea of balding heads and greying mod haircuts, as the androgynous support group finished their set. It looked like they’d called upon TV’s Miranda Hart to cameo on guitar whilst they plodded through a forgettable array of indie rock numbers. Johnny arrived in a burgundy, button-up blazer scattered with pins, and without anytime for a trivial preamble, he propelled himself like a juggernaut into single ‘The Right Thing Right’. His slider explored the neck of the guitar and later a melodic solo pierced above the noise.
Brand indie club night, No Future Shock’s debut saw a great start, filling the intimate but still atmospheric venue, The Portland Arms with a small selection of the best of Cambridge’s indie music scene (plus Luls as really they are from London) When bands weren’t on, an eclectic selection of tunes were being played to a well receiving crowd, ranging from Foals to R Kelly remixes. A good night was to be had.
Local radio show, Homebrew, kindly invited us to come and guest present a show all about Cambridge tunes. So naturally we were honoured!
Have a listen below.
The evening started with C Joynes, a Cambridge based virtuoso guitarist creating a polyphony of rhythm and finger picking all on one instrument. His style can only be described as a brewing pot of Latin, blue grass, folk and blues played on a classical guitar with only a few words of thankyous muttered between each piece.
No future shock is a new indie club night held at one of Cambridge’s most intimate but lively venues the Portland arms. Presented by Cambridge’s most renown promotor, Green Mind, and our friends over at Slate The Disco. The night will see an assortment of bands and DJs hit the stage to deliver the best music there is to offer.
The event is brought to you by the director of our friends at Slate The Disco and will feature DJ’s from the likes of the indie thing and Under The Music Tree’s very own Matt Cooke!
Bands playing are:
London based trio Luls bringing their energetic, anthemic sounds, Carousels’ exciting fusion of indie and shoegaze rock with dynamic and powerful riffs, Bloody Knees and their fast paced, weighty, slacker punk and Breedlings, a Cambridgeshire three piece that play a fusion of post-punk and krautrock.
Come and listen for yourselves, it promises to be a good night.
Entrance: £5 or £4 if you click going on the Facebook event page
http://www.facebook.com/events/156488831170994/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Doors at 7:30pm first band at 7:50pm
http://www.theportlandarms.co.uk/mbbs2//calendar/event-view.asp?eventid=4328&year=2013&month=3
Here we are again with the best of the beautiful new music we’ve heard this week, featuring Phoenix, Scott & Charlene’s Wedding, Tempers, Alex Bleeker and the Freaks and Cass McCombs.
Phoenix - Entertainment
‘Music of 2013’ is a series of articles talking about our favourite music for 2013 here at Under The Music Tree. Our contributors have had a long and hard think, and this is what they’ve come up with…
Huntingdon-born Jamie Lidell exudes soulful genius, somehow moulded by his childhood in Cambridgeshire. He’s shaped and refined a sound that will be demonstrated on his eponymous, new album, which will see him broaden his horizons with a more experimental style nurtured by a continued tenure at Warp Records. His personalised blend of RnB and Electronica promises an unusual album, but one that will surely be anticipated as a defining record of 2013.
Listen to one of his teasers, sounds like the Aristocats got their paws on some serious musical tech.
For fans of: Fitz & The Tantrums/ James Blake
By Max Tomlinson connoiseur of all things electronic.
‘Music of 2013’ is a series of articles talking about our favourite music for 2013 here at Under The Music Tree. Our contributors have had a long and hard think, and this is what they’ve come up with…
Sassy Swede. Released lots of bangers.
Here’s one.
For fans of: Lykke Li/ Florrie/ Sky Ferreira
By Huw Oliver of NME, DIY and Homebrew fame. We are not worthy…
‘Music of 2013’ is a series of articles talking about our favourite music for 2013 here at Under The Music Tree. Our contributors have had a long and hard think, and this is what they’ve come up with…
Wild Beasts are geniuses. They’re releasing a new album this year, 2 years since the last one. The new songs sound great and I’m really excited for their return.
For fans of: Radiohead/ Cocteau Twins/ Red House Painters
By Lisa Buckby new girl on the scene at UTMT.
‘Music of 2013’ is a series of articles talking about our favourite music for 2013 here at Under The Music Tree. Our contributors have had a long and hard think, and this is what they’ve come up with…
Fred Bambridge (Bumbridge) is the legendary founder of blog It’s All Indie. This is what he had to say about Seasfire on his site.
“After much anticipation we’ve finally got round to our number one Sound of 2013 artist, after a string of highly acclaimed demos, a sweet cover of a Lucy Rose track, a stand-alone single and an amazing EP, the Bristol based four-piece have had quite a year!
Supporting The Neighbourhood, Bastille, King Charles and Alpines (to name a few) and even playing at Reading & Leeds festival they’ve easily gained a whole heap of fans off those performances! When we saw them play at Reading and at The Lexington we knew that they were the real deal!
They’ve even been announced as one of the most blogged artists on the BBC’s Blog Zeitgeist at #13 beating Grimes, The XX and Django Django. 2013 will hopefully see more great sounds from them with an album (hopefully), more live shows and more fans getting the Seasfire bug! Their rise from early demos to this is amazing, with an album hopefully out in 2013 I can easily see them being a massive name come the end of the next year! We loved the EP, BUY it if you’re smart enough! We highly recommend that you listen to them right now! We’re urging all of you to go and see them, you know you can’t miss out on the next best thing!”
